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The NYC Dept of Sanitation had the best response (their colors are green and white too):
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2023 Salary Cap numbers released
dave mcbride replied to Buffalo_Stampede's topic in The Stadium Wall
The issue is that they don't have that many picks (how is it that the Bills NEVER got any comp picks??) and they're late: Round 1, Pick 27 Round 2, Pick 59 Round 3, Pick 91 Round 4, Pick 128 Round 5, Pick 135 (from Arizona) Round 5, Pick 160 Maybe they can turn the late 4th and early 5th round pick into a late 3rd if there is a player that they really value, but there is nothing for the sixth and seventh rounds. I wouldn't be surprised if we see some day 3 wheeling and dealing to move down and accumulate more picks. My guess is that this is the first year post-covid where they have a lot of usable film on guys plus more live scouting (meaning multiple years), so they may be more confident in what's out there. If you don't really know what's out there when you get to rounds 6 and 7, then the picks are less valuable. They've gotten some decent contributing talent in rounds 6 and 7 recently: Benford, Dane Jackson (great value for 7th rounder even if he's hardly a star), Bass, Hamlin, and Hodgins (obviously not for the Bills). Incidentally, they got two years out of Darry Johnson before flipping him to Carolina for a sixth (not that he was much of a contributor). Ray-Ray McCloud has hung around too! He was moderately productive for SF this year too - a lot of punt returns and over 10 yards per return, kickoff returns, and 14 receptions for 17.4 ypc. He had 39 catches for Pitt in 2021 too. -
There were two really bad weather games - Chicago and the Jets at home. He had only 5 total catches and seven targets in those two games. That'll bring down the average a fair bit. Also, there was the weird Cleveland game where he didn't get targeted until the final play of the first half and Allen only threw it 27 times. The Bills ran it down the Browns' throats in that game -- 33 carries for 171 yards.
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Jim Johnson was McD’s mentor. Where’s his defense?
dave mcbride replied to oldmanfan's topic in The Stadium Wall
I found this piece interesting vis-a-vis Johnson and McDermott. https://www.the33rdteam.com/category/analysis/the-complicated-relationship-between-andy-reid-sean-mcdermott/ -
Hey, I was banging the drum to sign Reddick before the season and wanted Suh too when it became apparent he was going to join a team. Year after year the man proves he can still bring it. He was awesome in the postseason for TB a couple of years ago.
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Worst game of importance i have ever seen. For anyone who knows anything about josh johnson, when purdy went down it was obvious the game was completely over. He has been in and out of the league since 2008 and his qb rating is significantly below the football equivalent of the Mendoza line. And 1-8 as a starter. How he ever won a game is a mystery to me. D3 guy who played for Harbaugh when the latter started his coaching career at the U of San Diego.
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The numbers say that Hockenson is pretty darn good (60 catches in 10 games for MN; 86 overall). And he produced pretty well in prior seasons. I actually bet DT is sorry they traded him given how good they turned out to be in the end.
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Jim Johnson was McD’s mentor. Where’s his defense?
dave mcbride replied to oldmanfan's topic in The Stadium Wall
A wiser HC and DC would have rushed 3 and ordered the Bills DBs to play press and immediately grab and hold onto every eligible KC receiver for dear life for two plays, forcing a hail mary from the chiefs’ own 35 with 4-5 seconds left. Maybe even do it a third time to ensure that the clock gets down to under 4 seconds , ensuring one play only. It would have worked. Instead, they played off. Mind boggling given the amount of time left, kc’s 3 TOs, the quality of the KC qb and receivers, and the distance they had to go. -
Jim Johnson was McD’s mentor. Where’s his defense?
dave mcbride replied to oldmanfan's topic in The Stadium Wall
Dane Jackson actually had a pretty good game. -
Totally. And fully agree about Daboll, who comes out of the Belichick/McDaniels style where the approach can change from week to week depending on the opponent. In their heyday with Brady, they’d pass it 45 times one week (mostly short passes too) and run it 40 times the next week.
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I hear you about their running game, but as it happens every time I watch them I am generally impressed by Mixon and think he’s a tackle-breaking stud. Maybe I’m watching the wrong games??? Admittedly, I don’t see that many. I guess one way to look at it is that his talent demands that you have to account for him, so maybe it opens things up. YPC isn’t necessarily indicative of how good a RB is either; we all remember future HOFer Marshawn Lynch’s sub-4 ypc in his final Bills years but as it happens he also led all backs in the rate of getting hit behind the line of scrimmage while here. Anyway, I generally think you’re right, but I also believe that DCs worry more about Mixon than Singletary despite the numbers.