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We weren’t a particularly good spot. In his rookie deal he dealt with how many coaches/schemes and who beside him at tackle?

If there’s any way to get a star at an impactful position you have to go for it top 10. Getting a solid guy at a second tier position is definitely not ideal even if he plays well. The positive is we should have a shot at a great talent at one of those spots.

If there’s one thing a blue collar buffalo fan wants from his skill position players - it’s always blocking. Im not so much calling you out here but I think we have some fans that would prefer a 30 catch 300 yard in line blocking TE over a WR that commands double teams every play but doesn’t always deliver punishing blocks in the run game. Whether talking about the greatest pass catchers or runners it always gets a chuckle how quick the debate turns to who the best blocker is.

Yup. But to pretend Walter (who I don’t particularly like) was quoting 20 year old type numbers isn’t totally fair either. That’s all I was pointing out.

To be fair, 3 years 4.5m total would make him around 40th on the average pay list. So a top ten backup. Probably not far off his actual ability. We paid him as average to slightly above average starter. A bit ambitious for the resume.

Not hard- middle of the pack and added huge talent. Many of the teams above them appear to stand pat or maybe back slide. to project them as jumping from 8th in the AFC to 3-4 isn’t even that aggressive. Will they have chemistry and will their QB step up is fair to question but on paper it all makes sense. we were a little behind and probably added a little less so we won’t get the hype but maybe it’s our qb that balls out and we end up with magic chemistry. On paper, only middle of the pack currently though.

They were essentially average and added a ton. Sorry even bills fans fans are struggling to support your rant.

Id be real torn up about josh throwing a player like that the ball 10 times on Sunday....

We go through this all the time. It’s not that complicated to structure contracts creatively to reduce cap hit early. Especially if your hall of fame qb is in his final year or two.

Ironically, there’s a good bit of overlap between this new found “pay as you go” and the much maligned “cash to cap” in that you aren’t amortizing big bonuses to reduce cap hit and create space at the expense of flexibility to cut.

I think the legit journalists do it but are usually way more measured in their wording when they do. Especially compared to random fan bloggers. I’ve often seen fans run with tweets where the phrasing is obvious that it’s more speculative than inside info. Ultimately, the whole culture around news creation and consumption is a bit of a hot mess on both sides.

Michael Thomas probably had a case to be made too

There are certainly plenty of those and ol chinstrap beard massare I think connects dots far more than shares secrets.

Tis the life if you want insight into the process. It’s easy to stretch the truth to create more interesting stories but also easy for the truth to change quickly. It’s not always easy to differentiate.

The flip side is.... solid stuff can fall apart. Sometimes there’s a trade very close to done and the rug gets pulled out from under it. Or the jets try to sign a free agent.

Some but in a backfield with another prime option you’ve hedged it. and might extend both careers

Good player. seems they are serious about no number 1 but a fair number of good pieces

Ingram is sneaky good- if seriously considering bell, Ingram would deserve a real look too

Looking at Carolina - they always had more good and by proxy expensive backs than most but it really would be a shocker to aim that high.

I caught the extra posts with more details immediately on hitting submit and deleted. You are quick

Center is considered a much less premium position

I think espn did well in that review, generally.

Who had “the running back room is the oldest we’ve had yet” in the free agency curveball pool

Kid can fly. Junior in high school but suspect he has a chance at getting quite a bit of attention real soon... this video i saw saw sparked the comment: https://mobile.twitter.com/samspiegs/status/1094367308603183104?s=21 youll know him when you see him. He’s the type of fast that makes fast kids look slow.

We have this odd situation on this board where a lot of people think we have all the right cornerstones but aren’t supposed to win for like 5 years. as far as I’m concerned, even if josh works out (especially if he does really) the next 3 years are the best window we will have for quite some time. Let’s go chase a Super Bowl ala LA, KC, Chicago or go back to legion of boom Seattle, the loaded niners teams, etc... THIS is our spot to push chips on the table and fans seem terrified by the idea while simultaneously thinking leadership deserves a long leash. It’s weird.