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Old friend?

There's no way I would ever have them back.

I think he asked it - then answered himself.

No kidding. He's got hall of fame credentials.

The market

I think you're correct he's intelligent and he knows this is a fallacy. He also knows the company he works for doesn't hold accuracy to account. They obviously encourage outrageous speculation to conjure up as much viewership as possible. Clayton unfortunately is a talented guy that has no choice but to dilute himself into this new culture.

Brees is the difference - but roster for roster it isn't close.

Great analysis. I learned a ton from this comment.

From a fans standpoint it would probably be less especially when you consider the cost of the pre-season games being equal to a regular season. From a veteran football players perspective or a player most likely to make the team - I'm sure they would want to reduce them as well. Beyond conditioning and the ability to work on a small portion of the system that's all they benefit from it. From a young football players perspective or a player trying to make the team - I'm sure they would like them kept the same to give them every opportunity to impress. From a coaches standpoint - I'd imagine they would like to keep it the same because they are able to evaluate talent in these games unlike practice can provide.

I don't think it's about wanting to change your opinion. It's about how wrong your opinion is.

Oh I get it, you're sending subliminal messages.

Haha, tough call. As some other posters have said - you can find a WR of Watkins ability anywhere in the draft. What does it even mean to "I won't support the trade"?

Stevie Johnson was great to have during the time when we lacked high end talent. That ship has sailed. Wait until we see the 24 through 28 year old version of Sammy Watkins. What he did in the NFL as a 21 and 22 year old is ridiculous.

Where the ball makes it is where it's spotted in the field of play. Would you want first downs not to count if the ball crosses the line to gain?

You were expecting stardom from a 6th round TE and can't understand why an undrafted player might be better - worth talking about over him?

Stevie was fun to watch and because of his ability to connect with the fans it wasn't hard to have affinity for him. Stevie lacked enough speed to overcome his inability to run great routes. He overcame the lack of physical talent and route running by just relentlessly competing. Stevie is the type of receiver that needs the QB to keep looking his way and give him time to figure out a way to get open vs just being able to get past the DB or burning him by running a great route. The help this team needs can't give Stevie that type of attention and time. For these reasons he wouldn't be a receiver that would have helped this team since drafting Watkins. This team needs a WR to take advantage of the attention Sammy gets, run perfect routes/read the defense and have good hands to keep making the defense pay for devoting too much to Watkins. Then when the defense relaxes on Watkins because he's effective - let Sammy burn them. That's not Stevie! You underestimate our 23 year old star receiver.

That's an obnoxious statement

I would change chains being used for first downs. It seems that an electronic method could be used and speed up the process when chains are brought out onto the field.

Besides Kyle - 2006 was pretty bad. I bought into McCargo proving people wrong.

For me it's Jim

Depressed? Hardly

Good point. Pick a player from each level of the defense and match em up. Still a goofy exercise (comparing triplets on defense) - at least there's some method of choosing.

The four we'll win in a row of course.

Wow, ok - somehow I missed it.

We should fire our coaching staff and start over.