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That's collusion to price fix a market. It's an inherent defect of a "free-market" system, and we've decided as a society that's not acceptable and in some cases illegal. If contracts become fully guaranteed then yes it's likely offers get reduced a little bit to compensate and I'm sure most people would take that trade. I can't see this as anything but a net positive.

Are you aware that other sports exist already with fully guaranteed contracts? The NFL is the last of the major 4 that don't. basketball is a bit weird in how they do it, but it's mostly handled through options and voids.

And they tried to dump Akers a couple weeks ago. 🤣

How does it benefit you to be anti-worker? There's a simple solution to that - don't offer him a contract you can't afford.

That's where I'm not so sure. More likelable? Absolutely. Softer hand? Absolutely. Infinitely better? I'm not sure he's infinitely better than anyone. To me he's the re-incarnation of Marv Levy, and while that's a significant compliment as a man and a leader, it's also an indictment as a coach.

NFL deals should absolutely be fully guaranteed. I hope they get it. To offset they should also reduce or eliminate the concept of dead cap.

Fair enough, and I admit I was wrong about that. I'm still not sure a 1 win difference is significant though. Both Rex and McD had identical records over their first two years.

He's maybe the best #4 in football, but as a #2 he's terrible. Sorry. He just isn't good enough.

I remember hearing Dareus say the playbook was too complicated, but I have a feeling he would have thought a coloring book was too complicated. It's definitely a reasonable hypothesis though. Still, Ryan averaged an 8-8 record while he was here and didn't have the benefit of a top 2 QB and a top 10 WR. McD ended our playoff drought with a 9-7 record while Ryan was only able to claim the first winning season in a decade with the same record. If Both Ryan and Whaley were allowed to stick around one more year and were able to select Mahomes instead of trading out of the pick when QB was a glaring need - I think Ryan's history would be written a lot differently.

And what?

Where is the amazing part? Rex Ryan was loved by his players too, and if had the benefit of the Bengals putting the Bills in the playoffs with his 9-7 record like McD did, maybe we'd probably be calling him a legend too - especially once he got Josh Allen. Don't get me wrong, Process McClappy is a nice guy but I'm not sure he's a very good coach, let alone a legend.

he's 31. He could easily play through a 4 year contract at peak performance. I don't get why people keep making a deal about his age when safety is often a good role for older players.

I'm not sure many people are making the argument we should replace Edmunds with Dodson. I would expect a former 1st round pick to be better than an undrafted depth journey and an overdrafted and undersized rookie. It doesn't mean that we don't need better production from the position. Milano had another monster day yesterday with Edmunds out of the lineup, but we didn't see the same from Edmunds when Milano was out.

Except when it mattered though, right? I seem to remember us giving up a game tying drive with 13 seconds on the clock and then allowing that same team to march down the field again for a touchdown to begin OT. Vanity metric like yards/points allowed don't tell the true story of a defense's performance. If you're a good overall defense but terrible situationally (like the Bills), you aren't a good defense.

Yea, no. The issue is that our situational flaws which have resulted in defensive meltdowns are now being exploited more often, like on practically every 3rd down. If you keep giving up 3rd and 20 and 4th and 18, you aren't going to keep defenses under 200 yards passing a large percentage of the time. Also, average is pretty meaningless when you take into account they had 3 games where opponents had 61 or less passing yards. Our schedule last year was a joke.

Is that the game where we played against Teddy Bridgewater and Tua's scrambled egg brain? It's not a recent issue at all. Fraziers defense's have been poor against big passing plays since he got here - especially on drive continuing plays like 3rd/4th and long, or game winning drives. We've fallen apart in these scenarios regardless of talent or roster health.

Murph learned under Miller and I think he takes a page out of the playbook without really capturing what made miller so great. He's got some of that old time boxer announcer in him but he doesn't have any of the pace or dynamics that made listening to a guy like miller or rick jeanneret feel like you were watching instead of listening. As an announcer he's mediocre, as a talk show host he's near unlistenable.

You Thank No.

Hodgins > Stevenson That said. I'm sure Daboll will pick him up.

I don't think either of those things are true. The chiefs get production from playmakers all the way down their roster. They have 3 RBs contributing, 3 TE's a boatload of WRs. They have 10 offensive players with a TD to our 7 - that's significant. They were also pretty banged up on D when they played us. As for higher ceiling, Mahomes ceiling is a Super Bowl MVP. He also performs at peak level FAR more often than Allen and has a higher floor that he hits far less often. If you're starting a team today with the goal of winning a SB, Mahomes is the clearly superior option, if less exciting.

#1 seed?

Not on that route. Look at the play. In order to hit Davis on target Josh need to throw at exactly when the video is at 0:03. He needs to float the ball over the LB but with enough velocity that it doesn't get picked by the safety int he middle of the field and low enough that Davis can make a play on it. It's a near impossible throw. I can't screenshot it because of the website size limitations, but the window is minuscule between #22 & #7 .

Not even a little bit, no.

do you think this is a Bills thing? what do you think film study is all about? this is literally what football is.