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The deal is worth "up to" $6M. Meaning, veteran minimum and a bunch on incentives he wont earn.

It's a completely different defense. Seems a little reductive to just say "we need to stop the run better." With the Nickel scheme featuring a lot of zone match, we were inviting teams to run. The benefit of this was having better passing looks, which we saw reflected in significantly better passing DVOA, yards per pass, explosive pass players, etc. If we just focused on fixing the run, the passing game would suffer. That's not the conversation we need to have here. Here's what we actually need: - Better pressure on the QB via D-Line, ideally through scheme multiplicity. - Better production as a defense on third and long (stops and INTs). - Better tackling. - More consistent run defense by linebackers playing their gaps appropriately and D-Line maintaining their blocks. *EDIT: I'm going to throw one in that we simply needed to get younger and more talented. Seems like we did that as well.

The Rams are +500 favorites to win the Super Bowl. Over the past 30 years, preseason favorites with odds of +500 or better have gone 0-20. You can cry and go home. I'll play the odds and try to enjoy myself.

This is objectively great news. As a guard-only, he had an uphill battle to make the roster. He beat out several veterans, including ones with multiple position eligibility, which backups absolutely need to have on O-Line. That means 1 of 2 things, or both: 1. They believe he can be a future starter at guard. 2. They thought he'd get claimed if they release him and try to get him back on the P-Squad. Pretty sweet. We might have found a steal!

How do we know this guy is hones- Oh

Net benefit. You have to play the guy once instead of twice and he only has a few weeks to learn the playbook. I've always thought he's pretty good, so I'm happy to see Drake Maye have less weapons.

Would love a link if you have it. It would be crazy to not teach DB's to get their head around to avoid PI's, specifically. In college and earlier, they teach you to "play through the hands" of the WR. This means to wait for them to show hands, then attempt to disrupt the ball. When you get to the NFL, you still need to do this, but it doesn't preclude you from getting your head around to limit PI's and maximize INT's.

One thing that sticks out to me on all of those reps from the OP... He never once looks for the ball. He needs to learn to get his head around and play the ball a little more, or he'll never get INT's and he'll definitely get a lot of PI's, both of which were a problem in college.

Yes, but full context matters here. Bills traded down from 28 to 33 to pick up the draft pick that selected DeWayne Carter. We needed a WR. The WR's taken between 28 and 33 were: Xavier Worthy, then Ricky Pearsall, then Xavier Legette, then Keon Coleman. I personally don't feel like it was a big loss to miss out on any of those guys, despite Keon's struggles. The big miss was Ladd McConkey the pick after Keon, but we definitely would have made that mistake at 28 if we made it at 33. Here's a check-in on the other 2nd round WRs from that year: Ja'Lynn Polk retired earlier this month and never did anything. AD Mitchell has a total of 2TDs and 765 yards over 2 full seasons and now plays for the Jets.

Breaking news: Offensive Coordinator who phased Stephon Diggs out of the offense at age 29 does not want him back at age 32. Shocking, considering he was always on such good terms with everyone.

That's incorrect, sorry brother. 3rd Round: top 5% 4th Round: below top 5% to top 10% 5th Round: below top 10% to top 15% 6th Round: below top 15% to top 25% 7th Round: below top 25% to top 35% $20M is not 5% or 10% of $30M+

They wouldn't get much of a comp pick because he's a defensive tackle and would be comp'd against guys making $30M/yr. He'd need to be in that ballpark to get a 3rd or 4th round back. They might get a 6th or 7th back if he's in the top 25% if they lose more qualified free agents than they gain. That's hardly a return. Then he's also 1 year older. That means less money when he hits free agency. The more likely option is they simply find a partner who's willing to trade the most assets for him and also give him a nice pay raise. The West Coast stuff is a "nice to have" unless he wants to completely tank his value for both his franchise and himself.

Yeah, so this is completely wrong. The Bucs will take the best offer for their franchise. That means the best draft pick or player+pick. Vea has some leverage in that he can say no to any team, but the Bucs have the majority of the leverage in that they can simply not trade him at all if they want to. Make him play for $17M and be done with it. This is not free agency. Vea is not in control here.

I'm shocked how many people in this thread have completely written him off. Year 1: learned a new system, barely played Year 2: high impact starter Year 3: injured, played 11 games - team captain Year 4: injured, played 12 games - team captain This year he's going back to original "movement style" defensive scheme that made him elite at Baylor. I'm not ready to turn the page and if he was another player with this resume, you'd be thrilled to get him for $5M this year, $11M next. You just don't like how he looked when he was injured the past 2 years behind a weak interior defensive line.