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Agreed. He seems to be operating with tremendous confidence right now (i.e., his fist pump in the war room), almost like a man that knows he's won the lottery but can't come forward to collect just yet. If the team is indeed teed up for a local buyer like Golisano or Pegula, I see either guy keeping the front office intact through 2016, regardless of how this season plays out...

More satisfying as well...

Yeah, that's about the gist of it. And given the explosion in Inter-web "commentary," analytic mumbo jumbo, etc., it's only getting worse...

What I give myself for taking you off 'ignore' to read this post. That mistake is easily correctable, however...

Pass. Life is not a reality show...

I'd go so far to say that Whaley felt empowered (by Russ) to go for the long ball in this draft, rather than dink'n and dunk'n to cover his backside. I really do think that Brandon is operating in more than 'employee' mode here. He's the surrogate for the trust that will have the final say on what kind of owner takes up the ball from Ralph... This team has been risk adverse since Polian. Sometimes you need to roll the dice and put the kids' new shoe money on the table. It's a risky game, with short careers and a need for luck (which you can work hard to shape) in every season. Let's win the Super Bowl, not the Actuarial Bowl...

Well, so was Chan....

Can't be Buddy, based on that comment about page views. He's an analog guy, not a digital...

Nice read: http://www.landgrantholyland.com/2014/5/10/5703276/2014-nfl-draft-prospects-ohio-state-quarterback-kenny-guiton

It's around the Tiff Farm nature preserve and the old GM assembly plant (later used as the old Nano Dynamics complex). Horrible idea, BTW. That area would be an island, cut off from all of the other inner harbor development now underway. The exact wrong way to build any critical mass or synergies. Good thing the proposal will likely get about as much notice as a fart in the wind...

Glad to see this is being led by such a "mover and shaker"... https://www.google.com/search?q=Jefferson+Burke+Jr&oq=Jefferson+Burke+Jr&aqs=chrome..69i57&sourceid=chrome&espv=210&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8#q=%22Jefferson+Burke%2C+Jr%22&tbm=nws

Good analogy. I've always used 'tallest midget' for Stevie, but I like your's better...

If this quote was from Peter King, I might ponder it a bit. But Greg A. Bedard? Um.....no. Pick #237 is exactly the place you take a guy like this...

Bingo. Risk taking only works until it doesn't. Still, I think Doug is off to a good start. If just one of the three OL picks pays off, we'll be in good shape. If two pay off...

Agreed. Whaley seems like a 'think two moves ahead' kind of guy and I would not be shocked to see him do something to get us into the bottom third of round 1 next year...

Not sure...is the sarcasm emoticon supposed to be on this post?

Doubt it. Whaley comes from a Pittsburgh tradition that highly values vet leaders like Freddie that can mentor / pass on the culture to the underclassmen.

He's averaged 4.6 ypc in his first two years in the league, which would put him above a street FA, IMO. I think its a good move as he's a guy who could be Jackson's successor and a good complement to Spiller if he resigns.

Wow. Good 5th post...

Laurent Duvernay-Tardif in the 5th. Pencil it in (I hope I just didn't jinx us...)

Wow, great first post...

Agreed. Johnson seemed incapable of running a route the same way twice, always freelancing. While that might have been OK with a savvy vet like Fitz, it did no favors for EJ. This trade is addition by subtraction, IMO...

Me too. Nice bookends at the OT position now. Plus, package the 5th with their 3rd and move up 4-5 slots in the 3rd for a TE....(fingers crossed)

He had the longest arms in the top OT group, which makes comparisons a bit skewed...

Exactly. Tallest dwarf on an island of midgets. Moreover, his freelancing route mentality ("never the same route twice") was a detriment to the development of a young QB. As a rookie, Wood showed more discipline to run the routes called than SJ. Not what this team needed and that problem has now been addressed.