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It seems everyone is ignoring this fairly telling piece. Jones has repeatedly said he wants to play in a scheme appropriate to his skills. This means Bills fans should be asking what scheme(s) he ideally fits in and which scheme(s) he doesn't. Some clues would be who drafted him? What scheme did they run? What did the Cards play last year and did he seem happy in it? To oversimplify it, is he a 3-4 OLB or a 4-3 DE??? What do the Bills run???

The acquisition of Khalil Mack could be the move that pushes the Chargers into the playoffs for the first time in 4 years. A potentially great move if he has any football left in him.

I've heard of him!!! p.s. - What do the advanced metrics say about the guy?

How many draft-eligible players are completely disqualified from consideration? Seems to me like it wouldn't be very many players. Just my own speculation but if a person is viewed as "less-than-ideal" or "damaged goods" based on the GunnerBill list: - not being good enough; - health / injury red flags; - not being a scheme fit; - not being a character fit; - not feeling that they have enough tape / information (which can still happen with some smaller school guys although the Bills are one of the more thorough teams); Isn't it more likely that the player would simply be downgraded to a later round? For instance if someone has a 2nd round grade but is an injury or character concern, wouldn't the team simply put a 4th or 5th round grade on him in order to mitigate the risk? The idea is that you would consider selecting the player at a spot where the cost:benefit/risk:reward makes sense. Seems like a downgrade would be a more common device than a disqualification. JMO.

The Seahawks would have to acquire Watson in a trade so it would be interesting to see how much of the haul from the Wilson trade is then spent on acquiring Watson.

That's correct. Tremaine Edmunds just completed his 4 year in the NFL and he was 15 years old as a rookie. You have to figure it's only a matter of time before he's one of the league's best.

Yes. He was an effective player once the Bills figured out how to play to his strengths. The simplest critique of his game is that he was pretty good moving forward and pretty bad moving backwards. I don't think there's any linkage between this move and Edmunds' fate.

That IS a nice mock.

No I was not. Please enlighten me.

I'm surprised by your criticism. Tim Graham's work is very well respected. There's no question he's a real journalist. Do you think he would go with this if there were no basis? The headline unequivocally states "Bills interested in adding Rob Gronkowski as another weapon for Josh Allen."

Hmmm... WO instead of WR... that's interesting.

As long as we're all piling on the little fella, here's more. Dates of contract extensions signings: Deshaun Watson 9/5/20 Jared Goff 9/3/19 Josh Allen 8/6/21 Patrick Mahomes 7/6/20 Carson Wentz 6/6/19 Ryan Tannehill 5/18/15 Today's Date 3/1/21 Apparently Team Kyler is sick and tired of waiting for his extension even though it's very early in the offseason and months before the precedent QBs signed their extensions (again WTF was Miami thinking!!!!!).

Thank you Yolo. I believe the following facts are true. In their first 3 seasons: Josh Allen: two playoff appearances including the AFC Championship game in his 3rd year, 1 All Pro and 1 Pro Bowl (both 2020) Patrick Mahomes: two playoffs appearances, 2 All Pros, 3 Pro Bowls, MVP in his second year and won the Super Bowl in his 3rd year. Deshaun Watson: two playoffs appearances, 3 Pro Bowls, and beat the Bills in the divisional round in his 3rd year. Jared Goff: two playoff appearances, 2 Pro Bowls, Super Bowl appearance in his 3rd year. Carson Wentz: set multiple NFL records as a rookie and won the NFC East in his 2nd year (Foles led the team to the Super Bowl win after Wentz tore his ACL), All Pro and Pro Bowl in 2017, missed most of his 3rd year to injury. Ryan Tannehill: Seriously, WTF combination of drugs was the entire Miami Dolphins organization doing? Kyler Murray: NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year and Pro Bowl alternate as a rookie, Pro Bowl in his 2nd year, Pro Bowl and playoffs (Wild Card) loss in his 3rd Year I draw the following 4 conclusions: It looks to me like Kyler Murray doesn't quite deserve a Year 4 extension. They must have some crazy-ass parties on Stephen Ross' yacht The Goff and Wentz extensions were widely questioned when they happened. The Allen, Mahomes, and Watson extensions were widely seen as justified.

Would you mind identifying the QBs in the 3 drafts before him that got extensions after 3 years? Thank you.

Based on "The Rule of 72" a 4% annual rate of return would double your investment in 18 years. Not bad, not great.

Not that it hasn't happened or that it can't happen but I can't recall anyone 6'7" playing guard in the NFL. Anyone?

And whatever he has to gain will come at some physical cost. Probably he's reached the point of diminishing returns. As most of us seem to understand an NFL player pays a price for each year he plays. There's that hidden cost. Also, I'm gonna bet that Marpet doesn't end up bankrupt and broke. Just a hunch. What's the point of playing more years and making more money if you never learn how to save and invest?

There are many here who are willing to go all in for one championship right now in exchange for possibly never winning another. That is clear. I wonder if we won in 1990 how people here would feel. Lots of people on this board don't remember Wide Right. What if we won in 2000... the year of the Music City Miracle? Would one previous Super Bowl title reduce the number of people here who want to follow the Rams blueprint? Just a rhetorical question. Personally in spite of the Bills never having won a Super Bowl, I'm still in favor of the conventional franchise building model employed by New England, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, and Green Bay. Those franchises have won multiple Super Bowls because they're almost always good. I'd like to see the Bills follow that blueprint. JMO.

The above is true but interestingly the Chiefs came away with the highest rated draft in this article and of course they played in the Super Bowl. Did you get permission from Captain Hindsight? Also you're willing to stick with Tyler Bass even after finding out that he's legally deaf? What happened to Bo and sh_t?

Just for further context, Hunter Henry got a 3 year $37 million contract from the Patriots*** after compiling 60 receptions for 613 yards (10.2 ypr) and 4 TDs for the Chargers in 2020. He rewarded New England with 50 catches, 603 yards (12.1 ypr), and 9 TDs. Those numbers are a bit misleading IMO. It looks to me like Henry struggles to get separation and that he compiled many of his excellent stats based on being schemed wide open (naked bootlegs, misdirection, etc). He is however very sure-handed and an excellent blocker but more of a poor man's Jason Witten or Mark Andrews IMO. Maybe I'm wrong about Henry. Regardless he received an average of over $12 million/year.

I'd appreciate if you guys didn't comment too much on the episodes. The Missus and I plan not to watch until the end of the season and then binge watch the whole thing. Thank you.

Thanks for taking the time to compile the stats of the other players. I feel like none of those guys played a complete 17 game season but I could be wrong on that. I excerpted Skurski's piece because I do think it's damning that he's 8th out of 11 in "Big Plays" on his own team. Again, I'm not one of those calling Edmunds a bust. To me he's a disappointment because it seems like he should be better than he is. It seems like his best talent is using his movement skills and wingspan to effectively deny space in zone coverage. Wow. That said he's not horrible and he's even better than average. Picking up the 5th year option was a slam dunk but the decision whether to sign him to a new deal is far from a certainty.

It's not mystifying that Neal wasn't given an opportunity to matchup against Kelce after having held up well in that role previously? Okay, I stand corrected. 😀 Tre White is "not some minor piece?" Okay... and you're telling me this for what reason?

I never said Kareem Hunt was a felon so I didn't jump to any conclusions. You've completely missed my "larger point" clarification. Please re-read. I'm quite successful at what I do, both professionally and otherwise.