strato

Obviously so much has been invested in this offense in the 2023 and 2024 offseasons, and there are no more excuses for the QB. I would say that makes me more excited for this year than last. My biggest curiosity is scheme/Young what is that going to look like? I have my own general picture of what I think it will look like and if the people up front are what we are paying for then the running game should be much improved. At least from the standpoint of moving the LOS in the right direction when we need to have a yard. That would be a great help. But I don’t know yet how they can get the defenses backed off and that’s what I am curious to see. I’m not worried really at all over the receiving options I think there are plenty it comes down to can they get the ball in their hands through the air.

Now that one was funny. And obviously meant that way. I haven’t read the account of Wilson’s alleged crime but as with this all this stuff it is best to make sure the charges are legit.

I don’t know why it’s a big deal to anyone. If you have had a prior connection with someone in the game that could help you get back in, you are going to mine that. Even if that guy doesn’t think it will work, he thinks he needs to show you the respect of being sure. Or tells yu they are set but a workout so we know, just in case. That is pretty common. What else is there here?

Wouldn't the judge in DUI #8 bear some culpability? Ditto for DUI judge #7. It isn’t just her, I mean she has shown everyone what she is about; telling her no doesn’t work.

Well he has to sweat a lot earlier than most when these salaries get so crazy. Which they totally are. I thought ‘Tepper sees this he won’t be happy’ lol.

True about offseason but since it was brought up, the NFL is seeming more and more like ‘the man’ as I go through life. It seems like the divestment and subsequent acquisition was engineered. Like, they had a buyer they wanted.... hmmm where can we put him?

That's where I’m at. It is time for him to get his stuff together and do what is necessary. Which is be a cheerleader and write the checks. One day at a time, Dave. You can do it.

It is mostly boredom.

Replying to razor forgot to quote: Sad to say would have been better, I didn’t mean I was personally apologizing for anything. I have driven with a buzz for sure. Long life, lots has happened. Also was a totally sober person for a long time. Seen both sides. The biggest issue as I see it is with people who have one too many and then it is on... they have lost all control and judgement when they have that one that pushes them over. That, is really dangerous.

If we were somewhere that was okay, we could have a fun conversation I am pretty sure.

You are never going to stop it. Just like you can’t bring people back. It just is an even if you make it all illegal you will still have it,. Sorry to say. Getting BAC measuring prior to an automobile's ignition is probably the best you are going to do, realistically. But that should help a lot.

I am personally inexperienced in both. I’ll take the chicken. [we are sure it’s chicken, right?]

My job wasn’t sports but it was very much a team oriented proposition. I wouldn’t know how to argue against the track record critics. I’m with them I think maybe the question is: is Tepper capable/incapable of learning, of overcoming his compulsion to impart his vision via firing people. Question mark. Certainly he understands that that is not ideal. To have your prize draft pick worked and trained in a nice continuous arc is the ideal, bi-annual disruption is not at all the ideal. Even when it is disrupted with the best of intentions. He has to figure this out sooner or later, right?

Until he is a total liability, he should play out his contract since it is basically guaranteed. In the case of him repeating 2023, we do not give him starting status for 2025, and we move to upgrade the position. But he will know the system. It is simple: insist he honor the contract until it benefits you for him to not be bound by it. I think if he stinks it up again, you salvage whatever value you can any way you can and that is likely the only way.

Looking good. I was obligated to attend an annual party in the next town and there was a whole pig which was great but no killer chicken like that.

Welp it will be one or the other. They will be vindicated in their judgement or crucified for the lack of it. They are new I am giving benefit of the doubt for now. We have enough mistakes from Fitterer and Tepper et al to be skeptical for sure but I’ll stick with the 2023 mistakes as my primary concern (QB) over whether we start a 2nd round rookie at C. It needs to be seen but that is where I lean. For real, with this guy at QB being totally unproven, and you being tasked with bringing him into viability, would you feel that putting him under a raw rook would be the favored move?

I am not making this judgement personally but maybe we are purging under performers or people with opposing philosophies and he is at the bottom of the ‘to do’ list. We don’t know why at this time. Maybe it will come out. He isn’t a key player in much, being VP of...

I was OTR as saying I did not see them taking a C high. Like Vegas, I wasn’t taking a side necessarily, more just speculating on what they would do. My deciding factor was I did not believe they wanted a rookie starting there. I don’t see anything screaming they are stupid and feel like it is a fairly calculated risk based on their experience. I won’t condemn it before I see it, about that simple.

Quality. Drop in and hit it.

I'll just say, he was a great player in his career. Seemed to be a quality individual. So why would they be opposed to trying him out in his home area post playing career? Because he was drafted by losers?

In the broad sense of a lot of turnover, yep.

Usually this type of thing is someone asking for a favor, getting a tryout. Who is here that was connected with him when he was in Pittsburgh, besides Tepper? (okay maybe he was not not there who am I thinking of?) Somehow I got this in bullet points and can’t find how to change it. Oh well...

In the absence of info, yeah. We don’t know it had anything to dop with Tepper. We were told nothing. If it were health related, we might have been told. But maybe not. We just do not know why he is no longer in the job.

The downside to signing two guards to big deals is, if Icky struggles again, can’t slide him inside. It has gotten progressively tougher to project LOT coming out of college I know that. We are going to find out about him this year. It might need to be a thing where you draft a flyer later every year until one works.

Who are the guys next to him? I don’t remember which of the newer players it was but a couple are listed as the same size as Young. I was waiting for a chance to see them side by side.