SmokinwithWilly

I think we've gotten too cute. We're sure we can develop guys faster than we can, and without much proof that we ever could to begin with. Instead of going for the solid players that can contribute right away in the early rounds, we swing for the fences and too often miss. Then we're left relying on guys taken in the later rounds when it's ok to find those home run guys since they shouldn't make up the majority of your team, unless you're the Panthers. I hate to say it's not that hard because it obviously is. But it seems like this MB gets it right as often if not more than our GMs when it comes to the success/failure rate of players we draft/like. Certain positions are found in certain rounds with pretty regular frequency. Fitts was horrible at following or even recognizing those trends and found himself on the tail end of a run instead of starting it. It's hard enough finding quality players. Take the ones you can get where you know they're usually found, spend smart in FA on the harder to find positions and the elite FAs when you're only 1 or 2 players away, and take your home run swings on the guys that fall a round below where you have them on the board.

Not to mention getting players willing to come to the organization. Too many men nowadays know of someone who's been assaulted. I know 3 myself. I'd be hard pressed to take a job at a place I knew supported that kind of thing.

Wonder how you consider immersing yourself in that organization depending on how much further this develops.

Dan has his "Dawgs." Fitts had his "RAS" Rhule was "OOU." Nippleshorts had his "Hog Mollies" Marty has his "Gut" I don't care what we call it anymore. How about we just draft some players that can actually play in the NFL. Can they pass the NFL minimum basic skills for their position before we draft them? I feel like half the players that we take wouldn't have even been a consideration if we had just looked at basic skills like footwork, catching, and tackling.

A religion where it's religious leaders are forbidden to have any type of urges while at the same time being locked in a closet listening to people spill their dirtiest secrets. What could possibly go wrong? I don't know why anyone would want to protect those that prey on the innocent while spouting their religious server. Just doesn't make sense to me.

During the 90s, probably would have been a little bit off. Move it back a decade and it probably would have been OK. 80s was really the last days of neighborhood kids playing outside together and coming over during summer and after school. Parents had to know other neighborhood parents and helping out when checking on their house would probably have been normal.

Hate to say it, but at some point these therapists are going to need nanny cams or demand cameras in the room. Not saying it's their fault at all, but you gotta protect yourself somehow.

Personally I would love it. I have a parlay that KC wins the SB. TK wins MVP and he proposes to TS during the MVP presentation. I took it out at the beginning of the season. I swear they will let you bet on anything.

First and foremost, I think when we do our evaluations we need to have our positional top tiers as guys that can actually do the fundamentals at their position. Catching with the hands at WR, footwork and bend on the lines, and for fugs sake, can they tackle someone. I'll use Greg Little as an example. He was graded 1st round material by Hurney and some others, then he went to the combine. His drills were awful. I honestly couldn't figure out how he got by in college because it was so bad. I'm no NFL scout, but even to the average football enthusiast, I'd say it was pretty obvious his movement and balance were never going to cut it. The rest is history. Some of these guys can be coached up, but we don't have years to do it for everyone. If the prospects can't meet basic skill requirements, no matter what the hype, we need to move on by. We've drafted too much on potential and too little on skill. After they pass the skills eye test, then move on to talent and dawg or whatever else.

Trevor is one of those guys that would probably have a resurgence like Darnold did in Minn. I still don't know what to make of him because Jax coaching has been so bad.

Cam took a lot of hits as a running QB, far more than any other QB since he came into the league. His shoulder did get finished off by the hit from TJ Watt, but in all likelihood, his body wouldn't have held up to the continued beating he took for him to continue playing into his mid/late 30's. People point it out because the RB cliff is at 30 because of how much they are hit. If we had an OC that could have developed a plan other than Cam Smash, the "running QB" wouldn't be a label. But it was because he was. Cam got injured trying to make a tackle after an INT that should have been blown dead, then TJ hit him perfectly to finish it off. If that hadn't happened, who knows how long his career would have gone. But I still think it's pretty safe to say that taking 200 plus hits a year wasn't going to be sustainable if he planned on having a long career.

I'm one of them and still stand by what I said. Draft guards, pay tackles. IOL is one of the easiest positions to fill in the 2nd,3rd and 4th rounds.

You don't bet on the outcome, you bet on the storyline and it's easy to follow. Kelce wins MVP of the SB and proposes during the awards ceremony. Goodell cements millions of Swifties to the NFL and their billions of dollars they're willing to drop.

Had to be the meatballs. I somehow always pictured the interview with Tepper like this

Rhule was a weird hype train to watch. He hadn't beaten anyone in college to warrant a ride on that train.