Ya Digg?

I don’t think this is in any players head at all. The other stuff I can agree with, but this is a complete non-factor in players heads

So just go off the gut test. In your gut do you think Hurts is the 3rd best player in the league? He did improve, sure, not arguing that, but he didn’t improve to 3rd best in the league. If he played in the AFC, he wouldn’t even be in the top 3QBs in the AFC

Hurts at #3?? Hill above Josh??? That’s a bad top 10

It was also mentioned because of the reaction by his teammates. Honestly seeing that reaction definitely showed that perhaps maybe (gasp) fans and media blew that whole Diggs thing out of proportion

I was at practice today-this was actually really funny! All the guys and even Diggs himself were giving the thumbs down. Josh lobbed the next one to him, he caught it, got a really loud ovation! Safe to say there’s no issues with Diggs and Josh

Can you give examples of this?

Not calling you out specifically but someone needs to explain this line of thinking. What about their coaching staff puts them in such high regard? This is the same coaching staff that put Tua back out on the field when he clearly had a concussion then had him play 3 days later and he got destroyed! That alone to me makes them not even in the top half of coaching staffs. The same thing was said here repeatedly about Flores and his staff too and I just don’t get it. Perhaps it’s just the Bills homer in me but I don’t get the love the dolphins coaching staffs have gotten over the last couple of years

Every time I see anything about Cam Lewis I cringe-his play last year gives me major PTSD

I don’t get the love for Fangio-honestly what has he done that makes him this amazing def. Coordinator? One that automatically makes him the top guy in the division. Admittedly I had to look up the guy’s name, but the Jets guy has been there for a couple of years and they do (unfortunately have a great defense) and you are just ranking Fangio above McDermott and Belichik. I’m not saying you’re wrong, but I don’t understand what Fangio has done that makes him this amazing coordinator

So the obvious problem here though is you are giving up a weapon this year to hopefully have a shot at getting someone next year. Giving up a weapon from Josh’s prime years

But since they gave up his almost 400 yards receiving and a couple of touchdowns, NOW THEY’RE SCREWED!!

Haha I love this place! A couple of years ago the big complaint was the Bills couldn’t win close games. Now they have learned to win close games but that’s not good enough either! So somehow the team needs to make sure each win is a blowout, but make it a close blowout, but not too close

Gonna need an explanation for this thinking

They’re still butthurt that the nation started to notice Allen in that game against the cowboys on thanksgiving. That 4th down play will forever live in their heads

So obviously this has been going on for years with this staff, but why is that? Is the scheme so complicated that the rookies can’t grasp it? If so, things need to be uncomplicated-to me that’s a bad system. There are far too many rookies and second year players playing in other teams throughout the league for this to continually be an issue. It shouldn’t Already be a done deal that the team’s 2nd round pick won’t be a starter on the first day of training camp

But it’s not Burrow’s job or responsibility to take less money to make things work. That’s up to the GM (who also makes a lot of money) and his guys to figure out. It’s also up to the billionaire owner to have enough money to pay these guys. As fans of these teams obviously we want to the team to have enough money to sign as many good players as possible, but people need to realize that it’s not up to the players to make that happen

So are you saying the players shouldn’t make that much and the owners should pocket even more? I’m genuinely not understanding your take

If the Jags go 10-7 in that horrible division that will be a wildly unimpressive season. Looks like they think the Chargers are gonna Charger too

So my question to this is who released this information? Certainly not Barkley and his camp. My guess is the team leaked this info to make Barkley look greedy/bad. Maybe that was an actual offer and I’m off, but that’s an easy way to make the player look bad if it’s not true

So the knock against Allen a couple of years ago was because he had only done it for one season, so he shouldn’t be in front of other QBs-why are the goal posts changing for Hurts? Allen was better in most statistics his 3rd year compared to Hurts. Do it for another season and then people can put him up there, but not yet. Is Burrow really blowing people out of the water with his 200 yards and 1 touchdown a game average in the playoffs???? I understand his team beat the Bills last year and he has gone to a Super Bowl, but has he ever played exceptionally well in the playoffs?

So a line like this is why the player has almost no negotiating ability. I have seen that $16 million number thrown around a lot-where did it come from? Certainly didn’t come from the player. Makes a ton of sense for the team to leak a ridiculous number like that because look at what it did. Makes Barkley look greedy and unreasonable, and now public opinion is that Barkley’s demands were too high

Except your argument doesn’t apply here. They weren’t allowed to negotiate with other teams to find out what they could get paid

So the problem with this statement though is exactly what’s happening with the Giants. Danny dimes is not worth 40+ million and Barkley is worth more to the giants than what is being offered to him

Because people root for teams, not players. A team can leak pretty much anything negative against a player, fact or fiction, and most fans will back the team. A guy asks for more money and people on here rage and say “you signed a contract, now honor that contract” but never say that when a team cuts a guy. Lots of guys say Thurman and Bruce are 2 of their favorite players of all time, but this place would’ve gone ballistic when they signed with other teams-especially Thurman going to the dolphins. That’s just how this works

I get what you’re saying but you can say this about every top team-KC is nothing without Mahomes, we’ve seen the Bengals without Burrow, etc. it’s why the MVP award is essentially just a QB award now