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Is this still the Best Bills Draft Ever™?

He won't be lifting this offseason.

The ratios of each are markedly different. They really are.

Vernon is 25 and Mario is 31, that had everything to do with it. Just sayin'

Compliance buyouts don't count against the cap, it comes out of T-Peg's wallet. Consider it the cost of not removing Regier immediately.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/01/02/2014-ap-all-pro-team/ AP for one. I think PFWA and SN as well didn't check.

He was first team All Pro in 2014.

It's become an annual tradition. It's easy to say we didn't regress if you assume our first 3 draft picks will immediately start and play at a high level.

It's late December and the day before Christmas. If it was the home opener, it would be platinum like the Jets.

I still call it HSBC Arena. "The Key" does sound pretty good though.

I'd say it sure sounds like Boston is the frontrunner.

It's not a draft day trade value chart, which only tells you the cost of moving around during the draft. He's trying to set an approximate value for the impact the pick will have for his first 5 years in the league. Different animal.

He's using approximate value instead of the Jimmy Johnson chart. Most teams use their own internally developed chart, so...

I'd say so. Overall a very sound and rational summary. Interesting data on the true cost of the Ragland trade. It doesn't exactly paint our front office as the most competent, so this should be an interesting thread. (Grrrr who the heck is Bill Barnwell??)

Here's my cut-and-paste post regarding schedule strength: No, they didn't. You can't look back in retrospect and use winning percentage because the outcomes are dependent events. We play 6 games against 3 division teams that also play common teams from 2 other divisions. Weaker common opponents inflate wins within our division and stronger common opponents have the opposite effect. Those statistics are almost completely pointless by the end of the year. Actually, they're not even very useful at the start of the year because every team basically plays only 3 divisions each year (i.e. the Jets are not as good as their record, they just took advantage of their schedule and went 6-2 against those two soft divisions). If you want an accurate estimation, take each opponent individually and rank them against the entire NFL pool. Last year we were handed a cupcake schedule. We played the two worst divisions in football, and that's not really even debatable. Those 2 divisions did not produce a single legitimate playoff contender -- every single team was a complete pretender, and we couldn't separate ourselves from that mess. Even worse, a large portion of those teams are comparatively soft and don't play a physical brand of football (IND, PHI, JAC, TEN, DAL). Contrast that to this year where we are playing the two most physical divisions in the game right now (by far), including teams that are expected to go deep in the playoffs.

Of course there is, but that risk is not equal for each player.

Crazy guaranteed money for such a huge injury risk.

Toronto winning the lottery is going to cause a Leafs fan invasion of the draft.

Pegula owns more land area than the state of Rhode Island. Him buying someone's backyard doesn't mean Jack imo.

Nope. Not even close, and he's going to be 7.7% next year.

Picking up his option would bump his salary to $11.4M next year. I wonder how long they debated.

The Legion of Buffoons?

I get that a lot of people around here still like Fitz, but that's crazy talk. Bortles just had a better season in his 2nd year than Fitz did his entire career. He also plays behind a terrible pass blocking line - I'm pretty sure he led the league in getting sacked last year. The guy can spin it.

wtf...

I think the craziest thing about this is that Mike Mayock got him drafted. wtf