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He had the Curtis martin route and will likewise get in. It won’t be particularly interesting, as it will be well deserved. Indianapolis isn’t a sexy market. Manning and the passing game got all the headlines. no one thought of the colts as a team with a consequential running back when talking about the team over a beer. rivers is an interesting one if we are looking for an interesting debate here

yup. It’s not a knock on him to say he’s on the bubble behind very good players

think they forgot him or… do you think the guy that’s acted incredibly erratic since his big contract might’ve checked out on taking calls and the team can’t force much on him during the offseason? I’ll say, the other two are a bit old but I can’t think of many extensions for huge dollars that have gone worse, quicker, than the Saints trio of graham, gallette, and now Thomas. All three were huge deals and two were gone within a year and Thomas has been a non stop major in house issue where I think they would love to walk away from him if they could. it’s so rare to give guys monster deals and inside of a year be so far off the rails.

Imagine asking for so little and the team struggling to agree to bend even that far

ultimately he could be listed at WR and play a FB role. This designation doesn’t change much. And we can keep 12 tight ends and no full backs if we wanted. I think we all pictured him in the kind of H back, versatile around the line of scrimmage role, and not a big threat split out wide consistently. Even as a “FB” officially I think we all expect him to be an in line blocker like a TE on snaps and more of a passing threat than a traditional FB too. it’s a pretty minor procedural update in the grand scheme.

meh. For roster designation it doesn’t matter much. Eligible for a few new jersey numbers but everything else is exactly the same.

I will say that waiting til camp is silly, albeit better than never.

I think prevents is a tricky word. it substantially reduces risk, even if not eliminating. Clearly the Nfl wants to encourage that reduced risk. the NFLs issue in this is going to be figuring the tipping point on vaccinated vs unvaccinated to make that serious call on forfeiting a game. If it’s blended and no known source, how do you call it?

i think josh needs that raise first

it may even continue relatively uninterrupted. We will see. if he could land in a place that’s a bit of a media black hole, that may help. But winning cures a lot and he’s a very good qb. I would not be shocked to see a big package with playing time qualifiers on the first rounders.

yea but to be fair he has like 2 catches

Im not saying this trade makes sense but a consideration on any round two pick for a rental is we would be ideally trading 60-something and if not signed would got 90-something as a comp. so trading back a year and a round, not just giving up a 2

He’s like the anti fitz

if he voluntarily isn’t showing up already the league office may be a bit slower to take a stance that they would have to legally defend. showing up forces their hands to say whether or not he’s allowed in the building.

I think the point being made is “I am here and they have not done it yet - for a reason” as opposed to staying away and the reason potentially being that he made it easy to side step the formal designation being placed

no ones paying a 4th either

by what metric is he number 2?

you should fight him about it

he gets older and they stay 18

Calling your bluff on this one. You won’t.

Or because some years he’s huge

Unless he faces punishment

the proverbial pile being more often a running back or lineman for instance, in discussing the rule on a wider level. and I suspect there’s a bit more ability to think about it than you are giving credit for. I don’t think every hit is measured and thought out but I do think plenty would know “diggs has broken ribs- im going to take a shot at them.” No doubt in my mind that every safety and corner would have that memo

though if you know he has either broken ribs or a bum knee do you think that linebacker may go a little higher or lower? Or that DT getting up off the pile may shift his weight differently?

and the team will get fined because that’s the rule. again, this is going 59 in a 55. It’s boring. It’s low impact. Everybody does it. He’s not getting jail time. He wasn’t even the guy driving the car in your analogy as it’s a rule for the team to report it, not the player.