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Yea, I have no idea. Even the ones who can do it without an elite stud end up having their best seasons when they do have that elite weapon. I think the Bills are better, but the real question is are they better relative to the competition. I'd say probably not. After all, it isn't hard to improve on Kelvin Benjamin and Zay Jones while still being really bad.

I jumped the gun. Essentially a one year deal is fine. Should have waited for the details before commenting.

That would make this signing worse. But whatever. Again, it's not a crap crippling deal, just don't think it's a "judicious" use of space.

Approved.

With Eifert's injury history, is one ever really stuck behind him? Kroft had a single year that could even be classified as okay. It's not a cap breaking deal or anything, but assuming he's our starter, I'm not sure he's any better than Clay.

In other news, I really wanted Trey Flowers but I'm glad we didn't pay him $80 million.

Mostly I'm just happy I have brow beaten you into using cap percentage ? I'm definitely worried about it. The one thing that does give me solace is Skinner is a considerably better skater than Okposo ever was. But yea, I'm closer to you on this than most of the board. Of course, I also think it's reasonable to want to take a swing at things while Dahlin and Mitts are super cheap.

Yea, I dunno why DC thought it was the right way to go. Something tells me the penny pincers at Warner wanted to chase Avengers money ASAP rather than properly building things up. Anyway, I hope they've learned. I also read somewhere that DC might be de-emphasizing the shared universe altogether and focusing on solo movies. I agree on Thor. I've loved his arc. I hope that instead of dying they write him off as going to found a new Asgard, so he can't help for awhile.

I like the Morse signing a lot. The Kroft signing? Less so. Seems like a healthy chunk of change for JAG.

I hate you so much.

That's the problem. We shouldn't be running an offense that is designed that way.

I simply meant he's (likely) done in the MCU because Hemsworth's contract is up, not that he wasn't super powerful anymore.

I really liked Aquaman. I think they may have turned a corner, but time will tell.

Yea, I didn't get the impression that was your issue. So no worries there. Like I said, I really just don't think she's going to be a savior at all. Important, sure. But I don't think she shows up and that's that. Seriously, Justice League was reasonably enjoyable, but its use of Superman was sooooooo bad. Okay then. We'll see! I know it's hard with Hulk because the rights prevent them from really making him a solo movie. I do recall Hemsworth saying he was interested in staying on because he loved the direction Ragnarok took the character. I'm just assuming Disney won't want to pay him.

Maybe he does. I was under the impression that all of the originals were done after this, save for the Black Widow solo film. And is Johansson even officially signed onto that yet? I'm not sure.

But that's just it, there has to be some kind of transition. Anyway, given that we know almost nothing about the plot, it's an awfully large leap to assume they're relying on her as some kind of savior. If they do a Superman in Justice League I'll be right there with you, that would be terrible. But I don't think anything indicates that is what is going to happen. If the credits scene is any clue at all, she arrives very early in the movie. That hardly points to her as some kind of savior.

Sigh. Took...3?...posts for this line of thinking to emerge. Thor ,Vision, and Hulk are done, leaving Doctor Strange as the only real heavy hitter remaining. With the MCU increasingly expanding into its cosmic (and more powerful) universe, they need someone to carry the torch in that direction.

Not sure I agree with you and Hoss on the timing. We didn't get any more time to warm up to Spiderman or Black Panther before the Avengers. 1 movie and 2 really small and semi random parts in another. I don't think you're wrong, per se, I just don't think it's more problematic than any of the other non-original Avengers. Also, FWIW, I don't think she's going to be their savior any more than Thor getting his axe (which is problematic in and of itself since his last movie was all about him being the power, not his weapon) or Ant Man with the quantum particles. In other words, I'd be shocked if Marvel treats her like DC did Superman in Justice League.

Honestly, I have a hard time imagining a better trade target than Miller in terms of fit, need, age, contract, and (likely) cost of acquisition.

I definitely think there are. I also don't think the geographic location is all that prohibitive for football as most guys don't live where they play anyway, and football is a shorter season than the other major sports. That's not to say some players wouldn't prefer a bigger city, I just think we probably overestimate how many that number is. The bigger problem, I think, is the team has stunk for almost literally the entire life of most players.

A bad way. Backing up the brinks truck for an offense-only center (who suspiciously misses the 60-point mark awfully frequently) who is going to be 29 in year 1 of a 7 year contract is nauseating. We we all know that I simply hate Jeff Skinner (while also wanting him re-signed) because he's a turd.

Is it tampering if both teams are (or, well, were) actively working on a deal?

To be completely fair, Kessel was also quite a bit more prolific offensively. 6 straight 30-goal seasons (okay, technically 4 and then a 5th, but I'm willing to bet he'd have gotten 10 goals in an extra 40 games from the short season) and over 60 points in all but 1 season. Skinner had 2 30-goal seasons and only hit 60 points twice, including a couple seasons not even getting to 50.

As much as I hate him I'd probably pony up the extra half million if that got the job done, but I don't think your position is unreasonable at all. He's probably about a $7.5M player given his career as a whole, so $8M is already paying a premium.

It's possible my head already exploded that it might happen, let alone if it actually does.