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  1. On 3/19/2022 at 9:35 PM, JayBaller10 said:

    I think the league is flooded with good to great WRs, but it doesn’t hold true for those other positions - QB, DE, OTs, and CBs. In that sense I don’t recognize it as a premium position. Similar to RB, it’s not starving for talent. The only WRs I’d break the bank for are the physical freak, future HoFers like Randy Moss. I wouldn’t allow anyone else to approach obscene numbers like $30M/yr, I’d have a percentage allocation of the cap for replaceable positions if I were GM.

    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.

  2. 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.

  3. 21 hours ago, JayBaller10 said:

    I’ve said it before, WR isn’t a premium, in demand position. There are receivers coming out every year ready for the NFL. I’d be hard pressed to pay Diggs $25M/yr and I love everything about him from his leadership to his play on the field. Save that money for the QBs, OTs, DEs, and CBs. Those positions are all talent starved.

    I think you are wrong about WR not being a premium position, it is.  That said, I don’t think it should be.  There’s 2 out there every play at minimum.  
     

    2 things, 1)Diggs should have been extended before the market reset, reallly felt Beane blew that before things went batshit crazy.

     

    2) Diggs is not the type of WR you pay big for.  He small, not explosive, a possession WR.  I like him, but he’s not the guy that can take any DB and over power, out run, out jump them and make the big plays.  He’s a great route runner, does pretty well off the line, finds space.  He catches a lot of balls bc of it, but still little after catch and not a great RZ target.  Fan boys are going to point to TDs, great, but how often are they in goal line situations?   Great between the 20s.

     

     

     

     

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  4. 55 minutes ago, Rico said:

    Nope. Didn’t trade for Jerry Hughes either.

    He was the GM for the Tre draft, people want to blame him for Buddy Nix drafting Manuel and give McD credit for Tre, that’s BS.

    55 minutes ago, Rico said:

    Nope. Didn’t trade for Jerry Hughes either.

    He was the GM for the Tre draft, people want to blame him for Buddy Nix drafting Manuel and give McD credit for Tre, that’s BS.

    55 minutes ago, Rico said:

    Nope. Didn’t trade for Jerry Hughes either.

    He was the GM for the Tre draft, people want to blame him for Buddy Nix drafting Manuel and give McD credit for Tre, that’s BS.

  5. 20 minutes ago, JohnNord said:


    So you say his strength is the draft and then admit most of his picks didn’t turn out to be great players?  That doesn’t really sound like a strength.  I would say he was more successful at finding talent like the Lorenzo Alexander, Mike Gillislee, or Chris Hogan’s of the NFL than he was with drafting or free agency.  

     

    As far as the 2017 draft, it doesn’t sound like Whaley had any input on the actual selections.  He was on the way out.  McDermott was probably making the decisions and it’s hard to fault him for not wanting to take a QB.

    He had far better results in FA than Beane has had yet, go look at it and tell me I’m wrong.

  6. His roster was the one McD got to the playoffs with, let’s not act like he didn’t put together a good roster.  He missed on a WB which is debated if he had a call on.   His track record was not nearly what people make it out to be.  I think he had a better D built than we have now if we are being honest.

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  7. Old shot, but yeah, I’d love OBJ here.  Better to get him when/if he’s ready to come back.  Evaluate what you have and decide later in the year what the move will be.  Add that kind of weapon later in the year and you could well be the team to beat (not that the Bills aren’t already regarded as such).

  8. 2 hours ago, Nihilarian said:

    Hate to break it to ya... this team is looking at CB's now that Levi is a Steeler

    I don’t take that for granted.  Remember McD thinks he can make anybody a great CB, his history shows we can survive without the best talent at corner.  In the McBeane Carolina days, they let Norman walk because they could replace him with less cost, they also haven’t drafted a DB high since they have been here AND the guys they have found have been solid.  I honestly think it will come down to BPA at 25 or maybe they do like a certain player and go get them.  
     

    WR and CB cost a lot of money for top flight players, but WR is substantially more.  With an eye on the future, they are going to have to let Diggs walk or pay him big, they are letting Beasley go because of money, Davis is going into year 3 of 4 year contract, if he continues to trend up, he’s going to be 10M+ In 2 years.  I think now is the time you take a WR.  You still don’t “need” them to jump right in, but you can use it and develop them so you can let somebody walk rather than over paying.  Allen’s contract really hits next year, Diggs is going to want a rework to 17ish too, you just added Miller for money, Oliver is going to get paid too 10 money next year, you have to pay for a MLB be it Edmunds or other, the roster is going to feel the squeeze of Allen’s deal, you have to start drafting value.  With McD’s over confidence in his ability to develop corners, I don’t think you see one until round 2 at the earliest.  There’s reason for them to look at drafting WR, MLB, CB, OL early in this draft.  I worry more about CB myself, I just think history actually points away from it, unless a super talent falls in their lap.

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  9. 6 minutes ago, Sheneneh Jenkins said:

    Honestly, lining up next to Spencer Brown would probably help just about anyone lol.

    How crazy is it, he fell to the third because he was so raw, yet came in and became the best player on the line (personal opinion), in very short order?   The guy is a beast.  Hopefully, we see a little more maturity this year, or he’ll cost us some taunting penalties, but you get to give people crap when you are whipping them.

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  10. If the Vikes really want him they can sign him to a deal that’s front loaded, make it a higher cap hit this year and we’d be screwed.  They are up against the cap too though, so if I had to guess, he won’t be getting anything we couldn’t match aside from some stupid poison pill like more than 3 games played in NY causes an escalation of salary.  The NFL discourages this type of thing, but it’s not out of question. 


    Or, maybe he has family or a booty call there, just letting the Vikes pay for the flight and dinner? Who knows.

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  11. 1 hour ago, CountDorkula said:

    I keep seeing this and its very much not the same thing at all.

     

    I cant just choose to not pay some of that money i owe on my credit card and cut it. 

    Actually, you can.  Think of some of the debt as a subscription service you are paying for, like Prime or whatever.  You have the ability to cut off the service and not have to pay for it anymore.  Then you can kick the can down the road by transferring the debt to another card for a period, etc. You always have to make your minimum payment, but you can play until you run out of credit lines.  With big dumps of cash, that can go on for a LONG time.

  12. He and Miller really play the same spot, so he would have to accept that he’s a back-up and he paid like it.  His numbers over the last few years pretty much tell that story.  He’s still able to get pressure, but he rarely gets home anymore.   It would be fun to see him at DE and Miller playing at LB on passing downs, just let them both go after the QB.   I think his time here is probably done, he’s getting up in age we have 3 young guys, plus Miller now, doesn’t seem there would be room. 

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  13. 1 minute ago, Maynard said:

    Jesus, too many?

    Didn’t seem as though it was, but started the night by slamming 2 of them in about a 15 minute span.  It got real ugly from there. This was at the tail end of my college party days, I was a professional drinker, never have I ever been in such a state before or after that night.  Most people have a bad experience with them and many have horror stories.  The caffeine over load and the high abv is/was an awful combo if you put them down quick.

  14. 11 hours ago, The Firebaugh Kid said:

    My buddy had an episode that involved the police after the Colts playoff win, he drank several of those during the game. No charges but close call, those things are not good 

    Worst night of my life started with those things.. almost died, NEVER again.

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  15. 1 minute ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:

    If they wouldn't give Levi $4 million they must have a plan. 

    Patrick Peterson is a possibility.

    Hope so.. projections had Wallace at 10m/ year, hope Beane didn’t buy that and not make an offer.. surprised he sign that deal honestly.

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