Richard Noggin

It's important to always be like this, yeah? Guy seemed like a solid, physical, replacement-level DT to me, which is important long-term if Jordan Phillips is initially in your starting top-4. Gotta dive deeper into analytics and especially subjective film study to identify gems at the bottom of the depth chart. Can't be lazy/arrogant and rely on snap counts and tackle totals, of course, for prospective depth and PS candidates. That would be silly af.

100% what I thought of when reading @BuffaloBillyG's assessment. Can either of you compare that to Evans for my uninformed self (giving me a comparison across unified evaluation)?

Say...more?

Wish there was a contemplative reaction emoji, like a "hmm" reaction. I don't love the 1st paragraph, but I might like the 2nd paragraph very much?

Which is also super dangerous. Extreme acceleration and extreme braking are both difficult for normies in normal vehicles to react to safely. I get the appeal. In my teens I drove muscle cars, supercars, and foreign touring/rally cars. It's so easy to get yourself or someone else into trouble faster than they or someone else can react to safely. I had enough sense (and good fortune) not to make a big mistake. My worst driving moments were actually with VERY utilitarian rides, oddly enough. Less focus, maybe? I'm rambling.

Nothing in this post explains how Metcalf intakes enough calories overall and proteins more specifically to sustain his extraordinary mass. The diet DOES make SOME sense for keeping his body fat under effing 5% or whatever insanity it must be, given his cardio output and that he's not relying on pre-shoot/show dehydration to look shredded. But no way does this abbreviated, amateur diet allow for enough calories going IN without some other kinds of supplementation (going off the vague diet parameters and the very specific physical traits of this particular athlete). He's too monstrous (while being so active) to be on a natural, restricted calorie diet/regimen, is my own amateur couch analysis.

Don't thirst trap me. Provide a little more actual context and original thought so I can make an informed decision to click on that link or not.

REALLY difficult to poke holes in this particular comparison. Not sure I've seen it framed this concisely.

Interesting, and obviously you're not the only one saying this. But we've got Johnson and Hamlin playing safety, a four man rush that just does NOT get pressure, and everyone is criminally exhausted. So the QB knows exactly what he's seeing, his linemen have the advantage against overheated big men, and the receivers are on the same page with their QB on top of the home field advantage. Gotta disrupt that somehow.

They singled him with White in the RZ later in the season and got burned (guess you could argue the safety should have been there to disrupt the inside leverage Hill chose on that play, but like all things we're just fans who don't really know who to blame or congratulate for any single play).

But all the MORE REASON TO ATTACK and make their jobs easier/more defined. When you've got elite talent on the field, you can afford to let your guys just beat their guys straight up. But when you're fielding backups and exhausted starters, it makes sense to help them out a little. It's not about the results as much as it's about the tactics, in a discussion like this.

That's a diet for a normal person trying to stay/get lean (minus the candy lunch). An elite speed athlete who burns SO many calories in a day wouldn't be able to maintain so much mass like Metcalf does without untold daily supplements and substances. I believe MANY young guys in the league have terrible diets, especially the guys with the hummingbird metabolisms, but they don't get or stay so ridiculously yoked while also being in NFL WR condition. At least, not without lots of unreported additions to the published diet (not all necessarily prohibited, but seriously, come on).

Never meet your idols/heroes.

McGovern for Martin, straight up. Well played, Beane.

Actually, yes. Kinda just like those guys, but without the plus physical traits (although I question if Dak has any plus traits at this point...never forget him being called the "black Kirk Cousins". Hilarious.)

The obvious counter to this irrefutable evidence of Cousins essentially being a top-10 QB during this golden era of passing offenses is the question: "So what?" His numbers are solid, but to what end? Has he put the team on his back to win the "big" games? Has he been transcendent under duress? In some ways, he has. But like in regular season ways, in 1pm ways, in home ways...he's mostly thought of as the ultimate stat-padder. Prolific, but only statistically. (He HAS orchestrated some impressive comebacks, no doubt.)

The issue with that blanket tactic of "throw a 1:1 sideline 9-route" on heavy pressure 3rd-and-shorts is not that it's completely misguided, as it was the right read given the play calls and the defensive attacks...it's that Dorsey seemed not to anticipate such heavy pressure schemes and therefore design in and correctly time some comebacks, outs, digs, slants and crossers as pressure man-beaters. He, like Daboll before him, seemed to be stuck on a specific and rigid plan even when it didn't always match the moment.

SUPER incomplete analysis, as while the author casually mentions the looming potential deals for four young Cincinnati stars, he never really accounts for that absolute train-on-the-tracks inevitable cap collision because they're all looking only for 2nd deals (they're young)? Their ages won't diminish the cap implications and required sacrifices elsewhere. But I guess it will likely mean those sacrifices are smart and sustainable due to the on-field value such prime-aged players should provide...

Does anyone see a world in which the Chiefs do NOT re-sign Chris Jones? I don't, but what do I know. He ain't exactly young, and he definitely wants a MONSTER deal. Does he want that deal this offseason? (I genuinely haven't followed closely enough to know; sure it's out there.) To my eye, his game could continue to flourish in his 30s as it's more about length and strength than it is about speed and get-off (although he excels there, too). He is KC's only defensive superstar innit, so losing doesn't seem necessary. But it could be smart in 2 or 3 years... We all know Mosley won't be there under his current contract numbers. Right?

My guess is there ends up being a legal agreement/sum of money that magically allows Gruden to live with himself without burning it down. But I sure hope not.

I love this thread and everyone who has kept it alive and THRIVING until I could finally find it.

When I was 12 years old?

Skipped ahead from bottom of page 1 to last page...I'm hoping more posters have since explained that while the experience of living through 4 consecutive SB runs (I was in grades 7-10) was amazing, the end result was trauma and fatigue, especially when the historically relevant, but ultimately futile, era was eventually terminally punctuated by Trace Armstrong in the 1998-99 wildcard game, and finished off by Frank Wycheck and Kevin Dyson in the wildcard round the following season. A legacy of devastating collapse. After Rob Johnson successfully led them down the field to kick the go-ahead FG, and my best friend at college (not much of a football fan) asked me "That's it, right? They did it?" I said, "Nothing's over, yet" like some kind of cynical Rocky Balboa. I partially expected the improbable, unprecedented kickoff coverage collapse. The Bills had broken my heart before any girls really got to it back in 7th grade. They'd continued to build me up and let me down throughout my teenage years (like exactly years 10-20). I don't understand how peers of similar age walked away without incredible damage.

Mostly I agree with this simple comparison, but then again...simply showing up for these practices is not evidence of a deeper, more focused grind and dedication to improvement that will actually net results. I'd rather read about Allen immersing in a few weeks of Jordan Palmer's QB camp, working on specifically-identified facets of his game. He might still be doing that each summer, but I haven't seen it this summer (and maybe last?). Likewise, I don't mind if Stefon Diggs adheres to whatever private, off-season regimen has allowed him to rise to excellence and remain at that level for years.

I never criticize specific players for skipping voluntary "off-season" team activities. It's been collectively bargained, and it's their right to be elsewhere. Full stop. However, I can empathize with those fans/pundits who DO criticize players for missing voluntary training, as it's easy to see how incredibly well-compensated they are especially in light of how many bargained days they have "off" each year. I'm sure the specifics are available online, but assuming NFL players officially "work" 6 days a week from August through January (or 6 months total starting in late July but usually ending in early January): that's roughly 156 days of mandated, on-site work. And we know that's a liberal estimate, given bye weeks and other breaks. (I'm avoiding the reality that serious, successful NFL players probably "voluntarily" choose to "work" (train) a little bit (2-3 hours) 6 days a week, almost every week of the calendar year.) For comparison, the most days off I can think of for "normal" citizens is probably teachers, who around me, have bargained roughly 185-190 calendar days of work. So an additional month of on-site work days, and for approximately 1/10th-1/20th the salary at best.