45catfan

I called 6 wins likely, with a ceiling of 8. I figured Young would improve simply because he couldn't have gotten any worse. I thought the defense would be about the same, but they regressed big time. All in all, a slight disappointment from my preseason prediction, but I wasn't expecting anything special either. I don't see a huge step forward next year, though. Depending on the offseason, I may keep my win total at 6 for 2025.

I totally get it. I get bagged on for looking at guys highlight reels to evaluate them, but those same people drool over elite RAS players although they have suspect positional traits and still pound the table to draft them.

To an extent. Given all other things equal (great hands, route running, tree knowledge etc..) I'll take a 6'4" WR that runs a 4.55, but not a 5'11" wideout.

If we miss out on T-Mac, take a look at the other Higgins; kid out of Iowa State in the 2nd round. Same build and everything. Watching highlights, he's the anti-XL...complete hands catcher. Rarely does the ball get to his body. I also like Jalen Royals out of Utah State as an inside/slot type.

^^^This, all day long. It's not enough to be a multi-multi millionaire anymore. if you aren't billionaire, step aside. I agree Tepper was groomed to take over the next available team. The JR scandal just was too convenient of an excuse to get Tepper's foot in the door. Damn, why couldn't some other owner smacked a secretary on the @ss or something first?

Their owner wasn't a pro franchise newbie either. I think he owns the New Jersey Devils too.

Bad drafting sets up for all kinds of failures. It makes you go out in FA and overspend, which leads to huge cap numbers, which limits how many other key pieces can brought in to finish the puzzle. Until we can start drafting better, this team is doomed. One, maybe two hits in each draft isn't going to cut it.

Round 2 for Warren? I see some sites having him ahead of Loveland as TE1. If he does last to round 2, he surely won't be there for our pick.

Semantics, but Hunter is gobbling up both CB1 and WR1. I have yet to see Burden mocked in the top 10. If we trade down several spots, maybe. Reaching in the top 10 is never desired.

WR3 in the top 10, likely top 5 in our case? That's a bit of a reach.

I'm really serious about taking a stab at McCord on day 3.

We need the Jags and Browns to win. They are teams NOT taking a QB (I still can't believe Cleveland restructures Watson). The Giants and possibly Titans are. That said, those two teams are the only ones standing between us and any non-QB player we want beside Travis Hunter. He will be a Patriot.

Not if the Pats are #1. They have their QB. Better stated, Ward will be the first QB off the board.

Yup. I asked in 2022 to have it updated to 2023 to a PM to Jeremy. He did it that same day.

Somewhere in the middle. He's not got break away speed, granted, but he's not a catch and get tackled guy if the ball placement is such he doesn't have to break stride. One TD yesterday he was able to split two defenders and yes, get behind them. He stopped because he reached the end zone, but if there was room to run more he could have gotten more YAC. Most of his routes are crossers or out breaking to the boundary which limits his YAC. He's not asked to go vertical often and that's where the YAC is accumulated in spades.

Sure any missed FG is a gut punch, but he had a walk off FG versus the Giants and was perfect in the Saints win. So as of now, we bring in camp competition and go from there. Last year he went through a few game slump, but got it together. I don't think he's broken, just hurt and needs physical and mental rest, which comes after next Sunday.

Here's a head to head from yesterday. One is a future HOFer. Crazy that AT can't run after the catch, but has more yardage than Evans on fewer catches. How does that math work?

I've never liked Tepper, not from day one. The animosity has only grown with each failed game and each failed season. Like the Jags, Jets and Browns bad owners, they are collecting checks while rubbing elbows with other elites...they will never sale despite the dumpster fires they oversee.

Wow, if we ditched every player after a rough few games... Eddy hasn't been right for about a month and it is obvious. If he is indeed hurt, then I'll give him a pass. His misses hasn't cost us a game yet, ALMOST, but not yet. His miss yesterday wouldn't have mattered in the blow out loss.

Tepper thought Darnold and Mayfield were turn key, so when the returns didn't immediately pay off, he got impatient to jettison them. New team, new system, new everything, even thought they were "veterans" they still needed more time to adapt.

Not now, but about this time next year. Generally that deal gets done in the offseason heading into year 4. If a QB goes into the season in their 4th year with no 5th year option, you know where the team stands with that player.

With some of the late games complete, the Jets SOS just went up and dropped them back a spot. Currently we sit #6.

Yup and ours is bad all the way around.