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It’s Mahomes, Allen, Jackson, and Burrow in that order then a wide gap after that. Anyone who didn’t put Josh and Lamar in the top tier is an idiot.

Benford’s concussion in the AFCCG was maybe the most disturbing I’ve ever seen. He looked downright catatonic when they strapped him into the cart.

Jealousy dating back to his 40 at the combine when he tripped over his own…well…

You don’t want guys like Chris Jones, Trey Hendrickson, Micah Parsons, TJ Watt, Jamaar Chase, etc.?

They were dirty as hell in the AFCCG two years ago.

I’ve even seen them used to heal ankles.

Good point. It’s cool to throw things on the field at sporting events. Perfectly acceptable. In fact, more people should do it.

That person is a jackass and deserved everything he got. Fans have zero business throwing anything on the field.

There have been 6 ACL injuries so far this preseason so far. A week ago, it looked like Hairston had just joined the list.

First page of the Lounge: Baylon Spector hurt Khalil Shakir hurt All these injuries are becoming worrisome Maxwell Hairston hurt But yeah, not participating in training camp is likely going to get him injured.

Even if your absurd logic were true, why did they wait until Josh broke his hand to give him the ball? He literally set the franchise single season record for TDs in a season before scoring 2 more in the AFCCG. (By the way, if you read the postgame threads, most of this board was convinced that the Bills would have won that game if they’d have given him the ball on the final, failed drive.)

Yeah, he’s stealing money from the next guy like Diggs who they just paid $31 million not to play for them and the rotational defensive linemen who got suspended for PEDs that the Bills just gave $20 million guaranteed. Why would you pay market value to the guy who just put up 134 yards and 2 TDs in the AFCCG after scoring 18 TDs in the regular season when you could save half a percent of the salary cap and give it to guys who are going to be suspended for cheating?

And players have the right to renegotiate their rookie contracts after 3 years of service.

Every time this happens, people bring up LeVeon Bell’s situation from 7 years ago. Nobody ever brings up the hundreds of times it’s happened since then where the player has been vindicated. Two years ago, Lamar was an idiot…right up until he signed his massive deal.

There’s no other business where the billionaire owners have been granted an anti-trust exemption and are able to prevent their employees from getting jobs at competitors. Why shouldn’t the players use every bit of leverage they have, and why is Joe Sixpack siding with a bunch of billionaires over the people who get their heads bashed in for our entertainment? Yeah, he’s taking food off of Pegula’s table.

Davis, Johnson, Kincaid, Coleman, Shakir, Knox, and Samuel combined for 18 TDs for Buffalo. Cook had 18.

When the Patriots had a dominant defense and needed a game manager at QB, Brady won championships. When they got him weapons and ran a wide open offense, he put up massive numbers and won championships. When he went to Tampa and was asked to throw the ball 500 times in his mid 40s, he won a championship. He’s the career leader in Super Bowl wins, Super Bowl appearances, Completions, Yards, Wins, TDs, 4th quarter comebacks, and Game Winning Drives. He is the best that’s ever done it. His stats will tell you he’s the best. His awards will tell you he’s the best, and his rings will tell you he’s the best. Trying to argue otherwise is pure nonsense.

It would make sense for Buffalo but not Dallas. Why would they want the most expensive years of Oliver’s contract? Buffalo already got the two cheap years of a back-loaded deal. You’d have to pay a team to take on that contract.

You aren’t factoring in the salary cap hit, though. The Khalil Mack trade brought the Raiders Jacob’s, Arnette, Edwards, a 6th round pick PLUS nearly $25 million a year in cap space (which was the largest contract fora defensive player in history at the time and would be about $45 million in today’s cap dollars). In other words, they could have drafted those players and still had enough cap space to sign the biggest name on the FA market. Yes, the Raiders did what the Raiders do and pissed away their picks, but that doesn’t mean the Bears made a good decision to give up draft picks for the right to give out a market-resetting contract. The salary pays the player. The picks are really for the surplus value of the player’s contract. If the player isn’t going to play on an existing contract, there isn’t any value there. It would be one thing if the player was on a bargain contract and not demanding a new deal, but that’s exceedingly rare. Basically, if a player is worth a $40 million salary and a first round pick, he’s worth a $60 million salary.

This is why teams should (almost) never trade for players. Let’s say that next year he’s franchised and traded. What does the other team have to give up in addition to the 5 years/$225 million contract? Is it really worth giving up draft picks on top of the massive salary cap strain? It’s the ultimate “Super Bowl or Bust” move.

Not sure if you’re serious, but either of those players could have been signed in the offseason for no draft compensation. This is like the guy in Fantasy Football who picks up players off the waiver wire and then tries to trade them to you.

Why is anyone talking about Milano and DaQuan Jones as if they have any trade value whatsoever? Milano is a 31 year old coverage LB who has missed most of the past 2 seasons, and DaQuan will be 34 years old this season and hasn’t been productive he past 2 seasons.

He’s getting more than $40m. Garrett turns 30 in December. Parsons just turned 26. He’s just entering his prime years, and he’s got a clean injury history. That’s a unicorn.

Why hasn’t anyone thought of that before?

While they’re at it, they should build a domed stadium next door to the new open air stadium.