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Ummm Joe, please give a justification in retaining Trent Murphy.

Yep. I would have liked to have kept him. I don't think $10M AAV is that far off for Shaq, though can't wait to see what Miami is giving him. EDIT: Just saw above which was posted as I posted this. $10M/yr is about right.

I thought the Colts were ok with Jacoby Brissette. Is Rivers really an upgrade?

The Lamonica trade was a little before my time. For me, Ralph's worst move was firing Bill Polian...for some words Bill had with Ralph's daughter. All downhill from there.

Look on the bright side, we still have Trent Murphy /sarc

Agree with the four preseason games, cutting that down to three was long overdue.

I don't like the 17 game season or the expanded playoffs. Should just keep what worked for many, many years.

5 years $50M, with $20M guaranteed. Shaq walks if he is offered anything less than what Murphy is getting.

864 is Greenville, SC which is where I believe he is from. 716 is Buffalo. Don't think the airplane means anything other than he went from Greenville, SC to Buffalo, NY.

Mitch Morse is what it is...we needed a center and he was available. The line may have took over and closed out a few games, such as Tennessee, but they got pushed back more often. Then there is the pass pro which left a lot to be desired. These guys aren't bad football players; Morse is a technician and not a mauler, which leaves Spain and Feliciano to pick up the slack inside. Those two *should* be able to push the DTs around since both are big guys. Not sure why they have problems too often.

Maybe he joined 26CB, where ever that is EDIT: As an aside, I'll bet 26CB is still around, only with a different handle

If this is the case, the guards need to pick up what Morse is not suited to do. I don't know if Feliciano and Spain are not capable of this or if the blocking scheme does not allow for a power run game, which would be silly in short yardage situations.

Daboll needs all 5 of his TEs, for some reason

Feliciano is a backup center and filled in well enough during Morse's short absence, so it would be smart to hold onto him. I would guess Spain starts at LG and Morse isn't going anywhere. So we're back to the right side of the line again; either send Ford inside and hope he shines there while getting a new RT, or keep Ford at RT and get a new RG (either draft or FA). I would prefer Ford goes to RG and we bring in a new RT...we have the luxury of getting Ty Nsekhe back so that should be a big help. I agree that these guys are good football players; could the problem be Daboll's blocking scheme and/or technique he wants to use or the new o-line coach? Another thought is that last year was the first for a completely rebuilt line, so they should be improved by being back together for a second year; this is an argument for keeping things as is, including Ford at RT and Feliciano at RG. These guys are not worse than some of the Pats O-lines of the past, just that they had a great coach in Dante Scarnecchia, who made all the difference. Notice how many former Pats o-linemen didn't pan out in FA.

As far as being pushed around, I suspect Morse has something to do with this, especially in the 'A' gap. He seemed to be kind of tentative in firing off the line; I don't know if it is because Morse is a little on the smaller side or concussion concerns. Spain and Feliciano are bigger guys and I thought were more on the mauler side...though I could be wrong on this.

Hi Dj. Ok, you can come to Buffalo.

This ^ the only other Panthers I want to see in Buffalo. Any more than that, if I'm Pegula, I'm wrapping Beane and McDermott in brown bags and UPSing them back to Carolina.

They do have Ty, who is 34 and on the last year of his deal. Forgot about Waddle since he was injured last year, interested to see how he does.

Cool. Now get a RT to compete with Ford.

The corona virus fears will be long gone by September

But they were always a threat to go to the SB, so most players weighed that over a difficult to play for Belichick, as well as less pay.

The one who traded up for Zay WAS McDermott. Beane was not the GM during the 2017 draft. So if you're looking for anyone to blame for the Zay pick, it is McDermott, who I trust with knowing the defensive secondary, but that is about it.

I have to doubt that Ron Rivera would have committed to Haskins in agreeing to take the Redskins job. My guess is that he told Danny that he'll give Haskins a chance to compete for the job, but he will not commit to Haskins. Therefore, I believe the Redskins will take a QB with their first pick and I doubt there is much Miami will be able to do about it since Cincy will not trade down as they also need a QB.

At first I thought, great, the Carolina crony pipeline is going strong. Then I remember that if there is any area that McD knows, it is the defensive backfield. Norman is a low cost/low risk acquisition. They've brought in worse from Carolina in the past.