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Point taken. If it makes you feel any better, there’s a large faction of Chiefs fans who are up in arms over bringing back Derrick Nnadi to be a backup because he was below average during his 6 seasons as a starter for the team. Evidently there are quality starters out there just lining up to be 2nd and 3rd stringers if only you know where to look.

Eli Ricks is a really good CB? The same guy who went undrafted 2 years ago? I’m not a big believer in the “Approximate Value” formula, but Ricks has a career value of 1. For the sake of comparison, Kaiir Elam has a 6. If Eli Ricks is the answer, you’re asking the wrong question.

The Chiefs are likely going to cut Joshua Williams. Buffalo should grab him in a heartbeat if that happens. He's a decent player, but there's something the Chiefs seem not to like about him, as he certainly seems like a better CB than some of the guys ahead of him on the depth chart. He'd be an improvement over White, Jackson, or Rasul Douglas.

The Saints don't have a salary cap problem. They have a QB problem. If anything, it should vindicate their strategy. Who cares about your cap when your QB is Tyler Shough?

Every fanbase seems to think they’ve got 75 guys on the roster that would immediately be snatched up if they were cut.

On top of this, Shavers is also 26 years old. If he was a 22 year old second-year player, the calculus around him would be a little different. The question becomes how much are you ever going to get out of a 26 year old developmental guy. The list of WRs who have broken out after the age of 25 is short, and most of them have been shifty slots rather than “traits” guys.

Why does anyone reference this hack? His medical opinions are consistently awful, but this isn’t even a medical opinion. This is him trying to parse Beane’s language in order to draw conclusions regarding White’s health for internet clout. He’s basically the Jerry Springer of sports medicine.

If Samuel was a FA, nobody would offer him close to his current contract. He literally has negative trade value. Packaging him with a 26 year old 3rd string RB is straight out of Madden.

I never bet on preseason games, but I’m thinking about pounding the Bills this week. McDermott is going to want to quiet all the chatter.

Buffalo sent KC a 4th round pick in that trade that wound up being used for Jaden Hicks who will start at Safety this season. So the trade wound up being Keon Coleman and Dewayne Carter for Xavier Worthy and Jaden Hicks.

Careful with the phrasing…

If a team wanted Moore, they could have signed him in the offseason. He’s got 1 catch for 5 yards on 4 targets so far in the pre-season and is likely to get cut. Trades have to make sense for both sides, and it’s hard to envision a scenario in which a team is willing to give up draft capital for him.

He’s clearly alluding to Samuel, but who is going to take on that contract for a guy with chronic lower body issues and minimal production?

He was the most important teammate of Josh’s career and helped push him from a player with immense talent into a perennial MVP candidate. With the Bills, he was consistently a top 10 WR bordering on top 5 every year. Don’t think he was ever a truly elite player, though. His name will come up every year in HOF voting discussions, but I don’t see him getting in. As 808 mentioned, there are just too many WRs in his era that had better overall careers than he did. He’s also not going to have a fan base that is really pushing for him to get in.

I don’t think that was BBQ he ate. Looked more like turf and turf.

It’s not true, though. Beane has given him Rapp, Bishop, Hamlin, Forrest, and Lewis at the Safety spot. Why are people blaming McDermott for the fact that Hamlin is the best option of the bunch? It’s not like he’s blocking Kyle Hamilton from getting playing time.

Bosa has literally zero trade value. Buffalo just signed him as a free agent. If another team wanted him at that price point, they would have signed him.

They brought in Gable Steveson (seriously, why TF would they do that) last year and drafted Maxwell Hairston in the first. I don’t think they’re too worried about bringing in potential character risks.

I agree with you. So with that being the case, why not trade for one if the opportunity presents itself?

Honest question. What has Beane done in terms of roster building that has pushed the team’s talent level ahead of teams like Philadelphia, Baltimore and Kansas City? I think most would agree that Buffalo had pretty mediocre drafts in 2023 and 2024, and they lost Diggs while still eating $30+ million in dead cap. Philadelphia had monster drafts both of those years and added Saquan. Kansas City hasn’t drafted nearly as well as Philadelphia during that period, but they did add a few impact WRs. Baltimore has drafted well and added Derrick Henry. I just don’t see how you can put the blame on McDermott when his roster has (IMO) regressed compared to their biggest competitors. Adding Keon Coleman and Cole Bishop while losing Stefon Diggs doesn’t strike me as the recipe for instant improvement relative to what those other teams have done.

So would you rather have those guys or Micah Parsons?

Because I was responding to this question:

Sure, but 26 year old game wreckers don’t hit free agency. 7 years of Josh’s career has been spent waiting for the perfect storm to deliver a guy like that, and it hasn’t happened. Beane is pretty unique in his ability to find good football players anywhere in the draft. What he’s been incapable of is finding an elite talent in the draft since drafting Josh with his first ever selection. Why not just lean into his strengths as a GM by buying a superstar and counting on Beane to fill in the gaps with cheap talent through second and third day picks? I mean, if a roster full of good-but-not-great players surrounding a superstar QB was enough to win a Super Bowl, Buffalo would be a dynasty.

Not saying you’re wrong, but I just don’t understand this line of thinking. Hoping to find a HOF caliber pass rusher drafting at the bottom of each round is risky. Two late first round picks is roughly equal to a mid first round pick. Beane had pick 16 and drafted Tremaine Edmunds. He had the 9th pick and took Ed Oliver. There is nothing about Beane’s draft history that suggests he’s going to land a game wrecker in the draft, and even with trading for one, there’s nothing to stop him from trying to find another one with day 2-3 picks. Josh is 29 years old. You are smack dab in the prime of the best player your franchise will ever have. Why get price conscious now?

Buffalo should be all over that deal. Give Beane a mid round pick, and he drafts a pretty good player. Give him a first round pick, and he drafts…a pretty good player. Go get a stud. If it costs you the next Hairston, Coleman, Kincaid, Elam, etc., so be it. Just keep finding Benford, Shakir, Knox, and Johnson with day 2 and 3 picks.