Doc Brown

They tried to sign Godwin too (it was reported they were willing to offer him a top 5 WR salary) and Godwin's like "Nope. Way less money to stay in Florida with actual talent around me is fine with me." The Diggs signing reeks of desperation. A one year $10m guarantee with incentives to earn up to $15m was the contract I was expecting for Diggs given his age and coming off a torn ACL. I do agree with you about the Pats getting crap for letting Diggs leave the building and then when they do sign him criticize them for overspending. It was pry the only team in the league that Diggs had leverage with in free agency given how horrible their o-line and passing weapons are.

He already knew it was going to be Rodgers at QB just like the rest of us knew. The Patriots just paid a 31 year old WR who was already on the decline even before tearing his ACL $26m guaranteed. That's crazy and you think they weren't willing to play a very good/elite 27 year old WR $30m per year? I've got the Bills, Dolphins, Chiefs, Chargers, Broncos, Ravens, Bengals, Steelers, and Texans as clearly better than the Patriots no matter what happens in the draft.

Metcalf apparently nixed the trade to the Pats because he knows they suck. They're definitely a year away even with the coaching upgrades. Relying on rookies and average free agent signings to transform your dreadful offensive line (31st against the run, 32nd against the pass) last year is just too much work in one off-season. I do think they're more competitive this year though and my guess is they'll be a problem starting in the 2026 season because I think Drake Maye is going to be very good.

The only over/under bet I made of the year was after the Patriots beat the Bengals I managed to get a 5.5 win total line and took the under. That's how bad the Bengals are at the start of the season EVERY YEAR despite them saying all off-season they need to start fast.

That was a huge surprise given the Bengals history of starting the season fast. I think seven wins is their ceiling because of them likely having to have two rookies starting on the o-line. On paper right now they have the worst o-line in the league. Plus, if they take Travis Hunter they'll be very thin on the o-line and if they draft a tackle they'll be really limited as far as passing weapons for Maye. Not good when your best WR on paper right now is a 31 year old coming off an ACL tear.

You said we were never one play away from winning a Chiefs playoff game and laugh at anyone who thinks we were. I presented a plausable scenario where they were one play away. Regardless of what you think of our coaching in the playoffs. A special teams trying a trick play and then lateraling it out of desperation easily could take 13 seconds off the clock. You don't have to admit you're wrong. That's fine.

T. White, Knox, and Brown was extended in early September. Oliver in early June. There's always time but Cook and Benford's stock may never be higher so they could choose to bet on themselves to cash in next year.

Doubt he plays catch with a kid in the stand during warm ups but I hope we don't boo him too hard.

My guess is a breakup was coming anyways and Daboll getting the head coach job conveniently worked out. Kirk Cousins for a 4th or 5th maybe?

Doubt it. They stuck the Texans game at 1:00 last year. It's more of a story here than the rest of the league.

Wow. That's quite the contract. Why not one year $10m with incentives up to $15m or something like that. Who are you competing with?

They probably had a special teams play ready to go like the Chargers did in 2023 against us. It very easily could've taken 13 seconds off the clock depending on how many times they lateraled it.

It might have been different if they played the Eagles during the regular season and saw what their tendencies were on offense and defenses. How could they exploit it for the next possible match up? It's also likely they focused heavily throughout the year because the odds of them meeting us in the playoffs were far greater than one of the five or six NFC teams that could make the Super Bowl. I rolled my eyes every time people said that the Chiefs were using the regular season games as practice. I may have been wrong.

We literally were a squib kick away. I'm laughing at you for laughing at other people. No offense.

I'm as guilty as they are and anything's possible I guess. I didn't realize the level of toxicity within the building though as I never thought they'd eat $31m in dead cap space.

Anybody go to the first Bills game at War Memorial in 1960? I'm just curious if the wind was more or less confusing there.

That was the joke. Poor one I admit.

They pry have Schopp and the Bulldog on right after for listeners to go "oh, that wasn't so bad."

You moron. It is strange how Grant slipped to pick 42 in this mock. I thought it was taken for granted that he'd be taken in the second half of the first round.

We take Thomas. Vikings take Emmanwori. https://www.nfl.com/news/four-round-2025-nfl-mock-draft-three-qbs-taken-in-top-seven-picks-steelers-select-rb-in-first-round

I disagree with the coaching. Having by and away the best turnover differential in the NFL is a coaching stat. I remember the deflategate "scandal" with the Patriots where people jumped to the conclusion that they fumbled at an absurdly low rate. I thought. No. That's coaching. You don't win five straight division titles with double digit wins with okay coaching even if you have peak Aaron Rodgers as your QB. You don't have have a positive point differential of +786 since 2020 without good coaching. Baltimore was second with +555 just to add how insane that stat is. "They are doing it without guys that are top 5 at their positions" is coaching (and maybe an indictment on Beane). I get the frustration of fans and the playoff failures. I get the anxiety of wasting maybe one of the top five arm talents and dual threats QB's in NFL history's career. When your "floor" is a division winner that wins a Wild Card game the last five years you just can't help but think their ceiling is a Super Bowl champion. I think they get there as long as Josh stays healthy and Beane finds him some type of consistent weapon at WR1.

I thought it was 31st. It would be interesting if he included Diggs as a first rounder where we would land.

I think his offensive line took it too literally.

Should've never been that close. Reid completely out-coached McDermott/Babbich on offense. That offense hadn't looked that good all season. The Eagles shutting them down in the Super Bowl made it look even worse. Brady and Allen not having a variation on the tush push may have cost us the game and Spags had them ready for it. McDermott challenging on that Xavier Worthy "catch" despite Hamlin holding on that same play would've saved the team 10 yards on defense? Wasted challenge. I thought McDermott made the right calls on the two point conversion decision and the 4th down decisions. I'll give him credit for that. His decisions throughout the year impressed me when it comes to 4th down decisions. A lot of head coaches with a defense background are usually stuck in their ways and McDermott has shown the ability to adapt with an always changing game.

Beane needs that end of the 3rd round pick back.