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  1. 1 hour ago, ColoradoBills said:

     

    Not really.  Just about all of the franchise QBs have their 5th year option picked up.  The extensions signed in year 3 get put on AFTER

    the 5th.  Josh and Mahomes (as examples) had 5th year options picked up.

    That's just a formality, they don't go into season 5 on their 5th year option.  Only when they've missed significant time like Lamar Jackson is a QB left hanging by an organization that wants him.  

  2. 4 hours ago, Bruffalo said:

    5th option matters for QBs and arguably EDGE, but I agree with what you're saying generally. 

    Actually, for QBs it's rarely used.  If the player is a franchise QB, he gets extended after year 3, like Josh and many others. Only the QBs who have an injury history get the 5th year option.  Meanwhile, the QB busts get jettisoned.  Look at 2021: 4 QBs in the top 15 got dumped before the team even had to consider the 5th year option.  

  3. 16 hours ago, LabattBlue said:

    Very puzzling to give up the 5th year of player control for what?

    The player is either good enough to extend or not worth 1 more year with the 5th year option.  What did the Bills really accomplish by using the 5th year option on Edmunds & then letting him walk?  The goal is to get a guy who will earn a 2nd contract, not just 1 more year before he leaves because the team had to make a decision after his 3rd season.  

  4. 2 hours ago, Pine Barrens Mafia said:

     

    Except at receiver

     

    he's absolutely atrocious at evaluating receiver.

     

    That's ridiculous.  The only time Beane used a high pick on a WR was trading a #1 for Diggs.  Meanwhile, most of Beane's WR picks have outplayed their draft position.  Just because he signed some #3s & #4s, to back up his top WRs, who didn't do much doesn't mean much when compared with his draft picks or picks used for trade.  

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  5. 2 hours ago, billsfan714 said:

    How did Sammy Watkins work out? Or JP Losman.

    JP Losman was the result of Donahoe not having the guts to offer enough to get into the top 10 and draft the QB he really wanted, Ben Roethlisberger.  If Donahoe had offered enough to move up from 13, as Beane did later to move from 12 to 7, Bills history would be drastically different. 

    So, by including JP Losman, you are supporting trading up.  NOT trading up earlier in the draft was the problem, not the panic move for Losman when Donahoe lost out on Roethlisberger.   

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  6. 17 minutes ago, SoTier said:

    This  "epic" trade scenario is the stupidest idea that I've ever seen on TSW.   The Biils won the NFL equivalent of a $500 million Powerball lottery in 2018.    Trading away a generational QB talent in his prime makes absolutely no sense in the modern NFL with free agency and the salary cap forcing frequent player personnel turn over.  

     

    How hard is it to find a truly great NFL QB?   I bolded the first round QBs in the list below who I think are/were about equal with Josh Allen, which would be Rodgers and Mahomes.   I used red for the 2 QBs who have had significant injuries that derailed or may derail their pro careers.  Even if you include Luck and Burrow, the first round of 20 drafts have yielded only 5 what might be considered "generational QBs".  That's less than 8% of the QBs taken in the first round.   There were numerous franchise QBs who were very good and fewer who are/were close to great for a time, and a handful of likely HOFers.  Rodgers, Mahomes and Allen, however, are on a level above any NFL QBs who have played in their prime in the 21st century except for Peyton Manning and Tom Brady. 

     

    Here are 20 years of the 66 first round QBs in this century who have finished their rookies contracts:

    2001 ... 1 ... Michael Vick

    2002 ... 1 ... David Carr     3 ... Joey Harrington

    2003 ... 1 ... Carson Palmer     7 ... Byron Leftwich     19 ... Kyle Boller     22 ... Rex Grossman

    2004 ... 1 ... Eli Manning     4 ... Philip Rivers      11 ... Ben Roethlisberger      22 .. JP Losman

    2005 ... 1 ... Alex Smith     24 ... Aaron Rodgers      32 ... Jason Campbell

    2006 ... 3 ... Vince Young    10 ... Matt Leinart     11 ... Jay Cutler

    2007 ... 1 ... JaMarcus Russell    22 ... Brady Quinn

    2008 ... 3 ... Matt Ryan      18 ... Joe Flacco

    2009 ... 1 ... Matthew Stafford     5 ... Mark Sanchez    17 ... Josh Freeman

    2010 ... 1 ... Sam Bradford    25 ... Tim Tebow

    2011 ... 1 ... Cam Newton    8 ... Jake Locker    10 ... Blaine Gabbert    12 ... Christian Ponder

    2012 ... 1 ... Andrew Luck     2 ... Robert Griffin     8 ... Ryan Tannehill      22 ... Brandon Weeden

    2013 ... 16 ... EJ Manuel

    2014 ... 3 ... Blake Bortles     22 ... Johnny Manziel     32 ... Teddy Bridgewater

    2015 ... 1 ... Jameis Winston      2 ... Marcus Mariota

    2016 ... 1 ... Jared Goff     2 ... Carson Wentz      26 ... Paxton Lynch

    2017 ... 2 ... Mitch Trubisky    10 ... Patrick Mahomes   12 ... Deshaun Watson

    2018 ... 1 ... Baker Mayfield     3 ... Sam Darnold      7 ...  Josh Allen     10 ... Josh Rosen     32 ... Lamar Jackson

    2019 ... 1 ... Kyler Murray      6 ... Daniel Jones      15 ... Dwayne Haskins

    2020 ... 1 ... Joe Burrow      5 ... Tua Tagovailoa     6 ... Justin Herbert      26 ... Jordan Love

     

    How could you not include JP Losman & EJ Manuel among the generational QBs?  😁

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  7. The only March Madness for me is that I can't watch the TV programs that it preempts on CBS.  I don't do brackets because I know nothing about college basketball.  I have no rooting interest since I have no affiliation with any of the teams that are playing.  The only time a team from Albany or a city I've lived in in the past is in the tournament, it's one of the bottom seeds & exits quickly.  

  8. 1 hour ago, papazoid said:

     

    beane got great value for a 1 yr rental

     

    this other discussion revolves around some who think that because it's a 2025 2nd round pick....that its only worth half as much as if it was a 2024 2nd round pick....which i do not believe

    Similar value when Beane traded Sammy Watkins as a 1 year rental by the Rams.  He used that pick as part of the trade up for Josh Allen.  

  9. Most of the players listed above were at the end of their careers.  I looked at it more as what players went on to bigger & better things after they left. Top 2 are Wyatt Teller & Jason Peters, with Marshawn Lynch not far behind.  Guys retire or get let go or leave in free agency, all as part of the business.  But my top 3 were given away for pennies on the dollar & flourished in their new locations.  

  10. Years ago, there was the Olof Paril hoax that had a story of an offensive line prospect that the Bills were interested in.  I think it originated out of Rochester.  At one point there was word that one of the other NFL teams actually believed it and wanted more information on him before the draft.  Eventually it was revealed that Olof Paril was an anagram for April Fool.  

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  11. 1 hour ago, Jerry Jabber said:

    Wade Phillips got a Defenders TD reversed by challenging a play, by which the RT moved early. TD was called back and the Defenders got a False Start penalty. 

    The same RT got ejected on that play for spitting on the opponent.  

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  12. 4 hours ago, SirAndrew said:

    Fields is a bust who isn’t good enough, and Wilson is washed up. It’s simple as that, people are overthinking this. The Steelers will win games with defense and Tomlin’s coaching, but they haven’t solved their QB problem. 

    NFL GMs may not be that good at recognizing a QB bust coming out of college, but they are good at recognizing a QB bust at the NFL level.  That's why it's virtually impossible to take a busted 1st or 2nd round and get anything good out of him.  If the NFL GMs hadn't considered Field a bust the Bears would have gotten a lot more when they traded him than they did (a 2025 6th that can become a 4th).  The rest of the league didn't consider him starting material & the team that traded for him gave up virtually nothing for a backup with starters experience on the last year of his rookie contract.  

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  13. 2 hours ago, Gregg said:

    Actually 3rd stringer now if he remains on the team behind Rodgers and Taylor.

    He may end up being the Covid QB like Jake Fromm was in 2020.  Pay him his guaranteed money & keep him away from the rest of the team "just in case". 😄

    1 hour ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:


    I agree. The way they have mismanaged him has caused me to root for him. 
     

    I would like to see him go to some team with a QB whisperer as a head coach, and see if he can reclaim his career. 

    How did they mismanage him other than putting him out on the field where he could STB?  I've heard this before with guys like EJ Manuel & JP Losman too many times.  The 3 have one thing in common, not mismanaged, just 1st round busts.    

  14. 18 minutes ago, TBBills Fan said:

    Not for nothing did the Steelers get more for Pickett than they had sent to the bears for fields?

     

    Fields is better and has more potential than pickett

    It's all about the length of contracts. Fields is in the last year of his, Pickett has 2 years left.  

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