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You’re so close to getting the point. Nobody would expect a guy coming in on a $1-2 million contract to put up anywhere near the 750 yards and 7 TDs that Davis routinely produced…because guys like that are getting 8 figures a season. Guys who earn $1-2 million put up 86 yards and 1 TD.

What if I told you he was playing on a hurt foot and a knee injury that required offseason surgery? Does that sweeten the deal?

Right, this POV makes perfect sense. It’s the people who act like Gabe was somehow holding the team back by “only” averaging 700 yards and 7 TDs a year while earning near the league minimum who have lost perspective.

They just replaced him with Mack Hollins…who is earning more than Gabe did.

Well he was 68th in targets, 49th in yards, and 18th in TDs, and he did it for next to nothing.

Gabe Davis had 27 regular season TD receptions and 6 more in the postseason while earning a total of just under $4 million. How have so many convinced themselves that losing him is addition by subtraction?

Still remains to be seen who is going to replace the 7 TD catches and 10.5 sacks that left with Davis and Floyd.

I can’t believe it took so long for someone to say Shakir. He’s the obvious choice, IMO.

KJ doesn’t add much more than I do.

Kansas City would have let the Chiefs move to Portland, and the Bills would have won 8, yes 8 SuperBowls. The new stadium would have a retractable roof, and blue cheese would be replaced with ketchup as the preferred accompaniment to wings.

What about it?

It’s not helpful for Britt nor anyone else in the community. Unfortunately, we’d rather crowd the jails with non-violent offenders and let actual dangers to society do their thing.

I’m not defending Britt at all. I just said he can rot in prison as far as I care, but I guess you know more about Kansas City politics than I do. Feel free to be outraged over something you clearly have spent a grand total of 10 seconds familiarizing yourself with so that you can come to an opinion based on what you want to be true rather than reality, though. Those who prefer to base their opinions on actual facts should be pissed off at the system that allows hundreds of dirt balls off easy instead of only being mad about the one whose last name is Reid.

It legit had nothing to do with it. It’s caused a huge uproar in the city. He could rot in jail as far as I’m concerned. Britt actually served more time than average for his crime which is why he was on the list of commutations. No politician is stupid enough to hurt his own aspirations like this intentionally. He’s not a KC guy in any way, shape, or form. No chance he’s doing favors for the Chiefs.

Parsons is an absolute POS. That said, this was one of hundreds of commutations done at once. It doesn’t appear to have involved political favors. Britt just happened to be one of many, many irresponsible people who have overcrowded Missouri jails.

Of course they can, but are they getting it right? Von was brought in under a big contract. He got hurt and has been an albatross. Leonard Floyd was brought in. He had 10.5 sacks, and they let him walk. They traded a third round pick for Douglas. He got hurt, missed time, and was then completely ineffective in the postseason. They brought back Hyde and Poyer, and both were husks of their former selves by the time the season ended. Floyd is easily the biggest success story the team has had in terms of bringing in an aging veteran, and they sent him packing after one season. Why would anyone want them to bring in another expensive player over the age of 30? It just makes no sense to me. It’s not even like I’m criticizing the Bills’ FO because it’s a move they haven’t even made. I’m criticizing the idea of a theoretical move that strikes me as being a bad idea.

Absolutely not. I would draft a rookie and let him play. Hyde was a terrific player at one point in his career, but he’s completely shot. The only thing that matters for the Bills is the postseason. Why would you waste 25% of a rookie contract that could be used getting him game reps during the regular season in preparation just to trot the corpse of Micah Hyde out for another season?

I’m using AJ to illustrate that there is no consistency in their plan (if they turn around and sign Simmons which I don’t believe they will). Floyd was old, but he was super productive. They chose to pay AJ who is young but unproductive instead. That’s fine if they’re committed to getting younger, but if they’re going to pick up Justin Simmons after trading a 3rd round pick for a 29 year old Rasul Douglas then letting a 24 year old Gabe Davis walk, then clearly that’s not their commitment.

They have continued to kick an exorbitant amount of money into future cap years in order to pay the older versions of the same players more and more money. They just gave AJ Epenesa an extension with a sizable pay increase to remain on the team and be part of a Defensive End rotation that returns 11.5 sacks from last season. If they finally let Poyer and Hyde go just to pay another 30+ year old Safety (they won’t), then they’re clearly just throwing ish against the wall to see if it sticks. These are not the actions of a front office who is worried that they’re going to have to clean up the mess. They’re the actions of a front office who had a plan, worked it beautifully, but saw it fall short of a Super Bowl. Instead of tearing it down strategically a year ago when it was clear that they didn’t have a championship roster and putting together a 2 year rebuild, they kept taking out payday loans to try to make another run with a roster than has gotten progressively worse for what will be the third straight season. For as much crap as people give McDermott about “the process”, he and Beane built a monster. They had a clear and easy to articulate plan. I have no idea what their current plan is. Signing Simmons would convince me that there isn’t one.

Those guys are a combined 66 years old. How is that the barometer?

If Buffalo signs Simmons, I will be 100% convinced that they (Beane and McDermott) longer have any semblance of a plan and are officially throwing darts hoping to save their jobs.

Now imagine you’re the next guy they approach about signing a contract with them.

His contract is a dollar for dollar offset, so he doesn’t get a penny more of actual money unless he gets paid more than $39 million. The part that isn’t offset is the salary cap, so “earning” more would only hurt the team’s salary cap.

And the TD that Shakir caught basically proved how impressive Sneed’s season was. It was a signature play by a HOF QB making a play after the initial reads weren’t there and throwing a seed to Shakir who made a toe drag catch for a TD. That’s what it took to beat Sneed for a score. Josh is literally the greatest QB in history at throwing the pass where he scrambles and then throws the sideline pass where the receiver has to reach out of bounds to catch the ball. It’s as indefensible of a play as there has ever been. To B716’s point, if CBs can’t be game breakers, then WRs can’t be game breakers. Sneed and McDuffie turned elite WRs into JAGs all season long. Steve Spagnuolo’s entire postseason defensive game plan was centered on daring QBs to beat McDuffie and Sneed. Even then, he’d call a CB blitz on the biggest plays of the game, and it worked. If you’re (not literally you, HD) trying to equate Taron Johnson and Rasul Douglas to L’Jarius Sneed and Trent McDuffie, you’re going to walk away thinking that McDermott must suck, and this thread isn’t for you.

If I still had a middle finger, I’d flip you the bird.