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dpberr

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  1. I understand why the Bills made the move to a degree but I still wouldn't have done it.  This is my least favorite of the FO moves this offseason to date. 

     

    I don't think a 33 year old DT is going to have much in the tank come December/January to impact games, so why bother with the investment?

     

    My preference would have been to give those minutes to a rookie or a younger player.

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  2. 1 hour ago, FireChans said:

    They are hilarious. 
     

    If the Falcons had won the bidding for Watson, he is probably an All-Pro and they have a NFCCG appearance at least. Just to salt the Browns’ fans wounds.

     

    But because the Browns’ won the bidding, Watson inexplicably just stopped being a good-to-great QB, and is now the worst QB-contract in football.

     

    Thats the power of the Browns. No matter what happens, it’s gonna to maximize their pain.

     

    I think Watson is in Operation Quiet Quit.  Just sit back, go through the motions and collect the checks with the "let's not get ourselves killed out there!" mentality.  I doubt he will ever play a full season for the Browns simply because he has no desire to do so.

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  3. He is the definition of the washed player who's time has come to either retire or latch on to a playoff team in November.  His days of regular season play are over.

     

    He'd be smart to hit that November free agency market rested and ready to go.  There is value in his services there.  His ego won't let him of course, so he'll sign this spring and get cut at the end of someone's camp and bounce around practice squad and be salty about it.    

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  4. It's not a big list if you remove players 29 and older and then of that remaining pool, you remove the injury prone - less than 75% games over two seasons.

     

    IMO, that's the realistic baseline pool of FA the Bills should be looking at.  You factor in performance and salary wants with that pool of players.

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  5. I'd be interested in knowing whether there is art to holding a football for a kicker attempting a field goal.

     

    The only reason to bring a relatively lousy punter back is that he was quietly excellent at holding footballs for Tyler Bass field goal attempts.  

  6. There is a burgeoning free agency period in November where old vets sign on with teams for a playoff run.  Diggs will be one of these players.

     

    Unless you're a team that doesn't care about the 2024 season, you aren't giving starter minutes to a 32-year old safety.  

     

  7. I want to like that trade and pick because that college production is impressive and he plays fast in the games and late in the games. 

     

    However, I'm ultimately not drafting that neck or its injury history in the first round.  The more I read about that injury, two words are in my head - "borrowed time".

     

    At best, you get the Vander Esch career with the neck stingers and injuries.  Worst case, it's one terrible hit and he has to retire.  

     

     

  8. Relates to our 1970s discussion compared to how things feel today in 2024. 

     

    You can see the level of entrepreneurship, and the embrace of risk and expression in all of those items.  You see a lot of ideas, good and bad, hitting the market in the 1980s.  

     

    I'm surprised this list didn't include colorful carpet everywhere, especially in bathrooms.  😕

     

     

     

     

  9. James Franklin's program at Penn State is underwhelming and unfortunately, so are most of his draft eligible players.  

     

    There's no production in college from this player, and he's not a 1st round selection. His sacks came against the cream puffs on Penn State's schedule.  Of his four sacks in 2023, two came against the juggernaut University of Massachusetts in an October 63-0 blitzing.  One against Rutgers, one against Iowa.

     

    He had no stats in the 2023 games against Ohio State or Michigan.  

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  10. I'm ok if the Bills part ways with Rasul Douglas.  

     

    He probably has a year of outstanding play left at CB at his age, but he will want a contract and the compensation that exceeds that year.  The Bills don't want to be paying for that one great year for three seasons, and they don't need yet another older player who is a fantastic player for "most" of the season but fades come playoff time because his body is just out of gas. 

     

    I think all players are struggling with this longer NFL season, but it is especially harder to be anywhere near peak performance come playoff time the older you get. 

     

    I think a lot of 30+ year old players will get used to the fact that their market is evolving to 1-year deals where they join a team in November/December for playoff runs.

     

     

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  11. If you want to find the guys that have the greatest value in impacting a playoff game, just look at the data for December onwards.

     

    After our last two playoff exits, I'm more convinced that when evaluating free agents and college players, you eliminate the first 1-2 months of play and evaluate their performance once they are tired and injured.

     

    You don't want to spend money on the September stats machines.  

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