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after a full year off and how the last two years ended… not sure a 65 year old defensive minded retread will get interviews beyond convenience of not being employed but able to satisfy requirements for teams wanting to race a candidate through the process. As he’s seemingly a solid dude, I hope that’s not the case as it feels like the worst path forward but think that is likely where he stands with the league come early January

it’s the classic conversation about needing both depth and superstars you need the guy that on the biggest stages in the biggest moments are going to snag the ball miraculously. Also if diggs rolls an ankle, we aren’t totally without and stuck crowdsourcing and relying on scheme to create all the production. long story short- we need a second weapon. Not dhop specific but I’m not sure there’s another true option between now and week one

It’s weird that his teammate would say essentially “I have to play better to help him” and the leans coaches and GM would say “we have to build better around him and make sure he makes safer choices”

And probably not near enough space to fully lose whatever gains he may have had and only half a season to make it through.

agreed hop is a better player

that it’ll potentially be his first year off enhancers would be the biggest concern on the list.

it’s simple math that we now are taking real qb cap hits so we have less other money to spend on talent. we will have to do more with less, which is possible but certainly more difficult by its very nature.

no one in their right mind thought the day before news broke that there was any chance he wouldn’t make it. They had a 2 man battle, cut the other guy 2 weeks before the season, and weren’t bringing in anyone else for auditions even. You can quibble over the date rosters lock to the regular season 53, but he was selected to be the punter of the bills when they cut haack

for all intents and purposes he made the team

our cincy bills fan has realized they look better with the lights off. And maybe after a few drinks. some of the players fit the same criteria

Which also may be a good knock the dust off game

I wanted to put week 6 for the giants but went week 7…. Earliest PUP eligibility, right?

we also played against the dolphins 5th string qb and in a blizzard. While opposing teams still moved the ball, that context my help contribute to his jump.

Im going with no race in May without much in the way of team activities or learning of the playbook for a punter

there’s a terribly narrow needle to thread, and I think a true press team would use third parties to play up “punter fully cleared of false accusations” to create some subconscious familiarity with the story line without him throwing his face all over interviews. “didn’t that kicker we signed have that thing?!? What was the accusation? I don’t recall the details but I know I heard it was made up” becomes just the right level of hazy water under the bridge

he was a jerk in college. You’ve created a fake narrative about him previously being humble. His attitude was just better hidden.

does that keep you academically eligible for sports though? seems you’d have tons of athletes doing this

void years. It’s simple

and you start point fingers at teammates, or adverse conditions that everyone’s working through and as a teammate I might still chuckle at any individual joke but still think you are an immature clown that needs to handle his business better. id bet it’s real mixed bag on guys real opinions of him

meh. I think he’s fine both as a receiver and person. He has the pats game, and similarly some good jokes but he had a lot of bad games, finger pointing, and general lack of accountability that likely did nothing to help his development. I never got a great read in if guys found him funny or frustrating. Likely both I guess.

absolutely true even the most lopsided matchups in the nfl are like 80%-20% rare are you ever playing a slam dunk, even if you are favored. the only caveat I’ll add while thinking on this is we don’t know what would’ve happened in cincy, and that might’ve substantially effected the talking point very easily.

I think the issue is someone needs to step up, more than a volume issue

I didn’t watch a ton but what I did was enjoyable - a start.

im not sure how much history there is. Guys have come back from extended injuries. Otherwise what are we talking about, Vick? watson should have looked bad last year. Not just rust but being away from the current team all season had to be a challenge with joining a new club and jumping in with new WRs and a new playbook. He’s not a slam dunk but the browns could easily be a 10-7 team (or a 6-11 team) yea you add a comp pick to that trade, they could actually get more back in picks than they sent

favre bought the headline of “favre disputes claims and is fighting back” and then quietly withdrew from fighting back because he didn’t have a case.