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they weren’t as big as nearly any of the other bands discussed. They certainly weren’t influential in a way that moved music or opened doors. You’d really have to make the mountain quite wide to justify them in the image with any confidence they really belonged by any criteria someone could come up with. that’s not to say anything is wrong with them. Carving out a commercially successful career is a huge accomplishment. Not reinventing the wheel here but… nirvana and PJ probably have to be there regardless of if they are anyone’s favorite. also likely need something heavier from Rage, NIN, korn then you stumble into STP, soundgarden, AIC, RHCP, smashing pumpkins the two heavies not selected above, Radiohead, oasis, a variety of poppy punk stuff I didn’t love -Green Day, blink, offspring etc… - poppy rock like no doubt…. Sublime. Getting towards Goo Goo dolls, you probably have to pass up counting crows as a bigger and more noteworthy in the same vein. Maybe could argue who would win in a fight between hootie, GGD and matchbox 20, right? and that leaves off a bulk of the multi decade bands like U2, REM, Metallica, Pantera, GNR Heck it even ignores blur, garbage, black Crowes, sonic youth, Jane’s addiction, faith no more, Manson… I hate to say it but there’s probably an argument that kid rock or Fred dursts face belong on it as the bookend closing out the decade. it’s incredibly difficult to come up with a criteria where you pull GGD out of that list as the absolute cream of the crop.

last guy off the bench vs high draft pick expected to start can come with very different conversations

I use the Tom Brady argument all the time. But it’s a big gap between looking for your franchise qb there vs looking for a 3rd string back to use in a couple sub packages

gore was using a walker

Luckily we have two starting safeties

Obviously we are getting kamara now its like you aren’t even trying

a “k”

are you Tony romo or do other people call him that too?

Very much true

Could be privacy concerns, could be angry side pieces either way, not coaches spot to tell the media his personal business

lucky hynes is our returner

If nothing else, I’m glad to have someone new to yell at instead of mckenzie. i think similar to him is the floor, but he has some upside from there that McKenzie hasn’t been able to capture.

Yea but those guys are knocking guys out of the calculation at the bottom of the roster too

meh. If it converts a couple extra short yardage plays, and puts the ball in the end zone a few times more (both by scoring himself and by extending drives) I won’t complain about a lower dollar deal.

the restructure is generally in their benefit, not a selfless team first act

It in fact makes them higher, and thus harder to trade.

we’d probably give him some of that “just because we have it” money so he likes us though

would you rather jeudy and like 20m in other cap space though, as it’s not just a pick. Gets more interesting when it’s jeudy and another good player or Hopkins

If you don’t like them running on us, you’ll really hate them passing on us

salary counts fully in its year Signing bonus amortizes over the remaining years (up to 5) The bar napkin would be swapping a 10m hit into 5 2m hits, for example. team gets flexibility and the player gets money today instead of during the season.

This early in his career, it’s hard to say it’s something more substantial and not just bad luck a couple times. if we get a high pick- great. If not, at least a reason to hope for improvement. I don’t expect guys to randomly shoot through the roof but a high ankle is substantial to play through, potentially

I hate to say it but the best news of the off-season was that he had a high ankle right? He looked like a cruise ship changing direction at times if his leg truly heals up it could be major

I’ll just keep saying it: I think he also helps replace mckenzie. If you chalk a few of the dollars to slot receiver it’s helpful.

I mean, it depends what you qualify as false. he probably has mutual interest from some of not all of those. Is it false for the 3 that do t materialize? my bet is beane is doing homework in case the running back market is soft and he can steal one a little cheaper than normal

you have to understand though that the saints worst hits were self inflicted. You give those massive signing bonuses and cut/trade a guy inside a year - that’s different than just manipulating the money. jimmy graham, and Junior galette come to mind. Imagine if we cut Miller today- that’s a different issue than restructuring Josh to play with money. then roll in bounty gate - loss of picks, a year of drama etc… and that they were on the cusp a few times- the rams pass interference, the diggs touchdown both were very possibly Super Bowl trips lost. ill take the ring, and what should’ve been at least one more trip