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In fairness, who would he be throwing to? Their TEs were used as WRs for the most part. I’m not a Jackson fan (at all), but what he did last year leads me to conclude betting against him using a weapon isn’t real bright.

Kind of what has been said, I’m very hopeful for Knox right now, but even talking him in the same breath as Kittle it Kelce is insane. First of all his name doesn’t start with a K, but secondly he dropped more balls last year the the 2 of them combined for the last 2 years. He made some really nice plays and he has the physical tools to be elite, BUT so have a lot of other guys. A great athlete does not guarantee great football success. He’s full of potential and was sure fun to watch on the run with the ball, he could be special, but Karlos Williams looked to be star bound and we see how that ended, so we have to temper our expectations a lot a bit.

I think you see them start w Hauch, but in a time when you could be without a kicker for 2-4 weeks depending on how a Covid test goes and the lack of quality kickers available, I’d be sure to have a Kicker and an QB stashed just in case. Not having a quality option to kick could easily cost you a game/playoffs. It’s too big of a risk, especially when you consider kickers are generally responsible for the most points of any individual on the team. For the same reason, I would really have liked to seen Buffalo go after Dalton in FA a lot more aggressively, but if Josh goes down, we get to see Barkley again.. God help us/any team if their QB room gets hit w a round of Covid, it will be an interesting year. I would personally be requiring full PPE for any time they are not on the field and at very least, full shields on the face masks to reduce the chance of spread as much as possible. I would also not have the QBs or kickers in the same room more than necessary. I’m not scared of the virus, but you know damn well they aren’t getting to play if they get a positive test and that’s entirely too much risk for the team. If would be no surprise to me, if a team loses all their QBs in one week, has to go w a guy off the street. Some of the older, experienced fa’s are going to make bank this year. Sure wouldn’t be shocked to see Sam Bradford starting again this season. if I’m a GM, my protected PS list has a QB, K, and T on it For Sure. You just can’t plug anybody in those spots and hope for the best. Probably can get by with a P from the street, RB you should be able to live without, etc, but can you imagine if somehow you were to lose you starting QB (maybe even your back up too), LT, and K for 2 weeks? Not many teams can even think about winning in that scenario. It could easily happen.

I expected Davis to get some pretty meaningful playing time anyway, Hodgins is in a roster battle, he better have come to play or he won’t have a spot AND it’s going to be super difficult for rookies to pick up new jobs without a preseason. I see it as: locks: Diggs Smoke Beez Davis battling for a spot: Roberts (makes it unless something happened to his speed, solid WR and great KR, special teams will be a need this year) McKenzie - gadget player maybe a returner Foster- size/speed combo , maybe flipped for a late round pick. Duke - size and supposedly great hands Hodgins- spent a pick on him, probably try to get him to PS . my guess is Roberts and McKenzie make it.

Man, that’s a shame for him, he was on a promising trajectory and those injuries just destroyed it. Too bad.

Good signing, he’s an upgrade to virtually anybody we had there and good insurance as who knows what is coming in terms of injury/Covid etc this season.

That’s awful.

That could be a great place for him if they use him like the Pats do w their backs catching a lot of short throws, outs him in space where he’s still really good.

Can they still cut him/anybody that opts out? Just deal w the contract this year? Seems like it might make sense w an old guy like him. If he’s not going to play and then try to come back after a year off and was already declining... just go.

Yeah, the flu sucks too, nobody shuts down the world for it. There’s obviously no sense in talking to you about the facts, you have you mind made up that this is bad and that’s that. There is no evidence of what you are claiming, just like all viruses, there has been a slight mutation and the antibodies aren’t the same. Stop being paranoid.

Hard to believe that healthy young men are afraid of this virus, opting out means 1 of 4 things to me, 1) you don’t love the game 2) you are absolutely paranoid by everything the media says 3) you knew you were getting cut so you took the money 4) Because I know there was one case, your life mission is to help others and football doesn’t fit right now.

I agree, if he will sign for that, you bring him back, if somebody is going to give him 10+M a year, so be it. He’s good, not great, and at a position that’s just not going to get huge money once you have to pay everyone else. I would be planning my life around making Tre a priority, so there HAS to be room for him, Dawkins will have to be paid and then you are looking at Allen/Edmunds. Allen is the wild card, if he takes the next step, you are in for 35M/yr, if not, you have to start thinking about possibly using Tre as trade bait, trying to get a couple first rounders for him and be ready to move up for a QB again. Allen’s success this year will be a huge factor in a lot of these deals.

Unlikely he makes much of an impact, but good luck to him for 14 games this year. As for adding him here, it’s crowded already and full of POTENTIAL, which just means they haven’t done ***** yet. Knox has the ability to be a top 5 TE, can he put it together? I sure hope so. Kroft has had a season where he looked like a legit starter, so you have hope there. Sweeney did well in limited action and let’s not forget Pegula Jr has some receiving ability, if he can stay on the field. Smith is a guarantee for 20 yards a game, in penalties. He should be cut/ never should have been signed.. again..

Damn, that’s outstanding for the Jets. I’d make that deal without him yapping.

I agree 100%, in my mind, he should hang it up.

One has to commend the man for making the decision he believes in.

That’s different, those are clauses to execute the contract, he’s in a contract, so his rights are protected by the union. They will fight it if he’s cleared by independent doctors, if it’s for nothing more than the money.

Darryl Johnson is the one that has my eye, I feel he could be a Manny Lawson type player, that’s a helluva value.

The lack of preseason sucks for guys like Wade and UDFA as well as late rounders. This likely means Bass for example has no shot to prove himself in game conditions, so he will end up a wasted pick. This does make the Diggs trade look better, assuming of course he doesn’t opt out. It’s a sad state when these guys have literally less risk than a life ending accident, driving to the grocery store, of contracting the virus and even less of real consequences, but are they are “worried” about the season. This is some media spread paranoia and union bull#### all wrapped into one. Then again, maybe all those concussions really have started to take a toll...

Sucks big time for the guys trying to get on a roster.

I guarantee he’s still strong enough to throw 225 over his shoulder and run. That is one athletically gifted man, if he wanted to come back to the team in any form, I would be all for it. That said, I hope he goes home and enjoys life for a couple years at least, he definitely has earned it.

Fitz TO Lynch Spiller JB and a 6pack to drown the sorrows of no real QB options

But, was it? Take a look at SB winning teams and look at the RESOUNDING number of them that have QBs on a rookie deal or way under market value, then compare to the ones that have paid their QB the big deal. Looking back 10 years, you have multiple Brady Championships, where he was grossly under paid, the only ones remotely arguable are Denver and that’s really more to do with a crazy D that was all on their rookie deals. Go way back and find the young Aaron Rodgers before he got the super deal and the same for Breese. You have to have a TEAM to win, that’s created by getting more value than you are paying. Right now they have paid out a ton and if they lock in Dak, they have 60% of their cap tied into less than 10 guys, it’s not going to work. The ONLY justification for paying him what he wants is this is your only window before complete tear down and even with that, you hold the cards for 2 years. The Bills window is this year and next or they have to replace Allen. If he can’t step up, they will have to draft the next guy. They can’t pay him 35M for mediocre play and keep all the pieces around him. Thus far he isn’t even in the conversation for a top 10 QB, and outside of Buffalo he’s looked at as bottom half of the starters. Yet if they want to go forward with him (assuming he has some increased success) it’s going to be 35M plus. He’s not that kind of difference maker. We are here talking about a 3rd round QB who, regardless of Buffalo sentiment, has had a far better start to his career and the argument is they shouldn’t pay him.

Well said. It’s obscene at this point, the white “W” on the Wisconsin Badgers uniform now has to be black? REALLY?! We now have to play the “black National Anthem”, interesting, I guess I wasn’t notified of the separate Country of America for black people. Sprite says the American dream forgot the black dream? Seriously? Other people of all colors still come from all over the world with nothing and not knowing the language and make themselves great lives, but blacks can’t participate in working for the American dream. Yeah, OK. The message being put out now is equality through segregation, way to blow up 60 years of progress. Soon they will tear down MLK statues because he worked with white people. I am holding out hope, but I swear, if they announce the playing of “The Black National Anthem” before week one, I’m done with the NFL for good. Enough pandering, check with Nike and DSG on how well it works out when you choose to cave to Liberal BS, something funny happens when you discriminate against Americans, you lose. The NBA and LeBron already lost me when they hushed the Rocket’s VP for saying He supported Hong Kong, because that would hurt their wallet, but they can’t shut up about free black people being oppressed in the US. Yeah, ok, all about principle, right? No, you don’t care about oppression, you care about what you perceive will make you money.

I bet they are going to leave NY, tell Polinthearse to suck it.