Big C

Lol you guys see him drool a little while he was singing?

The East was weak this year. Easy for the Cavs to steamroll those teams all the way to the finals. The Cavs are still a good team, but some of those teams in the West just have so much depth it'd be hard for Cleveland to match them. What's worse is that LeBron was flat out bad last night. As for the football comparison, we talk almost every year about how one conference is stronger than the other, but it always seems to me like even the weaker conference has a couple teams that would be a threat for the title. It's hard to tell until the game is played. I would have figured the offensive-record-breaking Broncos had a better chance beating the Seahawks than the Patriots.

Graham didn't play safety two years ago.

True. Gilmore and Darby are guys that can stick with their man in the absence of pressure, Graham is not. But to his point, I don't think they were planning on using Graham they way they had to once AW went down. Graham was solid in run defense and blitz packages while struggling in coverage. I think AW was supposed to be the guy roaming the back end. Don't think he would have let that last Jags TD happen if he were playing that game.

Yeah, I don't know. I do think the starting QBs have improved across the NFL over the past couple seasons, seeing Carr, Bortles and Cousins grow, Dalton take a big step, Winston and Mariota proving their worth in their first year... TT should probably be higher than Winston, Mariota and Teddy at least, but they are probably bumped because of their expectations and draft positions.

I'm sure he's ready for that.

Don't understand what the hostility is for, but it goes against your point about Roman's yards being found up the middle.

Roman's go-to play for us this year was a sweep. It wasn't up the middle at all.

He was a sure tackler, but I think his coverage faultered a little last year. I recall him being the one that let the Jags take back the lead at the end of the game. Could simply be the transition to safety, could be the system, who knows? I like the guy though. Hope he steps up this year.

I would imagine Shady and Marcel are the only two Bills left on this list. I like that the NFL.com correspondents are giving Richie and Sammy higher rankings than the show did.

They might need a new media policy for these guys too!

Robey had a great rookie season. I really wish he held that level of performance since, but he's been a disappointment the past couple seasons. Perhaps with Rex's scheme being fully implemented, and its similarities to Pettine's (in which Robey thrived), we'll see a return to form with Nickell. Is there any chance that Seymour could take Robey's job otherwise?

I think we are looking for 1.61803398875 Or maybe 23?

Thought about this too. Last year Dareus also got blue. This year we will see. I am betting Richie gets blue this year, probably Dareus too.

Could be, although he doesn't specify any of the criteria. But if that is the case, I can't imagine how Green Bay or New England don't make the cut. It looks to me like it goes strictly by "blue chip" status. Of course. It's just an oddly questionable one. I usually like Bucky's pieces from what I can recall.

I would imagine by these standards our blue chip players would include Sammy, Shady, Clay, Cordy, Richie, Darby, Gilly, Dareus, Kyle and Jerry. Really, I've no idea where the conclusions to this "analysis" are drawn from.

Vikings and Giants look way overrated to me. I like some of the Vikings core talent, but is Kyle Rudolph really a blue chip TE? I'm also only counting 7 blue chips for them, while the lower-ranked Cardinals have 9. So, I don't really know quite how they are ranking these teams or how they determine blue chip status.

Doesn't Stephon remember how happy he was when we let him switch to #24? It's like that means nothing to him anymore.

When did you go to karaoke with Stephon?

Didn't our staff win some award two years ago? Don't think we lost them when Marrone left.

Odell Beckham missed the first four games of his rookie year. Who's to say Lawson can't have a similar rookie season as him?

Hardy would be worse for the locker room than Mario.

I think it's two downs the whole game, strategically selected by coach during the game.

Would you rather have Shaq start the season and possibly re-injure his shoulder, ending his season early or have him back and healthy for the stretch run? We have guys that can play right now. We still have Hughes, Kyle and Dareus. We now have Adolphus and the other Lawson really upped his game in the second half of the season. If the offense improves even a little, and Rex gets it right with the players and scheme, we will be just fine without Shaq for a few weeks. They said there was a re-occurrence of the injury last week.

Oh shoot, you're right!