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Duke doesn’t seem to be able to take that kind of punishment. He would be in the 3rd down RB/passing down RB/weapon roles. He can be very productive if he touches are limited. He’s cheap this year but his compensation ratchets up significantly over the next two seasons. Cleveland is looking for a contributing player in return. They’d throw in draft compensation as well. I just don’t know who the Bills could trade them that they’d want for a player that might be a 1 year rental. The way around that is if his agent would renegotiate his deal. Cleveland won’t cut him though. As it stands they can use him up while Hunt is suspended and then part with him.

Big issue that often gets lost is “IF it’s possible to extend New Era Field’s life by 25 years.” If the underlying infrastructure isn’t likely to last that long, then that’s it. It has to be a new stadium. The question just becomes where.

Surprised that it took this long for things to fall apart.

Well, on Gregg’s defense one of them gets to line up in Albany so.......

Metcalf for reasons mentioned as well as drops. Sweat for production not matching athleticism. Gary for reasons mentioned.

Gotta take someone with a future. Only RB on our roster signed past this year is Ford from our PS last year*. That said, I don’t want a premium pick spent on one. *Oh, right. He played late in the season when McCoy got hurt.

Heres the thing. He got paid and will be living where he wants. That’s what he really valued and he got it. He won. But that was his focus. Championships don’t matter nearly as much. He certainly would have written off the Raiders if they did. So the Bills also won - or at least didn’t lose - here. We didn’t blow a bunch of cap space and draft capital on a gifted player who would rather go to one of the worst teams in the league so he can live in Vegas and get paid than go to a team on the upswing that can compete for (and in) the playoffs. Why? Because he’d only be getting paid ALMOST as much? Or because he’d have to live in Buffalo for half the year? Please. I am still pissed we even considered acquiring a player that quit on his team like that.

Doubtful the Browns just cut him. The alternative is using him in the DE rotation and netting a comp pick when he’s signed by another team the following year. The Browns want to use him to acquire a player at a position of need or move up in the draft. What about a flip of 2nds? 49 and Ogbah for 40?

It would absolutely widen the gap between Haves and Have Nots. Cheap teams like the Bengals would use it to spend even less than they do now and wealthy owners would use it to gain a competitive advantage. No way would owners allow this (but the NFLPA would love it). Exemptions wont happen for the same reasons. We are looking at the very real possibility of another lockout in two seasons. With the owners looking to squeeze the players for more money the likelihood of any rule changes that would put more money in players’ pockets is almost nil. The only exception is if it was offset by other money and I don’t see that happening.

I agree. That is who Allen is and it’s how he’s going to have the most success. Let him run. Let him extend plays to throw. Build around that while he works on passing from the pocket in rhythm.

This. We aren’t clearing cap space this year, we’re filling holes on the team.

Oh. I see. It’s the money they make (although not really special teams players). That’s a sad, small mentality.

I’m pretty sure a 4th and 15 is football. Why disregard safety? Do you advocate disregarding safety precautions in other industries?

You can remove those quotes. The new KO rules have actually made that play safer. So you got a better idea?

The onside kick has become the worst play in the NFL. I’m on board with the newly proposed rule. Safer and more exciting.

Seriously?

Wow. That’s rough.

That would certainly be okay for a guy we can depend on to keep Allen upright. From what I see he’s always done well in pass pro but has been up and down as a run blocker. Possibly due to scheme. Do you think he fits with the current scheme?

Oh sorry. I just was pointing out to people why he only made $1.9M last season. That it was due to the tender offer he got as a RFA, not a market value UFA contract.

Any thoughts on what his contract would be? I’ll take a stab: 4 years, $20M or thereabouts. Easy exit after 2 years. Thoughts?

It was his year 4 restricted free agent tender contract. No bearing on his next deal.

I agree with that. 5th year options are only guaranteed for injury so it can be taken off of the table if he regresses.

How many pages would this thread be if we were talking about a guy named Chad Losman?

Correction: it’s the third time he got caught since HS.

https://www.rotoworld.com/article/draft-analysis/nfl-draft-needs-bills Not earth shattering, but worth a look at this slow time.