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You think the Colts got the same value the Bills did from those 2 trades? Moss didn’t even have 800 yards this year, was pretty much phased out by the end of the year

So not for nothing, hasn’t there been a ton of complaining on here for about 2 years because the Bills went out and signed a high priced free agent who was over 30 years old? And now there are 4 pages of people saying to do the exact same thing???

That's very true it's not, but in terms of one year, are there really going to be players who make more than from their first NFL contract? Even up to the 4th round a rookie is making over a million dollars a year. There aren't very many players (if any at all) who would be taken in the 5th round or later who would make $1.5 mil in NIL deals in college

Outside of someone like Tim Tebow or Johnny Manziel, what other players would make significantly more money by staying in college with a NIL as opposed to going pro?

Sorry I should have clarified better-these universities as a whole are making billions off of these guys

Perhaps not being exploited, but considering the NCAA and the universities make billions off of the players, it's allowing them to be more fairly compensated for what they are doing for those universities

There's no guarantee that player will end up on his team. For example why would Pegula pay Marvin Harrison? No shot that guy ever plays in Buffalo

Now I am completely basing this off of one play for one and one game for another, but after watching Mooney drop that Hail Mary (against the Browns I believe) and watching Reynolds drop multiple balls in the NFC championship, I don't think I want either of them in Buffalo

Back when men were men!! Who cares that these guys can’t walk, some of CTE, at least these men were men, am I right?!?! it’s almost like the changed the rules to make the game safer for a reason… that being said, I only watched like 3 minutes of it, but I didn’t see many plays that would’ve been penalties. A super late hit on Kosar, a couple of dirty low blocks, and a lineman ripping a QBs head off, but other than that it was about what we see now

I don’t know, for me I think these opinions are a bit extreme. Football in particular is weird-the player is always the enemy. Fans root for teams or schools, they never root for players. Think about it just in the Bills who are the enemies? Von and Stef because they got paid and Gabe because he is about to get paid. Most people don’t care about the players at all once they have served their purpose. it’s the same thing with college football-Nick Saban left because he lost his stranglehold on college football. He could see the playing field was being leveled and he got out (I think the college portal had a big reason for that as well). Pro football and college football seem to be the only places where people continually root for the giant billionaire owners and mega billion dollar schools and fight against the people who are making those people all of their money

What does that even mean? Best pure football?

That’s better than these colleges (while also continuing to increase their tuition), school presidents, and the NCAA getting all of the money and the kids get nothing

It works against the argument that someone in college would make more than in the NFL (which they don't)

Awesome, another WR whose best attribute is blocking…can we find WRs who catch better than they block?!?!

Any kid who stays for NIL money who is going to be a top pick is thinking very short sided in my opinion. The sooner you get to your 2nd contract in the NFL the better. Most guys in college won’t make anything near what they will make in the NFL on their first contract. You are also running the risk of getting hurt and hurting your draft stock, which will also end up costing you millions. That’s why the whole Caleb Williams might stay (and every guy before and after him who is projected to go #1) is so utterly laughable-it will never happen

So obviously the big topic of discussion here is Douglas, and here’s the conundrum (playing bad scenario here): what if they keep him and he gets hurt? How many threads will be started next season, including people who right now are saying the Bills would be crazy to get rid of him, claiming what a huge mistake it was to keep him? Or what if they do let him go and he balls out with another team? Then we get all of the “I told you so” threads which are always so much fun to see. Personally, I would be fine either way. He played well so he has earned the chance to stay and play, but also with him being over 30, that $10 million could go to good use

There have been PLENTY of deals much worse than the Miller deal. This is just angry Bills talk

My fault I misunderstood, I thought you meant another team just signing a franchise guy. I also don’t think anyone is willing to trade for him-he’s not worth a first round pick and the contract a team would sign him to. Lots of good young receivers in the draft

Considering that hasn’t happened in like 25 years I wouldn’t hold my breath

So one guy comes out and says there’s drama so that must be true? I’m not saying it can’t be true, but what if Schefter is right? If it turns out to not be true, what are the repercussions for this dude stating wild accusations? Probably nothing because these guys aren’t held to any standards any more. can’t it just be the team was figured out fell apart? That their first year (who they replaced) just wasn’t very good?

Well they aren’t paying Chase yet, he’s still on his rookie contract. Which is why they can afford the franchise tag for Higgins this year. I do think the Bengals will draft a WR at some point, but even if they had let Higgins walk I highly doubt it would’ve been in the first round. They have Burrow’s huge contract and he can’t stay healthy, so I would think protecting him had to be their first priority

Right! Players should always 100% be about the money-it’s not their job to make things work within the cap. People who say they wouldn’t chase the money are lying to themselves. It’s such a weird world we live in where so many people bash the people who put the product on the field and protect the big time billionaire owners

Would’ve been more surprising if they didn’t franchise tag him. Most likely will be gone after next season but they get to keep him for one more year before their big salaries get close to kicking in. It will be really interesting to see how much Chase gets when he signs his new deal

So they have a worse cap situation than the Bills and a worse QB that they’re about to pay but they’re in a better position than the Bills for next year? They are cutting one of their better players, another one of their highest paid players will be about for. Good chunk of the year recovering from his injury, it’s possible they lose Wilkins…I don’t see how they are in a better position

Perhaps, but they won’t be able to easily bring back Jones, Snead, and add pieces. They will still have to make decisions