Kirby Jackson

I’m up in the air on Miami at this point. I tried to talk my brother into it last week but he wasn’t hearing it. The night before is usually at Shooters in Ft. Lauderdale (or at least it was for years). It’s a fun party.

It doesn’t feel that far fetched based on mocks that I’ve seen (especially having 2 4th round picks). I think that the Bills may pick 4 times by the end of day 2. They are trying to find starters.

No, he has at least one more full year before it even crosses your mind. He was a raw prospect that needed time. He is getting through 2019 even if he plays worse than you suggest.

To me it depends on where they pick. I’m a believer that you never reach on a position and should try to draft to the strength of a draft because you get better value. If I’m picking at 6 (where things stand currently) I’m almost certainly picking a defensive player at this point. The value is just better. Greedy Williams, Ed Oliver and Quinnen Williams would probably be my realistic targets. There are a bunch of day 2, early day 3 OL and WRs. Maybe something like: - Quinnen Williams - Kelvin Harmon - Ross Pierschbacher - Anthony Johnson

Marrone was very unpopular in that building. I think everyone agreed that he was a pretty good coach but a miserable person.

Oh we definitely disagree on the bolded. He took a Super Bowl contender and turned them into a contender for the top pick. That’s is an incredible turn around!!

I forgot where it came from. The gist of it was that the injured Packer players were in the suite next to Marrone’s. Those dugout suites share a bathroom and hallway with the suite next to them. There had been some trash talk back and forth and after the Bills win she mooned them.

I forgot where the story came from but it’s on here somewhere. I’m just not too good with the archive search.

Anyone here remember the story when his wife mooned the injured Packers players? I wonder if someone can dig that up in the archives?

I met him before: Coach Marrone

I hate that the Bills stole “Trust the Process.” I have an equal amount of hate that some thought McDermott started it. It was fun when Hinkie started it. It is obnoxious how many people have ripped it off.

Above row 7 is covered (the higher the better). The clubs are nice. Unfortunately there aren’t a ton of places right near the stadium to take the boys. The tailgating is almost exclusively in parking lots. Your best bet on that is to bring a football and cook or pick up food on the way (we often grab a Blasdell pizza). Hang out in the parking lot for a while and then hit the team store on the way in.

Brees

Yeah, the cap wasn’t an issue with Mack. That would have worked fine. Davis has just tied up so much cash that he couldn’t afford to put the money into an annuity. He has the Carr money in an annuity and I’m assuming (but not positive) that coaches’ salaries work the same way. He can’t just say, “I’ll pay you ____.” It is held on the front end.

It’s the actual dollars. I’m not sure that coaches’ salaries work the same as players but the guaranteed portion of contracts are put into an annuity (as I understand it). Mark Davis didn’t have the additional $75M sitting around to put in the annuity for Mack (or whatever it was). He is cash poor until Vegas. Now, I would think that he could have gotten a loan to do it but that’s the way that I heard the story.

Oh I agree. All that I am saying is that what other franchise signs a QB to that type of deal to move on a year later? The Carr contract and the Gruden contract are what prevented them from signing Mack. The guaranteed money goes into an annuity upon signing the deal and Mark Davis was too cash poor to retain Mack. He made a stupid decision to give an average QB that kind of money and an even stupider decision to do the sameness with Gruden.

...over 10 years. Carr has $125M over 5 years. So assuming that a team is planning on keeping their franchise QB for 5 years it is significantly more. Only the Raiders would handle this situation like they have been.

Carr has the bigger contract.

Lamar Jackson is a QB. That’s different IMO. He can run a lot but throws well. That’s why he went in the first. These other guys are more “gadget” players. They CAN play QB but can also play all over. Jackson has done some of it this year but his long-term plan is QB. They won’t expose him to the collisions on a coverage team. Taysom, to me, is a fast Tim Tebow (with a genius coach).

College players that are surefire first rounders sit out all of the time. Nick Bosa left school earlier this year to prepare for the draft instead of rehabbing his injury to get back. Christian McCaffrey and Leonard Fournette did the exact same thing. That isn’t rare at all.

By comparison Trace McSorley is 205 lbs soaking wet. Some of these running QBs are more slot receiver than Hill. Taysom runs that zone read down hill. He plays on coverage units. That’s in addition to the rest of his role (punt returns, Rb, wr, QB). Those other guys can do some of what Taysom does but not all of it.

Agree with all of those guys. Lamar started to show it today. Taysom is different than the rest of them though because he is huge. I think that a bunch of these mobile QBs have a role as a Swiss Army knife moving forward. It is a copycat league and teams will try to emulate it.

I can say this, he’s a GOD in New Orleans. They LOVE him. He is a weird, special, alien. I think that his role is a growing one around the league. He’s a guy that can create matchup issues because you never know where he will line up. Every team would love a Taysom Hill but not every team has him (or Sean Payton).

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