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Strongly denied by Broncos. Core player.

Lions release Jay Lee. Probably hoping he will clear wavers and go PS. Looked great against us & generally impressed in preseason. Good size speed combo and hands. Limited route tree but to be expected coming out of Baylor. Can block. No STs tho.

Agree 100%. Didn't realize he was actually released (yet). Doug needs to dial him up.

Sitton? Seriously? Git er done. Offer the a late round pick. Better than nothin.

To a divisional rival no less. Browns clearly not losing any sleep over this guy.

He has seriously underperformed the past 2 seasons. He has the measurables, showcased a lot of talent in college , had a good rookie year and has Tom Brady throwing him the ball. Wonder what his problem is.

Yikes! Sounds like the Iggles turned down a first. Insisted on a fourth too. Now that takes some stones. Iggles nicely climbing out of the hole Chip dug for them.

I think he earned it & think he will be a pleasant surprise. I expect him to make plays.

Not big and pretty slow but looks to me every inch a football player. Better than the world class athlete Goodwin IMO.

This would interest me if I were GM. Knew he was on the bubble and was hoping he'd be cut loose. There are a number of WRs out there now who are better than what weve got after Sammy and Woods.

Not sure Bradford is much of an upgrade over the ageless Hill. Doubt that Hill would have made it through a full season but no guarantee with Bradford either. If Teddy is good to go next year Bradford won't be under centre for the Vikes and he doesn't fancy himself a backup. Given that they are otherwise ready to challenge for a championship I understand the desperation but ....sheesh. Will be interested to see how it turns out.

Cecil Shorts? Some injury history but always productive when sees the field.

Terrible. Such a good kid. Get well TB.

Motivation was a problem at UNC as well and was the issue in the pre-draft conversation. Thing is I recall he could switch it on and dominate when he felt like it. Then he would go back and disappear for stretches. Sounds like maybe the same guy today.

I don't interpret Kaep's behavior as saying that the flag (and the country) don't stand for lots of good things. No disrespect intended IMO. Just that he feels that we've got a problem here people. He's not trying to attract attention to himself, just to an issue that he feels strongly about and that he thinks is important (and who can doubt that it is). Looks like a principled young man to me who has empathy for those may be less fortunate than him. Trust me, there are worse people out there.

Agree. I like him a lot based on what I've seen. But unless the Cowboys turn into a ground and pound, in other words go forward with a pretty limited playbook, Dak's gonna turn it over. A lot. JMO.

Looks like a really good signing. Nice to see an undrafted role player last 10 plus years in the league and make it to a pro bowl. Credit to the game too. Shows how football at this level is a professional endeavour for serious people.

I sort of feel for Little in the same way that I feel for EJ. Little is what this WR corps needs, and doesn't otherwise have. He's big, physical and fast and a decent route runner. The problem is that he's just not a "natural" catcher of the football. If he were that he'd still be a Brown. You can clearly see that in his play. He has to do more to track and focus in on the ball than good WRs do, maybe not a whole lot more but at this level of competition it makes for a significant difference in the results. His hands are not NFL reliable. EJ has all the physical tools you could want but he is just not a "natural" thrower of the football. A natural thrower either doesn't make the kinds of mistakes EJ does and which we sometimes describe as mechanical (I think they may be physiological at root) or overcomes them with coaching and training. EJ can and has improved but through no fault of his own he has a relatively low ceiling. Really its a shame but both Little and EJ would be well served by having less of what they bring to the table, which is a lot, and more of what they do not. Unfortunately you don't get to manage these things as you would like. I feel for both players. Close but definitely no cigar. Little might make the cut and may actually be a contributor, but you can't count on it or him. Compare him with a guy like Powell. Different player types I realize, but Powell is definitely a natch. He just needs to refine his game so that he can continue to execute against starting calibre DBs and learn the friggen playbook. How do you target a DB for punishment? If so inclined, and IMO Hall is, they get to ruin a WR's or even TE's career. If Hall sees Jason Peters or Earl Cambell coming at him at the second level I have no doubt he is a lot less aggressive, and maybe just gets out of the way. He is no Steve Atwater.

Size, speed and physicality (blocking). Brings something this WR corps doesnt otherwise have. Hands dont seem so bad to me so far. I'd like to see him stick.

If he was not another concussion waiting to happen and was dedicated to his profession I'd be really upset. Of course, if that were the case he would have been a second round pick instead of a fifth. As it is I won't be losing any sleep. JWill is gonna be a better all round back.

Forget trying to fathom this. Unless your brain is wired like that perv's (or Cosby's) you will never understand it.

Yeah well...ahhh...forgot what I was gonna say... Seriously, the NFL is probably behind the times on this issue as far as national sentiment is concerned, but in fairness you maybe cant expect the league to be socially progressive either. Having said that their practice and policy for player discipline with respect to weed is way too punitive. Guys like Marcell and Josh Gordon are dumbasses to be sure, but taking them off the field is not the answer IMO. Thats ultimately a bad result for all concerned, including the NFL.

Well when things cant get any worse they can only get better. Silver lining? Lol.

There are conflicting accounts regarding just what assurances were given to Gorbachev at the time of German reunification and later to Yeltsin concerning Nato expansion. According to Secretary Baker there were neither assurances nor guarantees, but there is also substantial evidence that the Russians were given comfort on the issue and they may be right in thinking that their reasonable expectations were disappointed at a time when they were unable to do anything about it. Maybe a promise was broken, but of course the Russians too break promises all the time, for example the guarantee of Ukraine's territorial sovereignty as provided in the memorandum of December, 1994. I wonder if Putin would have invaded the Ukraine if it was still loaded with nuclear weapons or indeed if Russia's Ukranian cronies had not systematically deteriorated its conventional military capabilities following the disintegration of the Soviet Union. Regardless of what has been said and done, it bears mentioning that Nato is a defensive alliance. It does not pose a military threat to Russia in the absence of Russian military aggression against a member state. And why is it that former Soviet republics would seek membership in Nato? Were they really planning to invade Russia or were they worried that their newly acquired freedoms might again be trampled under the Russian jackboot as soon as the Kremlin rediscovered its mojo. And why shouldnt sovereign nations be allowed to enter into whatever alliances or agreements they regard as aligned with their national interest? Because their aspirations are somehow incongruous with an outdated map of an empire that no longer exists? Having said that the Russian reaction to recent developments in the Ukraine is understandable (if not justified) and the case is an interesting example of how history and geography condition a People's perceptions. There are no natural barriers insulating Russia from Europe. The Ukraine in particular is a verdant plain and highway leading directly to the heart of Russia, Moscow. A highway that has been travelled by invading armies looking to enslave the Russian People. As it happens, Russia is the place where those invading armies have gone to die, due to the legendary endurance of the Russian footsoldier and the Russian People who together have written some of the most heroic pages in the book of human history. If Hitler proved anything it might just be that the Slavs are the master race. Just look at a map of Europe. Ukraine is huge. Add that piece to the former Soviet republics that have melted through the Kremlin's grasp and you might understand how, in comparison to what was previously its reach, the loss of Ukraine would be a pill too hard for a proud people to swallow. The fact that the Ukrainians themselves are a Slavic nation with a large ethnic Russian population only makes matters worse. As for Putin, I don't think he is that hard to figure out. He doubtless sees himself as the successor to Peter, Catherine and Alexander the First. Why shouldnt he. He is the President of Russia after all. I'm sure that animates his sense of duty. He was also a witness to the destruction of the most recent Russian empire of which, professionally speaking, he was an agent. He may be forgiven his bitterness. Thing is though that Putin is not merely the promoter of Russian interests, he is also a product of Russian political culture. If he was going to achieve anything he was going to have to buy into the Russian way of doing things and the Russian way of doing things reflects systemic instability (and the need to struggle against it) and paranoia. Putin is at once the master and the slave of Russia. The Russians are a great People who have for a long time been poorly governed and that is largely the fortuitous result of geography and history. Democratic institutions have never taken root in that country as they did in the UK, in France and in America. What you then wind up with is the rule of a gang the members of which need to be bought. It is inefficient and corrupt. Who can blame the youth of the Ukraine for wanting something better.

You're right. I don't think the history of the GOP is something I know much about. But my (uninformed) opinion is that its no longer the party of Lincoln and hasnt been for quite some time, probably even before President Johnson lost the South (his words). Today what I see is thoughtful and responsible conservative republicans distancing themselves from or outright abandoning the party. And when I look around I dont see any Lincolns, Theodore Roosevelts, Ikes, Reagans. What I think I'm seeing in characters (or the lack thereof) like Ryan and Sessions are midgets standing on the shoulders of giants. And when it comes to race relations and today's GOP it looks to me pretty much like the Party of Jefferson Davis Lite. JMO.