ddaryl

Spencer Brown disagrees

At this point I can't even remember the original point of this discussion.

I'm not a fan of QB designed runs during the regular season. Especially at the rate we use them. I know Allen is a weapon but we will all be weeping if it causes the unthinkable. Scrambles are necessary when things break down or Allen can see a clean route.

I disagree completely with your concept of free money. Yes larger markets produce some larger numbers, but the league as a whole just saw a nice uptick in TV viewership across the board. Even though Dallas is top dog on the TV viewership many weeks. GB, Buffalo, Cleveland also show up with solid ratings. This in return drives the entire NFL which increases viewership across the board for all teams, and that increases TV revenues. Its not the large markets driving the increase its the NFL product as a whole, and that is increasing because of the revenue sharing that allows parity in the league and makes it exciting for fans and creates newer fans. IMO That's not free money that's an investment back into the overall product and the majority of that investment does cover much of the expenses> The Pegula's only windfall will be the equity they have in the Franchise. The TV revenue is mostly placed back into the Franchise and small proportion of it it in ending up in the Pegula's pocket, but its no where's near a windfall. The Browns deserve equal share because they are an NFL franchise. They are very interested in putting up a competitive product, they just do a bad job of it. The Browns have spent money and made moves for players.

Possibly but I believe someone will offer something. Especially if a team loses a starter before the season. Looks like Cleveland could swallow Bakers cap hit and wait it out... Would they want to is the question. They gave up a ton of picks for Watson so I'm sure they want to try

Disagree the business is the NFL, the franchises are part of the business under the NFL umbrella. Franchises are not in fiscal competition with each other. The revenues are shared to help maintain the league, which is the business. This also ensures a solid distribution of fans in multiple territories. This in turn brings more value to the NFL. Get rid of revenue sharing and so many teams would either fold up, be perennial bottom feeders, and/or half the league would be fighting to move to new homes in the largest populated areas with the biggest wages. Most likely that would start to eat at viewership and over all NFL value. I know I would lose interest if the league was all top/high market teams. This eventually would start eating at the overall profits. Franchises have the ability to maximize their profit margins but the TV contracts belong to the NFL and are distributed equally because of the vast fiscal differences in the NFL markets. Parity has proven to bring stability and has increased NFL revenues There are some balances with socialistic, and capitalistic values to the NFL business, and those values are proving to actually bring more value to the NFL by creating a balance of Wealth in the NFL and allowing the game to thrive in high populated high wage areas as well and Lower populated blue collar markets. The Bills TV viewership has always been decent and has increased a bunch as the Bills started winning. So the Bills are doing their part considering the region Now if you had $1.4 billion to invest, the NFL is not any where's close to the best business decision for your money. They are making large equity on their investment but the only way to tap into equity is to sell, or take out a loan against your business. I don't thank the Pegulas' or any NFL team is getting "free money" They are receiving their equal distribution of revenues well deserved for a $1.4 billion + investment and they do well re-investing back into it.

too late that ship has sailed... We have our backups locked up, and Baker will not be released.

I agree but its still concerning until its resolved Depending on a rookie in either position is equally concerning. I hope the rookies come in and win position battled convincingly but that's a tall order. Still hoping for a vet signing for both position to go along with 2 drafted players

this one and the CB situation is concerning at this junction

Insurance, utilities, coaches, trainers, office personnel, Janitorial, Stadium Maintenance, out of pocket upgrades to facilities etc..... The NFL and its franchises are a business's and that money is not free it was generated by a successful business model. Bills still are not "raking it in:" after expenses etc... IMO Can the Pegulas afford their share of $200 - $500 million... Sure but I just disagree with the thought process that the Pegula's are making money hand over fist being the owner of the Bills.. They poured a lot of it back into the franchise.

You will have to explain the free money part, or how you define "free money"

At this point the best we can hope for is a strong move for a CB in the draft and a June 1st vet that was cut from another team IMO.

Terms always use to come out almost immediately, but this year its been a long wait for terms on most of these signings I'm actually really concerned with the lack of strong movement on the OL. We gave the DL a huge treatment for multiple years and the OL really seems almost like an after thought Throw in the lack of getting in a solid vet CB is also not letting me get a good night sleep

LOL! 99.9% of the pundits out there said Josh Allen will never be as good as Josh Allen. Of course Josh Allen had not been invented yet but they still didn't believe. Heck I never thought Josh Allen would turn out to be as good as Josh Allen.. He exceeded every single expectation in my book. The only QB in the NFL Josh Allen can be compared to is himself. He truly is unique using size, talent, smarts and athleticism in comparisons.. PLUS You cans toss in a "he is a pretty damn good dude to boot": Yeah the whole package is hard to duplicate

Browns retained some salary cap by paying out his bonus before the trade I do believe

Yeah that really stuck out for me too.. No hesitation, not contemplation, its a done deal. It was a subdued video, but this is not Von's 1st rodeo... He's been there done that, plus he got off a plane the night before at 11 pm... He's had his share of circuses already.

Andrew Luck was still tossing the ball for them, and had a solid year, but it was his last year

why ?

We still can.... This signing does nothing to stop that from happening... It just gives us some draft flexibility

Tell your friend "What stadium?"

he saved us 1.5 million this year, but the next lowest contract moves up the list so it was about $800k. Basically nothing..

LOL, "meat" was totally unintentional..

when it comes to whipping posts, someone will rise up and meat the need Star never lived up to the contract he received. He barely showed up 1/2 the time IMO. The last straw was taking a year off for covid concerns, then not getting vaccinated and missing games due to covid

We're putting the band back together

Gotta love that.....