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How much are we paying him?

Probably Jaquan Johnson's replacement.

Dodson or Bernard are not good enough to replace him, no argument there. But we can pay a capable LB in free agency for a much lower salary than Edmunds will get.

I wouldn't hate it but it looked to me like he lost a step last year. He isn't explosive which is the biggest element our offense is missing. If we're going to trade for that style of WR I would prefer DeAndre Hopkins, and it's already been reported that he is in fact available for trade.

I hear bits and pieces. Other people on the forum probably find out more than me. The story is that Allen missed a throw to Diggs in practice a couple times but told him don't worry he would hit it for real in the game. But he missed it. So Diggs blew up at him on the sideline and said "what's your excuse now, Josh?" I don't know anything beyond that. Someone else on here said Allen and Diggs got into a bit of a spat after the game, and it was reported that Diggs left the facility early. He's an emotional guy. Hates to lose. He needs to do a better job keeping his emotions in check though. There's a fine line between hating to lose and being a distraction.

He isn't done. He is very frustrated with getting close and then losing. He went too far with Allen on the sidelines IMO. But he isn't demanding a trade or anything crazy like that.

It was not reported. It is something I know to be true. You know the mic'd up footage that the Bills release after every game? Well, they don't release all the footage for obvious reasons, but that doesn't mean it isn't heard by certain people that work for the team.

Anything is possible but it sounds like we have seen the end of Edmunds' career as a Bill. Which leaves more room to build the offense.

You're saying this to a Chiefs fan that spends most of his time on a Bills board arguing about how much better his QB is.

He is especially close with OBJ. OBJ invited him to the Super Bowl last year. They have more than just a professional relationship.

Diggs being middle of the pack in terms of separation is understandable given how much attention teams give to him. But what's Davis' excuse being just behind him? This is why we need OBJ or some other WR with true #2 capabilities. Oh and for people who like to say JuJu Smith-Schuster is no better than Davis, look at this chart. Despite being the #1 WR in KC which means he faces #1 CBs he is one of the best separators in the league. I'm kind of sick of people downplaying the talent that Mahomes had around him. Our OL and pass catching options by comparison are second rate. I hope Beane knows this.

And then he got an elite QB. We have an elite QB and nothing to show for it. Any gap between Mahomes and Allen is not so great that they should have seen that much more success than us the past few years. Since acquiring an elite QB, Andy Reid has led them to FIVE straight conference championships and THREE Super Bowl appearances with two wins. McDermott got us to one conference championship with three seasons of elite QB play and that was our ceiling.

What do you mean? Beane has always been a big spender in free agency. Mitch Morse John Brown Cole Beasley Trent Murphy Star Lotulelei That's just the first 5 that immediately come to mind. The issue in the past hasn't been Beane's unwillingness to spend in free agency, it's that his spending has been suboptimal especially on the defensive side. OBJ isn't going to command a massive contract. The same issues others have brought up - his age, his two ACL injuries - will limit his ceiling in free agency. But we have a glaring hole at WR #2 and two of his best friends in the building (Adam Henry and Von Miller). It makes sense for him as much as it does for us.

Why not both? We need to enter the draft knowing that we already have the #2 spot filled. Can't rely on a rookie to be better than Davis, it would be nice but no guarantees. Get OBJ here on a 2 year deal and also draft a WR high. Davis can be our #3/#4 and walk after 2023.

Sure we could. Let Edmunds walk, plus we have like $50 million in available restructures to create cap space. Give him a 3 year deal that's really a 2 year deal with a smaller cap hit in 2023. We could easily do that and still have room to sign a LB and at least one upgrade on the OL.

I hope these dots really do connect and we sign OBJ. It's a no brainer move. Push Davis back down the depth chart to the role he belongs in. Give us better run after catch ability, nothing crazy but better than what we have. Then draft a WR on day one or two to keep the pipeline going. I really hope this happens. It will tell me Beane recognizes his mistakes.

It's officially speculation season.

I've seen this narrative pop up everywhere but it's worth pointing out that their defensive linemen were constantly slipping on that weird grass field. A couple reps Hassan Reddick got pancaked by Andrew Wylie which should never happen. The Chiefs got lucky that the field mitigated the Eagles pass rush. A couple sacks throughout the game may have changed the outcome.

I'm not thinking about it in terms of WR1 of WR2. I'm thinking about it in terms of getting a skill set that we currently don't have on the roster. The less athletic route running specialists like Addison and JSN don't do it for me. That's what Diggs does for us. I want to take a swing at a WR with explosive traits. Someone that can out run everyone else on the field after catching the ball on short routes, or running to the ball on deep routes. To me that makes Jalin Hyatt the only WR that I'm interested in at pick 27, in fact I would pick him there pretty much no matter what. If he isn't there I would take the best OL available or trade down before selecting the best WR available.

The people who believe that kind of crap are ghouls and contribute nothing to society. They're the kind of narcissistic people that bully families who lost kids in school shootings. There is no controversy.

Allen did exactly what you said he won't in 2020, when he had better pass protection and Cole Beasley and John Brown in their prime both with the ability to run after making short catches. An offense that only throws short passes to Diggs and Davis and McKenzie is destined to fail. An offense that lives and dies on deep passes with a poor OL is also destined to fail. So we had no good answers on offense. The only reason we consistently scored points is that Allen made magic happen enough times in every game. Get him an offense on par with what he had in 2020 and I'm sure he will run it the right away.

I think Vegas probably expects us to go all in on offensive talent this offseason, which even though that shouldn't matter to a solo player award it will help Allen get the season long stats he needs to win it at the end.

From a talent perspective the Eagles are more talented than the Chiefs. I don't think the Chiefs could have really done anything to stop them. Maybe the Chiefs versus the Bengals is a better analog. They took some chances and slowed them down. But the Eagles gameplan against the Chiefs I will stand by my assertion that it was a historically bad defensive game plan in the Super Bowl.

The Eagles have apparently been susceptible to pre-snap motions all year long and Andy Reid clearly knew that. On that and the TD to Toney, whoever was supposed to cover them got confused and abandoned their man. I don't think the blitz had anything to do with it. They went into man coverage which they had barely done the rest of the game and got confused.

No I get that, but they weren't going to stop them no matter what they did. The Eagles offense is much more talented than the Chiefs defense. So they blitzed a lot and took some chances. They got some hits in on Hurts, made him as uncomfortable as possible, and when the moment came for a game changing play they were there for it. Compared to what the Eagles did where they let Mahomes on a bad ankle stand there comfortable the whole game and pick them apart. I know which game plan I prefer.