Mr. Scot

Yeah, I'm sure Rhule is a genius. Guess it's just bad luck we're losing so much, huh?

It is. It is not, however, the metric they use to determine top overall defense. That's based on yards. Pretty sure of you check the rankings for points given up, you'll find we're ranked somewhat lower than second.

What you actually said... So...yeah.

Nope.

Do the best ranked units always win?

Aaaand of course...

Barner tackled himself.

Don't base your judgment of any NFL unit on a statistical ranking.

Looking for logic from a team playing a two quarterback system is probably a fruitless effort.

It tells me that you think you know a lot more than you actually demonstrate you do. But by all means, if you're certain every team that passed on him did so for the same reason, you should have no trouble finding evidence of this, right?

Best players... Before he went on IR, Jackson was getting beaten like a drum ever since Rivera dismantled him. Brian Burns has proven to be a huge liability against the run. DJ? He's good, but not "#1 receiver" good. He's also had a very up and down season this year. Like I said, legit criticisms available for every one of them...

There are very legitimate criticisms for every one of those guys.

Oy...

Man, that was a dangerous throw. Worked out though...

Well, that looked easy...

His arms are 3/4 of an inch too short.

School and level of competition, among other things... The draft profiles of Christensen that I've read had him projected as a backup at the NFL level. Third round is pretty reasonable for that.

And he has every right to... ... except when it comes to football.

Stratton's point isn't that the majority of teams and scouts throw out the rules, but that they should. As to why teams passed on Christensen though, I doubt it's as simple as one thing.

Heck, Rhule has hinted that Newton won't even play the full game today.

Detroit is trending up. Atlanta is trending...not up (for this season anyway). Rams and Cowboys likely win easily enough. Eagles and Seahawks probably win.

To be fair, I've got a feeling the way this game is gonna play out isn't exactly gonna be a great send-off, and I'm probably not the only one. It's worth asking whether that's gonna be the way fans would want to remember him.

That was reportedly one of the big things Tepper liked about him.

No argument...

Mentioned elsewhere that Lady Cowboy Fan got me a book called "Scout Speak" by Neil Stratton of "Inside the League" for Christmas. It's about learning how NFL scouts evaluate talent. Here's one of the first paragraphs in the book, Stratton explaining some of the core things he's learned in twenty years of scouting experience... 1. Throw out all the rules No matter what any scout says, there are none. As a fan, or as a young football professional, you will be told certain positions have to be certain sizes run certain speeds or have certain production. Maybe, maybe not. Scouting is, was, and always will be highly subjective. Trends, popularity, which players are deemed to be "safe" at what rounds, etc., matter far more to most teams and their scouts than they'd like to admit. But none of that matters... I'd like to add "arm length" to that list of crap that doesn't mean anything Stratton goes on to explain why and add in some other cool insights into the scouting world. With a forward by Jeff Ireland that includes some good behind the scenes stories, this is definitely a book I can tell I'm going to enjoy. And throw in that right out of the gate, it says something about Matt Rhule's rules.