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BarleyNY

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  1. Nope. No way. Shaq is a decent player, but he’s not worth close to what his option year would’ve paid him - $9.45M. That also would’ve set the floor for a new contract. That average salary per year would rank 21st among DEs. No thanks. He is not close to that kind of player. However he is a player that I’d like to have in my 3 DE rotation, but I’m not happy if he’s one of my starting 2. I’d be happy to pay him accordingly. If not, there’s other guys out there to fill that role.
  2. But if we were talking lacrosse...........
  3. Yeah. Glorifying and vilifying people are dangerous practices and should be avoided without exception.
  4. It’s possible. Donald had 9.
  5. The 300 yard passing yards thing around is really annoying. Sure, QBs often hit that when playing from behind and lose. Sure, it’s more important to be efficient than to get a lot of yards. But, newsflash, sometimes a QB needs to be both efficient and rack up a lot of yards. Anyone want to guess when that usually is? Hint: It’s when two really good teams often play each other. So that'd be the playoffs. For example, let’s check out last season’s playoffs. SB: no 300 yard passer, tho the winner had more passing yards Conf Champs: one 300 yd passer won, other game won by QB with more passing yards Div: one 300+ yd QB beat another (winner had more yards), another 300+ yd QB won their game. In other two games no 300 yard passer. One of those winning QBs had more yards. The other had fewer. WC: only one 300+ yd QB who lost. That was Trubisky in Chicago who lost on the missed FG as time expired. So, yeah, you don’t necessarily need 300 yard passing games from your QB to win, but it sure helps - especially when you’re in the playoffs. And one last thing - I’m not ripping on Allen here. He’s improving and if that continues, it’ll come. I expect Daboll to ask more of him against better teams so the table is set for it this season or post season.
  6. Allen is bringing me around to believing, but I still think Lamar is Fool’s Gold. Eventually being THAT bad of a passer will catch up to him. Also I don’t see him holding up physically. He doesn’t have the frame.
  7. It’d be a really bad move for him to do that. It would cost him a lot of goodwill in NE and he’d pretty much need to win a SB or have an MVP season to come our on top. And it’s not like he needs the money. Regardless of what happens this season, he’ll be going out on top of the world. Why F that up? Oh, and if Brees keeps playing too, he will still have some of those records.
  8. Yeah, it’s not perfect. But it does correspond nicely with Allen’s improvement this season. He was totally dragging ass earlier in the season. Up to 23rd from 32nd-ish makes a lot of sense. If he continues these kinds of performances he’ll be looking very, very good next season both on the field and with his metrics.
  9. One game at a time. It’s usually there for the taking, but we usually don’t have a real shot at doing that. This year we do. Let’s go get it. One game at a time.
  10. Passing yards is a poor stat to use when evaluating QB performance due to teams passing a ton to catch up when they’re losing. Passer rating isn’t great either. Advanced metrics like QBR and DYAR are much better, but not perfect either. Take a look at week 13 QBR stats: http://www.espn.com/nfl/qbr/_/type/player-week Incidentally, Allen is 4th. I only see two QBs that outperformed their counterpart in a loss and in both cases the winning QB was the very next on the list. Those were the 17th/18th and 19th/20th ranked performances.
  11. His contract voids with a no tag clause. Kraft can throw money at him, but ultimately doesn’t have a choice. I think Tommy hangs em up. A NYC team makes a lot of sense because of his wife’s career, but neither is a good fit for multiple reasons. SF would be a great choice if Jimmy G wasn’t there, but no dice. Chicago due to their stud defense would be a good fit for a shot at a ring, but I don’t know if he’d go there. Maybe he retires and only comes back to save the day if someone (like Jimmy G) in the right situation gets hurt.
  12. I laughed at that. Nicely done. If you’re gonna be cocky, this is what happens when you get your ass kicked. That’s fair game. As for Hughes, I love what he’s done for the Bills but he should keep his mouth shut about other player’s contracts. Say something else. Lots of great options.
  13. Well said It must be most sacks by a rookie DT. Kearse holds most sacks by a rookie (at any position) with 14.5.
  14. This is who I thought he would be in the NFL. So glad he’s making a difference in games and that it’s for us. Thanks again, Detroit, for taking a TE right in front of us with Oliver sitting on the board.
  15. First and foremost the NFL is a business. Star players and popular teams are going to get the benefit of some calls or no calls. It’s kinda like a permanent, extra home field advantage. Think of Allen’s first quarter slide against Dallas where he got hit. Can anyone imagine flags not flying if that had been Brady? The good news is that while it’s difficult to earn yourself into that position, it can be done.
  16. I’m so sorry, Scott. That really sucks.
  17. The OP seems to lack the belief that the Bills can pull it off, but ultimately it’s a legitimate question. The Bills have been playing disciplined football and Allen has shown improvement so let’s see where they are. I’m looking forward to it. (And I’ll take this opportunity to apologize in advance for jinxing the Bills with my optimism.)
  18. 3-7 and no QB. Denver and everyone else knew it was over already. The OP raises a good point. The bar is a little higher on Thursday. Time to see what the Bills are made of. A win against this Cowboys team in Dallas in prime time would be their most impressive of the season.
  19. Booger makes Chris Collinsworth seem almost listenable. You beat me to it
  20. I think that has a lot to do with the timing of the decision. Smart. Plus he’s awful so there’s that. And I’m sure there’s some hard feelings with some of his teammates about that racial slur he used. Not really a strong leadership move there.
  21. I like having a player like Shaq on the team, but I’m not excited if he’s my starter going into the season. I’d offer him a solid deal for a 3rd DE. He can see what else is out there and if he gets a great offer, then good for him. If not, maybe he stays here and is happy with his role. We should start those talks before the season ends. We don’t need to make a decision about Murphy nearly that soon. We have cap space so we can wait until cut downs if needed. Waiting will give the Bills a chance to find an opportunity to upgrade via free agency and/or the draft before making their decision. The Shaq situation will also be settled and they can see what they’ve got in camp. It’s worth keeping Murphy around until cut downs if only as insurance against injury. Or who knows, maybe it is just taking him longer to recover from his injury than expected. In any event there’s need to rush.
  22. It accumulates. The Browns basically did what you suggest. It can only be built up so fast though. That’s due to the minimum team spending requirements. The rollover is added to the baseline league salary cap for each team. Then that repeats every year.
  23. ELO is heavily weighted toward recent performance, specifically the last 10 games. It shows that Allen has performed better of late (which also passes the eye test). That’s the important take away here. Well, that and that Brady’s performance is finally falling off.
  24. Seems like that’s a good reason to start betting football
  25. Yup. There have been a few teams trying to get their most expensive players under extensions before the new CBA hits and the cap takes a big jump up. Both the CBA and White’s rookie deal expire after the 2020 season. White’s option year is 2021. Normally I would think that a long term deal would get done after 2020, but there’s a chance that an extension gets done early due to that situation. White would get a very large chunk of cash sooner than usual and the Bills would save a few bucks overall. It’d be a good deal for both sides and could happen as early March 2020 when White’s third season is officially complete, though a deal could be agreed to prior to that.
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