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I will come in to take a drubbing. I did not want Coleman pre-draft. I didn’t see the vision of him ever being a WR1 in the NFL. But he has played awesome and has wildly exceeded my expectations, especially as a rookie. I still don’t know if I buy that he is ever going to be a 15 target a game guy. Need to see more to change that opinion. But if his ceiling is great WR2/borderline WR1, we basically got another Tee Higgins at the same draft slot. And while I have questions on if those guys are worth paying, the bottom line is this team could and has used 4 years of a physical WR to great effect.

He does. https://overthecap.com/player/stefon-diggs/3994 It’s how they gave him $22M GTD but he only costs them $5.8M against the cap this year. Although, I’m not sure if void years disqualify for comp picks.

I will concur his performance on sunday was the most out-physicaled performance that I have seen from a Bills WR in maybe a decade.

Trade incoming.

He played very well against a very good corner. I stand by what I said on dominant performance. Amari going 11 for 265 and 2 TD’s is a dominant performance. AJ Brown going 9 for 175 and 2 TD’s is a dominant performance. Tyreek going 11 for 215 and 2 TD’s is a dominant performance. Diggs going 6 for 120 and 3 TD’s is a dominant performance. I watch the entire NFL. Coleman has far exceeded my expectations and he’s a rookie so imo the sky is the limit for him, especially with the way he’s come on recently. But 5 for 70 dominant? A bridge too far, imo.

It all hurts eventually. With the cap being able to roll over, the after effects aren’t just yearly. If Diggs walks, his $16M hit next year is another $16M that can’t be rolled over or spent. With Nico set to make $18M that’s $34M down on two players who aren’t even playing right now. They will manage, but it always comes due. Our own Bills correctly played fast and loose with the cap when Allen was making peanuts but it comes due.

It really made sense for the Texans perspective too. They gave Diggs more upfront to keep him happy, and brought him to a one year deal so he was in a contract year for extra motivation/good behavior. So if he crushed it and got big money in the offseason, they would be in the comp pick formula too. Of course, the best laid plans. Trade and contract rework now looks like a disaster. He will get a Tre White-type deal 1 year, $10M with the Cowboys next year and the Texans will still have $16M in dead voids next year. all for a second rounder and 8 games of Diggs.

Bargain talent at position of need, player is undervalued due to character but you have a strong locker room culture. Makes total sense to me. He's better than Nelson Agholor. I have more faith the Ravens D figures it out by the postseason than I do Lamar/the offense is gonna play well in the postseason.

WHOOPS, my bad!

Ugh. So cheap.

To the contrary, I believe he had like no guarantees left after we dealt him. So getting this year fully guaranteed was the correct move.

Amari Cooper saw more snaps than Hollins this week. So did Shakir. Prior to the Cooper addition, Hollins got the second most snaps at WR on the team. This is not all a coincidence. Less Mack Hollins = good. More Shakir/Coleman/Cooper = good. Every team has a limited time to gameplan. Every second spent on film or gameplanning on Amari is less time spent on Shakir or Coleman. It is truly zero sum. Teams can no longer say, "lets not bother worrying about Mack" and spend their energies elsewhere. FWIW, with a healthy Shakir, the team eclipsed 190 passing yards twice in the first 4 weeks of season. We didn't have to pass for much of those games but it wasn't like we were throwing it all over the yard either. Anyways, don't want to belabor the point. I was curious if your take changed since you made the thread. I suppose it has not.

Coleman had a good game. 5 for 70 and a TD is not what I would consider a dominant game though? That's not even top 30 in catches or yardage this week.

Interesting. PFR has the Bills at 15th passing yards and Lions at 11th. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/buf/2024.htm https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/det/2024.htm But the numbers don't add up? They also have the Lions lower in rushing attempts but a higher ranking in rushing attempts? Weird stuff. Leading the league in point differential doesn't mean that you are always running in the 4th Q FWIW. Titans game specifically we passed a ton with a lead. From PFR, the Bills have run 165 plays when trailing, 91 while tied, and 206 with a lead. The Lions have run 135 plays while trailing, 70 while tied, and 222 with a lead. Quick math says that the Bills have run 51 more plays tied/trailing than the Lions have. Despite point differential. That's almost an extra game.

When you are down a lot, you pass the ball more, yeah? Goff has passed the ball more than 28 times a game once this season. Josh has had to do it 5 times. Anywho, do you think the Bills passing game is right up there with the Lions? Also the Lions have 11th ranked passing offense lol.

Josh Allen has >600 passing yards and 4 passing TD's in his last two games. Prior to trading for Amari, he had 526 passing yards and 3 passing TD's in the last 3 games. Despite the Amari addition and the best QB in the NFL right now, we have the 15th best passing offense by yards. Where is the OP

Amari and his agent in a contract year?

Take quake! Khalil Mack should have just gotten 100 sacks last year if he wanted to impact the Chargers. Meaningless otherwise.

Your link says 3.5 fwiw.

That Rodgers is currently washed. And Stafford isn’t. Which is why Stafford as a less than mobile QB and a crappy OL can still be effective and Rodgers can’t.

The OL in LA is even worse and Stafford hasn’t looked nearly as washed as Rodgers. He was drafted 20 years ago. He’s cooked. If the Jets built an elite OL, could they win a few more games? Probably. Would they have been contenders? No.

You are correct. An extremely unpopular take. Borderline heretical. Mack past Chicago - overrated. Mack Chicago/Raiders - arguably the best EDGE player in the league.

I think if I’m an NFL GM, I stay away from guys who don’t play a lot in college. Richardson has unbelievable physical gifts, but has zero feel for the position and week to week in the NFL is not the place to learn. These coaches have always thought “get me a lot of arm/physical talent and I can teach them the rest,” but it rarely works out. Josh Allen types are 1 in a million, and honestly, I don’t know how much credit the Bills deserve in developing him.

What is the logical reason to not do so? Teams like the Bills shouldn’t trade with KC as a general rule because they will likely stand in our way in January. The pats don’t have to worry about that. Mahomes may not even still be around by the time they return to contention.

Rodgers really ruined his own legacy. He was a top 3 QB for nearly 15 years and only won a single Super Bowl. All QBs have different situations, but this isn’t a “Mahomes is in Josh’s way” or “Brady is in Peyton’s way.” The story of Rodgers is going to be “all time great player, but his personality and leadership held him back.” Even Brady, a notorious psycho, has former teammates who gush about him. Nobody has former teammates who routinely trash him or just have nothing good to say like Rodgers. He has gotten only worse since being empowered, first by Green Bay and now by the Jets. The Packers saying enough is enough and taking Jordan Love was an all-time move. Love may not ever be elite, but that team had to cut out Rodgers to move forward.