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With Ullmark out, Tre White needs to bring his goaltending skills to the ice and Allen may have become our first-line Center... sorry Jack
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That's probably too hard to predict from #30. Given that they are transitioning to a point where our good players need to be re-signed, there will be a need to balance that out with cheaper talent. I'd like to see us trade back if they can pick up an extra #3 or something like that. However, Beane tends to get excited about players that he's targeting and has typically been more aggressive to trade up. I imagine that the cost will prevent him from doing so and he'll stay disciplined and pick someone at #30.
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We still keep Josh, right?!?
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I'd love to see some comparative analysis by Cover1 or JoeB/MattF at The Athletic, but one of the things jumping out at me is what a difference pass rush makes. People can talk about Allen and Brady all they want, but the relentless effectiveness of Tampa's pass rushing was the MVP of the Super Bowl and the lack of it made the AFC Championship game so frustrating. That's where our drafting needs to focus...
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There really shouldn't be anything illegal about this. The ONLY thing the Saints are accomplishing is to avoid Brees' retirement before the start of the league year, at which point all teams have to be in compliance of the salary cap. He's only reducing salary that he wasn't going to earn anyhow. I would imagine other teams have done versions of this move.
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Retirement is essentially the same from cap perspective as cutting someone. If they had a big contract with a big bonus with a number of years left on it and retire, the team takes a dead cap hit on the remainder same as if they had cut the person. Eric Wood was a good example that was cited. His retirement was unexpected due to medical condition and the Bills had just resigned him to a multi-year contract the year before.
As I look at the Brees story, he dropped his 2021 base salary to the league min, which lowers his cap hit for next year. This means the Saints can leave him on the roster past the start of the league year and stay under the cap (with other moves). They can then have him retire after June 1 (similar to other June 1 cuts that teams declare) and move the dead cap hit into the next year (2022) rather than have to deal with it this year, when the cap is constricted. Brees obviously wouldn't care whether his 2021 salary is $20m or the league minimum as he's planning to retire
I could be wrong, but I want to say that the Bills did something similar w/ Eric Wood. They didn't reduce his next year's salary, but held off the retirement announcement until they could use the June 1 rule to move the dead cap into following year.
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And the rookie QB ended the season with a dominant AFC Player-of-the-week performance that left everyone on a high that "maybe" we finally found our QB?!?
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5 minutes ago, cage said:18 minutes ago, billsfan1959 said:
How does being instrumental in the development of Nate Peterman and passing game coordinator for the #1 rushing offense land you a job as a Head Coach w/ an NFL team? #WatsonOUT
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All of them.... we're in the final 4
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Kyler Murray should be on that list...
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I'll add to this further by stating that I can no longer watch football without Twitter as a companion guide to produce the ultimate fan experience!!
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I don't even remember what # he was??
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I think we have to redefine "The Josh Allen Experience" from this point on.....
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This is a hugely interesting debate and one of the few multi-page threads that I read in its entirety. So much goes into scoring with that right player. We've had other threads where we lamented that we didn't pick Mahomes or Russell Wilson. You would have to wonder if they would have become all that in other situations (particularly with the staff we had when Wilson was selected).
I've never seen an article that tried to do a comprehensive examination of QB selection model grading all players taken in the last few decades across a composite of physical, mental, emotional, social and so forth. And then testing it out. Would make a hell of a dissertation!
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4 hours ago, Charles Romes said:
I laugh every time I hear how the organization gave Josh the perfect environment to succeed. They did everything to destroy his career his rookie year surrounding him garbage that is essentially entirely out of the league just two years later. The starting veteran quarterback was Nate Peterman and the number one receiver was Kelvin Benjamin.The fact that Josh somehow made it through when given nothing is just another testament to Josh’s greatness.
To say nothing of not having a qualified QB coach (David Culley had been a WR coach), nor a veteran in the QB room (Derek Anderson brought in later in season).
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Definitely important to stay humble....
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13 minutes ago, prissythecat said:
The Ravens and Browns are run heavy by design. So wouldn’t really use the stat to conclude that their QBs totally suck at passing. The Jets are just plain awful so not surprised they are at bottom .
Do you think they would be "run by design" if their QBs were Mahomes, Watson, Rodgers or Allen?? Also, I recognize that there are problems on Jets that haven't done Darnold any favors, but he's really done nothing to speak of to help elevate the team in any way. Compare what you saw to Allen's rookie year, where he made lots of mistakes that we don't need to rehash, but also provided instant leadership, credibility to teammates and executed 4th quarter comeback victories.
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On 12/12/2020 at 1:15 AM, Big Blitz said:
And Brady??? For real?
My list (so absolute authority lol)
Mahomes
Rodgers
Watson
Allen
Wilson
Amazingly, the Bills could have had 4 of 5 of these, but glad we have Allen now. In 2017, we traded out of Mahomes spot with Watson selected two picks later. In 2012, we trade UP to take TJ Graham, when several on this board thought we would be moving up to take Wilson.
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7 hours ago, streetkings01 said:
Logan Thomas was a highly recruited tight end coming out of high school.....wasn’t like it was much of a transition for him.
Wrong Logan Thomas. The one being discussed here was a QB through college. He was QB at Virginia Tech after Tyrod left and was drafted as a QB by Cardinals.
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Don't want to lose Daboll, but it seems like Dorsey is his natural successor. He's been marinating and I'm sure contributing heavily to this offense for two years. Why would they look elsewhere? Every OC got his first OC job somewhere and this seems like an ideal situation to elevate a smart QB coach to maintain continuity
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36 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:
I don't what game Sherman was watching where San Fran got lots of pressure on Josh? The game was won by the Bills offensive line keeping Josh clean for the most part. And if they all knew everything the Bills were running why were McKenzie and Davis wide open for their touchdowns?
Allen has become quite good at buying time in the pocket and beyond. There were lots of plays where he was adeptly moving around and especially escaping pressure rolling right. He becomes deadly. So I think Sherman is mostly right, they did get pressure on him, but Allen just handles it until he finds someone. I haven't seen any Next Gen Stats on average time to throw, but Allen has to be near the top of the league in longest time to throw.
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2 hours ago, Gonzonzo said:
and Daboll.
...and the OL. Basically it speaks to everyone but Allen. He'd be a crappy QB without all of them
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Can we talk about Duke now?
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I think i had read a while back that they learned from the famous snow bowl where they happened to be wearing the red uni. They felt the unis made a difference in the bad weather. McD personally makes the call on when they wear them. I would assume they're saving them for games in Dec that may be in poor conditions
Jurrell Casey- could he be a deciding piece?
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Honestly,... I don't think he's "under the radar". He'll cost plenty