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Yas on Smoke Screen: "Marty Hurney...doesn’t have time for games"

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bleys

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Or, did he set up a smoke screen by making us all think that he paid Yas to write a report on not setting up smoke screens, when in fact, Hurney never actually talked to Yas.

We've all be Inception'd.

I told myself I wouldn't go to sleep...

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Mr. Scot Grand Master

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He may not have time for games, but blowing smoke up everyone's ass is definitely his style. That's how he's worked every draft. It would be foolish to assume this one is any different.

In this day and age you don't have to work very hard.

A few years back three or four of ESPN's experts were firmly convinced we were trading up for Matt Ryan based essentially on Hurney saying something nice about him one time (and their own perceptions of what we needed). Said experts blew a gasket on air when it didn't happen.

Smokescreens spontaneously generate (kind of like coat hangers).

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Same thing I was thinking for them to MEET Newton three times. To waste their time and his if he wasn't a true candidate for the #1 pick.

Or, they have many questions about Newton and are trying to do as much due diligence as possible to get comfortable with them.

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