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They'd both take Josh in a heartbeat. Maybe not their fans, but no front office is confusing Mayfield for Allen. They're going to pay them like Allen, though. Enjoy being on the right side of the catch 22.

Stupid Patriots fans don't even know how many games are in a season... Stupid Patriots fans don't even know how many games are in a season...

Just off by a year. Nailed the AAV.

Not a bad prediction.

What difference does that make today? They are four years removed from college. I think it's safe to say that Allen's college WRs aren't factored into the Superbowl odds.

It was a joke. No offense meant.

Daniel Jones is a more talented runner than Saquan? There's hot takes and then there's this.

I'm curious to know if there's a game that Edwards's supporters can point to that would illustrate him as a potential dominant force at LB. I've seen some really nice plays here and there, but I've never seen him ruin an opening team's gamelan. He and Milano are going to account for nearly $25,000,000 of cap soon, and I have a tough time understanding how that's value. Even if they were truly elite at their roles, I don't know that the scheme they're in lends itself to allowing them to be game wreckers. Seems like a ton of money to pay guys who are pretty average players filling de-emphasized positions. I suppose the plan is to spend money at LB and spend draft capital up front, but guys like Oliver and Epenesa had better take the next step because the front 7 has had a ton of resources poured into it.

The 2013 squad had 57 sacks compared to 38 last season. 2021 would have to up the total by 50% just to match. That would be remarkable accomplishment given that no proven superstar players were added.

If Diggs doesn’t want to wear a helmet next year, that’s his choice.

Good question, and it depends how you look at it I guess. A few years ago I was shoveling my car out of the driveway after a huge snowstorm. At that moment, a snowblower would have been worth $1000 to me. I can buy one today for $300, but I haven't done it. It's 80 degrees and sunny, so my perspective is different. When the Bills couldn't get any pressure on Mahomes during the AFCCG, I'm guessing most fans would have been willing to pay multiple first round picks for a guy like Mack in that moment. Now that it's the off season, people get a little tighter with the purse strings. What I do know is that I've watched that game enough times that I'm supremely confident that Buffalo is going to struggle to slow down Kansas City until they get a true MFer who can put Mahomes on his ass. I don't think that guy was on the roster. The draft tells me that Beane agrees with me. Personally, I'd take Mack over Epenesa, Basham, and Rousseau (for 2021 at least).

Zero chance he’s available, but if he were Beane should pay whatever it costs to get him. That would give him a hand strong enough to make it worth going all in.

So McVay wins coach of the year, but the Saints take a couple of steps back and end up trading away Lattimore. That’s going to be a tough needle to thread.

Made the list of the top 100 players in the NFL. Not bad for a “nickel corner”. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/top-100-nfl-players-of-2021-patrick-mahomes-holds-on-to-no-1-spot-josh-allen-rockets-into-top-10/

There were a ton of talented linemen available late in the first, but they all had the same seemingly fatal flaw that would prevent them from being LTs. Their arms were all well shorter than you want for the position. The difference between Jenkins (33.5) and Brown (35) doesn’t seem like much, but it’s often the difference between being the guy getting pushed and being the one doing the pushing. This will be the most talented line Reid has had in Kansas City by a mile, particularly the interior. Tampa’s still going to be tough to deal with, but the Chiefs will be starting 5 new linemen in week 1 so I don’t know how anyone can say they didn’t do enough to address the issue.

Only one of them has had a concussion, and it isn’t Mahomes.

They’re plenty deep at OT. Brown and Niang will likely be the starting tackles. Remembers played RT most of the season backing up Schwartz. Kyle Long could be used at Tackle, and so could Thuney if needed. Reid hasn’t drafted a Tackle in any round since Fisher was the number 1 overall pick, and he’s managed to get decent line play for years. This year they traded a first rounder for a LT, drafted the top C in the draft in the second round, and gave Thuney a record contract at G. Then they drafted Trey Smith at G, signed Kyle Long, Austin Blythe, and have LDT and Niang coming back from their COVID opt outs. How much more do you think they should have invested?

He’d be a great fit in Buffalo. The league’s going to have a collective stroke if he lands in KC.

This is the correct answer. The Mahomes contract was a team friendly deal. Josh could sign that exact contract a year later, and it would be a good deal for both sides.

I think it’ll be slightly longer and way more backloaded, but you’ve got a pretty good jumping off point.

Henry has had 850 touches the last two seasons. He is due for a breakdown, and their line isn’t what it was. Chiefs, Browns, Bills, or Ravens in the Super Bowl. I don’t see anyone else with much of a chance barring some blockbuster trade sending Rodgers, Watson, or Wilson to the Colts, Titans, Broncos, or Dolphins.

Is there a thread from when he was originally acquired via the trade? I can’t find one, but it would be an interesting read.

Because of a 2 year old article from before Daboll simplified the offense? Nah

Mahomes crapped himself to the tune of 300 yards, 3 TDs, and no turnovers for a 117 QB rating against the Patriots. Now I’ll grant you that he was confused by the NE defense in the first half, but he adjusted and put up 31 points in the second half. It’s hard to beat a team by 3 TDs when that team scores 37 points. Allen couldn’t get anything going at all until mop up time after it was 38-15 in the 4th quarter. Buffalo didn’t make any offensive adjustments because there weren’t any built into the offense. I remember being on the other end of that during the Marty Schottenheimer days. The KC offense was incredibly basic, and come playoff time, Denver was literally calling out our audibles pre-snap and pointing to where the ball was going before we even snapped the ball. Had our offense been more innovative, we could have taken advantage of their aggressiveness with option routes and such, but Elvis Grbac wasn’t capable of running a complex offense, and Paul Hackett wasn’t exactly Bill Walsh. Daboll runs a system based on a complex offense, but he’s simplified it substantially. You don’t see a lot of option routes. There aren’t a dozen different ways he disguises screen passes. He does mix up the formations a decent amount, but there aren’t a ton of shifts that confuse the defense. It’s a very vanilla version of what Brady was running in NE. It still works well because Josh has physical gifts that Brady doesn’t have, but when it’s not working, it’s not like you can just make a bunch of halftime adjustments the way Payton and Brees could or Reid and Mahomes can. I think you’ll see that develop a bit as Josh continues to learn the position. He’s still growing as a QB, and right now he still looks like an athlete playing QB at times. As the game continues to slow down for him, I think he’ll look more like a QB who happens to also be a gifted athlete. If that happens, he’s going to wear a gold jacket some day.

This board is overlooking one of the (IMO) most important factors in that game. Kansas City’s defense knew exactly what was coming, and Josh had no idea how to stop it. Every time he audibled, Anthony Hitchens would reset the defense and essentially point out the play. Buffalo’s offense is pretty simple. I don’t know if that’s a Daboll thing or if he’s simplified it for Josh (more likely) but Spagnuolo seemingly had the perfect defense called every time, and Hitchens had the perfect counter to every adjustment the Bills made. I don’t think it’s a hot take to say that Josh plays better when he doesn’t overthink things and just plays. My suspicion is that Daboll is well aware of this and decided to tailor the offense to Allen’s style. It was effective, but simplified offenses can be predictable. I think what we saw in the AFCCG was that predictably catching up to them. I would expect to see a few new wrinkles added this season, and it will be up to Josh to keep up.