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rookie QBs let you give 5-10 guys 5-10m more than you should. we should’ve been so aggressive

no one trades a young cheap corner with years left on their deal - they trade the guy that’s either on the cusp of walking for a payday or the guy that’s not fulfilled that contract they already got. I think that parts just a given with any trade target for the most part

I’ve been saying for awhile that if, excluding the proverbial megatron prospect, if you built a bills WR prototype - it feels like bech is pretty close im not sure how I feel about that but it sure does seem like a fair assessment either way big, strong, physical, but sacrifices explosive speed to be all that. willing to mix it up. Football family. High character family. like McDermott would love for this dude to succeed on a personal level.

I’d be calling the browns about their corners honestly. Getting low on options and I think you would like to fill the hole meaningfully before the draft I’m no expert on him but have seen Greg newsome as a guy that mentioned as a possible offseason trade candidate, as an example I’m sure gunner can give me a full work up on him before i call it a night

It’s always tricky your body and game have to age into a new niche - sometimes easier than others as you note. you have to be very lucky with injuries or lack there of and your ego has to handle a major adjustment for a guy like diggs. I think this is a spot where sometimes being a superstar makes the next phase harder for a guy like him. Mack hollins never got used to being THE DUDE and had to keep up with the dirty work and special teams and being cool with being a bit of the sideshow that can have some moments here and there. For stef going from a top 5-10 guy in the league to a WR3 only on some teams would take a lot of humbling. I’ve always thought he was an interesting psych study with a bit of anti-social behavior paired so closely with a need to be liked. I wondered if he might surprise with that in an effort to clean up his legacy to be more positive…. but I think the ACL ends it.

I think I’m more “meh” than most on the early extensions. I think more often than not over the course of a career they tend to even out quite a bit in overall value. sure some risk/reward with injuries vs jumps forward but the classic 4 for 50 (12.5m) for cook isn’t a tremendous value vs 5m followed by 15 per (using bar napkins)

ultimately a 9 year vet and we paid him 3 of his 11m career earnings. Wild perspective that a guy that caught passes in JUCo from CARDALE JONES has only amassed 8m in cash earnings prior to last season Figure half out the door before you even put it in a bank account so maybe bar napkin 5.5 and even a few hundred grand amounts to a not inconsequential percentage of his career earning. go get it.

the truth is likely that most jerks are friendly most of the time too- he could be a cocky dude but still have genuine conversations. It’s not difficult to reconcile

Just as close to providence as Boston… neither walkable though the guys had a relatively modest career and this very well may be the last time he puts ink on paper in the nfl. I can’t fault him if he chased every last penny so he could retire and live the life he wants

importantly, he’s not likely to age with grace. frankly he’s still playing the “doesn’t anybody listen to drake” nonsense to his “cryptic” tweets If he doesn’t roll the credits by choice and instead limps into retirement I have little doubt that he will do so with public frustration about his diminishing role

Hashtag wrong bosa

there’s also a reality that I think McDermott gives a lot of input on a 1st round defender

had Josh gotten hurt for real in that first Baltimore game it would’ve ended the season not having a guy that could stress defenses outside or deep definitely elevates that risk… adding that guy reduces impacts in Josh and makes us a tougher matchup. That’s not to say it’s the only thing but it’s an important element

that last bit relative, right? 50k per day fines that can’t be waived suck when you’ve maybe put less than $1m in your pocket post taxes/agent fees, etc… and coming back in November often results in mediocre play and/or soft tissue injuries. If it was all upside to push the issue it would happen more.

He’s a good player but not a generational guy - so both sides have some leverage here and hopefully each side will behave reasonably regardless of whether the dollars line up how long will a guy that’s not seen a pay day take fines and/or risk poor film when he returns?

On the bright side we also probably wanted bosa on a pitch count early too Lots of reps for the depth guys

to be fair, the bills may have their own formula they plug in their measurements with and that could even essentially be RAS just because you and I won’t have one on draft sites doesn’t mean he won’t be scored relatively the same

he keeps falling off my radar but jack bech seems like such a billsy pick.

Rapp might end him

I didn’t read the whole thread so forgive me if posted 43 times already but… I think some value in the team likely seeing the move as a positive. Ie I think there are guys that see bosas name and know he’s been a real nfl dude, not just meekly adding any schlub

Offense will start week one slightly better year over year defense still needs a CB… reason to believe safety is slightly better with potential upside linebacker is flat but healthy DT flat to slight upgrade DE upgraded but not sure how much or if enough long story short- add a cb, draft BPA and we on paper should be better

Cheap, experience, reason to believe in upside…. he could be nothing but it’s zero risk and high reward like it

Would just be tough to add a 5th guy at this pay range

a 5 and 7 for a 6 and Elam is pretty close to it

and we still may move on if the draft offers something. we set a floor not a ceiling here