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Pass catching TE would be nasty. We know Ben McAdoo is a fan of pass catching TEs. Mike G is a stud but hes had some wear and tear injuries - nothing to miss major time but some nagging low back stuff thats kept him from being dominant. You also gotta pay the man which is likely why he is on the block to begin with - probably starts at a baseline of Hunter Henrys deal of 3 - 37.5. Basically 3 times what we paid Thomas. Do I think hes 3 times better than Thomas? Yes. Does that mean I'm willing to pay 3 times more than Ian Thomas? Ehhhh, that ones a little tougher but if they'd bite on Thomas and a 4th I'd pull the trigger.

I'm gonna be honest... I dont see the dirty hit. Maybe I was expecting so much more based on the tweets coming out you'd have thought he singled him out and came in from across the field like a heat seeking missile and decapitated him away from the play then pissed on his body after. Now again, only one of those videos load for me so if I'm missing context through other angles thats on me but here's what I see. Kick and play is heading to the right. Robinson is on the right of the field - this isnt outside of the play like he ran across the field and sought the WR out. Best I can see it looks like Robinson isn't even moving when he makes the block and leads with head/shoulder area (I can't tell which makes the contact and you're lying if you say you can see either definitely) and he drops him immediately. It doesn't look like a blindside hit to me, why would Wilkerson be running/looking left when the ball/play is clearly going right? Wilkerson crumples and Robinson does the stomp celebration. Doesn't even look down at him far as I can tell. Looks like your normal big hit celebration to fire up the team. Make the argument its practice if you want but they're wearing pads in a ST drill. I would assume the fact he is still on the roster would lend some credence to the fact that Scott and Rhule don't think it was as egregious either.

On a throw Darnold made too.

Honestly? Throw is late and gave the LB time to get close because CMC was about 3 zip codes away from him out of his break. That said, in Matts defense hes probably only thrown to any of the starters a handful of time. I'd expect the timing to be off.

Big fight sounds like

I'm getting back to work till team drills come back.

Nah - the pace is frenetic and the offense and defense are lining up at the same time. Defense was dominating them in 7v7. 4 forced fumbles/pass break ups from hard clean hits. Pats radio team says their players don't look ready to get hit. Cant say the same for offense because they're focusing on their own offense but the D sounds like they came out more prepared than the patriots

ANOTHER hard hit and forced fumble. Downfield completion to Kirkwood.

Brandon Smith with a big pop to break up a pass and then a forced fumble per the pats radio team

Bozeman being carted off per patriots radio

There were two miscommunications - one on the rpo to Smith where he was blocking rather than looking for the ball and a second on the 3rd down along the sidelines where the receiver didn't break when/where Baker expected him to. Then the mishandled snap. These are ALL errors that are usually the result of a lack of reps and timing. If I'm seeing that as a coach and my seat was a little warm - tomorrow I would declare the competition over and give Baker all of the first team reps from here forward to get that corrected. This of course will likely not happen because ole Rhule isn't capable of looking in the mirror and realizing this charade is detrimental to the team and in turn his own job.

Intrigued by the Izzo add. Was getting a lot of hype in camp when he was drafted before he got injured as a blocker and just became expendable when they got Henry and Smith. Probably nothing more than a body at this point with his inability to catch on anywhere since then but looking forward to seeing him in game.

First look at Baker in a panthers uni, of ourse Matt Corral, WRs not named DJ and Robbie, the new and improved offensive line, CJ Henderson and his next steps in the secondary. Theres enough I'll be watching the third and fourth quarters for more than just background noise this year.

Ding Ding Ding. Was 100% coming to say this. I fully expect tomorrow when Baker gets the snaps that Boze is his center. Let them get the exchange down together and mirror each other throughout camp.

lol okay. Hes not Josh Allen or prime Cam... but hes also not Teddy Bridgewater, Chad Pennington, Kenny Pickett or Jimmy Clausen. He realistically is probably a top 16-32 arm in the league. Accurate, high velocity, low elevation ball. Bakers issues have always been those that come with a gun slinger QB. Its the "No, no, no, YES" plays that eventually turn into "No ,no, no, no, no nooooooooo" plays and the mixed bag of results that come with that style. I'm not saying he's a top 16 QB in the league but from a purely physical aspect there arent 64 QBs with a better arm than Baker. There probably arent 32 either.

Feel like I'm a part of history. Wow. Its actually happened.

I've long since maintained with a healthy CMC and Baker returning to his pre injury 2020 self we are a playoff team. The offensive line is night and day compared to last year. Went from easily a bottom 3 line to potentially a top 10 line almost overnight. WR group still has its stud in DJ, TMJ with another year under his belt, Higgins brining some familiarity with Baker and a (hopefully) hungry Anderson makes for a solid group that is more talented than half the league. RB - CMCs health is paramount because when he's right he's unquestionably the best in all of football. I love the Foreman pickup to spell him. TE - We may have the worst TE room in the league but Tremble and Thomas have looked decent as blockers. TEs have always had an important role in McAdoo offenses - hope ours are up for it. The Defense you know what you have. There are absolute studs at every position. DL -Burns coming off his pro bowl season, Brown and YGM entering year 3 lost of young serviceable depth in Nixon, Roy and a vet pick up in Ionnadis. Haynes enters as a pass rush specialist that jusy flashes every time hes on the field. Hopimg for a similar jump from another former tweener who flashed pass rush ability and went on to be a solid DE for us for a number of seasons - Mario Addison. We could stand to add another DE and thing we will as training camp winds down and/or final cuts are made. LB - Shaq finally playing up to that contract and now we pair him with someone like Littleton who can lay the wood and shore up running lanes. If Wilson even makes the team there'd be some more speed but I won't be pulling for him after his arrest this off-season. I'm intrigued by the size speed combo from the rookie LB (more edge) from VT and the more traditional LB from Penn State. Both those kids can move and Smith absolutely hammers people. Secondary - Chinn and Horn are absolute studs and would start somewhere on every team in the league. Action Jackson gets to slide into that number 2/slot spot that he looked good in last year and with the addition of Xavier Woods we finally have a competent safety to pair on the backend. Personally would like to see Chinn move back to the hybrid role he excelled at in his rookie season but with Wilks back I'll trust his judgement. ST - Finally and we'll keep it brief. Went from a bottom 5 punter last year to arguably one of the top 5 punters of all time. Zane was solid all year for us and we added a legit return man in Andre Roberts. Weve got the best ST unit we've fielded since 2015.

No mention of 2021 after a year of tape is out there on his offense. Even playing along and ignoring 2021 entirely and solely focusing on 2020 when he had Teddy who was extremely comfortable with the offense and knew it like the back of his hand combined with the fact there was nothing on Brady in the NFL yet - I'd be real interested in seeing how those call charts stack up from 2020 in the first quarter vs the 3rd quarter and subsequently how they stack up in the redzone. I suspect they would confirm what everyone saw on the field. Our scripted opening drives were very good. He continues to do the same in the 2nd half but defenses adjusted. We didn't. All very indicative of someone who wasn't quite ready. Doesn't even touch on our redzone woes. Brady may still end up being a stud OC in this league. But he 1000% wasn't ready and I'm not sure he was scapegoated at all - we simply could not continue to go through his growing pains with him.

Baker and Darnold have a fierce "competition" and both look sharp in the up tempo WC offense. Darnold starts preseason week 1 but it looks an awful lot like Cam/Mac Jones in NE last year - couple series, couple passes but mostly some run plays - Baker comes in and the playbook opens up a bit for more passing. Team will claim its all about helping Baker get that in game timing down but its still a competition. Baker starts the second and by the third preseason game has taken all the first team reps, Darnold looks about as good as Will Grier did facing 2nd/3rd unit guys and we flip him to Seattle where he has the USC connection with Pete Carroll and goes back to the West Coast for a 5th/6th and eat half his salary. Roll with Baker/MC and a practice squad QB into the regular season. This is Bakers team now barring any injuries. First offer they get to ship Sam out they'll take it.

Why not? We know McAdoo runs an up tempo WC offense with a zone blocking scheme. I dont think it would be stretching to far to incorporate some RPO tendencies - especially considering Corrall success with them at Ole Miss. Everyone wants to keep their jobs and to do that they gotta win. Building a system around Baker gives them the best chance to do just that.

Let's Gooooooooo!!!!!!!!! 5 million and conditional 5th? You do that trade every single time. He bounces back to 2020 Baker and we're a playoff team if CMC stays healthy.

Wonder if that report/rumor of the initial offer of 100k per turning into a million per case actually turned out to be true. I cant imagine that ever becoming public. Buzbee taking a victory lap right now with that presser. How many women filed police reports? Any chance they're the last 4? I don't remember off the top of my head. Browns were expecting this. It's why they restructured this year's salary to reduce the amount of money he'd lose on a suspension down to nickels and dimes. Hope they rightfully get dragged for that once the suspension comes to a head.

Idk man, this is the part of the season where everyone normally has eternal optimism. For me that offensive line is reason enough to get me fired up. McAdoo calling the plays is a massive upgrade to Brady and certainly Nixon. CMC healthy - the majority of you calling him injury prone were the same ones clamoring to shut him down. The hammy worried me. The ankle doesn't. Looking forward to getting 22 on the field with gaps I could drive my truck through. DJ Moore and the emergence of TMJr. Matt Corral waiting in the wings - I'm really excited we got this guy where we did. Looking forward to camp and preseason to see how he looks. Hopefully he's more Russ Wilson than Will Grier although at this point I'd settle for Matt Moore. On defense we've got Brown entering year 3 - the year it "clicks" for most Dlinemen. Burns, Shaq, Chinn, DJax all back and looking to build on what they did last year. CJ Hendersons development and where he fits into the secondary. Jaycee Motherfuggin Horn back Edge speed with Haynes, Amare Barno. New guys like Woods, Littleton, Ioannidis Punter and Kicker look to be a strength and not a massive question mark for the first time since what? 2015 with Nortman and Gano?

SHATAHT The . The way that everyone there feeds off each other is great. They've got awesome energy. There are several clips out there I can legit laugh out loud at every time I watch them. The interviews are real and genuine and I get a better appreciation for those people because they get to be their self on that show. I love the show.