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Yup. I was speaking to the realities of the business side of the NFL. Cold blooded move. Of course we knew KC had the wherewithal to operate that way after the Tyreek trade.

That’s rough. I don’t think KC makes it to the SB without Clark. He was huge in the Cincy game.

I saw an analysis of Dupree’s performance when TEN signed him. He typically got his sacks late. He worked hard and kept at it on plays. So sometimes that paid off on coverage sacks or getting a sack when a QB got flushed. But he was not good at getting to the QB quickly. Hard pass.

That would not help because in a trade the dead cap is almost always from money that has already been paid to a player. A team would have to recoup money from the player to get the dead cap off of their books - and good luck with that. The Diggs contract is interesting though. He was given a $21.5M signing bonus last year. If traded the remaining $17.2M would hit as dead cap. He also has a fully guaranteed option bonus of $16M due between 3/15/23 & 3/21/23. His salary and bonuses are about $8.4M this season. If traded before the option bonus is paid the Bills would get hit with $17.2M in dead cap and have a net loss of $8.8M in cap space. After the option bonus is paid you’d add $16M to both numbers, which means $33.2M in dead cap and $24.8M net loss of cap space. While it would not be a great situation, he is tradeable prior to the option payment. After, not at all.

https://theathletic.com/4277824/2023/03/06/ravens-lamar-jackson-franchise-tag-free-agency/?amp=1 https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/baltimore-ravens/cap/ Good article on the whole Ravens situation. I also linked their cap numbers from Spotrac because the article only talks in general terms. The big take away is that the difference between the non-exclusive and exclusive franchise tags for Lamar is about $13 million ($32M & $45M). They’ve got $25M in space now and they could get to $32M with only a little pain, but getting to $45M will cut a lot deeper. They are going to lose some good players if they have to do that.

Let’s see how FA plays out first, but probably not.

I think Al Holcomb was brought in to help McDermott with the defense. Notably this was done BEFORE Frazier left the building. That’s one of the reasons I am of the belief that Frazier was fired (in the nicest possible way). If he had a year left on his contract the Bills would pay him out and he’d have to keep quiet as part of that agreement. That’s standard practice. So I doubt we will hear from him publicly until next offseason when he will be interviewing for jobs with other teams.

I have no advice to give, but I hope that you and your family have a blast! Please tell us all about it.

That’s fair

Why hello there Miss Cow. Let me tell you what I’m going to have for dinner: veal parmesan washed down with a nice big glass of milk. The milk I’m gonna drink is the food you made for your baby. The parmesan is a cheese made out of another baby cows food. It’s a delicious cheese that requires rennet to make. Rennet is the collection of enzymes found in the stomachs of ruminant animals - like cows and goats. But don’t worry about your baby not having any food. She won’t need it because veal IS your baby! I’ve eaten all of that. Heck, I had Parmesan cheese today. But it’s kinda messed up.

You’re not wrong. I (really) love cheese. I love ice cream. I like my coffee with 1/2 & 1/2. Fresh whipped cream is delicious. But I find cow milk straight up pretty gross. I much prefer alternatives like oat or soy milk for drinking or with cereal.

This draft looks shallow at the top. By the middle of the first I think more teams will be looking to move back for picks than up for a player. So we might get a bit of a deal. You have a valid point though. Do we really want to move up from 27 in this draft? No, not really. But I also don’t like the thought of sitting at 27 with how I think the draft will likely shake out. We’d probably be one of the teams looking to move back - and at that point I’d probably prefer that. So the way I look at the situation is like this. I see Addison and JSN as first round prospects. I’d give up 27 and 59 for one of them. That should get us up to around pick 16. JSN is a perfect fit here IMO. The alternative is to draft two second round level prospects at 27 and 59. I’d rather have the prospect I think can be a real difference maker on our offense.

I think that using 2 TE sets would be great, especially if we aren’t in a spot to draft a quality slot WR prospect. Regardless I hope we get more talent at the position and Dorsey embraces true 2 TE sets. It could really help the run game too.

WR is my preference, but that depends on who’s there. I’d be happy to see the Bills move up for one (Addison, JSN) as long as they didn’t go crazy on trade compensation.

LT - Dion Dawkins LG - Ryan Bates C - Mitch Morse, Luke Wypler, Ohio State, 3rd round, heir apparent to MM at C, immediate competition for Bates at LG RG - Nate Davis, FA-Titans, 26 years old, 4 years, $30M total ($7.5M AAV) RT - Competition between Spencer Brown and Jermaine Eluemunor, FA-Raiders, 28 years old, 2 years, $8M ($4M AAV), winner starts, backup is the swing tackle I’d look to do something like this. Reasonable spending, good competition and depth, succession planning at C.

I agree. Non-exclusive rights franchise tag is $32.4M. That is a done deal if I’m Schoen. I’d gladly take 2 firsts if a team wants to sign him away. And I’d listen to their other offers.

WR is a top 5 position in the NFL and, like CB, the top three on a team matter a lot. Davis is a starter in the league, no question - but he’s not a difference maker. And the Bills need more difference makers than just Diggs at WR.

This thread reminds me of this (NSFW) classic:

I bet he’s waiting to run the 40 until tOSU’s pro day so his only timed run will be on that blazing fast track.

Great job with the math. How many teams in the NFL do you think are happy with the production they got from their top two WRs? Maybe a third of the league and certainly not more than half.

McDermott and Beane exceeded my expectations in that they built a team that was capable of winning a championship. But they also fell short of expectations with their failures in the biggest moments. Even when a team has done a great job of putting itself into a position to win it all, that team still needs some good luck. You can’t squander those opportunities and they have. On the coaching side the 13 second debacle was inexcusable. On the FO side the neglect on the offensive side of the ball is where they’ve fallen short.

Well, that’s fair on the shady undertones. It’s not like UB or Kent State have that added taint.

Except for the brief time they were good and looked like and up and coming program under Schiano I’ve always thought that they were a poor program. I don’t know that I could say that they were the worst - too much competition for that. Heck, they’d probably win the MAC. But other than those few seasons they’ve been bad for my whole life. I’m 54.

Despite some bad weather games the Bills threw the ball a lot. One stat that tries to account for volume is Yards Per Route Run. Davis is 53rd among WRs at 1.43. By comparison Stefon Diggs is 5th at 2.49, McKenzie is 84th at 1.10. Knox is 31st among TEs at 1.10 as well - which surprised me. Equally surprising - in the other direction - are Hines 4th among RBs at 1.77, Cook 15th at 1.43 and Singletary 41st (among 50 qualifying RBs) at 0.75. I’d have more hope for Davis if I thought he had the physical ability to expand his route tree. I don’t think that’s in the cards though. I do think his ankle was an issue last season so he could be better in 2023. Edited to add: in 2021 before he was a starter Davis was 48th at 1.62.