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If Tre wants to be in Buffalo, then I would prefer him to stay, BUT I think you also need to look at it. If you can get 2 #1 picks, #3 and #4 AND we would get a decent CB back. I think it really depends on where you think those #1's would be (1-32). If you think they would be in the Top 15, I think you seriously need to look at trading him.

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My list: 1) Dolphins 2) Patriots 3) Cowboys 4) Giants 5) Redskins 6) Jets 7) Whoever we are playing that week.

1) A much better way to do a draft of all NFL players as free agents would be an auction draft. Use the salary cap as how much you can spend in the draft and draft your players. Why should Cincinnati be the only club with the option to get Mahomes? 2) This draft was performed by a bunch of homers for each of the teams they cover. I think some of them might have gotten confused with the final rule, "Each GM was asked to draft with intentions of winning a Super Bowl within five years." 3) Terrible 1st Round Picks if you are starting a NEW franchise. 6. L.A. Chargers: Ronnie Stanley, OT 8. Arizona: Drew Brees, QB 12. Las Vegas: Aaron Rodgers, QB 14. Tampa Bay: Tom Brady, QB 16. Atlanta: Matt Ryan, QB 18. Pittsburgh: Teddy Bridgewater, QB 25. Minnesota: Ryan Tannehill, QB 28. Baltimore: Matthew Stafford, QB

Guys/Gals, I could go on with this banter, but I really come to this board to talk about the Bills. I'm going to bow out of this conversation now. Carry on.

In my reply to you, I was saying why the issue of 'murder of black people' has become political, which is what Kaep was kneeling for... Antifa is using the current situation to incite violence. I do not think they really care about the real issue, "murder of black people". IMO, they are the ones that helped to incite rioting and destroying to businesses.

Only found 1 so far...

Instead of just sending me a link, how about you actually tell me what you want to talk about... Dude, can you actually keep a singular thought... Who the F said that Antifa was about Kaep's kneeling... Keep up man...

We are all for stopping the unnecessary violence towards blacks, whites, asians, hispanics, when in the custody of the police. The George Floyd incident has put 99.9% of everyone on the same side. The cop that did this should be put away for a LONG LONG time. It's a political issue because of different groups that have made this political. Black Lives Matter as a group is a far left group. Antifa is a WAY far left group. Both of these group have politicized this. I've seen many videos where Trump supporters wanted to come out and protest with all the other protestors, just to be shunned and ran out with the threat of violence.

SDS, In any of these cities where all this brutality is happening, which Political party is in power? Who voted for Trump has nothing to do with this issue. Trump does not control the police force in Baltimore, NYC, Minneapolis, LA, Washington DC, Chicago. The other party controls ALL the levers of power in those cities. AND in most cases the other party has been in power there for MANY DECADES! Maybe you should look at Biden who signed and championed the Crime Bill that put in many black people into jails....

Worst logic Logic. If Kaep wanted to produce a TV ad and play it during football games, I have no problem with that. Intentionally being provocative at work to produce a controversy while working AND disrespecting a good majority of the American public, which cost the NFL many millions of dollars. That is why Kaep will probably never be a QB again. Even during press conferences after games or press interviews to share his views would have been ok IMO. But out on the football field on Sunday in his teams uniform, I'm sorry I don't agree with it. Curious, why is the military and saluting military personnel political or a social issue? Dems/Repubs/Libertarians/Independents all participate in military service.

You are correct, cities are allowed to spend their money any way they like. I have not heard the reason for the cuts is COVID-19. The only thing I have heard is they are going to move those monies to other initiatives.... so it is not lowering the budget. So it looks like a kneejerk reaction to the whole 'defund police' calls. So, it looks punitive.

People are allowed to use their rights whenever you want to, but you have to accept the consequences of your actions (which includes the opinion of others). Just like I can say whatever I want, but depending on where I am, I could lose my job for comments when I am at work, or receive a backlash on this message board because of replying to you if people don't agree with me. Kapernick (sp?) decided to sit/take a knee when he was on the job. You are allowed to do that, but accept the consequences of your actions. He did it intentionally (just like the cops/pig socks at work) because he wanted to be provocative. Well, he brought a whole poopstorm down on the NFL and now he doesn't work there. Actions have consequences. If Kapernick held a press conference when not at work and wanted to express his grievances, that would have been more proper and he might still be on an NFL roster.

IMO, this will be the first season where we can get a decent comparison between Dak and Josh Allen. Dak has had a very good offense around him his whole career, while this season will be the first where Josh Allen has all the pieces to create a good offense. Dak still has a better OLine, RB's. The WR's are close to a push, with the Cowboys with a slight advantage. So let's see how Josh and Dak look after the first 4-6 games this year...

Can we do this with QB's too? Some run the football, some go out for passes... can we average their cost with those positions??? ?

Josh's rookie year, the offense talent on that team tied both of his hand behind his back... Last year, with a retooled Oline, a #2 WR as a #1, good slot receiver, and super green TE's, Josh showed very noticeable improvement and led us to the playoffs. Now, this year, the same Oline is back (after a year of gelling), WR is now a strength with a #1 WR coming in, minus Gore plus Moss will improve running game. I expect the continued improvement in Josh Allen this year. IMO, our offense will continue to improve with all the new weapons, which will open up everyone. Also, it looks like Josh is a great leader and the physicality to play QB at a high level (can run and cannon for arm). IMO, it all depends on how far this team progresses. We make it to a Superbowl and actually win , Josh can get anything he wants. If he shows that with a #1 WR the offense can be productive, he will get a good deal. Bold prediction: I think Buffalo is going to totally blow up some teams this year. With a big offense improvement and an already stout defense, I think we can see some 35-7 ballgames in our future. Bold Prediction2: I actually think that Josh Allen will resign with Buffalo and it will be a very favorable, cap friendly deal because I think Josh cares more about winning than the paycheck.

I think the coach and GM need to come to an understanding that there are some positions more important than others, like punter vs. QB vs. DE vs. Guard... Also, the pay needs to reflect those needs. I mean we would all love to have high priced talent at every position, but because of the salary cap, that is not going to happen. Usually, the most important positions are: QB, LT, DE, CB (as Gregthekeg stated). So on the flip side, the *least* important positions are (IMO): Guard, LB, Safety *least* here just means in salary cap hit. You still want talent in all positions. So using that above, Josh Allen, White and Dawkins will get extensions. I think it will be hard to sign both LB's to extensions (unless they take cap friendly deals)

First off, as for the Diggs trade, I was not happy with the trade initially. Not because of the player, but for what we gave up for him. If it would have been a 2nd round pick instead of a 1st, I would have been ecstatic for the trade. Especially after the compensation for the other big WR trade this offseason, **cough cough Houston**. And even farther away from the trade, I've come around that giving up the first for Stefon was 'ok' because of where we were drafting and the level of WR we could have received at that spot. Generally, I want to keep or accumulate draft picks because you always want to infuse fresh new low cost (cap) talent into the roster, so you can have the money to spend on the *higher* talent. IMO, that is the best way to try and balance your roster. Since the draft is a crapshoot, how do you inject logic and clarity in a chaotic situation? (so if you were the GM, you keep your job) ** Side note - If anyone has any insights as to how NFL teams comprise their scouting / player evaluation teams, I would love to hear about it. How many ppl? How much they spend? Anything really about it. Thx. ** Obviously, scouting right. *duh* Trying to come up with some process to evaluate player talents and how they would project to the NFL game. Now, some teams are much better at drafting than others. I would assume they have better evaluation teams than the other ones... providing more clarity during chaos. IF I was an owner or GM, you need to understand that player evaluation is the lifeblood of any professional team. Being able to find the players that will be productive at the next level... be it sure fire 1st round talent, or the undrafted RB that you think can be a good NFL player... To provide clarity, I think you need a good size player evaluation team. One that evaluates ALL players. College and current professional players. Evaluation doesn't end after some other team drafts a WR or OT you wanted. Analysis continues because they will at some time become a free agent or available thru trade. You can also use that analysis to provide 20/20 hindsight into your college draft evaluation. Did I evaluate that person correctly? How do I fix the process if incorrect? So, while I agree with you the draft is a chaotic time filled with wildly random player talent levels, a crapshoot. Proper player evaluation can provide a great sense of clarity in a difficult time. Also, self evaluation of the player evaluation process should provide better evaluations in the future, ie. better drafting.

If only 3 guys made a whole OL. It is a good nucleus though. Tyron has missed 3 games hurt the last 4 years and it starting to have back problems. Biadasz is a rookie, so we really don't know how he's going to pan out right now and leaves a hole at the other guard position. We shall see how the line holds up.

Well... Cowboys are estimated to be 4.1 mil under the cap and Dak right now is going to make 31.4 MIL... he wants 35MIL... so that cuts 3.6MIL So that leaves 500,000 left....oh by the way, they haven't signed any of their draft picks yet... ** IF he signs, I'm sure Dak will sign a cap friendly deal this year and JUST get in under the cap... Probably.

Let's see, he's had one of the best OLines, RB, WRs in the game. Plays in one of the crappiest divisions. Wants to get paid more than Russel Wilson? (yeah, yeah, QB's just keep getting paid more and more, I get it.) If everyone LOVES Dak, I could have gotten 2 first round picks for him easily then. Then I would have picked my heir in the draft and played Andy Dalton this year. How many more games would Dak win vs. if Andy Dalton started for the Cowboys? Andy Dalton is a bus driver too (not glorified though). 1 maybe 2 more games. With Dalton they would rely on Zeke more and pound the football. It's a great debate, but Dak's gonna find out just like Jared Goff found out... When you take the majority of the money, the quality of the other positions suffer, especially offensive line. Their defense is already swiss cheese. I live in Texas and unfortunately have to listen to cowboys sports radio and watch their games. Their offense was not good in the 1st halves of games most of the time. They shut down the running game in the 2nd half and passed most of the time, padding Daks stats. Put any good bus drivers with his offense last year and they win 8 games IMO. Hell, I hope Dallas spends whatever it takes to sign Dak. Hell, give him 38MIL/yr for all I care. Hold out Dakky boy for all you can squeeze from Jerry.

The NFL has neutered the onside kick rules so now it's virtually impossible to get an onside kick. They need to change it somehow. I think a 4th and 20 would be better, but they also need to figure out the foul/first down problem.

I guess we will find out about Watson this year...

Dak is a glorified bus driver. Last year the Cowboys in most games were outplayed in the 1st half and then had to pass their way 'back into games'. Look at the Buffalo game, by the 3rd Qtr, we were 'managing' the game in a soft prevent defense allowing Dallas to move down the field and burn up clock letting Dak get his yards... That game was over early. That happened in a lot of Dallas' games last year. Dak threw ALOT of garbage yards. Now, should Dak get 35MIL, IMO NO, but he is definitely in the 30-33MIL/yr category. Also, as for Dak's last year, if I was Jerry, I'd say, you bring me a Super Bowl ring before that in the 4 years previously, then you get 45, if not then you get paid 30. Put up or shut up.