dave mcbride

46.5 inches. My god. That’s just about 4 feet. Makes him taller than the tallest player in the league, basically, and certainly taller than any secondary player. He’s also 6’2” already. https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/03/18/josh-imatorbhebhe-records-46-5-inch-vertical-jump-at-illinois-pro-day/ Here’s the jump:

I think you’re missing why they went after Sanders. He is one of the best route runners in the league, and the Daboll system is predicated on obtaining windows rather than jump balling it. He is a perfect fit. The Bills are a smart organization and Daboll is smart, and they’ve prioritized vet route running over raw talent. It only led to the second best offense in the league last season and Josh Allen leading the NFL in PFR’s AV stat (their version of WAR for football). I like Brown, but I think Sanders is a measurable upgrade given what the Bills do on offense. Samuel can do certain things well (ie, run), but he can’t do what Sanders does. And I mentioned elsewhere, Sanders is a winner: playing on teams that have collectively gone 110-66 and 8-5 in the postseason plus playing in 3 SBs (and in the one Denver won he was the leading receiver in the game). Also remember the bomb that Garappolo missed that could have won the SB for SF — how, in that situation, did Sanders get behind the D? Great route running.

Um ... Fisher was going to be out for the season in the final year of his contract, and Schwartz has a major back issue. Back injuries for big men are bad news. As for Fisher, he is literally worth zero dollars in the final year of his contract. Only a fool wouldn’t cut him.

They get their best player on both sides of the ball back: Hightower. He had the best season of his excellent career in 2019. When accounting for the Pats’ “additions”, he should definitely be included (along with Chung). It’s a message board with lots of topics.

From a report the World Health Organization conducted for the Samoan government: https://www.who.int/ncds/surveillance/steps/Printed_STEPS_Report_American_Samoa.pdf. Summary prevalence data for physical measures The overall proportion of those either overweight or obese (defined as BMI>25kg/m2 ) in the survey population was 93.5% and the proportion of those with obesity (BMI>30kg/m2 ) was 74.6%. For males, 92.7% were classified as either overweight or obese with 69.3% being obese. For females, 94.4% were classified as either overweight or obese with 80.2% being classified as obese. Mean waist circumferences for males and females were 104.7cm (41 & 3/16th inches) and 104.8cm (41 & ¼ inches) respectively; both of these exceed the values of 94cm for males (37 inches) and 80cm for females (31 & ½ inches) that are considered to infer increased risk of cardiovascular disease. The total prevalence of high blood pressure amongst males in the survey population was 40.9%. The total prevalence of high blood pressure amongst females was 27.5%. The mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure was 134.1 / 83.5 mmHg in males and 125.1 / 80.0 mmHg in females.

Sounds like the real issue here is that Watson was unaware of Orchids of Asia. A trade to the Patriots could enlighten him.

I like Brown, but do you really think Brown is better than Sanders? Sanders' career is borderline elite.

Fun facts about Emmanuel Sanders: He has played 11 seasons and only played on losing teams twice (the 2017 and 2018 Broncos). Teams he has played on have a collective record of 110-66 in the regular season and 8-5 in the postseason. He has played in three Super Bowls, and in the one that the Broncos beat McBeane's Panthers in, he had 6 catches for 83 yards. Indeed McDermott probably remembers that SB performance; Sanders accounted for over half of Denver's receiving yardage and 40 percent of Denver's total offensive yardage. He was also in position to have the potentially game-winning TD catch in the SF-KC Super Bowl last season (having beaten KC's deep coverage), but the throw was out of his reach. My takeaway: Sanders is a winner who is used to winning.

Whenever I make reference to a garbage time td, I’m not talking a guy’s skills up. I know your position on him!

Um ... I think you may be missing my point. I am actually agreeing with you.

Same salary as Fitz. They're basically the same player at this point.

And it came on a play with 1:40 left in a game that the Bills won 48-19!

His time with NE is apparently up (he's not expected to re-sign), and he would give the Bills something they don't have -- an accomplished, dependable receiving back. Just a thought. I do realize he's 29 and has played a lot of snaps (428 career receptions including the postseason).

He had a rough 2020. https://arizonasports.com/story/2530833/pff-ranks-patrick-peterson-as-13th-best-cb-available-this-offseason/

Cambodia is pretty fun these days (I know a few people who have gone). Don't knock it! https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/07/travel/things-to-do-in-36-hours-in-phnom-penh.html and https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/22/travel/why-is-everybody-going-to-cambodia.html.

As I've said, Jimmy G looks like the prime target for me.

I expected him to be better than he has turned out to be. I thought he was going to be elite coming out of college, but he hasn't been. Still, he's at least pretty good now after some early career struggles. The Jets have a ridiculous amount of space. They HAVE to spend. It's the opposite of cap-starved for a handful of teams.

As I've said elsewhere, every NE draft from 2010-2015 was good to great. Not so good lately, but he's certainly had good drafts in the past.

Yeah, but the thing about NE is they're near the top for the next three years as well (click on the tabs). To be sure, the 2024 numbers aren't reliable given everything that is bound to happen between now and then, but they clearly have a plan. https://overthecap.com/salary-cap-space/

Jets and Jags. They went in with roughly the same amount of space.

Bill, they ALWAYS had a plan to go big on spending this year. They very clearly set themselves up last year to go big in 2021, and it was reported on. When the financial effect of COVID on the cap became known (which was well before the start of last season), they figured that having a ton of space this year (because more teams than ever would be up against it) would give them a competitive advantage in FA. And they're not like the Bengals; their owner isn't cheap.

Yup. Still, I'd pay the most attention to Jimmy G.

I think people need to take a look at the Pats' remaining cap space. They set themselves up for a huge buying spree this year, and this was always expected.

All of this is certainly putting to rest the happy talk on this board about players not wanting to go to NE.