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Can someone link that? I have two PFF links for 2018 TEs. 5 best blocking and 10 best red zone, but he shows up on neither. https://www.profootballfocus.com/news/pro-ranking-the-nfls-top-five-blocking-tight-ends-in-2018 https://www.profootballfocus.com/news/pro-the-nfls-best-red-zone-tight-ends-in-2018

Front loaded deals are player friendly, not team friendly. That is because they pay out money more quickly than back loaded deals of the same total contract value. That means that if released before the end of the deal, the player will make more money per season than the average across the whole deal. Star has a deal like this. So did Clay. Lee Smith’s contract is not huge, so it isn’t THAT big of a deal. But we still are overpaying for a 31 year old TE who is only good at run blocking - even if he is very good at it. I just don’t see much value in TEs who aren’t productive receivers, which is what I’m really having an issue with here. 8 seasons, 392 yards and 7 TDs. Those are totals, people, not yearly averages. Ugh.

He was not on PFF’s list of top 5 run blocking TEs last season. https://www.profootballfocus.com/news/pro-ranking-the-nfls-top-five-blocking-tight-ends-in-2018

That is ridiculous. WTF?!

Yeah. If he isn’t going to get paid that &7.5M salary this season, then he’s going to hit the market and see what kind of signing bonus/contract he can score. Minny has no choice but to release him. They can’t sign their 1st round pick until they do.

Yes. He is definitely one of the uninspiring names. He could be a situational/depth DT in the league. I wouldn’t want to depend on him to be a starter though.

Sam was a stalwart of the craft beer industry. Few have the level of respect that he does among brewers and true craft beer enthusiasts. Props to him for not selling out to one of the big conglomerates. In all honesty, it was probably the right time for this move and he sold to a much better option. Cheers, Sam!

Don’t see the point in even looking at Smith unless we owed his agent a favor or something. If we want a decent all around TE then we could go after Rudolph after Minny releases him.

I think it stems from having a QB whose strength it’s the vertical game. You gotta have an OL to effectively pass block while receivers get deep. One of my biggest complaints early last season was about the OL. It wasn’t just that they were bad in general and bad at pass blocking in particular, it was that the coaches quickly stuck a raw rookie QB behind it. A raw rookie QB whose strength is the deep ball. The defense and Allen’s athleticism carried us to those 6 wins. Without him buying time for throws and scrambling for yards after the pass pro broke down we wouldn’t have made it close to 6 wins. I've said before that Allen needs to get the ball out in rhythm on his drops more. He does, but the think I don’t mention is that he got a very raw deal last season and that he still found a way to produce. That is highly commendable. It was far from the learning environment he should’ve been afforded. This season should provide a much better situation for Allen and I look forward to seeing what he can do with it.

Is this our old friend Leroy?

I agree that a first and Lawson is reasonable, but I am not sure our first will be. A lot depends on the expectations for the team - and Allen - this season. If they are confident that they’d be trading away a pick in the 20s, then it is an easy deal to make. If they’re worried it’ll be a top 10 pick again, then they can’t pull the trigger. There is a lot of optimism here for our record, but Vegas doesn’t share that. Only 4 teams have an expected win total lower than the Bills. And two more have the same at 6.5. That would put us between picks 5 and 7. There’s no way I’d give up that for Clowney. I’d use those low expectations and offer Lawson, our 2020 second plus our 2021 3rd. Those two picks would put us in the equivalent range of a low first. This regime isn’t on the collective hot seat so I don’t see them taking the chance of offering our 2020 first and Lawson unless they are very confident that our record will exceed outside expectations and have us drafting in the 20s. Still, it’s a risk. Allen is big but he ran a lot last season. What if he gets injured early and the season tanks?

Looking at what he made during his career and what he was being paid by the Bills, I was surprised that he even took the job last season.

Yeah. Add in a women’s league with tight fitted uniforms and they’ve got a gold mine.

That’s where I work out. It’d be quite the commute for you though, AF.

I get that older players making a lot are the usual suspects for cap savings. But I think you might be underestimating how good Calais Campbell is. He’s been an absolute freaking stud for the last several seasons. I think you have a good list overall, but the Jags probably are not letting Campbell go at all. If they were to, it’d be for significant draft value. As for their cap issues, I really don’t think things are that bad for the Jags. They only show being over the cap if you count all contracts. They have over $14M available under the rule of 51. The draft picks will trim that down, but they won’t have to make any cap moves to accommodate them.

It’s the Jags so you never know. He’d be an incredible pick up for anything less than a premium draft pick.

Agreed. I very highly doubt that he would be a cap casualty anytime soon.

Nice work!

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/free-agents/all/available/ Here is a list of unsigned FAs. It is very uninspiring after the first 4 names - and they don’t seem like fits for the Bills.

20th in receiving yards among TEs with 400 (with Brees throwing to him). Croom had 259 yards (here). Can’t say as I see the point of bringing in Watson for one season for that.

Some people can like the convenience of working out at home and can do it. Some people prefer to get out of their house to work out. I’ve done both, but prefer the latter. Once I’m on my way out the door, I’m committed to my session. I tend to find other things to do at home and then (Oops!) it’s too late to get the work out in. Plus there’s no wife or children pestering me for anything at the gym. And I like to swim. My regiment is to alternate lifting with swimming and taking every 4th day off. So it is lift-swim-lift-off-swim-lift-swim-off. I throw in an extra day off if I’m fatigued, busy, out of town, etc.

No. I have a friend who I will not give details on. I’ll just say that she’d know.

That is just stupid. Like forcefully stupid. Let’s see, people working hard in restaurants, nail salons, etc. can walk out at any time and find a different/better job. They can report illegal treatment to authorities. They don’t have to worry about being beaten and raped to death for doing those things. That would be the standard for the typical prostitute and, if you were not aware, a significant difference. Please note: I am speaking generally about prostitution in this country. I have not followed this particular case all that closely.

That would be a common misconception. People who support illegal prostitution absolutely are contributing to human trafficking as they create the demand for it. The vast majority of prostitutes - the ones with pimps - cannot leave their profession, except in a body bag.

Not sure if it was on this site or not, but a poster claimed to have info from a friend in the Lions organization regarding Suh. Said he was only interested in making as much money as possible and that when he was with the Rams he didn’t turn it on as far as his play until midway through the season. Also it was noted that all he really uses is a bull rush and that makes him a lot more easy to block than he should be. It all sure seems plausible.