CommonCents

Probably the perfect time to handjob over the team to his son.

The Patriot Way.

No I have given them plenty of credit and I expect they will earn more. You have a lengthy history of praising dog ***** and calling it candy. Just stop. If you think a guy has incredible potential you don’t waive him in front of 31 other GM’s faces and see if one will bite.

I think it makes them look slower than they are but I’m fine with a guy like James. He understands how to get open and his asking price shouldn’t be too high.

Bennett had 3 career seasons over 700 yards and that was one of them it’s no surprise he was able to be productive in that offense. Chiefs-Kelce Rams-LOL Saints-Corpse of Watson Patriots-Gronk Steelers-McDonAld Chargers-corpse Hawks-Vannett Colts-Ebron Falcons-Hooper Bears-Burton Thats the top 10 teams in scoring from 18’, a good TE is hardly a requirement. A guy like James who can sit down in a zone and catch the ball is fine, if they can build the rest of the team properly. Both also run with both hands wrapped on the ball the majority of the time.

More brain less snark. The previous season the Pats were 16-0 and scored 589 points. Without Brady they lost 5 more games and scored 410 points for the 08 season. Without Gronk their win percentage, ppg, and yards went up. TE is not the engine of an offense it’s a complimentary piece now so more than ever.

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Simply not true. Here is a stat from 2016 until the middle of 2017 when the article was written...the Pats went 11-0 without Gronk. With Gronk they averaged two less points per game, 25 less total yards, 20 less passing yards. That’s a fair sample size. TEs don’t matter if you know what you’re doing out there. This is big 12 football gone wild and it’s only going to get worse if you aren’t into pinball.

Yep. They just need to take a mid round swing and nail it.

I’d be fine with that. TE is overvalued, it’s a complimentary piece in today’s game. You can run rub routes and check down to slot WRs all day long if that’s what you like doing.

Re-signed him over the summer IIRC.

Lockett isn’t a FA

Bad look for Nike.

Yeah let’s pat them on the back for exposing Foster to waivers. It’s a whew moment, not an oh boy we really nailed this one. His turn around was incredible, after his first few weeks everyone wanted him gone. Still, the guys that get paid get credit for what they do and don’t do, as fans we guess from miles away. If I’m paying a bunches of coaches I want them to be able to see that Foster has something that the other guys don’t. Maybe he can add to the list of Romo, Harrison, and Arian Foster as best PS stories. Chad Hall was on a PS or two.

Should note that he took a test and had zero alcohol in his system. That’s the first thing that came to mind when I read your post.

Did the other 31 teams watch him practice/play and then watch the likes of RR and Cam Phillips and all the other bums? I don’t think anyone is dumb, I just think the Bills got lucky. It certainly wasn’t a kick in the ass, that’s not how the NFL works. When you hit waivers the team is ok with you going elsewhere. They are paid to coach/evaluate/motivate, Foster isn’t an example of them getting it right. He was sent packing.

Sending a player to the practice squad isn’t how a team motivates a player. It’s a team admitting it’s okay with moving on without the player because once the move is made it’s out of there control. At some point they decided Ray Ray’s, Phillips, had better potential than Foster. That is a gross mistake and neither one of those guys have “potential” in the NFL, they are roster fillers.

People are using it as an example that OBD knows what it’s doing. They let their best WR go it’s as simple as that. I’m trying to remember if they waived him and brought up Cam Phillips. What would the reaction around here be if someone else put in a claim and Foster had the same second half for a different team? They would get destroyed around here for it, they got lucky. Exposing your best player at any position is certainly never acceptable. That’s their job, coaching, evaluating, motivating, they thought Cam Phillips was the better option. So they missed something or simply failed to motivate Foster.

No that’s not how it works. They gave every other team a chance at picking him up for a drop in the bucket. It’s not like they had a bunch of talented WRs that pushed him off the roster. They had one of the worst WR groups and decided he was the one they would expose to waivers. It was a terrible decision and they got lucky.

FWIW they cut Foster at one point, I’m not sure that’s a great example of talent evaluation.

His knee has been bone on bone since college. Charles Clay of RBs.

Poor Vlade

Eifert has 1700 yards in six years. 283 yards per season. He has missed so many games. I don’t think anyone would call that pick a success. Ebron was another first rounder, he had a good year this season with Andy Luck but anyone that watched the games sees the drops and the amount of time he spends limping off the field. If you want a blocker draft OL, if you want a pass catcher draft a WR. TEs take too many hits and are one of the most unpredictable positions in the draft. Take a flyer on one and hope for the best, avoid drafting one early.

For guys high on White, he ran a sub 4.5 40 before his senior year. He is 6’1, 248. I don’t think he makes it until 9 but we can hope.

It’s not about what’s best for us but what is best for them.