DrDawkinstein

Watson's response, about as expected: Cmon, Deshaun. You have 230 Million guaranteed reasons to not play. I dont blame you.

He only signed up because he thought the game was in Tampa near his retirement home. Going to go right from the field to the shuffle board tournament. Margaret better not eat all the cucumber sandwiches before he gets there this week!

Good call. Or a Sheppard/Hughes trade as well. Any recent 1st round DTs that arent active?

Anyone able to confirm a wellness check on @Mark Vader?

Side note: It's absolutely CRAZY to me that we need to defend criticizing NFL Owners and convicted/settled deviant players. But not surprising since accusations of racism and/or sexual assault always trigger a large portion of TBD members. Which is very telling. This was a thread to laugh at the situation the Same Ol Browns have gotten themselves into yet again with Billionaires blowing millions of dollars on bad decisions. No one here needs defending. End of the day, Haslam, McNair, and Watson are and always will be in much better situations than any of us. Enjoy the schadenfreude while we can.

McNair (Bob) got in some heat with his "dont let the prisoners run the jail" line when referring to players. Cal certainly isnt the worst of the owners, but none of them are that great. Most are scumbags in one way or another. Even our own fracker. His association with Tony Buzbee when all this Watson stuff hit still reeks of retribution, even if it did help bring the abuse to light. It seemed like Cal was happy to sit on that info, and even help Watson, until he needed it for leverage. And his love of Easterby always gave me the creeps.

What about it? Up to you and each individual how they want to handle rumors from decades ago. Those are tricky. But when there are actual court cases and even criminal charges, like Watson and Bennett, it gets pretty cut and dry. It's kinda weird you're bringing this up here. Rumors that are 30 years old are NOT the same as charges/lawsuits/information that have real, verified details and personal and professional consequences. Almost seems like youre arguing that since we cant hold those old guys accountable, we shouldnt ever criticize modern-day scumbags that have actual evidence against them.

The Atlanta stuff has been known since the 90s when it all happened. It's why he isnt on the Wall of Fame (or HoF), and likely never will be. Rightfully so. He was one of my favorite players as a kid, but has been dead to me for nearly 30 years.

Has anyone written them an Open Letter yet?

I'll do it for $20. Real professional like too.

In the words of Tom Donahoe - "Save your postage" And also, save us from the drum beating. The Bills dont hear it but we get the headache. I believe Orchard Park has some billboards you could rent if you really got serious about it. Good luck. Agreed. If we're talking to Tenn about Simmons then I'm interested. Otherwise, no thanks.

This poll isnt fair, because it's obviously Dennison, but he wasnt supposed to be in that job in the first place. He was McD's, what, 3rd choice? (Maybe 4th) He was a warm body to fill the spot until they could entice someone better. Which they did.

Let's be clear that there really is no such thing as "sports journalism". Any and all reporting on sports serves merely 2 purposes: Marketing the sport/league being reported on Generating views (and therefore revenue) for the reporting entity which is riding the popularity of sports There is no higher-purpose or altruistic existence. This is not connected to journalists attempting to report on wars, politics, and corruption in governments or corporations that will ultimately benefit/protect the general public. In summary, expect the worst. lol

While it's obvious and apparent that Watson is his own kind of scumbag, I also believe/know that owners like Haslam and McNair are even bigger scumbags. Could be that given Watson's experience in Houston, where the team was happy to set him up with an NDA and hotel rooms to use, and then throw him under the bus for it when they needed leverage to force him to play or get rid of him, this was all a calculated plot to take as much money as he could from the NFL with his one last shot and ride off into the sunset a multi-millionaire. And while I dont support Watson as a person, I'm always for players milking as much cash out of the league as possible. So I almost want to say... good for him? I guess I'm saying I'm not surprsied he isnt "more appreciative", and I'd also argue he has already taken full advantage of his opportunity. To the tune of 230,000,000 fully guaranteed dollars. That's the problem. As we all discovered, Watson doesnt like pulling himself.

Yeah, with a guy like Haslam, personal conduct violations are a feature not a bug.

Couldnt be happier this is happening to Haslam. At least this puts the whole "guaranteed contract" argument to rest.

Exactly the guy I was talking about.

Interesting. And confirms some suspicions/issues I've been having. For the first few years of his career, Josh was a dedicated, laser-focused work horse during each offseason. It seemed every year he would come back having worked on one specific area (footwork, upper body mechanics, etc) that really helped him dial in and show up with at least a 33% improvement in his game (which is huge). By the end of 2021, he had his mechanics figured out and imo really only had one last hole in his game to address: his mindset. After the 13s KC game, I thought he had enough inspiration to figure it out. He needs to be the fierce, almost angry competitor that we saw that the end of that KC game. It reminded me very much of how Brady plays every game. I was hoping he'd come into 2022 with a focused, killer mindset. And in the Rams opener, it kinda looked like he might have figured it out. Unfortunately, by the Packers game it was apparent that mindset wouldnt stick, or was never really there to begin with. And now, this new "low positive" sounds like the opposite of where I want him to be. I love that Josh is a lovable goofball at heart, but I need a cold-blooded killer and fierce competitor.

If McD were there, Puka Nacua would be buried on the depth chart having to "earn his snaps" as a rookie and Rams fans would be saying they need to cut him and upgrade the WRs.

I dont get why posters say this. Just provide the link anyways so folks can find the info. Always link.

Isnt that the point of the thread? Our guys are fine, it's how they are being used (or not used) that is the problem.

All of them are more talented than what our Offensive scheme and play calling is showing. There are less talented guys showing out all over the NFL because their teams simply give them chances. You dont have to have 5 All Pros in your WR room to score points. This would usually be a fair point, but I have serious questions about our coaches' systems and requirements for determining who has "earned" snaps. Seems to be a recurring problem where talented players cant seem to find the field when held up to McD's "standards". So either he thinks Beane isnt signing the right guys, or he is incapable of coaching the best out of players. (hint: I dont think it's on Beane)

For real. The only knock is that we are missing the Lombardis to go along with it.

This is just silly.

Diggs/Cook.