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Let's not make Carter a scapegoat here. He had nothing to do with the crash and death of two people.

Yep. We'll get ours soon enough. All the good teams in the oughts and teens won one: Indy, NE, Seattle, GB, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, New Orleans (well, except Dallas, lol).

https://nflpa.com/buffalo-bills-report-card "Overview The Buffalo Bills were ranked 9th overall in our team guide. The player respondents hold their staff in high regard. The complaints of some respondents center mostly around wanting to hire more staff to support the quality people that they already have there. For example, the nutritionist/dietician splits time between their hockey team (Sabres) and the Bills. Player respondents would like more trainers and physical therapists (PTs) in the training room to support the existing quality staff. At the top levels of the organization, the players enjoy playing for head coach Sean McDermott, and 100% of respondents believed the current ownership, the Pegula family, was willing to invest money into upgrading the facility." Complete NFL rankings: https://nflpa.com/nfl-player-team-report-cards "The Cardinals’ report card issued by the NFL Players Association says that players on the Cardinals were the only players in the league who reported having money deducted from their paychecks if they grabbed dinner from the team cafeteria or had a meal when they showed up for additional offseason workouts. [...] “The locker room does not have confidence that owner Michael Bidwill is willing to invest to upgrade the facilities, as he ranks the lowest in that category across the league,” the NFLPA says. “The responses that provide the bases for that characterization include: the worst-ranked weight room, which some players feel is a safety hazard; an outdated training room and locker room; and a policy of deducting dinner from players’ paychecks should players want to get food from the facility.”"

My friend played for the Albany Ambush in the WPFL in 2006. They made it an entire 3 games before going out of business. The players were never paid (although their salary was only $1 per year; and the players had to pay about $800 in fees to the team each year). https://masseyratings.com/14794/all

It's unlikely he falls one bit, but some initially said yesterday he wouldn't be drafted until the 2nd round after the news broke. If that is the case Buffalo should grab him at 27. Beane is done drafting choir boys. A new era has begun: build-a-bully. McD's D will now have an edge. Anything is on the table to turn the team around. KC rebuilt their OL and WR corps immediately; so will Buffalo.

Some well-respected mocks also have us taking WR's Quentin Johnston or Jaxon Smith-Njigba.

Or this! 😅

Wow...thanks for the thorough explanation and analysis. And great point about different expectations and muscle adaptation. All I would have to say is he's young; young people have always done stupid things in certain environments; and he was likely in an environment were reason and judgment are not exercised to their fullest. So, he will have to answer the charges. His draft value may drop, but I don't think it is too serious. He will go in the top 5 still. We've all done stupid things in out 20's--this is no different. Awesome. Thanks for the explanation! So, you're telling me we're drafting defense again with our first pic?!

No one is downplaying anything. Jalen Carter did not kill anyone. The other driver is responsible for racing the car in the crash. It could have been Jalen's car that crashed, but it wasn't.

The brain doesn't fully mature until 25 or so, per scientific reports: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3621648/#:~:text=The development and maturation of the prefrontal cortex occurs primarily,helps accomplish executive brain functions. Also, what is "meta"?

You're thinking like a mature adult, not a young early-20's kid whose brain hasn't fully matured. 😅

Maybe they wanted to preserve his future job opportunities and let him go in a non-negative way? Not sure.

The Hall of Fame game for August has been announced: New York Jets vs. Cleveland Browns. Kind of makes sense since the Jets have two players to be inducted. (Dallas also has two, but it couldn't be them since the AFC East plays the NFC East next year.)

Ok good point! [Hapless is a "she", btw.]

What does "when Nader" mean?

Beck Water has been registered too long to be Hapless.

Not really impressed by his predictions; no way he is the winner. As Big Turk said, he got a lot wrong, other than Jax winning the division and Seattle's record. The KC stuff: any KC fan would have said that. dpberr's prediction about Reich was dead on though, and hard to predict. Who were the six teams that tanked. btw?

Awesome list Bado! PFT's top 100 free agents: https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2023/02/27/nfl-top-100-2023-free-agents-lamar-jackson-derek-carr-geno-smith-top-the-list/ 26. Tremaine Edmunds 40. Jordan Poyer Here are their top 20: 1. Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson 2. Raiders quarterback Derek Carr 3. Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith 4. Giants quarterback Daniel Jones 5. Eagles defensive tackle Javon Hargrave 6. Commanders defensive tackle Daron Payne 7. Chiefs offensive tackle Orlando Brown 8. Bucs cornerback Jamel Dean 9. Eagles safety Chauncey Gardner-Johnson 10. Bengals safety Jessie Bates 11. 49ers offensive tackle Mike McGlinchey 12. Eagles cornerback James Bradberry 13. 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo 14. Raiders running back Josh Jacobs 15. Giants running back Saquon Barkley 16. Vikings defensive tackle Dalvin Tomlinson 17. Eagles linebacker T.J. Edwards 18. Rams linebacker Bobby Wagner 19. Patriots receiver Jakobi Meyers 20. Bucs linebacker Lavonte David

Agree. But with EJ and Tyrod throwing to him, he would have left after his first contract.

Now I don't like these renderings! LOL.

That fake Derrick Henry to Buffalo trade posted here by someone (and now deleted) got me all amped up...and now I am having trouble calming down for the evening. [I didn't want Henry anyway, but still, it was big news. Why aren't people like him banned from twitter?]