Matt_In_NH

The Patriots need WR help and have bookoo dollars to spend so if Hopkins wants money that actually makes sense. Just have to get past the Bill Obrien thing but money can heal wounds.

Lets deep dive in thiis! He is onto something. Someone should reach out and let josh know. Knowing ther is a problem is always the first step. Brady and mahomes are way more commercialized. Maybe this is a good thing.

Or he just has to have hot takes because it generates interest.

Cowherd talked about defense over 5 years. I think good and bad QB's/offenses have to balance out over that much time. Sure you could rank the offenses and some teams will have some advantage but things will tend to average over 5 years. In one given year can that happen, yes sure. The Bills have been playing a first place schedule for the last few years which means Mahomes every year, the Bills played Tampa with Brady as the extra game a couple years back. The Bills have been near the top in rankings in both offense and defense and yet dont have much to show for it. To me, the failure has been playoffs.... some critical coaching failures in the playoffs. Those things are correctable IMO.

He mentions how highly ranked the Bills defense is and then concludes they spend all their resources on defense. I will just point out the Bills offense has gained the second most yards and scored the second most points the last three years. In fact they are 10 points behind the Chiefs in points over the last three years. And that is with one less game! If the Bills played that Cinci game they would have be the highest scoring team over the last three years. If you go points per game, Bills are number 1 over the last three years. Also, the one less game actually plays into the Bills defensive stats in the favor of the Bills D over that timeframe, but they may still be number 1. I listened to this and it sounds good and interesting but it is meant to generate reactions, he does not give you all the invormation, just some information that makes his intended point look better. So what problem is Colin really fixing exactly? Sure you can say I want more talent, I can say that about defense frankly. The results are there on both sides of the ball. There really is one thing this team needs to do and I dont have to say what it is.

They put the burden on the patient to fight this crap more and more. Its so broken

Oh I know, people think the Saints got away with something, rather they keep kicking 100+ million down the road. I don't think they are the model to use.

Edit: I get it now, dead cap in 2024 if he is unsigned but if resigned the 4.5 mil can be spread over three years. Still a contract that has less money on the one year deal than what is owed later. Not sure if Beane is on a slippery slope, we will want guys in every offseason, next year, year after, year after that etc. Drunk Beane making this deal. We get him for one year and pay him for four. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/leonard-floyd-18957/

I don’t have money I went shopping and bought a bunch of things I want today with my credit card. I calll this trick magic.

Any money freed from Oliver was not going to Hopkins...the Bills need the $5 mill in season IR cushion too. I bet this is one of those deals that has some void money in 2024.

Exactly....GM's tend to have blinders when it is guys they drafted. I was looking forward to seeing him play in a contract year. He did not get what the other DT's in his class drafted after him are getting and that is certainly justified but I hope this is not just paying a lot of money to an ok player.

hoo boy?

Looks like you figured it out

It is not every team...the Bills are one of the higher leveraged teams in the league. But teams are at different points in their "cycles". Poke around on Spotrac and you can see that. I dont hate what the Bilsl have done as a whole but they need to be careful moving forward IMO while Allen is still around.

You can just borrow from future years which is largely what Beane has done, I don't view it as impressive because as it stands right now they are going to be up against it for many years doing this same thing. I would say Beane was more of a responsible spender this year (so far, that changes if he signs Hopkins). They need to be more calculated and careful about who gets "paid". Not every good player deserves a pricy extension

Not sure what I just watched but I think it cost some money

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I choose dolphins.

Pro bowler. Lol

If anyone listens to Locked On Bills, Joe Marino had Ross on, he explained his position. I understand some of his reasoning but some of his "facts" don't add up to me. He gives credit to Kevin Stefanski for making the playoffs and winning a playoff game with a lesser roster. Most of the reason for the low ranking was 1) lots of good coaches in the NFL, he considers McDermott a good coach, 2) playoff failures is the big driver to him, he made the point that McDermott has one of the best 3 QB's in the AFC and the Chiefs are in the AFCCG/SB routinely, Bengals in the AFCCG last two years and one SB and the Bills have one AFCCG appearance, no SB's to speak of. I can listen to that to a degree, I think the 13 seconds debacle and lack of adjustments for field condisions vs Cinci deserves a lot of criticism. However, I also think the overall body of work shows he should be ranked much higher, but it is clear what needs to happen for him to be considered a great coach. He challenged Bills fans to consider if McDermott is a problem and most of us probably have some blinders on. Some of his weaker arguments was the "Bills lost to the Jets" that cannot happen. This is nonsense, all teams lose games in the regular season and against teams they should beat. He gives Daboll a 8 ranking for a 9-8 record, he like McDaniels and he was 9-8. McDermott took a crap team to a 9-7 record with Tyrod and made the playoffs....he did say that is the "best argument for McDermott", but he admitted recency bias is strong with his approach. He thinks the coach in Atlanta would have won more in Buffalo and McDermott would not have gone 7-10 with Atlanta's roster, this is a joke. In conclusion, he made some good points and some in my opinion awful points. I believe McDermott is strong in his position, the seat is not warm and he has done a great job of building this team, they need to take the next steps. I think McDermott has evolved a tremendous amount since taking the job, he was so conservative early on, and now one of the more aggressive coaches in terms of down and distance, going for it etc. I believe he is going to make the D more aggressive now also. I am all in with McDermott even though I know not everyone feels that way.

What happened to all the question marks in the title? This thread is nothing without them

Another JAG to be traded after Preseason?

I like Leslie Frazier but I don't think there will be a lot of opportunity for a HC position given his age mostly Not that he cant do it, just if a team is trying to establish something you would have to consider how long he will be around for. The fact his expertise is D and not O also works against him. Maybe if a team needs an interim coach or something he can get an opportunity.

Slow down, you skipped right over 11, 10 and 9 yard cushions skippy!

I was looking for the catch. Gonna try to get my money back. I am surprised the nfl purposely deceived like this. Maybe I should. It be but I am