GunnerBill

Huge drive.

I think it is probably the right appointment, but at the same time this was not an exhaustive search.

Yea I think better than the other fast guys but agree it is key for him. Sorry meant to quote the post I was referring to. Must have deleted the quote. Legette.

Yea I'd have Love 2 and Purdy 3. If you said you can take any QB from the NFC to start a franchise with today who you taking it is Jordan Love and I am not even pausing before I answer. Otherwise your tiers are pretty much where I am

I think you are slightly too high on Purdy and way too low on Love. Otherwise I agree.

He would be great on tv if they got him doing an actual Xs abd Os show in longer format say on a Tuesday Night breaking down the weekend's key games. That would be absolute must see TV for anyone interested in the why and not just the what. If they try and shoehorn him in as an announcer of half time 2 sentence merchant it will be a disaster.

Yea I don't think he is going to run in the 4.2s but he is legitimately fast. He is more a build up speed guy so I don't think the 40 necessarily will showcase how fast he is. But he is going to run plenty fast enough to be legit size / speed prospect. I'm super high on him.

I am fine with Detroit or Baltimore. No to Kansas City and San Francisco.

Not well under. 99 in the regular season. He has had less value on offense this year than in previous years. But yes, he is a proper full back and in terms of how many guys would I rank above him as fullbacks.... It's Ricard, Jusczyk and Burton (Denver). I reckon there are about 10-12 teams I'd say keep and use a fullback - it is mainly Shanahan stretch zone teams: San Francisco, Miami, Minnesota, Houston, Atlanta and then E-P teams: Denver, Las Vegas, Buffalo, New Orleans and then Baltimore who kinda fit into that category as well. I'm probably missing a couple. Normally you'd add New England to that list but they didn't carry one this year I don't think.

Dorian is clearly not ready. He can't line up in the right place. Guys are having to wave him into position every other snap. The idea that he was the answer is totally for the birds.

Yes it does. I was clarifying. I knew there was some standard I thought it was playcalling, was sure I'd heard that but it isn't its gameplanning.

Yea not a fan of Desai at all.

Yea possibly. I am sure I heard it somewhere though. EDIT: found the rule: "Must play a role in the development of the game plan but is not required to call the plays during games." Final decision where there is dispute is for Old Roger. And teams are required each year to submit their coaching heircarchy and job descriptions.

Honestly I can't remember. And I have no idea how the check. But I am sure I have heard it somewhere.

It does now recognise coordinator as a position. But I believe you have to have playcalling responsibility for it to be granted any sort of protection.

Promoting Babich means nothing unless they are giving him playcalling. He would still be nickable. Congrats coach Washington. Although I wouldn't be delighted by this if I was a Bears fan.

He isn't mediocre. Or a bust. If he strikes you as that, that is a you problem.

Thinking of of you @whorlnut. My grandfather suffered the same fate in his mid 50s and it looked bleak for 48 hours but he pulled through and lived to the grand old age of 89. So don't lose hope. Wishing her the best.

And just our luck he is out for tomorrow. Typical.

Possibly. Spotrac has him at $15.3m AAV. That is too rich for me I think. But if I could get him at $12m AAV or thereabouts and keep the cap hit down into single figures for the first couple of years I'd be in on that.

I will be watching. Baltimore are the team I have always thought I'd have ended up following had I come to the NFL my own route - them or the Saints. So if the Bills are out in the AFC they are generally my rooting interest. Of the teams left them or Detroit are the ones I'd like to see lift a Lombardi. But my pre-season prediction was the 49ers so I would sorta be smug if that ends up happening too.

Evaluating Hyde and Poyer was all McDermott. Beane wasn't here yet. My view on safety is you sign one decent mid-range free agent. You keep Poyer for his final year (kick a bit of money into a void year if you need to) and you draft a guy round 3 or 4. Ideally Poyer plus FA play and you can get draft pick on the field a bit in dime to get his feet wet with the idea he takes over as the starter in 2025. Kamren Curl is the guy for this team. I think he is severely underrated and would be an all pro calibre player on this defense.

The guys who are good start early. Tre White. Tremaine Edmunds. Josh Allen. Ed Oliver. Greg Rousseau. Taron Johnson. Dawson Knox. Dalton Kincaid. O'Cyrus Torrence. Christian Benford. Then the likes of James Cook, Dion Dawkind and Matt Milano came on late in their rookie years. The guys that don't play early are the guys who are not ready to play.

Two counters to this: 1. They ran more because that was their best way of moving the ball. Dorsey had stuck with the desire to pass downfield and be explosive and it was very inefficient with the players we have. Our most reliable offensive weapons second half of the year were Cook (running back), Kincaid (tight end) and Shakir (shifty slot). Relying on those guys will make you a small ball offense but they were our best chance to move the sticks. 2. They ALWAYS run Josh more later in the year. That is a pattern over 3 years and 3 coordinators now. They put a lid on Josh's running the first 10 games. But when the season is on the line down the stretch his carries rachet up again. I crunched the numbers on that at Christmas.

Hendriksen wasn't that FA class he was the year prior. Reddick was a FA both years but is a more questionable scheme fit here. Though having said that there was some similarity in the Philly defense last year under Gannon and he played better than I'd have expected in that. Generally I agree over old players though. Beane loves them.