Thurman#1

No, the goal is NOT to be all in for a SB this year. How many times does Beane need to say this? He said it for probably the two-dozenth time two weeks ago in the post-draft PC. He doesn't want to screw next season for the sake of this one. He wants to be consistently competitive for the next ten to twelve years. And you're right that the space can be made easily, just as it's true that the gambling addict who's far far underwater can find a way to get a new credit card and find a few thousand more to throw away. Doesn't mean - in either case - that it SHOULD be done. But yes, it can be done. They're fine at CB. Again, they could get better, of course. But in the cap condition they're in now, this simply isn't a good idea.

Yup.

First, percentages between years can't be exactly compared. Maybe he was attempting harder kicks one year. Second, a 5% difference on more than 30 field goals isn't one field goal, it's between one and two. Third, we can't know which miss/misses were caused by holder problems. Was it the one in the KC game in 2020 where we lost by 9. In that game we would have been behind by 6 instead of 9 when we got the ball back with 1:56 to play. Needing a drive AND an onside kick and a field goal, we'd have had a much much better shot at a win if we'd made that FG earlier. Instead of having to throw the low percentage deep ball to Beasley that was intercepted, there was plenty of time to march slowly down the field. There's an extremely good argument that lost field goal lost the game for us. It wasn't the only thing that lost the game, but if we'd made it, we'd have been in it with a real chance at the end. Was that one of the ones he missed because of the holder?

Yes, but as pointed out, the most important thing is correctly hold on FG kicks. This suffers when another guy is used. Practice time goes down a lot. There's a reason every team in the league does this.

Nah. Baker doesn't "blow." He's just not a top ten guy and hasn't showed he can get to that level of play consistently. For this year only I'd pick Baker. For the rest of their careers, Wilson. That's a bit wacky, IMO.

As reported in the story, the reason he wasn't traded was that Carolina wouldn't pay a big chunk of Baker's salary, and Cleveland wouldn't pay a big chunk of it to see him play in Carolina. They'd like to trade him. The contract makes it very difficult.

It's not the player that teams are considering bringing aboard. It's the player but also the contract, the social media, the changes in the locker room. The whole package. If it were only the player he'd be on a roster by now.

He did. That really is a very fair observation. But plenty of folks respond to terrible events by working harder, by taking better control over what they do. Still, you make a great point. I should try to better understand the guy.

I had to google it. Reading this it wasn't clear if he was visiting or playing. He's trying out. At 32, as a player who lost his drive as a younger more capable guy, I doubt it'll work. Not impossible, though, if he's willing to accept a much much lower level of contract than he's used to. If nothing else, he'd make a good lesson for the rest of the team. Here's a guy who had All Pro talent and frittered it away.

That's all the info Beane gave. The writer couldn't just make up some texts 'cause it would fit his story. And from what Beane said, rueful would have done just as well to describe the texts as angry or upset.

... that we were able to find without access to terrific database sites with this info.

Ross Cockrell 29 7/8 Troy Hill 29 1/2 Avonte Maddox 29 1/2

Yeah, that thing about "STILL don't have a starter"? It's unreal, alright. Also known as completely wrong. They don't have a bellcow. But they've got two and arguably three guys plenty good enough to start.

He could blame who everyone else has ... nobody, we don't want to go into specifics. This was a high character move.

Why let better info stand in the way of a good narrative that produces a scapegoat on the sidelines? Grab the pitchforks!

I don't see anything wrong with it. He's not saying that he didn't let the fans down. Just that what hurts him most was letting his teammates down. Nothing wrong there to my eyes. Damn shame about the lack of communication. Must have seemed in the bag. He says they had the right play called but messed it up on the field. Weird, I could have sworn it was all the coaches fault from the commenters who know much better than the players do. He didn't say that. And if you don't GAF what he said, maybe you shouldn't be all worried about it. Fair enough that it wasn't particularly smart. Nothing especially wrong with it either, though.

The Bills didn't pick up his Carolina salary, did they? Addison was an FA. The Bills negotiated a new contract with him.

Training may be an expectation in the corporate world, but it's very often an unfulfilled expectation in situations where the young guy is training to take the only job available away from the guy in that job currently. It wasn't my post you're talking about there. But has Tannehill somewhere said he won't invite Willis to Thanksgiving? Or did he just say it wasn't his job to mentor him? What's my point? I think I made it. If you're still unsure, feel free to re-read.

Tannehill didn't say he wasn't going to be a respectful teammate to the rookie. And Montana and Young may be friends now, but they weren't at that time. Q: "What was your relationship like with Steve Young?" Joe Montana: “You ever had anybody try to take your job? (Laughs, applause ensues). It’s a team game but it all starts with individual efforts. So my job with Steve was basically to make sure he stayed behind me. The game is not the same when you stand on the sideline with your uniform on. After you experience that, you don’t want to be anywhere else. We had a working relationship. But it was one of those things where I didn’t care if it was Steve Young, Steve Bono, Steve DeBerg — I had a whole bunch of Steves — it didn’t matter who it was for me. It was my job that I felt I had to make sure they stayed over there watching me as long as possible. But it’s a competitive relationship. … I didn’t feel bad for him.” https://www.mercurynews.com/2013/10/26/joe-montana-speaks-out-on-49ers-move-steve-young/

Love that!! Way to go, Kurt!!

Yeah. What's the big deal? You want a guy to be confident about what he can do if given a chance. He had a great college career, he's got reason to be proud and confident. Must've had a bit of competition for him. They don't give everybody one of those.

He'll almost certainly get a lot more money than they are going to be willing to pay.

I don't see anything here. "The veteran quarterback said he understands how the league works and welcomes the competition. 'I don't think it's my job to mentor him,' Tannehill said. 'But if he learns from me along the way, that's a great thing.'" This is an absolute nothingburger.

We have seen the Bills saying they're looking to prove they're for real, back when they still had a lot to prove. There's nothing much here. There's no begging going on. He's talking about what they want to do this season, their goals.

You could be right, but I doubt it. Rushing as a DE is a whole different animal than rushing from ILB. What he was really good at was finding a hole and getting through it fast. At DE he'd be edge rushing, which isn't nearly so much about finding a hole as it is about beating a man. I doubt we see him at DE, myself. I do expect them to work to try to use his blitzing ability. He's good at it and they'll try to exploit that. But we'll see.