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BullBuchanan

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  1. Even if that's true, which I don't believe it is, you understand that it doesn't matter right? If we use him in a way that makes him perform poorly, or he performs poorly strictly on merit, it's undeniable that MLB performance is a problem for this team. If you aren't going to dump Frazier (they aren't), then you have to find a player that can do what Frazier is asking him to do. It has to be extremely clear over Edmunds' career that he's incapable of doing that. He's barely even flashed any potential and he's had 4 full seasons to show us what he can do. It's time to move on.
  2. Because there are better players out there like Bobby Wagner who we could replace him with and use the pick to draft his replacement.
  3. Is it? It looks like we'll have plenty of cap to work with next year and as other teams have shown, you can make the cap do what you need it to.
  4. What about the other half that hates him because he processes the game slowly, plays soft, can't shed blocks, can't cover, isn't an effective pass rusher and can't come up with a play when all the chips are down? On the other hand, he is only [insert current age here], and he's super athletic, so...
  5. I don't really understand the nuance of why, but I had heard we'd recoup something like $6.5M had we traded him. I think it's interesting that we didn't sell him to a team with a ton of cap.
  6. We could always use upgrades, but those needs are near the bottom in terms of priority. Any WR we bring in is (best case) fighting for a #3 spot. more than likely they're roll with the top 3 they have and let Hodgins, Stevenson and some day 3 rookies fight it out for #4//5. our #2 TE will probably be some league journeyman, and I wouldn't be surprised to see them prioritize a pass catching back who can return kicks and punts as well. The ST portion is probably the biggest need.
  7. we've had plenty of poor DL signings, but Addison is frequently thrown under the bus here and I just find it weird. Especially so given how hard Hughes dropped off from when he was getting 10 sacks a year back in 2014.
  8. Diggs was a good player on a favorable contract. I give Beane all the credit in the world for that one. Of course his cap is way up now, but we had an out if he didn't work out. Andrews may have been a UDFA, but he's still making half of what Morse does. when you pay a guy like Megatron or Donald, does it really matter or not if you drafted them? Maybe they're more willing to pay on a bad team, but if you're giving them market rate, how is it actually helping you?
  9. There will be plenty of new Jake Fromms to choose from this year who will make rookie minimum. There's no need to go get one that has pee stains on him. I say this as someone who loved drafting him.
  10. The toughest part is I don't blame Beane for his drafts here. Counting on drafting elite players is pretty impossible. How often is the best player in a draft taken #1? once every 10 years or so? And that's arguably the easiest spot because the only one impacting your selection is you. The bust rate for 1rst round players is incredibly high and it only gets worse from there. The worst part about the draft is when you do actually hit, you often can't afford to keep the player you struck gold on. The best case scenario is that you get a player that outplays his contract for 3 years, and if you have a couple of them doing that, you may be able to make a deep run. By the time year 3 of their deal comes around though, you're either dealing with a big money extension or a holdout. I would much rather deal those 1rst round picks for proven talent on favorable contracts, go out and spend the money on the players that have proven they can play, and then use the draft to keep your depth chart cost controlled, so you aren't making a guy that sees 40% of your team's snaps the 13th highest cap hit on the team. Aside from that, I believe it's important to find players who play above their contracts. The Patriots have been doing this for years. David Andrews has made $15M over his 7 years in the league. Over the same 7 years, Mitch Morse has made $38.5M. I would want to retire as a Bill if I were him too.
  11. I don't get the hate for Addison. He still had 7 sacks this year and was a 9-11 sack per year guy when we signed him.
  12. In 4 years and 41 draft picks, it's happened once so far. Twice if you want to count Wyatt Teller. Personally, I'd prefer to forget that one.
  13. Maybe the most accurate description of Beane I've ever read.
  14. There are better fits.
  15. This is a win for us. Beane just got a free pass to make a better move.
  16. The money we're giving this guy is insane. He's making more than Phillips got.
  17. it wasn't that long ago that Jason Verrett was being talked about as a top corner in the league, but it was 3 season-ending injuries ago. I'd take a cheap flier though.
  18. The folks who think we lost the SB because we lost to the Chiefs are making wayyy too many assumptions. It's pretty disrespectful to a Bengals team that beat the Chiefs, who beat us, to think we would have walked all over them. It's even more disrespectful to a Rams team, who beat the Bengals, who beat the Chiefs, who beat us, to say the same. We weren't that close to winning the SB this year - at least not in any way that didn't require 2 ghost victories in addition to the Chiefs game. Our loss to the Chiefs is undoubtedly because we had less difference makers. How could it not be? The game didn't need to come down to a single play. With better players on the defensive side of the ball we could have stopped them any number of times, but we didn't. We didn't have those players, so instead it came down to the smallest of margins. If we played that game 100 times, we definitely win some, but I don't think we're beating them over 50% of the time. They can simply do things we can't, as could the Bengals, as could the Rams. Now, the Bengals holes were too great for them to overcome, but they still made it a 3 point game with a roster that wasn't anywhere near as complete. Regarding "why don't the best teams win it every year", see my next post about the Pats dynasty.
  19. This is bizarre. I was more than happy to let him walk at projected rate, but for $4M/per I would have been ok with him being the first guy off the bench. Maybe we didn't offer him anything.
  20. it's the goal, but you can't really expect it. The best you can expect is to be in contention most years. Winning it all takes a bit of luck in addition to being talented enough to do it. You could argue that we aren't talented enough to do it yet, and that we'd require more luck than most to win. That's my particular stance. Beane needs to do more, McD needs to do more. If they got better and still didn't win it all, I wouldn't blame then though, and I'd let the band stay together forever. The New England Patriots went 10 years between Super Bowl wins with the greatest QB, Coach, and dynasty the game has ever seen - including with a team that went undefeated until they hit the wall in the SB.
  21. I'm also in this camp. I'd like to believe you can find a guy that can do what McKissic does as a UDFA or on a vet minimum type deal. I have no idea how fast he is, but he looks quite unimpressive in his highlights. He hasn't played in great offenses, but he's also never made an above average impact. I'd rather have 1 star like Jones that can throw a team on his back when it matters most, more than a team full of jobbers that can beat poor teams through depth and fail against superior competition. We saw it all in the playoffs this year. The Bengals have massive holes and they were able to get tot he show based on performance of their top-end. The Chiefs have also been doing this since before Pat Mahomes got there. The Bills are built a bit too "polite" with a bunch of hard workers that don't possess what it takes to get them where they need to go. In order for us to win a Super Bowl with the roster as-is, I think we'll have to get pretty lucky. We're good enough to get back to the championship a certain percentage of the time, but teams like the Chiefs, Bucs and Rams have shown what it takes to get the job done, and we're trying to tell them all that they're wrong and we know best. I don't feel great about that.
  22. I would have much rather had McKinnon.
  23. This is a horrifically bad take. So unless the players they draft turn out to be studs, the approach is wrong?
  24. If we sign Bobby Wagner, otherwise it's doubtful.
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