LinvilleGorge

Yeah, we won with that scratch off ticket but that shouldn't encourage you to spend the mortgage money on more scratch off lottery tickets.

I'll take a good backup/marginal starter on the field all day everyday over a starter on IR.

The guy has only been healthy for nine games in the last two seasons combined. You can't pay those guys.

Ward is similar to Caleb Williams IMO. The talent is obvious but so are the concerns with his game, notably holding the ball forever and willingness to take risks. I like Ward more just because he doesn't come across as a total diva.

Hell, we have some position groups where being a "starter" doesn't necessarily mean much. You can be a fringe level NFL roster talent and still be a starter.

And ideally I'd come away with two edge rushers and a DT with those picks. This draft class is built for it IMO and we desperately need to rebuild our defensive front. We pretty much have Derrick Brown and a bunch of backups.

Now the Carter comparisons to Burns i just cannot see at all. Carter plays with a lot more power than Burns ever did. Burns was always a pure finesse speed rusher. I'm not saying he'll be a Von Miller level NFL player but his playing style is a lot more reminiscent of Miller's than Burns.

It's why I really hope that we at least entertain trading down. There's a big cluster of guys at DT and edge who are likely going in the first three rounds that I can understand arguments of having them ranked however anyone wants to sort them out.

Watch the Kentucky game. He was 14/35 with 0 TDs and 2 INTs but watch the game.

I think one or more of these second tier edge rushers is going to have a stellar combine. James Pearce Jr. is my best guess.

It all came down to the interviews for Richardson IMO. His Florida tape was hard to breakdown because the receivers were so damn bad dropping balls all over the place. He threw the ball a lot better than his stats looked. But I can't imagine how he would've interviewed well.

A lot to sort out on the DL and edge rushers. I could see teams having these guys ranked all over the place once you get past Carter and Graham.

Oh well. Cry about it some more I guess. LOL

It is what it is. You didn't hear me whining about it when duke beat our ass. Just play better.

fug state There is no "running up the score" in rivalry games.

This is a good thing. It's also the main reason NFL players switch teams. Someone else offered them a better deal.

Always been that way. Same thing is probably true at the company you work at. The folks in the C suite are making many times more than the rank and file worker. But you keep showing up anyway because you got bills to pay.

Because being a pauper in the NFL is still making a king's ransom. NFL vet min is roughly 18x the median salary in the U.S.

Oh well. That's his fault if he wants to eat up all the cap space and have no protection as a result. A big part of why Brady has all those rings is that he generally took team friendly deals. Not that he wasn't making a mega ass ton of money, but he wasn't leaving his team cap strapped due to his contract while Peyton Manning generally tried to negotiate for every dime he could get forcing the Colts to make tough decisions.

If it ain't broke don't fix it. Start capping contracts and having an elite franchise QB becomes an even bigger competitive advantage than it already is.

Even though it would benefit the vast majority of the union members. I don't like capping contracts though. Uncapped contracts in a hard cap league is a big part of what keeps the NFL competitive and gives bad teams hope. Teams can't just outspend their rivals to load up and paying a top tier player means you have to make sacrifices elsewhere on your roster.

It's the same for every team. Every fanbase acts like this is going to help their team so much. All it really means is that all the re-signing and free agency contracts just increased accordingly.

Pretty much. How can I get my article submitted with doing the absolute minimal amount of work? He's probably using AI to write this poo for him. LOL

Drafting a college offensive jackknife to try him out as a pass rusher? That's UDFA type stuff. Like when we tried to turn a college DT into an OT with Nate Chandler. That's how those experiments tend to go. Well, not exactly. In well run organizations those types of experiments happen on the practice squad not starting at RT protecting a #1 overall draft pick.

Lander Barton - LB, Utah Jayden Higgins - WR, Iowa State