Take my money!
This is what happens when you overpay for stats instead of championships.
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I agree with this. Its unpopular opinion around these parts and I get the hesitancy from fans to consider moving our best player but the offense has to evolve. It all boils down to the fact that Tua-Hill-Waddle isn't an ideal trio, given the state of the rest of the team. If we had been able to draft Dalton Kincaid, Sam Laporta or Michael Mayer last year, it might be a different situation all together.
It would have to be a really strong offer though, involving picks and at least one player on a rookie contract.
Maybe a team like the Lions, with Jameson Williams, should they fall short this weekend might be inclined to swing for the fences. Also think Detroit could have an interest in Xavien Howard.
Maybe the Packers, with the super talented Christian Watson and Tucker Kraft, who also have Luke Musgrave and 2 second round picks this year thanks to the Rodgers trade, to make something happen.
ScottySpades
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That's up to teams to decide how they want to construct their teams.
gofins60
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I thought that this would've been a great idea when Marino was out. They had Mitchell and DeBerg, and I don't remember which was which, but one of those guys was better at driving down the field while the other was better at scoring in the Red Zone. It made sense to me to use each QB depending on the situation. Apparently, Shula didn't agree.
Csonked Out
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In the NHL the max player cap hit can not exceed 15% of the team salary cap. The NFL would be smart to look into this, maybe then running backs could actually get paid
ScottySpades
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Don't think the union would go for that.
I'm sure the owners would sign up for that immediately. I doubt they care how the $ is split.
It's the players themselves who would have to initiate and agree to this when they negotiate the CBA.
Same with any attempt to artificially prop up the RB position.
The cap is the cap. Owners are required to spend a set amount. Do you think other positions are going to vote to give RBs part of their slice of the pie?
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Shula got a lot wrong after the 85 season. But this board looks back at those years from 86-95 Like we were in afc champ every year. Fact is from 86-95 Shula made playoffs 90 92 94 95. Got humiliated in playoffs in 95 at Buffalo. Blew 21 -6 lead in 94 against chargers. 92 lost afc champ game at home
1990 had a chance to clinch number one seed with win at buffalo week 15 against frank Reich and lost.
Donât get me started on 91 season. This board couldnât handle it.
Then Mitchell hurt his shoulder I think and DeBergâs arm fell off due to overuse. Haha. DeBerg had one of the prettiest play action fakes in NFL history - and thatâs not hyperbole.
Agree w the sentiment. Nothing to be ashamed of there.
I will say this - I did not think the Chiefs would beat Buffalo in Buffalo this year. They just arenât as potent as they have been in years past. I donât think they were overrated or underrated- they are / were an 11-6 team and that âfeelsâ right to me. However, they have a QB who is so hard to put down. Just like Brady was. I mean, in what world do you run 78 plays to 43 (not counting kneels) and lose? That is so rare. They had 21 first downs on 43 plays. Thatâs insane. Thatâs all Mahomes - they donât even have any scary weapons this year and Kelce is old.
I kept expecting the Chiefs to stall out on a drive in the first half and have to punt. And I was thinking, âone punt and this game is going to get out of hand earlyâ because they werenât stopping the Bills on D. Had Buffalo gone up by 2 scores in the first half I think they win. But they didnât. They couldnât stop Mahomes from making plays to keep scoring drives alive. Even if they were FGs.
I do think their run ends in Baltimore this weekend but I didnât expect them to get this far so who knows?
Fair, Bane. But Iâd be thrilled to be as relevant as the 85â-95â teams. Jimmy Johnson did not improve over Shulaâs final 3-4 years and then the rest has been an awful part of our history. Give me the â90, â92, â93 and â94 teams today over what weâve had to suffer through since then. Hasnât been too much fun for a very long time.
You're right. But against Miami he threw two INTs in the Fin end zone, ran out of time at the end of the first half, and got strip-sacked. Not that he does that much damage to his team every week, but he does screw up more than average.
No, he doesn't. The Bills have dominated us for the last few years, but Josh Allen all but gave away that end of season game. He's a good football player, but he screws up. He can be beaten, and gets beaten multiple times every year. We can beat him too.
In the late 70s/early 80s the Jets "owned" us, until we beat them three times in 1982. We "owned" the Bills and Pats for years and years, then suddenly we didn't.
Every year the slate is wiped clean and the story starts over.
Hey Bane, sacrilege, apostate, heretic, infidel, insulting the honor of our prophet Don Shula. Seriously, I always wondered if Coach Shula had the thought that it would be possible to win a superbowl without a running game and become one of the greatest innovators in football. Also, I think that he deferred to Dan The Man too much, causing the team to never develop a solid inside running game.
Honestly, I see the same thing in this iteration, no running off center, or inside the guards also a lack of use of tight ends against zone defenses. I mean big tight ends, not skinny tall guys. But let's see what happens, but I do believe that there will be no great changes outside of roster turnover. It would not surprise me if the focus on statistics will continue.
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Hey Vioer - you know there has been a little bit of change. The 5â9â receivers from the Shula era are now 5â10â !