dave mcbride

Um ... you're wrong. It's not a bad term; it's meant to refer to mountains separate from the chains they're in, and particularly mountains outside of (i.e., free of) chains (i.e., volcanic mountains). Those ones are by definition "free-standing." It's not that uncommon of a term.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/03/18/john-elway-was-willing-to-let-matt-paradis-walk-because-of-ankle/ I had a feeling people might have been worried about his injury status given the way things went down. He got a significantly smaller contract than Morse.

I’m gonna give JT one-quarter credit for each practice squad year!

Catching up to JT O’Sullivan! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._T._O'Sullivan

Still has a ways to go to catch up! https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mlb.com/amp/news/baseball-players-who-played-on-the-most-teams-c282859016.html

It’s actually a supremely meaningful stat for a d-lineman, but whatever. I don’t have a dog in this fight with regard to the player, although I do care about assessing measures of production.

There's a reason he and Hunt were underdrafted relative to their talent. This is it. As I said above, there's a reason they were draft bargains.

Trevor Lawrence won't be available until the 2021 draft.

I like the term "message board myth." That should be copyrighted.

As a former Courier Express morning paper boy (for multiple years), I can assure you that the weather in December in Buffalo sucks.

Suh has actually been a very good player the last few years. He was hardly the reason the Miami defense struggled, and I have no idea why Gase got rid of him. He was the best player on that unit in 2016, his last year there, although Wake had a good season too. He also mostly dominated the o-linemen facing him in the playoffs this past season. Not sure what games folks are watching with regard to Suh. When he faced off against the Bills while in Miami, he was rag-dolling the man across from him regularly.

I like Beane, but it’s *highly* unlikely that anyone will ever top Polian. He deserves his HoF status regardless of whatever he’s said in his later years. If Al Edwards makes a block, he has two rings.

He’ll be fine.

My understanding is that he played pretty decently inside last season. Still, not great production given where he was drafted. This is a pretty good read: https://www.ninersnation.com/2018/10/26/18025500/solomon-thomas-49ers-fix-better-interior-edge-3t Also: http://www.espn.com/blog/nfcwest/post/_/id/131919/49ers-trying-to-find-best-use-for-solomon-thomas-arik-armstead

I said it a little while ago and I'll say it again - my strong hunch is that he's figured out that he basically has a solid five years left as a #2. He's fine in that role.

Yes. Presumably his weight can change, but his height can't.

Why do you care? Seriously. It's not even remotely interesting whether he makes $74 million over the course of his career or $62 million. I suppose if it makes you feel smarter than Bell, then I guess there is that solace.

He has extremely strong TFL numbers, and tackling someone behind the LOS has the same functional effect on down and distance whether it’s a QB or RB.

Bell is an *incredible*, Marshall Faulk-level receiver. Honestly, who gives a flying eff about his financial situation? Whatever he did or didn’t do, he is gonna make far more than I’ll ever make and is set for life. All that matters is how he plays for the Jets. All the rest about contracts etc. is just noise.

Lol - i did actually start to type in bob hayes but changed my mind after writng “bob”!

I agree about Kroft. Long's injury, though, is a garden variety bump and bruise (we're talkin' the NFL here). I'd say the same about Morse and Johnson. A player who avoids a semi-major injury in an NFL career that stretches beyond 4 years is a rare creature. Dealing with injuries is a cost of doing business in the NFL. I'd argue that Benjamin never really recovered from his knee injury in his time with the Bills.

This ^^^.

I'm really inclined to believe Jets spinmeisters, aren't you?

Foster looks to be a genuinely good player: good hands, and really, really fast.