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Actually, I don't think this is really any new news WRT his situation other than things aren't best case scenario. From what I understand, he was injured & due to that, they discovered a (likely congenital), non-injury related problem. With this issue, he may very well have been able to experience a normal, full life provided it didn't include severe bodily collisions on a regular basis. The question was whether he wanted to risk a procedure that might allow him to continue to play. Being put on a non-football injury list just means either he didn't yet have the procedure &/or if he had it, full recovery isn't going to be quick.

I used the guideline that for "normal" sized men, 1" in height equates to an extra ~5 lbs. One prolly needs to adjust that up for athletes, say 6 lbs. If 1staid is ~4" taller than Moore, that equates to 237 vs 246. Can you really decipher that small a difference from a casual view?

As I recall, BJ Hobart was called upon in relief & did poorly which by his own admission was likely due to being unprepared. As a result, he had a VERY short tenure. Peterman was chosen to start and had an epically & historically bad statistical performance & by eye he was pretty dang poor too. He somehow managed to stick around for awhile (& somewhat surprisingly managed to stick around in the league for several years). I voted for Peterman.

I think the problem w/ kickers, is they've improved SOOOO much over time. Norwood used to be one of the best 3 kickers accuracy wise in the NFL once he qualified. His career %age is prolly around 80% & until his last year, his career long was 49. Also, although before my time, relative to his peers, I think Googalak(sp?) warrants serious consideration. On a subjective & "who's our hero" perspective, I'd go w/ Christie. Fair comparison, it's obviously Bass, w/ the possible exception of Prater, who I would tend to disqualify as he was only here for a year.

Went to the 1st ever playoff game at Rich, New Yrs ~'89. Spent the NYE in a hotel w/ a friend. (I don't suppose the 5 yrs spent there for college count )

Someone mentioned Layla above. There's a few in Highlander, but I'll go w/ NY, NY & Can't Turn You Loose from Blues Brothers

Thanks for pointing that out (is 12 retired?) I guess the problem is that a) we currently have ~90 players, so there's not too many available and b) there are some "regular" players (RB, LBs, etc) that have single digit #s which IMO they shouldn't.

I hate Punters & Kickers w/ stupid #s. They should be single digits or if necessary, in the teens.

In the playoffs, I think it's far more the case that our pass dee craps the bed. Ineffective pass rush contributes to that as does injuries as mentioned above, but basically when the going gets tough, our defense folds.

When I think of the "Legend of Kiko", I think of when he was w/ the Dulphins, I think it was Allen's rookie year & Allen ran for like 100+ yards when Kiko was spying him. Made him look absolutely foolish several times.

I commented elsewhere that there's a certain irony in him saying that.

I think the big question is what does the "up to $5m" mean. If it's $2-3m w/ incentives that are indicative of superlative play, then I'm disappointed. For that kind of $, I think he's worth it. IMO, he would fit in well in a OLB position. If it's $4m "base", then c'est la vie; that's too rich for us.

As for the near last place defense, this was at a time when they were facing ~30% more plays/series than other teams due to our no huddle. Also, as we were scoring prolifically, opposing offenses didn't have the luxury of playing conservatively & were usually forced to play catchup, thereby generating more yarss than typical.

I remember seeing that clip/comments some time ago. It begs the question, if this guy was so incompetent & terrible in past endeavors, why was he hired?

Yes, it does seem like an overpay. HOWEVER...not only do we have the opportunity to re-sign him instead to a contract that may well be more desirable to BOTH parties (ie lower cap hit for us, more guaranteed $ for him) but more importantly, is that there's no assurance that he's gonna make the team (& you need spare cap in-season for injury replacements, etc). When roster cut-down time comes & it's a choice between him at $3.5m cap & another player who's almost as good at $1m, who you think they're gonna choose?