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Spotrac, which is usually fairly astute, says 4 years/$44M Market Value 4 yrs, $44,035,532 Avg. Salary: $11,008,883 NFL Rank: 183 ILB Rank: 7 If it's such a slam-dunk Edmunds would get $20M, the Bills could franchise him and trade him.

Where was this reported?

The thing is, I don't see a restructure that would allow the Bills to move on from him. As far as I know, the NFLPA/NFL does not allow a player to take some of his signing and restructure bonuses and turn them back into salary

That's Roquan Smith money. Please explain why you feel Edmunds should get Roquan Smith money.

I mean, he shouldn't "commit" to anyone until there's a contract he's willing to sign. On the other hand, Milano pretty much said the same thing, and wound up re-signing with the Bills. In the article:

Dude, first off, we have some serious revisionist history going on with Daboll. Could Daboll be creative? Sure. Was he too cute for his own good in 2018, his first year here? Absolutely he was. I spent literally hours watching all-22 trying to figure out what the hell he was trying to do with certain run plays, begging some of the knowledgeable guys here to help me sort it out. Did he stay too cute for his own good at times? Sure! Consider 2021 - we opened the season unable to get any offense going against a Steelers game plan we had no answers for. Daboll's idea to foil teams bracketing Beasley was to add Sanders so teams couldn't bracket both and go 5 wide, well Keith Butler had a plan for that. We got blown out against the Colts, stalled out against the Jaguars, and had some questionable play calling against the Titans. There were times when people had "solved" us and we had no answers. I can remember people here, last year, complaining that Daboll's offense had become too predictable, no creativity, we weren't able to scheme guys open in the intermediate passing game, etc etc. Let's not pretend that with Daboll at OC the Bills were an infalliable juggernaut of offensive perfection. Let's also not pretend that there wasn't a sizeable contingent of fans here ready to move on from him as OC. Second, a team simply doesn't go 13-3 in the regular season, #2 offense, lose the 3 games we lost by a combined 8 points, if "all our innovation went out the door with Daboll". Sorry, you do need some innovation on offense to do that. Did our offense have flaws, sure, but Josh wasn't hurling moon shots down the field too much at times because he had no other options. Are you right that Dorsey may be a mistake at OC? Perhaps. I'm with Joe Buscaglia, who opined that running it back with Dorsey as OC may be the biggest risk the Bills are taking this season. Dorsey needs to take a step, especially in the red zone and with crafting sequences of plays. But Josh may need to take a step there too. I think sometimes Dorsey does have things schemed up for Josh, that he doesn't see or take, including in the RZ. That's my real question - I feel there's a coaching disconnect between Josh and Dorsey and Brady at times, where Daboll had smacked Josh with a board between the eyes as a young raw QB that Josh would listen to him, while Dorsey and Brady don't have his attention. I don't know if that's fixable. I do believe we need more OL talent and more WR talent, and that's not on Dorsey. With Brown and Beasley (younger and higher level of skill) in 2020 and with Sanders and Beasley in 2021, Daboll had more to work with. But let's quit with the "Daboll great infalliable innovator Dorsey no innovation at all bletch puke" line, it doesn't pass the memory check.

“Coaching changes” “Anything related to the Bills” Two different statements, suggesting that two different answers may be required. I don’t think he’s said anything publicly that indicates unhappy about “anything related to the Bills” or coaching changes/lack of coaching changes. With how the season ended, sure. I have no idea what he’s said to teammates - how would I know? For that matter, how would you know?

He was an ERFA (exclusive rights FA) who couldn’t negotiate with any other team, provided he was offered a vet minimum contract by the Giants So that’s what he got

You know that Diggs is unhappy about coaching changes (or lack of changes) how? You know that Diggs is unhappy with anything related to the Bills right now how?

My $0.02. Could be completely wrong. History first: In 2019, when Hall was promoted to WR coach, he had experienced WR John Brown, Cole Beasley and then Zay Jones and Isaiah McKenzie, who couldn't run routes at the time and was strictly a "gadget guy". Brown could get taken away by physical coverage and Beasley could be bracketed; Daboll tried to compensate with Duke Williams and others in the playoffs but it wasn't enough 2020, Stefon Diggs, John Brown, Cole Beasley - very experienced group. Gabe Davis excelled at blocking and started to see some routes, as did McKenzie. All of the WR raved about Chad as a coach, and bought him a truck for Christmas. Receivers did get taken away in the AFCCG 2021, Stefon Diggs, Emmanuel Sanders, Cole Beasley - again, very experienced group now with Gabe Davis really coming on and McKenzie showing up against man coverage. 2022, now we have Diggs and a much less experienced group who need to be coached up - Davis as the #2, McKenzie/Crowder as the slot guys, Hodgins, Gentry The end result was bringing Brown and Beasley off the sofa. Now, injuries to Crowder and Kumerow aren't Hall's fault. But just maybe, he was too close to the "squad" to give them the hard coaching they needed at times - to run crisper routes (Davis), to do wet ball drills more if that's what they needed to catch better in cold, wet weather. Davis and McKenzie both failed to take the expected step. Why were they the guys we were counting on? Did Hall go to the matt that they could get the job done, only to see them squib? And, it was a different dynamic with Diggs as the only established, high quality veteran. Maybe that produced a dynamic that was harder for Hall to deal with constructively? Was getting a gift console from McKenzie as "one of the squad" an indication of a coach who fell into the trap of being too close to the players? I think it may very much have been a mutual decision for Hall to move on. I think the Bills wanted a more experienced WR coach who they had more confidence in developing a rookie and some younger players while maintaining the respect of veteran guys. Also, if Hall pounded the table for Gabe as #2 and McKenzie as his slot, the Bills may have lost a bit of confidence in his player personnel e v a l. All speculation, but Henry has coached some pretty big names: "Henry came to IU from the Dallas Cowboys and he brought some clout to the role in Bloomington. He coached NFL Pro Bowlers Odell Beckham Jr., Anquan Boldin, Amari Cooper, CeeDee Lamb, Jarvis Landry, and Zach Miller. Henry also coached Beckham and Landry at LSU." I don't think there's a question that he's both a more experienced WR coach than Hall, and has developed some guys.

What recent stuff?

FIFY. AS you say in your 2nd sentence, he WAS an excellent coordinator - back in 2008 with the Ravens If you believe he was heavily involved in the defensive game plans and coaching for the Jets, give him 2014. That's 9 years ago. His defense sucked with the Bills - whether he didn't have the right players, didn't put in the time and effort, or allowed his brother too much say, anyone's guess. When you stop doing something for 9 years, your skills get rusty. Sometimes you can clean off the rust and reboot, sometimes your "get up and go" has just got up and went and you can't.

Your contention wasn't improvement. Your contention was that we already have a Superbowl trophy or 2 if Andy Reid is our HC The point is, at the same point in his HC career (and indeed for 20 years into his HC career), Reid had 0 Superbowls.

Not a fan of what I've seen of the Denver WR route running. 4 years with Belichick buried on the coaching depth chart as the TE coach Before that 3 pretty uninspiring offenses as the OC for KC, Miami, and the Browns I always prefer to feel positive so please say more. What WR developed nicely in Denver?

Dunno, says he's out of the running and the Cardinals have narrowed their search down to Gannon or Anarumo https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/mike-kafka-out-of-cardinals-hc-race/ar-AA17rxpL

Wouldn't the same "laid an egg" logic apply to Anarumo's defense for the Bengals loss in the AFCCG? Not that I wouldn't be happy to see Anarumo move on

Which Andy Reid as head coach you want? The one who was head coach in Philadelphia from 1999-2012 with 2 division round losses, 4 conference losses, a superbowl loss, and 2 WC losses for it? The one who was head coach in KC from 2013-2018 with 2 WC losses, 2 division losses, a conference loss, and a lot of people saying he didn't have what it took to win the big ones?

That was pretty widely reported at the time - Rapoport, Schefter , etc.

Dude, learn your medical lingo. Your final thoughts on the matter will be of more value if you do A sprain literally IS a tear to the ligaments. This is for ankles, but the same Grade I, II, III system holds true for any ligament anywhere. Allen's sprain was said at the time to be milder side Grade II, meaning stretching and some tearing (but not a complete tear) of the ligament. That's why there were widespread reports at the time that he would miss 2-4 weeks. He braced it and played through it, but it clearly affected his mechanics. Even a complete tear is technically a sprain.

It was a hold. That’s not the issue. The issue is those kind of holds are committed by both teams and go uncalled for much of the game. Call the game fairly both ways and evenly through the game

Like he did in the 2020 AFCCG where we lost 24-38, and were losing 15-38 early in the 4Q? People have some damned selective memories around here

To be fair…Hurts strip sack fumble run in for a TD was a difference making play in the game. Aren’t we pretty damn critical of other QB who turn the football over for a score like that? Agree on the Eagles D. Again, that penalty at the end was bad….but if the Eagles ST didn’t get toasted on a return, and toasted crispy on 2 TD passes, they aren’t in a position where that makes a difference in the game

I see it that way but I’m sure KC fans are too busy celebrating to care To be fair, the Eagles D got toasted brown and crispy on busted coverage for 2 TDs, and if they’d played those better, they’d not have been in the position where a ticky-tack DH call that KC does nearly every play could burn them like that

Yeah, that was really ticky tack

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