Steve Billieve

Gotta get past regular season mediocrity and back to winning the off-season!

There is “correct” usage for all non standard forms of English. Youse is the correct spelling not yous.

It's terrible not having a future hall of famer at running back.

Esports are becoming more popular than most traditional sports, may just be a matter of time. They at least are made better by streaming, not sure traditional sports are.

I'm not denying that he has ongoing injury issues. But he did in 2017 too and still played 11 games for us. His groin injury shouldn't be a problem for the regular season.

Totally agree. Most likely situation is he's hurt. Seemed like the op was implying him being injured might prevent him from being cut, which seems crazy to me. Chances are he ends the season on IR, but if he stays healthy he could have a huge impact.

When Gaines and White were on the field together in 2017 they both seemed amazing. OP has Gaines not making roster.

I'm not saying he's better than White, but to conclude that Tre is definitely going to have a better year than EJ before the season is even played seems crazy. When Gaines is healthy he is as good as any corner in the league, and he's a great fit for our D.

EJ Gaines could be our best corner.

Really looking forward to seeing some of our weirder signings like Williams and Wade. Can't wait to see some of Carter's punts (although maybe no punts would be better). And probably Singletary.

I'm more worried about my grandma. She's 97 and I'm not sure she'd recover.

I saw it coming.

I would be shocked if they ever pursued something that didn't involve 1. raw footage or 2. trademark infringement. All it takes is one precedent and every would-be NFL reporter would have blueprint for how to avoid IP infringement.

Reasonable minds can disagree.

That's exactly what cover1 is doing. They're taking clips from all 22s and offering commentary/criticism on specifics, usually a specific topic/player/position group. They're not using unlimited footage of whole games while doing their own commentary. They are addressing specific things in an educational/analytical way.

Seems like NFL is sore that they avoided using team trademarks and the like so they can't just shut down the site. So instead they try and deny them access, not that I have a problem with that necessarily.

If they are then using that all 22 footage for original educational or discussion use it would qualify as fair use.

I have a feeling a lot of what can get a site shutdown is their use tm/ip in the advertising. Are they displaying NFL logo? team logo? When I look at cover1 i don't see any of that sort of stuff. It looks like they go out of their way to not show it. They also seem to alter all the images they put up on the site as well.

I wouldn't say its nonsense. We're not talking about charging people to watch old games or anything. People have the right to fair use and that extends to educational/teaching efforts as well as general discussion. I don't see anything on cover1.net that couldn't be said to fall into those categories. Perhaps the reason the NFL has been very selective in their enforcement is they are afraid they will lose in many cases.

I think if you're the GOAT of pretty much any roll you should get in, even holder.

Just for comparisons sake: https://deadspin.com/why-your-team-sucks-2016-buffalo-bills-1785446085

I'm not sure people are making excuses for him anymore. Think his star has faded. Used to be he was the consensus pick as the future best QB in the NFL after a few retirements. Now he would barely get mentioned and probably just from nostalgia.

Sounds like the sword Whaley died on.

I find the statement "I did all of this well before a failed test was even confirmed" to be a major red flag. I don't think his appeal goes well.

Ray Ray