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Those poor owners. Why can’t the guy with a $7 billion net worth who is about to get $850 million of taxpayer money from a city/county with a median income of $30,000 while charging said taxpayers a PSL for the right to purchase tickets in the stadium they paid for catch a break?

The drafts draw a total of roughly 300,000 total in attendance over the 3 day event. They don’t draw 300,000 unique people, and there is never anywhere near that number gathered at a single time. You might get half that many on day 1, and that’s a ton of people but it’s manageable. The majority of those people will be locals as well, so it’s not like everyone attending will need hotel rooms. Buffalo would do a great job.

Pretty reasonable deal as long as he’s healthy.

If ever I’ve made $10,000,000 in the past 2 years, have a contract paying me $4,000,000 a year, and have a house and cars worth $3,000,000, don’t worry about my finances. I’m good.

It’s great that white men in their 60s are in charge of interpreting this.

He’s literally the most important teammate Josh had during his development. He wears out his welcome over time, but he’s always been a good teammate the first few years on a team. This is a good move for NE.

It’d be 6 in a row.

You get a WHAT?

Before the injury, he had 34 catches for 350 yards and 2 TDs in 10 games. He was the same guy after he returned as he was before with 16 catches for 163 yards in 6 games.

RB contracts look to have finally bottomed out and are rebounding. 3 years for somewhere between $12m and $15m per isn’t unreasonable for a top 10 RB. I mean, Beane’s handed out not insignificant cash to guys like Hoecht, Ogunjobi, and Palmer, but he’s going to get into a pissing contest with Cook over a million or two a year? I don’t get it. What’s the point of spending a second round draft pick on a player who you don’t think will be worth that amount even if you hit on the pick? If the 5-10th best player at a position isn’t worth $15 million per year then there is no reason to ever draft a player who plays that position before day 3 of the draft.

He’s a unique talent for sure. I’m just not convinced he’s a great CB or a great WR, though. Similar to Jabrill Peppers, I don’t think he would be thought of as a premium player if he only played one position in college.

Obligatory

If you had the #1 overall pick but couldn’t trade it, who would you take?

They led in the 4th quarter of the Super Bowl with the same core of players and have played the Chiefs tougher in the postseason than any other team. The options are to play to their existing, massive strengths and try to hit on some draft picks around them or tear things down around Burrow and try to completely reinvent the roster. No serious franchise would go with the latter. Three years ago, the Chiefs traded Tyreek because he wanted $30 million AAV. Today, that contract sounds like a massive bargain. The same will be true for Chase and Higgins. The Bengals’ issues have been 100% caused by poor drafting the last few seasons. No amount of middle class free agent signings will change that.