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Shayne Graham was a Buffalo Bill as well. He's more known for his tenure with the Bengals, but he was our Kicker in 2001.

Yes, he did. And don't get me wrong - I'm not looking at him as some sort of savior. But we're over here signing Josh Norman. Tre's hurt and Elam has been a player they prefer not to have on the field. If something happens to Benford or Jackson, we're relying on him and/or Ja'Marcus Ingram. What Levi provided for us in the past is about the best you can hope for right now. Especially with a regime that (at the very least on the Defensive side of the ball) feels that learning the playbook midseason is futile and leans EXTREMELY heavy towards plug and play players who have experience in the system. Wallace would give us a 3rd Outside CB who is at least serviceable in our system. Hopefully to only provide more in relief, but (at least slightly) better insurance in the event of another injury. Not every move is made to upgrade a starting position, way more moves are done for depth and insurance.

A new replica jersey is $130. A stitched limited jersey is $175. If it were the old days when jerseys were only $60, i'd see where you're coming from no question. But not everyone can just shell out almost 3-4x the price of a restitching for a whole new jersey.

Maine and Kirksey are MLB's. Bernard isn't the problem back there. It's Dorian Williams and Tyrel Dodson at OLB that's the real problem. Neither Maine nor Kirksey are fixing that.

It's Hopkins. Doubly so because he would just cost a million for the rest of the year with nothing guaranteed after. Henry would cost 6.3 for the rest of the season. That's a lot for 10 games of a RB and we don't have it. Even after the Dion Dawkins restructure, we only have 5.2. Hopkins is doable. Henry not so much. We'd have to find more money somewhere to cover not only the difference in his contract, but more for emergencies along the way for the rest of the season. If we make another Dawkins like move, maybe. But until then, I wouldn't get my hopes up over Vegas Odds.

Simple and for the same reason why we re-signed Josh Norman this year and brought back Dean Marlowe and AJ Klein when we needed help last year. Sean McDermott views his Defense so complex that there is no chance a Defensive player can come in midseason and get his Defense down quickly. He's only ever interested in players who have played his scheme and has experience with his playbook in the past. This is why I'd be surprised to see us make any moves on Defense, save for Ankou or someone like Levi Wallace. And if we do, it will be weeks if not months before they get in any substantial reps. Hell, he didn't even trust a Running Back (Nyheim Hines), the easiest position to transition in Football for months after acquiring him. It's why we passed on Leonard Fournette over promoting Ty Johnson. It's one of the most frustrating aspects of McDermott as a coach. I understand experience and time with the playbook is important. But he's WAY too conscious and conservative over it. He'll value someone with a 1/4 of the talent with playbook knowledge over a new player.

Yeah, he's coming back. He posted an IG story of Forrest Gump smiling and waving at a Buffalo emoji.

Poona Ford will be released before Kingsley Jonathan.

It's funny how things change around here in a couple months. On cut down day there were more people on here than not that were saying Shakir has done nothing to warrant a roster spot and should have been released.

David would be nice. Mike Evans is a pipe dream. The guy is having an incredible season for them and they're not a below .500 team. They weren't interested in moving him before the offseason. Zero chance they'd be interested in moving him now with how he's performing with Baker and their season still very much alive.

May not be an upgrade, but we're 1 injury away from a guy we don't want to even put on the field. And if that happens, we're putting who in when Benford and Elam need a breather? Ja'Marcus Ingram? Josh Norman? And with a rotation we can rely on, we can keep Benford and Jackson fresh. Jackson hasn't been performing at a real high level either. If Wallace isn't an upgrade, it's at least another CB at around the same level as him. Not every move is made as an upgrade or replacement over Starters. And we tend to make more moves as insurance and depth than we do those kind of moves.

They've been ramping up Joey Porter Jr. to take over that spot. And although Wallace started yesterday, Porter received more snaps than him yesterday for the first time. Fans in Pittsburgh are starting to turn on Wallace (much like we did). If they feel their 4th CB can take on the role of 3rd, he may be expendable to them with Patrick Peterson and Joey Porter Jr. as starters. https://stillcurtain.com/posts/steelers-levi-wallace-shows-why-most-unplayable-cornerback-in-nfl-01hdcmdtj3z5

There's been so many "Trade for this guy" posts being made lately. And while it's fun to think of a Davante Adams, Derrick Henry, or Saquan Barkley on the team - it's very unrealistic. With the amount of available cap space we have right now, next offseason, and the amount of FA's we have to re-sign or replace, Beane's not going to spend a lot of money AND give up prime Draft picks. We can argue over whether that's wise or not. But it doesn't change the fact that it's simply not how Beane operates. Which led me to thinking, knowing their MO - who would be the most realistic Trade option for this team? And to me, like it or not, it's clearly Levi Wallace. We're thin at CB. McDermott (for whatever reason) seems to believe that it's impossible for a new player to come on to this team and get his Defense down. Time and again, if we make a move on Defense, it's for someone who's been here before. Last season, when we needed help, we traded for Dean Marlowe and brought back A.J. Klein. This season with everyone available to us we chose to bring back... Josh Norman. Levi was moved on from because we wanted to get better on the opposite side of Tre White. But with Tre going down and Kaiir Elam downright unplayable, I envision them turning back to Levi to provide, at least, another CB to the rotation of Dane and Kaiir. Taking into account how he's performed in Pittsburgh, Joey Porter Jr. starting to come into his own, and what he's paid, the cost would be in the area that Beane would feel comfortable and I'd bet McDermott would welcome his return, given the situation. I'm sure this will be met with vomit emoji's and eyerolls. But when it comes to how they operate and where we need help, I expect this will be a move they'd want to make. Again... like it or not.

That's what happens when you have a good run blocking O-Line and are put on a run heavy team. Zach Moss isn't as bad as he looked when he was here, but he's also not as good as he looks in Indianapolis right now.

Good sign - he got the pressure leading to the sack. Bad sign, obviously, the limp. Hopefully he's okay. He needs to get 100% healthy. Seems we rushed him on the field. This idea that he played at the level he did and now he's just toast - I don't buy that.

I could see that. I could also see Levi Wallace being traded for. As McDermott is only ever interested in Defensive players that know his scheme. See: Dean Marlowe and AJ Klein last season and Josh Norman this season.

Pulled. McDermott talked about it in his presser.

Mike Evans is having an amazing year on a .500 team. The Bucs season isn't dead. They aren't going to Trade him. They weren't interested in Trading him during the Offseason - they're definitely not interested now. Davante Adams is impossible. We couldn't afford him even if the Raiders took on a massive cap hit this season. Even if they did, the cost for him in compensation between the talent he is and the money they'd be taken on would be so great, there's no way we'd do it. Both are an absolute pipe dream. 0 possibility of happening. DeAndre Hopkins or Jerry Jeudy are possibilities and even they aren't likely.

We've lost the best player on 3 levels of our Defense - Matt Milano at LB, Tre White at CB, and Daquan Jones at Interior D-Line. Not to mention we didn't have Ed Oliver today. Not to say that today or the last few weeks have been acceptable. But when you're starting guys like Tim Settle, Dane Jackson, and Dorian Williams in their stead - that's a massive dropoff. This is not the same Defense that we saw the first few weeks.

Thank you! Feels like 50% of the posts these days are "trade for so and so". Trades are exceedingly rare in the NFL. The deadline is a yearly nothing burger. Teams don't do rentals like the NHL or the NBA. All Draft picks are important. Especially in the cap situation we're in this year, next year, and the amount of FA's we have coming up to be re-signed or replaced. Yet people want to act like it's not a real thing or that Brandon Beane is the type of GM to go New Orleans style and worry about it later, like they would.

All In? How so? If you're saying All In on being sellers - I refer to my original response to your post. I see you talking about trading Knox in posts. No one's taking on Knox's contract for what he brings to the table. It's crazy we did. Who wants him with how he's performing? If you're saying All In on making trades - we can't afford anything crazy. Something like Levi Wallace or (I hate that I'm even invoking his name) DeAndre Hopkins is doable (costs just over a million). But things like Davante Adams, Derrick Henry, or Saquan Barkley are not feasible.

And we're already 34 million over the cap next season.

WR2 isn't going to change Dorsey's playcalling or Josh running for his life every time he snaps the ball. It's not going to fix not having our best player on 3 levels of our Defense and us giving up 29 against Mac Jones and a 1-5 team. .... but it is a shiny present and fun, so it will probably win the poll.

I don't even remember seeing the guy on the field. How many snaps did he even have? It's going to take some time for him to get back into playing shape. It's going to take even longer when he's barely even getting warmed up on the field. I get wanting to keep him fresh for the Playoffs. But if things keep going the way they're going, that's far from a given.

"Only"? I'd say not running for his life the second he snaps the ball play after play and better playcalling are much more vital to helping Allen. But those things aren't a shiny toy...