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Yeah and it's less than that now. If they were to trade for him 7-8 games in it would be about $4M. I was going to start a thread about trading for Adams...........because it is probably the best potential all-in move they could make at the deadline..........but first there has to be some indication LV would consider it. Aside from Adams not adding speed to the table you'd be hard pressed to find a better way to upgrade the team in-season. He is a legit first team All Pro and a threat at every level. Can't even say that with a guy like Mike Evans. Probably cost a 1 and a 2 for a team Adams would accept a trade to.......I would guess. KC is the other team that could really use him but it would probably cost them 2 firsts or more if they would even consider a trade with their biggest rival(which I doubt). That would be like KC trading Tyreek in division.........wasn't going to happen.

Saleh is 12-25 Vrabel is 49-36 Not even remotely comparable HC's other than neither ever having a good QB.

Gase but Saleh isn't good.

Saleh is almost as bad a HC as Wilson is a QB. Biggest Meathead HC in the game. So yeah, now Namath is right. But they should have known that last year when Saleh was making in-season promises about keeping receipts on the media who criticized him and declaring that he was going to meet the Bills in the playoffs after their loss in Buffalo etc.. Amazing the pass the NY media have given that dummy.

Oliver has always shown single game flashes of being a star but he hasn't sustained that for even 3 games like this so it's definitely worth noting. Just need him to put together a full good season now. The Bills have only been originally slotted to draft higher than where they picked Oliver at 9th overall 3 times since the 1980's so he was actually a significant investment in the history of the franchise. I think what we are seeing is that his lack of progress earlier was as much a lack of maturity and focus as it was the nagging injuries(which may also have been preparation related). He's bought in and working like a pro now. I don't think it's the norm for players to not buy in until after they get paid.........but he is an unusual person so maybe that commitment has elevated his game.

It's common sense to me. Playing under center means more traditional play action and that causes a longer pause in the defense to create more separation and big play opportunities. And the shotgun too often leads to "spread" dink-and-dunk football..........which is detestable when you have a QB capable of more. And yes, the Bills need to work the short game but doing so from under center keeps Allen in rhythm, which helps with his timing/touch/accuracy, IMO.

You aren't wrong about the FA signings.........his overall pro personnel track record has been very poor even by the standard of a league where most teams are striking out a lot more than succeeding in FA. Beane didn't come to Buffalo as a seasoned personnel man and I think that was abundantly clear(and obvious at the time) with his incredibly bad pro personnel choices early in his GM tenure. But I've always believed that Beane is very intelligent and I've bought the idea that he and McDermott actually believe in their "growth mindset" which in theory should lead to better decisions with experience.........maybe we are seeing that happen now.

Yeah if the big money TE and the wannabe-big-money "WR2" caught the passes they should have I expect they have 2 more TD's scored(and 1 less FG and 0 turnovers instead of 1). 26-0 going into the 4th looks a lot better than 16-0. It's entirely a playmaker issue. Diggs is the only reliable veteran option in the passing game........again.

Josh trusts Gabe Davis too but he still has inexcusable drops and passes thrown to him end up intercepted or on the ground too often.

Edmunds was supposed to be the one doing Urlacher things.

Meh.......sure there were a few people who thought they'd seen all they needed to see of Bernard even though he'd hardly played...... But the larger takeaway is how wrong SO MANY people were in excusing Tremaine Edmunds for never making plays. This defense is designed to create opportunities for the MLB to make plays. It was always correct to be critical of Edmunds for the lack of instinctiveness and the subsequent, near-complete lack of game changing plays for 5 years.

Yeah free agency has changed it for sure...........but what has changed more recently is that top HS players travel and play with fellow top HS players from all over the country now. You can be from Miami and play on a flag team with guys from CA and Illinois and Texas etc.. There is A LOT more fraternization amongst pro-caliber players at a younger age. I don't think some of these kids even attend actual HS classes any more. They play for their team on Friday night and then Saturday afternoon they can be seen 2,000 miles from home attending the game of some school they are *maybe* considering. And in the offseason it's one U of Georgia/Alabama/Texas pool party after another these guys are attending together. They simply know each other a lot better than they ever did 20 years ago.

Crackpots gonna' crackpot.

You guys gotta' let go of the idea of Cornelius Bennett being there. Had he been honored prior to the sexual assault conviction and incarceration maybe they don't take him off............but no way he gets in after-the-fact.

The Bills were 1st in yards per carry in the NFL by RB's in 2022. Which is the more pertinent stat to the discussion anyway. (You are correct that they were 2nd in overall in ypc to the Bears because of Justin Fields running exploits). The issue isn't that yards per carry isn't a great stat. I mean there is out-of-the-box rationale and then there is just off-target and the idea that a full season ypa isn't a great stat is the latter. Some fans just think that you should always be able to run the ball at will whenever you want to.......which isn't how it works in the NFL......so when the Bills have a less effective day on the ground some just can't maintain that perspective. Even great running teams sometimes have mediocre-to-pathetic games on the ground.

The Buffalo Bills lead the entire NFL in yards per carry by RB's last season. I don't know what to tell you folks anymore........but it's comedy gold reading about how bad the Bills OL was/is at run blocking.

Yeah great reminder about the Takeo Spikes situation. He was quite forthright about that right away. You might be right about the NFL using the calf injury as code for the achilles but that would be very misleading. I think calf strains in general are seen as lesser injuries than hamstrings but to me it's always more concerning. The Durant/Thompson injuries in the NBA were called calf injuries at first but I don't think that was code.........the NBA really coddles players relative to other sports league's. I believe that those guys had muscle strains that turned into achilles injuries.

Who came up with that "scare crow" tag for Edmunds? Was that @HappyDays? That sh!t is hilarious.

And Klay Thompson. When I heard Rodgers had injured both of his calves in camp my mind immediately went to him possibly tearing that achilles. Been thinking the same thing about Burrow.

Wasn't it NYUP's Ryan Talbot's brother? Damond "Draft Diamonds" Talbot?

I think McDermott has really wanted to run one of those Shanahan offense's because he dislikes playing them..........but they've just never been able to get that outside zone style to work with any of the 3 OC's he's had. Glad to see they are just doing what they do better instead.

Yeah you are too serious for a message board about a pastime. Maybe fun is not for you.

Yeah this is an era where every play gets graded/scored. When you are signing 1 year deals you can't presume that any interested team is going to watch every play you made the prior season and weight those results based on whether they mattered with regard to who won or lost the game. Teams want players who play hard all the time. If you don't play full speed in a garbage time win maybe you don't play full speed down 2 scores in the 4th quarter. You gotta' let the employers know you go full speed all the time.

The talent difference is significant...........but that was to be expected in every way. Higher pedigree, tested better, drafted earlier in a much better RB draft and then as a rookie put up about a yard per carry more than the "good" Devin Singletary. He's gotta' keep it up throughout his rookie deal and show durability but he's definitely more talented.

Yeah not understanding is a natural byproduct of selective, careless or poor reading comprehension.