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They better move him now with all of this in the media. I don't think Baker has the emotional maturity to deal with this kind of situation. It's going to be a rough year for the Browns if he is still under center for them this season.

https://www.nbcsportsedge.com/football/nfl/teams/cle/cleveland-browns ESPN's Dan Graziano reports that the Browns are "doing due diligence" on potentially available veteran quarterbacks. "I heard lots of rumblings in the latter part of this week about Cleveland making a trade for a quarterback and possibly shipping out Mayfield," Graziano writes. The Browns have been regarded as a "wild card" entry to the Deshaun Watson sweepstakes, and while they have committed to Baker Mayfield publicly, a "big fish" could reportedly change that. This article cautions that Mayfield is still the favorite to start for the Browns in 2022, but his hold on the job appears to be tenuous. Apparently not set in stone that Baker returns as the starter. This rumor will surely not sit well with Baker and I'm sure he'll be unable to resist responding to it. Hopefully this will get interesting...

His obituary fifty years from now should start, “Army Ranger and combat veteran Alejandro Villanueva, who also played some football in the NFL….” Hope he has a great retirement, he has surely earned it.

If Cousins gets $40-45 a year, how much is Lamar Jackson going to ask for? It's going to be impossible for Baltimore to offer Jackson less than Cousins is making. I hope Cousins gets $45 a year to really put the Ravens in a box.

Stafford is the highest paid player in NFL history. He was one of the lucky QBs to get the big rookie contract before the new CBA capped rookie wages in 2011. He has made $239 million so far. Now he is queued up to make another $100+. Not bad work if you can get it.

The QB contract inflation continues... Here's a blurb about Stafford that mentions Cousins; https://www.nbcsportsedge.com/football/nfl/player/2679/matthew-stafford Here's a link to an article about the Cousin's negotiations; https://www.marca.com/en/nfl/minnesota-vikings/2022/03/05/6222ba8246163f53b78b456f.html It is expected to be a 3-4 year deal for Stafford. Makes Josh's 6 year extension at an average of $42 million a year look better every day. I think this is going to be a recurring theme as more and more QBs take their turn at the NFL QB money trough.

2021 Beasley 112 targets, 82 catches Cupp 191 targets, 145 catches I don't think Beasley is as good as Cupp either, but if you put Beasley on an offense and make an effort to get him the ball every game he will easily have 100+ catches out of the slot. We had entire games where Beasley wasn't a part of the game plan at all. I still think Beasley has a few really good seasons left in him. I hate that he's leaving but understand the business side of it too. I wish him well.

I don't understand people saying teams will balk at Beasley's contract. $7 million for a top three slot receiver who is still fully capable of 100 catches in a season??? If he were the focus of the offense like Cupp was this year he could have had 120 catches. I hate that he's leaving. I think his off the field issues are coloring some people's opinions of his on the field ability. Having said that, we're negative $2 million in cap space right now. Beane needs to clear some cap and there aren't that many places to do that. I think Beane is happy with Diggs, Davis, and Knox. Beane might also think that Josh is the kind of QB who will elevate whoever is out there running routes for him.

Lol! Don't want to sell our Bills short! You're right, I missed a pick. #183 is from the Panthers. #202 is our original 6th rounder.

The Jets are not in the QB sweepstakes this year either. They might be able to trade back further into the 1st round and pick up some more quality picks. I know that the QB class is not supposed to be great this year, but as the draft gets closer the QBs will start moving up the board with all the pre-draft hype.

Just some reference numbers on the AFCE going into the off season in one place. The cap space thing remains a mystery to me as teams always seem to be able to make moves whether they have cap space or not. The draft picks below do not include compensatory picks, Cap Space; Phins; $66 million; 1st in NFL Jets; $44 million; 5th in NFL Pats; $7 million; 21st in NFL Bills: - $2 million; 25th in NFL Draft Picks; Phins; 1st, #29 2nd, #50 3rd, #101 4th, #119, #123 5th, #157 6th, #199 7th, #222 Jets; 1st, #4, #10 2nd, #35, #38 3rd, #69 4th, #109, #115 5th, #145, #162 Pats; 1st, #21 2nd, #54 3rd, #85 4th, #125 6th, #209 Bills; 1st, #25 2nd, #57 3rd, #89 4th, #128 5th, #167 6th, #183, #202 7th, #229, #244

We have been wanting a top echelon TE in Buffalo for years. Remember the Charles Clay Experiment? Now we have one of the best young TEs in the AFC who probably hasn't reached his ceiling yet. The Bills need to make the investment to keep him around. Looking at Beane's modus operandi with previous extensions, I would expect that extension will happen sooner rather than later. The longer you wait, the more you pay.

Sometimes it's fun to go back in time to revisit draft day 2018. We all hoped Allen would be good but I don't think even the most optimistic saw how good he would become. Whether he is the best QB in the NFL or not, he is certainly in the conversation. That is no small thing. Just for fun, here is the draft day thread;

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/news/2022-nfl-mock-draft-cardinals-trade-kyler-murray-after-social-media-statement-pickett-vaults-into-top-10/ https://dawgpounddaily.com/2022/02/11/cleveland-browns-kyler-murray/ Trade Baker and a 1st rounder to the Cards for Murray? It's going to be a very interesting off season.

Agree. I think people are undervaluing the fact that Josh agreed to a six year extension on the tail end of his rookie deal. Going forward, I suspect most QBs won't be willing to sign a contract extension longer than 4 years because of their desire to get another quick bite of an ever growing apple. Josh didn't cut the Bills any slack with the annual average amount of his contract, it was a market value contract. Where he helped the Bills was with the length of the contract.

https://www.nbcsportsedge.com/football/nfl/player/10958/derek-carr Josh's six year extension is looking better everyday. We really got lucky with the timing of Josh's contract and the state of the salary cap. We're even luckier that Josh agreed to tack six years onto the end of his rookie contract. He'd be worth $50+ if his contract was extended next year.

Is he doing that warrior thing dance they do in New Zealand?

Be classy Bills fans. A big part of Chiefs Nation donated to our children's hospital.

Another Buffalo Bills angel who can watch the games upstairs with my dad. Be advised, my dad has been know to throw around some colorful expletives when the Bills fumble, throw a pick, or commit a stupid penalty. I wish they both could have seen their team win the Super Bowl. I'm truly sorry for your family's loss. God Bless.

I really expect both Mahomes and Allen to be on their game tomorrow night. I think it might come down to which defense is able to make a play.

Hey mankc! Welcome to the board. 🙂 It should be a great game. I wish it was the AFC Championship game. There are definitely some posters here who think the Bills will win, but there is nothing here like this thread on the Chiefs Planet website. https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=341995 There is some really ugly stuff in that thread. I had registered on the Chiefs Planet website this week to post some messages there about the game. After reading that thread I reconsidered. Let's hope it's a great game that comes down to the wire, no injuries. and no officiating nonsense. May the best team win. 🍻

I've been visiting the Chiefs board and they are certainly not lacking in confidence over there. I have no idea how this game is going to go. I think they are two great teams with elite QB play. I think if the teams played 10 times it would be a 5-5 split or 6-4. I think this game is a toss up and it is going to come down to sacks and turnovers. The team that protects the ball and their QB better is going to win. Let's hope it's not the officials who determine the outcome.

It must be embarrassing for the team when over half the stadium is cheering for the visiting team. I guess they'd rather have empty seats than seats with the other team's fans in them. We never miss a Nashville Bills game. We live two hours away and Nashville is a fantastic city to visit.

Defensive coordinators have to pick their poison, either drop everyone back into coverage and give Allen time to pick them apart from the pocket, or rush Allen and try to force him into making a mistake or taking a sack all the while hoping he doesn't break containment and run for 30 yards. I honestly don't know what a defense can do. The guy is a unicorn. It's like Belichick said, Josh Allen is a problem.

I was looking at the Pat's cap situation next year and was shocked to see the contracts they handed out last year during their free agent spending spree. They're on the hook for huge salaries to Jonnu Smith, Hunter Henry, Nelson Agholor, and Kendrick Bourne. I don't see their offense getting much better even if Mac Jones takes a step forward next year with these guys catching balls for him. The numbers for those four players are crazy and the dead cap hit is going to make it tough to move on. Bourne is the only easy out in the group. 2022 Salary / Dead Cap Hit Hunter Henry $15m / $19m Nelson Agholor $14m / $14.8m Jonnu Smith $13m / $26m Kendrick Bourne $6.4m / $2.8m Pats top 4 pass catchers salary in '22; $48.4m Pats top 4 pass catchers dead cap hit in '22; $62.6m Those 4 pass catchers are 24% of the Pats total cap next year. I don't think any of those players would even start on our team. Hunter Henry might push Knox, but that's the only possibility and Knox is going to make $1.2m next year. The structure of these contracts are an albatross around the Pat's neck. The '23 contract hits aren't much better. BB has made some very questionable GM moves. It couldn't have happened to a nicer franchise. 2022 Cap stats; https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/new-england-patriots/cap/ 2023. Cap stats; https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/new-england-patriots/cap/2023/