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I'd just like to point out here that there's some cause-and-effect blend here. Burrow is essentially what Flacco was - a classic pocket QB who makes his living (as others have said) by reading the D pre and post snap and understanding exactly where to go with the ball, and being wiling to stay in the pocket and take a hit to deliver it. He's usually toward the top of the league in sacks taken, with most everyone else being rookies or young players. That's the reason he's always hurt. If his O-line isn't up to snuff, he's going to get hit - a lot.

What are you basing the comment that he "slid" on draft day on? I did a bit of digging and he wasn't draft profiled on NFL.com that I can find - usually they profile guys that are expected to go in the 1st 4-5 rounds. A couple profiles I found slotted him as a 5th to 6th round selection.

I hope so for his sake

He got a signing bonus of $285.356 and that's all that was guaranteed. Like many late round draft picks and UDFA, he probably has a "split contract" clause in his contract that lets the team pay him less while he's on IR, typically something like a 45% pay cut. So instead of $568k he'll get $312k. Total for year, $597. There are still a lot of young people who would like $600k for a year's work, plus medical and life insurance. The problem, as you say, is that these kids had to be pretty single-minded about pursuing their dreams to get here. So it's very difficult to pivot.

Beane slept in?

That last was exactly my thought. If you're not going to disclose something out of respect for the player, then don't disclose it. Sheesh, McDermott. Asked the Google machine and found this: https://www.itnonline.com/content/nfl-prospects-undergo-medical-screening They mention 300 draft prospects getting screened. ~250 players get drafted. Now whether all 300 get MRI exams of their neck and spine, can't say, but clearly MRI is a tool that's used during the pre-draft process and used not uncommonly, if this company provides "several dozen" medical imaging systems for the comprehensive medical exam that's part of the pre-draft process.

There was a Bills player (not regarded as particularly cerebral) who being interviewed by Dunne about a concussion which left him lying on the field initially unable to move. Dunne asked if he thought about retiring. He said "no". "Why not? Why take that risk?" The player asked Dunne if he'd had a concussion. Dunne said , "actually not too long ago, playing basketball in a rec league". Player said "You took the risk of a concussion for a game you played for free. I'm taking the risk for over a million dollars to set up my kids and my family for life." Dunne pretty much had nothing to respond to that.

this is all true, but you note that the NFL's idea of "specific as possible" is "neck" not details of what exactly is wrong with the neck

The beginning is pedestrian. The end though.... https://www.facebook.com/reel/1060910936032326

Dude, this take is bizarro. I can't even. Go look up snap counts for this season and last season. It is true that McDermott believes in defensive line rotation, but on the back end, starters play every snap except for injuries. There is no "platooning" Go to Pro-football-reference or someplace and look it up. Last year, when Bishop played early in the season against Baltimore (due to an injury) and next week vs Houston, he did not look good. He had a terrible, no good, very bad day. We can infer that at that time, he was not the best player at his position on the team. Toward the end of the season I thought he showed flashes, but he still got badly abused against KC in the AFC Championship game. Because a player is looking good now, in his 2nd season *where he went into the season as the starter and has played >98% of the snaps except when injured or when starters were taken out*, we can not infer he was "the best player on the team" in his previous year.

That would be nice ? Chiefs were 5-3 coming into the game. Are you thinking because they beat up on the Lions, Commanders and Raiders? The Lions seem just OK this year and the Commanders and Raiders are bad. Last night's game with the Seahawks and Commanders was boring. Our D did manage to make Mahomes look pretty bad though.

Is it just me, or is having Poyer back there making a difference as far as people being in the right place doing the right thing? I know he's lost about 5 1/2 steps but

This was my thought too.

Could be done for next year too.

This was my thought. Only I wrote it "Think of De Feat"