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They’re fine as of now. People worry about the wrong things with the cap - using it, not using it, blah, blah, blah. Just look to see if they’re using it wisely because cap space only does a team good if it’s used well.

Stop making sense

They would not get much for him in that case. July 15th is the cutoff for a tagged player to sign a multi year deal.

That was on one of the PFF podcasts. The Bills have 3 WRs who excel in separating. In fact they rated Diggs as the best in the NFL in that regard. They note that the benefits are not only bigger throwing windows for Allen, but also that it should give him the best possible view of play developing down field. ?

That’s a common myth. First, you have to know what’s being front loaded. Cash or cap. The main benefit of from loading cash (as if usually the case with bigger contracts) is that it is attractive to players. It can help a team attract a free agent or save a few dollars overall on a new contract. The downside is that it makes players difficult cut early in their deals because of the large amount of dead cap. Front loading cap dollars is almost always unwise and it’s very rare. There’s no real upside to it because of carryover. (Cap carryover is where leftover cap space is added to the following season’s cap limit.) It would just take away flexibility. Spreading a signing bonus’ cap hit over several seasons also creates a bit of a discount in terms of cap allocation since the cap goes up every season and the nominal dollar amounts are spread evenly over the contract.

Really might be the most important season for continuity. Due to COVID-19 I’d bet that there’s going to be a lot less practice time than usual.

Yes, provided they were to move on in a timely manner.

I’ll almost never complain about taking a big ugly early in the draft. But I am not doing that to move or replace Dawkins anytime soon.

Yup. They sure have. But now they’re really pushing that envelope more than I have seen before.

They’re just mortgaging their future trying to win while they still have Rapistberger. That team is going to look very different by 2022.

Yes. A dynamic RB who can not only run the ball in our gap scheme, but also be a threat catching it is what I want

I’d like to see at least one upgrade on the OL. I get the continuity argument, but you don’t lose much in that respect with one upgraded position.

Probably due to the extra two playoff games. Each team got about $2M more for that. I was expecting 2-4 million more per team in cap space than was allocated, mostly due to that and the previous trajectory of the cap.

Could be that he just wanted to try to win in these last two or so seasons and it was obvious it wasn’t going to happen in NE. It could also be that he saw his salary as a sign of respect (or disrespect). That’s not unusual either. I have to think that if Hopkins or Diggs was the difference between him staying or going, then the Patriots would’ve made it happen. Unless they wanted to move on.

No. A bank with a Cleveland-Buffalo connection. Just confirming that it is happening and that at least one bank a lot of Buffalonians have mortgages with is on it. Just might take a little while to work through the details of setting it up, but it is coming as fast as they can get it done.

Yup. 1 year, $3.5M with incentives that can take that up to $6M. Seems like he’ll have a similar role there. Nickel mostly. But he can rotate on the outside if needed.

My wife has been WFH and has been on conference calls today discussing exactly this. She just told me about it. Lots of moving parts to get it implemented, but it’s a huge priority.

I don’t get the Murphy hate at this point. He took a long time to come back from his knee injury. Everyone (pretty much) gave him a pass on that in 2018. Now after the 2019 season, when he finally looked good, many are hating on him. Oh, and this season he had a gimpy Hughes across from him. Kudos to Hughes for gutting out last season, but it wasn’t like he was drawing attention away from Murphy. So do what? Open up a huge hole at DE to save $8M? And these same people wanted to give Shaq $10M-$12M a year. SMH. I just don’t get it. Edited to add: Murphy had 2 sacks, 2 additional QB hits and a tackle for loss in the playoff game. He might not have been our best defensive player, but he certainly was an asset.

Converting roster bonuses and salary into a signing bonus only kicks the cap hit down the road to future years of the contract. If the player is released, then the portion of the signing bonus that has not been accounted for accelerates into the current year (or the following year if it’s after 6/1). So that would not have done the Rams any good at all here.

Really? He played in 6 games and had 8 catches, 5 of which were in the week 17 scrub fest against the Jest. I’m not even saying that you’re wrong, just that I have no idea what information you could be basing your opinion on. Sweeney got some limited exposure in the first 5 games, then right to the bench until week 17. It’s not like Kroft was keeping him on there with his 6 receptions in 11 games. I get that some players are raw and need to be developed, but give me something specific here.

Why?

Thanks. I certainly would be happy with a quality prospect at any of those premium positions.

Out of curiosity, what is the deal? Why the PT?

We draft at 54. I don’t expect to get an immediate full time starter there, outside of RB at least. I think the TEs come off the board in the second round and if we want one that can contribute, he’s a good target. I also hate our TE group outside of Knox. We have bodies, but no one else of quality. Smith is pretty much an OT. This move would shove Kroft out the door no later than after this season, and I’d be a fan of that. That would allow Trautman time to get up to speed and his ceiling is as high as any TE in this class. We are not going to want to be in 11 personnel all of the time even if it’s our strength. Another quality TE would make 12 and 22 a strength. Plus we need insurance in case Knox goes down.

I do love JK Dobbins. He won’t make it to us though. I’d like a flex TE for this offense so someone like Trautman from Dayton would be a nice addition.