Blokestradamus

I was giving some thought to Josh Rosen yesterday (as you do) and I came to the conclusion that his current circumstance is pretty similar to the one that Connor Cook found himself in before his senior season at Michigan State. Both in a relatively pro-style offense that asks them to attack deeper portions of the field more regularly. Both suffered from having an offensive line that struggled to hold up in pass protection. Both had an NFL-calibre RB to take some of the strain. Both only really had one reliable receiving option and a bunch of guys with hands like feet beyond that (UCLA's Jordan Lasley has draftable potential). Both had scouts doubting their personality. Both make some of the worst decisions I've seen outside of looking in a mirror. I've charted 10 games of Rosen's now and I charted two seasons worth of Cook's throws. At some point soon, I'll get all of that data together and compare them side-by-side.

It's pretty unfathomable for a number of reasons. Started in Buffalo as a scout, I'd definitely offer him a chance to work as a consultant until the next hiring window opens.

I saw this earlier. I ugly-laughed way too hard. https://twitter.com/Pseudo_RGIII/status/886007376666669060

Maybe he was doing his best J-Lo impression - "Play my mother!@#$ing song"

Someone on Twitter (I won't post the link due to a racial slur in the tweet) said they saw Zeke "lay someone out". Supposedly the DJ at the club.

I think someone forgot that Bryce Brown still exists.

Exactly right. They might all be considered minor events but, in the future, it'll erase benefit of the doubt. At some point, if trouble keeps finding you, the problem is you.

Pretty much.

It's still better than watching people discuss Teddy

Honestly, as much as this might seem like the old man ranting about how everything was better in the past, there's some merit to this. Given the rule changes to assist the passing game, it's never been easier in the NFL to get more from less in terms of QB production. I think it's why you've seen guys like Trevor Siemian look 'not abjectly terrible' in a starting role. I watched the guy at Northwestern a few times and I laughed at him getting picked in the 7th. My favourite statistical comparison between eras is behemoth of Buffalo, Jim Kelly vs the much-maligned king of my heart, Jay Cutler. Kelly - 60.1%, 221.7 yards per game, 5 TD%, 3.7 INT%, 84.4 passer rating. Cutler - 61.9%, 233.6 yards per game, 4.6 TD%, 3.3 INT%, 85.7 passer rating. I'm signing my death warrant with this, I realise

Options are a good thing to have, no doubt about it. If they end up with their own pick being top-12 and the KC pick being top-20, that gives them a bunch of routes to go down. If everyone with hype does declare, there's a realistic chance that there's 4-5 guys that have the look of being in that 1st round conversation. Having two picks gives them ammunition to move up if they desire. Using what seems to be the conventional pick value chart, Buffalo having #12 & #20 is enough to get the 4th pick fairly comfortably (provided we can get a partner to dance with). I think Darnold comes out and he's #1, you don't have that hype this early unless GM's think he's special. As I said earlier in the week, his trajectory keeps going up and maybe he really is that special. As 34fan has said, at least in NFL circles, there's probably a dropoff between Darnold and the rest in terms of perception. The rest of the class either have experience and some flaws (Rudolph/Falk) or there's untapped potential in guys like Allen, Rosen. With so much to unfold over the next few months it's hard to be certain but, having looked at a bunch of QB's over the summer, I'd probably rather be in the situation of having these picks and having the options than being KC with Mahomes and no 1st rounder. I guess in terms to that trade at this point - advantage Buffalo.

We should probably re-visit the idea once preseason starts, start a thread, drum up interest. I'd be game. I mean, I'll get annihilated but I'm game.

On 3 occasions last season, my fantasy team had more points on the bench than in my starting lineup. I don't need anyone else to beat me

I'm going to avoid talking in absolutes about him for now. Still got a few games from last year to watch and the early reports on that shoulder sounded career-threatening. I'm still not sure about the off-field stuff. There's been some crap out of UCLA on a few high-profile guys and I'm not convinced it's not coming from Jim Mora. My disdain for him and Brian Kelly knows no bounds

I've taken a look at Josh Rosen's 2015 games. Colour me intrigued so far. Quite a few parallels between him and Kizer last year. Better than the stats would suggest, capable of doing everything both mentally and technically but the process speed hampers him (Rosen takes sacks as badly as Mahomes did). They're both stuck under coaches that I think are utterly idiotic. I think Rosen's ceiling is ridiculously high. Like I felt with Kizer, I think he can hit that ceiling as well.

Allow me to plug my pal Mocker on the fantasy football subject. He wrote this about Le'Veon Bell last year and I think the principle holds up for Zeke. Thank me later. http://rotoviz.com/2016/07/bong-hits-for-cecil-and-harambe-3-reasons-im-still-drafting-leveon-bell/?hvid=VCG4l

Cousins has far outperformed my expectations for him coming out of Michigan State. His statistical output has earned him the right to be asking for the kind of price tag people have been talking about with him. Whether I like him or not, a lot of contract negotiation comes down to numbers. It's why more than half the teams employ PFF to handle advanced stats. Quite where I'd put him in the pantheon of NFL signal calls, I'm still not sure. I'm a big believer that at QB, "good enough" probably isn't actually good enough when it comes to the second contract. If I feel that, as I do with Cousins, that you need to supply him with an array of talent just to get the play he's produced in the past two years, he's going to risk handicapping your ability to flesh out your roster once you start paying him a significant chunk of your cap. We've seen the same thing happen with Andy Dalton & Joe Flacco recently, I believe that something similar is starting to unfold with Alex Smith as well. Bottom line, good on him for holding out for the best deal possible. Every player should do it. Would I pay him $25m/year? Not even with someone else's money.

Barring some kind of miracle, the 49ers won't have anywhere near the offensive personnel that Washington had last year. I can't wait until Kirk gets exposed Also, as a Desean Jackson fantasy owner last year, dude can't throw a consistent deep ball for his life.

At least our starting LG only racially abused his.

I think it's more about a collective piece of the pie. Using the salary cap numbers for the NBA and NFL from 2016, the NBA salary cap total was around $2.83bn and the NFL total was $4.97bn. I should point out, I'm not a basketball guy, not a clue on the luxury tax line so correct me if my numbers are a bit off. Given that the NFL is bringing in roughly 2.7 times the revenue of the NBA, they might be able to fight a case for getting a larger slice of the revenue. Even despite the disparity with NFL players only playing one way and NBA players going both ways, there's precedents sets with events like Wimbledon that pay men and women equally despite not playing the same number of sets per match. It should be an interesting CBA negotiation upcoming.

Revenue totals for the biggest major sporting leagues worldwide in 2016.

I do like me some hunky white dudes. Trey Flowers is a good looking fella and I wouldn't kick Devin Lucien outta bed

Say what you will about the Patriots but they probably have the most aesthetically pleasing offensive personnel in the league. Edelman, Amendola, Hogan, Gronk, Brady, Garoppolo.

Because he's dreamy.

The league really is going soft.