oldmanfan

D always has the edge early in the year

Defense. Love watching defense.

It was Brown who F’d this up

Rogers looks great in the new offense.

Been saying Zay all offseason so I’ll stick with it

Because threatening your girlfriend should merit a raise.

I’m just glad he’s not a Bill. I wonder with guys like this if an old school approach would work. Get 3-4 veteran linemen in the locker room, pin the fool up against a wall, and just beat the crap out of him day after day until he straightens up? If I were a teammate it would have to cross my mind.

You and biscuit understand law better than me I’m sure. So my reaction is more heart than head. But at some point enough has to be enough, doesn’t it? I guess where I come from is this: AB does not have some inalienable right to earn a living as a WR in the NFL. If his behavior is such that no one wants to deal with his nonsense, then why not just be honest and say it?

Roses are red Violets are blue I’m not schizophrenic And neither am I

Even paranoid people have enemies.

Yep. Collusion. And I’d challenge him and Rosenhaus to go to court.

Good points. If Bojorquez is important to Hauschka performing then keep him

The Raiders should cut him, take their signing bonus back, the 32 owners should state there is no place for him on any team and dare Brown and Rosenhaus to sue them.

Now I know I’m getting older and my memory can get hazy, but two things come to mind here: 1. Has Barkley ever held for kicks? 2. The stuff about him getting hurt etc.? Go back and watch the comeback game. Christie’s holder wore # 14. Fellow named Reich. The starting QB that day. Concerns about a holder getting hurt seems overblown at minimum.

I think anywhere from 8-8 to 10-6, and by the way I agree completely with your opinions in the two other big threads today. I think a team that will fall back includes the Rams. People will start figuring out MacVay.

Best thing the team did in the offseason was bring in so many O linemen and bring in a competent O line coach to teach them.

I don’t get upset by negative preseason stuff and I don’t get all excited by positive preseason stuff. No one knows what’s going to happen - every year teams that are supposed to stink do well and vice versa.

The best football game I have every been to live was the ‘74 opening game, Monday night against the Raiders. The most exciting and emotional game was the ‘80 opener when after an entire decade of futility we finally squished the Fish.

I will always take pride in helping carry the goal posts

Not in this case

Because some folks don’t think

Interesting. If they want to throw that kind of money at this kid, good for him. But my question is whether he's good enough to merit that once teams start to plan against McVay's schemes. You saw evidence of that in the Super Bowl when Belicheat shut them down. My gut is that the Rams will come back to earth a bit; I'm not convinced McVay is that much of a genius compared to the rest of the league. And with this contact and Donald's the Rams better win now or they will run into cap considerations and have to let some talent go in the upcoming years.

Thurman killed it here. Allen is important but not the sole piece. And Allen is going to make mistakes this season. So is Darnold. So is Mayfield. So is Murray. And so on. Why? Because they are very young QBs figuring it out. An NFL QB may be the most important single position to lay in sports, and it might also be the single most difficult to learn. So not every decision will be perfect, not every throw will be perfect, and yet as sure as death and taxes fans of these different teams will harp on every single mistake as if it is definitive proof that (insert young QB's name here) will never make it in the league. You know who else will make mistakes this coming season? Brady. Rogers. Brees. Will they make as many as the young guys? Not nearly as many. Why? Because they've learned. So will the young guys if given time. Coach Boone was right: let the boys play.

Make sure you keep the guys on the roster now that you definitely want to stay, even if it's a year early. Poyer, White, Hyde, Milano would be priorities. Then decide which of the O linemen proved it on their short deals and extend them; very hard to find quality O linemen these days. Then look at a WR or pass rusher to target.

As always a nice Shaw column. It should be an interesting season, with young guys developing on both sides of the ball, and some vets around to help led the way. People are going to be focused on Allen as the QB, and I only hope folks realize young second year QBs are still going to make mistakes. As many as last year? One hopes not as development occurs. Still, my one wish for the season and the board is that we do not fall into nitpicking every throw Allen makes, or every cutback Singletary makes of every missed tackle of Edmunds as if it means they're a bust, or every great play each makes meaning they are HOFers. They're young, the team although spiked with veterans in some areas is still somewhat young at key spots. Let's look at the totality of things as we go forward.