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DR has a rent-free penthouse in your brain. Hasn't bee here for about2 years or longer and you still bring him up almost every day.

Fair.

While there's 20 guys on the team and they are all champions

Champion.

Kincaid is the closest thing to a number 1 with the way he gets used. They work him around inside and out and he's a potential mismatch anywhere. He should get a ton of targets.

Thank you! I have told my wife for years they need to ban that from radio commercials!

Dude, ... LMAO!! I'm comin' mama!! That's one of the best movies of all-time. My favorite scene is with Jim Backus ... I'll make the next batch. LOL Batch ...

City of champions 😁

Or soon to be as fat if he doesn’t stop taking free food at every press conference.

Well let's see we have ... Coleman Shakir Samuel MVS Hollins Claypool Kincaid Knox Cook. If all of them got 500 yards that's 4500 yards. I would expect the average of that group to be higher. Fans still try so hard to predict what can't be predicted. We will not have a " #1" wr in this offense. Many of us said what Beane just did, from week to week #1 may change, and I expect it to. Believe it or not that is a really good thing, and fans need to grips with this concept fast because beane confirmed this is the approach this year. Lastly, where were the majority of Allen's it's last year % wise? Davis and Diggs. That happens when you force the ball vs throwing it to whomever is open and not worrying about egos.

Update: Bandits win another championship. That's back-to-back Maybe I should go streaking through my neighborhood 🤣

So if you go to Macy's website, and then the section for men's outerwear, you'll see the sale on them jackets. They got every color!

And then there was a higher place to go and they lost, at home. 1965 was a really long time ago and yeah it happened but I have zero emotional attachment to that. I was far from being born. My parents were 15 and 13 respectively. My mother's parents were alive, young, and had season tickets in the Rockpile. The Bandits are the only team that I've watched win. I've watched the others blow it several times. They are the only one I've watched actually win something. That gives them a special place. McDermott should bring them in to talk to the boys about how to close out a game when it matters. Adams should have them in for the Sabres too. I didn't see any crowd issues tonight. Lots of energy. Why? The team wins. Stop sulking like spoiled brats and play better. You'll get all the support you can ask for.

I think it's unlikely at this point. I'm not convinced Beane values the position in the manner you and I would prefer. I'll be happy if you are right, and I'm still holding out a glimmer of hope.

I said capable. I didn’t say it was going to happen. However, Shakir (5 targets) and Kincaid (19 targets), who were basically not thrown to for the first 6 weeks last season. Then from week 7 through the playoffs Shakir put up 646 (on only 52 targets). That’s a 845 yard pace or 12.43 yards per target. What if he now gets say 90 targets? At 12.43 per target that’s 1118 yards. By the way Shakir jumped from 161 to 611 (+75 in the playoffs) between year 1 & year 2. This season he’ll be a primary target for the first time. Kincaid had 659 yards on 83 targets from week 7 through the playoffs or about 8 yards per target. That translates to about 872 yards over a full season of proper usage. Is it really much of a stretch to say he’ll be even better over a full season when integrated into the offense in his 2nd year and from day 1? As to Samuel he had 1000 yards from scrimmage when last he played for Brady. If anyone knows how to get the most out of Samuel it’s Brady and Josh will be the best QB he’s played with. As to Coleman, his game, speed and size are similar to Higgins and Pittman who were drafted 33rd and 34th in 2020. Each has become a 1000 yard receiver. Higgins had 900+ as a rookie. Josh is going to throw for 4300-4500 next season. Those yards are going to be divided much more equitably than in years past. Remember Diggs (160), Davis (81), Sherfield (22) and Harty (21) had 284 targets last season. Those opportunities are going to go somewhere. Is it really hard to believe that Kincaid will go from 80 to 120, Shakir 50 to 90, Samuel gets his usually 95 and Coleman gets 60-70?

I think it would help to take a step back and look at the big picture. It's Beane's job to know the cash requirements of getting a trade WR on board and then what salary he would want to reduce that to. He knew/knows those numbers and has a plan to meet them. That's what a top GM does. Going into the specifics is difficult for us. But it does seem reasonable to think it requires the $10M Tre money. Then I think it would be about only $5Mish more needed to bring a big fish WR in before restructuring. As you mention Aiyuk is $14.5.. And for Metcalf you list his $24.5 cap but aren't subtracting the bonus money (which is what oldmanfan's rules stated). Metcalf had a $30M bonus so even if prorated for $10M, Metcalf could make it for the brief $15M cash on hand. You don't see Josh restructuring again, just because. But I can see this as part of the plan all along.

I'm sure Jim agrees....

NFL has relaxed their weed policy in the last CBA. It is not banned like you say. "NFL DRUG POLICY Under the 2020 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), NFL players no longer get tested for THC (the active ingredient in marijuana) in April and August. This means that players can now consume cannabis during the off-season without fear of punishment." "Players who consume weed during the season can enter a treatment program and avoid suspension.* https://blackcannabismagazine.com/nfl-weed-policy-can-players-smoke-weed/amp/

I said capable. I didn’t say it was going to happen. However, Shakir (5 targets) and Kincaid (19 targets), who were basically not thrown to for the first 6 weeks last season. Then from week 7 through the playoffs Shakir put up 646 (on only 52 targets). That’s a 845 yard pace or 12.43 yards per target. What if he now gets say 90 targets? At 12.43 per target that’s 1118 yards. By the way Shakir jumped from 161 to 611 (+75 in the playoffs) between year 1 & year 2. This season he’ll be a primary target for the first time. Kincaid had 659 yards on 83 targets from week 7 through the playoffs or about 8 yards per target. That translates to about 872 yards over a full season of proper usage. Is it really much of a stretch to say he’ll be even better over a full season when integrated into the offense in his 2nd year and from day 1? As to Samuel he had 1000 yards from scrimmage when last he played for Brady. If anyone knows how to get the most out of Samuel it’s Brady and Josh will be the best QB he’s played with. As to Coleman, his game, speed and size are similar to Higgins and Pittman who were drafted 33rd and 34th in 2020. Each has become a 1000 yard receiver. Higgins had 900+ as a rookie. Josh is going to throw for 4300-4500 next season. Those yards are going to be divided much more equitably than in years past.

“cortisone injection is the likely explanation” -Frankish

What I meant is what I said. It has to be upsetting and heartbreaking for Jim and the entire Kelly family. I didn't mean anything else,and I didn't mean it toward you, so I apologize if it seemed that way.

Let me thank you for the detailed response to my post. And please forgive me - I will not respond to most of your points because whatever I say will not change your mind. Just an anecdote: When I was looking for a tenure-track assistant professor position 20 years ago, one of the possibilities was Baylor, possibly the largest Christian university in the country. I looked up their web site, and the first hit in my research area of biochemistry was a biology professor who taught microbiology lab. In his syllabus he clearly stated (I paraphrase here, because that was 20 years ago): To be successful in this class, you have to accept the principle of evolution. One thing that made me curious: Do you have examples of MCAT questions you found problematic?

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I'm not sure what you mean with that statement. All I said was that I wondered if it upset Jim