LinvilleGorge

I'm getting old. Just got a FB message this week that they're planning our 15 year HS reunion this fall.

Stacked? No, definitely not. Bersin has zero chance to earn a roster spot on a stacked WR roster. I can understand why fans think it's stacked though. We look like we may actually have the talent pool to field a legit NFL WR corps here in Carolina for the first time in a looooooong time. But stacked? No.

I hate to tell them, but life itself is a long-term health risk. We're all gonna end up dying from something and very few of us will end up with the stories and $$$$$ of a professional athlete. Better to burn out than fade away.

I think some of these guys aren't thinking it through. They haven't been out there working a 9-5 that they honestly couldn't care less about for pennies on the dollar of what they could be making playing football. A year or two of doing that and they may wake up and realize that making millions to play a game was a pretty damn good gig.

​Terrence Murphy. He was a rookie too, their second round pick that year. That kid never played again. On a side note, I was actually the person who told TD that he ended that guy's career.

​Dude finished game with a ruptued spleen. People can say what they want about Chris Simms, but that dude has got to be fuging tough.

This. Really only our top 3 WRs get significant run. We rarely go 5 wide and when we go 4 wide, Olsen is one of the 4. I figured it'd be tough for Bersin to make the team simply because I thought we'd want our bottom of the roster WRs to be contributors on special teams.

Our second round pick that we traded up to get should have "at least some involvement in" our offense this year... thanks for the stellar insight, Rotoworld!

That's just arm length, not wingspan. His wingspan is probably at least 6" longer than Funchess. Wingspan = fingertips to fingertips so it includes both armlength and shoulder width.

I gave up on Stew remaining healthy years ago. Hope he proves me wrong and plays every game and puts up great numbers, but history says it won't happen.

The Huddle is gonna be apoplectic of this deal isn't signed, sealed, and delivered by the end of the day tomorrow.

Minor but cumulative. Just shows that Manzuel is still immature and can't be trusted off the field. No one wants that in their QB. Well, no one except the Bucs evidently.

Everyone knew Manziel had significant off field concerns coming into the NFL, but I'm not sure anyone thought he'd be this big of a trainwreck. It sucks, because I'd like to see him get his poo together and actually have a real go in the NFL just to see if he could make it work. Dude was exciting as hell to watch in college.

​Well, that depends. If the player stays healthy and performs well, it is. If the player struggles with injuries or doesn't live up to the contract, then the organization is royally screwed.

It's my understanding that the fully guaranteed money in an NFL contract immediately goes into escrow. Does JR really have $100M in liquid assets just lying around to use on a whim? If the reports are to believe, it sounds like this deal came together very quickly, so yeah, he'd have to have $100M in liquid assets just lying around to use on a whim if the contract is fully guaranteed. FWIW, I'm not buying this fully guaranteed stuff.

​Doubtful. Once you've been playing that long your throwing motion is pretty much set. Seems like every year some QB shows off his new and improved throwing motion at the combine and/or pro day, but once he gets in a game he reverts back to what he's always done. When having to react on the fly, years and years of ingrained muscle memory is almost impossible to overcome.

​Years of mediocre at best college football in the state of NC has led to a ton of bandwagon college football fans in the state. Whatever southeastern team is having current success, you'll see a lot of their "fans" in NC.

Someone or more than one could blow up next season, but as of right now, next year's QB class looks downright awful IMO.

I wouldn't consider Cutler a game manager. You don't draft a gunslinger to be a game manager. Lovie may try to force him into that role, but in the end, a guy is gonna be who he is. Cutler threw his highest number of INTs in his career (26) his first season playing under Lovie. After that, Lovie tried to force him to be a game manager and Cutler HATED it. He had his second lowest QBR of his career his last season under Lovie. His worst was his first season under Lovie.

I was going to quote, but now the quote function has seemingly gone from merely sucking ass to completely inoperable. Oh well. All those WRs are going to be very tempting for Jameis to force the ball to, and force the ball he will.

​ ​And you don't think he's going to do the same thing when he's playing for the worst team in the NFL? I'll be surprised if he doesn't throw 25+ INTs as a rookie.

Winston is gonna lead the NFL in INTs this coming season if the Bucs stick with him throughout the season and he doesn't get hurt. He threw 18 INTs in college last year in only 13 games. That would've been tied for most in the NFL last season. Two stats almost never improve for a QB when going from college to the pros - INTs and completion percentage. All the Jameis nuthuggers who think his only question marks are off the field and even those are overblown seemingly completely overlook the serious turnover concerns ON the field. Jameis is gonna throw a lot of balls to opposing team, especially as a rookie. I just hope he does this when he plays us.

Unless someone else steps up big time as a punt returner, Ginn is a lock. This is no different than the first time we signed him. He was signed as a punt returner first and a WR second with a little icing on the cake this time since we know he's produced well for us as a WR in a fairly limited role.

The only chugging I'm seeing is you sucking down that haterade.

How is it possible to take that the wrong way? Hell, that's a fine compliment.