Mr. WEO

Cap is ever increasing--that's baked into all contract negotiations I would think. Would Sutton get, say, 20 million per on his next contract? I don't think so--it's still a ton for a WR2 type production. compare the 2, first 3 years.

He's getting Courtland Sutton money for far less than Sutton production. Might as well kept Davis for 13 mil a year.

sweet coin for a guy with 1600 career yards on a team starving for an alpha WR...

nah...just another blip in the draught years. Bills moved on ...

most zealots don’t feign disinterest…

It's a play where the D absolutely knows it's coming--they just don't know the snap count. The Eagles success at it has dropped every season since 2022. Leaguewide, it's down to 74%, whereas, for example, all 3rd down conversions of 1 yard to go or less are at 70% for run plays. As a short yardage/conversion run play, it's not an outlier in it's success.

yeah, it's such an insignificant portion of the game, all in all. But it's a legit play--the proof is that not every team can consistently pull it off. It's certainly defensible. pure old football. line v. line. "the trenches"

It's a QB sneak. Why ban it? What would be the logic that it has to go?

not many people would prefer to watch on their phone when they could watch on their giant TV. Most games you could already stream with the networks own apps. Still "free".

what if he asks "who's your Defensive Coordinator?"

If any of them changes their first name to "Shaq", McD will pick them up at the airport.

People have been predicting the collapse of the NFL for 20 years. Their business model of bringing it to a wider audience has been wildly and ever more successful, proving all the doubters wrong over and over... NASCAR's base appeal was always, let's say, VERY regional. The wider public watched for a hot minute, got bored (predictably) and walked away. The NFL is running away with all the viewers while the NBA and MLB inch towards the NHL in insignificance.

Fandemonium runs deep.....

you wouldn't watch?

NASCAR is dead. NFL just keeps growing. Again, this is why Goodell is paid so much money by Terry and Jerry et al. Anyway, Goodell doesn't sit on the Competition Committee, but McD does. Message him that he is ruining the game... Scoring peaked in 2020, dropping again since

Why be sickened when you can still watch from your couch? I would go to this game in a heartbeat. Beats going to Pittsburgh or Cleveland or Cincy for a game.

The new tracking would pick up viewers on the streaming services--the traditional network numbers would already be accurately known. Unless Netflix/Hulu/Prime buy up all the contracts (unlikely), then there is still Disney (ABC/ESPN) and Comcast (NBC/Peacock). Much can happen in the next 3-4 years.

who would trade for that

not bad at all. But it's not "major" as most fans understand the term--like Power 5. Also, most avid NCAA football fans wouldn't be familiar with the Camellia Bowl nor the Bahama Bowl. despite having "Ohio" and "Miami", the MAC is what it is.

you think Pegula would use a free billion dollars to spend on the guarantees/bonuses on player contracts? The total broadcast revenues will go up, but the traditional networks contract costs may not be much higher, as shown above, many are watching on the streamers.

there will never be another....

Drafting DBs in the first couple of rounds has yielded Elam and Bishop.

after his rookie year?

An even older D-Hop left an awful QB situation in Tenn, strolled into KC in-season and did just fine with Mahomes. If Cooper can show up in Cleveland (there's no amount of preseason to get adequately acquainted with a terrible QB room) and put up 1150, a journeyman vet (who's seen every Offense and Defense) should be able to spend a bit of time with a far superior QB and put up decent numbers---it's not like there's some other alpha WR on the roster. He wasn't injured when he got here, yet he was already in decline in 2024 Cleveland. He had a wrist injury and missed weeks 9 and 10. After that, his wrist wasn't preventing him from getting open...yet we saw many posts describing all the "attention" he was getting and the coverage he was drawing off other receivers---just wild stuff for a guy who was present for less than 50% of the snaps in games he was available for. This guy cost a 3rd round. In the past 3 seasons, he has caught only 56% of his passes and has a whopping 31 drops (9%). No more like this. It hasn't worked for Beane since he got here. Bills need to figure out how to scout college WRs...