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I don't know if Beasley meant it as a shot, but if so, I don't see how he can have aimed it at Brady. That would be "football dumb", to base something on 13 snaps. I don't think Beasley is "football dumb". Didn't Beane say that Beasley is someone who "wears his heart on his sleeve" IOW someone who lives in the moment and just reacts? I think @BADOLBILZ has it right that he may be someone without a lot of "emotional intelligence", who can't understand the potential impact of his public words beyond the immediate point he wants to make, a "cant see the forest for the tree I'm focused on" type. So he wanted to praise the Texas QBs, in part because he lives in Texas and would like a job next season in Texas. He literally didn't see that the words he chose "by far", would be taken as a shot on other QBs he's played with.

I agree with the rest of your post. I think Allen needs to learn there's a time to be a jokester and a time to get in a guy's grill; there's a time to lighten it up, and there's a time for "when things look grim, be the Grim Reaper". I think he's got his own leadership style, but he also knows has room for improvement as a leader, and he knows it. With this idea of a shot on Brady though, that would be dumber than I think Beasley is if so. Beasley played ~900 snaps with Romo He played ~1800+ snaps with Prescott He played ~ 2100 snaps with Allen He played 13 snaps with Brady So if he thought 13 snaps is a sound basis for comparison, he's dumber (in a football sense) than I think he is. I don't think it was meant as a comment on Brady.

He's supposed to be very smart - about football. His problem is apparently believing this high degree of football intelligence evidently carries over to other aspects of life. I think in this case, his purpose was simply to give props to Dak and flatter CJ Stroud in the hope they would maybe express interest with their teams in bringing him into training camp. I don't think he realized the implications of his words or how they could be taken as negatives, both against other QBs he's played, with and ultimately - against Dak himself when he responded that Allen was the "most physically talented". As BadOlBilz said in the post you quoted, nothing good can come of rank ordering the players you've played with. It's sort of like Yiddish, where I've been told by good authority that it's almost impossible to give a pure and unambiguous compliment. If you say that a woman is pretty, you apparently imply that she has no brains; if you say that she's smart, you apparently imply that she isn't good-looking. If Beas was trying to butter up Dak saying he's the best leader of the QBs he's played with, with unmatched huddle presence, he kind of tarnished that now by implying he's not that physically talented.

This is a worse take than thinking mint jelly is best on toast. The Bucs had the #3 offense for points and the #2 offense for passing yards the year they won with Brady. #28 rushing offense. Clearly their offense had a strong role in getting them there, and specifically their passing offense - which means Brady. He got them to the NFC Championship Game that year. The only game where you can say the Bucs got there in spite of Brady, was the Conference Championship with Green Bay. Brady threw three picks, and was helped out by ticky-tak penalties against GB's secondary, at the worst time. I thought Green Bay shoulda won that but they just couldn't close the deal. And yeah, the Tampa D and their run game carried the day against KC. So Brady got them there, no question. Then the refs, the run game, and the D closed the deal.

Where did he say all that?

how many comp picks to the patriots?

Your link is weird, but I doubt the tree is disturbed or injured by his acts. On the other hand, I followed this link: https://nypost.com/2023/06/14/penn-state-professor-themis-matsoukas-accused-of-performing-sexual-acts-with-his-dog/ All I can think of is, did someone rescue the poor dog?

describing yourself, when ya post just to say that? I'm still not sure what Cooper meant by calling Dak Prescott "the black Kirk Cousins", could you explain?

I'm not quite sure what that means? Like I said elsewhere, sounds more to me like he is lobbying for a spot with the Texans. The Cowboys seem to be pretty set at WR. Who do the Texans have except 30 yr old Bobby Trees?

Michael Lombardi supposedly said it on his podcast a while ago. The question is, how did Michael Lombardi acquire this "inside scoop"? Then there's this: "In September 2017, Mike Lombardi made headlines by criticizing Philadelphia Eagles coach Doug Pederson: "He might be less qualified to coach a team than anyone I’ve ever seen in my 30-plus years in the NFL."[28] Pederson would lead the Eagles to their first Super Bowl championship later that season." Did your source ever get back to you with any insight on what exactly the issue was with Diggs? Apologies if you said something and I missed it.

I think two go together - the decision is to have a relatively short session at St John Fisher where most of it is open to the public, followed by moving back to Highmark and having practices closed. Yes and explained here All fans attending this year's sessions will be required to obtain a mobile ticket, which will be available free of charge at buffalobills.com/trainingcamp. Note it says "will be available", I don't see any indication there that they're available yet.

Why do you say that? Lots of people critique various aspects of Josh's play on the regular.

Actually, my guess would be "Houston, would you please please please invite me to training camp?" Dallas has CeeDee Lamb, Brandin Cooks, Michael Gallup, then last year's 3rd rounder Jalen Tolbert who didn't do much last year but I'm sure they hope for, plus Dalton Schultz at TE and this year's 2nd round TE Luke Schoonmaker Houston has Bobby Trees and who else? More scope for Beasley in Houston. Also, I think working with Dak and Josh, he got used to working with rookies who would listen to what he said and even defer to him. I think Tom Brady wanted receivers who would listen and run the routes as he wanted them to and that didn't go over too well with the Bease-meister. I actually have had the same thought. There's a time for cracking jokes and keeping it light. There's also a time for firing up and getting feisty.

Well, he says right there in his tweet "Dak's huddle presence is something that can't be taught", so I guess there is nothing Allen could do to reach that level.

consider coordinator and play caller, not same thing. Teams may have coordinators and their coach still calls plays on “his” side of the ball, right? so then ask, how many defensive minded HC are there, how many offensive how many of the offensive HC call plays

We had one of the best D in the league last 2 years. We’ve been winning. I think the easy answer to your questions is that McDermott and Beane said what they meant and meant what they said. It was Frazier’s choice to step away for a season, not a polite way of firing him.

Good stuff, Thanks. Question: Riverboat Ron said at times, he had to dial back Sean’s aggression. Could you see any hints what he meant by that?

That's my question. He didn't practice today and was reported to be off to the side, working with trainers (as seen in this glimpse on the ladder). I can't find anything about whether he practiced on Day 1.

And a little glimpse of Von Miller on the ladder (and Justin Shorter) Anyone hear what the situation is with Shorter?

That's irony. Right?

I agree with you. But, strangely enough, there's this organization called "Stolen Valor" which investigates people who falsely claim all sorts of military service and military honors.

Maybe all of these player sources folks have know what's going on with Stef, but Mitch Morse doesn't know and doesn't seem too interested. He's busy. He's sure it'll get sorted, and when it does, he'll know. Full interview. Believe this was Tuesday, after practice where Diggs showed up for individual drills. https://www.buffalobills.com/video/mitch-morse-they-are-working-through-it He's asked about what the problem is. He says he doesn't understand the "full spectrum of it" which makes him "blissfully naive". "To answer your question, I don't totally know what's going on so I can't answer it, but I'm sure it will work itself out one way or another and however it does, we'll all know together"

He's insane. You heard it from Von Miller (this is from Day 1) https://buffalonews.com/sports/bills/minicamp-observations-khalil-shakir-making-push-at-wr-with-good-spring/article_0c5db51e-0a32-11ee-84bb-7fcbe2eec50c.html#tracking-source=mp-in-article Dezmon Patman sighting: I don't know about Day 1, but apparently our 6'4" 223 lb 5th round pick, Justin Shorter, spent Day 2 working on the sidelines with trainers.

Some good photos from TBN photog Harry Scull Jr:

I thought the same about Doyle, just based upon the injury and the fact that he's a Big Man and needs to build up a lot of muscle to hold the whole thing together. I hope he's not rushing it because he knows he's a "bubble player". For some reason, I thought Sherfield was older. I see that you're correct. Shakir's speed and RAC ability were never in question last season. It was his ability to read the zone defense and choose the correct route to get open that were issues. Sounds as though Harty has been making plays From Day 1: since it was a running play, I wondered if that was a mistake and it was to Nyheim Hines? Speaking of HInes, anyone hear anything about him and how he's doing? I had heard he had some drops in OTAs.