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Correct. A suspended player does not count against the 53.

Yup. If teams allow it. The Raiders should have just suspended him indefinitely- or traded him to the Dolphins.

So many people ripping on AB. He played everyone. Wonder how quick he head gets straight now. It’ll be a miracle. As I noted, it’s the LeGarrette Blount play with the intermediate trade to the Raiders thrown in as a twist. I could not agree more

New England. Cleveland doesn’t need any more WRs. What if this was all a ruse to get himself to NE? Seems like a variant of the playbook LeGarrette Blount used to get from Pittsburgh to NE. AB just added the Raiders bit. Same problem child act to get out of where he was.

Won’t be crushed at all. Just need to go get our guy. Lots of other pieces in place for the team. No need to panic. But, reasonably, that’s the fear - that Allen is a bigger, more athletic version of Trubisky. But we don’t know what he is yet. Let’s give Allen the chance to show us who he can be and then make our judgements.

I totally expect the Raiders to be a train wreck. I was just explaining how it could’ve been worse.

It could have been a lot worse. Mayock only gave AB a $1M signing bonus. Imagine if he’d handed him a $10M or $20M check.

Required spend is a four year rolling average of CASH outlays that are equal to at least 89% of the annual cap limit. It’s pretty easy to stay over that limit due to the large signing bonuses some players get. edit: I said that it’s a rolling average because I’m assuming it will be rolling when the new CBA is in place. Right now it’s just the four year block up to 2020. (Thanks Colorado)

They could also go after him for that if he continues to refuse to play. Id think they would have to take him off suspension before not playing would be on him though.

No way do they release him outright. The Raiders can recoup the cap space for his guaranteed salary one game at a time by keeping him suspended. (Also they don’t have to pay it to him.) That'd be $914k per game for anyone counting. Two years worth of salary is guaranteed at that.

You couldn't possibly have meant "offer the man a fair contract".

Or trade for one that wants paid.

Kyle has earned enough that he should get to do what he wants to do. I highly doubt that includes 80 hour work weeks as an NFL coach. But if it does, more power to him. Maybe a cushy sideline or front office job would suit him though. Get him on camera for the team or make him a player liaison or something if he wants to stay around the team. It’d be nice to continue to see him involved in some way.

One thing to remember- acquiring a player like a stud WR can be done via trade. Just because there aren’t many WRs set to be FAs doesn’t mean we can’t find one that way. If Allen takes a good step forward this season I think McBean makes a push to complete the team.

Gentle

Not with the contract he’s asking for. No premium contracts or draft picks for RBs unless the NFL changes a lot of rules.

Draft or FA priorities: - #1 WR - CBs - Trent Murphy extension or replacement - Finish OL if needed - DL depth There are a few other lesser priorities like another RB, but those are what I have. There is some real money needed to do that, but we have plenty. More than enough. Here’s a link to a useful multi year view of contracts: https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/yearly/cap/

Probably some sizable upfront money for Zeke and a huge contract number that his agent can tout to prospective clients.

The play and hit by Adams around the 9:15 mark really exemplifies Greggg’s defense. Big hits and big plays but some telling issues. One is that Greggg prioritizes big hits over tackling. He thinks that the risk of missed tackles is worth the increased odds of turnovers. Despite everything I’ve seen that shows that’s a losing strategy, he persists. Also the narrator is talking up the defenses big plays - and they definitely get some of those - but the score is 10-0 Saints. That is indicative of the problem his defenses have of giving up big plays. Greggg’s defense amplifies whatever offense he’s going against. If it’s a poor, undisciplined offense then his D will destroy it. If it’s a disciplined and efficient offense, then his defense will get gashed all day.

I think that I was pretty clear in specifically pointing out that wasn’t what I said. Important and telling, yes. “Everything you’ll need to know” as you inferred? Not by a long shot.

It’s not just about the W or L. For the Bills it’s about seeing if Allen has progressed over the offseason, about how much improvements truly have been made to the WR corps and OL, etc., etc. It’s about how we look relative to another AFCE team that’s also trying to contend. Of course the W or L matters a lot, but there’s more here that matters - and it matters more than if we were playing the Texans or Vikings.

I agree that what sucks is the Texicans helping the Dols our with their rebuild. Miami’s FO should send BoB a nice fruit basket or something.

PFF’s take on this for anyone who’s interested.

Great coaching, excellent talent and proclivity to break rules to get further advantage is truly a recipe to build and maintain a dynasty. It really has been a combination of all 3.

Terrible, terrible shame if true. Just awful....