Mr. WEO

kick the tires? Beane drawing it up now:

who did Chase set the market for? who else got that money? your whole premise is that the WR market is "actually insane" because the top 5 WR's are making a few points more of the cap than they were in 2018? that's checking in at something less than insane for me.....

The cap has risen 56% over the time that top WR % went up 3%. There is 1 WR making what Chase is making. No other WR contact signed in 2025 was close to his AAV. so we are comparing outliers.

so we can hear them formulating their bad calls? what problem does this solve? Half the viewers will say "yup--that's how I saw it, good call!" the rest will cry and say they are incompetent and the league's fixed. same results.

multiplying his yards per target by an imaginary and impossible number of targets really doesn't make much of an argument. By your thinking, it would make more sense to target Coleman over Shakir. If Coleman had 160, he would have had over 1500 yards.....

Josh obviously thought not. How many WRs had at least 586 snaps vs how many got over 160 targets? Allen was clearly forcing targets Diggs's way--look what happened in Digs's yardage over his Buffalo career--all over 150 targets. 350 fewer yards.

That's 1 NFL WR making that. Only 5 guys over 30M. Despite "setting the market" at 40 million, the next highest 2025 contracts were 33M (Metcalf), 28.7 (Higgins), 22M (Adams), etc. Right now Chase is an outlier, like Barkley--who "reset the RB market" (so I read here) at 20M (7% of cap). No other RB has gotten close to that in new (2025) contracts.

while the team in St Louis seems to draw the biggest crowds (4ok sometimes) there are games pulling in just over 2000 fans in the stands. Where are they supposed to put a game like that? High school fields? Unfortunately in this case "the networks" aren't simply the broadcasters of this sport, they are part owners of the league. so they have to fund the league with their own "TV money". it's a poor model

while it's true that RBs share of the cap has not kept pace with the increase in cap, WRs AAV has. OBJ's AAV was 10.1% of the 2018 cap. 30 million AAV for today's WR is 10.7% of the cap. No inflation there, just keeping pace.

hard to believe it was possible, but ratings actually dropped from last season---by a whopping 20%. how long will ABC/ESPN/Fox hang in there with this?

you are simply providing a math equation. in his last year in Buffalo, for instance, Davis would have had over 1500 yards with 160 targets. Last year McConkey would have had 2300 yards, Jameson Williams would have had 2750! so, yes, I agree that 160 targets X 8.21 yards per target = 1313 yards. not a point worth making

This has nothing to do with what you posted and what I followed up with.. but since you brought it up, Saleh was one of the most clueless NFL HC's since Hue Jackson. Jets had to let him go as he was drowning in his own incompetence.

putting aside his 4 MVP's, his 4 1st team All Pros, 10 Pro Bowls, SB ring and 1st ballot HOF career....he missed his 1st year with a devastating injury for an old man, but came back last year and was #8 in yards and TDs behind a nonexistent O-line. well played, sir...

160 targets for Shakir? hey why not 200! a grand total of 2 NFL WRs had 160 or more targets last year. There is no reality where he would get 160 on the Bills or any other team in the league. These extrapolation exercises are alway pointless.

Aaron Rodgers.

This guy thirsts so hard to come off as this complex, inscrutable, profound deep thinker. He’s actually just incredibly shallow and dull. A big draw for the Pat McAfee crowd

permanent hangover

no chance that would be true.

McD

These college teams have massive facilities, unrestricted budgets and support systems. The coaching is far better. The QBs in the UFL are awful.

Ohio State, Georgia, Michigan, etc would destroy any of these teams.

an entire football watching nation would likely disagree this is true.

Hamlin and Rapp have each been through 4 and 6 preseason competitions, respectively... and they are what they are despite this. So it wouldn't follow that another preseason competition will make them better (you stated as much with Hamlin). Bishop may benefit I guess.

does a higher salary make one a better scout?

sure