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Practice Squad is always an option. Similar to what we did with Kenny Stills, Devonta Freeman, Shaq Lawson, John Brown and Cole Beasley from 2020 - 2022. Jones knows he isn't going to start for a playoff contender, and he needs to be ready to play, but PS seems beneficial for everyone involved. Protects the club from doing too much shuffling with a delicate position and protects the player from having to play meaningful snaps without being up to speed. It's not money out of his pocket, whatever he makes just offsets the cost of what the Giants need to pay down on the remainder of his salary. Daniel Jones gets some stability, and a contender gets some insurance from someone who might (now) be the best backup QB in the league. If it's a good match, Jones could opt to sign a 1-year deal with the hope of rebuilding his value... similar to our own Mitch Trubisky his first go around in Buffalo. It didn't work out for Mitch in the long run, but short term, he got a decent little deal from Pittsburgh.

I don't think he's expecting to play? When they said involved, they meant in the building and on the sidelines with a playoff contender.

Don't look now, but Brandon Aubrey's FG% is lower than Tyler Bass...

Colts over Lions Patriots over Dolphins Titans over Texans Broncos over Raiders Chargers over Ravens All of this is with the idea of making things harder on the Bengals to get in. Ravens and Texans losing help cement Bills seeding as well.

When I originally started doing this, it was an attempt to make the discussion around the draft a little less subjective - I'm glad you feel this accomplishes that to some degree. The star/solid starter debate is definitely an insecurity with this, it is something I'd love to try and account for whenever I get the time to adjust. Here is 2019 - 2022 as requested!

It's weighted (albeit imperfectly) by round. It tries to capture the value you're extracting relative to your peers based on the type of talent that should be on the board and how the rest of the league valued that talent.

I was busy earlier in 2024, so I never got around to this. The bye week feels like a good time to update my analysis of league-wide draft success for the fourth time. I'm linking the previous three versions here. The old posts below explain the methodology and provide a snapshot of where teams stood at those points in time. These previous posts provide a nice little reminder that it's hard to judge draft classes until further down the road. 2021 League Wide Draft Success 2017-2019 - A Follow Up - The Stadium Wall Archives - Two Bills Drive 2022 *UPDATED* Draft Success - Measured by AV - The Stadium Wall - Two Bills Drive 2023 Draft Success Measured by AV - Part III I don't have any information to add the 2024 draft, but the 2023 draft is below. I'm not including it in the cumulative view just yet, but giving a preview as to what it looks like...

It’s amazing to me that I keep seeing references to the fact he relies on social media to make decisions… there’s not 1 Jets fan yearning for more Woody Johnson involvement. He should listen to that…

It was poorly thought out at the time as well, just bad in general.

I just want to make sure that this doesn't go ignored. Terrible, terrible post.

Gunner, can you explain a little bit what you’ve seen with Grable and what you may project his career arc to look like?

Evan McPherson (71.4%) CIN Justin Tucker (72.7%) BAL Younghoe Koo (73.1%) ATL Jake Elliott (73.7%) PHI Joshua Karty (80.0%) LAR 2 Division Leaders, 2 Division/Wild Card contenders and another Wild Card hopeful. Bass is also clicking at a better clip than Jake Moody, Josh Myers and Ka’imi Fairbarin.

There are other playoff teams with a far worse kicking situation and a higher waiver priority.

Josh Allen Hawaiian shirt. It’s now 9-0.

Oh yeah, made the comment that if McDermott doesn't get to the AFCCG this year we're better off going with ANYONE else. I went back and looked at his post history from 2017... his ideal hire when we settled on McDermott was Todd Haley. The whole notion of thinking "just anyone" will have a better shot is ridiculous, because you know, it ignores the fact that we're more likely to end up with a dud than we are Shanahan or McVay... which by the way, McDermott occupies the same tier.

Where's the guy that wanted Todd Haley instead?

He's clearly conscious of protecting himself. He's not running with reckless abandon on every play like he used to... the run tonight and the TD that was called back against Miami show he still has that gear when he NEEDS to get into that gear. The difference is he's trying to avoiding doing it.

Look at the way his family behaves, he’s just like them. If he wasn’t the best QB in football, people would have next to no respect for him. When Mahomes is done playing and becomes a NFL alum, the goodwill he has from being a great QB will start to disappear. Time will not be kind to Patrick Mahomes, people will absolutely despise him and his ego.

I’m not ready to start freaking out yet. If he’s cleared, it’s a pain management thing. Dalton Kincaid was cleared to go back in the game on Sunday and pulled himself. He felt like he couldn’t protect himself with the way his body felt. Who is to say it’s not the same thing with Cooper? These guys are ELITE athletes that rely on their body for a living. I understand he’s cleared, but nobody knows him better than him. I’ve seen players cleared by trainers and told it’s just a pain management thing, but the player continues to report significant pain. This forces additional tests and imaging - shocker it was actually a significant injury that was misdiagnosed.

OMG WHAT ARE THE TITANS THINKING?!?

A lot of posters here were pretty upset when the Dolphins signed Long to a deal for 2/$10M. They felt we should have pursued him…

Fixed the title - wasn’t thinking about it too much when I was comparing the two. My bad.

I think the San Francisco 49ers just created the framework for a Christian Benford extension today. Deommodore Lenoir received a 5-year deal worth $92 Million a little over half way through his 4th season. Lenoir was drafted in 2021 by the 49ers in the 5th Round (172) out of Oregon. In his first three full seasons (2021-2023) he played in 47 games (32 Starts) recording 17 PD, 4 INT, 1 Sack and 124 tackles. PFF gave Lenoir grades of 57.1, 55.9, and 72.5 across his first three full seasons. Lenoir finished his 3rd season at 24 years of age. Lenoir has had a strong 2024 (4th season) thus far, in 9 games he has 6 PD, 2 INT, 1 FF and 53 tackles. He currently has a 67.8 grade from PFF. Christian Benford is half way through his 3rd season in the NFL. Benford was drafted in 2022 by the Bills in the 6th Round (185) out of Villanova. Looking at his first three seasons up to this point (2022-2024) he has played in 33 games (28 Starts) recording 19 PD, 4 INT, 3 FF, and 92 tackles. PFF assigned grades of 55.7, 82.2 and 77.0 (TBD) to Benford. He’s playing his 3rd season at 24 years of age. Lenoir has played both the boundary and nickel positions in his career while Benford has exclusively played the boundary. At this point, Benford seems to have outplayed Lenoir statistically despite having 7 games remaining in his 3rd season. It’s a crude comparison, but a Lenoir is a player with a similar background to Benford and may give us an idea of what it will take to retain Benford ahead of his 4th and final year of his rookie contract.

I’m not so sure. This is starting to become a question of legacy for Mahomes and Reid - they have 3 Super Bowl victories and you have to think they get 2-3 more before they’re done. They get a chance at going undefeated with the 17 game season, it gets them closer to Belichick and Brady.