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Depends... do we have a functional OL and a legit WR2? If so, someone like Keenum would probably be fine. If not, sign or draft a guy with a big arm and mobility.

I tend to trust, somewhat, what the guys over at Cover 1 say... and they seem to think, based on talking to others in different markets, that Oliver brings back a Day 2 pick and a Day 3 pick. I'd trade him for simply a 4th, but he does seem to have some value.

Also, I vividly remember fans.. nonstop.. questioning outside WR depth the entire off-season last year. Hardly anyone was thinking, ahhh we got Gabe opposite Diggs... we're fine. All camp/pre-season, we were fed the "pass catchers" line. Now, again, Beane is talking about "play makers/RAC" when asked about WR.... My goodness, BRO, just get us another legit outside WR2. Stop being cute about it. We all know what the deal is.

What doesn't add up for me is when Beane insinuates that the expectations for Gabe Davis were out unrealistic after the KC game. I don't know that we all thought he would be Calvin Johnson out there.. we just thought, given Beane didn't address outside WR, that they thought he was an top flight WR2 heading into the season. He is not. He's got value. He's a high end 3, low end/mid WR2, with a lot of big play ability... but top flight WR2, he is not. Don't tell us we were unrealistic, if this past year is what they thought he would be, we have much bigger issues at hand...

I like Morse a lot, but if the staff has any future plans of moving Bates to Center, I'd start that transition immediately and make sure we sign, and draft, a stud LG & RG to start the revamp of our IOL. If they don't, then maybe we should keep him and address C next year in the draft. Ed Oliver needs to be traded. I honestly think it's FO malpractice to keep him, with his cap hit, on this team. We could really use the 10.5M elsewhere, we could really use an extra draft pick or two and we have zero DT's under contract for '24. Extend Daquan Jones and either sign or draft a legit DT to start next to him on a multi-year/rookie contract. I'd keep Hyde. I firmly believe we should let Poyer and Edmunds walk, so having Hyde back there as a vet presence is worthwhile. I'd also keep AJE. He's a solid rotational DE. Not what we hoped he would be, but he's good enough to be a rotational piece on this Defense. I'd probably be ok with him getting a second contract here as DE4 to be honest. Spencer Brown has so much potential. I also believe we need to see it through with him. That also means making sure LT-LG-C-RG are above average players so he can be the up and down piece until he, hopefully, figures it out. Agree on McKenzie and Neal. There's no room anymore to pay legitimate money to fringe/ST guys.

CB1 Tre White CB2 Kaiir Elam CB3/4 Dane Jackson CB3/4 Christian Benford That's a really high potential CB room, in both starter ability and depth. If the plan is to keep Dane Jackson for multiple years, it would seem logical to move Benford to Safety given the comments Beane has made about him. If not, I can see where keeping him at CB makes sense.

We've had the same playoff results year after year under Frazier. A bit different from having a rookie OC dealing with that.

Agreed, which is why negative plays are so important in the playoffs. This defense, under Frazier, with core guys like Edmunds, Oliver and Poyer just didn't create them when it mattered in the postseason. The defense simply isn't aggressive enough for that to occur, unless we're to believe we need elite talent at every position...which isn't sustainable.

Thinking back, Dorsey was dealt a pretty bad hand. I'm optimistic he has a good Year 2. -He has a brand new OL coach trying to implement a new scheme with middle of the road talent, which led to a bottom third OL ranking. -He had no real slot WR after Crowder went down early in the season. -His WR2 turned out to be a high end WR3/big play threat. -Josh Allen busted up his elbow halfway through the season and clearly wasn't right, albeit improving, throughout the rest of the season.

Sure.. in the regular season, Frazier is fantastic. He’s not the guy to slow down Mahomes/Burrow in the Playoffs. We’ve seen enough to know that. This defense honestly needs a re-alignment, not just of coaching, but of investment. If Frazier leaving is followed by Poyer & Edmunds replaced by guys 1/3 of their cost, along with a situational pass rush specialist FA and moving Ed Oliver for picks and more size in the middle .. we may finally be onto something. And maybe they don’t annihilate bad to mid QB’s like Frazier’s D with Edmunds and Poyer, but they will have been built in a mold to better compete in the Playoffs (create more negative plays) while allowing more cap to be spent on the Offense.

I think McDermott is taking over the defensive play calling, and the good news is that he now knows there are no more fingers to point if they don't step up in the Playoffs.

100% sounds like Frazier was done after the season and the plan is to have McDermott take over play calling. This obviously didn't just come about over the weekend. They simply waited until now to make the announcement.

Frazier is a class act of a person. Good defensive mind. Consistently had top flight defenses in the regular season. However, we are no longer a regular season accomplishment team.. It's all about the Playoffs, and in the Playoffs his defense has been a massive letdown. It was time to part ways and thank him for his service to this team and applaud the ambassador he was for the Buffalo Bills.

Doubt it .. he donated $2800 to Biden in 2020

Could not understand why so many people were interested in this case. Was bored at the office yesterday and put it on. Have watched a good bit of it yesterday and today. Murdaugh definitely comes across as a liar with a ton of issues, but there has been nothing .. at all .. that has convinced me he killed his wife and son… at least not yet. …and fwiw, I went into this hearing others explain the case to me and thinking “well, of course he’s guilty of murder”. These two days of him on the stand have made me question that.

Theres a theory, that’s likely wrong - but interesting, that states the Browns knew what they were doing and are actually genius because they knew who was coming up for deals next… Jackson, who they knew would demand the same deal, likely more… and Burrow, playing for a team that has money issues. Both in their division, both using the Watson deal as a template that becomes a major headache for their owners.

“Ok, well if you trade Ed Oliver, who are you replacing him with?”

I think this is the first off-season the fanbase is critical of Beane & McDermott. 13 seconds, last year.. yea, but it was different. It was criticism of a moment, not of failures and philosophy. This year it’s everywhere… fanbase, WGR, podcasters, Twitter personalities It seems 0-100, but honestly it’s just a release of things people were feeling for a while, but able to quell due to the AFC CG, followed by an epic Divisional Round Game. The product on the field was there, we will eventually breakthrough.. just a tweak here or there… and then this year happened.

The contractual demands from Lamar for the Ravens are compounded by the fact that they’re in the AFC. Lamar in the NFC… He might go into the season as the best QB in that conference for whichever team may trade for him. Lamar in the AFC… 2nd best in his division, 6th(?) in the conference. How can an AFC team justify taking on the risk of the contract he wants when there are 5 conference teams that have a QB advantage over you?

I'm sure Lamar knows that some team will give him something like 50M per, fully guaranteed, 6-7 year contract. Easy for us to say that's crazy, given we have Josh Allen, but I'm sure quite a few would pay whatever it takes to someone like Lamar Jackson when we were wandering in the QB wilderness after Jim Kelly. Let's hope the Jets are that team. Kill their cap and deplete their picks... Woody Johnson said he'd do whatever it takes to bring in a top tier QB, didn't he? Lamar, debatable, but most would say he's that.

Two things can be true. 1) He is twice the QB Watson is. 2) Baltimore should absolutely not give him the contract he is asking for.

Chiefs, to their credit, also have the luxury of being able to sign a bunch of 2/3 WR's because they have Travis Kelce in his prime. No other team, not even SF/Kittle or BAL/Andrews, have a TE that is so dominant, fluid, athletic with the ability to beat man, read zone, block at a high level etc., He's their WR1 as a TE. Age aside.. for one year.. I'd take Kelce over any other skill player in the NFL... no hesitation.

Bills are in danger of being relegated to the XFL

Yes Yes To be determined. So far, they've shown they can build/lead a playoff team. They have not shown they can build/lead a championship team, yet.