SmokinwithWilly

Juan puts as much effort into embedding tweets as Person does into quality reporting.

Actually it's getting harder to keep rank and file. You have to pay them more and give better incentives because if you won't, someone else will to get top quality employees. I get what you're saying and we'll just disagree, but I think in the next few years it's going to come to a head.

Doesn't matter. This is getting very similar to what happened with rookie salary caps. One player was making a ridiculous amount while others were getting chump change, comparatively speaking.

At some point I sense it's gonna create some hate and locker room cancer between these cap hogs and the rest of the players. When the top 6 or 7 players take 80% of the cap, the other 40 plus guys are gonna get pissed off, especially when they're still only winning 5 or 6 games. Why put everything on the line to play with guys who are only in it for themselves?

Maybe something like % caps could get by. Like no more than 60% spent to one side of the ball than the other. Unless individual positions were % capped, don't really see a way to make the rest of it work due to so many teams relying on those early rookie contracts to be competitive.

I think if we do go the extra 2nd and 3rd round picks, we need to be smart about who we take there. Offensive linemen, especially interior, are found right here and are about as certain a pick as you can get in this spot. We need to always be bringing in line talent, at least 2 players per year, one defense and one offense. If you can grab one of those top prospects, it's a no brainer. That way when the inevitable injuries occur, you're not trying to fill the gap with some late rounder or UDFA off the streets.

Which is more believable? Joe Person actually has reliable inside sources or Juan really doesn't know how to embed tweets?

I know we all love those big sack numbers, but I'm more interested in a guy that is constantly causing issues in the backfield. It doesn't really matter if he sacks the QB or drives him into someone else to do it. A busted play is a busted play and we need a hell of a lot more of those.

Does that mean that this jump is for this year only since it's a recovery and the cap will move back down? I'm not a cap expert and that's kind of how I read it.

I've been wondering if we did spend a day 3 pick on a QB, would we end up having a chance to develop him if he wasn't on the 53 man roster. Stashing him on the PS seems kind of risky if you think you have someone who could become something. There's really only 2 roster spots devoted to the QB position and JMO, you should always try to be developing both unless you're a serious playoff contender. At that point, having a short term starter level backup is essential. You need someone who can come in, play a few games, and not go 0-3. Otherwise, it should be about improving your overall talent level, and moving on from those that don't make the cut.

I had seen a 23' 2nd and 1sts in 24' and 25'. If we had made the trade, this is what I think we could have reasonably expected. 23' 1st (9th) 24 1st Rams 25' 1st Rams for 23 1st overall (Bryce) 24' 1st overall traded for top 10 24' 1st, 25 1st, 25 2nd (depending on how far move up, possible 1st), 26 2nd (or player). We would have kept all our picks, had an extra 2nd in 23', still had DJ Moore and ended up with a boatload of picks for an actual rebuild of the team. I know some people consider future 1sts pretty invaluable, but when the time comes, you can trade them for more top end picks if the pick is high enough. I have no idea how Fitts turned down that trade. That was a king's ransom for a QB pressure specialist that can't seal an edge and had never taken over a game.

Peppers - The consensus #1 and only didn't go there because the Texans needed a QB and took Carr. He should have been fired if he didn't make this pick. Burns - Top rated pass rusher available along with Sweat. If Burns hadn't been available, the pick would have been Greg Little. Who we traded up to get only to trade away for a 7th rounder. Gross - missed draft pick by the Vikings and we literally ran to the podium to take him. This one was too easy. Gamble - Good pick. CBs aren't a guarantee in the 1st. Brown - Top rated interior defensive lineman. Cam - I know there was a lot of controversy at the time between the top 3, but I never thought there was. Cam was far and above Gabbert and Locker both. He had "it". Otah - Road grading tackle that we traded up for that didn't even play for 2 full seasons. I'd call that a bust The 1st 3 of those picks were so easy that a Huddler could have made them. Cam wasn't a hard choice either IMO between those 3. Using those picks to suggest he was some kind of guru in the 1st really doesn't establish it for me anyway. All it really says to me is he didn't screw up the obvious.

Hate this move. We should always be trying to improve. There's nothing wrong with and we actually should be trying to develop backup talent. Who's to say that said backup may not surprise the poo out of everyone and be better than Bryce? Dalton has one foot in the NFL grave and one foot on a banana peel. We can and should do better.

Probably the name of the guys Uber driver.

Trade our future 1st for a handful of magic beans.

Cam is definitely never getting in now. I always thought he was borderline leaning more towards not than yes. Of course he still hasn't filed his retirement paperwork, so he's not even on the clock. With the new 80% rule it ain't happening.

Who cares. There's going to be more coverage of Taylor Swift than the actual game.

A good example would be Terrell Davis. 4 years of elite play at RB then 3 years of bleh. He wasn't able to sustain that elite level of play, but that 4 year, and really it was 3 year, stretch put him in the HoF. Evans is one of the very few that has defied the longevity of NFL careers. His best 3 years was 16-18. Those 3 years alone wouldn't put him into the HoF, but what he's done combined over the past 11 years likely will.

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.