SmokinwithWilly

Hey Roger, Thailand, Thailand, Thailand.... Nope. No Thailand. Must be a mistake on the schedule. Sincerely, Bob.

Check out the rant by PK Subban about the culture difference between NHL and NBA. Now while this doesn't necessarily apply to the players, I think it applies to the owners. The owners are losing touch with the fans and it's becoming more about money than the people that pay to watch it. Conversely, it's why Banana Ball league become such a huge success. It's a fan driven sport that people get to immerse themselves in. Football is losing that in a hurry and owners like Kraft will keep true home grown fans away if it keeps up.

This is why I think we need to be developing 2 QBs at all times. You just don't know what's going to happen and taking a vet backup is wasted time. Mahomes is now out for the majority of next season. Can you imagine if that was us and we were going into 2026 with Dalton as our starting QB just because we didn't want to try and develop a QB2. If you want vet QB presence, hire him as an assistant QB coaching water boy or whatever title is necessary to have him on the field on game day, but we should always be working on developing at least 2 on the main roster and a 3rd on the PS.

The more they do this, the more the NFL will turn into a war of attrition. It's hard enough to keep these guys healthy for a season, much less adding another full speed, high impact game to the schedule. Another bye week and expanding the roster is going to be the only way to do it and keep people interested. It seems like half the playmakers are done for the year by week 10 anyway and the season starts getting boring. Probably why we see so many questionable/terrible calls that lead to upsets and closer divisions to keep the season somewhat interesting.

Pretty sure the Patriots game will be in place with lots of massage parlors.

I think it’s probably easier to find a QB once you have your team built and your system established. You know exactly what you need your QB to do and it narrows down your choices. So much of early QB problems revolve around fitting into the system or signifigantly adjusting the system to fit the QB. Plus you have that rookie cap space to work with, or if it's a FA bridge QB or reclamation project like Darnold or Baker, maybe you get lucky and catch lightning in a bottle. Dynasties are rare. Have the team built to take your shot in a 2-3 years window.

Half of them probably played here at one point anyway

Instincts, study/preparation and being able to read a play make up for a lot with regards to playing speed. There's always going to be guys that win the straight up foot race, but hopefully your LBs are containing that so you don't have those huge break away plays.

Must have been some damn good meatballs.

It's may also be harder for a big guy to get down low enough to hit a guy Bryce's size in the chest/waist vs a taller QB, especially with the QB protections in place. I'm not saying that they can't do it, just that lowering your center of gravity an extra 6 inches may feel a little weird and unnatural.

You've got to constantly invest in the OL. The mantra pay tackles, draft guards/centers is true for a reason. Every 2 years we should be investing a round 2 or 3 pick in a starting guard/center unless we hit an all pro guy. Center, I lean more towards keeping the franchise guy than rotating him out as long as the price tag come contract time isn't insane. Tackle needs to be a top investment every 4 unless we have bookends. At least one day 3 pick needs to go to a guard or tackle every year churning the backup positions. Almost 18% of our team is OL. Investing at least 1 pick a year is just good business. That roster area needs to constantly be churning to try and keep low cost, highest possible quality talent.

Signing Dalton to a 2 year deal after the ghost pepper fueled poo storm that was his performance last season is reminiscent of the stomach rumble premonition that hits 10 minutes after finishing a late night jolt cola and Taco Bell chili cheese burrito fueled cotton mouth/munchies extravaganza.

I always considered that Dungy's team with Gruden at the helm.

During the pizza break on Halo night.

No noteworthy coach is coming here anyway as long as Tepper is here. It's not like DC was a hot commodity and any coach who wants to do things his way isn't going to get the job offer.

Could turn him into a scat back for our flea flicker red zone hail mary.

Don't forget the before halftime tunnel slap hands hype ritual.

But as we've seen, unless it's a Peyton Manning, there really is no sure number 1. You're better off taking your QB where you sit or trading up a spot. Moving up to 8 spots to number 1 is just too costly in terms of picks and the ability to build around that QB. This is also why you should always be trying to develop in the backup role instead of settling for a Dalton type player. There are no guarantees and the more shots you take, the more chances you have of finding your guy or a bridge guy until you find THE guy. Or, you get some dumb ass team to trade a small fortune for your number 1 overall pick and take your QB with the 1st overall that they traded to you as part of the package because they were so impatient.

I've been saying since Kalil we needed to draft our franchise center. Which means we're going to find a converted TE with 2 major leg injuries and sign him to a 3 year deal after Mayes leaves in FA and Corbett gets hurt in preseason.

Ive said this for a long time. Burns is no Micah Parsons and look at the 2 offers for each. We should have taken that Rams offer and run. And if we really believed in BY, how many 1sts and 2nds could we have gotten for that #1 overall? Not trading him was absolutely the wrong move.

Trade Dalton for CJ. Let him and Bryce battle it out in camp for starting QB spot.

Defense needs help which it has had very little of in the past 3 years. Offense has looked slow to adapt, great value generic vanilla, and downright unimpressive for about 80% of the time it was on the field.

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We can't afford to put him on IR again 2 games into the season that's for damn sure.

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/report-giants-working-finalize-deal-050255181.html Looks like he's headed to NY. At least it's not the NFCS.