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Nothing sketchy here at all. He changed his name to the last name of his stepfather, the man who actually raised him.

The only year to look at is the 2021 season. Before that he was an UDFA fighting for playing time. He finally got that playing time in 2021. Then he got hurt early in 2022. So here is the numbers for 2021: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HarrDe07/gamelog/2021/advanced/ What stands out to me is this. 36 catches for 570 and 3 TDs. Of those 570 yards, 241 of them were YAC.

Lamar and his mom were really fixated on not giving up that 3% during the draft process. And by this point, he's been so public about this that he cannot really back down. I think that it's cost him a lot more than 3%, but what do I know?

This dude is fast

Read above. This is actually a one-year contract with a cap hit of 3.7.

But the Bills just resigned Hines. They don't really need another returner. And those are agent numbers for the contract. We'll have to see what the actual structure of it is before judging if the BIlls overpaid.

Vander Esche wears a neck pad like a 90’s LB. Bills fans like that.

Basic pride/ego. He thinks “Deshawn Watson got that much and I’m better than him so I should get more.”

It’s not the GMs. It’s the owners. They have to put any money guaranteed over the life of a contract into an escrow account so that’s it’s actually guaranteed.

This is what is going on. Hockey and baseball players talk about the ego hit that they take in arbitration hearings all the time.

Cap hit is 18.5 https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/houston-texans/brandin-cooks-14429/#:~:text=Current Contract,average annual salary of %2419%2C882%2C000.

Even worse than cheap. Poor (by NFL owner standards of course)

Pratt took a huge discount to stay in Cincinnati.

We don't tend to know much about the OGs on other teams unless we liked them in the draft.

I have a question. You always pay your LT more because he protects the QBs blindside. What if you have a left-handed QB? Would Miami pay more for a RT than other teams because Tua's a leftie? Do the LT and RT switch sides when the backup comes in?

I guess he's cheaper than Carr, so there is that.

It was 2019, so I guess it depends on which season you consider us to be in right now.

Exactly. Only the top 53 salaries count against the cap. Later round guys cost a team cash but not cap space.

Blowing out a knee on slit-film turf could have happened to a 20-year-old. In fact, it happened to 21yo Breece Hall.

The Giants just doubled down on 9-7-1 where a few of those 9 wins were a lucky bounce away from being a loss. Remember the bad snap that led to the game-winning interception against Baltimore? Their week 1 win against the Titans required a missed FG in OT. It took an A-Rod choke to win in London. I think that if they were not coaching in NY, they would not have gone this route. But in NY they cannot afford a reset year like the Bills had in 2018 with a rookie QB.

I can't tell if you're joking, but Stefon Diggs is not a free agent. If he demands a trade, his only leverage would be to hold out and the tag does nothing to prevent that.

I want a source beyond the Post and something called MoSports. Edit: Here is an actual report: https://www.wlwt.com/article/police-child-taken-to-hospital-after-report-of-shots-fired/43223958

People talk about taxes or playoff losses as reasons that players want out, but I think that the two winter storms have to be playing a role. If you're not from WNY, it is really crazy how much snow there was. I mean, many of us have left and the weather was a major factor in why we moved. Why would these guys be any different?

Someone on Reddit mentioned back in January when he did this that he always deletes all the Bills content from his IG after the season as a symbolic "fresh start." It's just notable this time because of how upset he was at Josh during the playoff game and all the noise from his brother at the Superbowl media interviews.

This is a good point. The Bills signed Von Miller when that seemed impossible. The cost of Von Miller was losing Jerry Hughes. Then when Von went down, the Bills not only were missing him but also the production that Jerry Hughes gave them in 2021. It really showed against the Bengals (both times).