JGMcD2

Herein lies your problem.

This restructure was likely planned weeks, days, or even hours before its announcement to facilitate the moves already made. The sequence of events doesn’t necessarily have to be linear—some moves can be made in anticipation of the restructure, while others can follow once it's in place. Whether it was written down on paper, in Beane's head, or officially with the league office, it was all part of the broader plan.

Only 5 years older than 2024 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year Jared Verse...

They're not executing on that very well... their line was atrocious last year, and they've added 34-year-old Morgan Moses who graded out as the 64th best T in 2024 and Mack Hollins to support Drake Maye. They've dropped gobs of money on defense, and have acquired some good players, but nobody that really strikes fear.

It’s funny, I feel the same way every time you post.

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Some of you are absolutely brutal lol. Professional sports isn’t as easy as “strap ‘em up”

If Ryan Nielsen identified this as a guy he wants to develop, let him develop him.

Who exactly made the decision to draft Josh Allen? Was it the Buffalo Bills as a faceless entity, or specific individuals in leadership? This article provides a good look at the decision-making group—five people were on that plane experiencing the "mountain wave." Three are still with the team, while the other two are now picking in the top 10 for the third time in four years. https://www.espn.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/277930/on-josh-allen-bills-hope-all-turbulence-is-behind-them After reading that article and revisiting 2018, did Josh Allen look like a surefire MVP-level quarterback? Or did the decision-makers have to develop a plan to get him there? Did he plateau after two of those decision-makers left, or did he continue to grow and win a MVP while the others made a conscious decision to move forward with Daniel Jones and then failed to develop him? Perhaps Sean McDermott and Brandon Beane deserve more credit than you've given them for cultivating the environment that allowed Josh Allen to thrive, shaping the conditions for his growth into an MVP-level quarterback. He’s pushed away plenty of good coaches, hasn’t he? Daboll didn’t leave for a head coaching job? What has he actually accomplished in New York? Just look at what Daboll did to Wink Martindale. Daboll has always been the difficult personality, to the point where they had to move him off the sidelines because it was interfering with Josh’s development.

There are different degrees of development. I wasn’t suggesting he should have made Allen into Jones. Brian Daboll willingly hitched his wagon to Daniel Jones by signing off on a fat extension and it was a disaster after that.

Clearly you’re very good at burying your head in the sand!

You blanket statement said we don’t develop players well… when did elite become the standard? Find me a team that’s churning out elite players year after year, most can’t even develop depth. You’re thanking Daboll? I’ll dig up my post on who should get credit for than. He gets some, but I can assure you he’s not the main stakeholder. Check out his work with Daniel Jones.

What in the actual ***** are you talking about? Didn’t develop Shakir, Cook, Bernard, Brown, Benford, Johnson, ALLEN? Josh Allen is arguably the greatest player development example in NFL history…

Wrong. Our players gave him that nickname in like 2019 or 2020 far before Von Miller came here.

Camryn Bynum and Julian Blackmon would be nice.

Paulson Adebo got $54M over 3 years. Not the $30M that was originally reported. That's a lot for a guy with a broken femur

Moehrig to the Panthers 3/51

Spencer Brown was absolute freaking steal with his $18M AAV. Dan Moore just got over $20M AVV, Jaylon Moore (who?) got $15M AVV from KC and the Pats had to give Morgan Moses 3 years at 34 years old.

Yeah, my bad. False Alarm.

He broke his femur in October. That's not a simple injury to recover from, there's a lot of risk.

These bad teams (Carolina, Cleveland) setting the market at positions is increasingly frustrating. At least Myles Garrett is the best in the world, but guys like Watson and Horn? Woof.

Once upon a time, this would have been great. What about now?

I’m really not following your point? They’re likely already under the cap with the moves they’ve already made, which makes them compliant with NFL rules. They can restructure at any time without any effort, even after if they agree to terms with a big fish. If they decide they want to extend, that requires effort, but they’re not in jeopardy of being without cap space to use.

Restructures and extensions are two different things. Brandon Beane can restructure the 4 guys you need named and open cap space with no negotiations needed. He’ll have the money when he needs the money.

It’s as if sacks aren’t the only thing you pay for a DE to provide…