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I’m going with Elvis Dumerville.

When it comes to any type of performance based bonus clauses, the teams may want to see them reached even more than the players because it serves to validate the signing among other things. And you’re right, teams would be setting a terrible precedent by purposely not allowing players to meet them.

What made Beane’s declaration of having less than 28 first round grades interesting to me was Schoen’s later declaration that he only had 11 first round grades on players in this draft. After the draft, both a GM and personnel director in the league told me that they had 18 and 15 first round grades, respectively. Knowing that now, there was no way Beane was gonna trade up or remain in the first round. For him, it was all about sticking to his board (and the thousands of man hours dedicated to constructing it) and maximizing value in this draft. Regardless, we won’t know, definitively, how good this draft was for a couple years. Just like it’s always been.

Perhaps we should never sign free agents so that we can avoid giving them too much playing time and jeopardizing that all important compensatory draft pick.

He may not survive OTAs. He’s getting an opportunity, nothing more.

Although he’s a tick slower, I get a Maurice Jones Drew vibe when watching him.

Great point about how far into winter the schedule goes nowadays vs. the 70s when the season always ended before Christmas. If anything, the NFL should start the season earlier, but the broadcast networks won’t allow that as it would compete with the start of college football for ratings.

When fans insist that it’s a make or break year, it really has nothing to do with McBeane but rather their own projections because it’s really a make or break year for them.

He certainly doesn’t lack the confidence required for the job. But more importantly, he looks like a high effort, play to the whistle, pain in the butt to play against. Loved watching his run blocking in the Cover 1 video. He didn’t care if the play was to his side of the field or not as he was trucking guys far away from the play like he is adamant that the guy lined up across from him was not gonna make the tackle, period. He’s gonna piss off some DBs in the NFL because he doesn’t take a play off. Looking forward to it.

I think he’s gonna need a couple years of pro coaching and experience before he really starts to hit his stride. Not saying he won’t contribute immediately, because he will. His sheer athleticism will provide those opportunities and with a guy like Josh throwing to him, he’s gonna get some plays going his way. I’m looking forward to his development because he has so much room for growth at the position. Chris Brown made a good point earlier when he said Coleman spent half his college career playing two sports and that alone suggests he couldn’t devote the time and dedication to learning the position in a comprehensive manner.

YPPR, while interesting, isn’t dependent solely on the receiver.

Loved watching him truck DBs on running plays. Can’t wait until he does that to Gardner.

Complacent or not, the fans will have no bearing on the situation one way or the other. We can all bring our pitchforks and shovels and storm the castle at One Bills Drive, but Pegula likes the overall success we’ve had with this regime and he’s gonna give them every chance to get over the hump.

Ah, the old “make or break” year. Hate to break it to the haters, but this team can go sub .500 this season and McBean won’t be going anywhere.