YardRat (05-30-2023)
" The Window Is Closing " wins created cliche of the year . I believe the winner gets a $100 gift cetificate for Anderson Windows upon installation.
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As more players who technically represent themselves apparently use burner email accounts that their non-certified agents use to communicate directly with teams while posing as the player, some teams are deciding not to communicate with self-represented players via email.
Per a league source, multiple teams have been shying away from sending emails to and from receiver DeAndre Hopkins, given the possibility that they’ll be communicating not with Hopkins but with a non-certified agent who is pretending to be Hopkins. Instead, those teams insist on talking directly to Hopkins — and only Hopkins.
Some teams are shying away from email communication with DeAndre Hopkins - ProFootballTalk
WR Coleman #33 DB Bishop #60 DT Carter #95 RB Davis #128 C Granger #141
LB Ulofoshio #160 DE Solomon #168 OT Grable #204 CB Hardy #219 OT Clayton #221
Tom Brady is retired. Unless he isn’t.
We know Brady is buying a slice of the Raiders, pending approval of the league at large. We also now know that Jimmy Garoppolo might never play for the Raiders, given a foot injury from 2022 that sparked a massive overhaul of his Vegas contract — including the entire elimination of his $11.25 million signing bonus.
The Jimmy Garoppolo injury makes the Tom Brady angle more viable - ProFootballTalk
notacon (05-28-2023)
I get what you're saying. But they gave Gabe 93 targets last year in 15 games. Diggs usually gets 160. If you give each of them 140-150 targets through 17 games, he should be happy enough.
The question is "Do you want to lead the league in catches or do you want to win?"
Diggs seems like the guy who wants to win if the playoff exits are any indication. Assuming Hopkins comes here, i'd think the same.
If both of them aren't on board with sharing the ball a little more for the sake of winning, then you're correct, it doesn't work.
I have no doubt that KC and the Bills had “substantive” trade talks with the Cards. What defines “substantive” and how close either of them got to getting even close to pulling the trigger remains questionable.
There is no doubt that Hopkins contract was a huge impediment. Trading a player means trading his contract and his cap hits. Giving up anything for a trade made that prospect even more unpalatable.
KC has already shown its limited stomach for paying big bucks on a WR when they refused to meet Hill’s demands. Again, ignore the cap hit for a moment as AVG/Y is much more critical because THAT is what a team is agreeing to pay a player.
When Albert Breer (who I have a lot of respect for) says “KC made progress, but OBJ’s deal ($15M base) more or less blew that progress up” means that KC was never going to finish a deal once it became clear what the cost would be. That is assuming that even with a trade, a renegotiated contract would have to be part of the deal.
So, the fact that KC had “substantive trade talks with Arizona” is irrelevant because they hit the brick wall of what a contact was going to cost them, which is assuming it would have to be more lucrative that OBJ’s deal.
The tweet following the one you posted for Mr. Greer tells the realty of the situation....
This being a huge “maybe” is spot on.
I believe the “cost" of a Hopkins contract is MUCH greater for KC than Buffalo.
Why?
Because KC has two Super Bowl wins under their belt. The last one without a similar elite WR that cost a bundle. Why would they break the bank when they have already proved they can win a title without a true elite WR???
The answer is, they won’t.
The Bills are not in the same position. I do not know what it will take to get Hopkins under contract, but IF the Bills can win their first SB in history, the cost becomes irrelevant.
BUT, if they go all out and break the bank to sign him and STILL don’t win a SB THIS YEAR, that turns up the hot seat.
It’s going to be fascinating to see what happens. Anyone who says that know that the Bills (or another team) will sign Hopkins or not sign him is fooling themselves. NO ONE knows. Not until it’s done.
I mean... I think Kincaid's targets depend a lot on how he plays and earns more targets. Josh will throw somewhere around 600 times. If you make plays, you'll see the ball. But if he gets 60 or so as a rookie (unless he's lighting it up) that's great (Knox and McKenzie each had 65 last year)