oldmanfan

I know I’m the get off my lawn, old man type but I wish they’d just eliminate all of these staged celebrations. Spontaneous is one thing but these elaborate staged ones aren’t necessary. You want to show somebody up just hand the ball to the ref like it’s no big deal to score against your opponent

I read somewhere Cooper may retire. Douglas is likely in no hurry; he can watch and see what teams run into injuries in preseason and sign a deal then.

They need players with some guts. The only untouchable to me are Dahlin and Thompson. Power to me has been a huge disappointment; he plays with no physicality and no passion.

No reason to sweat it now, for Cook or Benford. Both are under contract this coming season. Beane and company should be focused on the draft right now. After that they can deal with those two players if they want. Or they can wait until they see how the beginning of the season goes.

Hasn’t talked himself off

No

Thanks. So you agree he wasn’t a first round pick. And boy wasn’t Pearsall a big miss!

Love me a big tub of goo!

Then you have absolutely no clue of the psychology of this.

I am presuming you are a guy. Ask yourself this: would you rather have a gang of say 3 guys beat you up and steal your car? Or would you rather have those 3 guys strip you naked and violate your rear entrance repeatedly? Which do you think would have a more lasting psychological effect?

Ask your significant other these questions. If you have one.

Ok. Honest to God, what the hell is wrong with people on this board? All 3 of these guys suffered injuries as rookies, Bishop early in the Coleman’s and Carter later in the season. Is the expectation of our fan base now that injuries should have absolutely no impact on player performance? It’s the same junk about Kincaid. And have we really gotten to the point where a rookie has to walk in and be a stud from the get go, with no expectation of actual improvement from year to year as they learn more about being an NFL player? Is this truly what the expectations should be? Have we not learned anything from guys like Bernard and Brown? Of course those 3 guys have to continue to improve. That should be the expectation of every single guy on the roster. Will we look for improvement? Absolutely. Would criticism be warranted if they don’t? Sure. But come on, give these guys some time to develop before assuming the worst.

Except, of course, that Coleman was a second round pick. Facts are pesky things. But continue with your ranting

Went with the family a few years ago. It was outstanding

It would be great to have a generational talent. No one can argue against that. The question is identifying in a draft class who that player is going to be.

No reason he can’t.

One simple answer: knee. He was playing hurt all year.

Some here are saying that Beane did a poor job because he did not sign an elite level person at a position of need in free agency. A couple things. One, we didn’t have a ton of cap space. Two, this wasn’t a stellar year for those kinds of free agents, and many teams signed their own to keep some very talented players from entering the market.

The best thing was negotiating to keep some of our young talent. I don’t think it was a particularly great FA year. I think Palmer will fit well. The guys we added to the D line should help but the suspensions are a black mark for Beane. Bosa will be the best FA add if he can stall healthy.

People keep talking about using a mid round pick on a guy that’s fast and can get down field. We have a guy just like that already in Hamler. My guess is that they’ll draft a guy day 3, and we’ll all hope we get another Shakir. But I wouldn’t count on that moving the needle much.

I would not mind seeing Gilmore back

Love what Milano has done over the years. I suspect everyone here does. Time does catch up though, and Williams has shown enough to where he needs more playing time.

This seems to be a rehash of posts this time last year. I don’t know how much more evidence is needed that the Brady offense is not predicated on whatever you want to call a #1 WR. The offense did quite well last year. I suspect Palmer is an upgrade over Cooper, and it is not unreasonable to think Coleman improves. Samuel looked better later in the year when he got healthier. And for those saying we need to draft a speed guy, we had one on the reserve squad all last year in Hamler. And Shavers they likely see as the replacement for Hollins.

It’s not their focus right now. They were focused on free agency and restricted some contracts to get cap space. Branford’s on a rookie deal so that wasn’t the case for him. Then they focused on FA signings, and now the draft. While I think they’ll restructure, there’s really no urgency to do so. He’s under contract regardless.

I wouldn’t mind Calais Campbell