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Is that factually known though? They aren’t even newly awful. They’ve been consistently disastrous

The flip side is an employer suspending their employee for workplace misconduct (PED) vs at home behavior should see some tilting towards harshness at work misconduct even if the at home behavior is morally worse. not going to litigate an unknown PED offense vs a not yet doled out personal conduct offense- but as a general rule I get why we see things that look out of sorts sometimes

Y’all mock the jets but the cards are an underrated treat to make fun of

Why in the world would your head jump to “if he takes a cheap shot in the preseason”

This explains so much.

Meh. It’s a special run of a shirt that already had all its design costs paid. It features the dudes face and it is being opened up for sale on the day of his death. Id encourage them to cover costs and donate everything else to his family or charity on this very specific limited run. 99 times out of 100 I’d agree with you but it’s quite literally his face. I’m not trying to derail or get off track or even debate it really but if the site owners end up here reading, I hope they think about it.

I get that people sometimes pick odd or random places to rally for a cause... but even if you think this is one of those times this is likely not the time or place to muse on the topic. if anything, I’d encourage the shirt company to donate the entire profit from this run.

He probably told some gambling types that luck was washed up.

Could accuracy be the simplest answer? Like maybe he said the outcome was likely to be this simply because it was the probable outcome? real talk: have you ever conceded a point to him or is this as close as it gets?

That it’s now about weos love of kraft and not the case seems to indicate the official KO

A) he will want it up front as a signing bonus which is always amortized B) because you can always rollover unused cap you may as well push the hit later to increase flexibility today. If you don’t use it you have the same dollars to spend later but if an opportunity or need pops up today you have resources now too.

Not wasn’t humble by any means but if he had few to no invites and the agent worked some magic- I can see why a young guy would accidentally include himself in the brag there. Especially when trying to show his own skills to upcoming clients. Youve been around long enough to see quiet success can easily trump loud bragging - but it’s often a tough lesson

Or we only have 2 solidly making the roster and letting guys fight it out is good business on the 90 man. Carrying 5 for 3 spots is pretty on ratio for what a 90 should look like

He also threw in comments about coaches egos being too big, and not hiring the best guys.... it wasnt a great look. And may have been an insight not just a media spin. It’s largely his own words being discussed

I believe, if I’m not mistaken, that’s both an old update and also simply posted by a well meaning friend. I wouldn’t hang on every word of it.

Its one of the less shocking things I’ve seen on here lately, even with the Derek Anderson retirement

I will never forget jerel worthy.

Which makes sense. His rookie year was injury recovery and in a bad situation. If you write off that year he’s just a young guy coming into his own in a new system and healthy. I think that option decision makes people feel like he’s been here and in it longer than he really has.

He’s essentially paid as a rotational/backup DE here. He will be likewise in 2020, somewhere.

There tend to be a few ledges in the structures where you see pockets of guys that negotiate a bit more. Where offset language comes off the table seems to be another where it sometimes stretches a few extra days. As a 3rd rounder there’s a chance this is your only pay day, and couldn’t fault anyone for wanting to get it right

It can be a tough spot as a middle manager for a bad leader. Especially if he brought you in to be a culture bearer for his system and you don’t actually believe in it. On your note- it wasn’t outside the box to hire him. But how many assistant position coaches come out dogging leadership for not knowing the game and not listening to them because they are the GOAT? It loops into the long running debate of whether a guy like Peyton Manning would be a good coach. Knowing the game is different than knowing how to teach, being a second or third tier contributor to a meeting room instead of a guy that’s followed blindly, etc....

Ultimately, I think it comes down to the question of was he able to humble himself enough to be the low man on the coaching totem pole instead of the top dog of the players. The interview certainly didnt didn’t prove he undermined the coaches, but it sure did make me wonder if he might’ve at times. It’s a tough spot, but for all his knowledge if he didn’t know how to effectively manage his new position he might not have been a good choice. You have to think Rex brought him in to be a fierce advocate of the coaches that players would respect. Are you confident he filled that position? After reading this, I’m not sure.

The psychology of it all really is fascinating at times. A solid third to half of the fanbase lives with “hope rewarded” amounting to 2 wild card games - the music city debacle and a 10-3 mess. And the remainder know success as being the butt of jokes for being the team that couldn’t win the big game. Our pinnacle has a major element of rationalizing losses for greatness (which yea it was a great team). When you step back from being a bills fan and just look at the idea of being a fan of a franchise with this history...it’s really something.

Quite a few layers to unpack in there. Comp picks aren’t about making bad teams good as much as creating consistency. It encourages teams to let players play out contracts instead of cutting them. It helps prevent great teams from bottoming out when they get pillaged. It does help prop up less desirable markets too. And with mixed results, having the cutoff date keeps vets on the fringe in the league (though maybe makes them wait longer than liked to be signed) I think that us watching the pats work the system while we have not done well just makes it feel less fair. We are all better for having your deep thoughts and participation in our conversation, Ferg. Keep it up.

I don’t dig the straight to moulds jumps to excuse every underperforming WR but i do think it’s important that his salary is $1m and we save peanuts cutting him. As we have seen even in this thread- $1m for a WR3-4 is still a relative bargain. Unless he’s legit beat out by both a udfa AND a guy in a futures contract from the CFL, there’s not any motivating factor to move him unless he’s some sort of trouble behind the scenes we don’t know about. Him only being a 4 would be a scouting disappointment but the beauty of picking a WR there is that even a disappointment is a great value in the cap as long as not a complete disaster