tukafan21

There are 100% still parts of Detroit that if I'm driving there at night, I'm not stopping at a red light if the intersection is clear lol, but yea, it's not the same city that got the bad reputation it can't shed. Spent about a decade working in the heart of downtown, it really was a great place to work (besides the traffic getting in/out of the city). Especially in the late 2010's when they started having all the food trucks come into Campus Martius.

Life long Metro Detroiter myself (besides Arizona for college), people still assume Detroit is "Detroit" and that it's one big poo hole. Sure, there are bad parts of the city, just like there are in every state and major city, but the main downtown area is nothing like its reputation.

He didn't cost them in the NFCCS last year, it was the coaching decisions that Campbell made that blew that one, if not for that, Goff would have taken them to the SB last year.

The people trying to blame this one on Goff are missing the bigger picture. Sure, he didn't have a good game and threw a bunch of picks. But in reality, both of the INTs at the end of each half were because they were pressing because they were losing by so much, which was in large part because they couldn't stop anyone on defense. You score 31 points in a playoff game and you win that game 7 times out of 10. Hard to stop the other team when you were as hurt as the Lions were on defense this year, their injury situation was next level type of bad. If they had even a halfway decent defense right now, Goff isn't pressing as much and it's a totally different game. Having said that, yea he was bad this game, but it's not all on him.

If it's KC or Baltimore against any of them, it will be a blowout as they have good defenses too If it's Buffalo vs Philly, at least it should be a good game.

lol Brady, with the most sincerity, "you just need an onside kick and a hail mary" before they've even scored the TD and only 45 seconds left hahahaha

I think the biggest "what if" for an already great player is Shaq. What if Shaq had the work ethic of some of these other legends and spent countless hours in the gym working on his free throws and keeping his weight down. Just the amount of points he'd have added from the line, combined with teams then not being able to constantly foul him too, he'd have done crazy things. He'd have been the undisputed GOAT, even more than Jordan or Lebron

Two simple reasons, one I get, one makes no sense to me The easy one is Tom Brady. It's hard to say everything he touches doesn't find a way to work out, so getting to work on building out an NFL team with him, I can see the appeal to that. The other is job security, which in a vacuum, I do get, but not in this particular instance. They're selling him on "we know this roster is a mess, we want YOU to come here and build this team out as you see fit and we're going to give you more than enough time to see it through since we know it's not a 1 year fix. Which sure, it makes sense given how quickly so many teams move on from HC's if they don't have immediate success, particularly with the types of jobs people expected Johnson to be looking at. As everyone expected him to take over a team with an established QB and more ready to compete right away, the ones who aren't going to give you forever to become a winning team. However, I still think the Raiders are the absolute wrong team to take that approach with if you're a HC candidate, because of the division. You have maybe the next GOAT, another Top 10 QB, and a very promising looking rookie to make the best QB division in the league. Then you have one of the best HC's of all time (who even if he doesn't have too many years left, they'll still have Mahomes there), as well as a former SB winner and offensive "genius" and a NCAA NC who has taken an NFL team to a SB as well, to make the best HC division in the league. Even if they give you time to build out the franchise, good luck putting a consistent contender together in a division that has 3 teams looking like they are all set up for long term sustained success.

If the Titans or Browns don't end up loving a QB in this class and don't want to try and tank for Manning, trading the 1st or 2nd pick for Dak, 12th overall, 2026 1st, and maybe a little more would be well worth it. Now, if would Dak waive his no trade clause to go there, is another question. If I'm Dak and they hire Deion and make it clear they're going to trade him to get Shedeur, I'm not going to help them by accepting any trade. I'm forcing my way to a better team and/or forcing them to give up even more picks to make the deal so it helps his new team add players. Or even funnier would be to just accept no trade and play chicken with Deion... do you play the better QB or play your son and lose credibility with the rest of the team. To bad they'd just cut him in the end if it came to that, but at least you then are free to sign wherever you want.

Not sure how cheap he'd actually be in the end as it looks like Dallas guaranteed a large portion of his contract, but kept the signing bonus to a smaller portion of it as "only" $80 million and had a very small base salary this past season. So they new team wouldn't be paying the $60 million a year average that the contract was, but his base salary in the next 4 years are 48, 40, 45, and 55 million, still a good amount for a QB, even in today's market.

If he wants to coach both his sons, just stay one more year in college. Because then Shedeur will suck and get his coach fired, they can hire Deion, and then sign his other son since he’s not getting drafted anyways and is gonna spend the year on a practice squad at best. Honestly that’s what makes me wonder if Shedeur could even be drafted by someone like the Giants. If I’m Daboll, no way I’m doing that, it basically just sets yourself up to be fired in a year so they can hire Deion.

lol bowl game? They never beat a ranked team and think they only beat 2 power 5 teams who had an above .500 record. And they did that with a Heisman winner playing both ways and another Heisman candidate at QB, but sure, people keep thinking Deion is some amazing coach, it makes no sense, he's a glorified cheerleader, that's it.

Uh... 6 months and 31 lbs?!?!?! How is that even possible when the kid can't even eat solid food yet?!?!

As a follow up, here is a few snippets from PFF's draft profile of him.... From his Strengths..... Easy accelerator with great explosive capacity and energetic motion for his size. Has the curvilinear acceleration to bend through route breaks while keeping speed. Has the long-strider speed to chew up space and threaten defenses vertically. Explosion, agility, fluidity, speed, and grating play strength are all conducive to RAC. From his Weaknesses..... Speed, while great, is not elite, as he struggles to sustain separation on crossers. They literally say his speed is "great" in his weaknesses category. Like I've said too many times to count, he's 6'5", he's never going to be the track star of a 6' WR that people seem to think every WR needs or else they can't be elite. But he has MORE than enough speed to be a true #1 WR and the people who think he "plays slow" haven't watched near enough of his tape and are trying to force a "slow plodding big WR" narrative on him because of his size. https://www.profootballnetwork.com/tetairoa-mcmillan-draft-profile/

Because they're crazy I honestly can't see how anyone can watch his tape and say he plays slow when he's constantly making defenders miss and running away from them once he does. No, he's not a track star so he's not able to do that every time he touches it like a Tyreek can, but if you watch all of his tape and come away with saying "he plays slow" then you're fooling yourself to fit a narrative you want to believe. Basically every "expert breakdown" of his film mentions how he has surprising speed for a player of his size, but sure, he plays slow to the people on these boards since they expect all WRs to have Tyreek type of track speed. He was 5th in the Big 12 this season in YAC, but sure, he's slow.

Consider it? I'd say yes so quickly that I'd hurt myself. Only way you don't do it if you're the Titans is if you absolutely fall in love with Ward and are convinced he's going to be a star in this league. As Dak will be 32 before next season starts, while that's not terribly old for QB's these days, he probably only has 3-5 years left in him.

If the Raiders hire Johnson and add Hooker, I can say goodbye to my dream of us drafting T-Mac. The Raiders really could go in any direction with their pick as they need so many things, but if they bring in an offensive guy like Johnson and then trade for an unproven QB, they need to help set him up to succeed in year 1. Yea, an OT could help there too, but if they do that, with their WR room being so weak, giving Hooker two weapons like T-Mac and Bowers would be great combo for a young QB to have at his disposal that I can't see them passing on him if he's there.

Again, why is this so hard to understand... 40 time does not equal game speed. The 40 yard dash is the most antiquated tool to analyze draft prospects, it's more based on how quickly you're able to get out of the blocks, a position no WR (or even any other player) is ever set up in, than actual speed. I'm not even saying he'll run that slow, as I think he breaks 4.5 anyways, but if you watch his game tape and you think he runs a 4.6 type of speed, then you're just lying to yourself to sell your own narrative of what you want to believe. In short, yes, speed is important, but no, the 40 time is not. If any GM is basing their decision of a player on their 40 time more than 3 years worth of game tape, then they deserve to be fired for that alone.

I'm dying to know how the first 7 picks of this draft went that Hunter fell all the way to 8. He's still not on my draft board for a variety of reasons, but there is no way in hell that he gets passed up by 7 teams

I'd be shocked if he's still there at 8 I think Shedeur will be a bust in the NFL, but I just think there are too many QB needy teams that the Sanders name/hype is going to make sure he gets drafted by then. Just can't see how both NY teams and the Raiders all pass on him, MAYBE the Raiders pass on him if they hire Ben Johnson and he doesn't like Sanders, but I think any other HC gets hired there and there isn't any chance he's there at 6 and they don't take him.

The problem with it isn't about it being successful or failing, it's what happens if they BOTH happen? What does Jerry do if Shedeur is amazing but Deion is an awful coach, or if Deion is an amazing coach but Shedeur is shitting the bed and it's clear very fast that he needs to be replaced? You're tied to them both and if you need to replace one, you are going to need to replace both as there's no way you can get rid of one while the other one stays. If you cut/trade Shedeur, Deion is going to quit. If you fire Deion, Shedeur is going to hold out and demand a trade. And these days, how many coaches are able to stick around for 10+ years with one team like you hope the QB you draft will be there? It's almost like the best case scenario for them is that they do well for a few years and when you have to fire Deion to bring in a real NFL HC, Shedeur is good enough to get you a good return in a trade.

I just googled it and yes, the Cowboys are still currently the most valuable team in the world, and by a decent amount, they're worth $10.1 Billion while #2 is the Warriors at $8.8 Billion. Also seeing the list, how the fug are the Rams the 3rd most valuable sports team in the world? I get why the Cowboys got there in the 90's, but I'm shocked they're still #1 on that list, they seem less relevant than ever.

lol nice timing, yea, dreams ruined. Although, part of me wonders if they actually would bother trading up or just have Shedeur refuse to talk to any teams pre-draft and threaten to not sign with them and sit out the year. Because if they do that, I'm not sure any team would bother risking a wasted pick by taking him, he'd just fall to them at 12 anyways. In a questionable QB draft to begin with, is any team really going to throw away a Top 10 pick by taking a guy they couldn't meet with pre-draft and is saying he won't sign with anyone other than the Cowboys anyways?

Oh, it just hit me that odds are, they'd be giving up that 2026 1st to move up to get Shedeur, which would take the above scenario off the table. Darn... because that would have been funny

If they ate that dead cap hit, it could potentially set up for the funniest thing in NFL history. Because if they cut Dak, then trade a bunch of assets to go get Shedeur, and eat the dead cap hit on top, there is almost no chance of them putting a competitive team on the field in 2025. What does Jerry then do in the lead up to the 2026 Draft when he's sitting there with the #1 pick, Arch Manning enters the draft, and he has to make the call between keeping Deion and Shedeur or dumping both of them to get Arch.