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The demarcation about cut vs expiring contract is his prior team choosing to dispel their rights to him vs the player leaving without restriction (an untendered rfa doesn’t count either for instance because the prior team explicitly chose not to keep him). essentially an expiring contract is another team pulling a player and you can’t stop them even if you want to. With that You could gain a pick, the other team could lose a pick. a guy that was on the practice squad and not on a 53 man roster I do not believe counts in that any more than a guy in the cfl or rugby player or Lebron James or a player that was out of the league would that said it would be very rare for a guy to go from PS to meaningful contract that would qualify so I can’t even think of a test case to look at

I don’t believe practice squad guys count, do they? that said it would be an anomaly for a PS guy to turn around and get a big deal

I think the classic “you need nearly twice as many bodies for camp and you never know if vandemark has a jet ski” signing. If he somehow returns to form: awesome. if he gets part way there a jumps RVD: awesome If he’s behind RVD you at least have a vet that knows the building and the calls if you get caught with a run of injuries and if he’s total trash- no loss.

in my defense, I have not been on his bandwagon in a bit

were they more worried about him than gabe? Sure. were they up at night trying to figure out how to contain tyreek or Jefferson when they came to Buffalo? No way.

that of course risking that the market dries up and if we were making another free agent splash with this years dollars we could’ve converted more of joshs salary to offset this

they wouldn’t have restructured him if they thought this was in the pipeline but ultimately, it’s just shifting money between 2023 and 2024 for c’est La vie

One read, "If I can't make it with you, I'll make it without." Another: "You know what they say ... what goes around comes around." The low point came in the days after a September 2019 loss to the Bears, when Diggs skipped work without an excuse, drawing a $200,000 fine from the team. Looking back now, Diggs offers a halfhearted explanation for the social posts “Some of those were song lyrics" and says, "I don't necessarily regret" blowing off a practice and some team meetings, although "maybe part of me wishes I had that money back." In the end, Diggs says he just felt trapped. "That was my only way of saying something at that time," he says. "I just didn't feel like I had that belief from them anymore, you know?" get ready. He won’t trash Buffalo but it’ll be the honeymoon period in houston and he will be a very well behaved leader with a few odd but not overtly insulting remarks about his challenges here sprinkled in… how he loved it but was just time. Stroud will be his new guy he’s so thankful for. Texans fans will say we are crazy for thinking he’s a handful.

go read his Minnesota one- basically the same exact template.

to be fair, we are not in the upper tier of that class at 28. I wouldn’t stress much if the debate was getting the second vs the third - whoever lands in your lap is a win. But potentially the 6th guy comes with much more risk

spend the last year actively forcing your way out then play the good guy out the door is very on brand and some will eat it up

we joke that it’s just being a player but I think it underscores who he’s been with teams, likely teammates, etc…. he is charming til he’s done using you

The true bright side is he was like a rebound fling. As long as you keep expectations reasonable, doesn’t matter if they are crazy as long as it’s fun and has a known expiration date.

honestly I think diggs plays games constantly socially. Just absolutely non stop wanting to be liked but also not being a particularly likable guy. it’s cheesy but to be the guy with two girls in the same hotel on valentines- whatever level of truth is there- that we all buy it 110% speaks volumes to who we really think he is as a man. we just don’t like to think that we were sitting in one of those rooms being sweet talked.

that they restructured him last offseason indicates that this wasn’t the plan at the time… it’s remarkable how quickly after that money came he turned ultra sour though.

nothing was blatant? Come on. It’s been national news for years. he didn’t do anything selflessly - he pushed as hard as he could without being considered and irredeemable cancer by future teams.

either you think he’s completely low function and clueless or he’s a charismatic but manipulative jerk im going with the latter as I don’t think he’s among the lowest functioning adults around. He clearly knows what he’s doing.

anyone with a pulse knew it was a matter of when, not if…. im sure there’s been steady pulse checks wouldn’t be shocked if they were sitting on this offer for a minute and when they saw the tweet they said screw this guy and picked up the phone.

to be fair you are using 30 year old values that said, I’d give quite a bit for a $25-30m wr on a rookie deal for 4 years, whichever guy that may be. wild how many people acted like his comments were totally benign and totally misrepresented

oh this year will be totally “best qb I ever played for, what a spectacular coaching staff”

counter is if the bills think he was healthy last year the offense was productive without him being a focal point down the stretch

clearly not the plan. Wont be shocked if we are trading up for a bigger name in the draft with that ammo. a 1 and 2 plus who knows what else (or next years 1 and we keep the extra 2) might get you up to the WR3 or 4 off the board and those are guys you expect to be a true WR1 at this level.

garmin must be legitimately thrilled by this exposure

the difference is one sees guys come back as mvp caliber players and the other results in mediocre 3rd stringers that unceremoniously retire in a year or two It’s mighty tough to both expect him to return to form and then exceed that by staying healthy to boot. if he was cheap enough, I wouldn’t be opposed to a flyer with low guarantees as I would like a non rookie, non Ty back behind cook but not racing to get a guy that’s a long shot either.