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His injury concerns me and I'm not sure his contract makes sense for us. Phenomenal player and having 1a and 1b centers of Eichel and Aho would be insane. But I'd rather we just stay the course and develop our own prospects/young players and continue to make shrewd deals like the Trocheck and Nino deals.

Ehh, he was the BPA and it really wasn't close. For a rebuilding team like the Lions that's a good pick, just need to sort it out now.

Won the Jack Adams award today too (best coach). What a day for him, and amazingly on the 17th of the month (his old jersey number). Love Rod and I bet we win a Cup with him in the next 3 years.

Is there some stat that backs this up? I can't see why a LT would have a higher risk of injury than RT... Those are fair points but I just don't see that much risk in trying to switch. If it does work out and he dominates at the more valuable position that helps him. If not then he can go back to RT. He's not gonna all of a sudden lose those skills there just from switching sides.

Well deserved and the obvious choice. I think he’ll be a top 10 player within 2-3 years. Just need to properly build around him now.

not really clear if you're saying whether he should be for or against a LT move? I'd think he should be for it, as the earning potential is significantly higher for a great LT. Even if he doesn't work out at LT like he has at RT I don't think that would harm his value that much, he's already proven he can play RT at a very high level. That's not gonna change with a year of less than stellar LT tape, if that's what were to happen. Honestly though, from the team's perspective I don't really see any other option at LT this season, except maybe planning to scheme around it, but we've seen how well that has worked with other coaches since Gross retired... Brady is theoretically better than Shula/Turner but still wouldn't be too excited about Erving or someone else at LT. It's a glaring weakness unless we try Moton there and RT would be less of a weakness with Christensen or Erving or whoever...

Sounds good, just know that there are definitely a fair amount of people here that appreciated the work you did with stats/analysis a few years back and would still appreciate it now!

Agreed. Nice to have you both here, seems like you were gone for a few years @KB_fan, looking forward to some more good statistics, insight and discussion

honestly not the worst type of player to take a chance on to pair with Chinn who is kinda the opposite (but not bad in pass defense). no risk

I'm a little less diehard than I was a few years back ('13-'17ish) where I could easily name every player on the 53 and the practice squad and also the large majority of the camp bodies on the 90 man roster (going to camp regularly back then certainly helped too...). Probably in the 40-50+ range right now. Starters and notable/main backups are easy and then maybe a handful of others, but I pretty much don't know any of the camp bodies/guys not likely to make the team...

Awesome, he’ll be very entertaining for sure.

I maintain that Smitty on a team like the prime 49ers would put up career numbers similar to Jerry Rice. Dude fuging dominated in a run first offense his entire career and mostly as the only true passing threat on the team drawing all the coverage. Top 5 WR of all time.

Retractable roof sucks for fans who want to see the game played in the elements like it should be because it'll be closed 100% of the time that it's raining, snowing, etc.

Retractable which will be closed in anything less than perfect weather incoming. Should’ve asked him about grass too once the soccer crap isn’t happening at the same stadium.

Horn should be on Ridley. Chinn, Shaq and others can work on Pitts, though I highly doubt Pitts is that big of a threat his rookie year.

He had a big contract but a 2nd round pick really isn’t good value for a player of his caliber. Glad he’s out of the division.

The next game is HUGE but not necessarily a must win like last night was. If we lose we go back home and can make it 3-2 and build off of that momentum to take another in Tampa and even the series. Last night's game was the most critical as a loss would've buried us.

That doesn't look like Matt Stafford...

Luke’s a smart guy and knows the game as well as anyone. I don’t think it was a shot but I also think Luke sees Teddy for what he is.

It shifts between the Falcons and Aints. Bucs bought a championship congrats to them but they're still a dumpster fire and will be again shortly so I don't care too much about them. Seahawks were easily our biggest rival outside of the division for a while there as it seemed like we played them every single year and we met in the playoffs a couple times, but still don't think they were more of a rival than Aints or Falcons.

Well, he did lose us games. That first Bucs game is a win if not for that trash performance from him.

The thing is Otah was actually a complete beast when he was on the field. If he could've stayed healthy he'd easily be a franchise tackle. That one's not on Hurney. Little has had injury issues AND when he's played he hasn't been good.

Yeah, not scared of Boston's team at all, their team isn't that good any more, we've become significantly better this season with our forward depth and then most importantly Ned has stepped up as a borderline elite goalie right now. But the refs being in Boston's pocket definitely make it a series I'd like to avoid. Although that also goes for the Penguins, Leafs, etc. If we can beat the Lightning next round, it would be nice to have another Islanders matchup...

Such a bummer. Oh well, at least there will be more money in Tepper's wallet

Let’s go Canes