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The brisket lasted about 10 minutes. It was bangin' though. Lots of people asking how I cooked it. Once I told them they're like... uh, other than that how do I make this? Nope, that's it. If you don't wanna do that then you gotta go to Austin and pay $25+ per pound

Seems like this has been said about a TON of bust OL over the past 20 years ago. OL has gone from the safest 1st round pick to one of the riskiest.

I wouldn't go that far. His first three years in the league he looked like a sure-fire HOFer. He probably had about the strongest first three years of any WR in league history. Since then though? Meh. Hindsight being 20/20, the Giants made a great call cashing in on his trade value and moving on.

Not just no, but hell fuging no. This dude has been a lockerroom problem everywhere he's ever been and his play no longer even comes close to justifying dealing with it. If we were a team on the brink of being a contender with an obvious weakness at WR, then maybe. It'd be something to think about. But honestly, that's the only type of team that should even consider bringing OBJ into the fold whether it's via waiver claim or via FA if he clears waivers. I won't be shocked if he clears.

It's a lot of meat,but not sure it'll last until 2023.

Still riding with the hometown kid who's accounting for 72% of the total offense for the 11th ranked offense in the country behind a terrible OL, JAGs at RB, and one proven WR. "Down year"... LOLOLOL!!! The team, yes. The player, hell no. He's also probably the only QB who would legit be excited to be heading to the Panthers.

I just think we'd most likely end up with a similar caliber player vs. a young guy who's already familiar with our system. I'd rather keep Carter than spend the money on a FA who would provide a definite upgrade. If we're gonna throw money at D, can we please for the love of god do it at FS? I've been begging for a legit FS since we let Deon Grant walk. I'd much rather have a JAG at LB than continue to trot JAG after disappointing JAG out there at FS. Give me someone who can free up Chinn to work underneath where he excels.

Oh snap! How'd that go? That seems more befitting a Saints matchup. LOL!

Good backup/marginal starter type. As long as we can retain him with a contract reflecting that we probably should. Gotta remember, we're way short on draft capital this year and a definite upgrade probably wouldn't come cheap via FA. You're not going to have All-Pros at every position. You're gonna have to make do with some JAGs and LB is a good place to hide a JAG on your defense.

I just put the brisket on the fire box side and the butts on the far side.

Also, I'll admit to another cheat that I do. Everyone who's done much smoking at all knows about the "Texas crutch". Wrapping with aluminum foil at the stall to reduce cooking time. Okay. But here's the thing, as soon as you wrap you're done smoking. You're roasting at that point. So fug it. Pull it and put it in the oven at that point. Don't tie yourself to tending the smoker unnecessarily and wasting good wood. The end result is the same.

Yep. Anyone that complains about brisket being hard, I just ask them if they've ever tried smoking a prime brisket. The answer is always no. Yeah if you're smoking those lean choice briskets there's zero room for error. You better be on point. But good prime briskets are almost as forgiving as pork butt.

LOL! Yet another example of "starting" not meaning poo. Byron Bell started 56 games at OT for the Panthers, 15 at LT. Amino Silatolu started 31 games for us. Nate Chandler started 19. Our OL struggles this season have somehow made fans forget that honestly this is our norm.

I'm flexin'! LOL! Nah, bought the briskets on sale for 98 cents per pound and Sam's Club has USDA prime brisket for $5.38 per pound. So it's about $125 on meat. Not bad considering there's close to 50 pounds in the smoker.

Nah, we'll git 'er done in 10-11 keeping the temps between 250-275. USDA prime brisket let's you get away with higher temps. So much moister with the fat content. Pork butt is so friendly to smoke you can get away with just about any temp. You could probably broil it to smoke it. Okay, that's an exaggeration but as long as you keep the temps south of 325 or so you're gonna end up fine.

I'll bump this because it's going DOWN today. Three 9-10 pound pork butts and an 18 pound brisket going on the smoker.

If I was a player's agent, the #1 piece of advice I'd give them about social media is just don't. Hire a firm to handle your social media accounts and just stay away. Don't even have them give you the password.

Yeah, I'm sure fan chatter gets annoying for players when the team isn't playing well but if everyone just shuts up that's not a good thing. That means they don't care. Fans caring enough to watch and (GASP!) maybe even formulating and sharing an opinion is what allows the NFL to drive massive revenue and ultimately support player salaries.

No. I would've taken Fields. I'm still not sold on Jones being a great NFL QB. I just think his ceiling is fairly limited. He's playing well for a rookie, but he's also in the perfect offense for his skill set. I said predraft that I thought Kirk Cousins/Jared Goff type is basically his ceiling and I haven't seen anything yet to make me change my mind on that.

One year wonder. He didn't turn down big money long-term deals to sign here for a year. All he was getting was one year prove it offers so he went with his old college HC and DC. Makes sense.

When we signed Wahle and Lucas we had a very recent SB appearance. Big difference between then and now.

The only guy you mentioned who is relevant is Reddick. FAs from years and regimes past aren't relevant to the conversation. Reddick's contract reflects the reality that he didn't have much of a market which is surprising given his stats last season but a one year fairly small money contract was his best bet.

Why would we be right now?

I feel bad for Sam, but the reality is that he just isn't a starting caliber NFL QB and he's made a metric poo ton of money. Good for him. It's time for us to be figuring out what's next. Hopefully not yet another reclamation project.