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I looked him up on Spottrac, and he's made over $27 million in his career, and he's 36, soon to be 37 in a few months. If he wants to sit around, not get paid, and wait for the Titans to (maybe) call then it's his choice to make! Maybe he's just comfortable, has plenty of money, and doesn't want to start bouncing around the league every year or two.

I could see it being somewhat of a bummer, but he's earned close to a million dollars over 6 years playing football in the NFL, and even got to play in a few regular season games. That's just so far! In a way, he's had a nice career as a guy on the edge of the roster.

He'll be on Tampa for like a 6th round pick

I have always enjoyed listening to Howard Simon in the mornings. He just seems friendly, which is a lost art that modern DJ's or talk hosts seem to lack. I was thinking about this the other night listening to a local radio station... A really good DJ (or in this case talk host) makes such a difference for the experience of the listener and it's becoming such a lost art in the current age of louder, more shocking, more stupid. Your listeners don't want to feel attacked or put down, nor do they want their blood pressure to double. Some of these young guys are terrible to listen to, and are obviously being taught poorly. Nate Geary is the one (I think) who sometimes does mornings when Jeremy or Howard is out, and oh my god is it terrible... Talks over the other host, never stops for a second, and seems like he's just trying to get as much on tape as possible. It's hard to listen to. It's like he's paid by the word. A good DJ or good talk host is one who feels like listening to a friend, even if you disagree sometimes or get annoyed sometimes, and even if it's not for everyone. You have an audience, and you connect with that audience. I always loved Art Bell's show, for example. It felt like a community, like you were listening to the show with a bunch of other people (which of course you are literally) but it felt like a conversation. Anyone who is really into radio knows what I mean by that. Too many people on the radio today are about rants and monologues and trying to be over the top, which has its place from time to time, but as a default approach is not fun to listen to. Plus your audience is just sitting there, listening to an angry person or hyper person rant and rave. I know that works for some, but even then, it's really very very few who can pull that off AND have it work. You'd think being a DJ is easy: you just play music. But it's what you play, when, in what order, and how you slip stories about the musicians or concerts in between, and maybe a bit of a persona you have that differentiates you from others, but isn't overboard. I think it's the same for sports talk (or any talk). It's way more than just talking about sports on the radio, and it's a lot harder to be good at that many realize. IMO Howard is a true pro.

Part time QB... This little prick is like a villain in a horror film. I fully expect him to be better than ever and show that a QB can skip out on training camp and be a part time QB and still win. He'll come back, do the "golly gee, why is everyone asking about little old me?" Routine and everyone will gush about how genuine, wonderful and wholesome he is. In a just world he would look like last year's Big Ben. Old tired and done.

maybe they are pumping Tua up to trade him player for player for Brady, then Gronk comes out of retirement and signs there.

If Benford really is playing that well, then that's great news! Elam will be fine. Then we have a deeper group at DB, which is huge for the defense. Overall this draft looks very promising, IMO.

He got paid (a lot) for each game so it was not a suspension. Lest we not forget, it was WATSON who said before this all broke that he would never play a game for the Texans again. Then all this stuff came out, and they were stuck

11 games makes sense, as it makes the Browns/Bucs game easier for Brady. As far as Watson goes, I never saw him as a true top QB, and that was before he missed and will end up missing the better part of 2 straight seasons. He might come back and just be decent, which would be karma for the Browns.

Having gone through the "this is really serious this time guys, something is going on with Brady" or "he really is in decline" storyline before, I fully expect the outcome to be the following: 1. It's the Masked Singer, and afterward all the Bucs guys laugh at how dumb we all are for believing the "pray for him" comments 2. He is the greatest Masked Singer guest ever and gets universal praise 3. Week 1, during the introductions Stone Cold Steve Austin's music hits at Jerry World and out comes Stone Cold's monster truck. Suddenly Ryan Jensen hops out of the passenger seat totally healthy with no knee injury at all, slams 2 beers at once with Stone Cold, then heads to the star at midfield and gives the stone cold stunner to Dak Prescott. 4. For the entire game the supposed home town crowd chants "Jensen! and Brady!" in alternate chants 5. Brady throws for 450 yards and 5 TD in a 20+ point blowout win. 6. At the end he does the "aww shucks, golly gee" act when interviewed and the commentators gush about how incredible, amazing, and wonderful he is.

The thing that has set Brady apart is being an obsessed roided up cyborg with no soul and no purpose outside of football. If he decides to be a part time QB and.play on the weekends for fun at age 45 it's going to be a lot of fun to watch

The biggest game that Manning and Brady could face off in was the afc title game. Highest stakes, biggest moment possible for that rivalry. Manning, the guy who "couldn't winnthe big game" was 3-1 in those meetings, or 75% win percentage. There are no yeah buts.

I wonder if he'll ever win a playoff game?

Rams looked like they were about to win a blowout in the SB. Then the injuries started. If Burrow had another 1-2 seconds and saw Chase wide open on that 4th down at the end of this SB then the Bengals are World Champs. Just have to get into that game, and anything truly can happen. A timely penalty, a guy falling down, a bounce here or there and your entire legacy changes.

I feel like there was a story about a team giving a player a case of fancy wine or something like that and they had to charge its value against the cap. I'll try to find it

architects and engineers can do incredible things, if you're willing to pay the $ Your imagination is pretty much the limit

Ohhhh Well WE DO! (Inspired by watching Kingpin last night)

Everyone says you don't need a dish and can just stream Sunday ticket but that's not true. They will check your address and if they decide you can get a dish (their call) you're SOL. Wherever they go it should be no additional hardware required. Just pay money and get product. Like every other sports league.

Rosen did say he was going to win more Super Bowls than Brady, so I'm not sure Cleveland is the place for him.

80,000 seat capacity back then. 75,141 attended, which would be among the biggest crowds in the NFL today. "failed to sell out" while true is also misleading. People act like there were 40,000 people there because of the weather.

NFL wants a TV spectacle, and swirling snowflakes and 60,000 crazy fans braving the freezing cold in a college-like atmosphere is such a better product than watching a poorly lit game in a giant airplane hangar played on the green outdoor rug you buy at Lowes. With most of the NFL domes it's like someone said "what can we do to suck the life, soul, and passion out of this game, and make it as horrible to watch on TV as possible?" Now yes, there are the cool domes like LA and Minnesota, which apparently cost a trillion gazillion dollars now, since a fairly standard, low frills outdoor stadium in WNY of all places is over a billion, so they are out of the discussion. Plus "Buffalo weather" is mostly reputation. It could just as easily be 41 degrees and cloudy in WNY in early January, especially lately.

Yup, which buys him an extra year above what he got at least, and McDermott enters the coaching pool as a fairly sought after guy and ends up somewhere else. Our record doesn't allow us to get Allen, and Beane is never the GM, since he came with McDermott basically. IMO we would have been the Texans or Alex Smith Chiefs playoff teams: decent record teams with zero chance of going anywhere.

In terms of style, Tyrod was trent edwards with speed and agility. Neither one would throw the ball. Biggest difference is Tyrod could make explosive plays at times with his legs, whereas trent would throw the ball away on 4th down and shuffle off to the sidelines all giddy and without a care in the world. Tyrod had a great attitude and was a grinder. He's just not very good at being an NFL QB, which is why he has never really caught on before or after. Looks the exact same way now as he did then: some big runs, a "gamer" and a total lack of passing prowess. Tyrod happened to be the QB when Andy Dalton got the Bills to the playoffs. Look at our wildcard game against Doug Marrone and the Jaguars. Just pathetic. Calling him the "guy who broke the drought" is a little silly to me, but I get the argument I guess. BTW, Rex Ryan came very close to doing that as coach, with Tyrod as his QB. That would likely have meant no McDermott, no Allen, crazy the butterfly effect it would have had, even if Rex only kept the job an extra year or two.

If Allen plays in 3 Super Bowls and wins 2 I'll be pretty happy!

No worries... We have my man Jordan Phillips back at DT! The 340+ pound DT who is sometimes criticized by fans for "only getting sacks" and crushing opposing QBs like unrisen pancakes!