silvermike

I don't think there's information to be known; my best guess is that Chan Gailey doesn't know who he wants to start, and probably won't until he gets all these guys into camp.

What's really lingering out here for the NFL is that there's absolutely no doubt that football is a heck of a lot more dangerous than marijuana.

14 tickets?

That's the operative language. If you've got an elitist attitude and a selfish personality, well, you've gotta have the goods on game day. Jim Kelly was cocky son-of-a-B word, but he had all-world talent and earned it. Losman/Grossman, um, less so. That language basically means the same as this, from earlier: If it works, you're a swaggering winner. If it doesn't you're a 'hole. Couldn't tell you which he's going to do.

I'd be shocked if Tebow lasted until the 5th round even if all 32 coaches agreed he had no more than Van Peltian ability at QB. Some owner would make it happen in the 3rd, 4th at the latest.

The problem with a preseason test-run is that virtually no preseason games go into overtime, since coaches don't want to play them anyway, they always ignoring chances for game-tying field goals and go for 2. It's too bad the NFL doesn't have a minor league to try it out in. I think the NHL worked out the shootout/OTL system in the AHL.

I mean, on the other hand, the bottom line is this: College is a fun time to experiment, and I don't begrudge anyone a weed habit. But if you're a top round pick, you're probably a decade away from being 32, retired, and with a net worth of $15M. The most you'll have to work is helping out your old high school team, and you can stay lightly baked for 40 years.

"Doesn't wear a headset" is on the list of minor issues Bills fans have projected to account for all our problems. See also "wears gloves," "from California," and "Texas graduate"

Certainly true of the OLBs, does it apply to the ILBs? I honestly don't know the answer.

I think it was #1 in the conference, but that's none too shabby.

I believe that ends the game. An onside kick counts as a change-of-possession. Seems like an unlikely tactic, but that would be one hell of a balls-out play to win the game.

Of course. As a member of the general public, it'd make me less likely to watch the games. As a player, I'd advocate changing the policy - take it up with the NFLPA or something. But as a GM, I'd mark down players who risked league punishment, no matter how stupid the underlying charge was. I'm not saying I'd zero them out altogether, but it lowers their value both because there's an actual risk of losing games to a suspension and it generally shows an inability to manage the rules. I might admire a player who followed Thoreau's prescription to disobey an unjust law - I might even call him and congratulate him - but it still would hurt his draft stock in my eyes.

I have no moral objection to marijuana and I don't begrudge these guys a few puffs when they're in college and all the rest. BUT: the issue here is that these guys know they've got millions of dollars at stake and could lose it if they screw this up. That alone makes me question anyone who ignores NCAA/NFL drug policy. This would go just the same if the NFL instituted 4-game suspensions for drinking Pepsi products instead of Coke. I wouldn't want anyone who broke the rule.

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Differential.

Good numbers work: as a thought, maybe you should add sacks in as incomplete passes? They're at least another type of failed pass attempt.

I kind of wish they'd just bring Josh Reed back for one more season. There doesn't seem to be too much in the way of demand for his services, so he'd be cheap. Work on a one- or two-year deal, keep him in the slot, and worry about it down the road.

How highly rated is Lynch? People seem more interested in dumping him for a middle round pick then naming him the franchise all-star. And virtually nobody thinks he's better than Fred Jackson. I mean, if you think he's rated as a replacement player and is actually a UFL player, then fine, but I don't think he's thought of that highly.

Three in the third round is almost certainly wrong. I think it's three in the 7th. It's sort of written that way, you go down the list and Schefter typed three and accidentally stayed with it and wrote third.

Just starting now? I need to know how long I have to steal their transmitter. Just to be safe, I'd like it taken care of by the two minute warning.

I mean, we had Bryan Scott playing linebacker for a while in there, so it wasn't far from being a 4-4 defense last season. But generally, what you're doing there is really selling out against the run and daring the offense to pass. If the other team has two marginally talented WRs, you're going to have to leave one in single coverage AND leave a linebacker on a tight end. When the other team comes out in a jumbo package, it could work, but not as a base D.

I'd say he's a bust the moment he actually loses the job to Anderson. Right now, he's just extremely risky. But losing your job to a Kurt Warner doesn't make you a bust. Trent Green was not a bust. Warner came in and played himself into the Super Bowl and perhaps even locked down a bust in Canton. But that's over now. It's Leinart and Anderson. He's got only one chance left.

I thought this was going to be some Belfast thing.

Would you accept a 2011 first from Jacksonville if they want our #2 to take Tebow?

Cadaver's vertebrae? So the worry is that Edwards is a Frankenstein?