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Buffalo drafting EJ Manuel shouldn’t be a cautionary tale for NO. If anything, it should encourage them to take a swing at QB. There wasn’t a player taken in the next 10 picks that would have helped Buffalo in the slightest. Hopkins went 27th with Ertz and Darius Slay going at 35 and 36. None of them were likely in consideration at 16 even if the Bills passed on a QB, so literally nothing of value was lost by taking a swing on EJ. This is a similar draft with most “experts” saying that there isn’t much in the way of high end talent out there. The blue chip prospects are going to be long gone by pick 9, so the opportunity cost of missing on a QB is pretty low.

Figures you’re convicting him of things he’s not even accused of.

During the most recent argument, police said she told Tyreek Hill that he wasn’t involved enough with their child. She then said Tyreek Hill became irritated and, “without malice,” grabbed the baby and began walking with her, they wrote. And did I miss the part where he was accused of being physical with her? No wait, she specifically said he didn’t.

He’s accused of throwing his own computer on the floor?

Stephon Gilmore

It’s important to ensure you’ve got a 3rd round pick next year so that you can use it to trade for a player mid-season at a position you didn’t fill in the first round of the previous year’s draft on account of trading down to recoup the third round pick you traded away mid-season the year before.

Your’e thinking of Kellen Winslow Jr. Kevin Winslow Jr. is the guy who made all the funny sound effects in the Police Academy movies.

Part of it comes down to what constitutes a slot receiver. There were only 21 players (excluding TEs) who lined up in the slot at least 50% of the time. If that’s your definition, he’s probably in the 7-8 range (depending on how you rank him among guys like McConkey, Godwin, Kupp, Jennings, Smith-Njigba, Reed, Boyd, Thielen). If you expand that to those with at least 40% of their snaps from the slot, there are 40 players, and Shakir’s maybe 25th best.

WTF

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.

Buffalo just paid $31 million to not have Diggs play for them, and they made the AFCCG. If they can survive that, Cincinnati can survive paying $80 million for Chase and Higgins. Every roster problem in this league can be solved by drafting well. The Bengals have 3 superstars, 4 if you count Higgins. They are one great draft away from being serious contenders for the foreseeable future.