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Yep. I get it. One way or the other, Belichick wants to sell this as a purely performance based decision. Completely understandable but he should probably STFU with the misinformation. Simply call it a performance based decision and move on. He's usually really good at saying as little as possible to the media. This is a great time to stick to that philosophy.

Yep. I give Darnold credit here. He clearly had reservations or at least a desire to have his decision remain private, but ultimately he did the right thing whether it was for his own benefit or for the team's. Hats off.

We hope. Creating the cap space is step one. I'll wait until we see how it gets used and what results that creates on the field before I go spiking the football.

What extensions? There's DJ and that should be the only big money extension. We could extend Jackson but he shouldn't get big money right now and he may want to try to use this season to prove he deserves big money rather than sign a middle of the road extension now. Same thing with Carter. I'm sure we'd ink him to good backup/marginal starter money right now but going into his first season as a starter he may want the opportunity to prove he deserves more than that.

I definitely don't. I mean, he even admitted himself that he couldn't say whether or not Cam's absence influenced the depth chart decision which I take as basically an admission that it did. Even if his vaccination status didn't play a direct role in the decision, missing five days and allowing Jones an opportunity to impress as the defacto starter during that time period - including a joint practice - surely played some role in determining the depth chart.

It is really getting fuging old having to lock or move these threads to the TB because dumbasses have to come in with their Tucker Carlson inspired bullshit. The next time it happens, the ban hammer is swinging wildly.

Buncombe County has a 61% vaccination rate. So, 39% of the population is responsible for 72% of the hospitalizations. Sounds like the vaccines are doing a pretty good job of preventing development of serious disease. One of the reasons for rising vaccinated hospitalization rates could be that the most vulnerable populations to developing serious disease from COVID were the first to get vaccinated, least likely to develop good immune response following vaccination, and most likely to have waning antibodies due to both factors, hence boosters. The most vulnerable populations also have a much higher vaccination rate than the overall population creating quite the stacked deck of data points.

Look at hospitalization rages and death rates for vaccinated vs. unvaccinated. Unequal indeed.

Tua looks like a shadow of his former self and I'll believe that Mac Jones will be an elite NFL QB when I see it. Allen is a stud, no doubt.

So why did you click on an obviously titled thread?

I think you missed Ron's quote. He wasn't just talking about NFL players. He went hard on everyone eligible to be vaccinated and choosing not to.

Sanjay's dream of an all 53 TE roster is close to fruition.

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The only way I'm for trading future picks for players is if they're in our long-term plans. I'm all the way out on trading future picks for bandaids.

I'm indifferent on Jones, he's not a Panther. I hope Darnold does work out, I just really don't think he will. The bust reclamation projects rarely do.

Looking for jobs on LinkedIn... LOL! It's funny because it's true. How terrible does Folk have to be these days to lose his job to that guy?

Accurate.

Gettleman used to refer to FA shopping as Tiffany's and Target. We at the thrift shop now.

Openly practicing? No, I don't think so. "Rehabbing" his injury? Yes. He'll be in the building.

Yep. Pretty much how I see it.

I'm sure it played a VERY significant role. The tone out of NE changed dramatically during Cam's absence due to a COVID "misunderstanding".

How I see this going down... *Fletch in Fitt's office with his agent on speakerphone* Fitt: Listen, you lost the LS battle. We're rolling with JJ. Fletch: So I'm cut? Fitt: Well, there may be another option... Agent: Fletch: What's that? Fitt: Well, we want you here long-term. If you want, we can release you and if you clear waivers we'll put you on the practice squad where you'll make substantially less money than your current contract dictates. You'll go into next season with the job as yours to lose. Or, we can put you on IR where you'll be guaranteed your full pay per your contract. There's only 31 other possible spots out there for you and you're risking hundreds of thousands of dollars betting on being claimed. What do you want to do? Fletch: But I'm not injured... Agent: I'd recommend you start limping. Fletch: *light bulb flickering on* Ah... yeah, IR sounds good.

Bingo.

We're definitely trying to get a 7th rounder out of one of our long snappers. No way we're carrying 5 safeties and 4 RBs. Trent Scott was offensively bad in the preseason. I sure hope he isn't on the final 53.

Nothing has changed about my opinion of Mac Jones since he was drafted. Kirk Cousins/Jared Goff is probably his NFL ceiling. If Belichick wins more rings with Mac then I very seriously doubt we see him usurped as the GOAT in our lifetime.