Davidson Deac II

Its a joke. Stole it from Ron White.

He is always bragging about where he lives, but he is always complaining about living there, so I tease him a lot. In his case, I think the flooding is mainly that the land is flat, and the back yard has relatively poor drainage. And they do get a lot of heavy rain storms on the coast. Had the same issue when I lived in Virginia Beach.

I have a coworder who lives in Wilmington. Says it is great because he is close to the ocean and has 52 different craft beer places he can go. I find this amusing. How many times did you go to the Ocean last summer. Twice (I went three times and I live three hours away). How many hours do you spend driving to Raleigh because the Wilmington Airport/Hair Care/Tire emporium is very expensive to fly out of? He flies 20-30 times a year, so a lot. How many times in the last 8 years has your house been damaged by Hurricanes? Three How often does your yard flood because everything is flat and you live close to a swamp. 5-6 times a year.

Well, if we want Rhule gone after this season, playing Darnold is an excellent idea.

I doubt there is any veteran we could conceivably get that would turn Rhule into a winner, unless the defense and run game improve so much next year that the qb is of secondary importance.

A few years ago (2016), the Falcons had Jones and Sanu, and drafted Ridley. All we had was big slow Kelvin Benjamin, aging speedster with bad hands in Ted Ginn, and Byrd. They traded Sanu and Jones, and Ridley will have to sit out a season. Now there is a good chance Byrd will be a starter. The script certainly has flipped over the last few seasons. Our wide receiver group is certainly better than theirs. I just wish we had a qb who could avoid throwing the ball to the other team.

Not that it means much on Sunday's, but Bridgewater had just about as good a college career as Justin Herbert. Had slightly more td's per season, higher completion percentage, more yards per season. Herbert was a little better at not throwing int's.

Mac Jones also had a ton of NFL talent around him. In fact, he always played for the most talented team on the field. Which is why it is so difficult to predict who will be an NFL success and who will not. Every situation is different. Personally, I think Pickett has a 1 in 4 chance of being a successful NFL qb. Which is actually a fairly high number.

You and I have a dramatically different definition of stunk.

Don't care what he says or doesn't say. I just want wins next year. Words from the owner, coach, gm etc... are irrelevant.

Mahomes is not a pure pocket passer in the traditional sense. Pure pocket passer to me means a guy like Brady who stays in the pocket as long as necessary to complete the pass and only moves outside of the pocket rarely. Of course, Mahomes is not a running qb either. He can run when he needs to, he just has few designed runs. Mahomes is a very mobile qb who is equally adept at passing in the pocket, or setting up outside the pocket and or throwing on the run.

The problem is we never really know if a guy is worth a specific spot until they start playing on Sundays. Prior to that, it is just a guess.

I was thinking more along the lines of, it's a 50/50 chance either way.

Be interesting to see if Jameis performs as well under Allen as he did under the previous coach.

Well said. Truly elite qb's are rare, and getting one involves a certain amount of luck. And of all the elite qb's in the NLF right now, only a couple of them were picked in the top 10 (Mahomes and maybe Burrow if he can stay healthy). If we draft someone this year and he turns into a Ryan, I would be happy with that. The trick with that kind of qb is to put the right team around him.

None of you have a clue how this years qb class will turn out. Could be as bad as you think, or there could be a couple of hall of famers in it. Or something in between. Last year's qb class was supposed to be a great one, and so far only Jones and Mills have looked decent to good. That could change of course, but so far, they have been meh.

If they draft well, the Texans are going to be able to put a heck of a team around Davis Mills.

Not if they trade all their picks for him. The Saints actually did something like that once before.

He is a good cornerback. We don't need cornerbacks.

Cowboys cut La'el Collins. Cowboys releasing offensive lineman La'el Collins (nfl.com) Seems like he plays well when he is not injured or suspended. Might end up in Cincy.

At least if we draft someone, we have hope that they will be good. With Jimmy G, its just another Teddy Bridgewater.

I thought it was building solid teams, then bringing in a great veteran near the end of his career to take that team to the next level (Stafford, Brady at Tampa, Manning). Fwiw, I don't think there is any one way. But your way would probably work, if we hadn't screwed up the qb situation so much.

So if gets to 12.7, we are doomed, but at 12.5, we are ok?

Almost as many as Dan Marino in his sophomore season. TD's are a great stat for a offense as a whole. For a single player, they aren't as meaningful. In addition to a qb who throws them, need a oline that protects, and a receiver that catches. Here is what I want out of a qb. The ability to throw the ball accurately under pressure and make good decisions, especially when the game is on the line. Other things like great arm strength, mobility, etc.. are good things to have, but this is the key to being a good NFL qb. Everything else is less important.

I have no idea if Pickett will be a good NFL qb, but then neither does anyone else here. But the narrative that Pickett was only good one year is absurd. He was actually good the two years before, but Pitt sucked. In 2019, he had almost 3100 yards passing, 62% completion rate, a 122 qb rating, and only 9 picks. And unlike guys like Burrow and Lawrence, he wasn't surrounded with a bevy of NFL receivers.