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That would be ridiculously stupid. Make our OL depth even worse for no reason at all? He's the best interior OL on our roster right now.

Gardiner is going on LTIR, Waddell just announced it. Having back AND hip surgery... There's our cap relief, also we'll have an extra $2.5M to spend as well. Regarding Kotkaniemi, this offer sheet was an absolute stroke of genius by the Canes. This is Teravainen 2.0. He's going to explode here and I wouldn't be surprised too if we lock him up to a relatively cheap extension as soon as we're able to in January. He wants to be here, we've got deep ties and success with Finnish players and he fits the timeline extremely well. He projects as our long term #2C behind Aho, 60+ point guy with great physical 2 way play as well. $6M this year was an overpay but that's what it takes to do a successful offer sheet and steal a player away from another team like this. We put the Habs in a bind so that we could add an extremely talented young player with huge upside. The money this year really doesn't matter at all, we have the space. The 1st round pick is almost certain to be in the 20s or later which makes it somewhat irrelevant, especially with our deep prospect pool and the 3rd round pick is nothing. Well worth it. I would think he slots in at 2nd line winger this season until Trocheck likely walks to get paid after the season, then he takes over the 2C role next season. Svech - Aho - TT Jesperi - Tro - Necas Nino - Staal - Fast Fantastic top 9. Now we just need DeAngelo/Bear to step up and the goalies to stay healthy and we have as good a shot as any team to win it all this year.

Thanks for the context. Can't believe they made it into a shirt that is hysterical. The problem is absolutely no one would know the context and they'd just think you're a moron

Reminds me of Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman Lt. Col. Frank Slade : You've been in the sugar business for so long, you've forgotten the taste of real honey!

I've never been a guy who cares much about completion percentage, but this just isn't really true anymore. 60-63% nowadays is basically the worst in the league. https://www.espn.com/nfl/stats/player/_/table/passing/sort/completionPct/dir/desc

Honestly barring like MVP caliber numbers I'm not sure 1 year would completely convince me at all. If he had the numbers I posted except with like 10 or less interceptions and a bit higher completion % that could do it but in today's NFL you really can't have your QB throwing 1 pick per game over the course of a season and 62% would be pretty low too nowadays. I'd be (pleasantly) shocked if he puts up those TDs and yardage without throwing a lot of picks.

Then again, the question posed in this thread was: How would you feel about our future with Sam Darnold going into next season?

A season like that would give me more confidence in Sam than I have now but wouldn't be enough to convince me he's our franchise guy. Same with my numbers below. I'll predict: 4350 yards 30 TDs, 17 INT 62% completion, 7.5 yards per attempt 11-6 team record Our weapons and Joe Brady's scheming easily gets him this yardage, Teddy had 3733 yards in just 15 games last year. TDs may be a bit ambitious but I think it's doable. OL brings his completion % lower and INT higher than we want, as he'll continue to make poor decisions at times when under heavy pressure. Encouraging season but, again, not enough to be convinced he's the guy.

God damn dude don't post this. I had almost forgotten about Sanjay spamming every thread with this damn picture

I'd use it to frontload contracts for guys like DJ and Donte.

I don't see much point in signing another unknown at this point. Just role with Santoso until he gives us reason not to.

He didn't wear a tie when he re-entered the team facility after returning from his travel.

Armah had plenty of short yardage opportunities last season, I don't think he took advantage of a single one...

yep still pissed about guys like Klein and Ginn

Jones does and will suck ass. But Cam was never the answer for the Pats, Belichick had to do something at QB and as soon as he drafted Jones that high it was just a matter of time before he was starting. I hate Belichick too but I think he did Cam a favor. It's not all that unlikely that Bill told Cam he was going to be the backup and Cam asked to be released. It's MUCH better than being traded to some sh*thole situation that he didn't want to go to.

Backup QB is a great paying gig, don't have to do much. I'd be surprised if he retired.

I really liked Armah but FB is sadly just a dying position, and clearly Brady doesn't put any value in it. Armah didn't do nearly enough as a receiver or a rusher to be worthy of a roster spot. Good blocker, tough player, but just doesn't fit here.

Bills should sign him with the intention of trading Trubisky to the first team who loses their starting QB.

Yeah but Bill also just does weird things often. Cam was on a cheap deal even for a backup. And he's still good enough to be one of the better backups in the league.

Probably not but never say never. He's not a starter any more and his shoulder can't hold up over the course of a season but he's a much better backup than PJ... Him not being vaccinated does make things complicated for any team looking at him however.

He was 100% sure that Cam was going to light us up in week 9, ranted about it a few times...

Bring him home to backup Darnold.

I barely ever heard Bayless' name in camp this year after he flashed last year... Did he take a step back or what? I'm guessing we'll try to put him on the PS too.

I hope Saunders makes the PS, he flashed enough that I think he could contribute in a 4/5 spot in a couple years as we continue to develop him. Having cheap depth like that is important.

Sitting out a year is what sealed his fate here I think.