2020 Our Year For Sure

Six LBs- backups are Dodson, Thompson and Matakevich.

Sort of along the lines of the post above me, apparently The Batman is a different continuity/universe than the Joker movie. soooo...they're going to re-cast the Joker character again soon? lol It's hard to think The Batman trilogy wouldn't use the Joker in some form after all, the character is so money

Tasker is such an idiot. "Defensive left?" Ya Steve that would be the meaning of left end

I agree! Inspired casting, that. Great fit I think you'd have to be disturbed/traumatized to become Batman. What strange thing to do with your life. Especially for a billionaire

Is there a practice tomorrow?

I'm down for the Ravens to deal with a distraction

I'm grateful for that too, much more fun reading through the camp / gameweek threads now

Why are we all talking like Vernon Butler is a nothing? I know it's one year and we don't know exactly what he actually is but he had a good year last year; certainly there's some chance he's a starting-calibre player.

Belichick is an active coach and Martindale is an active DC, Pees just retired this off-season I believe so has been active the whole time Gregg was supposedly establishing himself as the guru

Wink Martindale, Dean Pees, Bill Belichick?

I previously advocated letting him walk assuming he would get at least 12-13m AAV but I was thinking yesterday that, considering his humble lifestyle, he may have different priorities than others and may be the type to take lower numbers to stay in a place and situation where he's happy. If it's around say $9-10m can we pass it up?

yes. exactly

I agree hes better than Bradham and will get a lot more money. The defense regressed so much because he's not being replaced by an equivalent player. It's always either trash or it's Lorenzo Alexander moving into a role he's not suited for. But who was Matt Milano before McDermott and Frazier got him? Just a midround pick nobody wanted. I think they can do that again and save a truckload.

I do agree it would be a good move, just don't see actual snaps for him until there's an injury.

I think Klein would play ahead of him at SLB and Bradham would just be a valuable depth piece.

Bet they let Milano walk, find a cheap replacement in the draft, let someone else overpay and then bring Milano back in a couple years when they cut him. In short, the Belichick method.

But they way overpaid for Tyrod Taylor

It's a soft 'J' btw

I seriously doubt Tyrod makes all those 4Q comebacks/game-winning drives. He was a Trentative check down artist and would usually shrink and crumble when asked to win the game for you. Allen plays his best ball at winning time.

The sky seems blue to us in our very limited perception of the electromagnetic spectrum. It is blue to us, but not in an objective sense. ?

I think it's pronounced like the 6-string version.

That's mean

When I looked last night New England was the favorite with the sportsbooks-- if someone were to be right about Buffalo winning the AFCE they could cash in at 1.5-1.6x their wager amount. New England was down around -110. I actually do agree with your thesis here and was hoping for an upgrade at backup QB with all that cap room we came into the off-season with. Before it got started I was hoping Ryan Fitzpatrick might somehow shake loose, then I wanted your boy Flacco! Or Jameis. I have a degree of trust in the Bills' FO and coaches but I must admit I am unable to arrive at the same conclusion independently pertaining to why are they so comfortable with Matt Barkley.

yeah end of half is definitely a spot he needs to be more aggressive, especially with Josh in year 3 throwing to a group like Diggs/Brown/Beasley/Knox/Moss. It's time to take off the training wheels. I think Derm knows this though, I really do.

Or maybe we're not mature enough yet. When I imagine all of humankind as a single organism, I imagine us like a 4-year-old just barely come conscious, prone to emotional tirades, pointless destructive behavior and the like, and not caring properly for our brothers and sisters. It seems reasonable to hypothesize that when humankind is more mature, a system of government that did not work when we were an ignorant child could work when we are more emotionally/spiritually developed. After all we as individuals need different forms of guidance at different points in our life, so why not the same for us collectively? edit- come to think of it, this is Sean McDermott's "growth mindset" taken to its logical conclusion. It's about seeing things as in process, or developing, rather than fixed.