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Yeah. Watson is the better QB today. Taking him over Allen is the safe bet. Taking Allen is looking at upside and banking on his continued development. The one factor that would make me take Watson over Allen is how they’ve fared in crunch time in their biggest games. I have no question that Watson will rise to the occasion in those situations. Allen hasn’t fully taken that step yet.

Allen has just this upcoming season left on his rookie deal. After that we are looking at those kinds of numbers. Even his 5th year option price tag will be up there.

Agree on Morse. I brought it up last offseason as a probability this season or next. He has had major concussion issues and is overpaid even when healthy. I get why the Bills paid him what they did when they did (it’s what they had to do), but cutting him before his deal is up would be the typical progression of that tactic. The concussion issue was a known risk and it has worsened, which is almost certainly accelerating the process. It’s a shame but it is what it is.

While that is true in general, it doesn’t apply here because you really can’t do much to restructure a one year contract. Brown is in the last season of his contract so that’s what we are dealing with. The only real option for a true restructure is to convert salary to a signing bonus and add voidable seasons to delay some of the cap hit. IMO the most likely option is to ask him to take a cut but add incentives so that he can make it back with availability and performance. That’s fair IMO. It’d be good for the team too because we could target his replacement in the draft and season him for a year. I prefer that to an extension because of his age and that he’s a speed guy. Those players fall off quick and I would rather move on a year early rather than a year late.

My old next door neighbor had a friend who was told by a coworker that they met a client who looked exactly like him. He brushed it off, but the sales rep kept on him about how they looked EXACTLY alike and that he really needed to meet this guy. Finally he calls him - and finds out he was adopted. He then goes to his mother and asks if he has a twin and she immediately lost it emotionally. The short story is that they were very poor and couldn’t afford to keep both twins so they gave one up for adoption. I know the brothers met after that but I don’t know where it went from there because we moved out of the area.

You beat me to it. Not only was it horrific in every way it also attempted to destroy the first movie.

Seriously. Zubas took him down early and didn’t capitalize. Lower level got up and went full Ralphie* on him. That gets you the KO in a fight with zero technique involved. Problem solved. * A Christmas Story reference

I finally got to Tempo just as the pandemic hit. I enjoyed it. Very good food, more than ample portions and options for drinkable but inexpensive wine. Wait staff was good. Excellent value overall. I was looking forward to going again and hope I still can at some point. Congrats on the wedding. Sorry your Tempo friends couldn’t be there.

Totally agree with your first paragraph, but no way would I want BOB here. He’s a mercenary who has angled for more power and money at every stop. He reminds me of coaches like Butch Davis and Doug Marrone. He’s the opposite of what the new Bills culture is about. It shouldn’t be a problem anyway because he’s still getting paid large by Houston and isn’t likely to take an OC job for free.

I will have a lot more respect for Pederson’s intellectual acuity if this is found to be the case. The Iggles are going to be a tire fire for at least a couple seasons. He had two seasons left on his contract and he’ll probably get paid to sit on a beach for those two seasons rather than go through the horror of coaching a team that’s trying to avoid 0-16.

I was so surprised by that too. It’s not the kind of mistake I’d think Tre would make, but he did and I also noted it at the time.

Make Lamar be a QB. He’s a dynamic runner but a backup level passer. Clog the middle to make him throw to the sidelines and put defenders in his way if he runs. Seal those edges on pass rush and run defense. The Titans did not contain the edges and it cost them the game. When Lamar does run the ball make him pay. Teams really haven’t been able to do that because he’s so elusive but it’s coming.

To the edges and downfield.

I agree with this. Obviously Edge, LT and WR are all huge but with the level of holding allowed these days I gotta go CB. A stud CB and a stud LT both have to be consistent every play or it is probably a splash play by the other team. A stud CB and a stud DE can change the way a defense plays and allow much more flexibility in scheme. A stud CB checks both of those boxes. That’s my pick.

The poll has McD, Stefanski and Flores 1-2-3. That’s the way it should be IMO. Stefanski should get it next season if hem the Browns continue to improve. That’s why McD deserves it this season.

Wow. People are stupid and money does not seem to change that at all.

Fivethirtyeight has been exceptionally good at picking presidential and congressional elections. Statistically I don’t think any other group has been better over the last couple decades. Eight years ago they called every state correctly for the presidential, senatorial and gubernatorial elections except one senate seat. I guess that’s why people take their predictions seriously.

I agree. Due to the decrease in cap for 2021 I think Allen gets his 5th year option officially picked up but he has a new deal signed before we get to it. The timing of the signing and/or payout structure will be such that the big cap hits start in the 2022 season. That’ll give the team some flexibility next season. It’d wreak havoc to have the first big hit in 2021 with a $175M cap. That’s just not happening.

You might be better off getting an induction plate. No open flame like propane so no oil flame ups and easy to set and forget. Plus they are reasonably priced.

44?!

The Jest are an organization that is horribly run from the top. Gase is not a good HC, but he was saddled with Williams and some high priced players he didn’t even want. They burned stupid money on Bell and Mosley. Those players were never going to live up to their contracts, but they gave the Jets nothing. It was fun to watch.

They turned a negative into a positive by using the Hail Murray as motivation. That’s a mark of good leadership and a strong organization.

He should be in the conversation but I really don’t care about individual awards. I doubt Allen does either. This team is capable of winning it all. Everything should be about that.

That was very satisfying. The only part that made me tense was watching the starters play so long. Also I’ve never seen a dolphin curb stomped before.

Yeah. It’s brutal and they’re in an extraordinarily bad cap situation otherwise. All for a terrible season. At least the Saints are making a run.