Thurman#1

It'll depend on the details, the guarantee, how much is backloaded or front loaded, etc. I think it'll work out well for them. I hadn't realized he's only 30.

REGULAR SEASON game.

Yeah, I think a lot of Bernard's bad play comes down to him being dinged up and to DL problems when the injuries get bad. Still think Shaq should play right now, though.

Geez!! Interesting! I like the bracket you came up with. KC could beat New England, and we'd get the home game, and Los Angeles probably will beat Jax, another home game if we played them. I don't mind this at all. Though it'd be a ton better if we won the division, of course. I wouldn't like playing Cincy away, but if we lose the division it's not that bad out of all the other possible results. And - admitting that it's still way early to try this exercise - I don't think I'd have many differences.

Agreed about the defense and turnovers. But no, last year's offense was much more consistent, and just plain better. A lot better so far. Last year we had three games all season where we scored 20 points or less. Hell, we scored 29 with Trubisky at QB in the last game. This year, four games. So far. Last year eight offensive turnovers total, and only one game with more than one. This year? Suffice it to say that we've been worse. Inconsistency far beyond what the offense showed last year.

Tua isn't bottom tier, nor is Dalton. Nor Rodgers, though maybe he's approaching it. The fact is, only about 1/3 of the QBs in the league are top tier. Most teams face groups like that, a third top tier and two-thirds who aren't. There are exceptions, especially in divisions with a great QB group, but this is how it looks, on average. Dunno. But everyone should. There is no one stat, beyond wins and losses, of course, that tells the story perfectly. But when it comes to isolating the performance of an offensive or defensive unit, season yards may be the best one. Of course, you have to look at all the stats, at the whole story. But total yards is absolutely a key stat.

Overall they've been good, very good, really. But really inconsistent. That's what they've got to iron out. One bad game in the playoffs and the season's over. Part of it is that we look like a different team when we have Kincaid and Josh Palmer on the field. But will we, when it counts? It's an interesting season, but I feel much less confident for later in the year than I did the last couple of years. I could see us winning the Lombardi, and I could see us out in the first round.

Nah, he'd have to average more than he's doing now, and he's doing great. They'll rest him when they can. Can't see it. Great season, though.

This does stick out. What an absolutely awesome name!!

That's great stuff. Love to hear this.

Way too early to say.

Basing your use of "featured" on his snaps for one game from the whole year ... does not indicate a healthy argument. "More snaps" doesn't equal featured. He didn't say "more snaps than he got against Texas." I still kinda wish they'd kept him, but I wasn't in the room to hear what he was saying.

Yes, big misses. Or more specifically, Elam is a big miss, and Coleman looks that way more and more. But Coleman is NOT a #1, he is a #2. But not only CAN you miss this badly on #1s and #2s, but everyone does. Non-busts run at less than 50% in the first round. And a higher percentage of those non-busts go in the top of the round than the bottom. How do Felix Anudike-Uzomah and Clyde Edwards-Helaire look as KC first rounders?

I think they do. They all think that the good things are all Josh and the bad ones all McDermott. That's an exaggeration, but not a vast one.

Yup, remember those days very well, and thought it was a smart rule change.