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No slippery rubber mats?

I’m not sure Meyers is realistic for us at his salary this year. Shaheed contract is half the price and so easier to fit, so it does seem like it will be him or no notable receiver this deadline imo.

Im not going to derail the topic by veering off into a Beane discussion. I believe the totality of how he has put together this team, from drafting to free agency leaves a lot to be desired. My point in these posts is that Keon hasn’t been terrible. He may not reach his fullest potential because of the role he is filling. For example the Steve Smith quote is getting passed around about not getting off jams - then don’t have him on the line so much having to beat press if he isn’t ready for it? But he kinda has to because we don’t have anyone else.

Beane’s drafts are bad, and the way he uses free agency to paper over his mistakes has held us back for too long. I have been done with Beane for years. But he isn’t the only one like this, Jayden Higgins was pick 34 in this years draft and is another player that likely need to work out of the slot to succeed per Matt Harmon. Despite having Christian Kirk they drafted him and then drafted Jaylin Noel - his teammate that was primarily a slot player in college - the round after him. my argument is that Keon is going to be a very inconsistent player how they are using him - which we have seen. A lot of players are this way in the league, one good week followed by a multitude without much accolades. DJ Chark (another early 2nd rounder) is who I always think about for Coleman. A guy whose career YPC was 14.4 (Coleman’s is 14.7 right now) and had five 100 yard games in 5 seasons where he played most the games. Keons role and skill set are setting him up to be that type of feast or famine player. Franklin is trending towards being a more consistent player but some if that is due to how he is being used. I wish we had drafted him. He should have been the pick instead of Dwayne Carter

You may not find a bigger pre-draft and current fan of Franklin than me. But the other poster is right that Keon as a whole has been better over the past two years. Yards per route run, first downs per route run, etc. Franklin has improved a lot from 2024 to this year, but that has coincided with him getting much more snaps out of the slot which is what basically everyone says the Bills need to try with Keon. Now unlike Keon, Franklin was instantaneously a great separator and I think he will continue to improve. If he can get his hands more consistent, he will be a good WR. I think Keon will be ok in the league. In the role he has been pigeonholed into and his current strengths as a receiver, it will lead to him being a very inconsistent player over the course of the season

Meyers played about 70% outside in both 2023 and 2024. He has been more 50/50 this year.

I don’t believe using a third round pick on Meyers despite Beane’s poor drafting. You will see in my history that I am one of the biggest Beane haters on this site. But I believe in good process. Giving up a third round pick for a WR who won’t alone fix our offensive woes and who is unlikely to get a large FA contract to offset our investment with a comp pick the following year is bad strategy. It is bad strategy that has gotten us to this desperation point two years in a row with WRs.

Meyers has been a pretty good receiver. I haven’t watched any Raiders game this year so not sure how he has looked this year. But the last two years he has been basically the 32nd WR1 in terms of yards per route run and first downs per route run. He also has played the chiefs 4 times and averages like 5 catches for 65 yards and half a touchdown in those meetings. He also played outside about 70% of the time in 2023 and 2024. He had a slower 40 time than Keon and will be turning 29 in a few days (an age cliff for WR production in many receivers). He would just be help for this year as he is certainly better than Shavers or Moore and probably Palmer too. But if Raiders won’t take any less than a day 2 pick you walk away faster than Meyers can run.

Everything Mahomes does irritates me. Why does it look like he is holding a cherry stem between his butt cheeks when he walks?

Browns are 13 million over the cap next year with a huge cap hit for Watson already. I don’t think anyone is trading such a good asset for Jeudy that they would make that move.

Trading Jeudy leaves the browns with a 22.5 mil dead cap hit next year. He won’t be traded. It’s Shaheed or Meyers if we trade for a WR imo

Breaking rumor lollll I could see us getting Shaheed for a third or fourth round pick. He can help our WR room be more multi-dimensional, but he is a role player not a complete receiver. Though that’s what you usually all you can get at the trade deadline

They are too young to really be a threat, they’ll mess up either in season or in the playoff. Should be a pain to deal with in a year or two.

James Cook is on pace to break ADs single game rushing record, let’s get it!

Andy Dalton, honorary Bill