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Ok, having listened to that full interview, Rhule should march into the Social Media Manager's office right now:

I think they'll throw them all into the mix in TC and play the best five. Maybe this year Christensen isn't the best LT, but if he's one of the two best Gs he'll play there.

I think they drafted like you're meant to draft - take the guy you think is going to be an All-Pro when it's your pick, rather than the guy you 'need' but he's only going to be a solid starter.

He's already a fantastic Head Coach, just ask Baylor or Temple. What, exactly, about his time in Charlotte has made you question him as a Head Coach? 'Cos I saw him lead a ragtag bunch of young kids and washed up vets to 5 wins. If his QB had taken more of the chances they drew up for him who knows how many more wins he'd have had (this coming from someone who's defended Bridgewater all year).

You must have lived through a different off-season to me.

Wilson v Darnold. You don't even need to write a story.

Blatantly obvious the NFL was going to do this. It has to be the national game.

He didn't mention Miami as a school he visits as part of his SE Regional remit. Veto.

As I said, it's money - there's always going to be a cost involved for the city when building a new stadium. Unfortunately Oakland has always considered the A's a burden - but this is the same city council that let the Raiders and the Golden State Warriors walk, so I'm not entirely sure they want pro sports in their city. Las Vegas seems like an awful option. Portland is a nothing-burger of a place. Who knows where they'll go - but I do think they'll leave now, this has been rolling on for two decades.

As I understand it - money. I don't know the area well (I've visited Oakland, but I'm not a city planner ) but I think the city are worried about the required transport links to the new stadium, which is like 6 miles away from the Coliseum (which has great transport links).

They've already allowed two teams to leave. The A's want to finance their own waterfront ballpark, but the City aren't allowing them to build it where they want to. It's almost like they don't want pro sports in the city.

As an Oakland A's fan (hence the name):

Purge them all.

He won two National Championships playing as a QB in a Spread Option offence. He's plenty athletic. The defence got better the more they got accustomed to a new system. Shocking that (!)

Marty Hurney signed a failed basketball guy to play TE for him this off-season because he liked the look of him with his shirt off. Jimmy Graham had 13 catches in College. Antonio Gates had 0. What I'm saying is the NFL is not like the real world. It's all about projection and culture fit. This is nothing more than what Rhule did with Whitehead. Meyer is bringing in one of his guys to install his culture in the locker room - The Golden Calf of Bristol obvs still wants to play professional sports so it works for him too. He'll survive through TC. If he's terrible he won't make the final roster.

It took me until Rhule's opening press conference to get over that Super Bowl loss. I've floudered as a fan, much like this franchise has floundered since that fateful day in 2016. We've got a winner in Rhule - the only thing I'm worried about is that he's going to burn himself out. Everything else is trending upwards and we're finally looking / acting like a premier franchise.

I think he should call everyone's bluff and retire to host Jeopardy!

I see you too have missed the point. That's ok, nobody's perfect.

My comment was in reference to the two threads, started within six hours of each other, for two videos from the same source.

And rightly so.

Sounds like the starting QB for the Uni team I played for here in the UK. He was dogshit, but he was going for a Doctorate and was on the team committee, so obviously he started every game.

Is JT O'Sullivan paying you a commission?

Who knows how good he'll be, but I'm more excited starting the season with Darnold as the QB than I was with Bridgewater or the broken down Newton.

Really unique look into how a War Room works. I think our Comms Team is very good, but this stuff is exceptional. One takeaway I have - for the Colts GM Ballard is the first guy on the phone to the prospect. He's large and in charge. For the Panthers.... HC Rhule. I'm not sayin, I'm just sayin...

I think he'll earn a lot of playing time wiping out defenders in space on our zone plays - the most we'll notice him as a rookie is when he springs a long run. He has a ways to go as a receiver, but the potential is there. If he stays on the field as a blocker he'll earn some looks in the passing game. It'll be down to him and the TE Coach to turn him into something he's not just now.