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Washington has been a dumpster fire for decades. If rubbing what passes for talent there is something different, they should welcome the change. There isn't a player on that roster that should be untouchable.

He had a line that edged out the chiefs in 2020 and we still lost to KC. Allen is a very good QB, but the difference between him and Mahomes is more than O-line play. If Mahomes retired today, he'd already be one of the greatest of all-time. Allen isn't in that conversation and his star would fade rather quickly as he'd be remembered more for potential than accomplishments thus far.

I don't really put much, if any stock into that. GMs are wrong constantly. They all decided Metcalf shouldn't be taken in the first round too.

It ain't Texas where it's been 105 since may. It's 75 degrees in Buffalo right now.

Well Maybe you should, because Beane didn't draft Kuechly or Milano. As for misses, yes there are plenty. VoSean Joseph being notable int hat he didn't even make the roster as a rookie and never played a down in the NFL. Bernard was drafted int he 3rd round last year and was inactive most of the season. Williams was drafted this year in the 3rd round and despite a massive hole int eh middle of our defense, he isn't even being considered for the position. He'll likely be inactive most of the year as well if he can't carve out a role on ST. A better question to ask than what are the misses is "what are the hits?" They traded up in the 1st round to get Edmunds and throughout his time here he was extremely controversial. Yea, he got signed to a pile of money, but the jury is still very much out on whether or not he's actually a good football player. He made two pro bowls, both as alternates. He has never received more than 2 votes for all-pro

I wrote off Bernard before he was drafted. He isn't built to play MLB in the NFL and was abysmally bad last season. Knox is a strawman argument, but no I'm not "high" on him either. He's average, but nothing special at all. You could only think Williams and Simpson are the same if you knew absolutely nothing about them.

Yes to both. He was a good enough prospect that you could make a case for either pick. If they absolutely had to have Torrence, then you trade up. Based on us having Bates already and virtually nothing at MLB, I would have taken Simpson right there in the 2nd. If they didn't want to do that, iw ould have moved back up to get him like I mentioned previously.

Yea, this isn't really a situation where we can say he wasn't available though, because he slid a lot further than he should have. He could and arguably should have been the pick in the 2nd round or should have been a priority trade up. Instead we have two 3rd round linebackers in back to back years and neither one of them are likely going to be a long term solution at MLB

Brown has been mostly terrible since he got here, so maybe this is addition by subtraction. Bates was arguably our best performing lineman last season allowing onlya single sack and has the size and experience to play right tackle. We also signed Brandon Shell who was a solid RT in the past. I wouldn't be sad at all to se eus move away from Brown right now.

The right pick was taking Trenton Simpson when we created a massive hole at the position. Instead the Ravens took him and we all know they have terrible judgement when it comes to front 7 personnel.

Love Shakir's game. Still thinking he has a chance to become a star.

46 catches 490 yards 5 TDs

It sounds like Elam is exactly who he was analyzed to be pre-draft which is not a fit for the system we run. Hmmm...

Nothing would happen outside of a couple days of news cycles, but if his play is close to what it was last year, no chance he gets cut. He played very well against the run, and was an extremely physical presence. While he's not a top 20 safety or anything at this stage of his career, he's played 2 seasons so far and is just 25. He could very well have a higher ceiling. If he's fallen off due to his injury, then maybe they find a way to IR him and he can come back and try again next year.

The Bills may have gotten better at some areas of depth, but they made no improvements to the top of their roster. They added no playmakers and created a massive gap at the MLB position that will have to be filled by a low-grade prospect or low-tier veteran this season. They are effectively "running it back" this year, which says they think they were good enough to win it all last year and just got unlucky. I personally think that's far from true. Unless we get very lucky and Burrow's calf continues to be a struggle all season long, I have us at best the 3rd best team in the AFC and no better than 4th (maybe 5th) overall. If the Dolphins or Jets take a meaningful step forward, as they no doubt expect to, we could be in very big trouble. We're still very much in a position that if you take Diggs out of our offense, we're a mediocre team with limited weapons. We're also in a position on defense where we lack high end prospects and have too few playmakers. We absolutely need Rousseau to have a breakout season, need one of Benford or Elam to push Jackson to the bench, and need to see our depth front four be far more impactful than they were last season, if we want to compete with the 1A elite teams in the league.

I think Klein gets penciled in at #1 until someone takes it from him. I don't think Dodson is an NFL talent, though that might not stop McD from forcing the issue, because they backed themselves in a corner. I think Bernard is a cut candidate unless he can carve out an ST role. Williams likely won't be ready. Spector could have a shot. He had some nice plays last pre-season, but still a very long shot.

I don't care if the dude's on gear. You still gotta bust your ass, which he clearly does. There's only a small handful of players I'd rather have than him.

it's a damn shame for the kid and for us. Now McD/Dorsey will have to find someone else to absorb his 6 carries. We ruined his career.

Probably not me. I'm a big fan, but I don't believe he's a lead back in the NFL and is being grossly misused by this staff. I'd deploy him like KC does McKinnon.

They don't contradict at all. Read the rest of the post again for the context and let me know what's confusing to you and I'll try to help. As for why it's artificial, you're correct. There doesn't need to be collusion for it to be an artificial price fixing. That's what makes it artificial and not just price fixing. His value is exponentially higher, so he should. You're the one that brought up STers, not me. I was just showing you how your example of STers was poor. Don't move the goalposts now in order to make yourself look correct.

I mean I do that sometimes in a more modest vehicle. Can I get drafted too? I'll even play for the vikings.

I would bet a lot of money against them winning the AFC championship game (barring an injury to Mahomes/Burrow), but I also think there's no way they miss the playoffs. With the playoffs increasing to 7 seeds plus a 17th game, they would have to lose Allen for most of the year for that to happen and even then. More seeds+more games gives a massive edge to better than average teams and even on a decline the bills are certainly in the top 20% of the NFL. A Better proposition might be more likely to win AFC championship game or lose the division. Int hat case I'd pick lose the division, even if I think it's likely they win the AFCE and get bounced by the Bengals or Chiefs in the playoffs again.

And that's where you're either intentionally or incorrectly omitting 2/3 of the story. ST'ers like Taiwan Jones, Andre Roberts etc can play well into their mid 30s. Punters play into their late 30s and 40s. Many of them get the opportunity for multiple contracts. The landscape for RBs is changing to a place where they do not. No one is debating that you get paid a rookie wage based one where you're drafted, so stop trying to make that the point. We all know it does. The difference is that some people provide more value later in their careers (QB, WR) and RBs provide their maximum contributions int he first couple of seasons. Price fixing a WR early hurts them less because they'll have the opportunity to get paid top dollar as they realize their potential,

I never said it should be. It's just the reality of the situation that they players are the product and responsible for all the value. Also, it should be obvious, but the current deal was negotiated before this refusal the re-sign RBs was agreed to by the entire NFL body. Maybe you should have stayed for the second half of the first class. What exists in the RB market today amounts to artificial price fixing. Teams aren't paying for RB contracts because they don't have to. They can just draft for free and hold them on cheap deals. If they didn't have that option, theyd have to pay or go without.

They aren't even close to overpaid. You could very reasonably argue they are underpaid. The NFL made 11.9 BILLION in revenue last year. That's 11,900 million dollars. The players are responsible for nearly 100% of that revenue and yet get less than 50% of revenue. No one watches the Bills to see Terry Pegula. No one has a Denise York jersey on their wall, not even her kids. Whether they make millions or $7/hr is inconsequential. What matters is the value of their output. Int he case of NFL players, that value happens to be $11.9 billion and rising.