Donald LaFell

I think most established guys shouldn’t play much. I feel like this focus on stubborn principles vs actual pragmatic decision making is what separates these old school drones like Wilks/Fox/Rivera from coaches who aren’t afraid to actually to think for themselves. You will have different rules for different players. Horn is the only legit CB we have and has bad luck for getting injured so don’t play him.

If they play him in preseason I won’t be optimistic about the staff’s decision making abilities.

Please just treat it like preseason, I’m tired of watching players like Stewart or Newton getting hurt. Young will get plenty of experience this year, he doesn’t need to get hurt in a scrimmage.

The first two drafts were pretty great too. Gettlemagic started off strong.

Yeah if it’s public money then there better be a lot of reqs attached. I’d rather zero public money be used.

I’ve never seen an infamous Jersey but I have seen St. Pierre and JJ Jansen jerseys

People keep saying this when plenty of college coaches did terrible in the NFL and didn’t skip a beat going back to college.

For real, any non contending team should pay their RB and trade them for high draft capital to a contender. I view it as buying draft capital.

I mean Fox drafted Williams and Stewart. Rivera keeping both signed was a bit dumb though lol. The spending spree in 2011 got a little dumb especially for some of the home grown players.

Yeah Jeffers had a beast of a year. I like how the author mentions Smith’s PR experience as a plus when he’s shockingly bad at fielding the ball

What’s disappointing is these franchises print money no matter what unless the entire NFL goes in decline. JR made asinine decisions about costs(indoor practice facility). But at least he prioritized the football team for the stadium.

It’s bittersweet when artists get big enough that they only do stadiums or outdoor venues too. Takes a lot of the atmosphere away for me sometimes.

Yeah I’m on this line of thought. I don’t think this team can get to a SB before young’s 1st contract is over so I think the next 2-3 years is about helping him develop and drafting well.

I love how they put grass down for the traveling soccer teams each time. It’s so deflating knowing that Tepper ultimately values flexibility for his entertainment biz vs winning or player safety.

I still worry about him “anticipating” at a college speed for his first year in the NFL and getting baited by some NFL safeties. It’s not a big deal for a rookie QB obviously. If he starts dinking and dunking defenses like Brees or Brady I’ll be really impressed.

I mean some of that comes with being a fan. I was born in this region and I support the home team. I was optimistic when Rhule was hired especially since we hadn’t tried a college coach before but it just didn’t work out. Pretty much all of that is Rhules fault for certain. I definitely didn’t want the Hornets to draft Brandon Miller but hopefully he ends up being a great player.

There’s really nobody better in terms of enthusiasm, knowledge, and the desire to teach that knowledge. Definitely embodies that John Madden quality.

Lowes would make sense since they don’t do the speedway anymore right

I wonder who’s idea the title was since The Blueprint is a Jay Z album lolz

I used to love my uncles big dually trucks he drove for his auto repair biz. I actually did some chores for my parents today. Driving the family truck to the dump had me feeling that nostalgia again too. something about trucks make a lasting imprint on you when you’re a kid

Byron Bell and Nate Chandler flashbacks.

God it hurts when I hear the word pop, I hope I never have one of those injuries(I’m pretty safe on the couch I think).

I’ve thought about joining roaring riot for that game a few times since Atlanta is kind of the perfect distance of not wanting to drive, but a tolerable bus ride.

Nice to hear. Really looking forward to watching him play.

I kind of feel like we are more or less in “win now” mode. It just happens to be by a different name “do everything we can to support the rookie QB and make sure next years draft pick is in the 20s and we look smart”