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I was pointing out that it’s very possible that after treatment and a few weeks rest a mid-30s tight end might feel better than he expected and decide to take the test knowing that if he doesn’t it’s a fail. its also possible he’s gaming the system but this particular player has been pretty excellent dude in the past. This would be more akin to if Kyle Williams changed his mind and got popped than if shawne merriman did is, roughly speaking, my point.

Amd yet, just a couple years ago most top picks weren’t signed yet

Well, the policy continues to test and considers a no show a positive. It does so to avoid exactly this type of situation being a workaround. For a guy his age to end the season injured and retire, to start a treatment and then when feeling better to have the itch to play again doesn’t seem crazy to me. What part of that doesn’t seem plausible to you? The dudes on the NFLPA’s Executive Committee, so he knows the rule and very much that he’d still be tested this offseason. I wasn’t going to play and then I decided to play seems pretty feasible.

Or just taken the penalty and come back? He retired, started treatment outside Nfl rules and while retired got tested. A month later gets a call to come back and while negotiating finds out he failed said test. As guys go, Watson’s pretty standup and I tend to believe him

Lord.

we hadn’t actually fixed our line yet when he was signed, to be fair

I look forward to playing for a wild card to be the minimum standard and not a history making accomplishment

Ironically, the big athletic qb with an arm, and speedy deep threats that open up the running game always seemed to be whaleys vision. Likely from his Pittsburgh ties. that they have come back around to it is one of the things that has me feeling more optimistic than I did looking at slower big bodies in Carolina and then bringing in KB here. Real speed outside plus a qb that can move the chains with his legs too is so hard to defend. Finding the right QB is tricky though.

Sometimes I think that “edge” is just fans loving to create soap opera storylines but McNabb not even knowing the tie rule late in his career I think underscores his casual approach to the most important position in sports. Very talented. Won a ton. But hard to embrace a guy like that as an all time great.

Bingo.

Eric wood was an injury settlement. Its basically just a contract buy out. A lot more likely to happen with camp fodder type players you don’t want to tie up resources in than a key vet that you hope can contribute and comes with a hefty price tag though.

We drafted one in the middle of the draft because we had what otherwise qualified as a bad group. A vet can get an injury settlement too. It’s just not practical for a major contract and having to replace a guy that’s expected to contribute.

Almost certainly not. It seems Ezra was a pretty solid dude, but the buffalo bills should not have a sombrero wearing caricature as their mascot. while I appreciate your positivity on this; little of it feels like a good idea in practice

Our top 7 cap hits last year were dareus, wood, Tyrod, Benjamin, clay, McCoy, and Hughes. If if you show me another team that got less out of their biggest hits I’d be shocked. getting 50m in dead money back and lots of draft assets should result in a much improved roster. Not improving across the board would be catastrophic failure.

The flip is, outside of rare incidence of a guy being a great blitzer in an otherwise not aggressive defense... sacks and pressure tend to go hand in hand.

Meh. As much as I give alpha a hard time here, there’s almost no way he lines up anywhere but 1 with those guys out and it being the start of the offseason. even if they weren’t big fans it’s where he’d start the OTAs

I feel like you may be stretching how dynamic he is a little bit

Its really the only knock the director says it was a choice to balance a foreign sound but still be accessible. Outside a few scenes the shows been so strong that I barely notice it during the bulk

To say it’s stocked is really shades of some posters last summer saying WR shouldn’t be a weakness

Coming from you it really says something

Assuming there’s some sort of signing bonus - which is likely a safe bet- would accomplish that. If this years salary largely becomes signing/roster bonus, and next year mostly guaranteed it gets you there pretty quickly as it’s not that much in total dollars guaranteed

I’m assuming this year and next guaranteed and year 3 flexibility if I have to guess

Terrible look but not sure if he sits out some games or not. I suspect most of us wouldn’t have gone home that night though.

https://www.tmz.com/2019/05/20/ezekiel-elliott-handcuffed-edc-vegas-video/ well, not arrested, but was detained and on tape knocking down a security guard after they intervened in a testy moment between he and his GF. Not a great look for a guy that had a domestic issue in his past already- but not sure if the NFL will step in. What say y’all?

I’d assume that it’ll be next year that they try to move him. You just can’t justify it this fast