thebandit27

And here's Rodney Harrison gumming up the whole issue for everyone: http://www.tmz.com/2016/08/30/nfls-rodney-harrison-colin-kaepernick-is-not-black Nice job, Rodney.

I'm sure none of Buffalo's will--never know if Caldwell is going to want his 1's to get a series.

I suspect that--given the long history of the Buffalo-Detroit 4th preseason game--the coaches will huddle up on just how much work the 1's will get against the opposition. I'd go into it expecting a quarter or less from EJ, a bunch from Cardale, and maybe even some Austin Trainor.

Again, for me it's the practice that I'm not okay with, regardless of who else may or may not have done it.

Bledsoe worked his butt off to help Brady prepare. He hated it, but he did it. Favre was famous for not clearing a path to the starting job for Aaron. He spent plenty of time working with him.

Yeah okay, I'm making up his behavior So Joe Montana did it and that makes it okay? That's the worst argument I've ever heard from you. Ever.

In other words if he gets some steroids? I think he can add 20-40 lbs, but only about half of that will be muscle (if he doesn't juice), and that's okay--the hope is that he'll be able to maintain his speed with some added fat.

That's correct. The point on Jack, however, is that he was an elite prospect--the kind that doesn't come around often. The upside on him is game-changing defender that other teams have no choice but to plan against. I wanted him because he was a one-way ticket to taking Gronk out of games. The guy was a 233-lb LB that played in man coverage against Tyler Lockett and didn't get beat. Yes, you have to balance the value of such a player against the possibility that he'll need career-ending surgery. For me, 2-3 years of having that guy on your team are worth a 1st round pick alone. That other players have come back from microfracture surgery only bolsters the value of picking for the upside IMO.

Worry not Kelly, we're good. And that's a fair post. The point isn't whether or not Losman was good. The point is that this "great" season that some folks attribute to Flutie was actually quite pedestrian.

Again I say: Regardless, my point is that I don't like that practice. If in fact Montana was the same way, then I wouldn't condone that either.

Quote from Young: http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/throwback/201208/best-rivals-joe-montana-steve-young-nfl-greatest-quarterback-controversy "People always think that we fought," Young said years later. "We never had a cross word, never had an argument, and I've always said to people that it went as well as it possibly could with two hypercompetitive people. But it wasn't easy; it was difficult, difficult for both of us." Regardless, my point is that I don't like that practice. If in fact Montana was the same way, then I wouldn't condone that either.

They both campaigned to the coach for more reps, and both even tried to use sabotage to beat out the other. I never read that they wouldn't help each other prepare, in fact, they both were fairly ardent in film review about pointing out each other's mistakes.

Nope.

Oh, he was prepared just fine. When it came to contributing to QB meetings to put the game plan into place during the week, if he wasn't starting, his mouth was shut. There isn't one other QB in the NFL that acted that way. Whether you're starting or you're the backup, you do your job. If you're the backup, you do your best to get the starter prepared. Peyton Manning and Brock Osweiler both wanted to play last year, and both felt strongly enough about it to pout. That didn't happen, they both helped get each other prepared as best as possible, because that's what professionals do.

I'm with you--I said from day 1 that Myles Jack would be my pick if I had the #1 overall pick in the draft. I don't care about what might happen to his knee 3 years from now; I care about the fact that he could become the best LB in the NFL

I'm not asking him to be happy; I'm asking him to act like an adult. I can understand when my 3-year olds pout because they don't get what they want. When you're getting paid millions, you do your job. If your job is to contribute in team meetings and game prep, then you do it because you're getting paid. When you sulk and refuse to do so, you're a jerk; plain and simple.

In that scenario, I reckon I'd be the bad-guy manager-type that distracts the owner while Kirby sneaks up and applies the RKO

I don't care what his reason was--go to the coach. Don't go campaigning around the locker room for support. Don't sit in silence in position group meetings and refuse to contribute to the game prep because you aren't playing. Be an adult.

Sweet! I definitely know those dudes--we used to park next to them in Lot 3 each week before the team went to Disney-style parking.

The only criticism I can level on EJ for that play is maybe waiting a hair longer to let Watt commit to attacking the QB, though it's hard to knock him for wanting to get the ball into Freddie's hands quickly on 3rd down.

That'd be awesome--trade them a guy that they didn't re-sign for a guy they thought would be their starting center. Not saying it couldn't happen; in fact, in the NFL weird stuff like that tends to happen more often than the trades that make sense. That's who I was thinking of

Are those the guys that have the Omnidrunk funnel? I used to tailgate with those guys.

If by "like" you mean as a person, then yes, that's me. If by "like" you mean "think he's a better QB", then I'm going to ask you to show me where anyone said that.

Basically exactly how I meant to use it. "Come here, hurt NE" is the sales pitch

~ $19.9M over 4 years, and yes, he has offsets. I think he got about 75% of his $12.8M signing bonus up front, but I didn't see a quick reference on that.