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KC loads up on defense every year. Wrong.

Okay and we are defining post-season success how? Playoff wins? Since Josh Allen became a superstar QB (2020), the Bills have 4 playoff wins. The only teams with more in that span are the Bucs (5), the Chiefs (7), and the Bengals (5). What is the difference between the Bills and those teams. About 90% of it is "they have/had better players." Edit: bah forgot the stupid Rams (5) but point still stands.

Ah yes, as we all know, superstar trades in the NFL are entirely a case of "who picks up the phone first." Teams NEVER negotiate with multiple suitors to get a better deal. I mean, they would be crazy to do so! I'd like what you're having.

I mean, the whole discussion is about the Bills strategy. No they couldn’t have. Because AJ Brown went for the 18th pick and we had the 27th. What team takes the worse pick in a trade lmao

Because Dion Dawkins is better than Orlando Brown and is already on our team, we hardly needed to trade a first rounder for an LT, who walked for nothing in FA. Joe Thuney was a great move sure, but we have also made our own large contract splashes with IOL, namely Mitch Morse. Do the Chiefs win the Super Bowl if Creed Humphrey and Trey Smith are Cody Ford and Spencer Brown level talents? The answer, obviously, is no. Do the Bills have one of the best OL's in football if Cody Ford and Spencer Brown are as good as Creed and Smith? Obviously, yes.

We drafted Cody Ford in the second round. Was him being a garbage player and Creed Humphrey being good not luck? What about Spencer Brown, who was drafted higher than Trey Smith? If Spencer Brown and Cody Ford are as good as Trey Smith and Creed Humphrey, are we still having this conversation? Well agree to disagree. I believe the Bills have tried to get Josh more help, and have gotten a combination of unlucky and pulled the trigger on the wrong guys to adequately do so.

And if JuJu broke his ankle week 4, they wouldn't have gotten any value either lol. You said hard to differentiate, I say it's the difference between trying and in many cases failing to get Josh more help and weapons versus not really trying at all.

Simms is wrong. That's not what the Chiefs did. At all. Trading away a top 5 WR and taking a DE and a CB in the first is not going all in on offensive infrastructure. They got lucky and found diamonds in the rough for the OL in the later parts of the draft.

They drafted better players. They also signed better players. The problem is not their allocation of resources as a strategy. It's who they are allocating the resources IN. Big time FA's signed last season: OJ Howard - bum, cut in camp Von Miller - great player, tore ACL midway through season Roger Saffold - bum, worst G in the NFL Jamison Crowder - solid, but hurt early and never returned Daquan Jones - good pickup, but hurt towards the end and missed the Bengals game Come playoffs, we had all FIVE of our larger FA acquisitions not on the field for one reason or another. Part of that is signing sucky players (Saffold/OJ) or just plain old bad injury luck. If we have 2 or 3 or 4 of those guys go the distance, do you think the season is different? I do. Ya'll keep talking about Mahomes like they didn't trade away a top 5 WR last year and get absolutely unquestionably WORSE as a WR group. Agreed with all of this, but especially the bolded. They don't need to be super lucky, but they definitely need better luck. Tre being the #2 cap hit and being a liability, their sad list of FAs from last year who weren't available or didn't work out is a recipe for a team that takes a step back.

A terrible point. Josh Allen, Diggs, Dawkins and Morse are 4 of our top 5 cap hits in 2023. Anyone entertaining Florio saying some dumb ***** is also wrong.

They signed a decently priced OL player instantly in FA.

I have news from 2023 to bring to you in 2018. And it’s not good news.

Johnson won’t be on the board by 91. He probably doesn’t get out of the top 45 unless he runs someone over between now and draft night. Terrible work outta McShay tbh.

I’m waiting for the funny part of this story?

Aaron Williams like.

Reid doesn’t get by “with anyone.” We watched their patchwork OL get annihilated in the Super Bowl two years ago. They get good players. We get less good players. They draft good OL players. We draft Spencer Brown and Cody Ford. They sign Juju, we sign Jamison Crowder.

This is correct. It was a debate when it was 4-2 vs 4-0. It’s no longer a debate Brady wins. Anyone who says otherwise is wrong.

I don’t know what you charge, but hug money for me is pretty cheap.

The goal would be to coordinate an extension that drops his hit. He doesn't want that 1 year option.

this would mean a lot more to me if I had even heard of you. Greatness is a habit.

@Alphadawg7 and a late 2024 pick. In all seriousness, I think I would go as high as a 3rd.

Devin White in 1 less year played than TREMAAAAAAAAINE has: 14 more sacks 7 more forced fumbles 80 less tackles Apparently not to the Bills lmao

Is Beane asleep at the wheel? Start calling!

To be fair, we don't know if the Ravens WERE lowballing him before. They could have been.

>I don't disagree that he's taking what I would consider to be too big of a risk, Which is what the majority of the people are saying. Don't be dumb, take the money. > it's paid off so far in that he didn't sustain an injury that will prevent him from playing in future seasons. As of this minute, he has lost nothing in terms of realized income, though. Well, no. It MAY pay off. Josh Allen got $46M in cash in 2022. Lamar got $23M in cash in 2022. Josh gets another $28M this year, Lamar gets $32M. Josh has made more money than Lamar because he signed a deal and Lamar didn't. >As for endorsements, this doesn't impact anything. What it does is paint a picture of a dude who isn't doing what I consider to be the optimal path for financial well-being. Rather than quibbling over not having an agent or a couple extra million guaranteed, he should have been doing national Dr. Scholl's commercials and making up the difference. Like I said, all of his contemporaries are doing stuff. LJ does none of it. He's a young star, a great player, with accolades. Someone will pay him to hold a Dr. Pepper lol. >(not to mention the absurd claims that his salary 2 years ago was somehow impacted by not signing an offer that didn't get made until September of 2022). This is not how NFL extensions work, I believe. My understanding is that signing an off-season extension for a player with their fifth year option replaces their fifth year option, not get tacked on. So yes, the reason Josh made 46 in 2022 and Lamar made 23 is because he didn't sign that extension. Edit: the last point is wrong. The extension kicked in after his option year. Still, it would have behooved him to get a deal done sooner and again not be in the situation he is in.