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@dollars 2 donuts Thanks, just passing along some life experience because I hate seeing kids get hurt like this. Its completely unnecessary. There's other exercises to get big and strong and test strength that are much safer. If that other guy doesn't want to hear it that's fine but the fact is people are getting hurt and this is just another example. This rookie just lost millions and it's absolutely ridiculous and unfair to him to use such archaic testing procedures and put these kids at risk, especially so close to finally being able to cash in on all of their hard work. Change is needed.

He meant to say incline. Its not one subjective event, it's highly researched and a well known fact that flat barbell bench is not safe and if I help 1 person from what I went through then I'm happy. I wish I had known more about it at the time but as a competitive power lifter it's one of the 3 main lifts you focus on. Maybe you won't push enough weight to have your pec tear in half but come back in 10 yrs after you have your rotator cuff surgery and tell us how much you love to barbell bench press. People in the industry don't focus on flat barbell bench for a number of reasons but for some reason it's the most popular exercise for the bros at the local gym. If it's because of a lack of awareness then I'll do what I can to help get the word out. Thanks.

Jackson's mechanics are horrible and it leads to poor accuracy but someone will still take him because he's a playmaker and he's at least going to be as good as Tyrod for super cheap. I'm looking forward to the 40. They said he might run a 4.4 which would be blazing fast for a QB. Vick ran it in 4.25 which is absolutely nuts. RG3 did it in 4.41

It depends on how severe. It can vary. If it's just a slight tear he could let it rest for 2-3 months then do rehab on it to try to build strength around the supporting muscles (shoulders, back) but he will never be 100% on that particular muscle and it's hard to say how much he can recover. But you can use other muscles to help push so it's not a total loss. Having surgery there is a higher likelihood of recovery and I'm sure he will have the best doctors to advise him. If they do the surgery and anchor it with bolts that's 6 months and it's kind of hard to work out and stay in shape when you only have 1 arm so that would really hurt his chances of starting as a rookie. I don't play sports for a living so it's hard to say how much of an impact it will have on his career but as a civilian I just avoid things that would aggravate it. #1 on the list is no more barbell bench pressing!

First off that's pretty rude. I had a pretty bad injury and your response is I don't know what I'm talking about? I've lived it, i know far too much. I have the scar to prove it. Secondly what do you bench on barbell flat bench? When you get over 400 let me know and then let me know how many times you tear your pec after that trying for more. It's not a safe exercise. Your natural motion isn't to be locked on to a straight bar like that. Dumbbell incline is better for pec development. The only people that focus on flat barbell bench are powerlifters, gym bros, and apparently NFL rookies.

Depending on how bad it is he could be out for the season. It ended Manny Lawson's career. There's a full tear where the pec severs from your arm bone and they re-attach it with bolts. That's sometimes better as gruesome as it sounds. Or there is a partial tear where it eventually heals but you are never 100% again but maybe you can get back to 80-90% with rehab. It also depends on where it ruptures. In the muscle belly is bad and can leave you deformed for life. You can't sew muscle back together, it's like meat, the threads won't hold. It's a bad injury if it's severe. If it's a slight rip that is ok and it happens to power lifters often and they come back from it eventually. We will have to wait and see

As some of you may know I had the same injury last year. Barbell flat bench is a dirty tramp. Stay away. If you workout, do dumbbell incline and fly's instead. They need to stop making guys do flat bench at the combine. It's an injury waiting to happen. There's other things you can do to test strength like pushing the sled. Maybe hook up some sensors and bring the combine into the 21st century. The only thing flat bench for reps tests is how often you focus on flat bench for reps in the weight room.

Overrated and now overpaid. I'm fine going with who we have and adding a speed guy to the mix. Keep your eye on the 40 yard dash on Saturday.

Yep, Rosen at pick 2 but hopefully the relationship with Gettleman gets it done for less. Both 1sts, a 2nd, Glenn, maybe a 2nd next year and then have a whole year to figure out who to trade to get it back

Yep it's crazy. Kiper didn't even have Rosen in the top 10 picks. He's an idiot

We beat the Rams. Rams weren't any better off than us. They added all of those receivers AFTER they already had their QB. It was a 2 year process to get to where they are now. Put Goff and those receivers on our team and give them Tyrod and we beat them easy. There's no way you can look at the Rams roster and think they have it all figured out. They just added a franchise QB and that's the difference

Rosen is everyone's #1 so how is he 2, 3, 4 on the draft board? Good value, go get him

Sammy will be the hottest WR on the market now that Landry is franchised. Someone will overpay. They would be paying for his potential. He has never lived up to expectations imo

I'm guessing he wouldn't be a good fit for the Last Vegas Raiders

All of them. I'd start any of them over Tyrod or Peterman. But Rosen will be in the pro bowl in his 2nd season and Lamar Jackson might be in discussion for rookie of the year (but he will never improve after that). They just need to target one and get their favorite no matter what the cost. If they like Lamar Jackson, fine, I think he sucks but he will just as good if not better than Tyrod so trade up and make sure you get him. Same with Rosen, Darnold, Allen, Mayfield. All of them better than what we have. No chance any of them are available at 21 so make your move!

Whaley lost his job the day he traded 2x firsts for Sammy Watkins

I wonder what the difference would be between trading for their #1 vs their #4. They obviously aren't going to give a good deal for 4 if they are trying to sell 1

Why are you against having a franchise QB? The Rams weren't against it when they went all out for Goff

Market value to be respectful or a little below to be team friendly deal. If he wants to play he will play. If he doesn't then I don't want to overpay for someone that really doesn't want to play anymore. He's got kids in school, he isn't playing anywhere else

part of EJ trade package which resulted in Kiko selection (and Gragg). and now none of these players play on their teams

dang, that's pretty disheartening. when it comes back that's usually not a good sign

so? they could have signed another back when he saw how bad he was

there's a lot of factors. top 5 as in what? i absolutely hate Lamar Jackson but he is going to have a lot of early success so people will say see I told you he was good. he's not good, he is what he is. he's going to be very much like Tyrod in that he makes a lot of big plays but can't make the simple plays to drive a team down the field when it matters. same with Mayfield. he's pretty much at his ceiling, he's not going to all of a sudden get better. he could have early success but i don't see him as a long term starter. Josh Allen will probably have zero early success but if he was in the right situation where he could sit for 2 yrs he might end up being the best of the bunch. it's highly unlikely that will happen though. if someone picks a QB top 5 or at the very least top 10, they want them to start right away. he could flame out pretty quick if he doesn't have time to learn and fix his accuracy issues. doesn't mean he's bad, he's just not ready right now. Sam Darnold has poor mechanics and it could be a huge issue but other QB's with mechanics issues have still been able to get the job done. Josh Rosen is as sure of a thing that there has been in a long time but as others have mentioned he could get hurt and not want to play anymore. he's the best of the bunch but if that happens people will label him a bust which isn't true. he will be good when he's on the field. if it's top 5 of who I would draft it's going to be: 1. Josh Rosen 2. Sam Darnold 3. Josh Allen 4. Baker Mayfield 5. Lamar Jackson

oh is he just now getting around to watching film? he shouldn't have been in the mix last season either

yep, I'd give it a 0% chance he signs with another team. he has like 25 kids and he's not leaving them at the start of the school year