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Exactly. If not for Diggs, we'd be on par with everyone else. And even though it really hurt us this year, it frees up $27.3 million in cap space for 2025, so I'm glad we did it now.

Curtis Samuel has only one season above 700 yards, and that was 4 years ago (851 yards with the Panthers). This is his 8th season, and you think NOW he'll finally breakout? Or do you think Diggs will just have such a down year that Samuel will out-stat him by default of Diggs disappearing?

The league average is $34.4 million dead cap per team. With $63.6 million in dead cap, the Bills have the 3rd highest in the league, just below the Broncos ($76.4 million) and Vikings ($65.3 million). Our biggest AFC rivals have the following in dead cap: - Chiefs: $11.2 million - Ravens: $17.3 million - Bengals: $7.3 million - Dolphins: $42.5 million - Jets: $53 million - Texans: $33 million So yeah, we're definitely in the worst shape, while the Chiefs & Bengals are doing the best in that regard (though I know Bengals don't like doing guaranteed money & are extremely cheap, so that may have something to do with them).

I still enjoyed our time with the guy. It's annoying how he left, but it was time to start over. He did a lot to help this team, so I'm not going to start hating him just because he left. Now if more comes out that he treated Allen or others like crap, then I'd change my tune.

Well, looks like the you might get your wish!

It's always had that, NIL hasn't changed anything there. But current college football doesn't have nearly as many of those games after Power 5 Conferences (now "Power Four") grew in size so much. They all used to load up their early schedule with these games, but now teams have to play more in-conference games. Also, college football will naturally have more lopsided games, as it's impossible to have nearly 70 teams with parity, and over 130 division 1 schools. But the overall product has gotten better with the expanded playoff system (now expanding to 12 teams), and athletes being able to more easily transfer for an opportunity to play. Quality players have spread out more than before, and it's not so consolidated to just a handful of legacy schools getting everyone.

Well, I wanted to start a new thread after stumbling across this song, but I think I'm just gonna drop it here. Is this accurate?

What's Bobby April up to these days? He was one of the few bright spots on this team for a while...

He probably is a system QB, but he's been way better than Jimmy G statistically and we all saw San Francisco sign him to the highest paid contract ever (per year) at the time. Even after everyone knew what he'd be, the Raiders still signed Jimmy G to a 3 year, $73 million contract. Right now, the Niners are only paying Purdy $1 million per year, and he's been better & more durable than Garoppolo. With contracts only going up each year, I still expect Purdy to get somewhere around $40+ million a year if he has another season like last year.

Yes, but that doesn't fit the narrative. California is associated with liberals, therefore BAD. Same with Chicago. Texas isn't, so anything bad that happens here has nothing to do with politics. I live in Dallas, worked as a corrections officer for several years & now work security for an ISD. Bad things happen here all the time, but nobody ever associates it with politics. But when anything negative happens in CA, oh boy does everyone love to do victory laps & "I told ya so's" around the story. Ok, proceed to down vote me.

Agreed. I think it's pretty telling that he ONLY hires guys from within. I think he prefers comfort & control, nobody with enough pull to rock the boat, over everything else. We all thought Dorsey's play calling was getting bad, but he was fired after a game where he wasn't the issue. And when you compare Brady's play calling to Dorsey's, the numbers are pretty damn similar (Brady runs the ball like 2 more times a game?) It's not like Allen's numbers suddenly took off either. Even though we won those last 5 games, Allen finished with like 5 passing TDs to 5 INTs... His rushing TDs helped cover that up, but our offense hardly looked great. And the massive improvement to the running game looks pretty underwhelming outside of the Cowboys game. Cook struggled to average 4 ypc almost every game. Maybe Brady will have more surprises in store with a full off season under his belt, but I wouldn't be surprised to see him sacked if our offense flounders with this hodgepodge WR group we've been given.

This probably means Deebo will be gone next year. The only reason they can afford all these players is because Purdy is on that super helpful, last pick of the 7th round pay scale (being paid less than HALF of what an average NFL kicker makes). But eventually they'll have to pay him more than $1 million per year, and they've already tied up a ton of $20+ million a year contracts. I think they'll convert Trent's contract to guaranteed money to free up some cap & make Trent happy. His salary is great right now (especially for a 36 year old tackle), schedule to make $20 million in 2024 (most for any O-lineman for this season). Problem is the guaranteed money has dried up, so I'm sure the 49ers will find a way to fix that while also improving their cap space for next season (they're nearly $40 million over for 2025).

I don't have the best memory, but I recall in the past people saying the Bills had very low YAC chances because of ball placement. I noticed in a lot of these clips, he doesn't have a lot of opportunity to catch in stride & keep going, though he did make some plays breaking tackles or taking a screen way down field. Is that because of his position & routes he's running, or is that an Allen thing? I legit don't know, but I do remember the conversations about low YAC & feel Shakir has a chance to be an exception to that.

Damn... I'm still holding out hope the Dolphins under perform, he gets fired, then joins the Bills as an OC to get back at the Dolphins organization.

I'm bored, stumbled across this short video, and it made me laugh. So I'm posting it here to either make you laugh or tell me how stupid it is & get the thread closed. Have a great day!

@rayray808 Are you predicting a Josh Allen injury? 6 wins or fewer?! Predictions: Floor: 7-10 if we really struggle & suffer a ton of injuries Ceiling: 11-6 if the key players stay healthy & Brady can get the most out of the hodgepodge skill position players we have So my prediction, right in the middle at 9-8.

You can't say stuff like this or people will get pissed & ignore everything else. Even I got irritated reading it, mostly because it's not nearly as important as you make it out to be. That "most overrated" poll involved 100 players, and 11 of them voted Allen. So even though it's dumb, that's still such a small amount of players that it doesn't really matter. And having "fun leaders" probably matters none whatsoever as long as they're effective communicators. Peyton Manning joked around all the time. Andy Reid isn't a crazy hard ass either. There are plenty of videos with Kelce & Mahomes joking around in practice or on the sidelines, but they still approach the game seriously. Allen is no different. Didn't you imply it was silly getting rid of talented players just because they rub people the wrong way? Just because Knox & Dawkins rub YOU the wrong way, doesn't mean we should get rid of them. We only get a small peak into how these guys behave. There's no way you can say they don't take winning seriously just because they might appear in a locker room karaoke video or crack jokes mic'd up. You say they're "underrated" and good players, so the last thing we need is LESS of those.

Wow... How did I never know this?! I grew up with WCW/early NWA & never thought about this! Speaking of Virgils, anyone remember this one?

"An anonymous NFL agent..." I love to pile on the Jets as much as anyone, but how many times have we seen "anonymous NFL something says ____ about Josh Allen," and immediately dismissed it? Rodgers is definitely a tool, but I'm not taking anything some rando says seriously just because I want to hear it 🤷‍♂️

I thought you were kidding, but then I just stumbled across the Tweet that shows Lebron's post about it 😄 Edit: You have to click the tweet to see the actual image of Lebron's reply at the bottom. Lame.

I know we all have dislike for anything with Nick Wright, but even he defends Allen here (as does Broussard). Yes, he starts by saying he's "a touch overrated as a passer," but then goes on to explain he's still a better passer than Lamar & most others. Broussard says he's on a "HOF trajectory" and is only 2nd to Mahomes in most categories. Give it a watch if you can tolerate any Nick Wright 😂

His new gf is way hotter though, so...

Damn, it looks like it's going up fast! Can we rush order it & get it ready to start next season?

What's funny is that ever since this summer, one of the bigger Josh Allen (and Bills) supporters is Nick Wright. Don't look now, but he's been pushing back on all these people predicting the Bills will miss the playoffs too.

He's QUIRKY! Shut up & get on board now! Without shoes of course...