Davidson Deac II

He has done ok at Colorado, his main advantage is bringing in talent. Which he has done well. But when Matt Rhule was hired here, a lot of people were upset because they said he could never win "the big one". Well Deion has definitely never won the big one. And due to a scheduling advantage, he hasn't played many of the big 12 best teams. In fact, only one of the top 5 teams, and he lost to them. Colorado's last three games are against teams with losing records. And he got blasted by Matt Rhule. Looks like he will have a shot at BYU at the end of the season, so that will be his chance.

I think we could do with one great one and one decent one. Think Mike Rucker and Julius Peppers. But the linebackers have to be upgraded as well. Trevin Wallace and Josey Jewell have done better than expected recently, but I think we need one or two more to go with them.

you might be right. Although the pitch from some schools and maybe a few NFL teams will be strong and lucrative. I agree with those who think he might go to FSU. I think he would do better there than the NFL. His name alone is a great recruiting tool.

I am somewhere in between the two of you in terms of my thoughts on the defense. I think we have some guys who would make decent to good backups or adequate starters. They need to add three or four talented players. A topflight defensive end, couple of linebackers and maybe one safety. That would turn this defense from subpar to top 10.

Yeah, but if Prescott is healthy, they still have a shot at being a playoff contender next year. If Deion becomes the coach, well he won't be playing Texas Tech.

I was thinking a match made in he!!

As someone who doesn't like the Cowboys, I hope and pray Sanders is hired to Coach them. It would be amusing to watch, especially if they draft his son. What happens if after 3 years, the Cowboys suck and Jerry needs to fire him? Would the qb be fired as well? Of course, if they are struggling, the fans might want both gone. It will be fun to watch them collapse.

I don't really care who is named the starter. While its interesting to some to discuss it on a message board, I doubt it matters much in terms of results.

You are confusing smart strategic moves with tanking. Sending one or two high priced players away for draft picks isn't tanking. Tanking is trading or cutting all or most of your best players in the hope that your will have several great drafts and in a few years have a team of young great players. Its what the Dolphins did in 2019, and they still suck. Historically bad Dolphins and the trouble with tanking - Sports Illustrated

I am thrilled as anyone with the recent play. That being said, the Giants have the worst passing game in the NFL. My thought is we need Brown back and a good defensive end, as well as at least one good linebacker. I think Shaq may be done, and even if he isn't, might be time to get a guy who can replace him when he is done. And maybe another safety.

You are probably right, but as long as he goes to Dallas, and not here, it will be fun to watch. Or better yet, New Orleans.

I hope and pray we are not in a position to draft Sanders. Jerry world seems like a good place for him, if Daddy comes with him. I do wonder if Dion would be smart enough to back off and let the guy do it on his own though. At some point, parents have to back off. Even that Ball fella did eventually.

And in the case of the guy at the top, it took a long time for him to get to that point.

Imo, the ability to get the ball out quickly and accurately under pressure is still the most important skill a qb can have. Of course, when you can do that and still run around and make freaky looking throws, you get Patrick Mahomes.

You might be right, but some make the argument that qb's in college throw the ball more than they did 20-30 years ago.

I kind of feel like we have depth. What we need are more starters. I mean some of the guys we have would make excellent backups.

There are a handful (a very small handful) of NFL qb's in history that were able to handle it. Cam Newton, mainly because of his size and strength. Jayden seems to be doing ok but that is because he had an almost idea setup and he played a lot more games in college than the majority of these guys do. But If he were in Chicago, not sure he would be doing any better than Williams. Most of the NFL greats (Brady, Montana, Mahomes, Bradshaw, Staubach etc...) sat for a while. There is this myth that today's qb's are able to play right away because of what they did in college. It ain't true.

Its almost as if rookie quarterbacks shouldn't be thrown into the fire from the beginning.

The point is not that winning a few games will change the culture. It's more that intentionally setting up your team to lose never changes things for the positive. I fully agree with getting rid of expensive players that can't help you long term for draft picks. This is a strategic move and if properly implemented, can help. Cowboys did that with Herschel Walker. And got a few SB's out of it. And of getting rid of players that don't work out. But just dumping the team for slew of draft picks doest work.

And tank for Tua, tank for Trevor. And so on and so forth. Fwiw, I don't remember a single tank for Mahomes comment.

I am not a fan of Sean Payton, and I hate to see him succeed. That being said, Nix appears to be a good pick. Makes good throws, has a decent arm, and doesn't throw many int's. IMO, that is all you can ask out of a rookie.

Stafford needs to retire.

Since the OP posted it, the Panthers are 2-0. They will likely lose to the Chiefs, but I wonder if they will cover the spread.

Not really sure what Hopium is. But I may have tried some of it when I was younger. But nothing we say here makes one bit of difference in what happens to the team.

And Brooks might finally play. Of course, if he does, it will be against the best run defense in the league. Baptism of fire I suppose.