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Today their daughter tweeted “sometimes you can’t fix what’s been broken” which mom retweeted Today she also retweeted a quote about the art of nonfiction being staying true to the facts while presenting them in an interesting way. Both seem to imply there’s some truth here.

If this is her truth and not just creative writing.... there’s a good chance the outpouring for her husband was really hard on her and she feels the need for some public validation of her reality. Again, if she’s speaking her truth here it has got to be tough to feel abused and see that person lauded by millions of people.

Does it bother you that his percentage dips below Russ Brandon once you correct your math?

This right here.

Thats really the takeaway for you?

Meh... it’s better than the trade ones. Clearly there’s no way his title is factual, and is just opinion

Sure. At the end of day two we need a qb, a starting WR with speed, and a front 7 defender. this gets one of those with the lowest day two pick.

At some point this class is going to hit a wall and guys will fall. Something like 6 QBs in the top half of the first round after one of the best free agent classes in a long time seems crazy. Especially if some GMs see a few of the guys as interchangeable.

Im optimistic that if we go get our guy instead of taking what’s left we will have a little more talent and a better fit. That fit factor alone might be worth the premium even if we as fans don’t see the prospects wildly different. hope you’re having a nice Sunday, 3rd!

Thats about normal - and you shouldnt know. It’s scheme, and coach and opponents and some luck and health. the top guys any year are a coin flip or so and that’s why they go high. the next tier is a coin flip to be a good backup and long shot to start andvthey land day two ish

Leaf is a tough one to use as a comparison for any top pick. Maybe an outside chance at baker. johnny football was the last before and I can’t think of before that. Rarely do troubled guys shoot up the board. as for head vs arm — you have to check all the boxes as serviceable and then have a few real standout qualities. Vic obviously didn’t foresee that leaf was going to be a methed out felon in this debate. He simply saw a normal dude with a huge arm vs a Chad Pennington. Not crazy going back (though it seems things like leaf missing workouts with teams and such would mean he didn’t check the box for head)

Be honest- their fb and twitter each have less than 30 likes/followers. By found do you mean you created this? If so, no shame in some self promo.

I always like to steal opinions from visiting fans — and as a saints season ticket holder myself I’ll cue you up with some good saints related questions: 1) cadet and ivory in our backfield... I think we all get what ivory is - hard runner, not a star but super physical. Cadet seems a mystery to more here. Share any thoughts? 2) free agency.... think Snead gets the tender pulled? Bills are in dire need of a WR. Could be a cheap but effective option. Delvin Breaux at cb? How’d he go from the hottest up and comer around to still unsigned? 3) as a division rival what do you think of how McD and Beane did in Carolina and now in buff?

Tannehills not great but didn’t play either... and Watson was of course not playing most of the year... real trend here in the teams not taking a qb but picking high

Oh, it’s not a terribly serious thing on the Gruden front. and lynch still has a long way to go. If he got his qb he did the heavy lifting but we still need to see it over more than a month. I think crickets are fair cause it’s wait and see time.

I disagree, and think you are pretty far out on a small island with that opinion but I’ll give you credit for taking the stance

So when I asked who you sign, contract being equal, and you replied that the contracts wouldn’t be equal and kicking at NEF is tough, that wasn’t a bit of a shuffle step? who gets your jersey, pay check being equal?

Ill say I’m not advocating here but I wouldn’t be upset A month ago he would’ve been VERY low on my radar. But when you say sign two guys with that money— who are your two that are left out there? the day 3 draft pick is of no real consequence. But the market is super thin at this point unless you want to go sign a guy like Brandon Tate to come back. I’d be super down for the Bryant idea once we make our qb trade- though I’m guessing many here don’t have the stomach to risk a pick on him. We need talent though and it’s not on the free agent market, and we don’t have huge resources - so there’s a good argument to be made for a big chance on an injury or character risk.

Nice shuffle step to avoid the pressure So by “Schmidt is just as good” you meant just as good (of a value when weighing overall team building strategies) and not Schmidt is just as good (of a player)

I enjoy that you can respond to literally every Raiders post with that If both were free agents at your door asking for the same contract and you needed a punter: who do you hand the pen and paper to?

Even if you think they are similar players you end up freeing $15m a year vs committing to a guy like Tyrod — which is the price of a non qb all pro vet.

Again, have an AWESOME time... definitely not a knock. Just even as a football fan I have a hard time talking myself into that one. It’d take a long time to get to the draft in my list of places to take a 3 day weekend.

You do you, and have a great time (seriously!) but i I would have a hard time traveling to watch the draft in person

Lots of pressure on the defense to create turnovers and short fields huge need to stay 100% healthy (which is tough with wr1 and te1 having bad knees and a high miles back that’ll be the focus) And do really well with calculated risks (3rd and 7? Throw it downfield and see what happens) and exploiting every blown play (and creating those with creative play calls) I could see us semi productive in September when healthy and nothing on film but as defenses start tightening for playoff races and we get nicked up it could get ugly unless we add some solid pieces

Im not sure which situation would irk me more... knowing these kids got hurt running drills that probably won’t otherwise effect their draft stock or finding out that my team moved guys around drastically over 3 cone drills in private workouts after watching tape, the combine and pro days