WhitewalkerInPhilly

Honestly the best I've had are at Mr Goodbar on Elmwood. To me, it beats out Gabriel's, Anchor Bar, Duffs and Nova

Oh look, people who think money isn't an abstract concept. And oh look, people conveniently forgetting that the same thing happened the last time we had an economic collapse. And oh look, people being against the revenue increases that would offset the rise of inflation. And wow, when that venn diagram meets you get you chuckleheads

Man, I am so desperate for the new season I still have the division round vs the Ravens saved on my DVR. I just watched arena football. Come to me, sweet buttery preseason.

Brisket has the higher difficulty level. I usually don't like it, but I got some last weekend that blew me out of the water. It was better than any pulled pork I've had. I'm thrilled that McKenzie has a nice second career lined up. NFL careers can be incredibly transient, so it is excellent to have the future prepared.

I am honestly not sure of I could pick a less interesting team. They are far from the best or worst. They were 6-10 in a terrible division in 2020 and were 8-8 the year before that. I strain to place Dak in the Top 10 QBs in the league

I'll be honest, I honestly still think that the Colts are the team to beat out of the South this year. The Titans are dangerous to us because we are particularly weak to the run game but the Colts are more balanced and I honestly think have a better HC and QB. If the Titans want to blow that money and draft capital to be second in their division, let them.

I mean, he's not, but getting multiple years worth of pay in one bonus certainly doesn't hurt. Restructuring like this helps team get cap space. They help players by getting their money faster and putting dead money on the books if they get cut. Either way, we certainly want him here a long time and getting cap space certainly doesn't hurt.

I was guilty of this too. Man, am I happy to be wrong

He does not seem like a long term solution, but holy cheese, do we need an upgrade at NT or 1 Tech

I'll admit, it rubs me the wrong way still. I am still livid. But if the Bills won that game, they were almost certainly getting bounced in the next round. They weren't ready. They win that game, maybe our first round pick doesn't look so appealing to the Vikes and we miss out on Diggs and drop far enough to newer get an elite receiver in the draft. As an ancillary result of losing that game, Allen really seemed to grow in the off-season. It seems after getting a lot of grief about his play in that game he stepped up. We are far better off going into 2021. But those calls were still ***** stupid

I'll tell you what: we'll forget about the "give water to people in line" fight if you agree to non-partisan or bipartisan boards to determine districts to prevent gerrymandering. I mean, can anyone possibly come up with a reason for preventing partisan gerrymandering other than "we will lose otherwise"?

Am I misreading? I saw that they got the Niners 2022 and 23 1st round picks, along with a third to move from 3 to 12. Then the Dolphins trade one of their two 2022 picks to move to 6. So right now, the way I see it, they moved back three spaces for a 2023 1st rounder, and a third round pick. If there isn't a QB that you love, that seems very worthwhile

I will say that the Phins GM at least is looking strangely competent. Not only do they get a bevy of picks, but they effectively moved back up to six.

Any word on the money involved yet?

Yes but I honestly don't see how the cap doesn't return to trajectory in 2022. Vaccine rollout is way ahead of schedule so full attendance in September seems likely. They added a week 18 game IIRC. Revenue should jump and after spending cuts I'm not as worried going forward

I mean, at this point, what other position are going to get a drastic upgrade at 30? Nose tackle? #2 CB? Right Tackle? If there is an elite RB sliding to 30, or even in the late 20s and moving up, I am really stretching to think of where else the addition of one player would particularly boost us.

This is a big part why I pound the table for McKenzie. It's design like that which got Mcveigh gladhanded in LA, and is an excellent tool for a growing QB because the reaction from the defense offers cues on the coverage they are running. When defenses start to cheat and ignore him he's a home run waiting to happen.

We are following the "no obvious holes, draft BPA for impact" model to the T

I mean, plus a successful draft class this year too but I think you nailed it. Believe you me, I would love it to have the cream of the crop every year in top end talent signing with us for pennies, but that's just not how the game goes. The teams with staying power are the ones who are able to pick up reasonably priced journeymen to fill immediate gaps, and then hit on your draft picks. If you're telling me that we have gotten so good that our offseasons are about sealing off glaring weaknesses in the short term, and using our draft as our way to get breakout players, I would say "it's about time"

That is absurdly good for a #2 CB in the NFL. Hopefully we have a plan to move on, but it's hard to ask for a better bridge.

I mean, I think he has more long term upside than Sanders, but I would be shocked. Getting traded like that seemed like an acrimonious split.

I don't watch a lot of Bears. Most clips I've seen on him in the last two years has been "oh, Trubs stalls out yet another drive and wastes an elite defense"

It is hilariously bad.