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He seemed fine. Bounced up right away, didn't look pie-eyed or have any extremities twitching. Could he have had a mild concussion? Maybe, but it clearly wasn't enough to significantly impair him. This isn't a Tua situation.

"Again" what? Not sure if you were reading what i was saying, but I laid the blame for the result of the season at Beane's feet. I said it's not unexpected for there to be rebuilding years, but they're always going to lie about it when they have a top QB. The Patriots had rebuild years, Baltimore has, KC will too.

That's totally silly. every GM knows that he's going to have years with more ammunition than others. It's not a question of desire, it's a reality of the facts of roster construction. You can't lose two starting safeties, your starting center, basically the entire WR room and all of your RB depth, all while mired in cap hell, and expect that you're going to be stronger than you were the year before when you weren't good enough to get it done. It's just not an expectation that's based in reality. Are they going to give it all on Sunday to try? Sure, maybe. Will they be optimally equipped to do so? Absolutely not.

I have no idea why anyone thinks this is the expectation. Is it because that's what they told you? As soon as they took that massive cap hit to dump Diggs and then did nothing to replace him, they told you it was a rebuilding year. After they turned over most of the defense and did little to replace the huge pieces they lost, they told you it was a rebuilding year. If you bought the company line that they're doing everything they can every day to win the big one, that's on you. I said it after the draft. Beane is looking to 2025 and 2026. He'll get a small window then to try again. This year? 1% chance.

How didn't it?

He's 2 years into a 6 year deal. Let it ride until the end. If he's still in decent shape by then, re-sign him or franchise.

If it had to happen, this is the best time for it. It's an extra offseason for the senior citizen to rest up and keep rehabbing that dried up rubber band of a knee.

Peyton Manning

Nah. We already had one predator in our teams group we had to ditch, don't need another. He's also considerably worse than Bass.

Yes, 21 yards - known to literally everyone who has ever watched football as a "deep" pass.

I don't think he is, he is. He's just also a complete receiver who's more valuable on higher percentage plays, so he gets used all over. Of course he just nabbed a 52 yarder, but also: https://www.buffalobills.com/video/josh-allen-s-accuracy-is-immaculate-on-21-yard-seed-to-shakir-bills-at-dolphins https://www.buffalobills.com/video/khalil-shakir-with-a-spectacular-catch-for-a-33-yard-gain-bills-vs-dolphins Let me know if you need any more help.

You don't define a WR by one play. Have you seriously never watched him play? He runs a 4.43 and has an elite level composite speed RAS, and he's ultra successful at go routes. He's not a 1 trick pony where he's just a deep threat guy, but he absolutely has that skill set. As for MVS, him not producing tonight doesn't change my statement. He's known aroudn the league as a deep-ball specialist and has been for years.

Shakir is a deep threat and it's also MVS' specialty.

Thought? I still think it's still a bad idea, and always will . I never like paying a guy as a top player hoping he'll turn into one. If I'm going to spend that money, I want a sure thing. Even if he becomes the best RT in the league, I'll still hate the decision. You're the one advocating paying a player 20x what he currently makes. If this team doesn't end up being good enough to win a Super Bowl with the talent currently on roster, you want to cull $20M worth of players and think we'll be in a better position? That's a hard pass from me. We are currently spending 11.9M this year in cap on Douglas Benford Ingram Hamlin Rapp Bishop Lewis Johnson by himself is 8.5M (5th highest on the team) Elam at 3.7M(9th Highest) and Edwards at 2.8M(17th Highest) are currently dead weight that are more than 50% of the cap we're spending on everyone who's currently playing. I think doubling our starting budget on Benford would be bananas. I have complete confidence McD could replace him for less than the money spent on Elam, Edwards and Benford's current deal when the time comes. As it stands, you have him through next season. add 3-4 young DBs tot he roster between now and 2026 and you'll be fine.

I wouldn't. Of all the things that McDermott and Beane do, their best attribute is getting insane value from players in the secondary. We have guys like Benford, Hamlin, Rapp, Lewis, Ingram all playing amazing ball for this club and no one wanted them. I have total faith that they'll be able to get very high level play from late round, UDFA, and cheap FA players on the back end. Let someone else break the bank for a CB and scoop a 3rd round comp pick. Douglas is gonna be 31 next year. If he wants to play for 4 or 5M, great. If not, you let him walk.