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i'm talking about juice on the team. vibes emanating from the team.
i'm not talking about juicing up the fans.
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day drinking is fast . . . ?
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6 hours ago, Aimee75 said:
I wasn't happy with how last season ended, and it has carried through this whole off season.
It wasn't even just the injuries piling up, I just felt like all the games in the latter half of the season felt like a huge struggle. We often came back and won those games, but I never felt good or comfortable with them.
I never feel satisfied with our defense.
1) I feel the same. there is zero juice to this offseason. Not even the pick of Kincaid really juiced anything.
Its kinda like when you wake your computer from sleep. Its just a different vibe when you take the extra time to turn it all the way off. then back on from scratch.
We havent had that moment yet. We usually have it by now
2) Sometimes your computer just slows down (to keep the analogy). Not enuf ram to run so many open programs at once.
I dont know if "Process" includes any rah-rah. But it feels like we need . . . something.
3) Because our Defense doesnt make enuf plays. Part of bend-but-dont-break is that, if we make you run 15 plays every time you have the ball, that gives us more opportunities for us to make a play. Forcing the opponent to play perfectly and no team can do that for so many plays. But if it always ends in a punt or a score, without any game-changing plays, . . . .
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is that gonna be a number that triggers us?
for a long time to come?
And media wouldnt exploit that for clicks, so nothing to worry about.
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On 6/22/2023 at 11:07 AM, KingBoots8 said:
The victim has decided“moneyis good”fixed. waaaaaay too many words
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maybe the only thing mathematially smaller would be a conditional swap of 7th round picks in 2025.
JETS WIN! JETS WIN! JETS WIN!
the offseason. They just magically turned a 7th rounder in 2057 into a 6th (this year, sounds like)
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I chose Lamar
I always felt that the Ravens really really wanted to get out of the Lamar experiment and start over. Pleeeeeeeeze call our "bluff" Lamar. Pleeeeze.
And they had their chance, bringing in an entirely new OC. I thought they wanted him in the door for when (not if) Lamar walked.
Now, as i see it, Lamar wont pick up the new offense in time (I dont think he is a very good at quarterbacking) and they will wish they had just cut bait.
No matter the offensive scheme or the plays called, but with Lamar, just take away TE Andrews, spy the running lanes, and you're good
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and honestly, if there was a list of QB besides Ja17 who you wouldnt mind winning a superbowl, Lamar would be in my top 2 (Jalen Hurts). I think that would be a fun story. And set NFL offensive phillosophy (and college quarterbacking) back at least a decade.
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52 minutes ago, BullBuchanan said:
Unlikely, because as evidence suggests it's very difficult to replace elite runners. You can't just go get another Derrick Henry when you want one. A franchise may go another 30 years without seeing talent like that again. It's one thing to own a player for 6 years, because you get most of their prime contributions on one deal. If you only had them for 1 or 2 however, they'd still have another 5-7 years of prime production you'd be leaving on the table and another team would likely swoop in to take advantage.
Make no mistake, teams want players like Dalvin Cook and even Zeke, but they don't want to commit the term and dollars those players want due to age and wear. If they were a shade younger, they probably wouldn't mind a 3-4 year deal though. A proposal like this could instill market competition where today there is none because the market has been exploited using the 4-6 year lockup strategy enabled by the current CBAunfortunately, I think that you have buried the torpedo to the whole framework right there in plain sight.
Dalvin Cook, Zeke, Derrick Henry, Christian McC, and maybe 5 other votes in favor.
All opposed: 1664 votes.
So far, nobody has proposed a reason why the Owners would be in favor of this. There probably isnt one. So if the NFLPA doesnt want it and the NFL doesnt want it, what's left to the RBs?
20 hours ago, HOUSE said:Buy a cheaper Lamborghini
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7 hours ago, BullBuchanan said:
. . . Young RBs who are in their first couple of years in the league provide more value than veteran players, but they are making the same amount of money on the rookie scale as players who provide less value early in their careers.
The NFLPA needs to acknowledge that they are a consumable resource unlikely to be able to cash in on a second contract they way a WR or TE can and work to get them paid upfront.
its possible this would work against running backs. It might just make it more likely that teams would burn and churn RBs. Draft them, burn them for 2-3 years instead of 3-4, and draft their replacements in the 7th round every year. Basically forcing the team to cut bait a year, or even 2 years, early rather than too late. As a GM, nothing would be worse than buring cap on a washed-up RB
and still, from the NFLPA perspective (which is ALL players), any single additional dollar given to a RB has to come out of some veteran's pocket.
Because, even if teams, somehow, were forced to spend every single dollar, they would still allocate more to other positions. (the bidding wars for other positions would just increase in dollars, but not in percentages of a team's cap). The market has spoken.
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4 hours ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:
Then I was watching the news the other day and it turns out that this “sleep divorce” thing is a trend. Like I said, it is working well for us, but I could see how it could lead to relationship problems for some.
Has anyone else taken this step in their relationship? Thoughts?
i dont think its a trend.
I think it was introducing the younger generation to what they can expect in the coming years. I think it is perfectly normal. Especially during empty nest.
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9 hours ago, Chicken Boo said:
If you're a team that relies heavily on your star RB, then pay them.
It's that simple. . . .
but its kinda not. that simple.
if you're a team that "relies heavily" on your RB making 8 million, but then you pay him 15 million (when you dont even have to), you're gonna have to lose talent-levels elsewhere (that 7M has to come from . . . somewhere).
Which might mean that you, as a team, wont be able to "rely heavily" on your 15 million RB. Because the blocking is less good, or there's 9 in the box because your WRs suck, or your defense is less good so now you have to pass more, etc.
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5 hours ago, Doc Brown said:
To be fair we're only four years away from Zeke getting a 6 year 90 million dollar contract with 50 million guaranteed. The running backs complaining now didn't know how quickly the position would become devalued growing up.
. . . because otherwise, if they did know, then they woulda done . . . what instead? That's my whole point.
I think the only thing they might have done differently is to manage their own money expectations better. Because had they decided to make more "business decisions" in light of reduced pay, like stepping out of bounds too early, they woulda been replaced long before today. It takes what it takes to earn that NFL RB money.
You dont get to be an excellent NFL RB if you didnt have potential for it. So I dont think these RBs would have or could have chosen baseball or track or wrestling or whatever else. And even if they could have, they decided on NFL RB.
And unfortunately for them, NFL RB is the only position (maybe longsnapper also) where your boss can say "if you dont like it, then quit" and be 100 percent not bluffing. This is the biggest change resulting from the de-emphasis on the RB himself, and on the use of RBs overall.
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Conversely, the changes in the game have probably way increased pay for Nickel CBs. They are basically starters, now. At a high value position.
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no. I make it sound like "you got what you got."
Its not his fault that he isnt 6 foot 10 so he can play in the NBA. But as he looked around, he decided "you know what, my best bet to make millions is to play football. Coaches told me to be a running back. Even teenagers know running backs dont get paid like WRs or DBs or even TEs. So i had a decision to make. And i made it."
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but . . . you chose to play the position.
you chose to pursue something where, if you are excellent, you make about 1/4 of what an excellent QB makes.
And where is the extra money supposed to come from, to pay a running back?
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(I'm not one, but) its kinda like a foot doctor complaining that he isnt paid like a brain surgeon. I mean, they ARE both doctors, right?
if you wanna be paid like a brain surgeon, you shoulda been one. Or, if you wanna be paid like the rest of us, I hear UPS is hiring.
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14 minutes ago, Ralonzo said:
" . . . nah. I'm just gonna run out the quarter."
If you know, . . . .
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13 hours ago, Nihilarian said:
Sometimes things happen for a reason...
This reminds me of Antonio Brown or JJ Watt. He chose money over a real shot at a ring. We will see.
the way you phrased this made me think.
Maybe a real shot at a ring is way more valuable than money. And is only second to an actual ring.
Maybe its the war stories, and challenges, and striving beyond your ability, etc.
I wonder if Barry Sanders would give up 1 million dollars (good money for an NFL running back, back then) to play in 4 superbowls, even if he knew he lost them all. I think that I would.
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wow.
'thats just like TechmoBowl. With Bo Jackson.
IYKYK
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1 hour ago, Buffalo716 said:
But Absolutely doesn’t hurt the bills… Because if we can establish a good ground game this year… It’s only going to help Josh Allen when he pulls it out
there has GOT to be a baby-mama joke here, somewhere.
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37 minutes ago, nucci said:
Kay changed them to help Fergy since Miami, Jets, Pats all had white helmets
we might never know if this is true.
But at the time, this was the only reason ever given (or that i ever heard). So i never had reason to doubt it.
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2 hours ago, bouds said:
In the article he says he won't settle, but we all know how that goes when the lawyers get involved.
the lawyers get involved . . . before the lawsuit is even filed.
The bad lawyer thinks his job is to make the most money off the case. So he is thinking settlement from day 1
The good lawyer is thinking about his career. His reputation. His marketing. The good lawyer would love to not settle this case.
The good judge finds a settlement. The whole pre-trial process, with discovery and all, is to have the stronger position when the judge tries to ram settlement down the throat of one of the sides.
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So since Gruden is independently wealthy, that means (1) he can live happily with a verdict of zero dollars, so why not go to trial? And (2) The lawyers know they will be compensated if it goes to trial and loses.
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9 hours ago, Virgil said:
The only short career player I’ve ever approved of being in the hall was Terrell Davis. He was dominant and won a ring.
Gayle Sayres. If i could only have one.
transcendant. Barry sanders before we had barry sanders. Gayle Sayres would be your favorite highlight reel to watch over and over.
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12 hours ago, corta765 said:
Haha listen they never are going to suck. But maybe just maybe if the cast is just smidge mortal, maybe Mahomes is slowed and they have to be the 4th seed for once lol.
they are never Not going to scheme people open.
Even 34 year old people can get open and catch the ball.
In fact, next time i watch a KC game on replay, i am going to see how many plays they have where not a single person is open. It feels like zero.
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14 hours ago, Beck Water said:
You think Tyrod was out there trying to ball and thinking "lemmee see, if I throw the ball away here and have a sucky low completion % I benefit me?"
Oh Kay....
no.
i think tyrod was out there trying to NOT ball. Unless it was just unavoidable. And in case of emergency, the priority is to keep the gravy-train going. Not to win no championship.
kinda like in Rounders. "I dont play this game for the thrill of fckkin victory"
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we always hear players whisper about "there's dudes who dont love football. And we all know who they are, in the locker room"
I'm sayin that's Tyrod.
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that was Fun !!!
look at lee evans. I always forget about him.
And maybe some will continue to appreciate OJ.
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For those still upset we didn’t trade up for Jordan Addison…
in The Stadium Wall
Posted · Edited by maddenboy
i think its normal for somebody spending 200k on a fast car to want to drive it fast
I think that choosing to do so at 3am when (presumably) nobody else is around, is pretty sane. Assuming you are going to do it at all.
My own PR is 147. I have been pulled over for doing 100+ twice. So I get it.
I have done over 100 probably 300 times though. Almost always at night, on nicely paved dry interstate highways between cities in the SouthWest (vegas, LA, San Diego, Phoenix, etc).
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but to be honest, i probably do have a little bit of the "rules dont apply to me" disease referenced upthread.
which, as i think about it, might be part of buying a Lambo in the first place. Instead of a nice Bentley.