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The over/under line on Mahomes threads this weekend is 5.

There is some Powerball-level wishful thinking going on in this thread.

Just throwing out the preemptive "No."

Hysterics over Jeremy Kerley. Seriously?

Ron Smith. Ugh.

Perhaps this board needs a restriction on creating new threads if your account is less than X months old or something. And yeah, after rewatching some of the game I'm in the "Star played well" camp also. I think it's too late for that though, he's already been labeled the whipping boy.

We got the ball with 5 seconds left in the half in our own zone and were losing 26-0. He called a 5-yd out. What was he trying to accomplish with that? Maybe get a pick-6 and try to break the record for comebacks?

This isn't a remodel where they are just replacing the drywall. They are completely leveling the house and repouring the foundation. That foundation consists of players like Josh Allen and Tremaine Edwards, and right now there just isn't much built on top of them (yet). He's building this house the exact way it should be built (whether fans understand this or not) -- through the draft. Unfortunately, it's going to take time. It's a waste of energy getting upset over 1-yr contract stop-gaps like Vonte Davis. So while the knee-jerk crowd is out there having a conniption after each loss this year, know this -- if Beane is right about Allen, he's already the best GM we've had in the last 20 years.

Shhhh. The wishful-thinking narrative is that any success Darnold has is due to his OL. Don't ruin this.

I have no idea what's a catch anymore.

It really isn't.

I don't know, it's been a pretty epic tantrum. There's some pretty hilariously titled threads that were locked (for obvious reasons). I'd give this freak-out an 8.5 /10.

It was an absolute fluke. The team had a -57 point differential and the offense and defense were ranked near the bottom of the league. There wasn't a single piece on that team worth building around. That's the truth. The offseason is over, it''s time to face reality.

This is wrong and you're using some flawed logic here. The rate of cap growth has been decreasing the past two years. This years 6.1% increase was the lowest increase since 2013, and last years 7.6% increase was the 2nd lowest since 2013. If anything cap growth appears to be trending down, perhaps due to some recent fan ambivalence about the sport. Regardless, the belief that the cap is going to steadily increase every year is not sound financial planning. You don't allocate salary based on what you hope will happen in 5 years, you work within your current constraints (this doesn't just apply to football). A $10M cap increase doesn't mean that gets allocated to one player, it gets absorbed by every player on every team -- "A rising tide lifts all ships." Rookie salaries increase every year, as does the cost for tagging players. Minimum salaries go up, and those depth/special teams players you could sign last year for $1.5M now costs $1.7M. And when you start signing non-QBs to 12-13+% of your cap, you certainly can get into trouble.

Spending big on non-QB FAs is great for whipping the fan base into a frenzy and selling tickets, but history has shown they seldom pay off in the long run. Exactly. It's only easy in a world where injuries don't happen.

One of the more entertaining seasons.

I'm sorry but I think playing the violins for Bell is just crazy. This is a guy that's already made ~$15M playing football. He just (allegedly) turned down a contract that would have paid him $33M guaranteed over the next 2 years, which would mean he could have made about $48M in the NFL before the age of 28. And I'm not even getting into endorsement money. But I'm guessing there is a lot of ego involved here. He wants more guaranteed money than Gurley but that not going to happen because A) he's older B) he's got a lot more mileage on him and C) Colbert is not an idiot. But to demonize the NFL over this? Hah! Where do you think Bell would be if it wasn't for the NFL? He'd probably be bagging groceries like someone mentioned and he be arguing over a 75 cent/hr raise at the end of the year.

Exactly. And that's why it's a shrewd move to offer him a deal they can walk away from after 3 years when he's 29 (i.e. approaching 30).

Looks like the Ravens playbook cost too much.

Rappaport is saying it's $33M GTD over first 2 years, which sounds more inline with that contract. They could walk away from him after 2yrs $33M or 3yrs $45M, so that's probably the max for that deal. It's a wise move by the Steelers, getting large amounts of money tied up into RB's when they approach 30 is not a winning proposition.

I can't believe Beane isn't bringing in a proven, successful QB to workout for the 3rd string spot. What a moron.

Yeah I just did this and read the first dozen pages or so and it's epic. This is easily going to win Thread Of The Year and the season hasn't even started yet.

Maybe it was Geno Smith?

Two kinds of people in this thread: 1) BurpleBull 2) Those that are wrong. Dead wrong. Take your victory lap.

"Hey, he's only played 14 games"