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Okay, pff aside, explain the numbers in my first paragraph. Those are not subjective and numbers don't lie.

I agree. His tackles,pressure rate, tackles for loss, knockdowns and hurries are not in the same company as his sack totals. #20 in sacks, #50 total pressures, #65 in hurries, #138 QB hits. There must be a reason that pff had him as their #70 out of 95 edge defenders last year, lower than Murphy Hughes and Lawson (even if pff sucks, as a lot seem to think, they can't be that far off). Maybe he could be more of a situational pass rusher sack artist, but he is not an all around stud at the position. Even the chart of top sack totals for last four years shows his lack of tackles compared to the others. But once again, McBeane know him a lot better cause they coached him a few years ago. Welcome to the Bills, I hope you are a lot better than pff thinks you are.

Amazing how the Texans are allowing Bill OBrien to completely dismantle their team. Shocking how little sense this trade appears to make.?

Ya, I'm pretty good at catching too.☺

He is not plenty fast enough, in fact he is kind of slow. I would not classify him a very good receiver either. He is pretty average across the board imo.

It's pretty sickening really. All to save the owners 10 mil which is a drop in the NFL's bucket. Especially considering they targeted the disabled and not the general pension fund. Taking away 80% of their benefit in one fell swoop. Sickening level of selfishness by current players imo. Even more so when you consider how much more players make now compared to the past.

I agree. Your post was a few after mine, where I pointed out his drops this past season and I assumed it was in reference to it. I would not pass summary judgment on rookies after one season and agree that it is ridiculous to do so. I think they both have great potential and both have work to do.

Gee, I don't know. Maybe they finally started testing people? What sucks about testing people is that the damn numbers go up. ***** science. Awesome. We live 20 miles south of there part of the year. Looking forward to being there in a week or so.

That's a ridiculous blanket statement and I don't see the correlation. Any receiver who drops 10 catchable balls out of 50 targets has a problem with drops, period. I don't think anyone said he can't get better. I like Knox and think he has potential. I like Ford, that doesn't mean he was a good rt last year but he was just a rookie. Hopefully he improves if that is where they insist on playing him. I happen to believe he is better suited to play guard at this stage but in any case I've never thought or said that he sucks. They were both rookies, I don't know why anyone would expect them to just step in and play like established veterans. Who are these 'same people' you speak of anyway? I'm not one of them and that alone makes your blanket statement false.

The way Kroft was restructured made it more expensive and more unlikely to cut him. Could have cut him for 1.6 dead cap before, now 3.4 is guaranteed so new dead cap 3.4 mil.

That's understandable, I just think his ceiling is way up there and the timing is just right on his learning curve. I have no idea what the price would be but if it is reasonable I think he is well worth the risk. I fully expect them to draft a wr somewhere in the top 3 rounds but counting on a rookie to step right into the starting lineup and have an impact is risky.

Breshad Perriman, 6'2" 215lb 4.24 40 Former first round pick starting to click. 6 tds last season in just 36 rec. 17.9 yds/rec was tied for 4th with Diggs 69 targets 0 drops. His dad Brett Perriman played 10 yrs and had 108 catches 1488 yds in '95 with Detroit. I think he is ready to tear it up. ?

Linval Joseph might be a good pickup but Xavier Rhodes was just awful last season, his stats when targeted are some of the worst in the league: 81 trgts 66 rec 81.5% comp 4tds 0 int 9.8 yds/trgt 123.8 pass rtng Only 4 cbs had a passer rating worse than Rhodes, Josh Norman (129.0) was one of them. Hard to believe he made the Pro Bowl, that is just ridiculous.

I wish it were funny but it's just sad and embarassing.

Any chance to get ahead of it is gone. As an example just a few days ago Michigan was reporting 0 cases, but they had only tested less than 10 people at that point. They have finally got their testing up and running and the cases are now showing up. Unfortunately the virus has been spreading while the lack of testing has kept numbers appearing low. Testing is still not widespread enough and is just getting started in a lot of places. It will almost certainly get worse before it gets better.

The restructure actually made it more expensive, and less likely, to cut him this year. $3.4 mil now guaranteed vs. $1.6 dead cap before the new deal. Basically they retain him, and his cap hit(4) is only 2.4 mil more than if they had cut him(1.6). From that perspective it's a good deal for the Bills. I was hoping they would upgrade him, but now I'm hoping he can finally do something on the field. He's caught more than 11 passes only once in 5 seasons.

I was just amazed he's still playing.

The guy is 37 years old.

What happened to his kid?

Until there is widespread testing results the numbers don't mean that much because they aren't an accurate representation of its spread. For example Michigan supposedly had 0 cases a few days ago but had only tested less than 10 people at that point. They finally got their testing up and running and the cases are now showing up. Unfortunately the virus has been spreading while the numbers appeared low.

Spain was not very good and bringing him back is a disappointment to me. I thought the line was a weakness last year and Spain and Ford were the weakest links. Ford was just a rookie and isn't going anywhere but I thought Spain's position could easily be upgraded. I don't really understand all the excitement for bringing back Kroft or acquiring Norman either. I read one poster saying he thought there was a decent chance Norman doesn't even make the team but it's a great contract because he only gets 3 million dollars if he doesn't. Does that make sense? A guy you think has a decent chance not to make the team is guaranteed 3 mil and that's a great thing? Kroft had 6 catches for 6.5 million dollars, 70 catches combined over the last 5 seasons, and some people are excited to give him another shot for only 4 million. Not trying to be a downer, but I'm not excited about these moves so far. I sincerely hope I'm proven wrong but the offensive line and tight end positions were weak spots last year and just sticking with the same guys and expecting much better results is not real encouraging imo. I have seen the oline ranked around 20th last year on a couple different sites. It was obvious to me they were not good enough to go deep into the playoffs.

They weren't that good last year, but they're good this year with the same line? I'm confused, do people think the offensive line was good last year and are excited to keep it the same?

It means they are stuck with him for another year but he only gets 4 million dollars to sit injured on the bench instead of 6. If you cut him you get a 1.6 mil dead cap hit but then you have to find a replacement who can actually play tight end. Evidently that's hard to do.?

When I read they 'restructured' him I was hoping they gave him bionic limbs.

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