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So he shouldn’t want a contract extension or to be paid his worth because the team did well last season? That is ridiculous.

Technically, yes. Realistically, no. The cap impact would result in some real roster pain. Next offseason would be a nightmare so it just wouldn’t be feasible. We really couldn’t make it work from a trade perspective either (not that Washington is trading him to anyone). Without McLauren their WR corps is awful so they'd pretty much be throwing away this season if they traded him and didn’t get a quality replacement back. That’s not happening with us - or any other team I can think of.

I agree. This might be a case of McLauren’s agent ramping up rhetoric at the end of negotiations to move the needle a bit more. I’ve heard thru the grapevine that Washington won’t move him so that would track.

Cancer sucks. Condolences to the family and friends. Way too young.

What do you mean you’d have thought McLauren “would’ve waited years for this”? This is the last year of his contract. Of course he wants an extension now. This is the time players usually get one. I understand the Commanders not wanting to give a big contract to a WR pushing 30, but it’s time to do an extension if they want to keep him past this year.

My friend tore his at a taekwondo tournament. I had just finished a fight and he came over to me. I knew he just fought and assumed he’d won so I asked him when his next one was. He nonchalantly said he was done. When I, assuming he’d lost, asked him what happened he reached down and wiggled his kneecap and said he blew out his ACL (complete tear). He showed zero physical discomfort. He said it hurt when it happened, but didn’t after. He had to withdraw from his match and (obviously) would need surgery so he’d be out awhile. That was it. I would have said to call the Browns for Newsome, but they lost Emerson for the season to an achilles today. Bad day for CBs in the league - Dallas lost Carson for an couple months and NE lost Gonzales for a few weeks. Good day to have CB depth because judging by today they’re going to be scarce.

So they’re the jinx!?

I don’t know what the Bills protocol is, but walking in a straight line would not pose any danger of making this kind of injury worse. It would make sense for an NFL team to be cautious, but that’s all it would be about.

Him walking off doesn’t mean anything, unfortunately.

Crap. That’s not good. Thanks for the clarification.

I can’t see what Tre’s response was, but there were not multiple players around him with tears in their eyes. That’s a bit of a relief. I’ve been present for multiple ACL tears. After a complete tear there is usually no (or minimal) pain. Partial tears are usually painful. A person can easily walk with a fully torn ACL that’s the only part of the knee that is injured. The trainer did help Hairston off the field, but we do not know why. It could’ve just been precautionary. We just have to wait and see. While I am not filled with hope at this point, I’m not devoid of it either.

Hearing it is his knee and he walked off with the help a trainer. My guess is knee ligament(s).

I hope he’s okay, obviously. In defense of Beane, I thought Hairston was a high upside CB prospect with a substantially higher than average injury risk. I still liked seeing him take a shot at a player who had a real shot at greatness. Now to where we are today….. 🤞

Any practice squad player can be signed by any team. If more than one team offers him, he can choose whichever he wants. He could even choose to remain on the PS with his current team (though almost no player would chose that).

That’s the thing about TC, every play is a positive for one side of the ball and a negative for the other. Also without full pads and full contact it’s tough to gauge much about OL/DL except quickness and whether or not they know their assignments.

The alt Browns helmet is real, but the barge reveal and fall appears staged. Dude Wipes trying to go viral or something. https://www.mensjournal.com/sports/clearly-staged-browns-helmet-release-online-skepticism

Agreed. NE has the luxury of a ton of cap space and their main problem has been being able to spend it on quality players. He’d be a huge upgrade over Noah Brown.

The first sentence is defensible, especially the cost-effective part. The second is not.

You can sell those PSLs to other fans when you decide to stop going. If the PSLs go back to the Bills because you didn’t buy season tickets, then they will sell the seats as single game tickets until they can sell the PSLs. So there is no reason anyone would think badly of you.

If he fails to renew his season tickets then PSL ownership would revert back to the Bills. If the PSLs are not paid off, it doesn’t change much except for the risk of collections and a credit ding. The Bills are not using a 3rd party loan provider (according to AI) so it would be up to them how they handle it.

I think we can back up and look at the larger picture and have a lot to talk about. I certainly do not like all of the specific risks taken. I just like that, in general, this offseason Beane seemed willing to take some risks while chasing upside.

Agree. I was happy to see Beane take some risks on players with upside this draft. Even if we don’t get paid off, it is how “A” level players are found outside the top of the draft. You just have to be willing to live with the misses.

Agree that it seems to be a bit of an overpay, but not egregious. Karlaftis has played very well in the postseason though. That’s certainly worth something.

I agree that if he had played out his fifth year option and become a FA, then some team would have overpaid him. But I think he got his worth or even slightly more.