Dragonborn10

Better: Rex gone and return of the 4-3; new safeties Worse: trading Sammy. He was going to be a star this year. I like Gaines over Darby. If Mathews/Jones combine for 1750 then they will be fine

Try being black in America for a year and you might understand

Dareus will be first team All-Pro this year and his contract will look like a bargain

Shotgun firmation, two TE, two HB with Tolbert and McCoy to either side of TT, single WR to the right. Fake handoff to McCoy to the right with Miller pulling to the right. Then bacskide screen to Tolbert with Glenn, Clay, and Richie out front.

Agreed. The bust rate for O-line in the first two rounds seems to have increased. Perhaps Walter Jones, Jonathan Ogden, Orlando Pace, and Joe Thomas have been the outliers and all along the bust rate has been the same. For a while though it seemed if you got a LT high in the draft you were set for years. See Mike Williams for the exception....

Great post I just don't see our offense and specifically the passing game predominantly 5 and 7 step drops. There are myriad reasons for this. First the right side of the line is not good at pass blocking. Second they have at best average deep threats. Third even as a TT supporter, I don't tihnk his game should be deep crosses or deep outs. I think(hope) TT's game evolves to seeing the whole field better and they take advantage of Clay and the slot WR abilities this offense has. To me that means more three step drops, quick throws out of the shotgun or pistol, and moving the pocket. If I am wrong and they ask TT and the OL to utilize 7 step drop backs and deep route concepts, then who is really to blame? Posters bash the run heavy 1970's offense. Well a passing game based on 7 step drops is also a relic of the past

I hope to god they do not package their pick and KC's pick and try to move up in the draft. That would defeat they whole purpose. This team needs talent in multiple spots. If they had a scond pick in the first round they could have had a QB (my preference being Kizer) and White. If TT struggles, they can go after Cousins( I would not) or still get a QB with their own pick. That KC pick can then be traded down for multiple other picks.

Can you name 5 back-up players on any other team without the internet???

Completely agree.

Players need guaranteed contracts. Berry might never come back

Achilles

Reid chokes when it matters most

Can't wait to see Gilmore get benched

I'm emotionally incapable of rooting for the Patriots to win, even knowing it helps our draft position

Dareus makes the Pro bowl and silences the haters

Sal Palontonio is most annoying to me

If Dakins can win the RT spot by the bye week and Glenn can stay healthy, the OL could be top 5. hopefully the Bills are up by 28 at the half and Dawkins gets some reps at either OT spots

Actually I'm entirely correct. Half your post proves my points. The Saints won a SB with a FA QB. Not sure how that was a waste? And yes it is better to have more picks. That is what I said. It is more lottery than science. They wasted four picks on Ragland. There are multiple means to build a team. Belichick did it via FA and trades. Seahawks have done it through the draft. Denver made two SB's with a FA QB and good draft choices. Further, let's just look at it from a numbers standpoint. 7 picks a year for four years (average NFL career being just 3.3 years) is only 28 players or little more than half a team. Even if your top three picks were starters every year for four years in a row (which likely has never happened) that would be 12 players. Barely enough for one side of the ball. So the draft is just one tactic in building a team. It is a very good one if done correctly especially in a salary cap league. Teams need good young but more importantly cheap talent. But there are multiple tactics used to build a team. Perhaps the best player the Bills have signed in the last 20 years was an UDFA TE that will be a borderline HOF LT. And lastly, Brady is the proof that the draft means nothing. The Patriots had no clue Brady was to become the greatest of all time. If they had any idea he was even going to be a competent back-up they would have taken him three rounds earlier. If you said, draft a QB every year, I would have no problem with that strategy. Just trade down at least once per year and take a flyer on a QB every year until you find one.

He wasn't that good before the knee. That really is all there is to it. He was a bad draft pick and a waste of multiple picks. At least Lawson is a much better fit for this 4-3 defense.

Cold weather teams play better in cold weather Interceptions are important. Fumbles are luck. Down, distance, game situation, and opponent all play a factor here. In general most NFL coaches are risk averse and yards/first downs don't come as easily as they do in college. But in general I agree with your point. NFL coaches should take a few more chances. It really isn't even that much a risk on say third and two to go for it twice. The probability of getting two yards in two plays in the NFL must be greater than 70%.

You don't build through the draft. That is all BS. It is GM speak to make themselves more important than they are. The draft is a total lottery. No one is any better at it than anyone else. Whaley's biggest fault was giving away picks. The more picks you have the more chances you have to draft good players The only position that matters is QB. Green Bay lucked out and had the guts to take Rodgers with Favre still on the team. Pats lucked out with Brady. Niners traded for Steve Young. Packers traded for Favre. Seahawks got a great one in the third round. New Orleans signed a HOF QB in FA. Cardinals just saw their former QB make the HOF, again signed in Free Agency. It is not the draft. The draft is great entertainment but it is not the answer to building a team. The ONLY answer is to find a franchise QB by any means necessary. Then find all the other parts in any manner you choose - draft, cheap FA, expensive FA, re-sign your own draft picks, trade, and waiver wire. There are HOF players and Wall of fame players that have been acquired by all these methods.

That is one change that needs to happen. It is so dated

Mills was terrible in pass blocking but a sevicable run blocker. Dawkins looks terrible so far. Most 2nd round pick OT, should be abel to beat out Mills. That said he was forced to play at LT while RG was a revolving door. Not exactly conducive to learning the RT position. Best case scenario is they work Dawkins in for a few series here and there, and also line him up as a third OT in certain packages. The real decision will come in week 5. Do they keep Henderson, Mills, or the waiver wire pick-up? As an aside, I don't understand why Groy didn't get snaps at RT in camp. He is 6'5" and played a couple games at LT in college. Maybe he would be terrible but it would have been interesting to see. And I am still beating the dead horse of Glenn to RT and CK at LT was the best 5, along with Richie, Wood(Groy), and Miller. I will concede Glenn is a very good LT but the drop off to CK was simply not that much while any player they have had at RT (including CK) has consistently been one of the worst in the league.

Your link does not state anything to the fact that the team must put the claimed player on their roster. There is nothing stopping the team from putting in multiple claims and if the team is awarded both, immediately waiving one of the two.

Same can be said for Orton. Had Sammy not made that incredible behind him one handed catch on the final drive against Detroit, Orton may not have started again. Add the **** show he put on at Oakland, a game I flew from Portland to see that cost us the playoffs. He was mostly awful but with this list still is top 10. Vomit in my mouth I was at Seattle game too Drew did not play well against the Steelers though. He needed to win that game somehow