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AZ should have told Murray to pound salt, play on your current deal or don’t, we aren’t giving you more. This is their punishment for being fools. Baltimore has a real interesting decision ahead of them. I personally would try to tag and trade Lamar, he’s a top performer, but he doesn’t seem to have the ability to raise the level of the team in a manner that justifies taking the huge risk with him. The team needs an over haul anyway, I’d start with a boat load of picks and cap space. If there was a crazy drop off when Lamar isn’t playing, I’d be far more inclined to pay him, but that’s just not the case. I know it COULD be coaching, but I also know I haven’t seen a single QB look better after Roman left. I’d side with caution and let him go, I feel like he is pretty close to his ceiling right now. On a better team that’s good enough to win quite a bit, but will it be enough to land a title? Ehh… The biggest problem is going to be the media backlash for not wanting to pay him, you know Steven A is going to lose it, but that’ll calm down pretty quickly.

The issue is, this team is built on the pass, great early in the year and much tougher to do as the weather gets worse. The backend of the schedule, when you have must wins, your team is handicapped. It’s not the greatest situation. I don’t understand why a dome wouldn’t be the #1 option in a new stadium.

I think you need to check your facts before you have crab legs stolen out of your freezer.

Gotta agree, I think the Bills can implement the Lamar Jackson defense on Hurts and shut him down. He’s arguably having a better year than Lamar in his MVP season, but I don’t think he’s ready for the difference the playoffs bring. This is the guy that got taken out in the big game for Tua, not that it defines a player, but he hasn’t proved he can dominate when it matters. There’s very VERY few that can do it on the NFL level. As of this very moment it’s Maholmes, Burrow, Allen, Rodgers and Brady and the last two are extremely questionable at this point in their careers.

He’s not elite yet, most of his sacks are really coverage sacks or somebody else pushing the QB to him. He’s got some more moves than he had, I’d like to see him stunt inside more, he’s an absolute problem when he does. He does a great job against the run and his length definitely causes issues. His pass rush still has a long way to go to be considered elite. He’s a legit starter at DE in the NFL and that’s a great start. I’m hoping for Campbell 2.0.

He really did not come close to performing as well as Blackshear in the pre-season, but if it makes you feel better to say it, that’s fine.

A couple things here, the field was wet, he’s playing against guys that are faster than he is when he’s 110%, safe is the right word, but I don’t necessarily think it’s him protecting himself as much as it is making sure one mis-step isn’t a touchdown. He did miss an obvious read late in the game when the Jets were playing to the sidelines, he broke inside, was really shocked to see him make a “mental error” of the sort, but overall he played well. Keeping in mind this is really his “pre-season”, you also need to remember he doesn’t always start off real fast either, the year after his contract people were calling for his head because he wasn’t shutting people down the first 4 games of the year. He needs to get in the flow more. Scheme wise, he’s never been fast, probably isn’t full speed and we are missing safety help, plus the AFC East has become a track meet, expect him to play soft per coaching for the majority of the year.

Exactly, you don’t start calling time outs after a first down stop with 3+ mins to go. The guy is a joke. Gotta cheer for the Bolts, knocking Miami back in the division is far more crucial than anything else.

HACKet burning all time outs way early.

Singletary is going for 132 yards and 2tds.

He’s basically on his last chance to “prove” he can be a starter, if he wins out.. who knows what happens next year.

Their fault for not following masking protocol.

Is he still in playing shape? Maybe he can help at FS for the stretch run.

There is one downside, if they want to free up money next year, they would have to convert his roster bonus to signing bonus to kick the can down the road further. So in theory they could free up ~10M of cap space, by converting that to signing bonus and add about 2.6M to the cap every year there after. So 2024 gets uglier and you pay for it longer down the road. All doable and at this point probable, you need to add somebody to make up for his presence next year and a #2 WR will have to be paid. Not to mention Edmunds has to be paid or replaced, though he already has a healthy cap hit, so that’s not going to be a big bump there.

Bahahahaha, Denver would trade you Russ’ in a heartbeat and that’s WITH Von hurt.

Well that settles it, a non-contributing member of the Wr core has been released, clearly OBJ is on his way. What on earth anybody has seen from this kid to believe he was going to contribute this year (or ever) is beyond me. I know Bills fans love their late round “gems”, but this guy runs fast in gym shorts, that’s it. Maybe he can develop into something, but I wouldn’t hold my breath.

That offense is so bland, Vanilla producers have asked for trademark infringement for using their product in association with it. Wilson looks like garbage and HACKet is just that, a good ole boys club pick and a complete Hack. HACKet has to be the first to go, his contract doesn’t count against the cap, they are STUCK with Wilson, there’s literally nothing they can do, his dead cap would consume over half their salary cap if they got rid of him. They are screwed and wasting a TON of money either way. Their only option is to live with Wilson and hope they can tailor something to his strengths, otherwise, they are in purgatory for a number of years.

Even if he’s not his old self, he should be able to get in the way a little better than what they did yesterday.

I don’t think you were watching then. He played very well, on what had to be next to zero practice time, against a really good D. I was super impressed. That WCO style is similar to what he ran in college, I think he could absolutely take the reins and do well. That said, they need a real back up plan right away. Josh Johnson is a known commodity and he ain’t the guy you want. I’d take Baker on, with the full disclosure he’s a complete desperation move IF Purdy starts to struggle. Baker should be able to do more, but we all know he goes brain dead too, so it’s a bad situation for the 9ers no matter how you shape it. It’s too bad the trade deadline is passed, they could have made a play at somebody, honestly wouldn’t have been shocked if they tried to grab Keenum had they had a chance, that ship has sailed. This is the reality of the league, they made a push to win this year and lost their QB late in the season. Big bummer. If they could get their hands on a guy like Keenum, Tyrod, etc, you would feel like they might still have a shot. One last interesting option would have to be the list of Retired QBs at this point. Who is in shape and would be willing to go for it, have to think Breese or Rivers, hey maybe even Fitz would be tempting for them and a shot for the player to get a ring.. will be interesting to see how it all plays out.

I’d bet Baker’s agent asked for his release, it’s obvious it didn’t work out, and with an opening in SF, it’s a good opportunity for him to get on the big stage AGAIN, to try to regain some sort of value. I’m 100% sure SF will put in a claim for him, but there’s a lot of teams that could do it ahead of them, so who knows if it will work out for them. Hell, if I’m Seattle, I’m claiming him, JUST to screw SF. I think Purdy looked great, seemed completely unflappable, but to take a rookie 7th round QB and expect a deep run into the playoffs, when they have gone all-in on this season, is a major question. They need a vet in a hurry and Josh Johnson is not the answer. I’d let it ride with Purdy for now, but if he gets shaky, you need somebody to at least try to save the boat.

that’s an average, not necessarily getting 100 per, every game. Take Allen out of the equation and that all looks pretty true. The one nice thing I’ve seen of late, when the RBs touch the ball, they seem to be ripping some pretty big chunks.

I think what you are seeing is the team does not drop off that much with Huntley out there vs Lamar and that’s reason enough to question if Lamar is the answer. Lamar is a clearly elite athlete that does things literally no other QB can, but he’s also not a traditional passer that can open the field up. I will give him credit, I think he’s trying to better his game from the pocket and be a more complete QB and doing an admirable job at it, but he’s not there yet and at this point in his career, it’s fair to ask if he ever will be. Typically, the big jumps in performance from learning come after the rookie year and shine by the 3rd year. Sure there are exceptions, and he’s an exception to a lot of rules, but I’d be surprised if he’s ever feared as a passer. I don’t think your observation of Huntley being his equal (or close to it) is really accurate. I think Huntley is more of a Tyrod Taylor type of player in terms of a ceiling. To your point, the system seems to make it look pretty even and if the system is that good and the “elite” QB isn’t looking insanely good in it, you have to question the QB. I think we are seeing what a system Tailored to a QBs skill set can do in Philly and to his credit Hurts looks unbelievable in it. I am beginning to wonder if the kid isn’t really on his way to the elite tier of QBs. I am stocking up on crow and plan to have one heck of a feast if he takes Philly deep in the playoffs, he’s proving me very wrong about his ability to pass. He’s getting a lot of wide open passes, much like Jackson is known/faulted for, but nobody has shown the ability to stop it yet. If he can prove he can make the throws against big time D’s, he’s got to be considered with the top tier. Lamar still has not made that jump and that’s why the team doesn’t look much different with Huntley running things.

Agreed, I don’t see any way somebody will give him what he wants. From his perspective, it might be better to not play this year than risk it and not get any guarantees for the future. I could see him just saying, “multi-year w significant guarantees or I sit until the off season and everyone can bid on me”. It may well be his best decision. As much as I’d like to have him here, if he can’t contribute this year, I’m not paying him this year. You just don’t know what’s going to happen between now and next season.

It’s an interesting situation w OBJ, he should be getting a prove it deal, but he wants a reputation based deal. Maybe there’s a middle ground, a multi year deal with a guarantee for years past this w 35% of offensive snaps or more played the rest of the season. If he can’t play the team is out, if he can, they pay him based on expectations of future performance. All o know, if he can’t play this year, I don’t need him.

There’s always an argument of where a guy falls, I’m saying top 10 because I don’t find it definitive of who the top 5 really are. I think he needs to show longevity, which I see no reason he won’t.