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Yeah. That would actually be more defensible than anything else he’s done. And haven’t those kids already been through enough?

I hope that the Bills make a run at a top tier DE. I’m not sure if they will - or if they’ll be successful - but it’d be the smart move if one is available (not are-signed or tagged).

I agree. Plus a bunch of players are due roster bonuses in March. That includes Star ($1M), Murphy ($500k), Kroft ($750k+$2M of salary guarantees). Lee Smith ($500k), Hauschka ($250k), Yeldon ($150k) and Roberts ($100k). Of that group, Kroft is the guy I see released before that bonus is due. His contract is ridiculous for his meager contribution. I’d expect the rest to be here next season. Long has a contract with team options for this year and next. It’s doubtful that this one will be picked up unless Morse has a horrible offseason injury before mid-March. I still don’t understand why he got that contract with the Morse signing. It seemed excessive as insurance.

A lot of people overlooked Watkins’ less than ideal height and modest vertical jump as well as the fact that he caught most (over 50%) of his passes behind the LOS at Clemson.

People should remember that free agency is first. WR is probably the only position I wouldn’t need set before the draft. It is so deep this year we should be able to find what we need without addressing it in FA.

I like the idea of Jimmy G winning it all while Belichick stews about how Kraft forced him trade him away. Seems like that could fan the flames of discontent. Plus I’m not rooting for that POS Tyreek Hill.

Poyer and Hyde have both outperformed their contracts. Hyde has 2 seasons left, Poyer has 1. I can see them both getting extensions. Hyde has been much better than Poyer (who has been very good) so they really can’t give Poyer a raise to more than what Hyde is making without causing problems. This could be tricky.

Not a fully licensed teacher. Usually they’re teaching aides.

Our safety duo is a strength of this defense. Hyde in particular is a top shelf safety. Poyer is good, but not on his level. Are they the top duo in the NFL? No, but they’re well beyond good enough. My only real concerns with the position is depth/injury and that Poyer will hold out this year for a contract well above his actual value.

Such a shame Well, those are his two good choices in his situation: Be gracious or go full out Manning. And it’s too soon to go Manning on the Bengals anyway. That’s only after your are unquestionably the pick at 1 and you’ve back channeled your way into an understanding with another top 5 drafting team. I don’t expect that, but there’s still time.

Gotta be honest, I don’t love the clamor for a big back. Give me a decently sized back with speed and the ability to catch the ball out of the backfield and I’m a lot happier.

Sitting around doing nothing at all. I’m honest when I say that that is better than I thought he’d be doing at this point. Three years ago I’d have bet on him being dead by now.

Methinks it has to do with players gutting it out and playing with injuries in a playoff year.

Yeah. How effed up is it that the NFL picks two teams that are playing both the AFC West and the NFC West to go to London to play each other? Ridiculous.

I’ll simply point out this. The 3 owner subcommittee who’s job it was to negotiate and recommend Goodell’s compensation package to the league owners for approval consisted of: Kraft, Rooney and Mara. Do you think it is coincidence that (even before I learned of this) the three teams that I’d have put at the top of the list of favoritism from the league were the Patriots, the Steelers and the Giants?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/07/20/comical-exchange-among-josh-norman-cam-newton-luke-kuechly-featured-new-season-all-or-nothing/%3foutputType=amp I will always think of this when I think of Luke Kuechly. That and great plays. But always this. “Who’s team you on?” Edit: can’t get it to embed for some reason. Definitely worth the watch.

That is horrible. I can see how this happened with the flu going around now. It kicked my ass. Thank God for Tamiflu.

I saw you were in Cali and was totally expecting something a lot more salacious.

A lot of effed up things happened until people stood up and made the people doing them stop. The attitude of “That’s just how things are” is just a way of validating those effed up things.

That’s all fair. Usually that’s what I would’ve said too. My reservation is what happened with Allen in the playoff game. He really panicked after his fumble. It’s not something that can continue to happen. The whole regular season he had a lot of pressure situations at the end of games and he never panicked like that. Obviously it was the most important game of his life and he didn’t play on a big stage in college. (Let’s face it, the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl probably didn’t fully battle test him.). That’s not to say that he can’t step it up regardless, but maybe now isn’t the time to add onto the pressure by inviting a QB controversy. In general, yeah, I’m with you and I wouldn’t blame the Bills if they did pick up someone like Mariota, but I can see why they would want to show that they’re fully behind Allen and not push it right now.

Or sexual assault. Tomāto, tomáto.

Give them 20 years or so.......

Did you read the specific allegations? Here’s hoping that isn’t standard hazing. I’d lose my **** if anyone pulled that on my kids. Also Franklin is a defendant. It’s in the first paragraph of the story. The suit was filed against Penn State University, coach James Franklin and former player Damion Barber.

If a QB is working out with a private coach like Palmer you can bet that coach and the QB’s team are on the same page with the training. If not, there’s real problems somewhere.

I don’t want us to sit on our pick for a WR unless there are a bunch of similarly rated ones. If we have one that we like a lot better than others and he’s in range, then go get him. There’s almost nothing the Bills can do in FA to fill that need adequately (though we will do something) and the other 31 teams know we will be taking one early. I don’t want another team to jump us for him.