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A bunch of them.

I have never heard of this kid.

T-Mac was widely regarded as the only receiver in this draft with WR1 potential. We couldn't trade and feel good about it.

I've been here since 2003.

Wow, another receiver. I didn't even know Moose had a son playing ball. Good luck to him. T-Mac and XL are the locks. The rest will be an interesting battle.

Dude is only 29 years old, and still has plenty in the tank. I'm telling you, "Don't underestimate Renfrow."

Finally, a John Kasay replacement.

Well, you haven't heard a peep out of him, and you haven't heard of him interfering either. Maybe it's just a show, but why should he put on one, as he's the owner?

Sorry, man. FWIW, Tepper has certainly done himself, the team and the fans a disservice. The Huddle was a once vibrant and valued part of the fan base by the franchise. We were like ground zero and funnelled a lot of energy into the franchise, so fug Tepper regarding changing things for the negative.

I should literally be a millionaire by late next year, but that's too rich for my blood. I'm out!

But do Wildcats hate Smitty though?

Not saying that you're saying that Smitty was questioning his work ethic per se, but let me say that I don't think Smitty is questioning his work ethic as much as he is saying that T-Mac was inconsistent and, "Why?" Smitty did talk to nine different people. I don't know why Wildcats fans would be so upset, because at least he said that T-Mac has a relatively high floor and is bust-proof in so many words. Fans gonna be fans though, and being butt-hurt is a part of it.

I have listened to Smitty's reviews, especially the one on Mingo, and Smitty was still positive but still decidedly noncommittal at the end of the day. He never ever said that Mingo was going to be some great receiver. Y'all need to be truthful.

Smitty is out here guessing like everyone is. He's wrong a lot for sure, but not wrong all the time. That being said, he should know that it doesn't even take blazing or even great speed to have a damned good career. He was the little man who played like a big man. Loved his effort (even though he admitted that he took plays off at some point during his career)! I think he's growing though...hopefully. He's particularly hard on receivers that he perceives as not putting in the necessary effort. On an off note: Truthfully--being totally honest--If there was another asshole receiver just like Smitty, I'd draft him in a heartbeat if I were a GM and had the opportunity.

Yeah, me too. Now if Bryce wins us a Super Bowl, then I might have to revisit it. There's nothing earth-shattering here though. For me it's kind of hard to judge a trade like this one because it's five versus one. The five should almost always beat the one. The team trading for a number one draft pick and overall QB are likely always going to lose that trade by its very nature because they're basically gonna have to bend over in order to move up in that scenario. At least that's my thoughts on it.

Bryce cannot afford a repeat of his past seasons, the last one in particular. It's consistent growth time, and it must be in our face and not just perceptible. This season is it, or we must turn the page. Experiments don't last forever. At some point the Investment has to produce acceptable results.

I think what he is saying is that we went from mediocre to joke status--a virtual bottom feeder. Sure, we've never been a top tier team on a consistent basis, but we went to the Bowl twice (under JR). Tepper made some bad decisions, but, perhaps unlike others, I absolutely know that it takes time to figure things out, and it has to be super difficult to be a "boss" in one business, and then going through the process and realizing that you are a virtual greenhorn in another. At least we seem to be headed in the right direction. We'll see come this fall.

Before I give my short overall take of Steve Smith's take, let me acknowledge the disdain and pure dislike that some have for 89 because of his personality--perceived or very real smugness--and some of his asshole-ish ways. I get that. But a certain amount of people are going to mature and grow, and I believe that you should allow for that if they're talking you and showing you that that's what they're trying to do. In my opinion, sometimes people make unfair assumptions--and sometimes even create things akin to lies in their own mind about a person--based on times when that person was at their worst. Now, that I've gotten that out of the way, I realize that people have said that 89 loves this receiver or that receiver based upon his reviews, but like I've told you before, his reviews are not an endeavor to sh¡t on a kid, and they're not necessarily an endorsement either. He said as much in the linked video in so many words. Sure, his rebiews may have a decidedly positive spin because 89 doesn't want to crush a kid hoping to join the league, but Smitty is also going to keep it real in his own way. As for Tetairoa McMillan, a.k.a. Nalo a.k.a. T-mac (or Tmac for short), Steve Smith expressly said that he thinks that he'll be good, but not great. He thinks that T-Mac has a fairly good floor. He doesn't necessarily think T-Mac will be great, unless and only if T-Mac puts in the work to be great and stops "taking playings off" due to being disinterested when he's not the focal point of the offense, or is simply being handled by a very physical corner (or even one that is near his same physical stature). Smitty basically says that T-mac's size is not going to be enough of a distinction to get him into the "great" realm, but that T-Mac is going to have to consistently use his size to attain the upside that many believe that he has. For me, what Smitty said is fair. It's not sh¡tting on T-Mac as much as it is saying that T-Mac is going to have to get his sh¡t together to become that WR1 that a top 10 pick supposedly represents or reflects. As a bonus, I guess Nalo's WR coach took offense and Smitty responded.

But that's due to the physical nature of the position. Perhaps you will get what I'm talking about--another perspective--if you calculate how many times an RB actually touches the ball compared to other positions.

I appreciate Tepper for wanting to win. He has actually taken a step back. He has. Don't you at least want to give him credit for that? Now, I didn't hear the "basement dwellers" comment, but he's human. Billionaires, just by their very experience (whether self-made or given everything in a silver spoon), are going to have a degree of "assholeness," especially if you rub them the wrong way. In my opinion, Tepper is kind of benign. When you have so much success, sometimes you just have to get out of your own way, and that's hard. There's a balance between knowing when to step in, and when to sit back and listen. I think that he's learning that. i just wish that he wasn't so damned cheap with the field. What's that all about? The only thing that I can come up with is that he's a cheap ass motherfu<ker--a billionaire that may as well put turf around his mansion, fake plants and plastic flowers, just to get out of paying for lawn care.

Sons-o-bitches! I didn't know either, but I'm not interested in echo chambers either, so...they can have it! The Huddle, even a broken one, is still on top of the hill

By the way Thomas--err, t96, I ain't leaving until I'm dead, man.

TD alt. Yeah, bro! It all makes sense now.