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Completely agree with this. Set at QB, TE and OL.. and honestly, I’m tired of podcasters whining about McGovern at C. He translates well there and can someone remind me why we wouldn’t trust Aaron Kromer with his vision for this OL? They like Van Demark and Anderson as depth guys who have been in the system and just signed La’el Collins. We have RB1 & RB2 and can find a RB3, or upgrade at RB2 whenever. Defense looks fine. Not great. Not bad. DL hinges on Von being something more than a body, linebacker looks great.. corner room starters are very good, Elam as depth and we have adequate Safeties. WR is the glaring hole.. need to upgrade the talent level and do that twice. Two draft picks or a pick and a vet. However they attack it.. the major focus needs to be there. Take care of that and we can start looking at upgrading rotational DT & DE and/or adding to the S, RB & DB room.

Further to your point re: KC.. If you tell me Kincaid is going to be Kelce, then sure.. let’s surround Allen with a bunch of B level WR’s. He changes everything about that Offense. Mahomes has had “that guy” .. the guy we keep hoping to find for Allen .. every year he’s been in the league. Someone who is so elite that you literally cannot take them away in big games. He’s always had 1.. and for a few years, 2 of them.

I can’t lie when I say it’s kinda funny to watch Texans fans go from thinking they own the league to slowly realizing they gave up a potential Top 40 pick for a malcontent aging WR that’s now a rental & not comp pick eligible.

This isn’t revisionist history, as I’ve said this while he was here… Diggs isn’t a (pick the term) “freakazoid”. He never was. It’s why he never steps up in the big moments. He can be taken away. Jeremy & Joe in the morning want to act like it’s normal that a WR1 becomes a decoy all the time in big games. “Diggs walked so Gabe could run against KC”… Ok, one game.. What about the rest? Jefferson getting locked up repeatedly by Snead, even if he has some help shaded at times? Chase? Hill? Diggs was always elite because he made himself elite through hard work and his mentality. He doesn’t have elite traits. Kincaid could be one.. he has above average speed, size & athleticism mixed with spatial awareness that only some guys (Kelce) seem to possess. Rousseau has the elite traits but he hasn’t ascended to that level yet. Oliver is a good player, but I fear he lacks the size to ever be a “freakazoid”.. and perhaps that’s why he is able to be held down in big moments. Milano.. I could go either way on. Linebacker is so undervalued that I just don’t know if I view any guy at that position in that sense. I could be talked into Spencer Brown still having that potential based on how raw he still is along with his traits. Josh Allen - Certified freak Potential.. Kincaid, Brown and Rousseau Honorable mention.. Cook - If he can remember how to catch

Great point. Why have we lost to KC in the playoffs? Allen & Mahomes cancel each other out. Chris Jones has made big plays in every game and Kelce (Hill before the trade) always step up their game. Who on our Defense has consistently stepped up in the postseason? Who on our Offense has consistently stepped up in the postseason? The answer to both of those questions is nobody. A play here, a big game there, but Josh Allen hasn’t had anyone on this team that year in/year out, he goes into the postseason knowing he’s got dudes ready to ball out. That has to change.

Maybe we knew the Texans would clown themselves by giving us a potential Top 40 pick next year while simultaneously ripping up the best part of the contract they inherited.

I still legitimately have no idea what Shakir is tbh.

I’m just saying.. if we could get some JA videos in the next few weeks, that would be great.

You can choose one of these groups to roll into 2024 with… Go.

But he had no guaranteed money left on the old one. Clearly that has to be his line of thinking.

Maybe for Pick 47

That, to me, would’ve been the W. If he doesn’t live up to the deal, they can cut him at any point. If it goes well, you have a good WR on an 18M per year to year deal. Team has full control. Give up a potential Top 40 pick next year for some late Day 3’s and a rental doesn’t hit the same.

Texans Board yesterday. Welp..

Were they ever locked into it though? There wasn't much guaranteed money left on his deal after this year. It essentially became year to year options at 18M. Maybe I'm wrong, but that seems to be how it was presented before they tore it up.

We still had Ifedi on the active roster. Could compete for that role as I think they do like Van Demark as the swing tackle.

If I'm a Houston fan.. I'm not exactly loving this deal now. Even at 18M or whatever per year, they had control of Diggs for multiple years on what essentially becomes team options given the lack of guaranteed money. Now it's a rental.. for the Vikings '25 RD2 pick with some Day 3 picks in return. Steep price.

So it's a one year deal with Houston paying him more this year and tearing up the final 3 years of his deal? What am I missing? Houston traded a potentially Top 40 pick next year for a couple Day 3 picks and a rental?.. And Diggs wants to test FA at his age 32 season?

This guy absolutely jumps off the screen anytime you watch FSU.

Don't think there was much of a market for Diggs tbh. Beane's only real leverage was basically "ok, we'll just keep him then". Once the Texans came up with a 2nd Rounder, yes next year, but also attached to the Vikings, it makes sense. That's potentially a Top 40 pick next year. And while the Texans should win that division.. I am interested to see Stroud in Year 2 against this schedule: Jaguars x2 Colts x2 Titans x2 Home Ravens Bills Dolphins Bears Lions Away Cowboys Packers Vikings Chiefs Jets Patriots

I feel like Adams has quite a few jump balls thrown his way. That's not something Diggs does particularly well. Kupp is more of an elite slot.

I think a strange, yet accurate, way to describe Diggs is a WR2 who is so elite at WR2 skills that he ascended to one of the top WR’s in the league. Hes not a burner. He’s not big. He’s not a contested catch guy. He just became such an elite route runner with good, not great, size and good, not great, speed, that he ascended to Top 15 WR status in Minnesota and then Top 5 when paired with an elite QB. But for the entirety of his time here, he never really stepped up in the playoffs. Never seemed to take over a game (I’ll give him 2nd half of Pittsburgh a few years ago) and we always had jealousy watching the speed of Tyreek Hill, DK and Chase or the contested catch/big body ability of AJ Brown or Justin Jefferson. I do think he has some good years left in him physically, but as a dominant outside WR1, not so much.

Oh, agreed .. that wasn't in order of talent. Nabers might be the most talented WR we've ever had here.. in Bills history, should we make the move.

Allen 100% gave his blessing. Diggs doesn't force his way out if he and Allen are on good terms and Beane doesn't trade Diggs in this way if Allen is against it. I look forward to seeing Allen make a jump this year being free of what has clearly become a tense relationship over the past year or so. And Beane knows he better make it so Allen is able to make that jump.

Shakir Samuel RD1 Pick (Around 28) RD2 Pick (Trade up) Hollins Shorter OR Shakir Samuel Nabers (big trade up) Vet WR not on roster currently Hollins Shorter