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I guess off topic - but can people be rehabilitated? I don't know what he did, but it was also 20 years ago... he attended anger management, did community service, substance abuse counseling etc. Is it possible he's a better person now? Like why is Tim Graham bringing this up?

Yes, Norwood was a first-team All-Pro in 1988. But to that point, his longest career field goal on grass was a 41-yarder against the Miami Dolphins in 1987. According to a 2005 episode of a defunct ESPN series entitled The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame..., during the previous five years leading up to Super Bowl XXV, kickers missed more than half of their attempts from 47 yards on grass. Norwood didn't have a strong leg to begin with and was less familiar with kicking off grass than some of his peers were. He spent his entire career playing home games at Ralph Wilson Stadium (known then as Rich Stadium), which at the time had artificial turf. Thus, during the course of a 108-game career that spanned seven seasons, he had made only 18 field goals on grass. To that point, he was 8-of-17 in his career on grass, with most of those good kicks coming from short range. He had attempted just one field goal of 40-plus yards on grass in the prior two seasons—a 42-yard miss in Cleveland—and was 1-of-5 in his career under those circumstances.

Marrone Jauron Ryan Mularkey Gailey Williams Gailey is low because we had such terrible defenses in his time here - didn't seem to have or want to have a grasp on that side of the ball. His offensese were a bit overrated as well. Jauron did 7-9 magic with 3-13 teams. Marrone almost got us there. Ryan did 8-8 magic with 10-6 teams but he was a .500 coach here so i can't totally hate on the guy. Williams just destroyed the teams construction getting his guys and set us back. Defensive Whiz who coached some bad defenses. Mularkey was a JAG. Marrone light.

You think? He played really well in the playoffs, and probably would be off the field in sub packages - has value on teams, and can play end in a pinch. He's also a captain so it's kinda tricky. If they were willing to keep Tolbert, who was a straight up liability, then i think they hang onto him for another year. If only to help teach some of the young guys what it means to be a pro. He also only saves about 1.5 million to cut off of his 3.6 contract. Not sure thats worth it to roll with... lacey/stanford as your 3rd LB. Stranger things have happened though.

I remember Marrone trying to punt against NE, on 4th and 2 in the 4th quarter, down 16. Orton sent the punt team back Wasn't Norwood really mediocre on natural grass too?

Bledsoe i recall doing that too

I dunno - look at the numbers... are they really that different? JP has a slightly better YPA and comp%, but a higher INT%, fumbled more, and had a much higher sack %.

I believe if he was "active" his cap hit was lower during the lead up to the draft and UFA period. They basically waited until the last minute to cut him so that he would still only count towards 2018 - but left the option to move some to 2019 if they needed the cap space. Almost 47 million dead money....

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I thought Tyler Dunne was pretty good but he never really got a chance to write more than a few articles before he left after a year of being basically an intern. He seemed to have an interesting writing style, and actually wanted to write a feature about getting to know a player (he wrote the sammy article where sammy came off selfish), not just hot takes about who to fire and why everything's on fire. His opinion's didn't come off as hating the actual team he covered. The Sammy article totally got taken out of context, and Sammy seemed to blame Tyler on twitter which wasn't fair when its guys like Rodak quoting your article and essentially claiming it as their own. They both came off that they didn't like the teams that they covered, and didn't seem to cover what was actually happening on the field/ice, so much as arguing about what what doug whaley meant when he said this and when he fired rex, or whatever. We caught you in a lie! We got you! - so what? None of it seemed to have anything to do with the actual players, the actual games, etc.

My guess? He's using a meal prep service and having them prepare meals based on his new diet. That will be very expensive at probably 10 bucks a pop - as an nfl player thats probably 5 meals a day, maybe more? 50 a day = 350 a week = 1400 a month just for him and not including wife/kids. It's not crazy expensive, but it's probably some sticker shock.

I mean... Logically you know the games pretty much over at that point. I'd have left him in til the half as well.

Well he essentially "retired" so they owed him the bonus money. He then basically wanted to re-do his contract again it seems like so they just decided to be rid of him.

Good luck getting the 3.6 million back after the repeated strange behavior.

Know what you have in him - and what you have is worse than shaq and yarbrough Gotta at least try to get better at the position. Shaq sounds motivated to have a good year - but talk and production are 2 different things.

I guess... Most of the teams below us had massive amounts of turnovers. Personally though, i didn't see much difference between our offense's production and like the dolphins or bengals.

Regression on O? How much worse could we get? 22nd in points and 29th in yards... 3 points in our first playoff game in like 20 years. Hopefully Daboll can come up with something better than run-run-pass-punt.

I mean - we hosted one of the later mini-camps this year so that makes sense. The negotiations all take place with the agents, but the players have to actually be present to sign the contracts.

I feel like if Klingons had a position it would be like MLB or SS... so good fit!

My hope is that Newhouse or McDermott can replace him in the starting lineup.

I agree that he's not a lock. However, who's replacing him? He was legit our best player on the field in the playoff game against Jax. I'm not sure the 1.8 mil in cap savings is worth releasing a special teams contributor, and a player who can play both SAM and DE. I could see trading lawson, as cutting him costs more than keeping him. For those drawing a ragland parallel, he did start 10 games last year FWIW. Im hopeful that we cut mills TBH.

plannin on it

He was injured in year 1 and basically missed camp. He wasn't a world beater but neither was Yarbrough or Davis. I doubt he's cut as his cap hit will more than double if released. Traded maybe, but only if they believe that they have the depth at DE to cover his loss. As for him as a player - obviously we'd all like to see more from him. But he's on a rookie contract, he's 23 years old, and there's a ton of potential there - hopefully he's motivated to get a 5th year option or raise.

I believe we brought in Gaines for that spot. He's still available if we need depth at the position. We know he's not a star - hes 28 years old. You don't find stars by just settling for the mediocre DB that you had the year before.

They have McCown, Bridgewater, Darnold - they still have Hack who might have trade value - but everyone knows he gets cut. Maybe he sticks til preseason game 4 just to see if you can squeeze a pick out of someone, but i don't think anyone's offering anything for the guy.