That's No Moon

Cleveland is amazing. They have found a way to be the most unlikable franchise in completely different ways 2 years in a row. Last year? Jarvis Landry, Gregg Williams, Todd Haley. This year, OBJ, Baker Mayfield, Kareem Hunt. Unreal.

It's a lot like watching the New England offense. Trying to work the crosses a lot, having a FB, splitting them out wide to dictate matchups, throwing to backs a lot, running in select spots for great effect. Heck, even having 3 backs with 3 different skill sets is very New Englandy. If the matchups and alignment say pass then pass, if it says run then run. Empower Josh to make that read at the line. Get the squad up to the line quickly so Josh can survey the field. Not necessarily no-huddle but if we are lined up with about 15 seconds left on the clock that's enough. When they started bogging down it's when they were slower to the LOS and only had about 5-7 seconds left.

The Chiefs defense is crap too. Might not be the best to expect a poor showing that day. He will start fast, Roman isn't incompetent. Let's see how it goes in the second half of the season.

And get rid of the ball quickly

The DV arrest that he pled guilty to was enough for me. The recent case was the kernel of corn on top of his crap sundae

The one referring to the drama being trauma related. That's entirely possible but nobody wants to have that conversation.

A couple thoughts: 1. Rashard Mendenhall might be right, but nobody wants to hear that right now. 2. If the Raiders release AB he won't be unemployed beyond week 2.

Well, the league isn't going to suspend him. The team can suspend him which voids all of guarantees anyway, leave him suspended for the season and pay him no money while preventing him from playing for anyone else either. If you;re trying to set a tone I think that might be the way you go. Releasing him doesn't do it, it just shows players how to get out if they want out. AB will get signed somewhere else whether or not it's smart. He won't get a big contract this year but he will end up somewhere, put up big numbers and if he can behave like a reasonable person someone will give him money in the off-season.

During that whole thing my son had "music day" at camp. All the kids were supposed to wear a music t-short if they had one. I put Bon Jovi on a t-shirt with the red circle with a line through it over it and sent him in.

If you can't punt in Denver, you can't punt anymore.

I think it's fair to say that anyone who has even contemplated punting professionally will be through OBD this week.

Miami...building for the future with a 29 year old linebacker on the practice squad... ?‍♂️

Despite my comment in another thread about not picking Bills I took Allen in both my drafts. I got him very late both times. Round 13 in a 15 round draft and 19 in a 20 round draft. The 20 rounder was in a best ball league and I took WAY more Bills than usually do late in that draft because of value. I ended up with Singletary, Brown, Gore and Allen. I felt more comfortable taking them in the best-ball format because I wouldnt have to over think the matchups. Allen is good for at least 1 monster fantasy game this year. Gore is good for at least one mulitple TD game this year. Brown is good for at least one day of 150 yards and a long TD. If Singletary ends up taking more of Gore's workload that just makes him more likely to have the odd big game. I don't NEED any of them to do anything. It's an interesting format, I've never done it before. I took a 3 year hiatus from fantasy because of the time commitment and it pulled me back in. We will see how it goes. I have 1 regular format team and one best ball that I don't have to touch again. I want to find a vampire league. That format sounds super fun.

Del

Agreed but he's a perfect candidate for a PS spot. He has real talent but has had no luck. He needs reps and to learn, this is a spot for him to do that without getting thrown into a situation where he will be expected to play soon. A 3rd round pick is expected to contribute pretty soon and that accelerates the timeline, a PS Qb isn't.

The Natural after he breaks Wonderboy and the kid gives him the Savoy Special. All the dust.

"Still on the team" in that they didn't release him in June. He's still on the team in that the's still getting paid, by the team, while he's on the Commissioner's Naughty List. If they weren't interested in the player they'd have cut bait. They aren't required to keep him on that exempt list now. They could have released him yesterday if they weren't interested in keeping him around. They kept a player that they didn't have to, they invested time and energy in him in camp and they gave him a lot of reps and then they kept him and are paying him even though they weren't required to and now they are willing to wait an undetermined amount of time with the player doing nothing in order to keep his rights. This doesn't feel that complex.

My were the Vikings trying so hard to get rid of him then? They traded a 5th round pick for Vedvik in camp then cut him, then brought in Colquitt. Wonder if he had been struggling there. He also kicks inside a lot as a Viking which is worrisome. 9 games a year minimum.

It's what he does. He collects used QBs and thinks he can rehab them all. If Bruce Gradkowski puts on a helmet tomorrow he will have a job.

Where are the fancy stats for punters? Averages don't really tell you a lot. A kicker can have a short average because he kicks from midfield a lot. They can have a lot fo kicks inside the 20 because they have a million attempts. What I want to know is the number of times his kick accomplished what it was supposed to. When you are backed up you want a high, long, bomb of a kick, when you are closer you want touch, with both you want placement to the called coverage. It doesn't help if you kick it 70 yards left when the coverage is called right. It's not the punter's fault if they kicked appropriately and the coverage failed to tackle the guy, or if the coverage bungled downing the ball and it rolls into the endzone when it shouldn't, etc. Bojorquez has too many shanks when you need bombs, IMO. The variance from attempt to attempt (of the same type) is much too great.

RB QB WR is pretty close IMO I like Jamal Adams

I dunno but it sounds like it entails kleenex and a lingerie catalog.

Things that have a score or a clear winner that is not determined by 3rd parties can be classified as sports. Other things, no matter how difficult they may be in comparison to some sports, are athletic activities. Basically, if it has judges who award points which determine the outcome, it's not a sport. Some things are just games. If one can do the activity reasonably well whilst actively holding a beer it is a game. If one has to put the beer down it can become one of the other two. Sports: football, baseball, softball, tennis, hockey, lacrosse, water polo, swimming, golf, racing, track and field, downhill, slalom and cross-country skiing, soccer, archery, shooting, biathlon, bobsled, luge, skeleton, speed skating Athletic Activities: skateboarding, snowboarding, mogul skiing, gymnastics, figure skating, diving, cheerleading, ski jumping Games: cornhole, darts, poker I'm not sure/could go either way: Curling, Bowling - I'm pretty sure you could hold a beer and do those ok but not as well as you could if you put it down. Wrestling - there is a score but the points are awarded by the referee. This is sort of borderline for me. The points are usually pretty clear but not always. Gun to my head, it's a sport.

Because he's a UDFA and still on the team while under investigation for DV. If they weren't invested he'd be gone a long time ago.