Bear Hands

Mentioned this in a trade recap/analysis thread some time back: Including trades, we used a grand total of 17 picks in 2 seasons/since the CMC & Anderson trades on 4 'maybes' and the rest are busts or off the team. And that's also 17 picks turned into 9 players, results regardless, so we've just been bleeding capital without accruing anything to gamble on. Just terrible.

Huge hold on Bosa there. Yeeeesh

Excellent drive. Finally feels like a game.

He'll occasionally have a clunker (so he's not Tucker-level) but he's really one of the best kickers you can have. Not the most compelling game (and didn't watch halftime) but could produce a good finish

Wilks, CMC, Butker...this SB haha

He’s one of two guys we all know elevated their play on defense this year and would be worth a payday. I won’t blame him if he ends up elsewhere but would love for him to come back.

MrTouchdown/4C: Stop cluttering our flagged post inboxes And for others: Stop with the pile on about posters. Aren't we all a bit weird at the end of the day posting here ad nausem? lol Anyhoo...onto the SB!

Also not to be too lock sensitive but I don’t see this going places and it’s already derailed.

There’s no need with some of that, seems some just want multiple accounts even if they don’t anything ban worthy. I mean a fun alt, whatevs. But recently, that Breeg guy and Reccecei are two examples of multi-account types that get into heated pissing matches that just muddy up the joint. And then resurface again. And again. And again. Just like Chuck although I’ll say, the Chuck iterations seem to have finally ended this last year

He was called “political” and/or “single issue” poster but the better way to put it is the gimmick accounts.

He got banned bc he made us suspicious (and it was obvious what he was doing) and yep, he had 4 known alt accounts all posting. We banned all of them. This one won’t be long either. It’s pretty easy to figure out the ones who have the multiple accounts on our end. The weirdest ones are the longer time posters who have multiple accounts they swing between.

Cool stuff.

I'm clearly being a bit facetious here.

I'm saying how does that even happen. You have to try to draft as poorly as we have.

They are arguably the worst combination league-wide in the 21st century. Only a handful I see comparable. Doesn’t just have to do with records, we netted some of the least value possible draft classes (3 in a row) and wasted so much capital on senseless trades and excessive neediness. Like how do you basically miss on every choice from a draft where you had 11 picks?

That man…no words lol

Fitterer really screwed up with this Burns situation. It’s looking like a colossal mistake not to have him be the player chip in the Bears trade (that we shouldn’t of even made in the first place)

Yup - New means but same methods, by the same players. Just have more players eating each other.

Yep. The average consumer is all streaming these days, and the avg person carries 2.9 subscriptions/month. And you cancel and resubscribe dependent on who's carrying the shows you want to watch. It's all just a dance right now with these companies (all owned by 5ish main conglomerates at the end of the day-Paramount, Disney, Comcast, Amazon, & Apple) to see what works the best for them. Those peak years of cable were a stabilizing force for them to become the giants they are. They don't have that type of binding infrastructure-based luxury anymore and are trying to create it through acquisitions & partnerships. Just like rock music, what you knew of media and TV is long dead. Has been dead. We're in this weird period where the mega moguls are positioning and buying the moguls to create the best umbrella corp in the age of streaming. Disney went for a huge grab when they purchased purchase 20th Century Fox and then the majority stakes in Hulu. The new sports-service is definitely stemming from those moves and more positioning taking place. I can definitely see Fox Corp & Warner going capoot within a few years with more and more moves. It's all just such a dance.

We need someone to pretend to work BOFA to just carry around some measuring tape, happen to pass Bryce, ask for an autograph for their kid, and do a quick take-off and bolt. I kid, I kid. It's always been my guess he's right around 5'9. his eye level (the important thing) is about an inch below Kyler's). Less stocky but more length. Okay, that's enough of me investigating photos of NFL players for today lol. Saban is 5'6, they're likely in similar dress shoes with modest heels here:

Finally starting to dig into prospects this year. Had my favorites during the season (Odunze, Franklin, McMillan), now diving into the guys on teams I wasn't watching as much. One standout at WR (who happens to be close buds with my favorite RB in CFB, 2022): Jha'Quan Jackson https://www.thedraftnetwork.com/2024/02/02/jhaquan-jackson-nfl-draft-stock-senior-bowl Sign me up for R3-4

Let's please not get into a religion thing again...it's pretty easy to do. You just don't bring it up. Do note-a quick search shows that Canales is not evangelical. He's from a strongly Christian latino family that is actively involved with one of those multi-cultural ministry churches called Mission Ebenezer Family Church. He's seems to be a very religious guy but if a guy like Tepper doesn't mind then IDGAFF. Ok, back to football or a lock is in the future.

Pretty much. Nailed it with that last paragraph. We need a natural separater that comes with refined route running skills and a program with pro style offense. Regarding the draft—mentioned elsewhere but the few that have had my eye (primarily since they were on a lot of national tv during the season) were McMillan out of WAS and Mitchell in Texas. Mitchell at 33 is a strong possibility. His stock is rising - diverse route tree, can play multiple spots, good route runner, strong burst off the line. I was a huge Odunze fan going into the year but he cemented a solid 1st round status. Troy Franklin is another to keep an eye on but he’s not as refined as a route runner, but has awesome big play ability.

Well this thread has been entertaining

It must just be me but I‘M not a huge Higgins fan. Definitely not opposed as we need talent so sure, if it’s mutual, come on in. But he tends to deal with constant minor nagging injuries, doesn’t miss much time, but there’s just always something going on with the guy. Multiple hammys, ankle, shoulders has had that notable concussion hit, he’s tweaked stuff at practice. I know plenty of Bengals fans are pretty indifferent with him leaving. Especially considering the potential of Iosivas and Charlie Jones.