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Of course, Jordan is our starting LG and Elf is our starting C---as of July 28 or so. I think they are respecting the existing starters so that they give the appearance of competition. I suppose that it is demoralizing to be a starter and have some free agent from another team come in and take your job without giving you the chance to fight to keep it. Kind of a "king of the hill" thing-- By the first preseason game, our OL and QB should be set.

By the way, my teenage nieces from ohio showed up wearing some. They said they are cool (again?) and all the kids in school are wearing them--they had white ones, fwiw. That is all I know about crocs--except once I asked a neighbor to move his car/trailer out of the road because he was blocking traffic. I was very nice--he got mad and stormed into the street to confront me. I thought, "I can't believe I am about to be in a street fight wearing crocs and footies." He backed down, but I will never understand why. They were black and my footies were white--maybe I exuded Killer Whale.

If those were tube sox, you'd be super groovin'

wonder if they are hiring?

I thought so too, but when he announced that he was looking to add another CB, it made me wonder

Three weeks until the kids go back to school.

You have. Why not stop trying to flaunt your Piagetian concrete operational skills and so that those with actual camp news can post?

We have limited access to the players' development. Being first on the field is a symptom of an eager, competitive person who is ready to go. For example, sitting on the front row in school does not mean you are getting an A, but more kids from the front row make As compared to those who sit in the back. You do not give As to the kids based on where they sit, but it is a fair indicator of their work ethic.

Seriously--he has to know he is not going anywhere as an NFL QB--just invest the money and live a happy life knowing that you had all the tools and opportunity and you failed.

Who needs CBs? Snow is going to a 4/6/1 defense, I heard.

I kinda wish Darnold would be fired up and ready to compete to save his career. Too much Surf Nazi in him. I would be pissed, insulted, and determined to send Baker to the pine--- I dunno. At this point, he had few options--that is what 4 years of suckage does to a person.

He put 300 on on us one year. Hellacious defense

Move him to TE to take Gronk's rolw

They will be shopping Darnold for a future conditional seventh rounder and they will eat most of his salary if MC9 shows enough to be QB2. That is the only scenario I see for Walker to make the team--and I am ready to move on from him, frankly.

can't watch without my thesaurus.

Wow. Not good. My uncle lost more than that in one day. Had his leg amputated.

He had to get right for speedo season

Now we know that herbert would have been worth moving up for---Fields in 2021 over Horn?

And there are many defensive lineman that take a few years to mature and develop. I see Brown in that mold. I still wonder how, in this era of the QB, we had top 10 draft picks and ended up taking a DT and a CB when the QBs were pretty good--only to take a QB during a draft when they were not that good--at the end of round 3 no less.

last season, they thought the addressed the OL on day 1 of free agency (we hated the OL acquisitions then, and rightly so) and they really thought the QB position had been addressed or we'd have Fields right now. I think they are taking a wiser, more practical approach to this season, fwiw.

exactly

If I may speculate--he seemed to suffer from an identity crisis last year--was trying to rush the passer on every down and got blown up a lot. If he anchors and bull rushes on passing situations, he should be better.

On paper, and maybe I am drunk on preseason optimism, but I think we are better than last year. I worry about DE/OLB, Left OL, QB, CMC's health, Anderson's mental condition, and linebacker--not many people worrying about that--but I think we need a stud MLB and I do not see it.

If Baker plays and has a good year, he is going to seek $40-50m. I say, in that case, we tag him and see how well Corral is developing. If Baker has a good year 2 here, you should pay him. I was talking to my brother-in-law--a chiropractor from columbus, Ohio--and he said they liked Baker in Ohio because he was the first successful QB (2020) in some time and his blue collar chip on the shoulder was a good fit for the dog pound. He said we got a good deal-Baker was hurt in 2021 and there were coaching issues as well as some locker room issues that bent him sideways. Said he could be really good with a new team and some new maturity. He thinks this may have humbled him, but he has been proving himself his entire life--don't bet against him. Said Darnold is soft and the next Joey Harrington with a Sam Bradford upside...Said he was certain we'd draft Fields last year. I said, "But we had all our eggs in the Darnold basket."

The amount of Money on the table for a successful QB is enormously higher than the peanuts they are squabbling over now. It makes NO SENSE to miss one minute of camp because the odds are already against the player.