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Anything. Show me the money doesn't always literally mean "show me the money." He could be talking about a girl he's trying to hook up with. Young people post random crap on social media everyday. I don't even know what about his contract he could be upset about? It's a 5th year option, it can't be touched.

Edge rusher is always a need for every team. It's the 2nd most important position behind QB. You could get a $20 million or more AAV player cost controlled for 5 years. Despite Bills fans only wanting offense in the 1st round, an edge rusher is always a good pick IF they turn into a very good player. And it is very much a possibility for us this year. The mock drafters who "don't do their homework" are the ones who exclusively mock the most obvious needs to every team in the 1st round. That isn't how GMs operate. Beane has taken high upside players with elite physical traits at premium positions every single 1st round he's been in charge. That's likely to continue this year. He isn't going to reach for a WR just because the fans think that's the most immediate need.

What year is it?

I don't know what you consider to be a sleeper, but I've seem very little discussion of RB Jamaal Williams from Detroit. He's a downhill TD machine. Perfect complement to James Cook. His projected market value is around $4m AAV. I would take that deal and cut Hines.

The alternative is get someone like Hopkins or Mike Evans (if available). 3 WR sets with Davis and Hopkins/Evans on the outside, Diggs in the slot. Or Diggs on the outside, Shakir in the slot. I don't need whatever upgraded WR we add this year to have slot versatility. Just be better than Davis and figure it out from there. Adding someone at the level of Hopkins or Evans is the only thing needed to get the passing offense back to 2020 levels IMO, as long as there is at least a capable replacement for Saffold.

My guess is his post had nothing to do with his contract at all and he only deleted it because his agent told him how it looks. Athletes have a life outside of football.

Could be Jalin Hyatt, Zay Flowers, Tyler Scott?

If they like a LT prospect at #27, Dawkins isn't a reason to pass on him. You get the best starting 5 on the field, if that means Dawkins is the LG so be it.

We can't enter the draft without a starting 3T on the roster. Settle is barely a 2nd string 3T. The draft is a crapshoot even in a good year. So if we trade Oliver we have to pay someone else as a stopgap at the very least. One example: Taven Bryan, who graded out lower than Ed Oliver in any metric or grading system I can find, has a projected market value of $6.6 million per year on Spotrac. He is probably the cheapest starting caliber 3T you could find. Maybe you sign him to a 2 year deal where the year one cap hit is lower and you end up saving $5 million on the cap compared to what Oliver would get. But now you've added to the cap issue in 2024. Is all of that worth it for a lesser player with less upside? For me it is not. If we trade Oliver and pay Hargrave instead, sure that would make sense to improve the team, but I thought the point of this hypothetical move would be to reallocate resources from defense to offense. Now we're actually allocating more cap space to defense. Count me out on that idea, especially when we've already overinvested in the DL. Trading Oliver for a draft pick just doesn't make any sense no matter how you slice it.

But then we'd have to pay a starting 3T which would cost us $5 million at the low end. I know Oliver has been disappointing relative to his draft pick but he has shown enough flashes to let him play out the 5th year. He is still a starting caliber 3T with upside. His play is worth a lot more to us than whatever small cap savings we'd get by replacing him.

Don't assume every social media post has to do with football.

$2.5 million isn't nothing. Especially with our cap problems. If they think Benford can man that spot next year there's no need to spend anything on a safety.

I think we're rolling with Benford at SS next year. I don't think we'll spend any cap space on the position. Probably will add a draft pick too.

The last game of the '21/'22 season featured an offense that exploded and a pass rush that couldn't affect Mahomes. The common thought at the time was that an elite pass rusher was the missing element to push us over the hump. Even knowing what I know now I would still take Von Miller over Christian Kirk. We have options to upgrade on Davis this offseason. Elite pass rushers, even older ones, are very hard to come by.

I won't be surprised if we sign someone like Thielen or Woods for a low salary to give us a baseline option in the slot, in case Shakir doesn't develop. I'm fine with that I guess. As long as they also add an upgrade on Davis for the #2 WR spot.

I like this. I'm against trading Oliver for a draft pick because it's a bad draft class and it would just create another hole that we'd have to pay to fill. Maybe it saves us $5 million at the end? Not worth it to cast away a high upside player. But if you use the trade to fill a hole on the OL, that is sensible, especially since it seems to me that the chances of extending Oliver beyond this season are very low.

Daniel Jeremiah just posted his top 50 big board. He has Bijan Robinson as his #3 overall player. I still find it extremely unlikely he will be there for us.

The late 2nd has been a wasteland for receivers lately. There's always a run on them between picks 33 and 50. It's a valuable position so you aren't going to get a steal that easily. So would you take Hopkins for 2-3 years with a fairly large cap hit, or a cost controlled random player with likely a 3rd round grade for 4 years? I'll take the known product in that scenario.

I don't agree with that at all. Campbell doesn't have the sideline to sideline range that Edmunds does but he isn't just a downhill thumper. He is at least competent moving laterally and he can more than hold his own in zone coverage. It's just that his instincts make him special instead of his athleticism.

How's Carson Strong working out for the Seahawks?

If he isn't chasing a massive contract, get it done. Beane's 2nd round picks have not been good anyways. Use this one on a player you already know is great.

So everyone understands "former MVP" means nothing, right? Teams don't want to give a fully guaranteed contract to a run first QB who has had trouble finishing each of the last two seasons. Especially since he is notoriously impossible to negotiate with. It isn't any more complicated than that.

He needs to get an agent. He has no endorsement deals, no commercials, nothing. Other teams are shutting down his asking price. He needs someone that isn't a direct relative advising him. Right now he looks like a fool and is costing himself millions.