Mango

TL;DR If a team does a thing, and Josh reacts poorly, that thing will work. But if that same team does the same thing, and Josh reacts well to it, then that thing will not work.

I don't think that does anything to hurt his stock what so ever. He asked to play for teams, teams wanted his services. It seems some doctors gave pause. He comes back healthy. It is a totally neutral event.

I don't think he signs anywhere at this point. Von is injured. Dallas is reportedly out. Concerns around his knee. For his sake, the risk isn't worth the reward either. What is his value if he shows up and is mediocre? He is better off starting fresh in FA next year.

Speaking of Jerry.... Are there still rumors of his release?

If I am McBeane, I am likely trying to work out an injury settlement in the offseason. Who wants to stick around for a 34 year old pass rusher to recover from his second ACL injury? This could be a career ender. He could come back and be productive. His cost is too high to stick around and find out.

Agreed. At this point I hope even more that they save their cash to keep their own as not to create any more holes. That means a hard pass on OBJ. If he even wants to be here with a sidelined Miller. I think taking an edge rusher with our first pick is on the table.

Not to kick a team when they're down, but.... For a FO that gutted a roster because of "cap hell", this feels a little too familiar. We are estimated $10M over a $220M cap for 2023. $18M of that is a 34 year old DE with a torn ACL that won't play. I think we are in a bit of cap hell, now.

Not to take the human aspect away from this. But his contact has officially become a problem going forward....

I was a bit critical/weary of Hurts as a passer early in the season. Some of his throws the last few weeks have been really impressive.

Jesus, can you guys get a room and tickle each other buttholes elsewhere? I like a good off topic journey as much as the next guy, but it’s been like 8 pages of “drop stats are dumb, I remember a 12 drops last week” and “everybody drops footballs”

I am starting to think there is a real chance he doesn't sign with anybody this season unless there is a major injury. Outside of the "OBJ loves the NYG" talk, their beat reporter made a lot of sense about a 2023 return rather than 2022.

When a team is gripping a bit too tight, not playing well, and struggling to find a groove, tightening the reins and readying the whip has a risk of being a disaster. Easing off a bit will generally either be net neutral or net positive. It almost never makes a skid worse.

The contextual rules in American Football are wild. Some kicks are 1 point, some kicks are 3 points. Some touchdowns are 6, some touchdowns are 2. A catch in bounds is different than a catch out of bounds or in the end zone. Make up your mind football!

It is wild to me that the same person is responsible for both these posts! You: Stop posting drop statistics, they are useless!!! Also You: Here are some numbers I made up for drops. Just like the numbers I also hate!!! At one point in this thread you used your memory as source. Not Youtube or even IG Reels. No All-22. Just your memory. What a joke....

Oh Shitts Creek!!! A prudent Jerry Jones? What kind of bizarro world am I living? A couple options here: 1. All teams are given pause about OBJ's current and future health. Nobody knows what he can bring to the table, and nobody is going to overpay for that kind of risk. All the OBJ hype is driven by OBJ and his team. 2. Jerry doesn't actually care and is willing to be totally reckless if need be. Could be trying to keep Buffalo and NYG's offers low so we can save a couple of bucks even though he is willing to pay basically whatever.

Wooooosh!!!! I am an idiot.

I assume it won't be full on QB1 money. Mediocre QB money likely flips one of their Pats games alone. I was thinking that for $20-25M they could have been heading into Buffalo playing for the division lead this weekend. That would be a difficult prospect to turn down.

Dude…maybe stay home. Talk about selfish.

What didn’t work? First in, Last out? He won 7 Super Bowls….

The Bengals are about to be a problem. I didn’t get the hype last year, but they’re getting hot at the right time. I was onboard with what you are saying until you brought the Bills into it. We’ve had a rough go this season with injuries and high expectations. We’re gripping too tight at the moment. We haven’t played fast and loose in a month or more. I’m not sure that being in the facility more is the solution to that. When teams get that way it’s a razor thin line. Taking 2-3 days is the safe route for sure.

Same, I thought there’d be a flag. I think Diggs got up laughing a bit not even jawing so I didn’t think a ton of it.

That was mostly for CaliBills. Maybe he doesn’t have cold symptoms. Maybe he swung by his local dispensary. Funny story about getting caught high by my mom. I went to a HS dance and may or may not have smoked some pot. We had a finished basement, so I came home late and went right downstairs to watch TV. Pretty common. My mom gets up an hour or so later to go outside for a late night cigarette. Comes downstairs to say good night and starts staring at me. Then starts making all sorts of faces and moving her head around in circles and forward and backwards. I am doing my best to keep it together. Very unsure if all of that was really happening. She stops. Then smacks me in the forehead, puts her finger sternly in my face and says “don’t fudging do that again” and goes to bed. Nobody believed me that it happened. Forever as an adult a friend asked her about it while we were out to dinner. 100% true story.

I watch all the pressers during the week. He just seems fidgety. He normally seems comfortable sitting there and is giving me “what do I do with my hands” vibes. (I’m not actually accusing him of being high. I’m mostly joking.)

Is it just me or does McD seem off here? A little mini-bye reefer? Good for him taking the edge off.

Really? I like the white. Dislike the black helmet. Looks better close up. But don’t love it still. Would be better in white with a gold fleur-de-lis.