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Yeah, as I understand it, that was the issue with Eric Wood. There was that weird press conference where he seemed to be retiring but the Bills didn't want to call it a requirement. There was some concern they were trying to screw him out of his guarantees but later they clarified that they never wanted to keep his money from him but it was a "timing issue." I think they had to wait until a specific date (June 1, maybe?) so the immediate hit wouldn't crush them.

I think they might need to figure out what is going to happen with Tua's contract if he DOES walk away first. If they have to pay his guaranteed money...and I think there's a good chance they will...then that is going to be a HUGE dead cap hit. Not sure how much more they could absorb.

Yeah, this will be an interesting case if he does walk away. The key is "chooses." If he has a football injury that forces him into retirement, I think they would owe him the money. If Drs tell him that there is damage to his brain that means another hit could kill him is he "choosing" to walk away or is he forced to retire because of injury?

Well, yeah...but so's the Atlantic Ocean.

Agreed. It's what I love about Brady. I think Josh mentioned in his postgame comments that Brady is not afraid to run the same play over and over if that is what is working. I HATE coaches (particularly those from the Mike Martz tree) who want to show how clever they are and fool a team rather than just beat them. The "Oh, we've got a first and goal at the one and a bruising RB who they haven't been able to stop all game? Let's throw the ball. They'll NEVER expect that!" mentality. So annoying. Yes, but the brilliant move about that by Beane is that it counts against next year's cap after Diggs is off the books. If the incentive is deemed to be "below expectations" they would have to count the bonus against this year's cap but because Von sucked last year his expected total was, I think, 1.5 sacks so the bonus counts against next year.

https://www.buffalorumblings.com/2024/3/7/24093419/von-miller-updated-2024-contract-details-with-incentives-explained#:~:text=These incentive figures are cumulative,Four sacks%3A %242.5 million

I'm a True Grit fan....and she's looking MUCH older.

Oh....okay...I'll wear my short shorts and show mine off.

Yeah. Didn't turn his head and was into the receiver before the ball. I thought it was PI. HOWEVER, I think it was almost identical to what the defender did against Coleman and there was no flag on that play. Consistently letting it go.

Yeah, but he'll wear out his arm if they keep up with that usage rate. I mean 23 throws? He can't keep that up.

I've heard a number of commentators with similar takes. "The offense seemed out of sync" "needed Josh Allen to put on his cape," etc. etc. Yes, Josh made some great throws and runs, but not only did we only have 3 points with two minutes in the half (because we never had the ball) as Virgil pointed out, but Josh only threw the ball 23 times. Think about that production. 23 throws and about 40 yards rushing (a lot for a QB but we have certainly seen more from Josh) and score 34 points. If Josh doesn't feel the need to hurdle and land on his own hand this is actually a good recipe to preserve a QB and NOT over use him.

I just looked it up. He needs one more to get a million dollar bonus and needs to get to 4 sacks for 2.5 million.

Does he need one or two more to hit his bonus?

Anyone seen the details of the Jalen Ramsey extension? Saw reports he is now the highest paid corner in the league. Dolphins have a LOT of money tied up in old and/or injury risk players (assuming that a lot of the money is guaranteed).

AND THERE IT IS!!!! (Been waiting so long for this.)

Hee hee...."hard launching Josh" Oh, I bet she did.

I also think he was drafted to fit a niche. We didn't have big strong receivers who would be good endzone targets. So, we took a flyer on a big physical receiver probably hoping that, at best, he would be used situationally but more likely be a guy on the practice squad who you could call up against teams where such a receiver would be useful (like we did with Hodgins). Then, this past offseason we went out and got a ton of big physical (and better) receivers so his niche no longer exists.

I haven't seen a complete breakdown of the 53 man roster and just putting pieces together, sounds like we are DB heavy and thin at WR. Could it be that Isabella is the "wink wink, we're cutting you but will re-sign you in a couple of days" guy and is signed after Hardy goes to IR? I don't love Isabella...but this staff seems to like him and he gives them another returner.

Could it be that they think Cain is able to fill their needs at the position?

Yeah, I typed that before I saw you made the correction. I think what is confusing is that there is the new rule (can IR two before cut-down) but still the old rule (can IR for return up to 8 during the year).

Only if it's before the season. If you cut Reid Ferguson (as another poster suggested), or only keep 1 QB as I mentioned, and then wait until cutdowns are complete, you can then put another player on IR for return. Say, for example, they have Trubisky and Edwards listed as the two who are eligible to return but not on the 53 man roster. They "cut" Reid Ferguson and keep Spector on the roster. Then, later this week, they put Ferguson on IR for return and re-sign Ferguson. Spector would have agreed to do this and to re-sign before they even cut him. They have a total of 8 IR for returns for the whole year (including the pre-cutdown ones). So, in the above scenario they would be down to 5 left for the rest of the year.

Agreed. I remember the Patriots doing it a few years ago and if you don't have a backup that you like, I think it's a smart move...but they seem to like Trubisky too much.

Do they keep 2 QBs? If they are unhappy with Trubisky or put him on IR, I could see them just keeping Josh and then once the 53 is set they could move someone else to IR or maybe more easily stash them on the practice squad and sign a backup from those who have been cut by other teams.

And just a programming heads up. I have YouTubeTV and Sunday Ticket and I DO have live coverage of the game.

My YouTubeTV account says it's going to air today at 1 on something called NFL ST. We'll see. Ahhh...just realized that the ST is Sunday Ticket. I guess there are some Sunday Ticket preseason games?