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? Ravens already franchise tagged Jackson. Non-exclusive franchise tag, $32.4M If he gets a deal from another team and the Ravens don't chose to match, that team hasta give the Ravens 2 1st round picks. Heh. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35776986/nfl-non-exclusive-franchise-tag-biggest-questions-ravens-lamar-jackson

I think McDermott dropped some breadcrumbs about that in a couple of his pressers. Basically he said something to the effect that you can have the same playbook and plan and it will still look different with two different coaches calling it. I don't think the fundamental scheme or the playbook will change, but I think way its implemented will look more different than some think. When you hire a guy, you can't micromanage him, and in general over the course of a season, McD was getting satisfactory results from Frazier's D so had no reason to micromange. I don't think the D was being called exactly how McDermott would have called it in various in-game situations, especially the first or second time we've faced an opponent or when the same opponent throws something we weren't expecting at us. I also feel that Frazier was philosophically slower to make in-game adjustments than McDermott is.

I haven't found one, but at present a modest ignore file of a dozen or so does wonders for being able to focus on football rather than inanity

There was a bunch of discussion on this in another thread when the move was announced. One of the best pieces on this was done by Cover1, looking back carefully at the defenses McDermott ran in Carolina. I don't know if you're going to see any changes in personnel, but the consensus thinking is that McDermott uses his personnel in a much more aggressive way, for example press man coverage and double A gap blitzes by the linebackers, more switching around on DL (having the DE play inside and blitz the A gaps for example) - always trying to figure out the protection rules a team uses and use those rules against them.

Why is it "fair" to pay Shaq like he's Jordan Phillips? After leaving the Bills and taking the big money in Miami, Lawson played himself off three different teams: Miami traded him to Houston, who traded him to the Jets, the Jets cut him before their final game of the season. I don't know the story there, but there has to be one. The bottom line is he didn't have a market last off season which is why he signed with the Bills for pretty close to vet minimum. Phillips, on the other hand and despite what some folks say here, must have a market, which is why the Bills paid him more last season and signed him earlier in the process this season. If his contract actually counts as $4.6M, he'd be the #10 FA DT signed this season. If his contract actually counts as $3M, he's #14. (For some reason he's listed as a DE, where he's #15) If he was healthy and had a history of staying healthier during the season, he might get more but he isn't and he doesn't. Same thing with Lawson: if he didn't have his history of doing whatever he did that made teams move on from him, he would get more, but he does have that history. My guess is that the Bills have a similar offer out to Shaq as they offered him last season, and he's waiting to sign it because he wants more, but so far no one is offering. You say you want to know the reasons, but I'd like to know the reasons why the Bills should give Shaq Lawson a Jordan Phillips size contract because he wants more? You also mention "keeping continuity on DL", but if the DL wasn't good enough last season, how can we improve it by keeping continuity? You can't improve things by keeping them the same!!!!

What, from Diggs? Doubt that

To be sure, there has to be an aspect where he must like to stir the pot. On the other hand, do you seriously think a nice little tweet crafted by his media team would end the speculation? My guess is it would be scrutinized for signs “methinks the laddie(sic) doth protest too much”.

Spencer Brown could be moved to swing tackle. I guess theoretically he could be moved to guard but he’d have to really work to get his pads low.

Diggs is just tweeting. I don’t think he means anything by it. He tweeted a Patrick Star (from SpongeBob) meme at 9:12 and then Commeeeeee anddddd Rescue Me like half an hour later. At a guess he and his daughter/his nephew were watching a SpongeBob movie. Maybe his celebrity status got him a preview look at “Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie” which I don’t think has released to ordinary people yet On the one hand, Diggs really should be able to live his life and do his thing without everybody overinterpreting everything he says. I don’t think he’s responsible for trashy websites interpreting his SpongeBob references as trade requests. On the other hand, since he or his agents really should realize that his every random tweet will be scrutinized and overinterpreted, he should be a bit more mindful.

I hear a trade for Kelce is in the works for the Chiefs, because Mahomes no longer needs a sure-handed physical always-open elite guy he really trusts. No, no! Mahomes doesn't need Kelce any more. He's being traded to the Chargers.

Only wings. If you choose to eat a salad with ranch dressing on it, that’s considered between you and your fork It’s history and tradition, primarily. Buffalo invented what the rest of the world calls “Buffalo Wings” and they’re traditionally served with blue cheese dressing and celery. I guess changing it up to serve them with ranch is considered a form of ah, “cultural (mis)appropriation” https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/why-do-buffalo-wings-come-with-celery-blue-cheese

It was well played, very well played!

Pssssssssssssst…..look at your calendar…….

I liked “how do you have a party in outer space?” And “why did the belt get arrested?”

Josh: "Did you know the average person is really mean?" (Blank stare from Micah) Josh: "It's a math joke"

Well Played, Bills Media Team. Well Played! And that Tasker Chair Flip - Beautiful!

Yes, that was an especially nice touch.

I think he's a Whiteboard Wizard and fantastic at film, he either just can't process correctly in real time in the field and/or his brain writes checks that his arm can't cash

Not Peyton Manning, but most 2nd stringers are guys the team hopes can go 50/50 in games if they have to play for 2-4 games. You want a guy who will give you at least 1.5 TD per INT and 200+ ypg. Taylor Heineke in Washington is the prototypical example: 3 seasons in Washington, 12-11-1, 34 TD 21 INT 208 Y/G. Not championship stuff, but good enough to win with a stout defense. Earlier in his career, Case Keenum most definitely fit into this category. Chad Henne probably. Not sure Kyle Allen is quite good enough; the W are good enough in Carolina, the TD/INT were good enough in Washington; neither were good enough in Hou last year - is he recovered enough from that horrific dislocated ankle and broken leg? Peterman doesn't have enough on-field talent to deserve to be a backup; sorry, he just doesn't. 53 ypg, 4 TD and 13 INT will NOT cut it. There's a lot of room between a "Secret Peyton Manning" and a guy who can get you a 1.5 TD/INT ratio and 200 ypg. What I think Peterman's got, that keeps coaches coming back to him, is a head for the game. I joke that his whiteboard and film room abilities must be off the charts. He's fundamentally "Catnip for Coaches"

What is the date? Looks like they gotcha!

OK, let's break this down. Hamlin wasn't the 3rd string safety, he was the leading backup before he went down. He made $1.45M last season (with playing time bonuses) He is scheduled to make $940k this season and $1.055M next season. Granted these amounts aren't hugely higher, but they are higher than $700k - between 34% and 200% higher, which is real $ to most of us I don't know if Damar's appearances pay, or what appearances pay, but those $$ seem high for appearance money for medical groups like AHA, and his appearances aren't likely to last as next season rolls on. We don't know (and probably Hamlin doesn't know) if he can play again. Still completing medical evaluations and follow ups, probably still working with a pulmonologist to try to improve lung function and capacity, then he needs to get back into his best football shape and see if he still has it, athletically. Then there's the mental aspect - can he cheerfully deal out and receive hits after what he went through? Does he want to? We don't know how the Bills view him relative to Rapp, but like any elite athlete (and make no mistake - backups and PS guys in the NFL are very elite athletes), if he does play, doubt Hamlin is conceding he's 3rd string to Rapp. I think if there were genuinely zero chance, he'd know it and McDermott would know it and they'd just announce it. JMO.

I'd be happy for Knox's receptions and yardage to be improved at the expense of reduction elsewhere. Take 1/2-2/3 of the difference between Gabe Davis 93 targets and Knox 65 targets, many of which were forcing Davis the ball on a low percentage throw or even a throw away. Target Dawson Knox instead. Give him 14-20 more targets at 10.8 yds/pop, 150-200 more yards. Davis will look better as a receiver with a higher catch % from not seeing the ball unless it's a surer bet. The Bills will hopefully collect another 5-7 1st downs, because more than half Knox receptions went for 1st downs The only way to do this is to target him more when the game's not on the line, so the opponent learns they better pay attention to him - and that will open up other guys. I read this as "both", and I agree. There were plenty of passing plays with quick hits available. They need to be utilized. Now as to how the plays are designed to be read - if true that they're always being read deep to shallow (I'm not sure about that, but sometimes they are), that needs to change.

Well, according to this link, the Giants and the Dolphins were lower, and the Bengals only a couple % points better. But to that point...both the Bengals and the Dolphins have two legit #1 receiving targets. The Bills last year, did not - and Dawson Knox had the best catch % of any receiver on the team, with 10.8 Y/R so he wasn't just catching dump-offs. So it was a mystery to me at the time why he wasn't targeted more. Meaning no offense to Joe Marino, and perhaps you mis-remember or mis-quote slightly, but Knox was, in fact, asked to chip or block quite a lot last season. Beane and McDermott both referenced this in their end-of-season pressers where, unlike pressers in FA and pre draft, they're discussing what's already happened and are usually straightforward. That said, I agree completely with the rest - even when he chipped and released, Knox was often open underneath and also open on routes to my eyes. Caveat, that's not the rating that ESPN thing someone linked gave him - he didn't score highly on being open.

@Chaos was responding to a query about why he seems to be sliding in the draft. The reason he's sliding/not drawing as much buzz, is not 🥁 because of positives. The query can't be answered without negatives. You didn't vote. Putcha vote where your post is

So many moving pieces! 1) if there's less need for Knox to chip and block, I would hope he could become more productive in the passing game 2) BUT, the other questions are - how is Dorsey using Knox in the passing game? I can't point at metrics, but my sense is that Dorsey was not as good at scheming the TE open than Daboll, and Daboll was not as good as Reid/his offensive assistants are. - has Knox himself developed the physical aspect of his game running routes? He developed this "Rambo" rep after he trucked and ran over a couple guys early in his career, but I don't think he scores very high on the route separation metrics. The Cover1 guys pointed out a couple times that despite the Rambo reputation, he really isn't a very physical player. He doesn't try the subtle (and sometimes not subtle) push offs and arm-overs and so forth of a Kelce. He's developed in the last couple years but has he developed enough? - If he's well used in the scheme and physical/polished enough in his route running to get open, WILL ALLEN TARGET HIM? I need to take off my shoes to count the number of times last season I saw Knox nicely open underneath while Allen chose a much riskier throw - but Knox would have either gained solid yardage making it 2nd or 3rd and short, or even gained the 1D. Great questions, but too many unknowns to answer