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It’s not helpful for Britt nor anyone else in the community. Unfortunately, we’d rather crowd the jails with non-violent offenders and let actual dangers to society do their thing.

I’m not defending Britt at all. I just said he can rot in prison as far as I care, but I guess you know more about Kansas City politics than I do. Feel free to be outraged over something you clearly have spent a grand total of 10 seconds familiarizing yourself with so that you can come to an opinion based on what you want to be true rather than reality, though. Those who prefer to base their opinions on actual facts should be pissed off at the system that allows hundreds of dirt balls off easy instead of only being mad about the one whose last name is Reid.

It legit had nothing to do with it. It’s caused a huge uproar in the city. He could rot in jail as far as I’m concerned. Britt actually served more time than average for his crime which is why he was on the list of commutations. No politician is stupid enough to hurt his own aspirations like this intentionally. He’s not a KC guy in any way, shape, or form. No chance he’s doing favors for the Chiefs.

Parsons is an absolute POS. That said, this was one of hundreds of commutations done at once. It doesn’t appear to have involved political favors. Britt just happened to be one of many, many irresponsible people who have overcrowded Missouri jails.

Of course they can, but are they getting it right? Von was brought in under a big contract. He got hurt and has been an albatross. Leonard Floyd was brought in. He had 10.5 sacks, and they let him walk. They traded a third round pick for Douglas. He got hurt, missed time, and was then completely ineffective in the postseason. They brought back Hyde and Poyer, and both were husks of their former selves by the time the season ended. Floyd is easily the biggest success story the team has had in terms of bringing in an aging veteran, and they sent him packing after one season. Why would anyone want them to bring in another expensive player over the age of 30? It just makes no sense to me. It’s not even like I’m criticizing the Bills’ FO because it’s a move they haven’t even made. I’m criticizing the idea of a theoretical move that strikes me as being a bad idea.

Absolutely not. I would draft a rookie and let him play. Hyde was a terrific player at one point in his career, but he’s completely shot. The only thing that matters for the Bills is the postseason. Why would you waste 25% of a rookie contract that could be used getting him game reps during the regular season in preparation just to trot the corpse of Micah Hyde out for another season?

I’m using AJ to illustrate that there is no consistency in their plan (if they turn around and sign Simmons which I don’t believe they will). Floyd was old, but he was super productive. They chose to pay AJ who is young but unproductive instead. That’s fine if they’re committed to getting younger, but if they’re going to pick up Justin Simmons after trading a 3rd round pick for a 29 year old Rasul Douglas then letting a 24 year old Gabe Davis walk, then clearly that’s not their commitment.

They have continued to kick an exorbitant amount of money into future cap years in order to pay the older versions of the same players more and more money. They just gave AJ Epenesa an extension with a sizable pay increase to remain on the team and be part of a Defensive End rotation that returns 11.5 sacks from last season. If they finally let Poyer and Hyde go just to pay another 30+ year old Safety (they won’t), then they’re clearly just throwing ish against the wall to see if it sticks. These are not the actions of a front office who is worried that they’re going to have to clean up the mess. They’re the actions of a front office who had a plan, worked it beautifully, but saw it fall short of a Super Bowl. Instead of tearing it down strategically a year ago when it was clear that they didn’t have a championship roster and putting together a 2 year rebuild, they kept taking out payday loans to try to make another run with a roster than has gotten progressively worse for what will be the third straight season. For as much crap as people give McDermott about “the process”, he and Beane built a monster. They had a clear and easy to articulate plan. I have no idea what their current plan is. Signing Simmons would convince me that there isn’t one.

Those guys are a combined 66 years old. How is that the barometer?

If Buffalo signs Simmons, I will be 100% convinced that they (Beane and McDermott) longer have any semblance of a plan and are officially throwing darts hoping to save their jobs.

Now imagine you’re the next guy they approach about signing a contract with them.

His contract is a dollar for dollar offset, so he doesn’t get a penny more of actual money unless he gets paid more than $39 million. The part that isn’t offset is the salary cap, so “earning” more would only hurt the team’s salary cap.

And the TD that Shakir caught basically proved how impressive Sneed’s season was. It was a signature play by a HOF QB making a play after the initial reads weren’t there and throwing a seed to Shakir who made a toe drag catch for a TD. That’s what it took to beat Sneed for a score. Josh is literally the greatest QB in history at throwing the pass where he scrambles and then throws the sideline pass where the receiver has to reach out of bounds to catch the ball. It’s as indefensible of a play as there has ever been. To B716’s point, if CBs can’t be game breakers, then WRs can’t be game breakers. Sneed and McDuffie turned elite WRs into JAGs all season long. Steve Spagnuolo’s entire postseason defensive game plan was centered on daring QBs to beat McDuffie and Sneed. Even then, he’d call a CB blitz on the biggest plays of the game, and it worked. If you’re (not literally you, HD) trying to equate Taron Johnson and Rasul Douglas to L’Jarius Sneed and Trent McDuffie, you’re going to walk away thinking that McDermott must suck, and this thread isn’t for you.

If I still had a middle finger, I’d flip you the bird.

Morse is an average Center at this point in his career. That’s easily replaceable. I think a lot of Bills fans are going to be surprised by how much faster the team looks week 1 next season simply by virtue of them being younger. Hyde, Poyer, White, Miller, Floyd, Jones You simply can’t have that many players out there who are lacking in athleticism and hope to keep up with elite offenses in the playoffs. You can teach young players how to be better. You can’t teach old players to be faster.

I don’t think the Bills have a worse roster today than they did yesterday. Literally none of the players they cut are difference makers at this point in their careers. Beane let the roster, the defense in particular, get old and slow. I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if the defense isn’t just as good by the end of next season as it was at the end of this past season. There are a lot of ways to succeed in this league, but being old and slow on defense isn’t one of them.

He didn't play that week.

I haven't seen how it's written, but the idea that he would isn't silly. It would benefit the Bills without negatively impacting Miller.

It's not silly, though. The only way Von would agree to this is if he's essentially guaranteed that it won't cost him anything that he was already owed. The bonus money can be kicked to 2025 as long as it involves him reaching a benchmark that he wouldn't have hit in 2023. It's a bonus for accounting purposes only. Ed's contract was written under entirely different circumstances. His bonuses are new money that he wasn't already owed. Von's isn't an incentive to perform. If it were, he wouldn't have agreed to the new terms. It's nothing more than a way to push money from 2024 to 2025. People are overthinking this.

That’s a wrap.

Jokes aside, my explanation was accurate. Performance incentives are categorized as either likely to be earned (LTBE) or not likely to be earned (NLTBE), with the categorization determined by looking at the performance of the player in the prior season. If a player reached a performance threshold in the prior year, the incentive is considered LTBE and counts against the cap. If a player did not reach the performance threshold in the prior year, it is categorized as NLTBE and will not count against the cap. If a LTBE incentive is not reached, the team gets cap credit the following year.

If they are considered “likely to be reached” incentives, they count towards the current year. “Unlikely to be reached” incentives count towards the following season if they are reached. Incentives are considered likely to be reached if the player would have earned it the previous season. In Von’s case, an example of “likely to be reached” would be something like putting his shoes on the correct feet or pooping in the potty.

The way that provision works, it could be as simple as recording 5 combined tackles in 2024. If it’s a number he didn’t reach the previous season, it qualifies. It’s a way to push money to next year without adding additional years.

As I understand it (and that’s a massive disclaimer), the whole point of void years is that they are real years contractually, but both parties have the right to opt out of them and they’re written such that there is effectively a 100% chance that one of the parties will exercise that option. For example, Rasul is (was) allowed to agree to play for $850,000 a year in 2025 through 2027 as long as both he and the Bills agree to it. There is just nothing that binds either side to adhere to the deal.