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27. O'Cyrus Torrence -G Florida. If he's there at 27, he's not only the best guard in the draft, the best IOL in the draft,but most likely the best player in the draft at the bottom of the 1st. He simply stonewalled opponents in the Senior Bowl practice. People weren't getting around him and certainly weren't knocking him backward. A big hole just got filled at guard with a day 1 starter. 59. Darnell Wright - OT Tenn. "go big or go home" continues for pick 2. Big, moves well and held up very well at the Senior Bowl. The only time he was really beaten was by Will McDonald (see below). He takes over for Brown at RT unless Brown shows marked improvement over last year. 91. Will McDonald - Edge Iowa St. As painful as it using more resources on an under performing pass rushing group, there is no speed rusher outside of Von Miller. McDonald is the closest to that. He was very productive at Iowa St. despite being used as a 5 tech half the time. A wicked spin move and still learning the game. He got a really late start to football. 130. Trey Palmer - WR Nebraska. One year wonder or a breakout year at Nebraska after transferring from LSU? Take your pick. He's shown the ability to get up, including deep, at the Senior Bowl. Had the 2nd fastest top speed there, based on the GPS radar gun thingy at 21.75 mph. 139. Jammie Robinson S FSU. Liked him before this week, like him ore now. Loves to make plays no matter where he is on the field. 164. Isaiah Davis RB south Dakota St. For a bigger back in the stable. 6'0" 220 lbs who ran for more than 1500 yards last year and 15 TDs for the DII national champions. An arm tackle or a bump won't bring him down.

Well yeah, pressure changes everything, as it is today. And on 3 of KC's 4 sacks, it was no more than a 4 man rush, without so much as a zone blitz, a twist or a stunt. It was just man beating man. none of our 1st or 2nd round draft choices got near Burrow. Not that coaching is blameless for failing to recognise it...far from it. But damn, the pressure KC is putting on him isn't any imaginative scheming.

27. Broderick Jones - OT Georgia We need help on the Oline. Lucky to get him. 59. Jarrett Patterson - G/C Notre Dame. Interior help. Solid all the way around. 91. Demarvion Overshown - MLB Texas He's fun to watch. 6'4" 225lbs and a former safety. He has some misses, but he attacks. Fast and very good in coverage. 1st team all Big 12 with 96 tackles. 128. Jammie Robinson - S Florida St. He hits, he tackles, he covers, he makes plays. 135. Jonathan Mingo- Wr Mississippi. 6'2" 225, and can run. Had over 850 yards last year for the Rebels. 160. Byron Young - Edge Tennessee Juco transfer, came up the hard way. Ended up at Tennessee and became an ALl-SEC first teamer. 7 sacks last year, 12 tfls and 14 QB pressures. More speed for the outside rush, something we are seriously lacking.

Im sure Utica Club meant interior defensive linemen. Christian Wilkins, Dexter Lawrence and Jeffery Simmons were all taken in the 1st, after Oliver.

Not many could play for their own funeral. RIP Mr. Legend.

leading with the crown of the helmet, helmet to helmet hit, it wasn't a difficult call. IF someone is grabbing at a runner and happens to grab the facemask, its still a facemask. It turned out being a fun game to watch. If Leopold develops a defense, they might be competitive.

I don't imagine Morse coming back, esp. if he suffered another concussion yesterday. That easily creates the biggest hole in the OL and should be the number 1 priority in the offseason. He's the undeniable leader of the OL. I don't hate Brown as much as others, provided his back holds out. He needs help in pass pro sometimes, esp. when a team goes wide 9, but then, most OT's do. But he can move people in the run game. Its the interior that needs the most work.

Wonderful life; Joyeux Noel; A Christmas Carol...pick em on who plays Scrooge. Christmas Vacation; Charlie Brown; Pee Wee Christmas Look at that cavalcade of late 80's A and B list celebrities who pop into the Playhouse for holiday greetings

And it could just be a personality/power thing between him and Vrabel..or someone else. It happens sometimes. Kansas City is a good example. John Dorsey was fired in 2017, only a few months after creating the trade for Mahomes with the Bills. They had been to the playoffs 3 straight years at the time. The reason given was his lack of communication skills, which seemed kinda bogus at the time. But Andy Reid never answered to Dorsey, he answered only to Clark Hunt. It wouldn't surprise me if that was the situation in Tenn. Big egos in powerful positions. Often, one of them has to go.

The worst part about it,for Denver fans at least, it that everyone claimed that all they needed was a QB. And that still may be true, well along with dumping Hackett. They are still top 3 in the league in points allowed. Im sure another OC and QB could find a way to use Jeudy and Sutton. A few weeks ago, I caught a Shannon Sharpe rant about them. He went through their offense for the past 5 years, giving the points scored by each season's offense and said that with each of those offenses , Denver would be close to the top of the division and in the playoff hunt. I dont know if they could have come up with a worse trade/coaching hire if they tried.

9th. Going the "common opponent" routine can be rough, but they did beat up on Missouri worse than any SEC team did except Tennessee. And that includes Georgia. https://mutigers.com/sports/football/schedule/2022

So I was taking my car in for tires this morning, and since it was cold, I had on my slightly battered, vintage Super Bowl era Starter jacket. The manager of the Goodyear Center said, "Oh, I love that." Not the usual reaction you get when you live 1100 miles from Buffalo and only 70 miles from Arrowhead. It turns out he's from Batavia so we talked Bills, last year's playoff game and Buffalo foods for 15 minutes. OK, people behind me were getting annoyed, but screw 'em.

He did. With an incredible record in D-III. But I hope not. KU has needed a football coach since they fired Mark Mangino. It isn't a coincidence when people say..."this is the first time KU has won 4 games since 2009", that it was the Mangino era. Though its a basketball school, obviously, it would be bad to see them competitive in football. For the first time in forever, they sold out their last 2 games. In terms of contract, Leipold is signed through 2027, originally signing in 2021 with another year added this fall. There is a buy out clause going in both directions. If he's fired, he gets some money, if he goes elsewhere, KU gets some money. He gets a few million a year, but nowhere near what the bigger name coaches are getting. I don't know what the NCAA rules are as far as contacting a coach under contract with another school. I have the feeling they'd look the other way, even if it is against the rules. I could understand why the guy would leave, Im sure it would be his dream job. In that sense, it would be like when Roy Williams left KU for North Carolina. I just hope he sticks around.

I've always liked the back story for the song, as it was sung in the movie, Suicide is Painless. Director Robert Altman wanted the song to be the stupidist song ever written. He tried it himself but it wasn't stupid enough. So he asked his teenage son to write the lyrics. He did, in a few minutes. The rest is history. Altman liked to point out that due to royalties from the song, his son made exponentially more than he did for directing the entire movie. Stupid indeed.

The Bills game at Arrowhead...$260 is the cheapest seat, through Vivid Seats, which usually puts on a $30-40 administrative fee on top. For the rest of the Chiefs' games at Arrowhead, the same seats are going for between $120 and $150. It is easily the hottest ticket of the season. Last year for the playoff game at Arrowhead, we got endzones for about $100 a piece. But then, we got them in that little window 48 hours before game time where the price drops. This is the price of success, I guess.

He's really doing a nice job at Kansas so far. 3-0 start with 2 come from behind upset wins. The Houston game wasn't even that close. His offense is fun to watch and the pathetic defense is improving. Kansas has been looking for someone since they fired Mangino. Turner Gill, Charlie Weis, Les Miles, etc. They have him for 5 years, including this year. He's going to move on after that and move to an elite program.

Would any player really want to be in Nick Saban's locker room right now? I have the feeling he had them running wind sprint on Texas' practice field before he let them in the locker room.

I ain't got nothing to say, but they do.

I just love the quote on his draft profile from NFL.com Sources Tell Us "Better person than player and he is a hell of a player. You have to make your focus all the things he does well because he's going to keep doing them as a pro." -- Personnel director for AFC team

Every Pass and Run from him last night. IDK..there are times he might have stayed in the pocket a little longer, but to me, for the most part, his Oline wasn't doing him many favors. He took one sack outside the tackle box that he should have thrown away, but there were also times when he avoided a sack that few QB's could. I thought he showed decent accuracy on the run and nice touch. He's a rookie in his first playing time. I've seen far worse from rookie QB's in that situation.

Miller was indeed a stud in college. When teams in the then Big 8 actually played defense, he had good games vs Nebraska, Oklahoma and Missouri. When his career ended, he had the 4th most rushing yards in NCAA history. It was the end of the OJ era and he was traded to the 49ers that year. I wanted the BiIls to draft Miller as the heir apparent to OJ, (OJ lite). And they did. And...he failed. I can still remember an older cousin coming to visit after being away at college and asking, "How's the new guy Miller doing?" My dad and I both said, "He's not exactly setting the world on fire." Yeah, he had 1000 yards his rookie year, but fully 1/3 of those yards came in 2 late season games against 2 of the worst run D teams that year. There was a reason they drafted Cribbs in the 2nd round in 1980 and a reason Cribbs took over from the get go. History would be repeated a few years later when TT was drafted in the second...and took over the running duties from former 1st round pick Ronnie Harmon. Miller was more of a No Year Wonder than a One Year Wonder. I think he was more worried about his banking career than his football career.

Yeah, as soon as the article had Kingsbury at #4, you can stop reading. As they were getting blown out by the Rams in the playoffs, the network put up stats on his record after week 7, (both NFL and college) and it was striking. As bad as Kyler Murray was playing in that game, I almost think they put it up to say, "Hey, this isn't all on Kyler Murray". His second half of the season record isn't something that makes someone a great coach. And most certainly not No. 4 in the NFL.

Why fighting or trying to outsmart squirrels is a losing battle: My power went out three times this week. Three power outages, three dead squirrels. My nephew sent me the video today after the latest squirrel suicide. Most might have seen it already, since it has 90 million views, but it is incredible to watch. Luckily, there is enough bird life in my back yard that I don't need bird feeders.