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SoFi was initially budgeted to cost $2.66B. It actually cost $5.5B. Extreme example, but all these things end up costing way more than the price announced when they close the deal for one. If that thing in Tennessee (which is hideous, btw) ends up costing $2.1B I’ll eat my hat. https://www.mecreeled.com/how-much-did-it-cost-to-build-the-sofi-stadium/#:~:text=The cost of the arena,constructed as of this writing.

yes trust me I get it - two entirely different cases, the intent to harm certainly wasn’t there for Ruggs - I’m just saying the optics are bad, especially considering the horrible way the woman Ruggs hit died.

Hard evidence would convince me. Do you have any of that? The NFL is an enormous operation. If anyone (refs, league officials, the Rog himself) were on the take there would be word of it by now. Until then I chalk it up to plain old incompetence.

So, a comparison just for everyone (and I’m just picking this since it happened a day before the Ruggs sentencing): Tory Lanez, a semi-famous rapper, just got 10 years for shooting a very famous rapper, Megan thee Stallion, in the foot following an argument. She’s fine now. And Ruggs kills a woman and her dog and gets a 3-10 sentence? There are a multitude of differences in the cases here (Lanez went to trial, for one) and I’m not attempting to make a 1:1 comparison here but damn, given the proximity of the announcements it sure does look really bad for those prosecutors out in Nevada that this is what they landed on for Ruggs.

yeah no that’s a loooong shot.

All driven mostly by market size it appears (with the exception of Green Bay) so no surprises here.

Saleh doesn’t come off as an extremely knowledgeable “x’s and o’s” guy in the episode, more of a hard core “players’ coach” and motivator. I don’t have a problem with him at all, and actually do kinda like him (besides the team he coaches.) Hackett on the other hand…

Most shocking thing about this was seeing how jacked Method Man still is. Good for him. Jets still suck.

beane will find someone if he has to. Probably would take a trade at this point though you’re right.

Jesus. Dunning and Kruger would like a word sir.

I think that’s the role they want for him. If he plays his way on the field for more snaps, hey, bonus. He’s not a top 3 option right now…that’s Diggs Gabe and 🤞 Kincaid. Knox and Cook out of the backfield. He’s not a prime option but injuries can and will happen - if this guy shows up that’s fantastic.

honestly no idea what to think or make of this guy yet. He’s had a great camp. Hopefully he fills out that WR3/WR4 gap and gets his numbers. His numbers basically being what he put up last year in Miami. His catch% is not great though.

Well to be fair, this whole list is voted on by current players and put together directly by the league (and broadcast on NFL network.) so the usual suspects have nothing to do with this.

That‘s a wishing well post but damn I hope you’re right.

Trolling’s not a hobby, it’s a lifestyle.

Lawrence Guy seemed extra salty, which is excellent.

Sure I can agree with that and the BUFF/KC example you gave. I really don’t think that’s indicative of QB matchups in the AFC or NFC week in week out though. I mean, the Bills in the AFC have played their fair share of humps at QB the last two years as well. Even in the playoffs (Skylar, which they were fairly close with most of that game.)

Good first attempt - looks pretty reasonable to me although just reading the tea leaves from beat reports and how he played (at times) last year I think AJE is a solid lock.

I’ve already said I do not. I think he deserves to be in the top 15, top dozen maybe. He’s only put up 1 year of solid work. He could regress. He could get even better. Who knows? But as far as this NFC/AFC thing, again, Hurts isn’t playing head-to-head against other QBs when he’s on the field, so I don’t know how that fact really affects his standing. He’s not as good as Allen, Mahomes, Burrow, maybe Herbert who knows. But those guys being in the other conference don’t affect his level of play (on an individual level) in any direct way. I’m not talking about wins/losses nor did I ever bring them up before. W/L is a team stat, not a QB metric. Hurts goes directly up against monsters like Micah Parsons twice a year, who apparently is so driven to be the best LB of all time he’s drilling his QBs in training camp. He’s facing Nick Bosa maybe in the playoffs (also on that list.)

He also boosted his comp% 5 points, had 6 ints on 460 attempts, rating over 100, etc…My point is he improved a lot over 2021 and people shouldn’t discard it. And yeah it’s a QB desert over there in the NFC right now but I can’t really ding him for that fortunate circumstance. He’s gotta go through the other teams’ defenses, not their QBs.

whatever you say guy.

Look I agree with @MJS and other that Hurts is ranked on this thing too high after only 1 very good season, but I’m just a little mystified by so many here that seem committed to giving this guy little to no credit for his and his team’s success. Sounds like a hater parade to me.

didn’t two other teams in his division make the playoffs?

also true. I mean, are current players qualified to judge their peers for something like this? Of course. Are they all completely impartial? Hell no.

Wasn’t sure I was even doing that but go ahead. I think I was making a statement about the respective rosters overall (and the perceptions of each) but you tell me what I am thinking and doing so I can jot it down 🤡