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This alone makes McD’s philosophical approach much different than Frazier’s. Although they’ll be working from the same playbook, I don’t expect to see a defense that lines up predominantly in nickel, even on the goal line, and depends largely on the front four winning. McD will have something different in store.

Technically the receiver who fell in that class was T Higgins. Jefferson was thought by many to be the 4th best. The Eagles picked Reagor ahead of him, but all the draft talk I remember had Jefferson, Higgins, Reagor and Aiyuk around the same grade. GMs missed on Jefferson, one of the beliefs was that he was a slot only WR. When Brandon Beane said he didn’t think he could get high enough to land one of the top three (Jeudy, Lamb, Ruggs), he thought it’d be best to make the move for Diggs. He also said he didn’t want to suck badly enough to draft a receiver of Ja’marr Chase’s ability, but clearly had one right there (and had a couple in the 2nd round in earlier drafts AJ Brown/DK Metcalf), so Jefferson was a missed evaluation, just like the others.

1 year deals are all the rage.

I read a report that Rapp was “surprised and confused” by the 4.78 time. He said he hadn’t ran anything in the 4.7s since high school. He also said a year earlier he was timed at 4.56 and up until that 4.78 had been running consistently in the 4.5s and 4.6s. He didn’t make any excuses for the time though, no injury blame. Even though some had speculated the added muscle slowed him down, he owned it and said “it is what it is.” But put on the tape because he plays faster and is always in the right position.

He ran a 4.78 at the combine

You guys realize how large the playbooks are, correct? McD won’t call a “different” defense, the playbook and calls will remain the same, but his approach will most certainly be different from Frazier’s. If Frazier spent more time in the cover 2/zone portion of the book, perhaps McD’s time is used to further explore other pages, or to incorporate more variety in the scheme. Same defense/language, but different approaches. I’m all for it, McD has to have an answer for why his unit has been underperforming in the playoffs.

Morse is to the point where he’s so susceptible to concussions, that when it happens, we as fans don’t even recognize the cause. The knock to the head might look harmless or routine, but shortly after we hear “Morse has suffered a concussion and is out for the game.” He’s a decent pass protector, but has always been average to below average in the run game. If he suffers another concussion this year you can assume it’ll be his last season in Buffalo.

I feel like the 0% ratings need decimal places. 6th round QBs should not be at a flat zero. Off the top of my head you have Brady and Tyrod, so even if it’s 0.23%, it’s still not zero.

The reason I believed it’d go that way is because the market has been unkind to the skill positions this year. It took forever for a WR to sign. RBs, TEs, name the skill position and they’ve all been hit with terrible deals. Can’t call it collusion, but it’s the flavor of this particular offseason. These guys aren’t getting fair market deals. Blame the QB salary escalation.

You’re right, it’s even lower! 😂 Hate to say “I told you so,” but…

There is. I believe Sal C addressed this in another Sunday transaction earlier. Can’t remember what it was though.

We shall see, my friend! I don’t think he gets the $15M/yr he’s projected. If he does sign a criminally low deal, it’ll certainly blow up your thinking in regards to Knox.

Gesicki had a down year. I’m not surprised he didn’t break into the double digits, but that’s also why he signed a 1 year “prove it” deal. Probably signed with the wrong QB to be honest, but I still think he’s capable of having much better production in that offense without the Hills and Waddles around him. Anyway, the franchise tag for TEs is a little over $11M/yr and Evan Engram was the only TE to receive the designation. Spotrac has been pretty spot on with regards to projected AAV of the top TEs: FA TEs. Hayden Hurst only got a little over $7M for his good season with the Bengals. If Dalton Schultz signs for at least $13M/yr, I’ll agree that Knox would’ve fetched the same (or slightly more) on the open market. My bet is that Schultz comes in somewhere around the franchise tag number, $11M/yr.

After the year he just had, I can’t see another team in the league throwing $13M/yr at Knox, not in this offseason where lower market deals have been aplenty. My guess is he probably would’ve came in somewhere around Gesicki’s deal, $9M/yr.

Maybe we could trade a 4th for the Slant King 😄

Height and weight are measured against others at that position, so if a MLB is freakishly athletic, but only 5’10” and 220lbs, both will count against him and lower his relative athletic score.

I’m not pissed at Beasley for saying Aaron Rodgers is better than Josh Allen (still). It’s his opinion. And even if it is off-base, it isn’t a ludicrous take.

Yeah, I tend to agree. Still curious Beane locked him up with a top deal before seeing how he performed in a Dorsey offense, but let’s hope he becomes more of a focal point next season. That’s on Dorsey and Josh, less on Knox I think.

A seasoned, veteran play caller versus a first year one can’t be understated. Daboll had his faults too, many on this board wanted him gone, but I like that Dorsey and Allen have an entire year of tape to pore over. They’ll get it right, I fully believe that. It’s on McD and the defense to get their side corrected.

Your post had made it sound like the two QBs were simply interchangeable, “put this guy here and this one here…” and I didn’t think that was the case. Josh’s turnovers have to get cleaned up, like you said hopefully a better OL won’t have him feeling pressure where there’s none. He did leave clean pockets and made things tougher on himself as well. Another aspect of Josh’s game that must improve is field vision. I don’t know what happened this last season, but it seemed he regressed a bit. Players were open, but he wasn’t seeing things clearly. Does that have to do with the OL as well? Possibly. Allen is his own worst critic and I loved seeing his was still visibly distraught talking about the season after a few weeks had gone by. He knows what needs to be improved and hopefully takes his game to an even higher level next year.

That’s to say Allen is exactly on Mahomes level, which I don’t think he is. I do think Allen would’ve won a SB as a Chief two seasons ago when he was red hot in the playoffs and they had Hill and Kelce, but I don’t think he wins it this year with the group Mahomes was throwing to. Pat elevated those scrubs and took his game to an even higher level in the SB. Give Mahomes his credit.

I wonder how much Dawson Knox would’ve got in FA if he hadn’t been extended for $13M/yr. Does he get close to that amount? Or significantly less?

He’s a beast of a WR when targeted, catches everything. But unlike Gronk he isn’t nearly as physical. He should do better than their last two FA TE acquisitions as far as being an offensive threat.

I advocated for trading him when Lloyd was available at the Bills pick and grabbing him as a replacement and then getting a CB in the 2nd. A trade could’ve netted Elam or Pickens at the top of the 2nd, but I understand why it probably wasn’t a consideration given the expectations the team had. I’d be a more shrewd (cutthroat) GM though.

Bernard probably looked slower than he timed because he wasn’t fully sure what he was doing. If he has a firm grasp of the playbook and can play without thinking, I think you’d see that athleticism start to pop on the screen.