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I've heard Tua actually looks good. Even what's his name, Dan Orlovsky, has done an about-face on him. Of course Gantt has said that Darnold looks like Darnold (which in many ways he did last night). So...

Where there's smoke...

I'll agree about TMJ... I believe TMJ is a potential WR1 that many teams slept on because of how the situation with his injury and the decisions made by LSU staff booted him down the totem pole. I think his decision to opt out the remainder of his junior season probably didn't help his cause either. That being said, Brady really knew his potential, or at least strongly suspected it. That, and a bit of fortuitous information regarding the Saints (if not outright gamesmanship and possibly payback), made him too good of an option to pass on in the second. Samuel, though dynamic, had to learn how to be a receiver. He's a good football player, if not somewhat injury prone, but I believe his ceiling was always good and not great like TMJ's. Admittedly, I hope I'm not letting homerism cloud my objectivity, but, yes, I think that TMJ can be a legitimately top tier receiver in the league.

I want to sneak him in on my fantasy team.

Well, then perhaps he should stop using the term "ax to grind", and just say "Smitty is an asshole", or something to that effect.

I still want to know what he said to Mick that was so insulting. What'd he say?

We know. He believes in PJ and Willy, just like he did Joey, just like he did Teddy. Just a little slow...

Your "Chicken Little" comments, "negativity" and "bashing" comments are a bit overblown, if not an outright mischaracterization. I am not changing my mind. If we don't do something about the O-line based upon this preseason's play, then I predict that you'll be lauding in January how our line was middling at best. And, no, we don't get to start out with a bar of middle-of-the-pack this season when we were the exact same last season.

People are probably speculating the same about us.

That was dashed the minute we traded that draft capital for Sammy.

Cougars before Panthers!

So, ours wasn't the best value...?

I don't smoke, but a few drinks probably would have altered my perspective when watching the game last night. I admit, they probably would've been a double-edged sword. I don't drink on Sundays, so it would've been the perfect time.

Motherfuger!

I don't believe anyone took the time to start any because after that shank it was just an expectation that he was just camp fodder. He turned it around fairly quickly though and has been a damned good kicker ever since.

I will say: that's a man you run away from, not towards...

TMJ might be unstoppable in this unit...if we have time to get it to him. This offense can really be a pick-your-poison type of squad. It's all dependent upon the QB having time.

I specifically thought about that, but I thought it would've been overkill to mention it.

It's what I've been suggesting. You're the one intimating that it's all good. "So what if the interior of the O-line implodes during preseason, like we've seen continually, at the end of the day we'll be middle of the pack." That's not good enough.

No, my wife walked in and distracted me bringing in dinner and finishing her exercises, so I likely didn't hear it.

Bingo! Especially not against backups!

I never said "the sky is falling." I said what I said. Let me make it easy for you. If we go into the season without upgrading some deck chairs, we're in for a long one. That's not the sky falling, it's just the same old sh¡t.

If we don't improve the interior of our O-line, we're going to have another unfulfilling season, point blank! Chicken Little that!

I really don't see it as being a Chicken Little as much as I see it as being realistic. I guess it's a matter of expectations. In any event, I don't know how anyone can feel good about Paradis, Elfein and Miller last night. And that was basically against backups. "It was preseason" is about the best sugarcoating you can put on it.

I think he's trolling.