Brand J

I understand where you’re coming from, along with everyone else who wants to trade up. Well, except for Warriorspikes, he’d happily give up every pick in the next two drafts for 2 receivers from this one 😅 (just messing with you Warrior) The rare prospects have a term: “can’t miss.” How many players in NFL history had that tag coming into the draft and then… missed? I don’t expect any of the top 3 to bust, neither do NFL evaluators, but man oh man, we just don’t know. In many ways it is a lottery, so many variables go into whether a player has success or not, so I just can’t get behind sacrificing what may be other big time contributors, to take a position that isn’t absolutely crucial to a team’s success. There’s only one of those positions: QB. And that’s the only one I’d be willing to mortgage the future for.

While I agree with your greatness to good comparison, it’s not where a player is selected, but rather who is selected. We’ve passed on a number of GREAT talents in the draft, quite a few at WR, and didn’t have to burn a single pick other than that round’s selection. Trading up doesn’t guarantee us a blue chip prospect. It gives us a chance to take a player we believe will pan out that way, but once these guys get to the next level anything can happen - unrealized potential, injury prone, or just a flat out bust. I’m still not trading multiple premium picks for any position that is not a QB. Period. By trading those picks, how many other players did we bypass that would go on to have blue chip NFL talent? Beane has to get the selections right, it’s not about where.

The first time Allen has to sit in front of mics, I hope he has his opening Diggs speech rehearsed because 90% of the questions will be about their relationship.

Yeah, I think they would’ve been moving on from him at age 33 or 34 anyway - when the dead cap was manageable. What were his cap hits those later years? I still think it was a deal that could’ve gone for half the length at the same $24M AAV. If Diggs and his people rejected that (they wouldn’t have) then he would’ve had to play out the rest of his deal. Gotta be more shrewd. Now we’re left paying him $31M NOT to play this year.

That’s not hindsight. It made little since to extend him for 4 years and $96M at his age. It was an extension that comfortably carried him into his 30s. Bad contract. Even at the time I asked why they’d lock themselves in for so long. A two year extension would’ve been a fair pay raise.

He admitted he’s much more comfortable on the left.

I hope Beane has learned something throughout all of this. He didn’t have to extend Diggs, he did it because Diggs had outplayed his old contract, but adding FOUR years at his age? Max should’ve been a two year increase, this cap hit would’ve been much more manageable as well.

I was in grade school and wasn’t really into football during Reed’s SB years so I can’t comment on if he’s overrated or not. What I do know is that you can’t compare stats from the 90s to the game today. This decade’s passing league is a totally different animal for receiver and QB numbers.

There’s a difference between trading up for a QB and trading up for a WR. It’s insanely difficult for a team to compete without a top tier QB. It’s not insanely difficult for a team to compete without a top tier WR. And nothing guarantees you’d be getting one by trading up either.

I heard somewhere he didn’t run the 40 at his pro day and stood on his numbers from the combine (which confused some here considering he claimed to be sick). Pro day reports used to be widely available like combine performances. Wonder what changed and why it feels more secretive now.

Crazy to me too. Higher draft position does not equate to “better player.” If it did, if players selected higher were better 80% of the time than ones selected after them, then sure, go up and get the prospect who can’t miss. That’s not even remotely true as we all know. The only thing you’re guaranteed by moving up is less picks to hit on an impact player.

Yeah, I firmly believe the “you sure?” tweet from yesterday was the last straw. It’s arguably the most incendiary remark he’s made and the very next day he’s dealt. He’s Houston’s problem now.

Nope, this team has a number of needs. Can’t risk multiple premium picks on the hopes your WR will be *that much* better than any taken after him (which statistically is a 50/50 proposition btw). Even now I’d support a trade back before a trade up.

The pattern was strikingly similar to his time in MIN, including cryptic tweets, yet so many deluded themselves into believing it meant very little. I’m not at all surprised, even with the higher dead cap money. His distraction had become greater than his production and it was time to move on. The only thing that did surprise me is that the Bills had to send a couple picks back to HOU to make it work. Didn’t like that, even for late rounders. Whenever a move of this magnitude is made the GM usually speaks. I wonder what time the Beane presser will be.

Largest dead cap hit for a non-QB in NFL history. At least we’re in the books for something! 😂

He played well without Diggs being involved the back half of the season. If folks wanna argue that Diggs was a decoy, drawing all the attention and freeing up Kincaid/Shakir/Cook, then why do opposing teams make it a point after games to say that Diggs was hardly being doubled? I heard that more than once.

He was always unhinged, even as a collegiate player. There’s reports of him farting in a doctor’s face - multiple times - and laughing about it. He was also kicked out of a college. Guy has always been a head case, it’s who he is, but the CTE stuff has really turned it up a level.

I remember Jonathan Ogden was famously tall at 6’9”. Don’t remember other tackles that height dominating. It’s easier for smaller players to get leverage against them - unless he’s powerful. If I were him I’d try to get in contact with Ogden if he doesn’t have a future as an NBA starter.

Well that’s exactly what happened. They played defense so as not to lose the game on a TD but completely disregarded giving up chunk plays for a FG attempt. That’s why I said it would’ve been better for them to be up 2, not 3, because the focus would change. Can’t give up any points, period. Those last two plays, make anyone besides Hill and Kelce beat you. Anyone. Where did the ball go? Hill. Then Kelce. And neither were challenged at the LoS. Just a gross mismanagement of the final 13 seconds.

2017 was the Mahomes trade down. They picked Tre White, not a WR. Sammy Watkins (2014) was the last first round receiver I believe.

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Yeah, the year where Erick Flowers was a first round pick, think it was 2003, was arguably the worst year in franchise history. Off the top of my head, the only one I remember contributing was 5th round RB Sammy Morris. Correction: this was the 2000 draft. We famously picked Leif Larsen in the sixth and Tom Brady went just a few picks later.

AB and AB would be even more unpredictable. The second AB stands for Amanda Bynes, who’s not even recognizable anymore.

I still maintain it would’ve been better for the Bills to be up 2, not 3, with :13 seconds left because I think the entire defensive focus would’ve changed… “Can’t let them score a FG.” Bills played as if “can’t lose the game on a TD.”

Truthfully, Josh has enough weapons where struggling in the passing game shouldn’t be a thing: Stef Diggs, Curtis Samuel, Khalil Shakir, Dalton Kincaid, & James Cook. The reason so many are high on WR is because the majority of us feel that Diggs is on borrowed time and we’d love to find his successor so we don’t miss a beat when he does depart. Objectively the defensive line and safeties are a much weaker group than Allen’s pass catchers. A safety won’t go in round 1, but DL should definitely be in play. I don’t envy Beane, he HAS to get these premium picks right. We can’t afford another Boogie Basham mishap.