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I expected Davis to get some pretty meaningful playing time anyway, Hodgins is in a roster battle, he better have come to play or he won’t have a spot AND it’s going to be super difficult for rookies to pick up new jobs without a preseason. I see it as: locks: Diggs Smoke Beez Davis battling for a spot: Roberts (makes it unless something happened to his speed, solid WR and great KR, special teams will be a need this year) McKenzie - gadget player maybe a returner Foster- size/speed combo , maybe flipped for a late round pick. Duke - size and supposedly great hands Hodgins- spent a pick on him, probably try to get him to PS . my guess is Roberts and McKenzie make it.

Man, that’s a shame for him, he was on a promising trajectory and those injuries just destroyed it. Too bad.

Good signing, he’s an upgrade to virtually anybody we had there and good insurance as who knows what is coming in terms of injury/Covid etc this season.

That’s awful.

That could be a great place for him if they use him like the Pats do w their backs catching a lot of short throws, outs him in space where he’s still really good.

Can they still cut him/anybody that opts out? Just deal w the contract this year? Seems like it might make sense w an old guy like him. If he’s not going to play and then try to come back after a year off and was already declining... just go.

Yeah, the flu sucks too, nobody shuts down the world for it. There’s obviously no sense in talking to you about the facts, you have you mind made up that this is bad and that’s that. There is no evidence of what you are claiming, just like all viruses, there has been a slight mutation and the antibodies aren’t the same. Stop being paranoid.

Hard to believe that healthy young men are afraid of this virus, opting out means 1 of 4 things to me, 1) you don’t love the game 2) you are absolutely paranoid by everything the media says 3) you knew you were getting cut so you took the money 4) Because I know there was one case, your life mission is to help others and football doesn’t fit right now.

I agree, if he will sign for that, you bring him back, if somebody is going to give him 10+M a year, so be it. He’s good, not great, and at a position that’s just not going to get huge money once you have to pay everyone else. I would be planning my life around making Tre a priority, so there HAS to be room for him, Dawkins will have to be paid and then you are looking at Allen/Edmunds. Allen is the wild card, if he takes the next step, you are in for 35M/yr, if not, you have to start thinking about possibly using Tre as trade bait, trying to get a couple first rounders for him and be ready to move up for a QB again. Allen’s success this year will be a huge factor in a lot of these deals.

Unlikely he makes much of an impact, but good luck to him for 14 games this year. As for adding him here, it’s crowded already and full of POTENTIAL, which just means they haven’t done ***** yet. Knox has the ability to be a top 5 TE, can he put it together? I sure hope so. Kroft has had a season where he looked like a legit starter, so you have hope there. Sweeney did well in limited action and let’s not forget Pegula Jr has some receiving ability, if he can stay on the field. Smith is a guarantee for 20 yards a game, in penalties. He should be cut/ never should have been signed.. again..

Damn, that’s outstanding for the Jets. I’d make that deal without him yapping.

I agree 100%, in my mind, he should hang it up.

One has to commend the man for making the decision he believes in.

That’s different, those are clauses to execute the contract, he’s in a contract, so his rights are protected by the union. They will fight it if he’s cleared by independent doctors, if it’s for nothing more than the money.

Darryl Johnson is the one that has my eye, I feel he could be a Manny Lawson type player, that’s a helluva value.

The lack of preseason sucks for guys like Wade and UDFA as well as late rounders. This likely means Bass for example has no shot to prove himself in game conditions, so he will end up a wasted pick. This does make the Diggs trade look better, assuming of course he doesn’t opt out. It’s a sad state when these guys have literally less risk than a life ending accident, driving to the grocery store, of contracting the virus and even less of real consequences, but are they are “worried” about the season. This is some media spread paranoia and union bull#### all wrapped into one. Then again, maybe all those concussions really have started to take a toll...

Sucks big time for the guys trying to get on a roster.

I guarantee he’s still strong enough to throw 225 over his shoulder and run. That is one athletically gifted man, if he wanted to come back to the team in any form, I would be all for it. That said, I hope he goes home and enjoys life for a couple years at least, he definitely has earned it.

Fitz TO Lynch Spiller JB and a 6pack to drown the sorrows of no real QB options

But, was it? Take a look at SB winning teams and look at the RESOUNDING number of them that have QBs on a rookie deal or way under market value, then compare to the ones that have paid their QB the big deal. Looking back 10 years, you have multiple Brady Championships, where he was grossly under paid, the only ones remotely arguable are Denver and that’s really more to do with a crazy D that was all on their rookie deals. Go way back and find the young Aaron Rodgers before he got the super deal and the same for Breese. You have to have a TEAM to win, that’s created by getting more value than you are paying. Right now they have paid out a ton and if they lock in Dak, they have 60% of their cap tied into less than 10 guys, it’s not going to work. The ONLY justification for paying him what he wants is this is your only window before complete tear down and even with that, you hold the cards for 2 years. The Bills window is this year and next or they have to replace Allen. If he can’t step up, they will have to draft the next guy. They can’t pay him 35M for mediocre play and keep all the pieces around him. Thus far he isn’t even in the conversation for a top 10 QB, and outside of Buffalo he’s looked at as bottom half of the starters. Yet if they want to go forward with him (assuming he has some increased success) it’s going to be 35M plus. He’s not that kind of difference maker. We are here talking about a 3rd round QB who, regardless of Buffalo sentiment, has had a far better start to his career and the argument is they shouldn’t pay him.

Well said. It’s obscene at this point, the white “W” on the Wisconsin Badgers uniform now has to be black? REALLY?! We now have to play the “black National Anthem”, interesting, I guess I wasn’t notified of the separate Country of America for black people. Sprite says the American dream forgot the black dream? Seriously? Other people of all colors still come from all over the world with nothing and not knowing the language and make themselves great lives, but blacks can’t participate in working for the American dream. Yeah, OK. The message being put out now is equality through segregation, way to blow up 60 years of progress. Soon they will tear down MLK statues because he worked with white people. I am holding out hope, but I swear, if they announce the playing of “The Black National Anthem” before week one, I’m done with the NFL for good. Enough pandering, check with Nike and DSG on how well it works out when you choose to cave to Liberal BS, something funny happens when you discriminate against Americans, you lose. The NBA and LeBron already lost me when they hushed the Rocket’s VP for saying He supported Hong Kong, because that would hurt their wallet, but they can’t shut up about free black people being oppressed in the US. Yeah, ok, all about principle, right? No, you don’t care about oppression, you care about what you perceive will make you money.

I bet they are going to leave NY, tell Polinthearse to suck it.

Hasn’t been a factor since his contract year. What a waste of talent.

Shaq may have had his agent point out the income tax difference too, on 30M that’s HUGE, he nets about 2M more to play in Florida, winning.

Notice, I said THREAT, not most productive. Olsen scares no one, he’s a really good TE, but Ginn was the only guy who could actually hit the home run. Cam carried that team and it’s not a question. yes that was 5 years ago and Olsen was the steady guy, not the big hitter.