MHS831

So you are now making the rules of engagement? Report me--I am actually being nice right now. If you want this to be between you and the poster, then get off a public discussion board. Dude.

And Stafford's playing style could mean 5 more years--he could go to age 38 or even longer if protected. Cam had about 6 good years, to put that in perspective.

If you cannot attack points with facts, do not attack the poster. If you think any misfire on any pick is a reason to denounce all of their points after that, then you think all GMs are "dumb as hell." Yet you offer no insights of your own-

I am doing math in my head--dangerous--but it seems that Watson to NYJ would help our chances of trading up later than #2---any word on Atlanta? Are they looking QB?

When Rivers was at State, TA McLendon told me that he had to tell him where to line up and what hole to run through after calling the play. TA did not realize that he was confessing to being stupid--he was telling me how smart Rivers was. Said, "He knew where everyone on the field was supposed to be and what everyone on D was going to do."

Rhule and Co. are focused on getting production from the bottom of the roster--overachievers, for lack of a better word. If you expect that, nothing kills motivation more than underachieving players at the top of the roster. When Carter stepped up and took Whitehead's job--and played (in my opinion) near the level Shaq was playing, I would look at paychecks. I had a college teammate friend who signed a second contract after a pro bowl season--for $2m per season (not sure how much at this time--this was 30 years ago), a lot of $$$ back then. I called to congratulate him a few weeks later. He said something interesting (paraphrased): "This ain't no reward for making the pro bowl. This is my deal with the fans. I gotta be as good or better than every other player making $2m or less. They are the people who are paying me. I better step up or they should show me out."

No, but if you sign the contract, you better play up to it. His cap number doubles from last year to this year. He has $16m guaranteed. A post June 1 cut saves the team $10m. Throw in KK, who has a post June 1 cut figure of $14.5m. Bridgewater is on the payroll either way through this season. The nearly $25 million you would save by cutting KK and Shaq is not available during this free agency period, obviously. Paradis could save us $8.5m in a post June 1 cut. I say cut KK post June 1, and if anyone in camp comes close to Paradis and Thompson, cut them as well. If we cut the three post June 1, then TB after this season, we could enter 2022 down $55m.

I think we should run the Notre Dame box until our rookie is ready. That would trick em.

It may be necessary. However, if we know he is simply allowing a young rookie some time to learn, and if we have addressed the OL, I think we can be OK---it may be smarter than throwing Lance or Wilson in there first game--

I am really disappointed in many of the newbs. What the hell?

Forgot about him---good for him. I see NY as being a favorable landing spot for Watson (not the topic)---with Saleh, big market, all those picks to trade and still build around him...

I can tell you that the concussion is not a product of a hit to the head--it is the product of the brain "sloshing" from front to back or side to side. So it is difficult to say how bad. If not, McDermott could get that ring Buffalo has sought for so long. I am pulling for the Upstate Panthers.

Financially (and this may have been said in the 37 pages before this) the only way I would do it is we can unload 2 big contracts here---Shaq and TB. That would be about equal to Watson....It aint happening. I think he will be a Jet.

Jets have picks. I think that is ultimately what is going to happen.

He made Norwell all he is today.

Is this a sign that we will be playing some rookies next season?

No idea--I don't even worry about the scores. However, if you go the advanced, subscription version, I drafted Lawrence because it was discovered that he was not actually a dude; I got LT Sewell in the early second round because it was revealed that he was the third in command of the Oath Keepers organization and is under investigation for his role as a domestic terrorist. More detail than needed, if you ask me. All hypothetical, but maybe too much info.

Maybe we should play him as a slot WR/RB hybrid--and do not re-sign Samuel. CMC has great hands, runs good routes, and his career could be prolonged. Draft a RB later. I can say that we do not want to discount the possibilities of what a new GM and capologist can do. It could happen. That way, we would have both players off the Next Gen Stats commercials.

Marty will draft Mac Jones.

Shaq could be traded. So could Moore. You have to give it up if you want Watson. When you start a post with "I" it loses credibility.

Now I need a desk lamp.

When I was in graduate school in the early 90s, i worked in the sports department as an agate clerk. Remember that data on page 2 that featured lake levels and betting odds? Anyway, I worked with Tom Sorenson, Rick Bonnell, David Poole, Ron Green, and a few other guys. The sports dept got to work at 4pm and worked through midnight. So we had the entire news room to ourselves. You never see the paper the same way once you get to know these guys-- Ok, I'm back. What was the subject?

To me, this is great news --- cap is tight, and we have many needs.

Reading my mind to the letter--get help.

These may be common knowledge to people, but I am just discovering them. The most important thing I notice--some players are all over the place---a first rounder on one, a fourth rounder on the other--I expect this will settle down soon.