YattaOkasan

Some very good discussion. I am not so sure you can just move your strongest players to align against the OL weakest players. I think that leaves you susceptible to a lot. The offense can easily check into plays away from those strong D players and run behind their horses (blocking the backside is easier). Additionally, if these awesome D players are overly aggressive you can take advantage of that. I think the chess match is much more nuanced then "Oh you have a good LT, LG; then I'm going to move my awesome DE, OLB to the other side." Also I missed the connection between poor three and out performance and poor OL performance. Why are the skill players not indicted in that poor performance? I think I understand the connection but I think that may have been a reach.

They, PFF, made it sound like it wasn't meaningless. I am also interested to see a breakdown of preseason to regular. I think the biggest caveat is this is through 2 weeks and is subject to a lot of change.

I thought it was backwards. Defenses are ahead of Offenses early in the year. But it could be backwards with Rex's complex D.

I love that TTs height is 5th percentile but his hand size is 73rd. Sheesh.

4 violations yes but I think a missed test counts as a violation. I do think his other violations were positive tests, but I thought this one was a missed test. Could be wrong. Would love some verification.

I thought I saw a couple things up thread that said he missed a test (besides just him). If so I think the reason could be interesting.

Doesn't your response say you could miss a test because you might not have had your cell phone (not saying thats what happened); not just because you know you're dirty. I am interested to hear the reason for why he missed. If there isn't one then its likely because he knows he wouldn't have passed.

Hmm... not as stark as I had remembered (numbers I'm recalling may have been from when Kyle wasn't hurt), but K WIlliams absence sort skews this data. Kyle would likely have been well over his 2014 66% mark in 2015 if he wasn't injured. In 2014 the back ups were playing 1 in every 3 snaps almost. In 2015 that dropped to 1 in every 5 snaps (making the bold assumption that Bryant is closer to 20% than 25%). I do think thats a large drop, and as you mentioned there is no denying that Mario and Hughes were not being substituted. Thanks for the data, and I do think it supports the assertion that this defense was less reliant on subbing than Schwartz (so I'm backing off my assertion a little). What are your thoughts.

He was disagreeing with a posters opinion that pot shouldn't be banned because people will lose millions of dollars to use it (I paraphrased). I agree that is not a good argument. Although I would not have countered with the food example (life necessity) but said that alcohol. People get addicted to it, will do stupid **** for it (like lose millions of dollars), and it can do harm to others. Really the compelling argument for being upset at Dareus is that it was the rules and youre so important to the team (as shown by the teams commitment to you) that it was a huge let down. And yes Rex has monicrum of blame but to the point of being insignificant.

Not true. Schwartz subbed DL a lot. Rex didnt.

As said up thread. No. I do think TT's contract lets them pick a QB in this year's draft once they part ways with EJ. Thats the back up battle CJ will have to win.

Doomed!!!

Vet discount. The CBA had to keep those older players around somehow.

I've heard Powell's shuttle time was very good despite his pedestrian 40 time. This could explain why his routes are getting him open.

What KtD said and he still has a lot of money/success to play for. My understanding is he gets >27 mil if his option gets picked up. That sounds like plenty of incentive to leave it all on the field while only getting 9 mil this year.

To your edit. I like the idea of limiting the roster bonus through the 2nd (after year 4?) option if possible too. However, I prefer to stretch it over the course of the contract rather than leave upfront, and I think the Bills also prefer this based on how big that upfront number is (think cash to TT) Nah one guy just carried the weight of all of our typical collective pessimism. It was really impressive how much he had to ignore. I think he is still not sure if the Bills have an option after this to retain TT. I also liked the Final Destination jokes.

I'll join the fun. Wrong. You could have one with Team options that don't need to be picked up or bought out. Seems as if there is one of these points after year 1. So.... if they have a high pick and TT doesn't perform they could pick without any hindrance from this contract.

They all need to be assessed individually. They have 95% chance of failing. Taken to the 12th power (not multiplying by 12) gives a 54% chance that they all fail. So you have 46% chance that at least one is a star.

Its tough for sure. I like JfH post on the subject. If you have a #1 its great because you should still take potential, but you can let the draft come to you.

I've also been telling people its done based on Hokie's post. EDIT: And now he has made it official!!!!!

I think the point is that if you don't have a line to protect him or a WR to throw to then you might not be able to assess accurately. If you're picking a QB high (QB's in the later rounds rarely pan out), then your sacrificing resources that could/need to be spent other positions.

If these 12 guys that you draft each only have 5% chance of being a star then you have a better shot with 1 player thats 50/50 being a star.

McGahee's injury was his knee and Shaq's was his spleen shoulder. These injuries do not have the same chance of recovery (Shaq>>McGahee)

This. Should he be fired for his clock management too?

He was pretty good at it. I forget the game but Shaq stopped the RB for 3-4 yard game when he had to cover, but Dodd gave up like 30 yard gainer when he had to cover the RB. Combine his physical attributes (I think his 3 cone, shuttle, and jump were in the category most likely to have a 10+ sack season) with his mental (he was making run pass reads almost every down) and he could be a stud.