Blokestradamus

Cheers, Bandit. I think I have that game recorded or downloaded somewhere. I'm terribly disorganised, don't let the spreadsheets fool you.

And cut my beloved Matt Johnson. The bastards.

I'd rather put you at DE.

Dwight Freeney!!

I was told by someone that best case recovery is likely 4 months. That's with no complications and from someone not fully aware of his medical history. Hard to imagine him being good to go on just mental reps for Week 1.

Best case is that something minor got seriously aggravated in the last week. Worst case is that the Bills medical staff is full of idiots. Not a good look for the team.

Not good quarterback is deemed not good. I wish Vern all the luck in the world. He fits the CFL pretty well. I'd love him to prove me and so many others wrong.

I refuse to have my intellect questioned by someone that quotes wins as an individual stat. Also by someone that can't spell Mariota.

It stands to reason that bad QBs will produce bad results. That's kinda logical, I guess.

If there was a fix-all statistic that told you everything, this game would be way easier to work out. Look at the circumstances at play and make up your own mind why things play out the way they do. There's better ways to discredit Zach Mettenberger than citing a win-loss record.

Because wins are not an individual stat.

I respect the sentiment, I really do. Quite frankly, some of the arguments I've seen against it are quite romantic. Sport has gradually sold its soul for the corporate dollar/pound and it's probably worse off from a fan perspective the more that has gone on. It really became big business here with the rebranding of the Premier League. That was 1992, I was 3 at the time so I've not known it any other way. Manchester United make £53m a year just to carry the Chevrolet logo on their shirt. It's absurd.

Maybe I was a little naive in my assessment of him. I had him pegged as a 3 year project but a lot has to go right to work on those flaws. I'm all for giving a guy a second chance when I think he's got something about him.

I didn't see that. Paul Browning got all the hype at WR but Duncan had a nice junior year with Bonner. Did a lot of ST work as a senior, only way he's going to stick. I actually had a 2nd round grade on Mett. I was probably a little too enamoured with the arm strength.

The fact that he started so early in the process really hindered any development. That story sounds way too familiar. I like Mett, I genuinely thought he would be a long term project that might be a very good QB along the line.

I don't get why this seems to be a big no-no for American sports fans. It's commonplace here. Hell, some teams wouldn't survive in the lower leagues without sponsorship.

Cardale and Mett? #AllTheBigArmedQBs

Manny !@#$ing Lawson.

I'm aware of him. Below certain statistical thresholds at the FCS level. If DB puts videos up, I'll watch him. Just not sure about why he's getting hype outside of really tall, white.

Clay - really good starter. Scheme fit, health is a long term worry. Dray - decent #2 TE for the system. Also lots of 'forgot about Dray' jokes to be had. Gragg - linear athlete, blocking is alright. O'Leary - very not good, crappy athlete. Gronkowski - Not a tight end. All in all, pray Clay doesn't get hurt.

Ryan Lasal did have the Ed Reed news before anyone. Although I thought the player and the team dispelled this injury as a myth.

Really fun college player but I would be really shocked if he made the 53 in any capacity. I'd be more inclined to keep Javier Arenas around. A guy that can actually play a position on top of return duties.

CJ Beathard - Iowa Tommie Armstrong Jr - Nebraska Patrick Towles - Boston College (Kentucky grad transfer) I'm assuming that Mark Richt will get Kaaya into a more pro-style scheme. There's a few teams that I haven't watched enough to know exactly what they run. Edit - I figure I might as well post the list while I've got it open. Major work in progress. Guys listed at the bottom are underclassmen that might declare. The lack of DB's is because I'm not bothering with them this year unless I get some All-22 footage. If anyone has a suggestion for the list, let me know - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sKjS_k5oDm7qJE4g83CKXvDxEulWFmNhYFu3_BKP2lg/edit#gid=0

I think the NFL needs to go through another stage in its evolution. It's going more and more pass-heavy, now it needs to embrace the new era of college QB's. Focus more on what they can do than what they can't. If they don't, the league is facing a severe recruitment issue at its premier position. The true pro-style QB's are rare, finding good ones is even rarer. 18 guys on my QB watch list, I think 2-3 come from established pro-style schemes. I'm curious to watch the progression of Mariota and Goff. I think Mariota had a decent rookie year given how bad his protection was at times. They seem like the right kind of guys to find success and change some opinions. I'll remain bullish on what I think are the right players until I see enough evidence to the contrary.

I have to admit, I'm less worried about the spread concepts than I used to be. They are firmly entrenched in the NFL now. Also, not every scheme is the same. For instance, I pretty much abhore Baylor from a pro prospect standpoint because it's far too removed from the reality of the NFL. Receivers coached not to block, they essentially run 4 routes and there's almost zero responsibility on the backside of the play. Their QB's are pretty much plug and play idiots with big arms that don't know a thing about progressions or dealing with pressure. Lincoln Riley is a Mike Leach protege and Oklahoma run a full Air Raid attack now. It's similar to what Cal ran with Jared Goff. Of course there's quite a few single read or half-field read plays where the ball is out so fast that it's pretty clearly pre-determined (Mayfield does what Mariota did, throws smokes/screens so fast he doesn't bother with the laces half the time to speed the process up). Where guys like Goff and Mayfield are different is their skills from the neck up, they translate to any scheme. They can process information quickly, handle the pocket, execute multiple reads. I remember Mayfield's first game at Texas Tech vividly because I wrote him off as the typical Air Raid QB. Big arm, throws a lot of vertical routes. The guy that finished the 2015 season is a lot more accomplished than the freshman that threw all over SMU. The telltale sign of a good QB in a spread scheme is watching what happens when the first read is taken away. The guys that can operate then are worth your time. I can't stress enough to judge the player and not the scheme. Understand what the scheme is set up for by all means, know that most guys in those schemes have an inherent weakness or disadvantage.