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No. The key is aggressively drafting players at the most important position on the team.

Wow

Pshh, wake me up when it's on like a mofo.

Better late than never I guess

Kind of peeved they didn't have any Palmer jerseys in the store yesterday.

I guess your future as an NFL scout isn't going to work out.

And that's about as polite as you can get.

Palmer wastes no time breaking his cherry - INT.

Moorman looks as bad as I have ever seen him. He has kicked 4 times and hasn't hit one further than 37 yards yet (and he is NOT dealing with a short field). Ouch

I agree, just pointing out the reasoning behind playing him. The just reported him officially out for the remainder of the game.

Palmer in.

Trying to develop some chemistry with EJ.

Lions have their 1st string Defense in FWIW.

More exciting does not mean beneficial.

Hah, I have no idea, but I predict he will lose it in one of these pressers before the season is over. I'm talking atom-bomb explosion full-on snap that gets him nominated for an ESPY or something.

He throws 1 good ball in that outing, and it was a dangerous throw across his body. Oh and here's Marrone's presser, he says he had no idea that Palmer ever taught a QB coaching camp or that he worked with EJ or Bortles. http://www.buffalobi...93-1301067af175

I agree that Bradshaw was overrated. I've just explained to you why the comparison isn't valid. Kelly was 6th in the NFL in passing yards. 8th in passer rating. He was considered for the Pro Bowl. EJ would have been 21st in yards, and farther down the list in rating. If you want to say Kelly wasn't a rookie because of his USFL stint, then I don't know what to tell you. I have no idea why you brought Wilson into the argument? I saw Kelly throw live in 86, there really was no comparison to EJ. Honestly, it's silly to even argue it. I'll bow out and let you get the last word in, I shouldn't have started a back-and-forth on this!

The lack a throwing TD's made the gap much narrower. Terry Bradshaw only threw 2 more TDs than INTs over a 14 year career.

^^ Also I'll throw this in: Kelly threw for 3,593 yards in his first NFL season, that was good for 6th in the league. If EJ stayed healthy (a big if) he was on a pace to throw for 3,155 yards, that would be 21st in today's game. Does that stat sufficiently highlight the difference between eras? And the difference between QBs?

You don't know what people expected?? How about shoring up the position through the draft or free agency before training camp. Signing a backup QB 2 weeks before the season reeks of incompetence.

That is complete BS. You are acting outraged because you don't fully understand the complete financial picture, and now you are making things up. The Saints had $2.4M in cap space. Did that prevent them from handing Byrd a $56M contract? Did it stop them from following that up with Graham's $40M contract? Boy, that $13M in dead money they have really hamstrung them. Again, it didn't impact our offseason FA acquisitions, ~90% of our dead money is gone after this season. Finally, there is no pattern here in regards to dead money (Yes, I know someone will make a snarky comment about 14 years). Our dead money figure for 2015 is $1.6M. There's a lot of issues to get yourself worked up over, this isn't one of them.

No surprises. I don't think we'll see any big surprise cuts this season actually.

There's a lot of people in this thread who don't understand what dead money is. This isn't $23M that we would have spent on players this year. It was created by 2 players - Fitz and Stevie, and it goes away next year.

It would be pretty difficult. The Patriots are fighting tooth and nail to block payment of Hernandez's remaining signing bonus, and that's a much more severe case. The NFLPA is vehemently against these attempts - they don't want to start a precedent of teams suing to recoup "guaranteed" money. This issue I have is not the amount, but the timing of the deal. Looking back, there was no immediate need to resign him at the end of December. His place on the field became an immediate question mark as soon as Pettine left, and if Whaley had waited until the NFL season ended, he could have better assessed the situation. Maybe that's hindsight though, but I don't think there was that much urgency to sign a situational lineman. Look for him to sign with the Jets/Browns/Saints on a 1yr prove-it deal after this arrest.