MJS

Why do you think Rousseau was overdrafted? He was almost universally seen as an end of the 1st round prospect. That's exactly where he was taken. And Basham was seen as a 2nd round prospect.

Why does anyone want Rodgers? Pretty confusing.

Nobody is forcing them to play football for an upstart league that is making no cash flow. They are lucky they get paid anything. Most people PAY to play sports. These guys are already guaranteed a minimum of $55k per year. That's not getting you rich, but for an upstart league making no money, it is decent.

They are still a bunch of rich dudes with connections who can move on to the next thing they want to. The players are normal people. They for sure have more to lose.

Which hurts the players more than anyone.

Ok. He was pretty dang good, though. He is probably a top 15 to 20 Bills player of all time regardless of position. He was a fumble causing machine and made impact plays routinely.

Aaron Schobel did it for a long time at a high level. Mario Williams had the best stretch of elite play (2012- 2014). Phil Hanson made an impact and is probably the 3rd guy in consideration. I'd put them in that order.

All these guys would be working at Hobby Lobby and Burger King if the UFL folded...

Ok... well, your rage doesn't change anything.

That's not the type of QB he is.

If Allen had the 90's defense they wouldn't make the postseason because every defensive player would be suspended under the current rules. And more losses than wins. That's the real tell.

I'm assuming they also capture where the knee or other body parts are down. That's a critical piece and sometimes players are almost completely obscured, especially on plays like a QB sneak. How does the AI determine things when none of the camera angles show anything with certainty? Do the officials step in there? Yeah, if that's the case, it is practically useless. If officials are still eyeballing everything, what's the point?

Worthy had an OK rookie season. He made a few good plays in the playoffs, though, so I see why some people are excited about him.

They are certainly a rival. Disdain has little to do with it. You don't have to hate them. I don't. But they are rivals. That could change in the future, yes, but that's how it is right now. Division rivals are automatically rivals, I'll give you that.

Meh. We clearly didn't want him. The trade was harmless. Not choosing to take Worthy could be seen as a mistake, if you feel strongly about that. The issue would be player evaluation and strategy, not the trade. Anyway, I'm not convinced Worthy is some missing link. Let's see how his career pans out the next few years.

Don't trade with your rivals. That's my take. The draft trade was rather harmless, but I think you just shouldn't do it.

It means the difference between the best and the worst is not that significant as far as those things are concerned.

I wouldn't mind that. He is a good player.

I could look it up, but I really don't care to. I don't want him to make that much. Whatever percentage it is, I want it to be smaller.

Yeah, I don't want that high of a percentage of the cap going to him. I'd want less, like what I said. But there might be teams willing to give him that much.

The Commanders making such a big jump is clearly because of winning, not because they changed so many things for the players 😆 Well, the question is whether they get one-on-one attention from training staff, which 75% of players said they did for the Bills. I think the conclusion is a little different from the question they asked. There might be players who felt their recovery went just fine even if they didn't have one-on-one attention all the time.

I just don't think we can keep fielding the same players and expect anything different. I say blow up the line and try new players. That means moving on from Rousseau, Miller, and Jones. Not because they are bad. Because they aren't good enough. I'm willing to take a step back there if it means we bring in some young disruptors to develop and possibly trade for or sign a legit pass rusher. Rousseau is a good edge defender. He is great at containing and stopping the run. He makes a play here and there as a pass rusher. But he just isn't one of those elite edge rushers that we need. He would be good opposite an elite edge guy, similar to Jerry Hughes. If we get that, maybe I could be convinced to keep him. Yeah, maybe this is naive, but I'd want 20 to be the max. I'm wanting more like 18 or 19 per year for him.

Sounds like Rousseau.

You don't choose what team you go into the hall of fame with in the NFL. It isn't like basketball. Lynch had a bunch of off the field issues in Buffalo and then continued to have them in Seattle for awhile until he changed and matured. For that reason, I don't blame the Bills for moving him.

That's a bottom half of the league set of receivers.