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I mean we had more of a defensive need in the 2025 draft than we may in the 2026 draft(so far). But we took a TE. We did it in the 5th round. Also he has overwhelmingly been our best TE to date. He and the FA pickup. I think you just have an extremely skewed view of TE's in the NFL. I would implore you to take a look at some draft history, depth charts and career progressions of a lot of those players. You are going to see ample examples of lower round guys being drafted and then immediately starting at TE. The reason it isn't rare is that there aren't many TE's taken in the 1st at all. It's the same with other positions. You think that it's impossible to find a C outside the 1st? Well....most of them aren't 1st rounders because they rarely get taken there. How about OG? The NFL is mostly non-1st round OG's and the elite tier is almost all not former 1st round OG's. How about RB's? Pretty similar right? That's not just numbers, it's positional value historically. High value positions litter the first round. It's always been that way.

The "mob" was into a lot of things back in the day. They were fixing fights mostly but branched out into illegal gambling and booze during prohibition. Points shaving was mostly attributed to the coaches or players themselves but I'm sure the mob had a hand in it themselves. But they were making more money in the drug market than they could with gambling by the 1980s and gambling was getting legalized.

Didn’t the canes beat the Stars both times last year and once the year before? We kinda own them.

They are targeted towards the populace and they have more nefarious intentions, as well. Both are true. Hence the "ask your doctor about." That’s nuts. Hence why in a chunk of the European countries it is illegal to have such ads.

I'm not a need based guy, I'm very much a combination of need and BPA. But realistically, we have so many defensive needs next year (even with our defense playing better) that I can't see a situation where there is a TE available that is such a no brainer combined with a lack of defensive options that would be similarly ranked as BPA's. And no, I don't think the TE's are much better than they are, but I do think there is real potential in them, particularly as a group. I don't think we have the next elite TE who can do it all, but I do think between the 3 of them we have guys who can do everything we need from the TE position while we use our draft and cap assets elsewhere while we evaluate the TE position for another season. And yes, I'm hyperfocused on the 1st round in this situation as I very much think that even a TE drafted in the 2nd round... while they could end up being a stud for us and take over as our main TE at some point, they would start the season 3rd or 4th on the depth chart. Any team that doesn't already have a SB contending roster and is taking a Week 1 3rd string TE with their 2nd round pick would be utterly insane. And this of course comes down to who's available and what we do in FA this offseason, but personally, if I'm Morgan (or whoever the GM is next year), I'm going into the draft with Center as my main focus with our 2nd round pick.

To be fair, it's a pretty small sample size but I think he needs to get getting a lot more reps based on the limited looks.

It applies to the offense largely, as well. Not as significantly but if you go position by position taking into account core players or guys that can't be upgraded, the numbers get pretty small. There is a ton of nuance to each scenario, as you are pointing out and I am very aware of that. There is no such thing as TRUE BPA because it flies in the face of logic. But overall, BPA needs to be the winning factor over need, IMO. That's how you end up bad for a long time by panic drafting. Gettleman, Rhule and Fitterer were the kings of that poo.

If it's 40 passes vs running heavy again then we certainly will me thinks

They knew it was Bryce all along

Evans owns this unit

I think the issues are: - You think the TE's on the roster are much better than they actually are. - You are hyperfocused on the 1st round. - You are a "need" based draft guy. All of those can get you in trouble as a roster builder.

FWIW PFF grades Mitchell Evans as the #1 TE OVR in the league so far this season.

People have to understand that the pharma ads aren't targeted toward them. They're not "ads". They're payment for favorable media treatment. Are you going to do a hit piece on big pharma if they're completely floating you financially? I think not.

FA may or may not be the best option each time. You know as well as I do that the LT is the highest paid position on offense behind QB and WR. If you have cap concerns, it would be better to draft a quality LT and hold him for 3-4 years before you have to sign him to a long term (and expensive 2nd contract). I wouldn't want to acquire a run stuffing DT in FA if I could get a younger one much cheaper in the draft. Let's say no good Safties are on the market when prior to drafting. Once again you'd go to the draft. FA is a good way to feel out the roster prior to the draft, but it's possible to REACH there too. FO's usually end up over playing guys (at least at certain positions) who have already peaked. Besides, you always have to consider that the team that let them go didn't think they were worth the price they were asking to retain them. That certainly applies to our defense. We could draft the BPA at any level of our defense and immediately improve our team. A stud on the line beside DB would help the the run and pass defense. Our LB core needs a thumper/impact player at any position. We need another CB to play alongside JC. We have yet to see a Safety on our roster significantly impact a game this year.

Maybe Rod will change it up and slot Bussi in net. Why risk the inevitable injury to Freddie this early in the season against a team that will likely win regardless. The Stars are not playing particularly well right now and Freddie stands a better chance of beating them, although Dallas has owned the Canes of late. Just show up and play to win, that's all I ask.

Well, I feel the same way about pharmaceutical, junk/fast food and political ads. They all cause active and KNOWN harm to the populace but we are the penultimate corrupt Western country, so that's just where we are as a society.

Last NBA draft was brought to you by the WWF. 100% rigged.

You guys aren't following me It's not that 1st round TEs are guaranteed to be instant impact players and it's not that you can only find elite TEs in the first. But realistically, if a TE is expected to be a true elite player at the position, particularly as a rookie, they're going to be taken in the 1st round these days. I can't see a situation where in the 2nd round of the draft, there will be a TE there that would be expected to be an immediate and significant upgrade over what we have on the roster for next year already. Any TE taken there would go into the season expected to be a backup to the guys we already have (which sure, they could over take them and be our starter, but it would be more of a surprise than an expectation). If we bring in another TE for next year, they better be immediately slotted in as our #1 TE the second we draft/sign him or I don't see it as a worthy use of pick/cap. The only way I see us getting a known and immediate TE upgrade next year is to splash in FA or draft one in the 1st round. Because of that combined with the players who will be available in the 1st round at positions we have a greater need, i.e. LB, DB, and DL, I then don't see a scenario where taking a TE in the 1st round would make any sense either. But say we're picking at like 15 next year, a Bowers type of TE falls and it feels like any defensive player at that spot would be a real reach or not a good fit for our schemes. Then sure, I'd be open to considering it, I just find that to be highly unlikely of a situation to happen, hence my feeling comfortable with TE for next year and not wanting us to target it this offseason as of right now.

I don't expect a W in this one down two D men and one is Slavin on the road, but put up a fight and maybe surprise me!

So, this is a thing, but when I read the AP press release and saw Kash Patel's name, the whole case lost some credibility with the Clown Prince of Conspiracy Theories lending his name just because a moron thought it would be fun to make him the Director of the FBI.

You are being deliberately obtuse because no one can be that dense.

The problem here is that if you're inconsistent with it then you're definitely not elite. Every QB with an NFL contract can do these things on occasion or else they wouldn't have an NFL contract. Every QB on an NFL roster can show flashes of the talent that got them into the league.

https://x.com/lakeshowyo/status/1981327396772204988?s=46&t=f55N0zsNFevD-XGJBWj1-A either he was point shaving in this game or….I’m as a good as a NBA player

I would say the stat that generally flies in the face of that is his Bad Throw%. Let's compare it to recent contemporaries(2022-2025 1st round QB's) for career Bad Throw%. Jayden Daniels: 14.7% Drake Maye: 15.3% Bo Nix: 16.4% Kenny Pickett: 18.0% CJ Stroud: 19.0% Jaxon Dart: 20.7% Caleb Williams: 20.7% Cam Ward: 21.1% Bryce Young: 21.4% Michael Penis: 24.1% JJ McCarthy: 24.4% Anthony Richardson: 26.4% Now, notice which end of the list he has been on so far.

I too am tired of seeing Draftking ads