DrDawkinstein

It's actually a pretty realistic take. We're up over 1.5M a day and ramping towards 3M a day in a month or two. And we (the country and the world) are already starting to the benefits of even these early vaccinations with the infection rate declining to levels it hasnt been since the start of this mess. It's almost all good news nowdays. J&J says it will have 20M US doses ready by March. Pfizer says it will ship 13M US doses by mid-March. US on track to have vaccines for all by July US COVID hospitalizations at lowest since November (and dropping) Rhode Island closes two field hospitals due to declining numbers Maryland COVID hospitalizations falls below 1000 West Virginia (of all places) among highest Vaccination rates in the WORLD See you at the tailgate!

Wont matter for Football. At our current vax rate, we should be out of the woods by September and have full fan attendance. Good for Devils fans I guess. Get to see Lindy Ruff in person.

Oof. Been there. Last active player I bought was Dareus. I've learned to only go with retired guys (Tasker, Hull, etc). Kyle Williams is my next purchase.

Welcome to the offseason. It's late-Feb. There is nothing real to discuss.

For our team needs at the time, and the way he performed in his first 2 seasons, Dareus was the right pick at the time. Our run D got man-handled the previous season, and Dareus stepped right in and plugged those holes. Who could have known that he'd never grow up, and even regress? That draft will go down as one of the most talented classes ever compiled. The right move (with hindsight) would have been to take Atlanta's offer since they were trying to trade up for AJ Green, and trade down a bit. Still end up with someone like JJ Watt or Cam Jordan, AND another top talent from that class. Oh well. edit: Funny, that may have been the only thing @1billsfan fan and I agreed on back then.

Man, I lead that charge. My biggest amateur scouting mistake so far. I was convinced he was too small to do anything as a pass rusher in the NFL. Glad my arguments made such a lasting impression, haha. Oops. My only saving grace was that I was right about Cam that same year, and he wasnt a bust or flame out.

LOL, already off to a great start building the camaraderie

But then how can he be outraged?

Players should try to make as much money as they can during the very short window of years they are capable of playing in the NFL. Aint nothin wrong with that.

Thanks Guys. I've been confused, thinking I was the crazy one, seeing so many people saying "With the cap situation this year, I bet we'll see a lot of 1-year deals so players can really hit Free Agency next year". And that made no sense to me. If anything, I think we'll see more long term deals, with 2021 being low paid and all the real money shifted down the line, and likely guaranteed to some extent. Not like the old-school backloaded contracts where you knew the player was never going to see a penny of the last 3 years. It's not that we CANT sign Milano. It's that we shouldnt sign Milano at such a high price.

Do you think we could structure it like $10M and $14M to reduce cap hit this year? Or even $8M, $16M? Maybe fully guaranteed?

No one is saying that. Being "less impressed" with his 2020 performance than his 2019 performance is not a crazy take.

I never said he wasnt a "good" coach. Just that he made some mistakes this year that reduced the luster of his 2019 performance. Plenty of decent coaches can coach up a bad roster to winning 5 games. But how do they do once they get the talent and young QB to try to push into the playoffs? Pretty much what eball says:

Ehh, year and a half, with a bad downturn the 2nd half of this year. I'm less impressed with him now than I was when the 2020 season started. But he could still turn it around.

I remember Mario Williams delivering groceries to people's houses (maybe even Jim Kelly's) after a bad storm in Buffalo too.

Classic Browns! Flip a #2 Overall into 12 picks, and hit on maybe 1 of them? LOOOOOOL Could've stayed at #2 and had Joey Bosa, or Jalen Ramsey, or Ronnie Stanley...

historically off the top of my head? Steve Young and Brett Favre. I dont think Darnold or Wentz are either of those guys, but it happens. I'd have to go through a wikipedia list to find some more modern examples, but they absolutely exist. also, the QB talent has been extremely lacking over the last decade as empasized by the stat @Logic posted earlier in the thread, so bad sample group. I dont think any of us in that debate are expecting these guys to become elite franchise guys, but they can be serviceable starters, and are young enough to turn it around. And it can happen.

I can agree there. I dont think Darnold is completely finished or beyond repair either.

Oh duh, my bad. Nevermind.

Was never worried about the Colts. We already handled them in the playoffs, and they werent going to find a QB better than Rivers this year.

Bears fans must be rejoicing with this Wentz move. I think Darnold is a better fit for Nagy too

For a chance at a 1st, you might see Irsay push him out onto the field in a wheelchair if thats what it takes. Nevermind, Im an idiot and had that backwards.

So expect Wentz to start no matter how bad it gets.

Darnold is on a rookie contract, where Wentz carries a 25M cap hit. The compensation isnt based solely on perceived talent.

Man, as much as I'd love to see it, I'm not ready to discount them so low yet. And that isnt BBFS talking. That is seeing how they did with losing a bunch of guys to opt-out and having an incapable starting QB. And looking at their cap room for this year, I expect them to make major improvements above and beyond just getting their opt out guys back. I'd cut that list off after the Chargers. I like Herbert, but not sure the team as a whole is any better than the Pats. Bills Chiefs Ravens Titans Browns And even if I include the Chargers, that's only 6 teams with 1 playoff spot left to go. I hope you are right and they fall apart, but I can't confidently predict that yet.