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Another comparable is Kevin Hogan who had an excellent career at Stanford, and has the brains but not the arm to play the position. He was a 5th rounder for the KC Chiefs. In 7 seasons (he's not currently an active NFL player) he's made $2.6 million. In my eyes he's a better player than Peterman but quite a bit of career longevity is being in the right place at the right time. This means making good career decisions but also, having a little bit of luck too. And that's the same for most of our careers... decision making + luck = quality of career

🤣 For context, AJ McCarron (who's currently not an NFL player) "earned" about $15.6 million over 8 years. That's some serious clipboard holding excellence!!!

Not according to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baylon_Spector I checked all the links too. No white cat as far as my research goes, though can't swear to it.

This topic is made possible by viewers like you... 😊

Then we could say "Señor Martinez es uno trabajadora en la fábrica de la tristeza." I have mixed feelings about Edmunds resigning. No amount of money is worth the constant criticism from fans who've never even worn a jock strap. On the other hand it kinda sucks that he's thinking of resigning less than a week before the nationally televised opener. If he had any thoughts of walking away from the game he should have notified the team BEFORE the draft. A bit pissed to tell the truth.

I've heard of him!

Forsooth!

Is that your final answer? Fish no fear pats. Fish no fear Bills. Fish no fear Jets. Fish stupid animal. Floppy on river bank. Buffalo smart animal. Buffalo squish fish. Tatonka hate fish.

Customarily.

My week 1 upset? Badol and Scott say nice, complimentary things after the Bills stomp the Rams. 😊

Well, you might not care but it seems you care if others care... not that I care.

Maybe Scott but I'm willing to wait 2 more years to the expiration of Singletary and Moss' contracts before I make a final judgement. You say Beane is "relatively even on hits/misses in rounds 1-4." Please don't take offense but IMO this sort of analysis is meaningless until compared to all other teams. And to be accurate it should be a data-driven study taking into account many values (i.e.- 74rd overall pick started 40 games in 3 seasons, 5th in rushing yards from 2019-2021, etc). So to fairly rank every teams draft, every player in that draft should be graded and then their totals aggregated and then compared to the other teams drafts that year. I see both sides of it. On one hand if you have an all-purpose back you're not tipping your hand as far as the play call. On the other hand If you can't clone Derrick Henry, it would be really nice having someone like a D'Onta Foreman to use as a sledge hammer.

That would be the New York Football Giants...

"Nathan Peterman is statistically the worst quarterback to play in the NFL post-merger. That’s all you need to know, but the stats are even funnier. Aaron Rodgers could throw 1,240 consecutive interceptions on 1,240 straight pass attempts and still have a better career TD to INT ratio than Nathan Peterman. Nathan Peterman once threw 3 interceptions and zero touchdowns in a game and his passer rating went up from 20.8 to 30.7. Nathan Peterman finishes his tenure with the Bills with a lower QB rating than if he simply spiked the ball straight into the ground on every play of his career." And this is what I was alluding to when I asked the question, is it worth $5 million to have this sort of egg on your face?

In addition to the attributes you listed for Singletary and Moss, they're both considered excellent pass blockers which is obviously very important in the NFL in this day and age and particularly for Josh and this offense. Cook on the other hand might be limited this year due to being a "work in progress" as far as pass pro goes.

Me too... ignorant as *****. They say great minds think alike but I never understood what that meant...

And we needed another tight end!!! ***** Ralph... or Russ...

Sorry if it's already been mentioned but does the delay in releasing the renderings possibly have to do with the fact that the September 1st lease deal has been delayed up to 45 days?

As for positional value, like all GMs, Beane has players stacked on his final draft board. Like all GMs he takes positional value into account when stacking the overall board. If he takes an RB in the 3rd round it's because he believes it's a solid value... and he's already discounted that player due to position. Will Beane sometimes reach? He has admitted to taking a player (Terrel Bernard?) above his ranking if there's no one else he likes and if he can't trade down. We all agree that no one bats 1.000 and that Beane does a great job.

A few thoughts from reading the last few pages: Singletary was a 3rd round pick. He's started 40 of 45 games over 3 seasons. That's good value for the 74th overall pick, especially considering he has one more season on his contract. I don't view James Cook as more than a 8-10 touch a game weapon. As to comparisons with Thurman Thomas and Devin Singletary, Thurman had what looks like a sturdier frame than Cook and had nearly 3300 touches in his career. Singletary whose nickname is "Motor" is 5'7", weighs over 200 lbs and can squat 550 lbs. Cook is both taller and lighter than either Thomas or Singletary and appears to have a slight build. I think Cook can be an excellent weapon for this team but I don't see him as a starter or a workhorse.

Amen

Well some team is gonna give him a contract... in other words he isn't gonna retire.

It'll be interesting to see what Lamar Jackson gets.