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Pills and shots were pretty big in the ‘70s, as far as the public finding out about the seedier side of pro football. Check out the movie North Dallas Forty it is a plot line. If you haven’t. They have gone full corporate/deep state mode and whitewashed that stuff from the public consciousness but I would bet the players (and coaches and trainers) are well aware of the pill and needle solution that lets them stay on the field through injury and keep that big contract. The story is the same we just don’t hear it much anymore. I am not judging TD over that though I would have done the same thing probably. Whatever it takes….

At least put his book bag on his shoulder.

Exactly we are on the hook regardless so if we pay it and they don’t they can sweeten the pot with a little higher draft pick. I think that is the idea and it is somewhat common in sports these days. That’s why I know about it lol. I don’t know I could easily be wrong because teams don’t seem to be paying much for Murray and Tua because of the offset thing, but they were released and hit the open market. I think. The only real incentive for a team to trade is to beat out potential rivals if he hits the open market. As far as I can figure.

Yeah. Not sure who got their nose out of joint between him and JR. I think it was said that JR didn’t like him making that request. JR being an ex player, I can see why he wouldn’t feel like media should get credit for team accomplishments. I wouldn’t imagine a student broadcaster would get a lot. The attraction is the experience and exposure of you do a good job. Resume building. Connection building. ThT sort of thing. But I am only using my experience in a different field to make assumptions. I think once you get an agent you have more financial opportunities but I never worked in that arena.

With that 26 mil or whatever on his last year - if we want to trade him what we could do is pay that ourselves, essentially buy a better return in the form of s draft pick.

Well, you have it all figured out. I am not going to write multiple more essays to ry and change your mind. I don’t see some of the locker room issues being as dire as what you are interpreting, they are professionals after all and hopefully the character standards they have seemingly applied to who comes into that locker room will serve us well. And you know, there is more than one way to skin a little cat with 9 lives

I hear you. But I am not absolving Legette just because he is from my neck of the woods or anything else. Tge comment was more about the fans uneven application of blame. I do agree that there is a noticeable disconnect between him and the QB and that he might do better with a more polished and capable delivery man. Abd don’t feel that they used XL right, or at least how I expected it to look. And that could be a function of a reticent WB that shies away from that style of attack. I mean it was either him or Canales that pretty much eliminated downfield from the playbook - even while we see guys running free at times. It Could work if they commit to it. Whoever isn’t committing.

Lot of passion there. Look, if Bryce plays down to the level that we feel the need to draft a QB high, you don’t think the locker room might be ready for anything that helps them win? There are s lot of angles to this that could come into play depending on what happens this year.

Sure. Except I would be very surprised to see him have to settle for a DC position. Especially under a guy with the experience level of Canales.

Well I don’t think the author is exactly on the speed dial for insiders. Y’all remember speed dial, right? It (his list) is basically a fan’s opinion.

Yeah. Duty is clear, belief is optional. He may believe it. Or need to believe it.

Lol yeah but let Legette only get one foot down and hell breaks loose. If it weren’t for double standards…..you know the rest.

Well you are the one that compared it to Minnesota even though it is a different dynamic. And they may well do exactly as you suggest. There is no way to know what will happen anyway until we see if Junior can actually step up enough to make it sn issue. I just think a deal is a deal. A contract should be honored by both sides, and there is nothing that requires us to throw away 26.6 mil to keep from upsetting a player who is under contract. I would absolutely play hardball if it came to it.

Poor You.

They can do other gigs alongside those jobs. Or around them. If you get one of those jobs you can get an agent, you might need one to get the gig But they can supplement that game day money There is a lot of stuff they can do during the week I don’t know what Rosinski has been doing but once I saw the Masters or the US Open or something and he was part of the team .

That’s a good find. We will see. Who is still here from when he was?

Yeah I agree. I need to see Bryce be that much better. If he is t why would we ever pay him? This is all just be at this point anyway until we see some season play out. It’s kind of like mock drafts though: if A happens then what is our move? If B happens what is our move? And there should be more than one option. You have to work through them. There are definitely a few ways this could go.

Sorry too late to edit. 36.5 mil is obviously wrong. ahould have been 26.5 probably 36.5 if you ate the money and signed a bridge guy like some people want to do. It is way early though to really do anything but speculate and look at all the angles. So I am looking and speculating.

Of course you keep your options open as long as you can. If he has a crappy year this year you are still on the hook for 2027 it would make it easier to move on though. If he does his customary elevate his play by a baby step in 2026 then you have to draft someone. Or bring someone in. Preferably draft. But you really do not have decide on him until after 2027 is done. You wouldn’t have to franchise him until 2028 and that only if he came close to being that valuable. Like I said elsewhere if he blows up then might be able to still sign him instead of tagging him. Being nice to Theilen at the end of his career is one thing. Being nice to a guy you have carried for four years at a big cost to you, is not mandatory. Thete is no reason I see to make things harder on ourselves at the cost of 36.5 million us what it costs to pay another QB is self defeating. just saying

Lol did you hear me the first two times? I have been getting errors and cloud flare timeouts like I got last time the board went down. Sorry for the echo.

You pay him If he has a breakthrough season. Obviously finally getting some real competition was what he needed. If that isn’t possible you franchise him. You have not lost anything you have probably a first round QB behind him. If you want to you can flip him. Or you do things the old way and groom him. That is what Minnesota should have done

You pay him If he has a breakthrough season. Obviously finally getting some real competition was what he needed. If that isn’t possible you franchise him. You have not lost anything you have probably a first round QB behind him. If you want to you can flip him. Or you do things the old way and groom him. That is what Minnesota should have done

You pay him If he has a breakthrough season. Obviously finally getting some real competition was what he needed. If that isn’t possible you franchise him. You have not lost anything you have probably a first round QB behind him. If you want to you can flip him. Or you do things the old way and groom him. That is what Minnesota should have done

Maybe ranking him near the bottom third included demerits? He is one slot from bottom 10 so I guess he might as well be in the bottom third. What I was seeing is that after a few obvious names the guy seemed to be pretty random as to where he slotted people. He gave Beane a nice grade. And he just fired a coach that pulled them from the ashes and kept them up high for years. Let’s see how that works out. also Beane took a WR immediately after Legette that hasn’t been any better. If even as good. I guess he or someone hit on the QB and gets him over. Which, yeah that is a big deal.

How the hell did I miss or forget that?