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looks like a jackass - enjoy prison

Dont forget the comp pick for brown!

I probably keep 9 Oline over 7 corners. I'm also fully in the anti-fullback camp. Sirles has experience inside and outside - waddle worked under scarneccia - probably between those two. Someone probably goes on IR anyway so this whole argument is moot.

The 90 man to 53 man roster has a lot to do with this. 37 guys in camp don't make the team - you can't pay 37 guys to not play, it would take money away from the guys that do. There is no minor league affiliate where you can pay a player under his NFL wage like you can in the NHL and MLB. NHL has juniors, so you can have a guy come to camp and then send him back to play down there and maintain team control. They also have fully guaranteed contracts so holdouts are rare since if you get hurt, you get paid the entirety of your contract. MLB has the player options and team options - but if you get DFA'd you still get the remaining salary on your deal. Both have restricted free agency or arbitration years - and players hit UFA roughly in their prime. NBA is just absurd since 82 games, solid TV deal, and 12 guys per team - half on rookie deals - the other half either overpaid or underpaid based on contributions. The tax is confusing, and it seems like every deal has opt-outs every year.

Honestly may be on to something... Kelce (been good lately, but he's had concussions as well as microfracture knee surgery), Reed, Ertz, Olsen, Graham, Gronk, Rudolph, Doyle, Eifert, Walker... have all missed time. The only guy who doesn't is Witten. http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/former-redskins-te-fred-davis-attempting-nfl-comeback/ar-AADlT5F?li=BBnba9I&ocid=ientp This is what I've been clamoring for! Not everyone needs to be a prospective NFL guy - look for former players who want to get back into the game. Guys who didn't "retire", but are listed as "former" NFL players. Whats Shane Vereen up to? Or Gary barnidge?

If Kroft is on PUP you can keep 7 and make a move in week 7 with mckenzie or duke.

Rookie QB, pair of lousy centers... pretty good recipe for bad protection. Asking a lot of a 22 year old QB to set protections on his own.

Yeah - was it shanahan there? I felt like he was making an example since he skipped all the offseason program. Then post lockout he split time with the skins and NE... and disappeared. This cooley comment pretty much sums it up: “NO QUESTION, the Haynesworth contract (was worse),” Cooley said, via the Washington Post. “Because he was TRYING to get released by the team. His goal was to come here, make a large signing bonus, and then get released and not have to do any of the work. He didn’t care about the back end of that contract, he didn’t care about making all of that money. His idea was, you paid me for what I did in the past, and my goal is to be released as soon as possible and basically take $33 million from you for absolutely nothing.”

Yeah - moorman on that sean taylor pro bowl hit too. Its like... show no weakness.

He slid late... he definitely hasn't slid late since.

Lamar jackson fumbled 15 times last year (including the playoff game) - yeesh. Sub 5 YPC rushing, averaged more than a fumble per game, and an 8.6% sack rate that is very Tyrod like...

Guys looking for Clark/Lawrence money. Dee ford or trey flowers seems more appropriate - but i could see this lasting a while.

What bothered me most about watkins was the fact that so many WRs were there if we just sat. Watkins, Evans, Beckham, Cooks - all good and all wouldnt have cost us our 2015 1st.

In OTAs? Is there even like contact between players?

You mean if they switched rush sides and played in a 3-4 vs. a 4-3? I think it would make somewhat of a difference?

I think lining up opposite RT's should be a factor too. Bruce lined up opposite Left tackles. Typically in a 3-4 he may line up between guard and tackle, and you're likely more subject to double teams as the 4th rusher can come from the other side. This is an era of pretty conventional line up football too. Teams ran a lot, had 21 personnel a lot etc. However, i do recall Bruce lining up with tackles more often than not so they may just have shaded the line to his side some, freeing up talley to make plays and allowing you to line up bennett closer to the line.

Apples and oranges ... Both had 8 first team all-pro selections, and both had 2 DPOY selections. White had some of the flashier pass rushing seasons, but honestly its like 1A, 1B. They also played on different sides - Smith rushed against LTs and White rushed against RTs. One in a 3-4, another in a 4-3.

There's no reason this team can't make the playoffs this year. Win 4 in the division - then Cincy, NYG, TN, Wash, Den, and 1 of Dal/Balt/Pit Thats 10 wins. And assumes losses to Philly, Cle, 2 to NE, and 2 to dal/balt/pit.

Just on the teams front - punter should be better.. schmidt and co. were worse than bojorquez. Hauschka is back. Huge upgrade at returner with Roberts at both KR and PR. Core team's players in general were all over the place. Senorise perry has a legit spot to make this team in place of yeldon or dimarco IMO. Backup safeties and corners need to be able to contribute snaps on special teams as well. Biggest change - no crossman. New guy has his work cut out for him... but he's not crossman so he's probably an upgrade.

Allen being the starter all offseason and through camp... is huge. He split reps with 2 other QBs last year. And it was a terrible terrible offense.

I could see that - even with feliciano in the starting lineup you have a basically solid 6th guy in ford who can play as an extra blocker, and guard and tackle.

Well i mean if the starting 5 is Dawkins - Spain - Morse - Ford - Nsehke Long/Bodine sticks as the active swing guard/backup center on gamedays, and you can honestly bring in feliciano because ford theoretically functions as a swing tackle if the starting tackles go down mid-game. They have a few options for the last 2. Depnds how much they like teller, and Wesley/Boettger.

They kept 9 last year - i would think you keep 4 tackles and 5 interior. Ford may be a tackle, but he may also start at guard - to me that would make waddle a lock.

Wow - that Favre record really is going to be unbreakable. Like Nolan Ryan's walk record. Also - Favre is the most sacked QB of all time. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/pass_sacked_career.htm, and leads all QBs in fumbles - https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/fumbles_career.htm

I mean - what are the things they would want? It feels like they barely practice as it is currently, so i'm not sure how much they can scale that back. More retirement benefits? Better insurance for life after football? Better salary minimums? The cap is structured around the revenue splits - they have a salary floor (barely) so teams can't tank salaries for a year. The only thing i can think is the franchise tag - but the owners like the tag. Getting rid of that you have to give something back like UFA status after 4 years for example. 2nd/3rd rounders would then be RFAs for a year or something, or you would expand 5th year options to those players as well.