dave mcbride

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/davante-adamss-new-team-will-need-to-have-enough-cap-space-for-his-contract

Au contraire. Garrett Wilson will be thrilled -- https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/garrett-wilson-comments-about-jets-offense-create-a-stir.

And he wanted out of the perfect situation for him, performance and victory-wise. The Packers were 39-10 (13-3, 13-3, 13-4) in the three seasons preceding his departure, and he had 321 receptions for 3,924 yards and 34 TDs in just 42 games (he missed 7 games--4 in 2020, 2 in 2021, and 1 in 2022) over that stretch. That's 7.6 receptions and 93.4 yards and nearly a TD per game -- basically, all-world stats. He's already been established as a somewhat difficult player to deal with, so would one expect that he is one of the majority who doesn't want to pick his locale? He already did it with the Raiders, and they've been a bad franchise forever. He actively chose to play for Josh Daniels! I really don't believe I'm overthinking things here. Having said all of this, I truly believe that he's probably the best NFL receiver of the past five years or so. He's uncoverable when healthy and a great route runner.

I think for a lot of players it doesn't matter, but for some it does. He forced his way from an elite team to a terrible franchise in a very popular setting for NFL players. It's a data point to consider. For instance: "The Adams trade shocked the league when it occurred March 17, 2022. Adams was frustrated with Green Bay and wanted to be dealt. The Raiders were rumored to be his desired destination in part because he was close friends and college teammates with then-Raiders quarterback Derek Carr and the fact that Las Vegas is close to his hometown of East Palo Alto, California." https://www.silverandblackpride.com/2023/10/3/23895138/raiders-packers-davante-adams-trade-review

January 2023 - Joe Mixon ran all over us. He is a really good back when healthy and scares me in the same way Henry does.

I have a hunch that Davante Adams wants NO part of Buffalo. That should be factored in, and he can more or less pick his location. This stuff matters a lot more than people realize, I believe. After all, Adams got the hell out of GB despite being a superstar there with one of the best passers in league history throwing to him. And he is from Palo Alto (a weather paradise) and went to school in central CA. To wit: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5791131/2024/10/02/nfl-player-polls-josh-allen-tyreek-hill-justin-jefferson/ 'NFL players crisscross the country (and at times, the globe) traveling to games, and they get a pretty good idea of what a city has to offer in terms of stadium atmosphere, hotel accommodations, restaurants and entertainment. So, when asked about their favorite road trip city, 18 players made Los Angeles the top choice. “I feel like I don’t want to do too much on road trips anyways because it’s a business trip,” one player said. “But in terms of scenery, weather and all the rest of it, probably Los Angeles.” Another said: “Anytime we go to L.A., Rams or Chargers. It’s L.A. The scenery is one of a kind.” Las Vegas, Seattle and Miami followed. “It’s got to be Vegas. Vegas is sweet,” one player said. “You get the full glitz and glam of it. It’s got a great stadium. A ton of food options if you’re playing a night game there that you can go out to the night before.” The leading vote-getter for least favorite trip was Green Bay despite Lambeau Field ranking among the most hallowed grounds in football. “It’s always cold,” one player said. “There’s not a lot to do there. I love the stadium, though.” Added another, “It sucks. There’s nothing to do. The food stinks. It’s cold, obviously. It just feels like you’re in a tundra.” Others listed a limited number of dining options for their dissatisfaction with Green Bay. A lack of bustling entertainment, diverse food options and unfavorable weather conditions prompted other players to pick Buffalo, with one player lamenting, “They ain’t even got Uber Black.”'

Yeah, but the Rice case is SO obvious - caught on film and everything, and he’s clearly guilty as sin.

The real issue is that one is DV and the other isn't. You can be suspended for DV charges without a conviction; you can't be suspended for reckless driving/endangerment without a conviction. The league is very, very conscious that ~40 percent of their viewership is female and they have some PTSD from Kareem Hunt, Ray Rice, etc. etc. It wasn't DV.

That's the policy. It has to work it's way through the system.

Based on the timing of the Zay Jones suspension, I actually expected this to happen right around now.

I seriously doubt it's anything new. This is for the event of last year. Zay Jones was charged 4-6 weeks or so before Miller last year, IIRC, and simply got suspended 4-6 weeks earlier. Neither was convicted; charges were dropped.

Rice has to be convicted first because it wasn't DV. The NFL treats DV differently - you only have to be charged and not convicted.

I think everyone is subject to injury in the NFL, big guys and little guys. O-linemen and d-linemen get hurt all the time.

I feel like now that Hamlin got his storybook INT in primetime, we can close the book on the clinically-dead-player-miraculously-returning-become-a-starting-NFL-safety narrative. It's a great way to end that story, and he has also gained enough on-field experience these four games to be a moderately credible backup if one of the better safeties playing ahead of him goes down later in the season.

The Jets defense is absolutely for real. But they have serious, serious problems nonetheless because of the overall vibe, the badly designed offense, and Rodgers' increasing immobility. Denver blitzed the hell out of Rodgers and weren't worried about him throwing it deep -- something he doesn't really do anymore except on Offside freebies, for whatever reason (he certainly has the arm for it). I don't think he loves being hit, and he got hit hard 10 times vs. Denver.

Way too early to tell. So much of what happens in January comes down to injury situations. A healthier Bills team would have beaten KC last season, I believe. I know everyone has injuries, but one team will often have a worse injury situation than its opponent, and it's often determinative at that time of the season. If KC wasn't missing their starting two tackles in the SB vs Tampa Bay (players they lost LATE in a blowout win over the Bills in the AFC championship game), they may well have won that game.

I am usually the opposite, but ironically I'm not reading too much into the Baltimore game. It was a must win for them, the Bills were coming off a Monday night game with short-term defensive personnel issues, and the Ravens are also a lot better than their record. They're always at least pretty good and often excellent. Also ironically, the Bills have beaten them the last two times they've played them, severely limiting their offense, and they also actually put up a pretty good fight against the 14-2 Ravens in the 2019 season, holding them to 257 yards. The Ravens I'm sure had a bullseye on the Bills. This is the first time in the Josh Allen era that the Ravens have put up 300 yards on a McDermott defense (I'm not counting the 2018 opener, a game Josh actually played in but which was a Peterman-led clown show).

I absolutely believe this. It certainly seems like Rodgers has contempt for Saleh. Is the issue him feeling like he's not getting his receptions or that he's on a terrible franchise with bad qbs slinging it to him? Jimmy G, who has not had a terrible career by any stretch, was absolutely terrible last season and missed him on throws repeatedly. Maybe he just wants to win?

I think you're right about the defense as it stands NOW, but let's be optimistic for a second and presume that by late Nov/early Dec, Bernard, Johnson, Milano, Bishop and possibly even Hyde (or a healthy Edwards) are all part of the starting 11 on defense. They have good depth at corner already, and their collection of d-linemen/pass rushers is better than average. That's a good unit. Not having Bernard/Milano/Johnson and neither Bishop nor Edwards being up to speed yet (emphasis on yet) means that they're undermanned. That's not a permanent condition given the roster. Bernard was really good last year, Bishop was great in college and a touted prospect, and both Johnson and Milanos reached all-pro status in the past two years. And Edwards, while not great, is better than Rapp and Hamlin.

Yeah, Williams and Wilson are good players. I wonder how Garrett Wilson will enjoy his diminished targets if Adams comes on board, especially in year 3 of his rookie contract. I mean, Adams is a far better player than both of those guys right now, but he's definitely unaffordable.

The Ravens dominated the Bills last night, flat out, shining a massive spotlight on their personnel/schematic weaknesses. Honestly, it's better to get exposed early, learn from it, and then go about fixing things. Also, getting blown out like that is beneficial in the sense that the coaches can't explain away the problems. They need real fixing, not band-aids. Bottom line: the Ravens were better in every aspect of the game. The only TD the Bills had was the result of a freakish Allen play after everything had broken down. He was under siege all night and the Ravens D had their number. Again, bad call, but it's hardly at the level of some of the soul-crushing plays it's being compared to here.

The Bills couldn't stop them after that and then the game became garbage time for the entire fourth quarter. It was a BLOWOUT. The Bills made a few plays over the course of the game, but they were outplayed/outschemed in every aspect of the game. The Ravens weren't losing last night at home.

I think they're going to have a come to Jesus moment re: Samuel soon. That game really exposed their scheme and they need to exploit his speed far better than they've done so far. He's legit fast.

Bad call, but the Bills were never going to win that game. Don't compare the play to ones where the Bills had it in their grasp and blew it in the final seconds.