LinvilleGorge

Go for it. I was wrong about Herbert but in my defense, I fully admitted that I could only judge him based on his play in that offense. I never dreamed a coaching staff would've been so dumb to handcuff a guy who had his ability. Like I said at the time, I had to assume that it was because they didn't trust him with more.

I mean, Fitts said we'd be in on every deal. It never hurts to call and check the temperature. Honestly, that may have been done before we really even did our homework on Wentz and fully broke down his tape from last season. Why bother if you know the price tag is more than you're willing to pay?

I'm just jealous thinking about that level of relief. A good long piss, a sneeze, and an epic fart? All at the same time. That's living right there.

I'd honestly be surprised at even that. I think the entire league expects Teddy and the Panthers to part ways and no one else is interested in Teddy with that contract attached to him. I honestly think it's a Goff situation where he would have negative trade value. We'd literally have to pay someone to take him.

You can't be this dense. The value of the DRAFT PICK is not altered by the PLAYER that is selected at that spot. The draft pick value is the draft pick value. If you have a Hurney who botches it that doesn't make the pick itself any less valuable. By your logic, we should be trading all of our picks straight up for lower picks because hell, we might draft a bust anyway so let's lessen our cap exposure. The reason I'm not considering your point is because it's without merit.

You're not understanding the concept. Draft pick value is real. That is real team building capital. You can make the picks, you can trade the picks, more draft capital means more options. What you're arguing is like saying that you'd just as well rather have less money in the bank because there's a chance you'll piss it all away anyway so why bother? It's just not an intelligent argument to make.

Having a pick higher in the draft order isn't an unknown factor in terms of draft capital.

The draft has been and always will be a complete crap shoot to a certain degree. But there's a reason why the draft pick value chart exists and why the points are skewed heavily toward the top of the draft. The higher you are in the draft order, the better your odds of landing a difference maker. This isn't a difficult concept.

Please stop, Marty.

The " win every game no matter what" crowd isn't interested in logic. There's rarely logic in claiming moral high ground in sports fandom.

Wins when you're still in contention aren't bad. When we were 3-2 you're thinking... hmmm, we might be onto something here. That's a lot different than being 4-10.

Hell, I think it's a steal for the Eagles. Wentz looked shot last season.

There's risk there too.

That haul would sting. If he turned out to be a franchise QB it'd be worth it. If he didn't, Rhule and Fitts probably dug their own grave. If it happens, I hope all the "just win baby" folks look back in pleasure over celebrating that key late season victory over Rivera and the WFT.

I'm kinda all in on Zach Wilson at this point. I've really liked him dating back to November but watching more, dude has Mahomes vibes. I'm not saying he's Mahomes but he has special arm talent. I haven't made the decision between Lance and Fields in part because I just don't care. Go get me Wilson. Take my money. Lawrence is no question the safest QB pick. If he's a bust it'll surprise everyone. BUT, it won't shock me if ten years from now Zach Wilson ends up being the guy. He's just way riskier and if you took him over Lawrence and he didn't work out... oh wee mayne. You might not even be able to get a job so much as talking about football.

I was calling this guy out nearly a long time ago. https://apnews.com/article/new-york-andrew-cuomo-us-news-coronavirus-pandemic-nursing-homes-512cae0abb55a55f375b3192f2cdd6b5 https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/12/us/new-york-aide-apology-covid-deaths-facilities/index.html It's worse than I thought. He needs to be held accountable and CNN's role putting him on TV time and time again to field softball questions from his brother cannot be overlooked.

The NFL's hard salary cap with no Max contracts are the greatest protectors of parity. Gotta keep those two things in place to avoid becoming the NBA. There's no reason for stars to not team up when they know another team can't pay them more because they're already making the max. And on a soft cap situation, owners that are willing to spend the money are always going to be able to buy players.

I definitely understand wanting to avoid certain organizations. The Mannings and Lucks in particular were in unique situations to have insight on franchise organizations that most prospects just don't have. I mean, if you were coming out of a top flight business school and one of the hottest prospects on the market, would you rather go work for an Apple or Tesla type company or a dinosaur like Kodak that has utterly failed to evolve and stay relevant? I don't blame anyone for trying to use whatever leverage they have. There will come a time when you'll get leveraged, you can bet your bottom dollar on that.

Yep, it was douchey but I don't blame them. There's not many instances in a player's career where they're in a position to have significant input in where they end up. Entering the draft as the assumed #1 overall pick is one of those instances.

Definitely agree that what Wilson is asking for in terms of roster input is absurd.

He had a $17.5M base salary. I'm not sure anyone would've traded for that knowing that his release was likely imminent.

It's no different than the real world. A small percentage of players have this type of leverage. This idea that "players" as a whole are suddenly gaining tremendous leverage is pipe dream.

The Rams bailed on L.A. too and yet there were teams falling all over themselves to get back into that market, including quite ironically the Rams.

I wouldn't be so sure about that. That's the QB that helped him as a former UDFA display the play to go on to receive a life changing free agent contract. Darnold can actually throw the ball down the field and going down the field is what Robby Anderson does best.