Magox

Without reading the article, it probably has something to do with either the 40% tax on the "Cadillac plans" or the unintended consequence of employers opting to drop some of their employee's coverage and paying the fine. It's cheaper for a company to drop coverage, and give them an increased pay that matches the health premium they pay. The rate of health inflation far surpasses any sort of increased rate they would give them for the loss of the health benefit.

I would hope that's the conviction he would have, rather than allowing public pressure to dictate or influence his decision making process.

Here is why I say this, it's not so much that I believe that they wouldn't know what to do when the time comes if he's available, but more on the aspect of how the pressure of his perceived value amongst most draftniks, "experts" etc. That pressure would make it very difficult for him to possibly pass on Geno, who is widely viewed as this years top prospect. I'm just hypothesizing here, what if they like Nassib or another prospect a little better, or what if they have serious concerns with Geno? The thought has to be there, the thought of passing up on Geno, this year's top QB prospect, and he winds up living up to his top QB billing. He will never live it down, just about everyone has Geno as the top QB, ends up with a good career and he passes on him for some other player, or even worse yet, chooses a QB other than Geno who doesn't have nearly the career Geno had. That's the nightmare scenario that could possibly go through his head, IF he has serious doubts about Geno.

Yeah, it's a smoke screen. I mean it's fairly obvious that what they are trying to do is hype up his value so that some team jumps up in front of the #8 pick to draft him in front of us. Winning!!!!

I fear having the opportunity to draft Geno. I think the pressure would be too great for Nix to pass on him if he is available. I just don't have a good gut feeling with Geno.

So Barney Frank is as far out on the fringe as Alex Jones?

It was anticipated, but it's good to hear it confirmed.

Pretty much how I feel... He is waaaay too transparent. And the prebuttal to the anticipated "Well it could be a smokescreen", I simply don't buy it.

That wouldn't make sense to me. Simply because Marrone and Hackett have seen him throw for years, I don't really see how after the season he would of "shot up" the charts, unless of course Marrone and Hackett's lobbying efforts have penetrated into Nix's thoughts on Nassib.

Assuming he is truly speaking his mind, and that he honestly believes that there are two or three guys that will be "big-time" quarterbacks, then you have to believe we will be drafting a QB with our first round pick. When you have such a big and important hole to fill in the QB position and you have the opportunity to draft a "big-time" quarterback, then it would be professional/GM malpractice to not make that selection, assuming of course that one of those picks are still available by the time we draft, in which I'm pretty sure that they will be.

I think that if they target Nassib, they will roll the dice and not draft him at #8 and look to trade back into the end of the first round to get him.

They've all been wrong. I don't think, at least I hope anyway, that no one is claiming Gruden is the end-all-be-all evaluator of QB prospects, I think it just speaks more to the growing chorus of respected evaluators of talent, on to the Nassib bandwagon.

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I don't know, Bill Clinton got a blow job at the oval office, and he was widely viewed as an effective president. Having said that, Wiener certainly is no Bill Clinton.

In a vacuum, they are irrelevant. However it does speak to the character of the person. I mean, there are some awfully embarrassing pictures of the guy, sexting photos to this young student. And I believe it wasn't just a singular case, that there were multiple times to multiple people in which this happened. I think it's a valid question to ask, "Is he the best person to advocate the polices I support?"

I'm sorry... I didn't realize that was the criteria. I was just thinking that was your updated mock.

I'm assuming Ansah would be gone before the Mingo and Jarvis Jones pick. Correct?

Well it better not be, because if the alternative had unfettered control and was able to pass through their entire agenda, it would be one huge socialistic, liberal utopian orgy of policies that would accelerate the demise of this country... We'd UNDOUBTEDLY be Europe 2.0 minus Germany

You would think all the conservatives on the board would be somewhat outraged with this strategy from the NRCC chairmen. It's an egregious, dishonest approach that has significant implications. If indeed the GOP strategy is to attack from the left, moderate leftists will walk away from the deal, basically killing whatever shot we have of reforming the entitlement programs, which is the true driver of future deficits. I mean, I think it is a long shot as it is to get anything done, but if this is the strategy, you can forget about it. In any case. Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/293353-club-for-growth-targets-gop-campaign-chairman-for-primary#ixzz2QBWNO7iI I'm not a big fan of the hard core ideologues consistently primarying some of the moderates, but this happens to be one that I would support.

Exactly!

That's your opinion, that we've heard over and over and over and over

I'll say this, I keep up with a lot of news, and this is not something that is being reported proportionate to the level of disgust of what how much it should be reported on. Let's be honest here, if the media were comprised of individuals who were sympathetic to the causes of the other side of the aisle they support, this would story would be front and center in every major network for at least the next few days.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/04/11/greg-walden-the-most-important-person-in-the-budget-debate-right-now/ !@#$ing idiot

Yes, some have take it to an extreme, but you and a few others have taken it to the other extreme. And, my guess is that you will be wrong by a long shot, in regards to where Nassib will be drafted. You say round three... I say in between pick 25 overall to 40. We'll see who is right.