DrDawkinstein

Rex was MADE for Hard Knocks. Probably better on HK than he was as an actual coach.

Finally! Love it! About time.

Oh I get the motivation, and that it will drive the change whether I like it or not. And just like everything else, the endless pursuit of any additional dollar (when they are already making Trillions) will only ruin the product in the long run. Enjoy it while we have it, I guess. Disagree that it doesnt water it down tho. Anything additional will water it down. And we're already to the point of crappy teams making it in.

Oh lord, please no. This constant expansion of playoffs just ruins sports. It weakens the value of the regular season. And then we get boring, blowout, almost unwatchable early playoff games. See: college football. I want the best vs the best in the playoffs. We dont need half the league making the playoffs. If anything, I say let LESS teams into the playoffs. (I do agree with the sentiment on the 1-bye tho) Yep. That is exactly what Louis Riddick pointed out this morning. If you go to this reseeding model, then the only way to have it be fair is if you change scheduling so everyone in a conference plays everyone in that conference. Which instantly eliminates all the historic and beloved Division rivalries. Hard pass.

Good. This idea that the Rules Committee and Owners Meetings must make changes every year is a bit too much. There isnt much broken with the NFL right now. Especially when you compare its success to all the other pro sports leagues. Messing with the playoffs can really affect the league. It waters down Division rivalries, complicated scheduling, etc. They dont need a lottery for the draft. They dont need to reseed playoffs.

I mean, it's really been 95% rehashing old Tremaine Edmunds jokes in a slow offseason.

Maybe. But it was an immediate observable improvement when Bernard took over the position. Better instincts, more being in the right place at the right time, more picking the right hole to meet the runner...

I dont agree with Badol's overall sentiment either, Beane has made plenty of good picks, even some he traded up for. But Edmunds was a failed pick. For a 1st round pick that we traded up for, he never produced anything close to that level. It's a failed pick because he didnt deserve a 2nd contract and Beane let him walk. The fact the Bears were dumb enough to sign him to big money doesnt change that. As a matter of fact, most fans in Chicago will tell you they got screwed on that signing. Especially when they realize they let Roquan Smith walk just to replace him with Edmunds.

Dont get me wrong, I love Beane. I have a "Big Baller Beane" shirt that is my lucky Tshirt and I wear it all the time. It's just offseason discussion. I was more daydreaming about what it could have looked like with Warner and Milano on the field. Not trying to bash the Edmunds pick. I wonder if that pick puts us over the top against KC in any of the playoff games? The challenges Beane would have had to keep everyone and get everyone paid? Who else would we have let walk in order to divert that money to Warner? Maybe Ed?

Moved up to draft Edmunds over him. Warner and Milano next to each other... What could have been...

You can only be on the list for 15 years in a row, then they drop you off.

Really interested to see how this gets structured and how fast they can get out. I'd guess there's a ripcord after year 3. Giants managed to get an out at year 2 into Jones' contract.

No one. The cap has been going up by $25M every year, and will only keep increasing with streaming money. A short-term, $15M/yr avg contract isnt changing the dynamic for any team. We just gave role players like Shakir and Rousseau $15-20M/yr. What players on our roster are you referring to as "high priced"? Maybe Knox? Is that a huge loss if we ditch him and his $15M/yr deal? Here are our top hits. Which player are we really worried about losing? Maybe re-signing guys like Dave Edwards and OCyrus Torrence. But there are a number of guys on this list that are cooked and on their way out. Milano, D Jones, heck, this team is taking a $9M hit on Curtis frickin Samuel. There is plenty of money to go around to re-sign Cook, McGovern, Edwards, Torrence and others. We have a bunch of new rookies on the DL, so we have a handful of years before we have to pay anyone there.

Kinda bummed because thinking back, the times I have noticed Morris have only been good plays, and we dont see him make any stand-out bad plays. But then I remember his role as TE3 and Special Teams and have to think that's not too hard to replace.

I believe he is the taker.

His acting is so bad in this it all but proves the WGR thing wasnt staged.

And to that point, there are only 3-4 games we even have to wait for season end to know about. We can tell opponents and home/away for the next 4, 8, etc years right now based on the Divisional rotation. The only games we need to wait on are the few that deal with those opponents who placed the same in their Division. (1st place team plays other 1st place teams, 2nd place team plays other 2nd place teams, etc)

The regular season, maybe. But most likely, the real last game at the Ralph will be a playoff game. Hopefully the AFC Championship. And hopefully a win.

It should be taught and enforced from Pop Warner on up through High School and College. All those lower level coaches are failing players by not teaching and enforcing/requiring proper technique. Do it enough when you are younger and it becomes second nature. Antoine Winfield Jr is one of the best in the game at it. Not surprising given his lineage and likely upbringing. But it also shows players/Safeties can be top of the game AND use proper technique.

To that point, there are far less concussions and brain injuries in high level Rugby leagues. Sure, injuries can occur. I've been concussed in a Rugby game myself. But you cant use that crappy "human missile" garbage or else you're gonna get run right over. Pete Carroll/the Seahawks have a ton of good material out on it.

Love the spacing of Ravens/Chiefs/Texnas/Bengals/Eagles. Love the Bye week after the Atlanta game. We're all going to need a week off down here. Not sure which home game I try to make it back for...

Best practice is to not to try to buy tickets. Just leave it alone. Dont even bother (Until I after I get mine ) I'm going to see what the Atlanta Bills Backers ends up with. They were in talks with the Falcons today. But they'll probably be 300s. Then I'll throw the net out at work and see if any coworkers have tickets they'd like to sell. Or even try to get company tickets. Will also see about buying single game tickets when they go on sale. Ultimately, I'll probably buy on the secondary market, but not for a while.

Even at 50% of the snaps, the only player on Offense that touched the ball more than Cook was Josh. Cook had 207 carries and 32 receptions. He had the ball 239 times. He accounted for 1267 yards and 18 TDs. Shakir, who just got $15M/yr, and just had his best year yet, had 78 total touches, 825 yds, and 4 TDs. Roughly 1/3 the total production depending how you want to look at it. Point is, the snap count/usage/value argument doesnt hold water.

He isnt asking for Barkley money. He's never asked for Barkley money. And no one has ever argued he should get Barkley money. Henry is a little different considering he'll be 35 by the time this contract is up. And if mid-30s Henry is worth $15M, then 27 yr old Cook will be too.

We've been round and round on all those "facts" in all the other Cook threads. End of the day, the same thing is true: "Anyone with half a brain can make any stat say whatever they want". Yall want to poke holes in his game, plenty of which have more to do with scheme and usage than his actual skills. Others want to make it personal, call him names, and question his integrity. It's devaluing and trashing.