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For me, it's not so much Van Demark, although he seems to have a lot of potential.. it's Kromer. I trust whatever he decides. Get him a player for a year, and they typically ball out Year 2 in his system and beyond.

This is wild. I can't believe they did it. I'm not necessarily against it, depending on what the plan is, but man.. this is a pretty emotional off-season. On a human level, sad to see some of this, even if it may be necessary to make the jump to where we need to be.

Yea, someone like Dawson Knox does seem like he'd be willing to just take less to stay with Josh Allen and this organization. He's been through a lot in his personal life and it seems like he respects how the team/community rallied around him. If you ever hear him talk, money never comes across as a massive factor. Faith & Family seem to be his driving factors.

I think elite also applies to positional value. Milano, when healthy, is elite at LB... but I mean.. ok.. he's a linebacker. Chiefs are currently elite at QB, TE, DT and CB. And while TE typically isn't it, when you have an All-Time great, it's a bit different.

Teams are more willing to eat dead cap nowadays and the Bills could've cut Von post 6/1. Or maybe Von wants to be a GM and respects Beane enough with the shadowing he's done of him to agree to this, knowing his future aspirations. Knox, not sure about his situation because we haven't seen the details yet.

I'm pretty sure we did this with Mitch Morse a few years back. I don't think there's ever been a concern amongst players about Brandon Beane not being someone they respect with communication/negotiation etc.

TBH, I actually trust Kromer so much that I'd just assume Van Demark is going to legit. If we, and I don't think we are, cut/trade Dawkins.. I'd have to imagine a big move is coming to help Josh Allen.

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I'd actually be willing to throw a big contract at him, but in order to beat out an NFC or non-rival AFC team, we'd likely have to beat the trade compensation...by a lot. I know we have a lot of holes, but we need to close the gap between the 3 superstars (4 if they don't trade Snead) KC has to our 1... and while that's highly doubtful the route we'd take as Beane loves having depth, I'd begin to think about sacrificing that for high end players and then fill in with Day 3's and UDFA's as depth.

Gabe Davis has got to have the most elite highlight film for a WR3 of all time.

What does this mean lol? Dude just “decided”?

I think I might want a gun if I lived in Pittsburgh..

It was supposed to be 3 years of Allen, Diggs and Von. We’re now entering Year 3 of those 3 years. KC has had 4 at all times. Mahomes, Kelce, Jones and Hill .. then after he left Snead elevated in a widely respected elite corner.

Maybe Biden can airlift some Haitians in while we all sleep. We could all stand to be culturally enriched by some witchcraft, dark occult and cannibalism.

Maybe this is the case, but you have to manage the cap regardless .. no matter how much your owner spends. It’s not like we cut guys in their prime .. every player we cut makes sense, even Morse at 8.5M.. and he’s the only one I would make a case to keep. It’s not like we’re going to hold onto this money we freed up in the coming weeks… at least, I’d be shocked if we did.

Perhaps Conan O’Brien would like to take another vacation there to spite Trump?

No. Which is why when people outlined Joe Marino’s off-season, it seems like a very plausible and likely prediction of what the Bills will do. Which is what we’ve been doing. Build a strong team, with good depth all over. And that’s great for the regular season. Helps you withstand injuries (to a normal extent). Allows for fresh bodies at certain position groups. But then we get to the Playoffs, and nobody but Josh Allen steps up in the big games. Kelce does. Jones does. We don’t have that surrounding Allen. So do we spend on one big time FA if one is available? Do we trade up and sacrifice picks/future picks? Or do we stay the course and hope Kincaid, maybe Bernard (?), whoever is at 28 etc can be those superstar big game difference makers?

Which is why I am shocked people wanted to sign him to a contract like that.. as if it was ever, at all, possible. He’s the best DT in the league, and DT’s do age well .. but Von was also at an elite level when we signed him.. looked every bit the elite player we paid for… until he got hurt. Von’s a little older, but Chris Jones is a massive body and Von may be an anomaly freak of nature. The risk here for the Chiefs is real. A risk absolutely worth taking .. and because it’s KC, I’m sure one that will have zero ramifications.

I don’t know that Diggs has ever been the “take over a game” type WR1. Maybe a Steelers game a few years back? But I do think he’s still a WR1.. and a good one at that. But with just a slight dip due to age, the lack of WR2 threat opposite him has been far more of an issue.

I listened to it at the gym .. I think it’s well thought out and probably makes sense. For all those worried about rotation/depth, his mock off-season absolutely addresses that .. and I think, it’s a higher potential roster on paper. That said.. do we have the elite A1 talent to match Mahomes/Kelce/Jones .. Burrow/Chase/Higgins etc.. This is a complete roster, but we still go to war with Allen, whatever anyone thinks Diggs still is, and who? Does Kincaid become that? Can McConkey be that? Not saying I know the answer.. just pointing out that we always seem to be a “dude” or two behind these teams .. and when we played KC, what was the difference when it mattered? They had Kelce and Jones, we had…?

I don’t think the AAV is out there, is it? The 95M is the guaranteed part.

Pro-Bowl caliber LT’s don’t grow on trees. I think there would be legit compensation. If that’s what this is… Kromer must love Van Demark.

Walking emoji with the sad face doesn’t seem very upbeat…

I have a feeling we’ll have one, but it will cost us two picks to get there. Which is why I said this arbitrary decision by the NFL essentially took away a draft pick from us.