Davidson Deac II

I agree. They had a ratings spike this year, and might have one next year with the playoffs, but overall, I expect ratings to continue to drop. Might get to the point where networks say the ratings are not worth the money, and we can do better with cheap reality shows.

Colorado actually had a big problem in that they didn't have enough fouls.

Looks like Marquette will pull out a close one.

Two seed Marquette is in a battle with Colorado. If Colorado wins, could see 11 seed NCSU battle 10 seed Colorado for a shot at the elite 8.

Not amazing at all. We had a very good defense and the best group of receivers to ever suit up for the Panthers as a unit. Moose was in his prime, Steve Smith was really coming into his own and Proehl was Mr. Clutch.

I think Clemson would have to win as well, and they have a very tough match.

Two games away, I wouldn't say no way. But they are in a difficult bracket. It would be ironic if they met Houston in the elite 8. We would definitely see this clip a lot.

If NCSU wins, he is the MVP.

That was a terrible missed call. Should have been a backcourt violation on Oakland. And then a NCSU player fouled out.

If someone had told me two weeks ago that Oakland and NCSU would be playing for the right to go to the sweet 16, I would have laughed at them. Hadn't even heard of them before thursday.

Probably decided moving is to much of a hassle.

We might do both. Get a guy like Clowney for immediate performance, and a young guy to develop for the future. Depends on how much Clowney wants, and if he wants to play for us.

I would say Fitz blew it and lost, but the end result is the same. IMO, turning down the trade meant we should have signed Burns right away. If you have a choice of trading for two first round picks or resigning a player, and you choose the latter, nothing is gained by waiting. If you wait, you end up with a lot less which is what happened.

I think we should take a poll on whether we should sign Gallup.

I think Mingo was decent considering he was a rookie receiver on the worst passing team in the NFL last year.

If the receiver we pick is a good prospect, then certainly. With Theilen and the New guy, we have some vets. So any drafted receiver won't be depended on right away and can be worked in. That being said, I hope we aren't wed to any specific position.

What the Bears do is irrelevant. If Young works out, the trade was worth it. If not, it wasn't.

Agreed, and making the deal to move up last year would have been a lot easier if we had the Rams picks. We might have even been able to keep DJ.

Didn't think about that, but you are right. Maybe he is planning to take the Metro into work.

Fwiw, he has only missed 8 games in four seasons. I would be more concerned if it was a knee or some other joint.

They are far more comparable situations than Mack was. Regarding a tagged edge rusher, can you find a single time in history were a team got what you guys seem to want for Burns?

Irrelevant, they had him for at least two to three years regardless. If you want a more comparable situation, its Yannick Ngakoue. He had roughly similar production to Burns, and the Jaguars tagged and traded him to the Vikings for a second and a conditional fifth. Or perhaps Dee Ford who coming off of a pro bowl season, was tagged and traded by KC to the forty niners for a second round pick and a player whose name escapes me. No way in he!! anyone gives us two first rounders for Burns today. We wouldn't have gotten a single first for him unless we give up something else.

Comparing Mack's trade to the trade today, well the circumstances are vastly different. Mack had several years left, while the Giants are going to have to sign a giant contract for Burns. There is zero chance that the Giants or anyone else would give up a couple of first for a player on a tag. Not even a single first or someone would have jumped in and made the offer. Now if you want to complain about us not trading Burns a couple of years ago, I completely agree. Fitterer and company should have either done the trade or bit the bullet and paid him what he wanted. Today's move is Morgan making what he thinks is best of a bad situation he inherited.

Meh, he had one of the best groups of receivers in the NFL, that made him look better than Carr. Whether he was actually better is anyone's guess. He will be the Falcons best qb since Ryan left. So they should be better.

We had the worst sack numbers in the NFL last year. Not sure it could get any worse.