Doc Brown

The fascinating part of Allen was the old school evaluators were high on him. Kiper had him as his #1 QB prospect and Mayock had him as his #2. PFF meanwhile had him fifth behind Mason Rudolph. LOL.

Agreed. I heard rumors that was the case but it was never confirmed until now. Also, the part about Dorsey screwing Beane over and the fact that he refused Arizona's initial offer in the Allen trade of their first and two seconds was also something I didn't know. Imagine the balls it took to refuse a trade after working tirelessly over a year to finally have a chance to get your coveted QB and then turning the offer down praying they'd call back. Just awesome stuff in this article.

You don't give up. LOL. No state has or ever will in our lifetime pass an abortion law that says any woman can get an abortion no questions asked all the way up to the point of giving birth. It's ridiculous.

Neither one says any woman can get an abortion through the third trimester like you claimed. Stop wasting my time please.

I remember the whole push but there was no actual legislation passed that legalized abortion for all women through the third trimester. Like I said, if you can show me it I'll be all ears.

What?

No. If you could show me a law that says any female can get an abortion through birth I'll be all ears.

I guess the voters at a local level can decide that now if true. Whoever leaked this should be prosecuted. This can't be normalized.

Now we know who the Pats are playing Week 1.

You're going to see a push by blue and purple states now to pass laws that legalize abortion now that Roe vs. Wade is in doubt. The midterms are no longer a gimme for Republicans.

I don't see too many leaving after the avalanche of firings/resignations the last couple of years. I think the Colts make the playoffs with Reich and the Skins have a .500 type season and with all the shady stuff at the top they'll value having a steady presence in Ron Rivera. I'll go with Matt Rhule - he reminds me of Fangio last year at this time. A solid defense with nobody at quarterback with questionable game management skills. Mike McCarthy (replaced by Kenny Moore) - it's the Cowboys. Eagles win the division. Cowboys sneak into Wild Card spot and go one and done. Arthur Smith - Falcons won't win more than five games and Blank will want a new head coach/gm to pick their next franchise QB at the top of the draft next year.

I don't know who Thor Nystrom is but I like him already. He gave 19 teams a B- or worse.

Elam if he develops quickly both short term (Tre White may start season on PUP list) and long term (having two dependable outside CB's will take pressure off our safeties who may be replaced within the next year or two).

It's an interesting topic. If Araiza struggles pinning a team inside the 20 then my guess is it'll make them more likely to go for it say 4th and 7 from the opposing teams 44. On the other hand, 4th and 1 from our own 37 he may send Arazia out there to blast it when he'd go for it if Haack was still our punter. Who knows.

There's no way that's right. Since the schedule's not predetermined I'll bet you a million dollars we play at Kansas City in the regular season in 2023 for the third straight year. I just have a gut feeling on that one.

Look. It seems like a solid source. I'm just going to point out that Thanksgiving week will be week 12 though.

He was a better CB at New England than he was here. I don't know if it was coaching or scheme but he was superb in New England over three and a half seasons after starting slow with them.

Last year we faced Mike White, Davis Mills, Trevor Siemean, Jacoby Brissett, Cam Newton, Taylor Heinicke, a decrepit Ben Roethlisberger, and three first round rookies on lousy teams (Lawrence , Mac, and Wilson). There's no way we get that easy of a slate of opposing QB's again.

We face better offenses this year so we're going to have to keep pace. The weather has to be better than last year. Right? I think we average around 31.

They've had that the last four seasons and have one playoff victory against a similarly built team (Titans). The lack of a vertical passing game will always be a problem for them until they seriously address it through a change in scheme and an upgrade at WR. I feel like they continue to spin their wheels.

Good point. They also took Darren Waller in 2015. I was just surprised most of the national media are fawning over their draft yet they failed to address their most pressing need after losing Hollywood Brown.

They did nothing to address WR though after trading Brown away. They got great value picks throughout but Bateman is now their #1 WR. They seem content on running the ball and relying on a strong defense. Just a strange way to build a roster in today's pass happy NFL.

It's a combination of a weak QB class and so many teams taking QB's in the first the last couple of drafts (nine total first rounders). If anything the fifth year option and the rookie wage scale and the fifth year option makes it more likely teams will draft a QB in the first. You don't have to make a Jamarcus Russell one of the highest paid QB in the NFL before he even takes a snap anymore. Average QB's taken in first round from 2000-2010 - pre rookie wage scale: 2.54 Average QB's taken in first round from 2011-2021 - post rookie wage scale: 3.27

How are his squib kicking skills?

Ladies and Gentleman, we got him.