Kelly the Dog

Anyone saying any quarterback does or doesn’t fit the system the Bills will be running are nuts. And wrong. We have no idea what system they will be running. I doubt McDermott, Daboll and Beane themselves have finalized an offense yet.

Methinks he’s about to get roasted.

I think it’s possible he will be back. Wouldn’t bet on it. I’ve said it here before but it’s one of the most salient points of the conversation: our offensive line sucks at pass blocking. Better quarterbacks than Tyrod are very likely to play much worse than Tyrod. Bradford, for example, would get absolutely murdered with this line. Be be careful what you wish for.

Thanks for that. Interesting. And as i thought. Not many. Only both Mannings, Brady, Brees and Rivers have made more.

I just read that Alex Smith has made $106 million BEFORE this deal. This will be his fourth long term deal, including the killing he made as the number one overall before the slotting cut the contracts way down. The $177 million dollar man. There can't be that many who have made more.

What can Brown do for you?

All but impossible. Most people don't know this but that was based on a true story.

Yeah, excellent in Deadwood. Although pretty much everyone was. Miss that show for sure.

Wouldnt that eliminate any signing bonus? i suppose they could make it a roster bonus but then you couldn't amortize it.

The Incredible Hulk.

I like, or love, Italian sausage in both link and patty form. If I had to choose one, I would say link. But a Royal Sub, which is my favorite sub ever (actually a Super Royal which has twice the sausage), uses a patty. And it is not even close to being as good with a link. And that can only mean one thing. But I don't know what it is.

I learned that three separate times in his career, Alex Smith has lost his job because his coaches wanted a new guy, including Jim Harbaugh and Andy Reid, and somehow Smith parlayed that into 71 million dollar guarantee. Ain't that 'Murica.

He's got a rag arm and doesn't react well to pressure. What's not to like?

Good thinking. That could be the 11th game. That would allow them to still say TNF. IIRC, NBC had the Thanksgiving Night game, and the year before it may have been NFLNetwork.

He's a very good actor all around. Great to see that he finally got the role of a lifetime and now getting his due. That guy and part is not only perfect for him, but he elevates it. Michael Connelly said that he has a very difficult time imagining Bosch in his books now without thinking of Welliver. High praise indeed, even if Connelly does produce and do a lot of writing on the show.

Oh, snap!!!!

Yep. It's a little confusing for a couple reasons. There are 17 TV weeks in a regular season. It looks like the first three weeks will only be on NFLN. Week 16 and 17 the NFL uses Saturdays because college is done by then. NBC (which had TNF and SNF last year, got a couple of those games, so they may lose one. It will be something stupid like Fox Thursday Night Football on Saturday Late Afternoon.) Plus, on Thanksgiving, a thursday obviously, Fox always has a game, Detroit or Dallas, but that would not be considered TNF. So it looks like they will have 10 actual TNF games and maybe an extra Saturday.

I'm not comparing the two at all. Hence the reason I didn't mention Taylor's name once or make any inference. The point is that Taylor isn't a running quarterback, he's a quarterback who can run. He's likely not good enough a quarterback to be a franchise guy but he is an NFL starter, or at least the best backup in the league. The real point was, however, that having a QB that can also run is a great thing to have as long as he is a good thrower as well. You don't only need to be a dropback guy, which is what you were inferring. You want a QB to be able to be a QB from the pocket. That is true. However, a guy is even better if he can also run.

Right. I believe it is going to be that way this coming season, too. Fox is going to produce all of the games. They will likely use their announcers. But I think that about five will not be shown on Fox. They will be, however, on the streaming service the NFL makes a deal with, if they haven't already for next year.

That was a wild game. Foreman was extremely dangerous for a few seasons.

If it is what it is it's stupid. It's not Craig's fault that the best offensive mind in the history of the game thought it was a good idea a lot of the time to throw a swing pass to him, and guys like him, instead of a pitchout. He was enormously productive from that position.

You have a call waiting from Steve Young, one of the best quarterbacks ever, simply because he could do everything from the pocket, AND run. Which made him better than all of the players who were equally great from the pocket.

Very true. But more true is the relatively few that have both in prodigious amounts.

No question that Craig deserves to be in, considering other players that are in. A terrific all around player for a decade, stats to prove it, prolific in both the run and pass game, stats to prove it, prolific in the post season in both the run and pass game, stats to prove it, and a winner. It's a no brainer, regardless of the players he played with.

Having the NFL is not really about making a profit. NBC learned that lesson a couple decades ago. They let CBS wrest away the AFC and didn't have any NFL for years. They realized how awful it was not to have the cache and the loss leaders and promos. Then had to get back in the game by grossly overpaying for a Sunday Night Package. That did, however, jettison them back in the ballgame so to speak, and then they conned the NFL into giving them the best games, which tore a monster hole into their rival, MNF. But the point is, the NFL is still the biggest thing in broadcasting.