Mr. WEO

There is absolutely no chance that Josh is lighting into guys "behind closed doors". None. He's not that kind of guy--and that's OK. To be that guy you have to have some authority to do so. If you are going to point your finger in a teammates face, it better have at least 1 ring on it. Brady, Jordan, Kobe famously did this--and it worked. They absolutely made their teammates better. Hyde? Tre?...Dawkins????!! Nah. Perhaps Miller, if he's around.

Meh. Eagles were 1-5 in playoff games with him as starter. In 2017, they won 10 of their next 12 games, including the SB, with Peters's backup in his spot. In his 12 years there, the Eagles had 7 winning seasons. When he missed the season in 2012, they won 4 games. When he played half the season in. 2020, the won 4 games (1 with him starting). The Bills would have had no different history had he finished his career there. He's waiting until week 18.....

How about Chad Kelly?

11/11ths

I agree with this. He would jump at an extension. You would have to take him for a 4th--Bills have no viable backup right now.

Ok you didn't initially respond to the other poster by saying that you specifically meant Basham... "You would trade a 2nd rounder from 2 years ago at a premium position for a 7th? I'm glad you are not GM" But your position is now that it's in some circumstances actually smart for a GM to make such a trade.

If one team does it, it should not be considered by other teams? What if it is a smart move? Still wrong?

It's the topic of this thread. A 1st rounder from 3 years ago for a 7th, so.....

here we go again....

Beane doesn’t pay or supervise Tasker. people who tune into OBL regularly doesn’t want objectivity. They are fans listening to what they want to hear.

Which one was he now?

Now he just n Ed’s a nickname to describe his smoothness…

Oh there were a few here who were hitting it HARD for Lance…even as Purdy and the 9ers were running the table second half of last year.

It has never been done like this before--one day, 1200 cuts.

I guess. But the "new rules" haven't prevented anyone from challenging his record. Just a sthe old rules didn't get him to his record any easier. It just allowed some QBs to take bigger hits now and then.

Maybe you aren't sure who the OBL "analysts" work for? Pointing out the answer to that isn't really "cynical".

Then every GM knows this--hence they will wait for Tuesday.

Wrong--see Gunner's take above. 6 QBs took at least 40 sacks last year---lots of sacks to be had. Had nothing to do with rules change. It took Smith a mind blowing 19 seasons and 279 games to get to that 200 sacks. Von Miller would easily pass 200 if he played 19 seasons---but there is zero chance he will. These guys get paid so much money they have no reason to keep playing like that.

For that amount saved, you keep a guy like Lewis. That's 1/1000th of the cap.

Because of the new one day cutdown, gone are the days where you can get a team to bite on a likely cuts like Eli Harold, Marshall Newsome, Darry Johnson and Russell Bodine. I bet a lot of teams are not shopping for trades--they will be dumpster diving in the frenzy coming Tuesday.

I see a 40% drop

Players use far less cocaine on game days now. It's more of a 5-hours energy sipping league these days.

Hines and Crowder returned 25 of 29 punts last year. Shakir had 2 and Lewis 1. The first 2 are gone. Also, you can't cite some of the best returners ever as proof that all returners needs or have an "innate' talent for doing so. Obviously the majority of them don't. Hines (12 career college returns) and Crowder don't. Look at the top 15 in Y/Return last year...

Did Roscoe Parrish lose this "innate ability" the second half of his career? And what is it about Ty Johnson that tells you he has this innate ability?