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I have been fiddling around in Spotrac and OTC. I think packaging Diggs/Morse gets us very close to a break even. I would seriously consider Diggs/Morse for Evans. We may need to move one of our excess DL to make a little more room. (this is all assuming I am understanding spotrac correctly)

Dude, you couldn't even stay employed until you made it to 30. I have been employed since way passed my 30th birthday. What a loser....

Sounds like fun. Can I come?

What does Brit being his wife or not have anything do to do with anything? Cheating is cheating with or without being married. Bag it Tag it Sell it to the butcher in the store.

Duuuude, what? We are all sorta chatting pretty respectfully and you are coming in like a bull in a china shop, so maybe slow down a bit with the name calling. Also I never said staying together. What are you talking about. Cheating on the daughter of a family friend, especially in small town, has ramifications for other peoples relationships. That's it full stop. There would be no issues if Josh just broke up with Brittany. The entire conversation is about cheating. Try and keep up a little bit better if you are going to be so aggressive.

My post was about the Josh/Britt rumors at large. And how ultimately the pregnancy rumors didn't matter, because he did both Britt and his family dirty. Somebody asked how did Josh do his family dirty. That is my response. Britt Williams' family was friends with the Allen well before they started dating. Josh cheating on her very much changes the dynamic of his parents friendships, especially in a town of 8,000 people.

What is the practice and media schedule for today? It feels like if Diggs were in the building the PR machine would have likely put something on one of their socials to maybe calm it down? Or maybe keep media presence to a minimum and hope this loses steam? Nothing in 23 hours. Yesterday I had a schedule of pressers before the day started.

One of my best friends heard it directly from a former player who played with Josh.

I generally agree. But I think it came up because there was some rumor that the other woman was an ex of Stef's. That said, I don't think Diggs is taking some moral high ground because Josh cheated on Britt.

Is this the fastest thread to 100 pages ever? Also, what is the media schedule for today?

Sooo...my boss went through her BF's phone at a wedding she was standing up in. Apparently she created a whole scene. It wasn't good. Apparently he has told her "my friends think you are awesome, you are the best woman I have ever dated, but for whatever reason I just don't feel it". That was in regards to them getting married and why he hasn't proposed yet. They are still together. She is trying to "convince him". My boss is a disaster of a human, HR is working on finding her replacement.

I have a friend who was told by a former player at a wedding this summer. It is one of my best friends, I would trust them with my life. Take it for what its worth, I am not going to argue it. But other than talking to Josh, Britt, or Diggs, hearing it directly from somebody who played with Josh, that is as direct a source as you are going to get.

So I think there is some weight to all of this. I started to think it when I was going through A22 this past season. Josh just wasn't seeing the field, there were a lot of moments where he was just getting by by sheer physiology. Then he had that QB room interview where the entire thing was satire, and part of it was "how much film do you watch", and they went on and on about how that is all they do. Film 16 hours per day, then film of them watching film. I assumed that meant they actually weren't because that was the entire vibe of the interview. Source: Are you saying that you are hearing this from somebody who volunteers at Diggs former HS?

I think it is possible that they did stop walking on egg shells around Diggs. Diggs not showing up was the the result. Now they have to course correct because when you don't handle Diggs with kid gloves this is the result. Just my 2 cents.

I too have posted happy pictures in toxic relationships. Firebaugh is a town of 8,000 people. Josh knew Brittany because their families are very good friends. Josh has changed the dynamics of his parents relationships with their friends. Friends they had before Josh and Brittany got together.

I wonder if Poyer is triggered at the moment? I had an ex that met somebody while we were together. Left me for him out of the blue. It sucked. But ultimately I was living at the Olympic Training Center, she was dating me, while I was in a committed relationship with my sport. Over time I get why she left. I was a bad partner. People aren't always the best versions of themselves. But my GF slept with Antonio Brown? Please....you aren't a good person who navigated a situation poorly. You are flat out a bad person. Life is complicated. Sleeping with Antonio Brown isn't. Ha!

This is maybe one of the only scenarios I see where I can excuse Diggs. That would suuuuck.

It is pretty much accepted that Josh cheated on Brittany, there was a huge scene, the police were called. I didn't know that was even debatable at this point. The pregnancy thing seems to have some debate. Although, in the grand scheme of things I am not sure it matters. Ultimately Josh did his family and ex very very dirty, pregnancy or not. The Diggs ex-GF thing is brand new to me. I don't know what to think about it yet.

You can't storm out of the office when things don't go the way you want. That is what happened vs CIN and this is a continuation of that. So he did quit on his team, he ran out of the stadium like a petulant child. Was convinced to briefly come back, and never returned again, only to troll the fan base and the franchise for the last 5 months. Sure he isn't Aaron Hernandez, but he has also proven to be a bad teammate here. It takes a certain amount of humility to right those kind of wrongs, and Diggs is hell bent on proving he is "alpha" rather than just being alpha. It will ultimately be his demise. Now...if Josh slept with his girl....I have a much different take. If my best friend did that I might burn it all down too.

Let me be more specific, restructuring Diggs didn't make him immovable this year. Although it creates some additional pain. It increases the burden for the following years dead cap. The difference in trading Diggs today changed from $11.8M to $13.2M. Certainly not an insurmountable increase. Next years dead cap with a trade today increases from $25 to $31M. We freed up $6M with the restructure, but it doesn't cost us $6M more this season to move on. That comes next season.

I agree with this, but not Diggs specifically. I still feel some exhaustion from last year. The whole thing just hits different still. I have been leaning into hockey quite a bit more than usual. Don't get me wrong, I am still here, and posting, and keeping track of everything. But the whole thing carries a lot less weight with me than it did before.

Being correct doesn't give you carte blanche to be a wiener. I keep reading, "well he is right" as if that is an excuse. It really isn't.

It didn't work. If the Sabres won in 99 they would have been maybe the worst overall team to ever with the Stanley Cup. Without Hasek the team would be flat out bad. Bottom 5 in goal differential. I don't give Nolan much credit for riding Haseks coat tails. That stretch from Dom was probably the greatest individual performance the league has ever seen.

Right, I know that. But if we are going to operate in a pretend world where we free up $12-25M for Hopkins, why not live in pretend world where we get a similar talent and maybe get some draft picks back as well. The 2023 number is manageable. In fact a swap for Diggs/Morse for Evans gets us close to breaking even. It is the 2024 number that is difficult to navigate. I do think the Bills likely move on in 2024. And to a larger extent, we have been kicking the salary cap can down the road for some time and the Bill is about to come due. We have 30 UFA's next season and are estimated to be $40M over the cap. That situation is almost as much of a factor in moving on from Diggs as Diggs contract is itself. We don't have much freedom to absorb much. For reference 2023 Trade: $13M Dead Cap/2024 $31M Dead Cap 2024 Trade Post June 1: $8.8M/$22M Moving on from Diggs will require us to move on via trade/cut/letting walk in FA a number of other players unfortunately. Tre White is likely near the top of the list of sacrifices (or extension?) to balance the books for Stef. He can save us $10M in 2024.

I think we will be lucky if this can remain a simmer all season long.