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No team plays less talented players to improve their Draft position. Bridgewater is a steadier, more experienced, hand than Lock. Physically he has less upside, but he's also started at 4 franchises now. He's a safer bet than Lock (who half the fan base hates anyway). They're going to lean heavily on their defence to win games and just ask the offence not to turn the ball over.

I almost certainly watch more College football than you. The question is about how open a player is. He ignored Marshall for Moore on the preseason play Smith highlighted because the DB was playing 8 yards off Marshall. He did end up beating the him deep, but pre-snap that was the right read. Brady's offence is about challenging teams vertically and horizontally. The emphasis is on moving the chains rather than trying to move the ball down the field on chunk plays.

They're not going to fix his footwork in one off-season. It's a long term commitment. From what we saw last week his footwork has improved - that's all we can ask in three months. He's coachable and has a good QB coach for the first time.

Thats literally the offence. I'd take Bridgewater's season last year with the ability / mentality to hit the shot plays when they're called.

Corey is a bitter, bitter man.

What, he can't share their playbook from the Practice Squad?

Like a lot of QBs he was projected. He's a height, weight, build, arm strength projection who had good success in College. The polished article rarely comes out of College. As for Famous J - he's a rapist, so no thank you.

Yes, sadly I think he can be 'the guy' for the Saints. Despite being a rapist he's incredibly talented. Payton will get the most out of him.

Herndon - 71 receptions, 796 yards, 7 TDs (he missed a year with injury) Thomas - 72 receptions, 614 yards, 4 TDs. So no, no he isn't. That's a very crafty trade by the Vikings.

Yep, we don't have the Draft capital to make any more trades. Only trades I see happening are guys leaving - but we couldn't even get anything for Moore so I doubt that happens. This is the roster, bar the odd FA shuffle.

I didn't want to mention this, but he beat Miami.

I don't think Marshall was the issue with Moore. It's Smith coming in and taking his job that was the problem.

I personally think Moore is a better player than Zylstra, but I'm not going to lose sleep over it.

If guys look like they belong early they don't tend to regress. Brown and Chinn are going to be superstars. I'm less bullish on YGM. Obviously THIS rookie class has yet to see the field during the regular season, but their pre-season performances have been stellar. Again, they look better than a lot of seasoned vets we've brought in / played against. There's a lot of room for optimism.

We haven't played a down yet, so you haven't been proven right either.

They had their shot.

Speaking of, did David Moore catch on with the Jets?

You see it every now and again in College. Teams are geared up to stop Spread offences so they don't have the personnel to match up when a Boston College comes to town. In the NFL obviously those extremes aren't quite the same (mainly due to the insane athletes roaming the field), but I could see us lining up in 12 set and causing teams matchup problems. Worked with Shockey and Olsen (albeit they're both Pro Bowl TEs).

That's what you get with bargain basement FA acquisitions. We tried to fill holes on the roster so we could Draft BPA. Same this year. Smith made Moore expendable - that's a huge positive. Perryman, and it pains me to say it as a huge Canes fan, was being a knobhead.

I still want to see them play for 4 games before passing judgement. As for Jordan, who knows. He seems to have very quickly fallen out of favour - started pre-season as the starter. He's worth kicking the tyres on. I will say we're definitely leaning towards athleticism over size on the Oline. We're going to get bullied in short yardage situations.

Has a better arm than Grier (he starts at 4.10).

Laser focused but unable to put up back-to-back winnings seasons.

I don't think you understand what the word 'significant' means. This isn't a Whale or Lucas FA signing.

Wasn't he? Seems to me he turned two programmes around and turned them into 10+ game winners and was then poached by the Panthers - the Jets interviewed him the previous year and the Giants wanted to interview him too. He was very much on the rise as a HC and had a lot of success behind him. Saban's talent is having his mate as the head of the NCAA. He just cheats and stacks his rosters / coaching staff. You saw what he achieved with a level playing field in Miami.

So where's the criticism coming from then? Our roster last year, pre-Draft, was horrendous. We relied heavily on Brown, Chinn, YGM and Roy. Pride played, but was in and out of the lineup. He's not a magician.