Bleeding Bills Blue

The actual crux is that it happened before he was drafted so there isn't an exemption to keep him away from the team but still keep his contract. Its an NFL team. The standard is different, and its a LOT different for punters. It's a privilege to play in the league, and the individual teams cut players constantly. As for bringing up the salem witch trials... uhh that was like 100 years before America was even a thing. Araiza spent no time in prison/jail, he made 216,148 dollars to never suit up for the Bills (the same as if he had just not made the team), and it played out in due process and he didn't pay her any money. I don't get why it's the Bills job to stand by him in that scenario, especially if the rumor was that he hadn't disclosed everything to the team.

I think the level of distraction that he was causing, combined with the total limit of actual value he provides on the football team made it an easy decision. League average punter 42 net yards. Sam martin 39.8. Across 51 punts that is 100ish yards of field position. Best punter in the nfl is 44.3. Thats 229.5 yards of field position across the entire season. Martin had a In20% of 47.1% which was good for 4th in the league. Only 5.9% of his punts were touchbacks which is pretty good too. The bills in general had the 4th best average drive start defensively - With all the turnovers, punt return TD week 1, missed FGs, etc.

And he had a choice to tell us to pound sand. His agent's job is to float his name out there and generate interest. When Townsend left, his agent called KC and said lets make a deal he just wants a chance to play.

It's a punter. You don't need to "stand by him"... its not even a real football player, he never even played a down, and the nature of the alleged crime was pretty bad. Don't know what he did, don't really care. The punter shouldn't be in the news ever unless its for something that happened on the field.

First of all... Mahomes being a HOF QB and being tough to beat is really... the "voodoo curse". I don't think anyone cares about the punter, or the WR. If the WR is good it'll likely be Mahomes and Reid driven. As for getting rid of Araiza - it was all in the news, way worse PR than the butker situation for example, and he hadn't ever played so it was fairly easy to cut bait. Every article for a week was BUFFALO BILLS PUNTER. When it switched to FORMER BUFFALO BILLS PUNTER, it became non-news after he left the team. If he was on the team it would have potentially lingered all season. For a team with playoff and super bowl aspirations, the PUNTER cannot be a distraction. Side note: Why would Araiza want to return here after he was released? Buffalo is... an acquired taste. Who knows if we called, but i'd assume we were among the lower potential destinations and certainly lower than KC. You also say we should have drafted Worthy based off of a TD in a preseason game against detroits backup defense. Speed isn't everything, and end of the day they judged coleman to be a better fit or football player or both.

If trubisky goes on IR, there will be available players to grab. I'm not using picks this late in the offseason to secure "my guy", because "my guy" is a backup QB and the available ones are all as bad as the guys below. Hell Lance might be available for free at this point. Heinicke should be available. Keenum should be available. Kyle Allen should be available. Ridder should be available. PJ Walker should be available. Zach Wilson or Stidham should be available. CJ Beathard should be available. None are "good" options. Trubisky hasn't been very good for us or anyone else in the last few years either though. If allen is out for a long stretch of time, the offense is going to be pretty lousy regardless of who they put out there. The goal is more, if he's out for a half, or a few drives - the guy i put in should be able to keep it afloat while he gets treatment.

I think it'll be a variety in 11. Depends on how you plan to line up, 3x1 seems likely to be their bread and butter so your 1 options are samuel (speed), coleman/hollins (size), Kincaid (mismatch). In the bunch you would likely have coleman/kincaid on the LOS, and samuel and shakir off the LOS.

No, because depth is important and its punting a player for someone you won't get until next season.

Samuel got a pretty good contract - 3yr 24M. Cap hit implies we didn't boost his base salaries in years 2 and 3 to create space, which buffalo did. They used a 1st on kinkaid, a 2nd on cook, a 2nd on coleman, seem to have found something with shakir in the 5th, even davis in the 4th looks like a solid addition. Miami is paying their guys a lot because they're veterans, and tua's cap hit is still manageable.

Eh, they signed Reynolds as a #2, Sutton takes a lot of targets, and they drafted Mims and Franklin in the last 2 drafts. I'd be worried tim patrick is washed if he can't make their roster - not to mention he's 31 and has no stats since 2021. ACL in 2022, then Achilles last year.

I had mono when i was like 22 and it changed my palette quite a bit. I started really liking mushrooms, and certain types of fish i never had much interest in. But mustard on a hot dog or sausage is now a must, same with garbage plates when i'm in rochester.

I hated mustard as a kid and my mom never got us mcdonalds and when i first had it all it tasted like was mustard. I'd begged her to go there too so i had to just power through it. I enjoy mustard now, but still not on a burger. Maybe the memory of that bad burger when i was like 9 ruined mustard on burgers.

This makes no sense... he's projected to return this season AND his cap hit would make this absurdly unappealing. I personally think he does what von did and put some incentives in for next season to make some extra space. I also don't think buffalo can afford to not bring in a 3rd linebacker.

Someone's getting a shot to be his replacement, potentially as early as next season. I know enough about football to say the player you saw a year ago, a week ago, isn't the same player you'll see over the course of an entire season. This applies to really anyone they got though - spector, williams, jones, morrow, whatever. Definitely sucks because healthy milano is an all-pro level disruptor and were now going to play another 12 games without him. Defense has taken a step back in talent - Safety, now LB, CB (even if white hadn't had the best year last year, he was really rounding into form when he got hurt again). Players either have to step up and keep this train moving, or expect to be replaced in the draft or free agency in a year.

Yeah... like no one is poaching this guy unless they are utterly desperate. On the PS he's likely an excellent scout team QB.

Because its camp, and i want a guy who throws catchable passes so i can evaluate depth. If i have some UDFA who throws high or low or misses constantly, it hurts everyone around him.

I mean... cincy we ran play action... allen pump faked and walked into the end zone. That was a pass play, but doesn't meet this EPA formula. He has 5 picks inside 10 yards in the last 3 years. Considering how few pass plays you run in that area? That probably kills it since every one of those is... a minimum -3, if not more considering down and distance.

Lamb gets to wait for another holdouts contract to likely drop too. Jerry is negotiating against himself, and without him they have among the worst groups of WRs in the league.

I say do it... the probability of beating lyles is basically 0, and the probability of tweaking his hamstring is... greater than 0.

Where were you at the start of Milano watch 2024?

Not really. Going to be hard to win a job as a rookie missing a ton of preseason and practice. Likely only sees the field if they're out of it the last 6 weeks, or darnold gets hurt after he returns. Possible if darnold struggles they could put him in, but it depends on length of time he's rehabbing - and whether there's an increased chance of re-injury. He's going to miss a lot of practice time so even when he comes back there will be a lot of catch-up.

I'd say its hard to make a commitment now, when you have a lot of time to cut down day. Things could and probably will change.

Things i don't like about hall - I suppose this is fantasy perspective and football 1 - With a 4.5 YPA that leads me to believe he is a home run hitter. He also only had 6 games above 4.5 YPA. 2 of those games had 10 or fewer carries. Lowest success% of all top 20 running backs - success defined by first downs - 40% on first down, 60% on second down, 100% on 3rd/4th 2 - With an increased workload, i just feel like he's going to get hurt. NYJ adding two RBs in the draft confirms they also probably have the same fear. 3 - His head coach is not good. His offensive coordinator might be worst in the league. The entire season hinges on keeping Rodgers healthy, but they just don't have depth across the roster. Reddick not reporting is a huge hole and totally screws with their rotation. They might start off hot but they miss the playoffs next year. I'm sure Hall has a fine year but i don't think anyone will be calling him the best RB in football. Too much Jets stuff still to come.

Philly accelerated his void dead money charge up one year by trading him. His combined cap hits the last 2 years - 10.8M. Despite being paid 32.25M in cash, which leaves them the dead money of 21.5 this year. If they kept him (and he played) - its a full 3yr 45M, and a lot of that 21.5 goes into 2025 when the void years trigger. Considering they signed huff to replace him, and sweats deal technically voids after this year (they reduced his cap hit to 8M and a 16M void year that likely requires an extension to avoid), it's just re-doing the unit and trying to balance the books for the future. The way they structure their deals you have to be proactive in it.

They traded for him because he was a cap dump - Philly backloaded his deal and his cap hit was very large this year so it was trade or cut. Essentially the same reason buffalo traded diggs. Houston re-did the deal to make him a UFA faster, but they acquired his remaining years and base salary/workout/roster bonuses.