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Matter, you have a knack for saying what matters (sorry couldn’t resist). The days of Ray Lewis MLB’s is over. The league has moved much more to fast, mid size, LB’s who can cover TE’s, proficient against the run, and are very versatile. The kid is 23, has honest praise by Kyle, now AJ, and is actually almost oversized for the position at 256lbs. By last count. He played with a messed up wing for the first 6-7 games and never complained. Klein, Edmunds, and Milano if healthy tomorrow are exactly where they are supposed to be.

Burfict, anger management issues. No way. He’s a teddy bear (on 100 lbs. of GH).

The draft gurus say there are 10 legitimate draft TE targets to consider. That will most likely be the answer at TE in 2021. As far as WR’s, I don’t know as we have Diggs, Brown, Beasley, and possibly Hodgins next year. Brown is 30 so he has some life in him. You don’t make an impulsive move when the guy could be fine in three weeks. You can even hold him out for the Broncos or Pats when he is eligible to come off IR, and help for the Fins and the playoffs. An off season will do him a world of good, and he was not that expensive as an acquisition. I’m not interested in pulling in a replacement when Brown was healthy was great in Dabol’s scheme.

Its not that simple as this was discussed in the off-season. The NFL and NFLPA negotiated it out. The PA wanted 8-10 years if memory serves, and the NFL obviously wanted 2-3 years. I can’t remember where they landed, but thought it was 5 yrs. The other guys probably have the exact answer. I hope that helps.

He seemed like a nice guy, but the ship sailed. Besides one of our deepest positions, um no.

Whoops. Sorry Seasons. That’s what happens when you’re decorating the tree with you’re daughter and getting distracted oh great one. Tis the season, you know.

It’s good news it happens, but there are assumptions on this Florio article. This makes assumptions there is a viable vaccine, there is complicity of every state govt., and governor, and agrees full stadiums in 2021. His is not a Covid point, it’s just an NFL issue leading to salary cap. The last thing I want to do is promote another Covid debate thread as the mods were clear to keep those discussions on the Covid thread. My comments are simply related to players being retained, how that relates to free agency, how that changes draft strategy, and the ability for us to all enjoy gong to games which I believe is the feelings of most people here. Thank you for the find Shady. It was an interesting, brief read.

That’s what kids call it, hunting for a cigarrette? Ah yeah, and I was born on a Thursday, not last Thursday. 😇

You keep that second on there the mods are goin to get ya, oh wait...

This is definitely a matchup we’ll do much better in a base defense if Milano is ready. We’ll find out by 4pm Monday if he’s playing. We keep going back and forth with disguising safety blitzes from Poyer so !uplinks gets confused not knowing where it’s coming from and we’ll prevail.

it is just amazing to me a 3-4 DE in really a true 3-4 unlike today when almost all teams are somewhat of a hybrid. He had 200 sacks in 19 years, the all time sack leader and as Reggie said to him, if he played in a 4-3 what would the numbers look like then. Reggie may have been 198, but Greene was 40 down to 160. Below that it gets bunched up so he far outplayed along Reggie any DE we’ll probably ever see again in our lifetimes. LT maybe one of the best overall defensive football players of all time, but on the sack metric, he’s at 132. Think of that.

Bienemy is most likely getting a job. Pederson received his Philly job after following under Reid, and he won a SB. He also didn’t call plays as their OC. There will be one of these owners who will want to have a part of the KC tree.

Doc, who is then going to replace most of the defensive line. Another RB is not the answer, but better push from the O Line is what will improve our running game. Last week we ran between our two guys 141 yards. We have a lot more pressing needs (this is to the group, not you specifically Doc), and a lot of people keep forgetting the cap going. Down from what would have been $210 mil. based on a normal cap increase, down to $175 mil. Now given our current contracts were originally based on an increase, there will be a lot of purging, restructuring, etc. to maintain a whole team. We can’t afford luxury acquisitions of expensive players, vs. making the best of what valuable players we have in the team, amd purging that just aren’t cutting it.

If anyone picks up updates on the direct tv/cbs negotiations, please share. I can’t seem to find any new info. yet.

I saw a noticeable difference in the Chargers game. I saw him blocking better and particularly liked when he pushed the RB forward for a couple of tough extra yards a couple of times. The coaches made the right call keeping him out as it seems.

Beast, sometimes people over complicate things with too much analytics and searching data to support an argument. You made the best point. The best data comes from eyeballs if you know what you’re looking at and know football, whether you played, or coached.

Matter, great idea for a thread. Thanks, and I like you defended you’re position on pressure rates.

That graph was really cool. I didn’t realize how accurate Carpenter was while here. Everyone retires from professional sports at some point, but was a great teammate while here.

Well said Hondo. Case in point, the Ravens were always the top in the power rankings, yet they lost their playoff game for two years straight. Then again, the same could be true for their record. One metric I like is that we have played more winning teams this year, and should end up with more wins against winning teams by the end of the year, so hence they are battle hardened. Barring significant injuries down the stretch, I like our chances in the playoffs.

Don, are you just trying to torch me? 🤣. I live here and it was not hard enough for me to root for Brady, but I have so many friends here, I want them to have a winning team again. The notion of trying to support a Belichick team is too painful to consider, so he’ll no. Besides Arians isn’t getting fired. They just stood toe to toe with the Chiefs, losing 27-24, but a nice comeback for the Bucs. I don’t think it’s a gimme Peterson is fired. It’s possible, not an absolute. The others are probably a lock. GB, not sure on McCarthy as he may get a pass because of Dak out for most of the year. If he repeats next year, then I would say yes. Anyway, GB nice write up and very well thought out. Someone on another thread asked about posting. For this guy who asked about how to post, I would say read GB’s post here as it is exactly what TSW guys enjoy reading even if people disagree. It’s thought provoking, thoughtful, and lots of good information.

Even when healthy, we traditionally whether this year or previous ones, McD’s defensive scheme usually goes to a nickel defense. I’m not opposed to a healthy team doing some base defense if we are opposing a run heavy team, but even in the TN example mentioned above, they keep Henry in check in the last game. We just had too many turnovers and a short field making it nearly impossible to win. Their Star WR torched us. This thread does beg a reasoned answer so thank you.

Thanks Shady for sharing as I wouldn’t have seen it.

The Bucs/Chiefs game which is going on right now. As a matter of fact, the Chiefs came out swinging going 17 unanswered points, but now the Evans TD gets Tampa back in it 27-24. There is only about 4 minutes left so we’ll see. Not just because I like the Bucs, but a Chiefs loss is always a good thing.

Thanks for the recap Hap. I too like Simms as he breaks things down pretty well, and I don’t always agree. At least he gives substantive reasons for his opinions. It’s annoying some hosts uses regurgitated ideas without putting any facts behind their opinions.

JG, this looks like it took quite a bit of work. Thanks for making the effort, and agreed Beane has done a good job. I don’t know how you can combine drafting, trading, and acquiring free agents as it’s so subjective. Simply, we had one of the hardest schedules in the NFL this year, have played more winning teams than just about anyone, and are still 8-3. Thats pretty good from an eyeball test. Seriously, JG, you did a nice job.