RoscoeParrish

I think he’s fine. I don’t think he’s a true difference-maker. My evidence is “the Bears defense was one of the worst in the NFL before and after they signed him until they brought in an actual difference-maker.” I mean, has the Bills defense felt his loss? We didn’t miss a beat with losing him, and honestly upgraded at the position (except for availability). Again, not mad he got paid. Not mad the Bears overpaid for him, they had a terrible roster and needed to fill holes ASAP. But difference maker? Imo, no. It’s not a coincidence that the Bills defense was still very good with or without him. And the Bears defense was still very bad with or without (until they traded for and paid for a star pass rusher). Two more TD’s than Curtis? FYI, Gabe has 3 less yards today than Curtis has on the year.

FWIW, the Bears defense kinda sucked last year until they traded for and paid Sweat. “The Bears defense has improved dramatically with Sweat’s addition. They went from 28th to 20th in points allowed, 23rd to 12th in yards allowed and from 22nd to third in takeaways, per the Chicago Sun-Times. The Bears were 2-6 without Sweat, and they’re 5-3 with him” I don’t know if Tremaine was worth the contract he got and I still don’t. Happy for him though. https://bearswire.usatoday.com/2024/01/07/montez-sweat-effect-has-transformed-bears-defense/

Okay Samuel + MVS vs Gabe. Give me the guy who can play the boundary at an NFL level vs two guys who can’t play at all?

The discussion I read last year was that we replaced Gabe with Samuel. We couldn’t afford both but we certainly could’ve afforded either. I think this team today is better with a little overpay of Gabe than a complete zero of a signing with Samuel. Sue me.

Gabe costs $1.3M more against the cap this year fyi.

Can we compare his season to Samuel, who got similar AAV?

This quote does very little to uncloud the issue imo.

Step 1: Teams are running lots of two high safeties to limit passing attacks. Step 2: Let’s intentionally limit our passing attack because teams are running two high. Step 3: Teams no longer have run two high against us because they have nothing to fear. Step 4: offense struggles Step 5: ?????? Step 6: profit

My take is that Saleh wasn’t all in on Adams, there was clear and obvious friction between him and Rodgers, and after a lackluster start they felt they had to make a change to have a chance this season.

Do you have any updated comment re: Josh’s injury in the 4th Q of the Texans game?

All 3 of those players played against the Ravens.

Quintus Cephus, you are a Buffalo Bill (again)

Very Billsy of the Texans

😂

Whats even more incredible is the Pats scrubbing the podcast episode and forcing their patsy to go on the radio to recant his comments. https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/patriots-dump-podcast-episode-where-host-suggests-a-mutiny-is-brewing-over-qb Team is definitely doing great, the organization is just… editing podcast episodes that say it isn’t for funsies!

Um wasn’t it induced by blunt force trauma? what kind of checkers do YOU play?

I was gonna say that we don’t even have to go to 20 years ago, because I remember the juxtaposition of Phil Rivers finishing a game on a torn ACL (awesome but also probably not a good idea) and Jay Cutler getting killed because he couldn’t go on a sprained knee in the playoffs, but both of those are kinda close to 20 years ago now and that ruined it for me.

Goff is getting $80M. Burrow is getting $65M. Cousins is getting $62M. Love is getting $79M. Dak is getting $81M. Herby is getting $56M. kinda interesting, I don’t think I’ve ever heard of anyone caring about cash year to year.

Maybe? the more likely scenarios is they give him some more cash next year, increase the cap hit later, then hit 4 year extension button

I really don’t understand. Sean McDermott should have done something to keep the opposing QB out of the game after the doctor cleared him? Sean isn’t the arbiter here either and has no medical training. Hamlin died on the field and we are trotting him out there as a starter. Should Harbaugh have called timeout to make sure McGovern didn’t come back in last week? the NFL has made this a pretty clear decision tree. The doctor decides if the player is cleared to play. If he isn’t cleared, the HC or player cannot overrule them. If they are clear, they are clear.

Allen was restructured to bring his cap hit down. Him getting more cash upfront was just a bonus. His contract is not getting extended or reworked until 2026, coincidentally when his cap hit balloons to $60M again. They will tack on more years and guarantees on and continue to restructure to keep his cap hit lower.

“I would have contradicted the medical professional and the player despite my complete inexperience in medicine because of my morals” IS quite a take. Does McDermott bear moral responsibility for Morse’s last concussion? I know the doctor’s cleared him to play, but McD could have just disregarded that like McDaniel’s could have.

The doctor cleared him. McGovern was cleared and returned to the game just last week. McDermott didn’t hold him out just in case the doctor was wrong. theres many valid criticisms of McDaniel, but Tua’s health is not one of them. They follow protocol. Tua continues to demand to play. Hell, they even put Tua on 4 week IR after his latest concussion purely to protect him (most players don’t miss a month with a concussion). If I was McDaniel, would I feel guilty if Tua got hurt again? Probably. Would it be his fault? No. Would Tua say it was his own fault? Of course. i don’t agree with a lot of what @Mr. WEO says, but he is 100% right here. Mitch Morse has been a recurrent head trauma player who always seemed one concussion away from retirement almost his whole career as a Bill. No one ever seemed to lay any blame at the HC’s feet for letting him play, or putting him back out there when cleared. You guys just don’t like McDaniel and care about Tua. But your ire is misplaced.

Despite the new protocols, that are in place to protect players from themselves, and despite Tua’s injury history and risk to further head injury, he was extremely quick to report that he has no intentions to stop playing. At a certain point, you can’t hold people responsible for other’s actions. The only one in control of Tua’s career is Tua. If he gets hurt, again, it won’t be McDaniel’s fault. The NFL fired the neurologist who cleared Tua with a back injury. You hold McDaniel responsible for not overruling the doctor AND the player?

I think removing any agency from Tua in regards to his own health decisions and very apparent desire to play football regardless of the risks is wrong, imo.