jrober38

I dunno, I'm really hoping the Pats go into the season happy with Brian Hoyer and Jarrett Stidham as their QBs.

Good pick for Miami. They're going to give us a much harder run for the division next year than people anticipate. They have so many picks and I think they have a really good coach. I think they'll be really good in two years

This pick will tell if Tua is going to slide due to his medical. If the Dolphins go Herbert, it means the league might think his hip isn't right. With that said, I think they take him.

Odell is a cancer. I won't be surprised if he's traded off the Browns over the next 48 hours.

Good pick. The Giants are adding good pieces. Now they need some weapons for Jones to pass to.

The Lions seem totally lost as a franchise. Like where are they going? They should have torn that thing down, gutted it and gone after the #1 overall pick next year. Trade down, stock pile picks and put yourself in a position to begin rebuilding next year.

Big mistake the Lions didn't trade down. Their roster is terrible and they have so many holes to fill.

I think the issue is that player over 30 in the NFL are mostly worthless. The guys you mentioned aren't worth anything more than late round picks, so to make that move New England might have to trade like 3 first and 3 seconds to get up that high. If it was going to happen, New England would already need to have traded into the teens. The late 20s is way too distant a jump off point to move all the way into the top 5. I think the board will come to them at QB and they'll be able to get the guy they want if they go that route in the 10-15 range and save a massive amount of draft capital.

Shocking!

We'll see. He's 25, has a family. Why mess around for a few mil extra? I don't get it, especially in a year where NFL revenues and the cap might drop.

Why? What's his upside? Maybe $5-10 mil if he waits a year to sign an extension with a few mil extra on the guaranteed money? NFL earnings may not increase this year due to COVID-19, so the cap may not go up. On the flip side if he suffers a major injury, he could see his earnings and guaranteed money on his next contract cut in half. His upside is maybe 5-10% more money. His downside is enormous if the worst happens. It's a no brainer for everyone involved to work out a new deal soon.

Exactly. Annual salary is one thing, but guaranteed money is what these players really care about. Throw him a 5 year, $85 mil extension with $46 mil guaranteed and I think he'd sign. He'd set his family up for life, and if he gets injured and blows out a knee and never returns to form he'll have protected himself.

His value will obviously be lower if he gets injured.

The US economy is just a part of the global economy. China is a mess, Europe is a complete disaster, Canada will be shut down for at least another two months because of their nanny government. Who else is there that's a major trading parter? Because the world is a mess, the US, by default, is also going to be a mess. If you're a company in the US that exports discretionary spending products, you're screwed. If you're in the oil business, you're screwed. If you're in tourism, you're screwed. If you own or work in a restaurant, you're screwed. If you're in the auto industry, you're screwed. I think people are grossly underestimating how bad this is going to be economically for the next 6 to 9 months.

Hopefully we prioritize an extension after the draft.

The economy is screwed until there's a vaccine. Consumer confidence is absolutely shot. If you think businesses being open means they'll be operating anywhere close to the way they were in early March you'll be very mistaken.

Looking at future oil futures contracts, I think it's conceivable that oil companies might be selling their product for steep losses until at least July, and possibly well into the fall. It's hard to imagine anyone but the big boys surviving this. The small operations are all going to get wiped out.

Yes. Despite their increased capacity to make more tests, there still aren't enough tests available nationwide.

The issue is there aren't enough physical tests, not that they can't analyze the tests.

I feel like I've heard numerous futures trading guides or get rich quick schemes on Sirius Talk Radio over the last few years, with the warning at the end, "Trading in Futures represents considerable risk. Trade at your own risk."

Wrong. There were like 12 exceptions. Parents and siblings of US Nationals were also allowed in.

He did next to nothing in the month of February, aside from hold rallies, fundraisers and golf.

40,000 travellers from China were allowed into the US after the ban.

Gotcha. I guess the question is how long can US oil companies go while hemorrhaging money. I imagine that only the biggest companies have the cash reserves to survive a prolonged downturn. The oil and gas service and equipment sector is going to get annihilated.

I don't think this is necessarily true. The issue is there's no where left to store oil, and no one has turned off the taps yet. That's just going to keep getting worse. Oil stockpiles are skyrocketing right now, and this is going to last a lot longer than a few months because there's too much oil being drilled right now.