DrDawkinstein

If it's a shootout decided by a coin flip, then I'd definitely argue removing one team's All Pro Center and putting him on the other team that has zero All Pro, or even Pro Bowl players, would absolutely affect the outcome. One more Ed Oliver sack up the middle changes everything. No. Ultimately it's on Josh. I'm saying that I believe a lot of Josh's anxiety that caused the fumble was due to knowing his IOL was getting blown off the ball all day (all season), and that he'd have to get out quick. Morse is a softer, pass-protecting Center. And by the Vikings game last year he had a bad elbow and a bad ankle. I believe with the younger, healthy, stronger, road-grading Center, Josh feels more confident taking that snap and likely doesnt fumble.

Maybe not a 1:1 "guaranteed SB" results swap ,but I absolutely believe we improve enough to leapfrog them and get much better results. Creed Humprhey was starting at Center for them in the 13 seconds game. If he isnt starting for them, and instead playing for us, maybe even a single play goes differently. I also fully believe that with Humprhey, a young, strong, healthy (non-injured) road-grader, Josh gets that snap in the Vikings game and we go on to win. And that would change the entire course of last season. I'll also add that it's only your opinion that Center is not a premium position. Getting a guy who is now an All-Pro AND Super Bowl champ is a Premium no matter where he plays. Let alone the guy who is making the protection calls and getting your QB the ball every play. So yeah, swapping those draft classes absolutely changes our fortunes. With 2 glaring examples, and probably many more.

It's a ridiculous strawman because literally no one has said they suck. Not even @ScottLaw!

According to what it says in the ESPN app, it should be on ABC across the entire country.

I definitely understand it gets way tougher when you're at the end of the round, and looking back at recent 1sts/2nds over the same time, the Chiefs didnt exactly hit any jackpots. One thing I did notice when looking back at their drafts is their willingness to trade those late 1sts for established players. Much like we did for Diggs. Their 2019 1st and 2020 2nd was part of the Frank Clark trade. Their 2021 1st was part of the Orlando Brown Jr trade. Maybe that's the trick if you are always picking in the end of the round?

I will say, with Cook, Kincaid, and Torrence all coming down the hopper, there is a chance Beane's home run average increases greatly.

Shaq Leonard, Fred Warner, DK Metcalf, and AJ Brown were all 2nd round picks. Creed Humphrey was available in the late 2nd and is a difference maker as the Center and leader of the OLine. Drafted by the Chiefs. Plenty of difference makers have been available to us in the late 1st and 2nd rounds. No one is expecting the big Top-10 type player where we pick, and it is tougher to find when picking late, but hot talent is there in the first 2 rounds, and we've consistently missed it.

So Bernard gets the Week 1 start. I wonder how far out Kirksey is from being able to play?...

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Phew! Thought this was going to be an RIP thread with that title and his recent battles. Good for Mort, I hope he has a long and happy retirement.

Yeah, "contributing starter" could just mean we couldnt find anyone better to fill that hole. Doesnt mean they are great.

The recent criticisms havent been that Beane cant draft at all, or that he wastes all of his picks. The criticisms have been that he hasnt turned his early (1st/2nd) picks into home runs. If the bar is simply "decent starter" then sure. He can fill holes, no problem. But Edmunds was lackluster when home runs like Shaq Leonard and Fred Warner were there. Ed Oliver is, well, Ed Oliver. And then there's a string of 2nd round picks that have been pretty much flops.' So this data and stat doesnt exactly refute the recent criticism on Bills drafting. It's merely looking at it from a different metric which really just lowers the bar in that discussion. I'm not much of a hindsight guy since it's too easy to go back and criticize, but on a lot of those wasted 2nds there were plenty of fans online begging to use the pick on another player, and the fan-favorite players have gone on to make major impacts to their teams while we have cut/traded guys away. More recently, Aaron Schobel. But yeah, havent been many since Bruce.

Take the amount you pay per month for cable: $100(?) Divide that by 30 days in the month = $3.33/day Divide $3.33 by the 200 channels your cable service provides = $0.016 That is your per day credit for missing a channel.

I hear ya. I would love to hear some stories about the stuff the Pouncey twins and Percy Harvin (among others) would get into. I think that is all more in line with the stuff from The U episodes. Especially juxtaposed with Tebow and his image. Would love to know more about how he handled and lead that team of bad boys as such a choir boy. The problem is, once you start digging into that darker side, where do you stop without looking dishonest, or without turning your Championship recap into another expose that players no longer want to participate in.

This was not a hard-hitting, gritty, investigation into all the dirt and scandal that surrounded the team. This is a recap and showcase of one of the most exciting college teams I've had the pleasure of watching, and all their success ON THE FIELD. And I'm fine with it. It's a football doc about football. The same way as a kid in the 80s and 90s I would watch recaps of some of the great teams from the past, and just enjoyed the exciting things they did on the field. News flash, ALL of those teams had scumbags on them as well. It just wasnt so well known and front and center as it is in these modern times. Sure, they didn't have double-murderers on them, but there were plenty of addicts, abusers, bigots, and general "not nice people" that played the game in the 60s, 70,s 80s, 90s, etc. We can have (and do have) plenty of other docu-series on all the scandals. I'd love to see one that focuses on Urban Meyer's entire career. But I also enjoy this for what it is. As someone who had recently just moved down to SEC country as Tebow and the Gators were ascending, it was a great intro to SEC football. And watching Tebow will his way to a championship is something I'll always remember. Good times.

TCU have been paper tigers since they were severely overrated last season. And they were a much better team last season. But it's still a big deal, and fun storyline, for Colorado to come in and "shock the world" like they did. They probably wont hold up against tougher/real competition. And it will be interesting to see what happens if they every need to rely on their HC to coach them into a victory. But as a casual college football fan, I'm here for all of it. I'll also say this: If Deion never wins anything as a coach but manages to get his son drafted as a top QB prospect and a chance at a $250M 2nd contract then the whole thing was worth it.

Should be watching tape

What would you do if TB said "OK, we'll give you Mike Evans for Gabe Davis and a 5th"?

Yeah, I upgraded my Hulu subscription to include LiveTV and got ESPN back so I can watch College Gameday and the other college games today. It's instant access once you click the upgrade button. Will cancel once this dispute is resolved in a couple of days.

20 years of providing my parents tech support over text messaging has prepared me for this thread.

I can see all the content PREVIEWS as well. Past episodes of PTI and NFL Live as well. But when you click to watch it, it won't let you. If you can, then you are signed in with a TV provider as well. That's how they get ya. Lure you into wanting to watch something, but then you cant. If you go into Account Settings, you'll see the ESPN app has TWO different sign-in options. "Sign into ESPN+" and "Sign into Cable Provider". Does it show you signed into a Cable Provider?

No. If all you are paying for is ESPN+/Disney Bundle then you will not get live college football, NFL Live, PTI, etc. You'll get some exclusive ESPN+ live games, usually B-sports like NHL, Soccer, smaller college sports like volleyball, baseball, soccer. But to get the content that is on the broadcast stations you have to have a cable subscription or hulu live tv subscription. Scroll down on this page to see what you get access to https://plus.espn.com/ From the FAQ:

Good call, but the NHL games were exclusive ESPN+ live content. You can get those with just the ESPN+ app, that is true. But those also arent being shown on ESPN broadcast TV. They may show MNF as ESPN+ content as well. However, I can't get, for example, College Gameday and the football games that are live on ESPN and ESPN2 this Saturday without the Spectrum login working. The Spectrum lockout has nothing to do with account sharing, they're in dispute with Disney right now.

If you only have ESPN+ (or the Disney+ package), you can't watch live ESPN events. You only get ESPN+ content like the 30for30s. In the ESPN app, you also have to log into a cable provider account in order to watch ESPN live. I know this because this is how I watch ESPN. My family shares streaming logins, and I use my parents' Spectrum account in the ESPN app. Couldn't do it without it, I've tried. @Beast sounds like you're logged into your Spectrum account on the app as well.

Great call. Forgot that it will be on the local affiliate for Buffalonians.