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‘In 2024, Palmer caught 39 passes for 584 yards and one touchdown. He came to L.A. as a third-round pick out of the University of Tennessee in 2021, and has caught 182 passes for 2,287 yards and 10 touchdowns in four NFL seasons. Palmer’s best campaign statistically came in 2022, when he caught 72 passes for 769 yards and three touchdowns.’

‘Miller, who turns 36-years-old on March 26, has just six sacks across the last two seasons, but he and the Bills are open to a return on a new deal ahead of his 14th NFL season, per NFL Media. He signed a six-year, $120 million deal with Buffalo in the 2022 offseason after helping lead the Los Angeles Rams to a Super Bowl LVI title to conclude the 2021 season. Miller, the second overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft, leads the entire NFL in sacks since 2010 with 129.5, a figure that also ranks as the 16th-most since sacks became an officially tracked individual statistic in 1982.’

‘Allen is one of the NFL’s all-time great success stories. Regarded as extremely physically talented but raw and inaccurate coming out of Wyoming, Allen was selected seventh overall in 2018. After a so-so rookie season that included plenty of flashes but also more interceptions (12) than touchdown passes (10), Allen improved in his second year and then took a huge jump his third year, finishing second in MVP voting. He has been outstanding ever since, and over the past five seasons only the Chiefs have won more games.’

‘While Allen still had four years and about $140 million left on his current contract, the Bills clearly thought that this was the time to reward the reigning league MVP.’

‘Rousseau has played his entire career in Buffalo, joining the team as the No. 30 overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. He finished the 2024 season with eight sacks, leading the team’s pass rushers and tying his career high. Rousseau also had a career-high 53 combined tackles and 36 solo tackles last year.’

‘Bernard was entering the final year of his rookie contract in 2025, so this deal now secures him for the foreseeable future. The 25-year-old entered the league as a third-round pick of the Bills in 2022 out of Baylor. Since heading to upstate New York, Bernard has blossomed into a key cog of Sean McDermott’s defense. Last season, he was named one of Buffalo’s two captains for the 2024 campaign.’

‘The quarterback said one reason he’s venturing into this new field goes back to a slogan he used during his MVP acceptance speech: “Be good, do good.”‘

‘”I’m no medical expert, but that is my number one concern. I’ve been asked, ‘Hey, well you kind of do the same thing.’ I don’t see ours as a full-fledged ‘Tush Push.’ I think that’s also a chapter of the conversation that needs to get some weight and some time in terms of what’s defined as a ‘Tush Push.’ So I think we need to end up in the right spot as soon as possible, wherever that takes us.”‘

‘If Shakir were to make every available cent in this new contract, it would rank No. 27 among current receiver contracts in terms of AAV. The fifth-round pick out of Boise State in 2022 has gotten better and better each year, and caught 76 passes for 821 yards and four touchdowns in 2024 while his quarterback, Josh Allen, won NFL MVP. Shakir’s 597 yards after catch ranked third in the NFL this season behind Ja’Marr Chase and De’Von Achane, and his 76% catch rate ranked third-highest among all wide receivers.’

‘A $15 million average annual value would be the second-highest among all running backs behind only Christian McCaffrey’s $19 million per year, which CMC got on a two-year, $38 million extension. Such a contract would reset the market for top-tier backs, checking in $1 million per year ahead of Jonathan Taylor and around $2.5 million per year ahead of Saquon Barkley and Alvin Kamara.’

‘”So basically, when I was watching the awards, when he went on stage, I was happy that he had won it and it went from joyful to crying because when he mentioned my name, I just broke down,” Morrow said. “I broke down because I’m just an average person, but when he mentioned my name, I was like, ‘Oh my god, he just mentioned my name on national television, so I was just crying.”‘

‘First, it should be noted that this isn’t a situation where Allen didn’t deserve to win, it was controversial because it was an unprecedented result based on the voting history of the award.’

‘Allen would almost certainly hand back the $1.5 million and tack on any other amount necessary to flip places with Patrick Mahomes and be preparing to play in the Super Bowl Sunday, so winning the MVP likely feels like a phyrric victory at absolute best.’

‘Allen received 383 votes to just beat out Jackson, who received 362 votes in the closest MVP vote since 2003, when Peyton Manning and Steve McNair shared the honor. Allen is the first MVP since Manning in 2008 to not have a single All-Pro teammate, according to CBS Sports Research.’

‘Hyde was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the fifth round of the 2013 NFL Draft after winning Big Ten Defensive Back of the Year in his final season at Iowa. While he entered the league as a cornerback, Hyde quickly evolved into a nickelback and then safety. After four seasons in Green Bay, Hyde scored a five-year, $30 million deal in Buffalo.’