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Yeah. He is a far better QB than the Lions deserve. They’ve wasted his career to this point. I do not want to see him playing for Belichick. He’d easily be the best QB in the AFCE if he went there.

Seriously. You see a poster with a handle from one of your all time favorite movies and you think he’s a decent guy. Then something like this happens........

Njoku was in Kitchens’ doghouse last season, but Stefanski ran a ton of multiple TE packages in Minny. I just don’t see him getting rid of the best TE on the roster unless he finds an upgrade. Even then he might keep him. Njoku is a physical freak, but is still not much of a blocker. Definitely a TE that’s home is in the slot. But he can do real damage from there.

The Bills are a long, long way from any cap problems, but that’s not to say that they should waste space or give out bad contracts. OTOH paying market value to elite players at important positions should be on their “To Do” list, not something they shy away from. If they do that and draft well they’re going to be fine.

You’re probably right here. And the Pats were the first team I thought of.

There’s nothing else the GM can say in this situation. It doesn’t meant it’s true or false. It means nothing except that the GM has a clue.

I’d trade 22 for Kenny Golladay in a heartbeat IF he agreed to an extension with us. I’d be delighted for the Bills to pay him. I get why people shy away from the thought of dropping a 1st (even the 22nd pick) on a player that needs paid soon, but with a player like Golladay you take away a huge amount of uncertainty. The draft is a crapshoot for even the best GMs. Edited to add: Not that there’s anyway Detroit is trading him.

Which would be the starting point for a new contract. There’s zero chance of that happening.

Good point on Yeldon. They would be flipping two of the three RBs, but they may want to do just that. It’s not like they played Yeldon much and that could be an indication that he’s not in their long term plans. I didn’t hear anything about him being injured or anything. He’s certainly replaceable.

Good tip for if I wind up there again. Thanks

Haha. So you were the one!

Very true. That’s a big loss for KC. I doubt he’ll be at Colorado long.

Damn. Bienemy would be a hell of a hire for Colorado.

I’d love to get it done now, but doesn’t the 30% rule that’s in effect due to the CBA expiring pretty much eliminate the ability to do it?

Wow! I guess that’s why he changed his mind and took the job.

I agree wholeheartedly. It’s a crappy event IMO. Wings are made at a central location and then are distributed to the vendors where they are sauced. There is zero chance of getting a crispy wing. Also the lines sucked. Crispy wings matter!

That’s actually a much better hire than I thought they’d be able to make. I’m sure they had to way overpay for him. I would not be surprised to see a BOB/PSU scenario play out.

Murphy - There’s no way is he going anywhere unless the Bills make a huge splash at DE. Even then they may keep him to fill out their 3 deep DE rotation. He has a sizable roster bonus due early so any moves that would impact him would have to be very quick. I’d be shocked if he wasn’t here in 2020. Kroft - He should be dumped based on limited production expectations and the ridiculous contract the Bills gave him. Also due a roster bonus early and that should get him out of here quickly. Smith - $500k roster bonus due early so a decision should be made quickly on him. He’s a bottom of depth chart blocking TE. We can probably do better or as well replacing him, but there might be some reason to keep him around another season. A decision either way doesn’t really move the needle for me as he’s not making all that much. Yeldon - Cheap contract for a RB. Zero reason to move on from him unless he’s done something to piss off the team. Sweeney - Very cheap contract. No need to move on from him until someone better takes his place. No hurry.

I’d have like to have seen some draws. IIRC the screens weren’t working. But other than that, exactly what should’ve been done? Run plays into the the stacked box? At some point when a defense is taking away the running game and daring you to beat their man coverage you’re going to have to do it. This wasn’t on Daboll. He put the Bills in a position to win that game, but they didn’t execute. That’s on the players. Allen had been in the NFL for a season and a half and the Browns weren’t playing some complex defensive scheme. They weren't even hiding their coverage. Daboll trusted Allen and I credit him for that. Allen just didn’t rise to the occasion. Of course Daboll could’ve gone with a strategy with a much lower chance of working, but what message would that send to the team? Just two possibilities - either he doesn’t know what he’s doing or he doesn’t have confidence in his QB. Ultimately it may have helped Allen, so maybe look at it as some necessary experience for him. That’s because Allen performed a lot better against Houston (at least up until his fumble) When he saw a lot of a very similar scheme. Cam Newton was Allen’s best comparison when he came into the league. One BR writer said it was the closest QB comp he ever saw. Well guess which NFL QB sees the most man coverage, by a good margin? Newton. Allen will see a ton of it too so he’s going to have to learn how to beat it. The good news is that it looks like he is.

Haha! Fair point!

Dorial Green Beckham hasn’t played since the 2016 season. Why would you want to bother? He’s not even playing in the CFL or XFL. Hard pass. In general, I’ve got no problem taking small gambles on potentially big payoffs. They usually don’t work out, but that’s why you draft those players on day 3. Or sign them to an incentive laden contract with low guarantees.

To me the interesting question is: what’s NE going to do while Brady is deciding? Obviously they’re looking for a long term answer at QB regardless of what Brady does, but the possibility of Brady returning would limit who will sign there. No QB who wants a guarantee of starting would do it. It’ll be interesting to watch play out.

Mayfield has better advanced metrics than Allen. DYAR, DVOA and QBR are all in Mayfield’s favor. That’s what PFF uses so it makes sense that they have him in front of Allen. But I’m not sure how Tre doesn’t rate better. I know they said he just missed the cutoff for the top 100, but I don’t see how he didn’t make it comfortably. Perhaps there is something important that they aren’t factoring into their ratings.

Chatter of debatable quality aside, if Burrow is smart then he’ll have his agent working behind the scenes to make sure he’s not a Bengal.

The problems for Baker have been two fold. Organizationally the Browns have been a mess, including front office and coaching. The jury is out on the latest reboot. Secondly, he coasted last offseason and it showed. He’s admitted as much. The Browns do not inspire confidence, but they appear to have a good HC hire in Stefanski and to be aligned as an org for a change. Lots has to go right, but Baker has the ability to be an elite QB. Losing to the Browns shouldn’t have been much of a shock. That defense is built to play man and bring pressure. Bad coaching led to them playing a lot of zone throughout the year, but they sure didn’t against the Bills. Allen has played very well against zone but struggled against man (especially with extra pressure as is often the case) so it makes a lot of sense that things went the way they did. Sometimes the problem with a game is the match up.