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That's definitely the season where he made his big leap...again, I'm not saying I'm convinced, but the meteoric rise from mediocre college QB that barely got drafted to being in the conversation for GOAT was rather sudden and astonishing to say the least. The fact that he's improved in every single physical facet of playing the position, and continues to do so at ages well beyond those in which the body matures positively adds to the skepticism.

My point was that their offense has never been reliant upon receiving talent.

Um, no kidding...they made it to the Super Bowl without him last year.

I didn't want him last offseason, and my opinion hasn't changed. If you want to bring in a LB at this point in the offseason, let's go after Navorro Bowman or Michael Wilhoite.

#1 try typing in English; for most of us on this board it's our 1st language #2 don't take it out on us...your team cheats. Always has, and always will. Doesn't mean that they aren't an outstanding football team that has earned their stripes; they are...they also happen to cheat in perpetuity. Remember, there are 3 stages to every Patriots***** cheating scandal: Stage 1 - We didn't do it Stage 2 - If we did it (which we didn't), then it didn't give us a competitive advantage Stage 3 - If we did it (which we didn't), and it gave us a competitive advantage (which it didn't), then it doesn't matter because everyone else cheats too PS--you're the genius that's got a username on a fanboard for a "loser franchise" of which you aren't even a fan; what does that say about you? I'm not 100% convinced, but I've always been extremely skeptical that a guy that couldn't throw the ball 40 yards in the air and was a career 61% passer at Michigan suddenly became the most accurate QB in the NFL with an excellent deep ball. No doubt the guy works his ass off and is obsessed with success, and I credit him for that, but man...I work with performance athletes, and guys simply don't get better in their late 30's and 40's.

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy ??

1. The front 4 has two players that eclipse 8 sacks 2. Marshall Newhouse starts more games at RT than any other player 3. Chris Ivory leads the team in rushing TDs

IMO, you don't. You believe what you believe, watch things play out over another year or so, and see what happens. It's not the most satisfying approach in the moment, but it is the prudent one.

Stability of the bar and arm length have a lot to do with the leveraged and biomechanics too

Hey now...at my best, I could do 30 with a really stable bar. Of course, I wasn't really an endurance guy; my real talent on the pull-up bar was doing weighted chin-ups. My all-time record was body weight + 110 lbs for 2 reps from a dead hang. And for those asking, yes, you'd be utterly shocked at how many grown men cannot do 1 pull-up.

Keto, on its face, is not inherently dangerous. It's a diet like many others--it can help you lose weight by cutting calories. Like many other diets that cut out entire groups of food, it's important to pay attention to what nutrients you may be missing and supplement appropriately as required. Personally, I'm a huge proponent of IIFYM, but I have indeed used keto in the past with some success. There are many options for making it delicious and sustainable. As someone that gets paid to advise people in this regard, I tell everyone the same thing: try it and see how it goes, but again, focus on the health aspects of it, and keep in mind that cutting out certain nutrients isn't ideal from a whole health perspective.

No idea. Minnesota's got some serious decisions to make next offseason, as they have to decide who to re-sign among Diggs, Anthony Barr, Sheldon Richardson, and Danielle Hunter, and they've only got ~$20M in cap space once the cap goes up. No offense, but "don't bother getting better unless you have a QB" doesn't seem to be a great strategy.

I don't know about a "spree", but I think there could be significant additions at WR, OT, and OG. If Stefon Diggs hits the market, that'd be a no-brainer. Add in a Daryl Williams and Shaq Mason and you're probably done with 1st-wave guys.

Kelvin making it look so easy that he can't be bothered to get that 2nd foot in bounds?

Watkins is legit. The only thing missing from his game has been a consistent supply of WR1 targets, and nobody can seem to put their finger on why that's true. There has been one stretch of games where he got WR1 targets--the final 9 games of 2015; he was the 4th-most targeted WR in the NFL over that stretch. In those 9 games, he out-performed every WR in the league not named Antonio Brown.

I remember Tyrod (and every other QB we've had come through here) getting his fair share of excuses for sure. As for me and Allen, I feel that I was pretty fair to him throughout the process. I came into 2017 expecting to grade him as a R1 guy, and that didn't happen. Back in January, I had him as a 3rd round pick. My deep dive work in February & March completely turned me around on him, and by the time March closed I had him as a top-10 guy (and believe me, nobody was more shocked about it than me), even though he was my QB4 behind Rosen, Mayfield, and Darnold (in that order). That said, when I say "top-10 guy", I mean precisely this: if all goes well for him, he can become a franchise guy. For me personally, if I see a potential franchise QB (i.e. a guy with whom you can win a Super Bowl without having a perfect team around him), then he's an automatic top-10 pick because the position is simply that important. From a scientific study standpoint, I'm thrilled that the Bills picked Allen, because his development (or lack thereof) is going to be one of the most interesting case studies in modern NFL history. Either all of the "analytics tell you all you need to know" supporters will be proven wrong, or the "old school scouts know talent when they see it" mantra will break in favor of new school, big-data evaluation. As for me, I'll stick to my opinion: Allen has a shot to be great, but he's miles away from where he needs to be right now.

Maybe it's just me, but so much for Kelvin looking lean...still looks a bit fluffy to me; Star and Shaq, on the other hand, look like they're in really good shape.

No offense here: your entire point is speculation at best McDermott definitely had say in who the GM would be, and there's very little chance that he and Beane weren't in lockstep as to their approach to the QB position

Neither of those statements make any sense whatsoever

Indeed There's really no downside to being aggressive at QB; either you get it right, or you fail spectacularly enough to be drafting high again and take another shot.

Oh I definitely believe that it was the wrong approach. And yes, passing on those QBs and choosing instead to give up multiple valued assets to get Allen should be part of the evaluation. All that said, Allen will (rightly or wrongly) be the bottom line on this one. If he ends up being the franchise guy, then this regime will live on.

It seems that the deciding factor in kicking the decision down the road a year was that McDermott didn't have his GM and personnel department in place yet. As a details guy who takes the long approach, I can understand why he felt that way. Doesn't mean I agree with the results.

Thats what WR1s cost these days

I think there's a better chance of getting Travis Benjamin

Landry won't be taken away by game plans because there isn't a defensive coordinator alive that shapes his game plan around stopping Jarvis Landry. Look at the group of WRs that get over 120 targets and compare their efficiency metrics--he's way, way behind the others. Again I say: you can force targets to a slot guy and he'll rack up numbers; look no further than a guy like Thielen last year. Do you really believe that a guy like Antonio Brown, Julio Jones, or DeAndre Hopkins would garner only 2 mid round picks in a trade? If so, well, we aren't going to find common ground on this subject. EDIT: and as for Watkins' 9 game stretch in 2015, no, there's no 16-game stretch in Landry's career that stacks up to that. Sammy had availability issues for sure, but that 9-game run in 2015 was perhaps the best half-season by a WR in the last decade.