SmokinwithWilly

He had a chance for a ridiculous payday to be set for the rest of his life. Fans can talk Loyalty all they want but an extra $20-30m would make them all a lot less loyal to a team that could cut you at any minute.

If he did he might realize there's been more football sense here than in his HC office.

When a collective Huddle vote could get more personnel decisions correct than our current HC, theres not going to be much to feel good about here.

I was referring more to his ability to take off out of the pocket like Mahomes or Allen. He ran like a giraffe on ice.

Yeah, we got fleeced. We gave up Kyle Allen for a 5th and got Darnold for a 2nd, 4th and 6th. Allen was definitely better.

Darnold is actually a very good example of this. He has the physical tools. He doesn't have the mental capacity to read a defense pre snap. Peyton Manning was about as immobile a QB as I can ever remember but his ability to disect a defense was unrivaled. Do you want your QB to be able to scramble? Absolutely. Do I want my QB taking unnecessary hits running? Absolutely not. I'll take cerebral over mobile any day. I'd rather my $15m WR get hit than my $40m QB. They're a more easily acquired commodity. We all want a Mahomes, Allen or Jackson. The real interesting thing will be how long their careers last. I firmly believe Cam's prime was shortened by the massive amount of hits he took. I don't think there's a Mahomes or Allen in this years draft. I also don't think there's a Brady or Manning. Maybe in a couple of years, with the right coaching. We don't have that coaching or that kind of time.

That's my thought too, especially if Hutch or Thibs is available at 6.

Probably had to check and see if his arms were long enough.

How many children were permanently traumatized watching Artax die in The Neverending Story? Almost as scarring a moment as Ol' Yeller.

Thayer Munford https://www.profootballnetwork.com/thayer-munford-ohio-state-ot-nfl-draft-scouting-report-2022/ 6'6" 320. Big guy, hard to move around. Translates to guard in the NFL but can play LT if needed. Late 4th to 5th round.

I trust Rhule's gut about as much as I do week old discount gas station sushi.

Due to his time in the league, Gilmore can at best net us a 5th. Not picking up a FA that cancels out that 5th round wouldn't seem to difficult, but our FO is making some silly moves so far with signing Walker and Thomas so I wouldn't back on any guarantees.

Can't get a 3rd for Gilmore. The best we can hope for is a 5th.

It's like we're playing Texas Hold'em except we have our hole cards facing up.

His agent should be charged for grand theft for getting away with that contract.

You forgot the Rhule affiliation factor.

Without hesitating as long as Ekwonu is off the board. If he's there still, he's the pick. At 16, I'm taking Linderbaum, 19 is Green.

Maybe on Madden

Even if all the civil and criminal stuff gets settled, his behavior isn't magically going to stop. Part of bringing Watson here would be accepting the real possibility this could happen again and he could be suspended permanently. 3 1sts and high end starters for someone that could be out of the league at any time? That's Russian roulette with your teams future. No thanks.

The better question is why would any team want to pay this? If he had zero baggage, ok. But with 10 criminal counts pending and his civil case being a PR nightmare, how in the world do you fork over that kind of collateral with zero assurances in the contract that he gets to play? The only reason Goodell didn't put him on the exempt list is he didn't have to because the Texans had no intentions of playing him. When the press and activists get involved he'll have no choice but to put him on the exempt list until a thorough investigation has been concluded.

Owed $156M, 22 civil and 10 criminal complaints. Likely would cost 3 1sts a couple 2nds or players. PR nightmare. Sounds like the exact move Rhule would make to try and save his job. Week 1 PJ Walker starts because Watson has been put on the exempt list while Goodell tries to do the "right thing" because we actually planned to play him, unlike Houston.