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I mean you can pretend he's not good all you want because you're jilted, doesn't make it so. EOTD, he wanted out and demanded a trade. Bills gave him the right to seek one. That means Diggs' agent talked to Houston in Houston said that they would trade for him under all of these conditions and that contract change was already worked out. You can say Houston wanted to change his deal because they weren't believers or whatever, but I don't buy it. Takes 2 to tango... They wanted him, they were willing in principle on compensation, but IMO diggs wanted the 1 year deal (with more money), and an out so he can pick his spot in 2025, likely with his brother in Dallas, who has been talking about them playing together for years. Getting this trade done got him to a new team, I got him yet another fresh start, and more importantly for him it got into the end of his contract so he can leave whenever he wants. I mean he clearly knows what the market was for him in a trade, not a lot of teams were going to give up draft picks to get him with his big contract. This solved all issues Houston giving up a 2 for a rental is risky, so they are all in for this year, but don't confuse wanting to win and thinking a guy is washed up. I think he wanted out of the big contract he was in in Buffalo, he I mean the bills getting a 2nd was looked at as under compensation initially, and once the restructure came out, it was looked at differently because of the lack of control by Houston... It looks bad on them. You don't give up a 2nd and go out and look bad in a trade for a guy you think isn't good.

A lot of great points in this thread on Diggs. Dude was amazing for us, but a combination of play calling, his relationship with Josh, and his own declining skills ushered him out. EOTD, he's talked about how he forced his way out, and that massive cap hit is evidence they'd have kept it rolling with him. The #1 driver likely was Brady preaching the unselfish nature of his offense, which is the opposite of Diggs. Brady, as was mentioned before, wants to run what works. What's more, they want to go to the open guy .... Any open guy. Not a guy who's "open even when he's covered" to quite Doug Whaley, he wants to sceme plays and actually use all the options based on the defense they play. Diggs wasn't having that. But this offense would've driven Diggs nuts for an entire additional season. I mean look at Kincaid getting double, triple, and quadruple teams in week 1, and Allen just looking elsewhere like it was nothing. That's a luxury Allen and Brady now have, no egos to scream in their faces on the sidelines because they didn't get the ball. Just a team of dudes doing their job and happy to be winning. Winning was good enough for Diggs at first, but no SB and declining usage was a bridge too far. All that said, Diggs is still a great WR. He's not what he was, but he's damn good.

My God Father is putting us up, I'll find out his exact location but he said 45 minutes from LAX... not overly helpful lol.

Ummmmmm no... Dude chose to play after 6 concussions.... He wants to be a vegetable, that's his choice. I don't care about him or his "cause"...

Hey fellas, looking for a Bills Backers Bar or something out in LA for the game in December. My Dad brothers and I are flying out and we'd love to need up with some other Bills Fans for fun. Thanks all, Let me know your recommendation!

McConkey... This generations Welker/Edelman... But we didn't need another small spot guy, so I'm fine with letting that slide.

Was just creating this same post, I'll just put it here, you beat me to the punch. Per schefter, Miami is releasing White to keep Thompson as their #2. Sign him to be #2 and move on from the Trubisky experiment. White has way more upside and development potential than Mitchell who is a known quantity... And it ain't much. Where white showed some great flashes in NY in relief. White is a former 5th round pick of the cowboys, played for NY Jests in 2021 & 2022 and has been on Miami for 1 season. With the Jests in 21 and 22, he has 7 starts, 191 completions in 307 attempts for 62.2%, 2145 yards, 8 TDs to 12 INTs 1 comeback drive 1 game winning drive. StrengthsArm talent is the first thing you notice. Former high school pitcher with 90 MPH fastball who can crank up that heat when he needs to. Has good drive accuracy. Able to push the ball into tight windows. Has velocity and accuracy to attack the middle of the field. Can alternate between heat and touch. Throws catchable deep ball and has ability to drop it over a cornerback's head down the sideline. Can be dangerous from the pocket when he's protected. Completed 57 percent of his deep throws when protection was better in 2016. Resets feet before throwing when he leaves the pocket. Asked to make full-field reads at times. Weaknesses Heavy feet take time to set up in the pocket. Struggled to deal with poor protection. Lacks feel for pressure off the edges and drops his eyes when he sees pocket push. Pocket mobility is poor. Was responsible for his share of the 46 sacks. Sluggish processor when initial reads are covered. Stayed on covered targets rather than finding better options. Relies too heavily on arm over anticipation. Looks lethargic when trying to roll and throw. Fumbled 12 times this year and 17 times over two seasons.

Not for that price. I like the idea of adding unrealized talent, but a 3 for 5 is too much IMO.

I hear Reggie Germany is available...

I mean, sure, but do want him as the only guy if Allen were down? He's equal in experience to DiNucci who I never want to see take a snap. That's what he tough part of backup QBs ... Either you pay for a guy or you have to slog through hot garbage hoping you never need him, and if you do, praying you get a flash in the pan. I wanted Mike White when the Jests let him go, I'm reading the Fins are between him and Skylar Thompson for the 53, if white is let go, I'd happily sign him. Experience, NFL wins, he's seen a few NFL systems... I see more upside in the kids abilities, and more NFL experience.

Tannehill, Hoyer, Gabbert, McCarron, Barkley, Siemian Those are the trash that's available... Tannehill is an upgrade to Trubisky most likely but he'll probably be priced out pluse want to wait it out tonsee if a starter goes down so he can try and maximize value and start again. After that McCarron and Barkley were already here at some point and weren't very good, plus them and the others I'm not convinced are upgrads to Trubisky. Watching cuts is more likely but it's not like someone with lots of value will shake loose...

I mean literally the cover of the book says "boomers, millennials, and the looming generational showdown" Lol tell me you didn't read the book without telling me you didn't read the book.

Poyer and Rapp play the same strong safety position, if he were here, we'd still need to be signing guys for the more Free Safety spot. Obviously McDermott doesn't do the traditional SS/FS spots, but skill set wise he likes an in the box hard hitter who can cover (Poyer/Rapp) and a rangy deep safety with ball skills (Hyde/Bishop/Edwards/Hamlin). Hyde would be the one you'd want back, and frankly the man clearly is mentally not prepared to play, so you don't want him. I Loved Hyde, but he's old, worn down, and mentally not where he needs to be. Even if he reported today, that's not a solution.

Josh Allen's fumble rating needs to be fixed dude fumbles every other time he's hit, it's infuriating.

Yeah sorry I meant IR ... Can't be on PUP if he's practiced. Hed make the 53 then be moved to IR if he can't go to start the year.