Brand J

Said it before and I’ll say it again: QB contracts are out of hand relative to what other positions bring in. I’m not calling for equality, far from it, but when Lamar signs for $52M/yr and we scoff at someone like Nyheim Hines who’s on the books for $5M and is asked to take a pay cut, something ain’t right.

I’d like to see the knockoff jersey next to the official one.

No one’s concerned about Addison’s smallish hands?

It takes about 3 months to transform a body. Not a miracle transformation, but a solid one. One of these offseasons I’d like Dion to hire a nutritionist and personal trainer and really get after tightening up. It hasn’t happened by now so it probably won’t, but even by OL standards he’s “bad body.” Also, AJE’s chest was shockingly small for a player who once weighed 280 and then 260. How many reps did he do at the combine? Dion said he’s much bigger but I don’t see power in his shoulders/chest. EDIT: Found that he did 17 reps on the bench which was a disappointment and a “rocky start” to his combine. I was going to say I’d be surprised if he did anything over 20 reps, but wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt. 20 reps should be the baseline for a DE.

He tweeted from Coachella Tuesday I believe, when the rest of his teammates were at practice. Not that I make a big deal out of this, as long as he shows up in shape for mandatories (which I fully expect him to) and is ready to go, all is good.

This sounds like it’s coming from someone with a selfish mindset, or an individual who’s never played team sports. If it was an individual battle Diggs lost - boxing, tennis, bowling, whatever - then your stance is correct. Leave if you want, you have no one else to answer to but yourself. Obviously football is a team sport. There’s 53 other men and a collection of coaches who went to battle with you all season. You’ve been closer to those men for the last 8 months than your own child(ren)/wife/gf. You don’t storm out of the locker room to never return - until the following season’s mandatory minicamp. Take a break, collect your emotions, and then bring your leadership back to the locker room where it belongs. It’s bigger than just you.

Going back even farther, I’ve watched the draft since ‘99, when I was happy the Bills took Peerless Price in the 2nd. The first time I heard the term “can’t miss” was when Robert Gallery came out a few years later. And he never developed into the dominant LT everyone said he was. As old as I feel bringing up Price in the 2nd, I was too young in the Mandarich days 😄

I remember when LB Aaron Curry was the most can’t miss prospect of all can’t miss prospects… and then he busted. None of these guys are “can’t miss.” I wish Beane would get in the habit of stockpiling picks through trade downs rather than sacrificing picks to move up.

Maybe we’ll see a defense specifically tailored to stop the opposing offense, rather than a “this is what we do” nickel cover 2 scheme employed against everyone.

Someone had posted the percentage of routes Knox ran Daboll’s last season and the first under Dorsey and they were nearly identical. It showed Knox wasn’t staying in to block as much as some here believe, he’s just not getting the ball. Also can’t recall where, but the numbers said that Knox had among the highest separation when running routes, same with the rookie Khalil Shakir, and neither one of them get the looks. That’s a Josh issue, he needs to get better with his reads. I maintain that I didn’t like Knox’s contract at the time it was signed because Josh has never been reliant on the TE and Knox was going into his first year in Dorsey’s system. We overpaid on his extension, he would’ve got far less if he was a FA this offseason.

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 😄