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Crap. I lost my first post so I’ll do a short version. I’ll assume 30&61 is the price for any of these guys. Paye - don’t see ability to bend edge or good COD. Pass even at 30. Rousseau - better prospect physically but lack of college experience is a flag. I wouldn’t move up at the expected price for him, but would trust Beane if he did. Much more a projection as a pro than even most college kids are OTs - no need so pass Pitts - Yeah, I’d be in. But he’ll go way before 18ish. CB would also make some real sense, but I haven’t looked at the top CBs yet. I’ll add my thoughts on them if I get the chance to watch film soon.

With Ingram it would depend on his knee. Seems like he was hobbled last season and only played in 7 games. If his knee is shot then he’s not playing for anyone. If healthy he could be a good bridge for a season to a youngster. I’d wager that he won’t be signing with anyone until teams can get a good look at that knee though. Medicals are probably the hold up with Clowney finding a team too.

It’s only fair after they had a down year

Most likely. But you never know. If we could bring in someone like a Melvin Ingram on a reasonable, short term deal they might do it. He wouldn’t break the bank, but would cost more than we should probably spend right now. It would take pressure off of filling that need in the draft and would allow a developmental player to come along more slowly so it’d be worth it IMO. But, no, I definitely don’t see any luxury spending happening.

No way does Miami trade down from 18 for picks this year. They are looking to rebuild fast and will want a couple impact players at 3 & 18. It’s just so difficult to get from the late to the middle of the first round in any year because of how the tiers of prospects usually fall. I get that this is a slow time and it is just for fun - so have at it - but realistically it would be very expensive to make a move like this.

Where do have us picking?

Sometimes you see panic trades like that when a HC or GM is trying to win immediately so they can hang onto their jobs. That’s about it. Look at the stupid trades O’Brien made in Houston.

It always seems to get out sooner or later.

The restructure option clauses I’m talking about just convert some of this season’s salary to a signing bonus, which would be paid upon execution. Looking closer I see that for Tre it’s $7.5M and the window closes today. That will clear $6M this season and move it out. Link Dawkins also has $7.5M that can be converted by today. It will clear $5.6M. It’s less because it will be spread over 4 years instead of 5 like Tre’s. Link

He will value shop and create cap if he needs it if we connect with a more expensive player that make sense for us. Edit: Actually @Reed83HOF mentioned that Tre & Dawkins had restructure option clauses in their contracts but they had a window of a few days. That window has passed so I’d wager that they were executed and that we have more cap space than what OTC and Spotrac can verify. They wouldn’t want to broadcast the fact that they have the extra cap space for negotiation purposes so it’ll only come out if and when they need it. Edit 2: Spotrac has us with negative cap space and does not yet have Feliciano’s contract accounted for. They Bills have certainly executed those clauses and/or made room elsewhere.

Browns have a few other candidates that are in the running. I’ll take Peyton Hillis who got 1,177 of his career 2,832 rushing yards in 2010 and was voted to the cover of Madden. Derek Anderson, KW2 and Kelly Holcomb also had some crazy years/games for the Browns.

I think he means that his cousin’s mom is taking them to McDonalds and then go carting. He’s not supposed to know - it’s a surprise, so shhhhh.

While I agree with you, I’d also say that if Watkins comes back to play for Buffalo it’ll probably be because the situations have changed. Both the one in Buffalo with the Bills and the one where he’s not getting nearly the offers he used to think he was worth.

Hope everyone who had his jersey kept it

TV contract numbers are getting finalized. That’s the game changer IMO. Now both sides know what they’re working with and these deals can get done.

And Mayock Probably not anymore. He wasn’t making money in Oakland (thus the Mack trade) so he moved the team to Vegas to cash in on the sweet deal they offered.

I hope he bought him dinner first

There were so many years where this signing would cause infinite arguments. There’d be those that were convinced that we got a talented QB who was ready to turn things around and shine here in the right offense with the right coaches. And there’d be those who complain we just wasted a bunch of money on a bust and that we were doomed. Now we’re all like “Hey, nice pick up. He’ll make a great back up.”

While I have immense confidence in the dysfunction and incompetence of the Jest ownership, they did (probably by accident) get themselves a quality HC. There is zero chance that Saleh took that job without assurances of getting his QB this year. Darnold is getting moved and the Jest will draft a QB.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.si.com/nfl/vikings/.amp/news/vikings-de-danielle-hunter-successful-surgery-herniated-disc-neck https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/minnesota-vikings/danielle-hunter-16812/ I did some digging and was surprised by some things here. The first link is an article about his successful surgery. What I find incredibly surprising is that it also includes a tweet from Ian Rapaport that says that Hunter’s agent was demanding a new contract that would make Hunter the highest paid defensive player in the league or trade him. That tweet came BEFORE Hunter even had his surgery. Wow. The second link is his contract, which runs through 2023, so he has three seasons left on it. It is a 5 year deal worth $72M. That’s huge and ranks 7th among DEs in AAV, but it is way below market for a healthy Hunter. But who is giving him such a massive deal without knowing if he will stay healthy?

That’s fair if it’s all about getting more money this season. I was surprised he did that. My only thoughts on it are that it’s either: - a way for him to get himself out of Minny or - the neck injury that very well could have ended his career got him thinking he has to set himself and his family up financially ASAP If it’s the former, then okay. If it’s the latter, then you have to really be concerned. Waimea team could hand handing him a huge check only to watch him make business decisions on the field for a couple seasons and then retire.

$12.7M which is fully guaranteed at the time it is executed under the new rule from latest CBA that kicks in for 2018 1st rounders. It also fully guarantees any 4th year salary that isn’t already guaranteed. It’s gotta be done by 5/3/21. Here’s some good info: https://overthecap.com/fifth-year-option-projections/

IMO it’s worth picking up Edmunds 5th year option to see where he is in two years. He was drafted very young and has dealt with injury. We should give him that vote of confidence and see what happens. For those thinking about extending him consider these points: - No way do you extend him before Allen. Same draft, Allen was the earlier 1st round pick and it’s QB vs MLB. Extending Edmunds before Allen would be a terrible message to send. - 16th overall picks extended by the teams that drafted them prior to becoming FAs get paid very large. We’re talking $15M-$16M AAV for 5 years with 60% guaranteed (in my estimation). So the bar is very high for an extension. - If he is good, but falls short of that level of performance he could still test the market and return at a rate more in line with his performance.