Einstein

This is called a Personal Incredulity Fallacy.

Because McDermott’s seat is getting warmer (even if people don’t want to believe it).

If nothing else, that certainly does sound like Beane.

Why would Leveon Bell turn down a great contract from the Steelers, sit out nearly the entire year, then take less from the Jets? Players just do dumb things sometimes.

You mean like this? https://www.twobillsdrive.com/community/topic/247798-reasons-for-optimism-pessimism/?do=findComment&comment=8414573

Offense.

I think I would too. However, the flip side to that is... As a GM and Head Coach, you have to wonder how long you can let a HOF'er sit before the fans uproar so loud (via loss of ticket sales as well as verbally), that you yourself are on the hot seat.

I envy you.

I've always wondered what would happen if a HOF QB (like Brady or Manning or Mahomes) pulled a power move, asking for something crazy like $100M per season and not playing until they get it. What would the Chiefs do? You're fresh off of a Super Bowl and Mahomes is in his prime, and you let him sit? Waste a year (or more if he's stubborn) of his prime? QB's seem to be the least likely players to use their power.

We were discussing "big" signings. Not average-to-good signings that turned a middling team into a playoff team. I have a proclivity to following the conversation, yes.

Well it couldn't possibly be less aggressive lol.

Yeah it's worth a lower draft pick. If teams had equal odds (or even close to equal odds) to win the Super Bowl, by simply making the playoffs, then you would see a large variety of teams winning the Super Bowl. Instead, five teams have won 13 of the last 20 Super Bowl's. Because there is a formula to Super Bowl teams. And just making the playoffs is not the formula.

I'd re-evaluate what you think you "know". I am not a contrarian, I am a realist. There are people who agree with me, and to them I would be a conformist. I am only a contrarian to you (and other homers) because I do not prescribe to what you think is true..

What trophy do we get for making the playoffs?

I mentioned Diggs in the post you quoted. Did you bother reading the entire thing? Great. So in 6 years of being GM, he has made TWO big moves.

Beane strikes again. He means what he says when he talks about being conservative and building to be "good" every year. Unfortunately, that also means rarely ever making a splash and going for it all. Did you see how he talked about the 4th round pick he gave up last month to move up in the draft? You would have thought he was talking about giving up his dog. He seemed so solemn about it. Quite frankly I'm shocked that he ever built up the balls to trade for Diggs.

In a league that lacks quality o-line talent, why was he still available this late in the offseason?

This is true. Quickest way to get crapped on is to be realistic.

I guess nuance is not your forte.

Largely because I trust Andy Reid and Veach to make that call between Brown/Veach, though I do see the paradox in that and them acquiring Brown in the first place.

I do. Orlando Brown was not good for the Chiefs. Although I must concede I didn't watch all of his snaps and I am going based off of what Chiefs fans have told me for the last 2 years that they have suffered with Orlando Brown.

I am optimistic because this is the best off-season Beane has had in some time (since the Allen draft, actually). That being said, i'm not sure it was enough to bridge the gap between playoff Bills and playoff Cinci/KC. Part of that is we have a coach who has repeatedly shown that he is not great in big moments. The other part of that is, KC also got better. They signed Jawaan Taylor to play LT. They added LB Drue Tranquill. They also added Omenihu which could be an underrated signing at edge. Then there is the division, which will likely be the toughest it has been in a long time. Jets have a dominant defense and beat us last year with Zach Wilson at QB. They added Aaron Rodgers, who even if old, is an incredible upgrade over Zach. Dolphins not only beat us last year but also took us down to the wire, at home, in the playoffs, with a 3rd string QB. So they will be a hard out. And then there is NE, who is not nearly as talented as us, but Belichick game plans always have to be respected.

To be clear, i’m not saying losing Von didn’t hurt. I’m just acknowledging that we were spiraling (and showing huge empty spots in our armor), before he went down.

He’s been very healthy as a Bill.

He averages 1 missed game per year. Diggs averages more missed games per season (across his career) as Hopkins.