Khyber53

Ow.

Hmm. He was touted as the team's throat cutter earlier on, the hatchet man when it came to the salary cap and players who ate more of it than they should. And here we are about the time when those cuts are being considered. He's gotten a promotion. Let's hope it doesn't remind anyone of the ascension of Robespierre.

Right you are!

I wish I could get in there and argue against this and say, "Naw man, Burns is a beast -- best in the league." He's good, really good, but he hasn't had that great "take the league by storm" season we've all been waiting for. What he is, however, is a darn good edge player who doesn't just specialize in sacks and disrupting the passing game. A bit underweight still, he is a remarkably stout run defender and he is an active, vital part of what little run defense we've sported. A guy that can get nine sacks a season and about the same number of TFLs, plus 50+ tackles a season gets a career like Mike Rucker and the well-deserved praise that goes along with it. Ain't a thing in the world wrong with that. Not everyone can be Julius Peppers. Still, I think he has another gear to hit. Maybe this will be the year and it will still be with us.

Even if Brady retires, you've still got an excellent Arians running the show in Tampa and Atlanta is working the rebuild like we are -- but they still have a capable QB, which we don't. Coaching in Atlanta might be a bit better than we are, as they've had so odd losses of stars -- particularly Ridley. (Hope he gets well and right). In truth, even if Brady retires, all it does is sets up the NFCSouth into a four-way Prove It contest as each team tries to prove it can build a winner again. The good part is that in the early 2000s after realignment, the whole division was that and it became to toughest division in the league for about a dozen years. Now, we're in danger of being the AFCSouth if we aren't careful. We aren't diddly squat right now but if Rhule was going to prove that what he is doing is really, really working, he couldn't ask for a more shaken up field. It's time to pop the popcorn and watch this thing, but it sure isn't time to put the champagne on ice.

Fitt and Rhule, just trying to lock up all the DBs like this was frikkin' Pokemon.

Right now, I think we need a center much more than we need a tackle. Keep Brady and Taylor at the tackles, keep working with Deonte at guard and move Elflein to LG and let him train up both Brady and the next tackle. Look for a young guard with a couple of years experience out there in free agency, doesn't have to be a starter if he's been on one of the teams with a first class o-line already -- strong, smart and mean are the three key traits as he may have to take over at either LG or RG. Draft Linderbaum even if you think it is too early. Grab him and set the center of your offense for the next decade. This is you Ryan Kalil move. Do not make it your Matt Kalil move. Got it?

Just another Yankee being brought in to tell us how we don't do things right.

If I don't have a dog in the fight, then I always pull for the underdog. As such, what a fantastic divisional round this was! Three underdogs winning out and the fourth one going into overtime. Still, I really wanted Buffalo (Panthers North) to win that one. Mahomes is amazing but Josh Allen is going to be the Peyton to his Brady for this generation. Wow, what a game.

Stay away you overpaid, anti-vax, overexposed twerp.

Trade them, straight up.

I could never hate the Panthers. This situation is like your favorite niece is married to a jerk who treats her badly, kills her potential, talks badly about her and drives away anything of value she has. You know that someday she'll smarten up and kick the idiot to the curb, but until then there isn't much you can do except to wait it out.

No one really wanted to know what gave you a chub. Do you ever self edit?

Woof.

I am willing to bet there are teams out there willing to overpay for each of them. There's every chance we move on to Horn and Henderson and save some serious money. Both Jackson and Gilmore looked great to the folks watching our games. Folks who saw other teams saw some pretty good/decent guys. Not world beaters. Still, someone is going to be willing to pony up massive amounts of money for each one in turn. And they might find themselves with two Josh Normans.

Prayers sent up for her.

No one is worth three draft choices that anyone wants to get rid of.

I'm hoping for before it starts, but the chances of him making it through 2022 are astronomically low based on performance so far. Of course, even considering that, there's always the chance I am wrong in my assessment of Rhule and that this is actually going according to plan and that there will be a monumental change in our fortunes next season. It could happen and it does happen in the NFL. I'm not seeing any signs of it, but there's always a chance I'm wrong.

Gruden will only take the job if there's a chance he'd be head coach by mid-season. But it also shows how far he's fallen since his head coaching gig. He wasn't the guy his brother is, for both the good and the bad.

He's going to be good. This was the first year for a guy who wasn't expected to set the field on fire. He performed well when called up, made some good catches (and one really neat run) and didn't seem afraid of contact. For a rookie TE that's a promising start. Considering the quality of coaching and play calling and QB work, he was a bright spot in a lackluster year. He's going to take a couple of years to fully develop, but something tells me we will see steady progress next season and a breakout in year three.

The annual dance of the overpaid dunces. I'd just about rather opt out and stick to what we have. We're going to suck anyway.

Meh.

Dear Dave, This ain't working man. Hire some actual experts on building an NFL team, start from the ground up and make this work again. We were troubled before you got here, but nothing like this. If you hire people to build this organization the right way, in the end there will be more wins, maybe some trophies, a lot of stars and you will still be able to sit back and say "That's my team" and it'll be as true as it ever was. Or you can keep hiring crappy little wannabes and when they keep churning out five wins seasons, give contracts to people who can't perform and squander draft picks on seventeen more cornerbacks, you can sit back and shamefully say, "That's my team" and it'll be as true as it ever was. It's up to you. You're in a club with 31 other owners (if you squeeze together Green Bay's community). Right now, the pecking order puts you sitting way away from the cool kids table.

That was actually really entertaining!