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You are right on that, the question is, do you have to pay a QB or can you find a reasonable fit and keep rolling. Tannehill got paid for executing what Tenn wanted. Would Fitz have taken them just as far for 1/2, I would argue, yes. Could they have gone to a Ryan this year? Probably. The counter point is the Colts who keep searching for a guy to get it done. Anybody dumb enough to go w Wentz deserves the problems they had.

For me Parsons is the most valuable Non-QB in trade. He’s on another level and did it as a rookie, this is the first guy to be an honest to goodness comparison to LT since LT left the game and I dare say he might be better. On a rookie deal, that’s unrivaled. Chase and Jefferson are extremely valuable because of the insane contracts given to WR this year.

Was worth a top 5 pick a year ago and put up massive numbers as a rookie, he’s got the credentials.

I have been calling for the Bills to do it for 10 years, then they landed Allen and I still think it’s the way to go. Build the Rex Ryan “Bully”. Go Big on O, take advantage of the teams that got small and fast to counter the passing teams. Pound them into submission and torch them over the top. There’s never been a time that it made more sense. To an extent, that’s what Tenn and Indy have done, now imagine them with Josh at QB, good gawd. It’s what Carolina did when they went 15-1 with Tess Ginn as their best WR. NE is trying to do it, but they don’t have the deep threat. Side watch out for the Raiders if they get their run game rolling, they are built to beat pretty much anyone with that O. They should have great balance.

Simple solution, score more than the other team in regulation. And don’t let them move all the way down the field in 13 seconds.

Statistically speaking, women are far less likely to reach the top of a company than males. There’s any number of reasons that may be, but I’d say it’s fair to suggest there is a underlying bias in the world that plays out negatively for both women and minorities.

All very fair. Not trying to be a wise guy, but in today’s climate, couldn’t one simply “identify” as a minority and it would stand?

If you take it for exactly what it is, I think this is a valid point of view that many have. There have been many scholars who have made the same argument from the minority population. They want equal opportunity, not bogus mandates to force people to take them.

I think THIS right here is very true. People like to surround themselves with people like themselves. If all things were equal (they never are), I think you would be correct. Women face the same battle in the work place.

Well stated, I have one nitpick, all of this is assuming the quality of the candidates is equal. To arbitrarily force a hire based on skin tone is racism at its core. If a white man is best qualified for the position available, why should they be dismissed, based solely on not being a minority? To take this to another extreme, Cooper Kupp has shown that white men can be top flight WRs, yet he is in the vast minority, would the NFL ever institute a rule to force teams to take a white WR regardless of skill set? It’s effectively the same rule. Furthermore, the unintended effect of this will be check box hirings where people are hired to roles simply to meet the requirement. Those individuals are going to miss out on legitimate opportunities because they are locked to a contract that was a forced mandate. Thus, the advancement they deserve will likely be inhibited.

If and it’s a big IF he is a good starter, this was great, if he’s not, the Bears got us. I always worry about handing a big deal to a guy who was buried on the depth chart, then suddenly looks good for a short stretch. If he plays as well as he did down the stretch it’s a great deal for the Bills.

I wonder if the Browns won’t hold on him for the first half of the year when it’s likely their new jackass will be suspended.

20M for 3 years would be about right.

I agree, you take the Bellicheck theory on WRs especially, better to lose them a year early than keep them a year too long. Diggs is a good player and still playing at a high level, but he’s dangerously near the end of his best days. I wouldn’t resign him, unless it’s truly a bargain.

You really can’t drop his cap hit to 5 in any real world scenario AND keep flexibility later. The deal for Miller was a dangerous game of punting the cap hit down the road, works to get him on the squad this year and you hope the cap goes up next year, but if you look at the implications for the future, that’s how you become the Saints, Rams etc. Allen’s money hits next year, Miller hits, and then Diggs, the 3 of them would account for 75M+, nightmare scenario for talent retention. I see the best way as actually bringing Diggs number up a little this year, to 20 from 17, with something like a Hill deal, 4 years 70M guaranteed, he gets 40m signing, 10m base for 3 years guaranteed, 30M year 4, no guarantees. He gets close to the top on everything and you cap hit remains manageable at 20M, plus you aren’t paying past his prime.

So right now he’s due about 13.5M for the next 2 years at cap hits of 17 and 18 M. You COULD tear up his contract and give him a 4 year deal that would have a 10M base guaranteed for 3 years, a 40M signing bonus and a last year non guaranteed base of 30 M, now he has a 4 year 110M deal, with cap hits of 20M for 3 years, and a dead cap of 10M last year, which could be a post June 1 cut at 5M. Now he’s paid elite, cap hit is about the same, Josh keeps his boy, and we are out at 32yrs old on a small WR. He gets 70M guaranteed, just behind Hill.

I honestly don’t think they will keep Diggs on a long term contract. The same thing that happened to RBs is about to hit with WRs. Teams that pay 25M+ for one guy to touch the ball 10 times a game are going to find out it’s not worth it. The values will head back to reality. The difference between a WR being great or just pretty good is the QB throwing them the ball. There are elite talents out there, Adams appears to be one, Hill is completely unique and Deebo does things no one else does, aside from them, maybe Kupp and Hopkins? Without Allen, Diggs was good, now he gets CALLED great. He’s not. Justin Jefferson stepped into his spot and out produced everything Diggs had done in Minn as a rookie, and backed it up the next year. Diggs got Allen and BARELY had more yards than Jefferson as a rookie. Look at what Allen has done with nobodies, he got 1k out of John Brown who proved to be a fringe NFL player as he left. He got Beasley the most yards he’s ever had (almost 1k), he made people believe Robert Foster was a NFL player. He was the man behind getting our 4th round WR a 225 yard game in the playoffs. Allen will make WRs, just like Brady did. Give him reasonably good ones, he will make them look great, give him Randy Moss and it’s not even fair. How many big time WRs did Brady have through his Patriots career? 1. Brady made the rest of them. How many rings does he have.. a lot. Diggs is not Randy Moss, he’s more the mold of a Welker who was good before Brady and considered a HOF player with him. I see the Bills drafting WRs and pushing them into action, along with signing guys like Crowder, Sanders etc, who want a chance to shine. If Davis comes on this season, I’d bet you see Steph get a rework of his contract to get him more money up front and a set up to unload him when they need to resign Davis, they keep the younger guy, let Steph go get paid big money by some other team at 30+ years old and move on.

Let’s not forget he took the corpse of John Brown over 1k in yards and had people believing Foster was too valuable to trade (subsequently cut btw).

This I agree with whole heartedly. He does cause match-up problems, no matter how you look at it. If he goes to the flat, you aren’t leaving a CB on him, going to take a LB to handle someone that big.

Watson fell past them too. Obviously his name has now been dragged through the mud, but you are talking 3 of the top young QBs in the league in 2 years.

Make some more cash big fella! Love the potential with him, but it didn’t seem to translate well.

Well that sucks.

You hear that about every player, every year. Just no saying that’s the case. 😂 yes. I should have been more caught up in the Underwear Olympics.

I like what I see in that he appears to actually have vision, that’s awesome. I don’t see a super physical runner, especially for his size. He bounces a lot to the outside. Hands look good, has some shiftiness to him. Trying to think of a guy to compare him to and all I come up with is Melvin Ingram III, which isn’t enough for me. Ok if he’s there in the second, but I’m not burning a first on him. He’s a little like Henry coming out, that worked out, but he struggled early.

But the difference between playoffs or not may be one win, hence you try to have a guy that gives you a chance to get that win.