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I loved him coming out of the draft, I think he can be an All Pro guard at some point in his career. Getting Josh some pieces in the draft that can impact the offense short and long term was crucial hopefully they accomplished that

Next year is a void year at a 29 million dollar hit I bet they rework his deal to extend for a bit longer to avoid the huge hit and have no QB. Likely going to try to draft a QB and groom him behind Cousins for a couple of years.

So many premium picks spent on RB’s hopefully Cook is a keeper. At least Singletary was solid his time here just never dynamic

I just don’t see it happening either, the Bills need all the firepower they can around Josh.

Getting Josh the best guard and tight end in the draft may pay dividends immediately

Gotta add in Kirk Cousins for 40 million pretty much locking in half their cap for 3 players

I don't know if he was having personal issues or just got a bit lazy living off of his reputation but yeah he was not great last year.

Glad to see he is fine relatively speaking. Hopefully, this isn't a nagging injury.

A lot of the NFL will seem "overhyped" largely due to the fact that esp in the AFC where there are a lot of teams with expectations (I can honestly only think of the Colts, Texans and possibly Raiders as being in a true rebuild or lower expectations mode) to make the playoffs and/or make a deep run in the playoffs. Only 7 teams will make the playoffs thus 3-5 teams with high expectations will fall flat. 3 teams will be out in the wildcard round likely cutting 1-2 more seasons short of expectation. Another 2 teams will be out in the divisional round causing more teams to fall short of making a deep playoff run. Every year most teams fall short esp given that only 1 team wins it all. But the AFC is loaded with about 13-14 teams that have expectations to make the playoffs or farther. The AFC is super stacked this year again but that's likely going to mean that many fanbases will be disappointed. That's always the case. Injuries and bad luck can derail so much.

I think for Rodgers it was a show of good faith and to maybe get players he is with now to commit to this as a 2-3 year window instead of a one-and-done type deal.

This is a savings on 2024's contract, according to Spotrac the Jets are sitting at 13.3 million in cap space with Rodgers cap number at 8.8 million. Next year Rodgers cap hit which was slated to be something crazy like 75-100 million now comes down to a high but manageable 45.1 million. This is good news for the Jets longer term as it maybe gives them a shot to run it back with Rodgers once more, but the impact on this years cap is not there. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/new-york-jets/cap/

I had liked Hines to contribute as a returner and as a pass catcher. Just sad to see him lose his season and likely his career (he likely will get a chance to catch on a roster in 2024 but I just don't see him making it coming off of this type of injury) due to an off-season activity days before the season starts. Won't be a huge on-field loss but I just feel sad for him on a human level.

Not sure he is worth that money but certainly would have gotten a good deal on the market. Seems like paying elite money for a good not great player.

Hard to say, you usually base those things how the game is flowing so hard to make that call but you can't go wrong with Diggs.

Mahomes, Josh, Burrow and maybe Rodgers if you go on reputation and thinking last years down year was due to supporting cast are players I can firmly put over Hurts. I cannot put Herbert, Lawrence, Lamar or any other QB ahead of Hurts at this moment

Makes sense, he had a mid-season ACL tear, going to at least need a bit more time to recover. I think that's why the Jets were always linked to Dalvin Cook once he was made available and subsequently cut. If I were running the Jets I would take a run at Cook, you don't have a long window with Rodgers (at most 2-3 seasons) so you have to make "win now" moves to try and take advantage of that.

Snyder is the James Dolan of the NFL (although Dolan has finally stayed out of meddling in team operations and cleaned up the organization a bit since 2015) only somehow more toxic. Getting rid of him is only a positive for the league and a long starved loyal fanbase.

I thought Beasley looked like he had something left in the tank after his brief run with the team last year. Maybe he isn't going to be the slot machine he once was but as competition for your WR 5/6 slot you could do worse. It also may help the Giants to have a vet WR mentor some of their younger WR's. Not sure if Beasley will make their final roster they have Paris Campbell, Hodgins, 2022 second-round pick Wan'Dale Robinson and a 2023 3rd round pick in Jalin Hyatt who are likely "locks" to make the roster. Then on the bubble you have Crowder and Sterling Sheppard both of whom are a bit younger than Beasley and both of whom will be competing for roster spots as well as some other younger lesser-known players also competing to take a spot at WR 5/6. Adding Beasley in there certainly gives them some options but likely Beasley is competing with Crowder and Sterling Sheppard for one spot. Still glad to see that Beasley is getting a chance and likely will either get offered a spot on the PS if he does decently or will be at the top of the list for an injury signing in season if he shows that he still has something in camp/pre-season.

This ends with the Cowboys doing something very minor to just make Martin happy and "show him some love" then address it longer term in the offseason. But Martin is also going to 33 this season and the Cowboys have Martin on a great deal next season. Tricky situation but I think Martin knows this is his last chance to get a big money deal and he has to try and take advantage of it.

It’s a football forum and a football topic about one position group not getting a chance to obtain value from their efforts. Not really sure what else I should be discussing?

It's a market that these RB's just are outright refusing to participate in because the rules that are already not in their favor (4-5 year rookie scale deals and the availability of two franchise tags) are even worse for their position group. They only have a small window of a few years to make money and these teams are just really hurting their ability to do so because they get 4-5 years on a rookie deal and then can franchise a player for 2 more seasons before they are then pushing 30 and are worth a lot less. If this position group wants to adjust the rules slightly because they are not allowed to maximize their value I say let them. One less year on a rookie deal and only allowing them to receive a transition tag once they hit free agency makes sense. If a RB is drafted at age 21/22 and performs really well in their first three seasons they hit the market at age 24/25 where teams can feel like they can invest 3-4 year deals into them and get high-level production for most if not all of the deal. Only having a transition tag (basically a right to match) allows the RB's to actually go out and get their value based on what another team or their team is willing to pay them. It avoids a team locking them out of 1-2 of their prime years. Right now if a RB at best gets drafted at age 21 and is on a 2nd round or later deal they can hit free agency at age 25 but then they can get tagged for two seasons. This means that even if they play out the tag for two seasons (which is very risky) they hit the market at age 27 with 6 seasons of wear and tear on their bodies and teams will be averse to offering a long-term deal because you are "pushing 30". And that's the "best case" scenario as players drafted at 22 or first-round picks facing a 5th-year option only hit free agency older. Just allow them to hit the market sooner and without the franchise tag. It still subjects them to the value they have on the market but it gives them a better window to get their contracts. I always hear how athletes and entertainers are "overpaid" but then people forget the other side of the equation that if the athletes and entertainers don't get the money it just goes to the owners/industry/shareholders. The way so many talk about athletes' salaries you would think that if athletes got paid a bit less the money would go to teachers.

It’s not like the RB money is coming from cancer Research. I always hate this argument because it makes It seem like there is no such thing as context. Yes without any context these players have large salaries. But they do not exist in a vacuum. Why should the owners run them down and not allow them to make as much money as they can in their narrow window of opportunity? There should be some adjustment to how RB’s are treated. Lowering their rookie deals by one year and eliminating the exclusive franchise tag for the position would be a decent start to allowing these guys to hit the market younger and avoid franchise tag traps.

Mike Vick from Madden 2004 was the most amazing game-breaking player, game was just not designed to handle him.

Kincaid is going to be a key component of the offense. Mainly interested to see how he can operate out of the slot. Training camp is coming up so soon!

Would have liked Hopkins but It isn’t the end of the world, the Bills clearly liked what they had on the roster to not make a huge offer for Dhop. If the WR group needs a boost in season the team will have some options to address that via trade.