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So we drafted a TE in the first round who has the best hands and route running skills by anyone not named Diggs and we spent the summer scheming up Deonte ***** Harty? Send Dorsey and Spencer Brown home on the same bus, please. And I'm so relieved McDermott is calling the defense now so we know who was responsible for the 3rd & long failures and 60 yard runs given up.

He got back before the snap. Ironically if Taylor had jumped on that one the Lions would have gotten called and given the Chiefs a 1st down.

"You better not pull this ***** for anyone but the Chiefs"

Well yeah, but the 2.82% of players claimed are the fringe favorites.

Only because there are a lot of rosters around the NFL who aren't as deep as we are. There are a handful of teams where Basham could make an active roster. Epenesa is fine as a backup. Elam is too young to give up on and had a decent rookie year despite falling far short of 1st round expectations.

Ah my mistake. I thought that was only a requirement during the season. Well, that only reinforces my argument I guess.

Yeah, but teams usually have to pay for that kind of deal. I find it hard to believe no other team was interested in him for more than a late round pick swap in 2025.

Well you just answered your own question. If the Giants wanted to make sure no one else was able to claim him, the price should have been higher than switching late round picks two years from now. Another possibility is cutting a vested veteran and keeping Basham on the active roster then re-signing the veteran later and moving Basham to the practice squad. If somebody wanted to claim him after that, they'd have to put him on their active roster which might deter some suitors.

This feels like a favor to Schoen. Stashing him on the practice squad would have been more valuable than a late round pick two years from now.

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The problem with your argument is that the Chiefs still have an elite WR1 equivalent. His name is Travis Kelce. They had two elite #1 pass catchers when Hill was there. Mahomes didn't miss a beat when Hill left, but we'll see what happens when Kelce starts slowing down. That's going to be a much different situation.

Somebody really ought to start another thread whining about the people whining about the whining. And then another one whining about the people whining about the people whining about the whining. And so forth.

The Bills had arguably the worst injury luck in the league last year and still only lost 3 games by a combined 8 points. Despite what this nobody says, they also clearly got better in the off-season. We are definitely not a lock to win the division with the Jets and Dolphins making huge strides, but we're still the favorite for good reason.

I think Davis's stats are a little misleading when people are debating whether he's a #2 or not (and of course people's definition of a #2). He makes his hay on long routes where he only has to make one move and beat one guy. Fully 1/8 of those stats you mentioned came on one play last year. To me, a #2 can run a full route tree with effectiveness and doesn't drop routine throws. They might not be able to beat double coverage but they can still separate at all levels of the field. Davis doesn't have that reliability in those aspects.

So we won't even get "contract year" effort out of him this year. What has he done to deserve $17 million a year? They talk a big game about prioritizing the trenches, but they keep filling them with mediocre, overpaid talent.

Trenton Simpson consolation prize.

Well I have good news for you. If he's too slow to react to the crashing rusher, he'll be in perfect position to absorb the stunt man. Seriously, though, as long as they improve communication and coordination then they don't need a nimble guard. If a guard with a seven foot wingspan had good mobility he'd be a tackle and not a guard.

Try running through a tub of goo to sack a QB. Not so easy eh? Better than the tubs of "sorry sir let me get out of your way" guards we've been rotating the past few years.

The obsession with Super Bowl wins when ranking QBs is absurd. Dan Marino was better than half the QBs that have ever won Super Bowls. Kelly, Tarkenton, and Moon were better than a quarter of them. If you switched where Allen and Mahomes were drafted, Allen would easily have more rings than Mahomes right now. All that said, I don't disagree that Allen is second to Mahomes. He has passed Rodgers though.

The bar could not be any lower.

You're describing rape. Two different crimes with different meanings. Forcibly kissing someone by choking them is pretty much textbook sexual assault.

Beasley requested a trade and we released him. I don't think there was much of a cap hit so they wouldn't have restructured his contract anyway. I think you're talking about renegotiating contracts though. The only reason I can think a player would refuse a restructure is if they knew the team wanted to pay out their salary to make them more appealing as a trade asset and they didn't want to be traded. But that's a very specific set of circumstances and I'm not sure if that's ever actually happened.

A restructure is when you pay a player's salary for the year as a bonus and spread that cap hit amount over the remaining years on the contract. It's all the same amount of money but the player gets the money faster and the team creates cap space for the current year.

Players never refuse a restructure. There wouldn't be any reason for it. They just get their money faster.

They didn't get lucky. They drafted and signed a quality offensive line.