BigDingus

Sounds (and looks like) a Mormon dude I know. And given that he's from Utah, I think I'm not too far off...

But even when we had prime Poyer, Hyde & White (along with Milano & Edmunds), our D still looked the same in the playoffs. The best game they ever had against a good QB was against the Ravens in the Divisional round. The 4 losses to the Chiefs & 1 to the Bengals looked the same regardless of who we had out there, all because McDermott.

So when they inevitably do not reach their goal, what then? Do they have to lower prices or do they just wait it out? They better hope the team stays a competitor & Josh stays healthy for as long as possible (well, we all hope that), because good luck selling those PSLs if we ever hit another drought.

It does not matter. There's a reason you don't pull your season-long starter QB & replace him with the backup come playoff time. No other team is dumb enough to do that.

Eh, I disagree. No matter what kind of players we have on D, it's still coached by McD & still fails to show up in the playoffs. Would anyone say our safeties are better than prime Hyde & Poyer? Definitely not, yet they performed pretty much the same come playoff time. I'm not saying it's hopeless, but our defense has been historically bad in these last 5 losses. Whether McDermott goes heavy D in the 1st or 2nd, the end result ends up the same because he still coaches the same & goes after the same types of players. Did Ed, Groot, Basham & Elam have more impact than Hamlin, Bernard, Benford & Williams? Maybe slightly, but those 1st & 2nd round picks haven't really been much more impactful come playoff time than the picks we took later in the draft. In my opinion, might as well keep taking shots at giving Josh the best weapons possible. The offense is the only thing that really has a chance to change & improve year over year, and it's lead by our best player. In a perfect world, Josh would've been paired with a great offensive coach, then if the D isn't carrying its weight, we could replace the coordinator & start over. But we're stuck with McDermott's D no matter what. We've seen 6 years of McDermott's D suck in the playoffs, while Josh shows up. Spent a 1st round pick on Edmunds & he's just solid. Spent a 5th on Milano & he became a stud. You just never know, but I've yet to see McDermott find a huge impact player in the 1st round outside of Josh, but we've seen him do so in the later rounds.

1. Allen 2. Kelly 3. Bledsoe 4. Kemp 5. Ferguson 6. Flutie 7. Fitz 8. Tyrod 9. Reich 10. Alex Van Pelt

How does an onside kick mean a team is "getting beat the whole game?" The exact opposite could happen, and the team going for the onside kick could've been in the lead most of the game, only for the other team to go on a tear at the end. Or it could be a back & forth game, only for a team to commit a turnover & get another score behind. Maybe it's just a team wanting to surprise someone with their pants down & kick an onside kick to start the 3rd quarter. Unfortunately, you can't do that anymore under the current rules. Onside kicks have been part of the game for ages, only now they've been neutered to the point that they're practically useless.

Exactly. It doesn't really change much. Here's this from ESPN - Among other changes, the NFL plans to use its virtual measuring system to determine first downs in 2025. This wouldn't eliminate the officials who manually spot the ball and use chains to mark the line to gain. The optimal tracking system notifies officiating instantly if a first down was gained after the ball is spotted by hand. "We used this in the background last season," said Kimberly Fields, the NFL's senior vice president of football operations. "The goal for 2025 is to continue to train our techs, who are the ones who will be utilizing the technology, finalizing all of our officiating processes and procedures around virtual measurements and testing the graphics for the broadcast and in-stadium, so fans in the stadium and fans watching on television can see what we're doing. The chain crew will still be there as backup." So yeah, apparently this was already in use last year. Not sure why they insist on keeping the chain gang or all the other nonsense. Just use the concrete tracking data & stop dicking around already.

Out of all those, I do not think Rousseau is worth $23 million a year. He's good enough, sometimes, but he disappears in too many games. He's not a real force that demands constant attention. It's like Ed. Sometimes good, seems good in advanced stats, but then you don't see him do much in a lot of games.

He definitely will be a HOFer. I wouldn't be surprised if he was 1st Ballot, even if it's uncommon for OL to get that honor. He was 1st or 2nd team All-Pro 6 times and a 9 x Pro Bowler. Dude had insane longevity too. Playing OL at age 43? That's crazy.

Tee Higgins - 4 out of 5 seasons with 900+ yards, though he missed 5 games each of the last 2 years. Peerless Price - 2 out of 4 seasons with 800+ yards, though he did have that one 1,200 yard season. But to put things in perspective, Price only had 5,281 receiving yards in his 9 year career. Higgins is already at 4,595 yards in his 5 year career. I know people might think his numbers are good because he plays opposite of Chase, but he had 900+ yards his rookie year prior to Chase's arrival. Imagine if the Vikings somehow drafted Jefferson while keeping Diggs (yes, I know they used the extra pick in the Diggs trade but just hypothetically). Jefferson still would've blown up & become the WR1, but Diggs still would've been capable of being a WR1 on another team. I think this is more along those lines. Higgins isn't AS good as Chase, but he still has the talent & skillset to become a true WR1 on another team.

Exactly. This isn't about trying to give the offense more of an advantage or increase scoring, this is definitely to encourage teams actually kick the ball in play & increase returns.

I've been throwing out the idea that Micah Parsons would be a good option. He's young, not really injury-prone (though he missed a few games this past year), and has a nose for the QB. He's definitely a little over-hyped, but he would easily give us 12 - 15 sacks a season without issue.

Damn, seems others are picking up on the Micah idea too. And if Micah already thinks the Cowboys want to trade him, it might be a decent option. Though I wouldn't want to give up nearly this much for him. Also, I'm getting a bit annoyed seeing Cook in all these trade proposals. He was easily our best offensive weapon regardless of position. We pay way less impactful people more than him. Find new people to throw into these fantasy trades! 😄

How would you guys feel about trading for Micah Parsons? My friend lives across the street from Micah Parson's girlfriend & frequently talks to him when he goes over there. He told me yesterday that Parsons was saying he's preparing to be traded & thinks the Cowboys are going to be looking for picks soon. Most of the time, he doesn't talk much football & chats about other stuff, but this was one of the rare times Micah brought it up. Got me thinking, what would it take to get him, and would that be something people would even want.