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  1. 4 minutes ago, Alphadawg7 said:

     

    Lol, as if that would change anything.  Didn't stop any of you when he came out and said he wants to retire a Bill and hopes he isn't traded...you ALL still piled on him even then and just called him a liar.  

     

    So maybe stop making up stupid narratives off meaningless tweets

     

    i'm with ya....diggs put this all to bed....for last season (2023).

     

    has he said anything similar for 2024 ?

     

    i mean his brother keeps talking he needs to get out of buffalo, sources in the league (lombardi for one) say he's in play to be traded, diggs himself posts cryptic .

     

    teams and players say positive stuff during the season all the time, hide their true feelings and then before next season even starts they are cut or want out.

     

    he has a history of doing this, forcing his way out, there's too much smoke to be nothing.

     

    i prefer he stays in buffalo and puts this to bed again,  for this season.

  2. 1 hour ago, Warriorspikes51 said:

    Sal C claimed if he was moved before June 1, he would be off our books next year.  That seems to contradict what others have said  

     

     

     

    "totally off the books" ?? ....... is not the way i look at it.

     

    anything under the heading "DEAD CAP" is on your books.  it's money deducted from your total cap for players not on your team. you can't use it . it counts against you.

     

    diggs current DEAD CAP for 2024 is $49.6 mil. sure if you designate "june 1" you can split that up over 2 season (2024 & 2025). wether its one or two seasons, it's too much.

     

    to me, it makes no sense to do that. his cap hit is $27.8 in 2024 and $27.3 in 2025

     

    you would save very little money. the most likely scenario if you were inclined to part with diggs is AFTER the  2025 season. his dead cap would be $13.4

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  3. diggs isn't mr innocent in all of this. he knows anything other than the company line will create an umm...."distraction".  yet he persists.

     

    but the teams hold most of the power. it's a ruthless cut throat business where you go from the penthouse to the outhouse in a blink.

     

    as i have previously mentioned, diggs has a clause in his contract where his 2024 salary fully guarantees 03/17/2024 (yesterday).

     

    i'm sure his agent was seeking clarity and beane was non committal. he hears from "sources" he's in play and may be moved. it's unsettling.

     

    "ready for watever" ..... is acknowledgment of the uncertainty

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  4. diggs is an absolute elite stud. anyone who commands constant double teams is worth their weight in gold.

     

    unfortunately our WR2 was a complete failure on so many levels. that should change in 2024 with the additions of Samuel and hopefully pick #28.

     

    expect to see a motivated diggs prove his detractors wrong

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  5. #1 - ATL added QB Kirk Cousins, WR Darnell Mooney, WR Rondale Moore

    #2- WASH smart.  added Running back Austin Ekeler (two years, $11.43 million), guard Nick Allegretti (three years, $16 million), center Tyler Biadasz (three years, $30 million), edge rusher Clelin Ferrell (one year, $3.75 million), linebacker Bobby Wagner (one year, $6 million in guarantees), linebacker Frankie Luvu (three years, $36 million) and safety Jeremy Chinn (one year, $4.1 million).

    #3- PIT adding those two QB's on the cheap. QB Russell Wilson, LB Patrick Queen, CB Donte Jackson (acquired via trade with Panthers), WR Van Jefferson, QB Justin Fields 

    HM: GB, HOU, PHI

  6. shakir caught 86% of his targets.....he is very under rated

     

    Samuel caught 68% of his targets.....but yea, he's better than shakir

     

    it's true that wash primarily had samuel line up in the slot....but that was because of the other wash wr's.  he can play the outside with ease

     

    hopefully the bills still use their first round pick on a future WR1. that puts samuel as the guy who moves all over.

     

    the only thing this offense would be missing is a true center. i'm not a fan of moving mcgovern over and replacing him with edwards.

  7. YEAR / CAP / DEAD / SAVINGS

    2024 /$27.8 /$31.1 / (3.3)

    2025 /$27.3 /$22.2/ $5.1

    2026 /$28.4/$13.4/ $15.0

    2027 /$22.5/$4.5 / $18.0

    2028 / UFA

     

    just based on the dead cap, the contract says we keep diggs for 2024 & 2025. think about moving on in 2026 or 2027.

     

    based on talent, with the addition this season of a legit WR2, i think diggs will return to elite status.

     

    if however, he doesn't want to be here or is gonna be a constant distraction......that's another set of calculations. you could justify making 2024 his last. taking a big hit in 2025....but freeing up big space in 2026 & 2027.

  8. "ready for watever"

     

    most likely means the bills have not indicated to him or his agent if he will be on the team in order to trigger this clause in his contract:

     

    2024 salary fully guarantees 03/17/2024

     

    he may know he's in play to be moved if the right offer comes along.

     

    maybe he cares so much that his self defense mechanism makes him act like he doesn't care. obviously everyone is better off if he says nothing.

  9. 34 minutes ago, Richard Noggin said:

     

    Time is money, though. Trade partner has to pay for a lost year of value/potential/development. Why would a GM trade out of a current pick just to wait a year to make that same-ish pick? 

     

    (I can conceive of scenarios where a given round's perceived value has been exhausted and a team might prefer to preserve the original pick's "round value" by trading instead of reaching. Especially in the first two days of the draft. The long term value of those picks is arguably more important than any immediate, inflated need.)

     

    doesn't trade partner gain an extra year of team control at the end (just one year later)......both picks have the exact same equal time of team control....they just start and stop in different years.

     

    only a GM who is confident he will be around for more than the current year would push off picks to the future. Conversely a GM who felt he was on the hot seat might mortgage the future and trade away future picks to improve immediately.

     

    then you get into the speculative part where Hou may say Minn with a rookie QB will likely finish with a worse record in 2024 and that 42nd overall this year might become a 37th  next year. theoretically Hou gave up a pick valued at 780 for picks valued at 900... that "could" go higher if minny struggles (of course they could go lower).  Carolina traded the 10th overall to chicago and several picks that included a future #1 that turned into this years #1 overall because Car struggled with a rookie QB. Hou regime is confident. Minny regime lost cousins and is desperate to move up in draft to get a QB now.

     

    is last years #1 overall pick more valuable than this years #1 ? without the hindsight of knowing who was picked.....the answer to me is NO, they are equal.

  10. at best beane moves up a few spots in first round

     

    any talk of going up to top 10 is fantasy

     

     i say he keeps his 1st & 2nd round picks. we dont have a 3rd. uses  the rest to move up.

     

    this team badly needs a real Center and a DT3. then a safety & WR.   

     

    the center & WR will be from rounds 1 & 2.  the DT & S from 4th round or Free Agent

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  11. 21 minutes ago, Ed_Formerly_of_Roch said:

     

    I come up with Texans giving up 780 and gets back about 680 points assuming using the "rule" that you downgrade a pick in following year by one round level and I assumed Viking finish next year around middle of draft.  If you don't downgrade a round, then Vikes gave up almost 900 points, so putting it in the middle of those two scenarios says it's about even??

     

    So adding to that, they could now trade their 11th and 23rd to move up to #4.  Looks like they don't have a 3rd rounder so can't get much higher unless they make another trade to get a pick(s)

     

    i dont buy into the rule you downgrade next years pick

     

    is next years #1 worth less than this years #1 ? (only if some generational QB was avail in either)

    is next years #28 overall worth less than this years #28 ?.....i say no, they are equal

    1 minute ago, Sammy Watkins' Rib said:

    A chargers - Vikings trade seems like a slam dunk. Makes sense for both teams. Vikings get number 5 and Chargers get number 11 and 23.

     

    The only thing you don’t like from the Vikings standpoint is there is a possibility that quarterbacks go 1, 2 and 3 meaning the Vikings are left with the fourth choice at quarterback, and what if they don’t like who’s left? Would seem moving all the way up to five will surely be, a last-minute decision based on who has come off the board. 

     

    lets say vikings move up to #5

     

    whats stopping another qb needy team,  say denver moving up to #4 ?

     

    thats why alot of these trades happen during the draft and not days/weeks ahead

     

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