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I'd gladly take a flyer on DJ Fluker and Donte Moncrief.

I think the NFL's punishment will be based on the legal system's punishment, whether damaging video is released and whether underage or exploited sex workers were involved. He's a very wealthy man who can afford the best legal help in a system geared toward exonerating the rich and incarcerating the poor. The downside is very steep. If video gets out or if he was serviced by an underage sex worker, he's finished and will be forced to sell the team. I expect this to drag out awhile. I'm sure Kraft will be scarce around games this year. I don't get how a man as public as he would go for sex in a place that he has to know has cameras even when not under surveillance. I guess we all have blind spots. I expect his legal team to exhaust every manouevre and I think Kraft's money will make things go away. Still, I think if Goodell can get some payback for Patriots scandals past and the shaming T-shirts, I think he will.

he's an improvement over what we have

No I didn't watch it and haven't done so in years. it seems to have turned into the Olympics of Political Correctness. Hollywood looks to be an artifact of an outdated monoculture. It appears to have lost touch with its audience. That said, I still watch some currently produced movies and TV. I cannot say the same for the music industry which produces nothing but immediately disposable techno-fizz.

Gomorrah is very good but very violent

apparently as a condition of his punishment, the Pats will lend Robert Kraft to the Raiders for two seasons and receive a conditional third if Kraft performs community service. It's all about parity

more offseason non-reporting

Jussie Smollett just tweeted that Bob Kraft was tied down to the massage table by some Redneck sex workers wearing Rams gear against his will. Poor old man!

I have questions too. Like what does putting crystal meth up your arse accomplish? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6735747/KTLA-Los-Angeles-TV-anchor-Chris-Burrous-died-meth-overdose-autopsy-reveals.html

are those Tijuana prices?

Rumour had it Shanahan asked for cut of the team. To be fair, Jauron did a pretty good job in Chicago getting some mediocre teams to the playoffs.

crazy is not a turn on for me. pass

Would need a few beers first

It's very telling that the Steelers missed the playoffs without him. He's good enough to put a marginal team in the playoffs and also good enough to push Indy or Houston to the AFC championship. He will be to his next team what Gurley is to the Rams

Bengals WR Carl Pickens Seahawks RB Curt Warner Raiders WR Jerry Porter Packers RB Dorsey Levens Bucs RB James Wilder Eagles RB Duce Staley Saints RB Reuben Mayes Falcons RB Michael Turner Oilers RB Mike Rozier

the offseason is officially on

Ottawa's snowbanks are about 3 feet high

It's amazing how we continue to win every offseason

Pat Mahomes still haunts us. I understand that you don't have your outgoing GM picking your franchise QB but was there any scenario in which Mahomes would not have been a fit?

I'll take the Bucs for a reunion with Arians

the night is young ?

it's funny that most people don't like crowds but the majority of the world lives in big cities

Jerry Rice Reggie Wayne Marvin Harrison Marques Colston Keenan McCardell Michael Irvin Anquon Boldin Hines Ward Randy Moss Terrell Owens Plaxico Burress Greg Jennings Isaac Bruce Tory Holt

he can be a contributor but not a focal point any more. If he cannot accept this we should,as a courtesy, attempt a trade with a team he'd like to play for. Failing that, outright release.

this from Landry football: The Bills offseason work with quarterback Josh Allen will be to improve his ability to recognize the check down option better. Allen completed an NFL-low 10.1 passes per game within 10 yards of the line of scrimmage in 2018. The league average for the 32 starting quarterbacks was 16.5 completions per game on “short passes,” within 10 yards of the line. Allen also had the lowest completion percentage on short passes. The Bills rookie completed 75 percent of his throws within 10 yards of the line, which isn’t quite as good as it sounds. The league average for starting QBs was 81 percent. There are many reasons the Bills’ short passing game was poor in 2018. And there’s no doubt Allen has plenty of improvement to make in his accuracy. But in theory, it’s not hard to imagine Allen’s accuracy improving by some degree simply by taking more “easy” completions. Six completions a game, in fact, should be there for the taking, because that’s what the average starting QB is getting. IN film study, you can see that defenses are playing Josh a little bit different than they play some other people, whether it’s a deeper safety, or the corners bailing off. The Bills offensive staff led by coordinator Brian Daboll can help him out by taking what the defense gives them in way of verticals. The Bills did not try to be a horizontal, possession-passing offense for most of 2018. That’s not necessarily best suited to a rookie quarterback. Allen’s big arm is a deep-passing threat to the defense, and the emergence of Robert Foster helped the deep passing game improve the second half of the season. In college, Josh Allen didn’t have a lot of the checkdown throws. Now, some of that is maturity on his part, which he understands. It’s finding those outlets when it’s not there downfield. That’s just part of the growth process. The Bills love his aggressiveness. He thinks he can make any throw, and he can physically, but sometimes that’s not the smart play. I think that’s what Josh is learning. That’s natural. He’s so competitive that he wants to pick up that first down now, and sometimes it’s OK to take the swing pass for 5 yards and get it to second and 5, instead of a harder throw 18 yards down the field in a tight window that has a 50-50 chance and now it’s second and 10. The Bills, in fact, had the fourth-fewest pass attempts overall in 2018 on throws within 5 yards of the line of scrimmage. The Bills averaged 14.8 a game. Pittsburgh led at 23.7 a game. There are other offenses that do check it down a lot and it really boosts those guys’ completion percentages. That’s not been the Bills plan to this point, but look for that to evolve more this coming season, Of course, winning and scoring is the mission of an offense, not leading the league in short passing – or dinking and dunking. Only one of the top eight QBs who completed the most passes under 10 yards (Indianapolis’ Andrew Luck) made the playoffs. But six other playoff QBs, including Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes, New Orleans’ Drew Brees and New England’s Tom Brady, ranked between ninth and 16th. Brees completed 18.2 a game, Brady 17.3 and Mahomes 16.9. The ability to work the short passing game only opens up other areas of the offense, so it has an impact of the offenses’ ability to score points. The first order of business for Allen is to begin the process of refining his footwork and throwing technique. His feet are often undisciplined and too wide. This creates an ‘overstrided’ position, which prevents his hips from getting over his front knee, resulting in high, all upper-body throws. This overstrided position at times makes him a ‘low-elbow’ thrower. Allen’s accuracy percentage was a league-low 33 percent on “underneath” throws. Those are specific routes defined as longer than screens and swing passes but shorter than intermediate crossing routes in which the receiver needs to be led with the pass. And that 33 percent isn’t the actual completion percentage, it’s the rate of accurately delivered balls, essentially into the frame of the receiver. Only two other QBs were under 50 percent on such passes (both Eagles QBs, Carson Wentz and Nick Foles). On the plus side, Allen’s accuracy percentage on “stick routes,” essentially intermediate routes, on a line with the receiver facing the QB, was 71 percent. That was better than the league average of 68 percent. Another indication of the need to improve the Bills’ possession passing game is how long Allen held the ball (3.2 seconds on average) – the longest in the NFL. Of course, part of that figure stems from the fact Allen has more ability to extend plays than most QBs. But when Allen got rid of the ball in 2.5 seconds or less, his completion percentage was 75.7 percent, near the league average of 78.6 (and adjusted for drops, throwaways, etc.) When Allen held the ball 2.6 seconds or more, his completion percentage was second worst in the league, at 53.5 percent (with the league average at 68.9). Improving the receiving corps by getting a couple more players who are good at getting quick separation from defenders will be one thing the Bills can do to improve their short passing game. Another year of experience for Allen should help, too. A big part of getting good at hitting checkdowns is recognizing very early in the down that the underneath pass is the best option. That early recognition, something veterans like Brees and Brady have mastered, increases completion rates and maximizes yards after catch.