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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.

Gotta imagine it’s a vet min deal. He’s not exactly an in demand player. Good person to teach the youngsters on PS and to be an emergency use guy. If Josh goes down for a week, Keenum starts, but we have somebody in house to back up, solid move.

I wonder if they will package Edmunds and a pick to move up. If they can get one of the Georgia LBs for example, lower the cap hit and solve the problem for the next 4-5 years at a lower cost.

Until he decides to sit.. he’s getting low balled and knows it, they will have to do something with him. I don’t support that, but it’s life in the NFL.

We agree on that! No way I’d touch that Adams contract. The guy is going to get at best 10 catches a game (average) and yes, maybe they make some that others wouldn’t, but I don’t think it’s the difference between winning and losing as much as people make it out to be. Diggs is a guy I really wouldn’t pay, no physical traits that scare you, he’s really a small possession WR. I love him, puts up good numbers, but a huge difference maker? No. John Brown put up over 1k here, Robert Foster looked like an NFL player with Josh. Josh will make any WR look good. I would be drafting one early this year and look to the future of a reasonable extension for Davis and letting Diggs walk. DJ Chark is getting more than Diggs right now, so he’s underpaid, but you can’t give him what the market will and expect to keep winning, he’s not the game breaker you need at 20+ a year.

Man, the Colts keep trying the Elway theory and blowing it. You can’t get guys that have never been greats and expect greatness when they are 40 years old. If they give up any real assets for him, their GM should be fired. I could see a flier on Mayfield, giving Mariota another shot, Minshew, whatever, but Matty’s Corpse is on Ice at this point. Just a bad move. Love to see it from a team that’s built to contend.

Always liked him, a little long in the tooth, but a good signing I feel.

Could not justify taking him in the first, BUT, I could see sending next years first to somebody to get him in the second. You think you are picking 32 next year, you aren’t getting that talent in that range and it’s always a position of need. If you can pull it off, I’d be happy with it.