SmokinwithWilly

During the 90s, probably would have been a little bit off. Move it back a decade and it probably would have been OK. 80s was really the last days of neighborhood kids playing outside together and coming over during summer and after school. Parents had to know other neighborhood parents and helping out when checking on their house would probably have been normal.

Hate to say it, but at some point these therapists are going to need nanny cams or demand cameras in the room. Not saying it's their fault at all, but you gotta protect yourself somehow.

Personally I would love it. I have a parlay that KC wins the SB. TK wins MVP and he proposes to TS during the MVP presentation. I took it out at the beginning of the season. I swear they will let you bet on anything.

First and foremost, I think when we do our evaluations we need to have our positional top tiers as guys that can actually do the fundamentals at their position. Catching with the hands at WR, footwork and bend on the lines, and for fugs sake, can they tackle someone. I'll use Greg Little as an example. He was graded 1st round material by Hurney and some others, then he went to the combine. His drills were awful. I honestly couldn't figure out how he got by in college because it was so bad. I'm no NFL scout, but even to the average football enthusiast, I'd say it was pretty obvious his movement and balance were never going to cut it. The rest is history. Some of these guys can be coached up, but we don't have years to do it for everyone. If the prospects can't meet basic skill requirements, no matter what the hype, we need to move on by. We've drafted too much on potential and too little on skill. After they pass the skills eye test, then move on to talent and dawg or whatever else.

Trevor is one of those guys that would probably have a resurgence like Darnold did in Minn. I still don't know what to make of him because Jax coaching has been so bad.

Cam took a lot of hits as a running QB, far more than any other QB since he came into the league. His shoulder did get finished off by the hit from TJ Watt, but in all likelihood, his body wouldn't have held up to the continued beating he took for him to continue playing into his mid/late 30's. People point it out because the RB cliff is at 30 because of how much they are hit. If we had an OC that could have developed a plan other than Cam Smash, the "running QB" wouldn't be a label. But it was because he was. Cam got injured trying to make a tackle after an INT that should have been blown dead, then TJ hit him perfectly to finish it off. If that hadn't happened, who knows how long his career would have gone. But I still think it's pretty safe to say that taking 200 plus hits a year wasn't going to be sustainable if he planned on having a long career.

I'm one of them and still stand by what I said. Draft guards, pay tackles. IOL is one of the easiest positions to fill in the 2nd,3rd and 4th rounds.

You don't bet on the outcome, you bet on the storyline and it's easy to follow. Kelce wins MVP of the SB and proposes during the awards ceremony. Goodell cements millions of Swifties to the NFL and their billions of dollars they're willing to drop.

Had to be the meatballs. I somehow always pictured the interview with Tepper like this

Rhule was a weird hype train to watch. He hadn't beaten anyone in college to warrant a ride on that train.

I just wish Cam could have gotten the protection from the refs in 2015 that Mahomes does today.

That's why I've always been such a steadfast supporter of drafting IOL in the 2nd and 3rd rounds. That's where your quality starters are found routinely and the transition to the NFL is quick for them. I know bringing in Hunt and Lewis was hailed as a huge gain in FA, but keeping that much money tied up in OL is just not sustainable. Draft guards, pay tackles.

No less so than not having one to start with.

It is no different than all that meat under the plastic wrap at the store.

It's kind of like the old Faces of Death movies. You know it's going to be bad. But there's just something about it that makes you sit down and watch it just to see how awful it's going to be.

I don't believe in Bryce yet. I need to see a complete season, and wins against teams that are contenders on a regular basis. Do I like how he looks at the moment? Yes. My biggest concern ATM is how he's going to look when we can't constantly spend our 1st and 2nd rounders and a ton of cap space in FA to surround him.

We need to draft a true center even if we plan to stick with Mays. Keep BC at swing, Zavala as backup guard plus whoever else can play across the line. I never want us to get stingy on line talent again.

Still a meh for me. 2 wins to 5 wins isn't that big of a deal. Remember how much we screamed Rhule sucked and he was a 5 win coach. Rebuilt the oline? More like bought the oline. Most expensive line in the NFL. Plus this would be more of a Morgan thing than a DC. Unlocking Bryce's potential is a wait and see. Bryce looked like ass to start, got benched and then began to play well once the season was essentially over. That's a load of pressure off the QB. Do I like where BY is trending, yes. Can he do it for a full season? We'll see. Chuba as a 1k yard rusher. Most expensive line in the NFL. If we had less than a 1k yard rusher I'd be pissed. Chuba has looked much better as a receiver and has obviously put in the work. Do we have a HC? Yes. Is he going to be a good one? Way too soon to tell IMO.

If nothing else, Morgan should take a huge lesson from Miami this year and actually try to improve the QB2 position.

Wouldn't you too though? If CJ was his choice, and judging just by the type of QB Frank tended to coach, he was, Tepper coming in and making that choice for him just cut his legs out. Would you want to work somewhere that you were required to be the leader but weren't allowed to lead?

AR was my pick but only with the right coach, and he needed to sit the 1st season which wasn't going to happen. He needed Shanahan, Campbell, or one of the Harbaughs. Those are the only teams where I think he had a reasonable chance to grow and learn. AR with Frank was going to be a match made in hell.

I get what you're saying. These couple of wins are virtually meaningless because half this team isn't going to be here next year. We have a serious lack of talent all over and being able to trade away the 1st for what we gave up to Chicago could go a long way towards adding premier pieces the next couple of years. A couple of 1sts or a 1st swap with a couple 2nds and 3rds could let us add premium talent at certain positions. I like what we're seeing from Bryce but I want to see more across a full season. I don't know if he is or isn't the guy. This will be an interesting off season but I'm not ready to declare we're playoff bound after going 5-12 with wins over teams with god awful defenses. I think he deserves to be the #1 QB for us going into camp, but we still need competition because we should always be trying to improve the position and we're 1 hit away from career changing injury (see Cam).

It all depends on the asking price. If he wants to be paid like a top 5 LT, you have to be prepared to let him walk or tag n trade. I don't want to get rid of him, but I also don't want to pay him like an elite pass blocking LT when he is not.