Davidson Deac II

In a court of law, yes. The NFL doesn't have to do things that way.

I get the impression this is more about his upcoming competition with Darnold and Baker. Trying to make a point that he thrives on competition and that he should have went to a school that made him compete. I doubt he has any issues with Ole Miss itself.

Darnold seems like a good guy, and is probably a decent leader on the field. If he could just avoid making bad throws, he would be great.

I saw the entire comment, and I think it was just an odd way of saying that the decision will be made based on performance.

So we finally corralled him? I will show myself out.

An NDA gives no pass from the legal system, unless you are talking about civil law. The parties they settled with are free to file a criminal report. They just can't sue and can't talk about it in public.

I don't think the stats are deceiving. They show us as a middle of the pack run defense. Middle of the pack run defenses have some bad games against good running teams, and better games against not so good running teams. We were horrific during Rivera's last year. The worst in the NFL. Historically bad irt ypc. We made bad teams look like the 1970's Pittsburgh Steelers. We got a little better in Rhule's first year and improved a little more last year. Hopefully, we can continue the trend of improvement this season.

The article is absurd. Cousins isn't significantly better than Mayfield and is much older. And would have cost us a lot more. We essentially rented Mayfield for a year. If he plays great, we can suck it up and pay him more. If not, we use him for a year, and see what we have in Corral.

For better or worse, Baker and Darnold have been in the league long enough to be proven. Corral is the unproven one. IMO, I keep Darnold because he is a cap hit, and cap space is worth something to. And there may come a point this season where we need a third stringer, and Darnold would be acceptable as our third string qb imo. But I would be tempted to force him to do kick coverage or something like that. j/k of course.

Corral could end up being better than Mayfield But what is it that makes a great qb? Is it physical talent? While we can argue about who is more physically talented, the reality is that any qb at this level has a strong arm and a certain amount of accuracy. Not all of them have great running ability, but that is not an absolute requirement. It certainly helps, but some of the best to play the game are slow. The skillset that makes a great NFL qb is the ability to make quick, accurate decisions and throws under intense pressure. And there is no way to know if they can do that until they line up under center. That is why the vast majority of college qb's fail in the NFL. If Corral can do that, well then we made a great draft pick. If not, well he might be able to hang on as a backup for us or some team.

Fwiw, that actually describes the vast majority of backups. Our own Derek Anderson had that issue in Cleveland. Yet, he was a serviceable backup for us. He could win a game here or there, but there was a good chance if he played longer than a game or two or had to be depended on to win a game with his arm, then it would have been a risky proposition.

Not great, not bad. A little silly at points. Personally, I think Marvel is introducing to many new characters. The comic book nerds will love it, but the general audience may get burnt out soon.

No doubt, there were some games that the run d looked really bad. The Minnesota game comes to mind. Can't help but wonder if part of that was mental, as the defense got tired of watching the offense contribute nothing at all.

Our run defense in RIvera's last season was one of the worst in NFL history. We averaged allowing 5.2 yards per carry. It has gotten progressively better in each season sense. 4.7 in 2019, and 4.1 per carry last year (middle of the pack in the NFL). If that trend continues, it could be top 10 in the NFL this year.

Lots of fans question those guys. DJ Moore didn't get ripped as much as Anderson, but him and Burns got questioned a lot last year.

I am not enamored of Mayfield. That could change based on what he does this season, but for now, it is what it is. lol But the Browns have the worst decision-making processes in football. The fiasco with Watson is going to end up costing them for years.

You may be right, but I think I could call plays if I had the level of talent he had at LSU playing against College teams. I vaguely remember that all but three of their starting offensive team have started games in the NFL.

Our quarterback related decisions have been a cluster#$%^ from day one. That is the main issue I have with Rhule. And if Mayfield/Corral doesn't work out, it will be why he is canned by Jan 2023.

Assuming no one is willing to trade, financially, it would make sense to keep Darnold as the backup. We gain nothing by cutting him, and if someone gets injured, he would be a somewhat warm body. But Corral needs to be on the roster as well, so it probably depends on if they want to keep three qb's on the roster. But based on past history, they may just cut him if they can't trade him.

This. All the others are known quantities. Corral is not.

Just goes to show how unlikely it is that those top 5, top 10 qb's actually live up to their billing. Which is why I don't really give a crap about a top five pick for next year.

For now. But the ratings are dropping. If they continue to drop, no way the networks are going to continue to be able to afford the payments, since advertisers will find better ways to spend their advertising dollars.

I said as we know it. Certainly, some college sporting events will survive and maybe even thrive, and it actually wouldn't bother me to much if the local college teams got back to playing regional rivals and let the big football factories wring every last dollar, they can out of TV networks until the cash cow inevitably dries up.

IMO, College Sports as we know it is dying. Ratings continue to drop. And the new conferences are turning themselves into a NFL farm team league, and as they become less and less connected to the actual universities, can't help but wonder if the fanaticism that fans show will lessen. Its already happening in some areas. USC football use to be one of the biggest sporting events in Los Angeles, now it's probably not even in the top five. And wont be even if they start playing for national championships again. When I was growing up, boxing was one of the biggest sports in the US. Now it's a sideshow. Can't help but wonder if College Football will see something similar over the next 20 years.

Biggest leap, Yetur Gross Matos.