DrDawkinstein

Good insight and comments by Morse (continued in the Twitter comments too). Doesnt seem that it will have too bad of an impact on the team.

I think we could get him around that $10M/yr figure as well. The problem is, is that the best place to spend $10M? We have a lot of guys coming due for new contracts, and if that $10M could go to someone in their 20s instead of the wrong side of 30, I'd probably spend it there. To OP's point, I dont think extending him or not has anything to do with "culture". And I'm a big culture guy.

My brain says Rams, and that's how I voted. But my heart hopes for the 49ers since Miami has their 1st round pick, and the better the 9ers do, the later the Phins pick.

Why would the Bills get legally involved at all? Maybe we should just stop judging the legitimacy of the case by the lawyers' behavior.

His client went from being ignored and silenced by local police/university to the story being the top headline of the weekend. I'd say he's doing fine by her. If he looks a little silly in the meantime, whatever.

The lawyer putting this in the national spotlight is the only way this got traction in almost a year of no movement and roadblocks by the police and university. You dont like it, take it up with the school and police.

Exactly. And they didnt want this coming out during all that which would sully the program, lose them funding for the stadium, and maybe even kill their chances of getting into the larger conference.

Sorry to hear that, and sorry that it isnt surprising at all.

San Diego State wants to protect its football team since it is the main source of income. Police want to protect the local University which donates big money to their Benevolent association. This is all too common.

Same reason anything happens in America. Money and Football rule the land, and women's health is last priority. Look into the backlog of rape kits we have in this country where the police simply dont process them. Look into how many rapes and sexual assaults get pushed down by police when the local college football team is involved.

Or he knows he is up against a university and police force that have actively worked to squelch this story for MONTHS and the only way to get traction is to get the public behind it. Unfortunate on all fronts right there.

This. When you have entities as large and powerful as SD State and the local SD police coordinating against you, what other options do you have than to go nuclear?

100% a coaching breakdown that would have played out the same with 11 All-pros on the field. When the DC calls a prevent/umbrella defense with Safeties 30 yds downfield, it doesnt matter who is at CB if the assignment says "dont cover the TE". We were scared of Hill taking another one to the house, and coached/played scared. Oh well.

Without looking it up, who was the Rams #2CB last year?

Yeah, we have a long 20-game season ahead of us. Going in with no cap space to add players is asking for a bad time.

I think Knox will be friendly, but not that friendly. My guess is, if we wanted something done NOW, it would be like 5/$60M, $25M guaranteed. But if he has a big year in our Super Bowl run this season, I could see him trending towards $15M. That's where I'd tag him and see where the cap goes.

It literally depends on what day you are asking, lol. Ultimately, yes. They all count once the season starts. IR, Suspended, Practice Squad...

Yep. #1 Oliver #2 will likely be Davis after the year he is about to have Tag Knox, pitch it as a 5th year option, and I think he will trust in the Bills enough to know a long term deal is coming. If they can work out a long term deal in the tag window, then even better.

Tag number is under $11M. Kelce, Kittle, etc all top out at $15M. What is surging? IMO, use the tag as the equivalent of a 5th year option and see where the cap goes with the Amazon and Apple money coming in.

Is $6M really a lot in today's NFL? That might get you one replacement starter if we lose someone to injury.

Yeah, I see this as just getting the team under cap and having some emergency money available.

Nah, Not worried and there arent enough cases of him getting hit to make me worry about it.

Why waste that money when we already have Gabe Davis and Dawson Knox on rookie contracts? I get it, Gesicki is a talent. But he isnt a need.

I wonder if Gesicki is doing a Jimmy Graham and pushing to be paid like a WR since he plays more of that role? Probably looking for something closer to $20M/yr than $10M/yr.

There is no rhyme or reason to why a team as poorly managed as the Dolphins does anything. Trying to figure it out is futile. They may have tagged him in order to buy time to work out a long term deal, and then talks have gone south, and Gesicki doesnt like the new offense, so here we are. Or some combo of bullcrap like that going on behind the scenes. It's Miami. All I know is, I love to see it.