Rochesterfan

Great Story, but Zolak is known to be a complete buttwad (want to go so much stronger) and is so full of garbage - this story tells me that Drew was probably awesome. I known he used to come to the Galleria late as it was closing and was nice as can be to my wife when shopping - she meet him a couple of times, but the store did not require tipping - so I can’t say anything about that.

Overall for his career - he should not be considered a disappointment. He was above average for a number of years for NE and lead them to a Super Bowl and a number of playoff appearances. He was named to multiple Pro Bowls and one of the youngest players to start in the Pro Bowl. I think he was in decline when he got destroyed by the Jets and that decline continued in Buffalo and Dallas, but to me he was not a disappointment - Rick Mirer was a disappointment - Bledsoe was good enough to win.

Just Awesome love how just accepting we are as a fan base. It just bleeds Red, White, and Blue.

I almost can’t believe that with the work he has done in Cleveland. I mean trade after trade for overpriced veterans and no team continuity - what was KC thinking. ?

Not really - College Tuition & Room and Board is $40,000 a year or more for many of the schools. Yes - in the XFL they get the money, but if you get a real diploma and you come out - they can make more right after graduation than in the XFL. For the danger to the body and the potential of injury- the pay is pretty bad. The base pay equates to about $13.50/ hour if they put in just 40 hours.

He has another job - probably making more than he would have in the XFL. He was considering it when they made it sound like $55,000 plus bonus for games and wins. When he learned the $55,000 included the bonuses - it was probably less than his regular job with significantly more risk. I think it is a smart move from a smart guy that analyzed his situation and made the best choice for himself. The XFL payrate is stupid low - for the people advocating that they need to pick up college players - that is less per year than the college players make with School, Room and Board, and food. I mean the base pay is less than you get working minimum wage in NYC by about $5000 a year - plus with housing and travel - these guys are not making money - just hoping to get seen and picked up by the NFL. If you have a potential “career” path - it makes more sense to go after that.

Absolutely hate this. I actually think you have created a bigger issue and an incentive to tank. Additionally - I think the NFLPA would hate this. You are incentivizing salary and veteran player dumping. You have basically made it so teams that are paying players have a significantly reduced chance at getting young cheap talent. Teams that are losing would be looking to dump as much salary as possible to increase the amount they can spend in the draft. Have a veteran RB at 1 million a season - get rid of him so you can buy an extra player. Plus without a known draft pick - how are teams trading - are you trading open money slots? You want to fix the tanking problem - create a lottery - and not like the whimpy NHL or NBA lottery. Assign points based on point differential, wins, and include wild card teams if you want. You must also get a minimum of 1 win to even have a shot at an early pick. Zero wins and you are automatically slotted at 23rd in the draft just in front of the division winners that go in playoff order - 24 through Super Bowl champs. An 8-8 team with a + 32 point differential would be given a much higher shot at the first pick than a 1-15 team with - 75 point differential. You can give percentages for each win and every 10 positive points. So the 8-8 might have 10X higher chance of getting the pick. It would make teams compete to be good and teams would not want to just dump players for picks because you have no idea where teams will end up. Miami would not get rid of all of the players because it hurts their draft position and Houston would want to be more careful because if then end up doing well, but not winning the division- they might be trading the number 1 pick. In reality I do not have an issue with tanking yet, but there are better ways to fix the issue.

Looks like a few small issues to start the league.

If after due diligence that is all - I might kick the tires - especially if after this year he becomes a FA and you can maybe get a pick out of this. He would give you the speed on the outside with a better catch radius. It may also work out if someone gets hurt around that time.

Does this mean they are expecting something from the NFL - another suspension? Seems strange with the timing that just as he is coming back they do this - not a week or so ago. Not sure I do anything until I am sure of the whole story.

In the end the fix seems so simple - anytime the flag is thrown the clock stops (if it was running) and the team accepting or declining the penalty has on option to either leave it stopped or have the refs wind the clock with an automatic 10 second run off (or longer up to 30 seconds if you want) for the delay. That way the Jets while behind - they can still decline the penalty, but have the clock stop. Conversely - if the Jets were ahead and there was a false start (like the second Pats penalty) - the Jets could accept or decline the penalty, but they could choose to wind the clock and there would be a 10 second (or more) run off as a penalty. @papazoid - I agree - I think this happened to Belichek before and he wanted to expose it and use it to embarrass someone in the AFC east and was happy to do it to the Jets and Gase/Williams.

I really do not understand this thread at all. Why would we shorten the game - where is the option for 20 minute quarters. Want nothing to do with shorten the game. I also like the breaks to grab snacks or hit the bathroom. The timing is fine right now. I DVR the game (and others) and we watch what we want and skip commercials as wanted. Just leave it alone.

You are assuming Gase knew that the time would run. My guess is that Gase had no clue and even if the game was close - He still declines the penalty because the delay of game and the false start are trying to give the punter more space to drop the punt inside the 10. The fact is most people assume the clock stops with the penalty flag and Gase does not strike me as a coach that understands things.

Not necessarily- teams decline that penalty all of the time so they do not give the kicker the extra room. If it had been a close game - this would be a huge issue, but it becomes a teaching point because it was a blow-out.

Why would you care you have not discussed Allen - just spewed negative garbage to help some learn - I believe that was how you put it. I could not care less what you post if you are honest because that leads to discussion, but just posting negative because that is how people learn is nothing but trolling and that is against the COC. Why would I want you to be more like me - what I want is to understand the ridiculous comment stating that you do not post good comments only negative because negativity is how people learn. Then you follow that up with you know JA doesn’t listen to you - so my question remains who is supposed to learn something through your negative posts? If you actually engaged and had content and discussion - it would be great, but just being negative as other have said in this and other threads (see spitting thread) is just a crusade to be negative. If you want to rail against fascism, “groups of people” that are against you, freedom of speech, and “deep state agenda’s” then take that to PPP. Have Fun

Nice response - take it to PPP.

Not to complain or pile on, but this makes literally no sense. I get you do not want to gush and focus only on the negative, but who are you trying to improve? You say you realize that Allen does not care what you say - so you are not trying to improve him with your negativity. The only person you can improve is yourself - so if what you say is true you should really focus on your posts - focus on your negative comments - and then try to improve yourself. If what you said was total BS and you just enjoy focusing solely on the negative for your own enjoyment - then it makes you more of a troll - rather than a valued member of the community and you should be banned once again in my opinion - the mods can decide that. In the end - fandom is what it is, but you the fan have the ability to improve and be honest in your opinions - not just negative to push an unknown agenda.

I honestly think the best thing they could do at this point is give Jones a couple of weeks on the bench to regroup. I think the young QBs need some live fire and then can really benefit from a few weeks off - watching and studying film to see what is happening. Then get them back out for several weeks and then pull them back again. It shouldn’t be tied to performance- just give them a quick mental break to allow them see and better understand the game. The NFL game is so fast and so complicated- but mostly there are few weeks of downtime to allow the brain to assimilate everything you have seen.

If he threw to soon - it should have been way in front - not behind the WR. Looked like good rhythm- just two guys with different reads on the play.

Totally agree here. Looked like the PA was designed to keep the LB toward the middle of the field. Josh is looking at the CB - if he stays outside - you have a quick hook up there for 5 yards and a first down. Josh put it right where he expects Cole to hook up and Cole pushes the route farther to the middle - so the pass is a bit behind. In reality only the WR/QB/OC will know for sure, but that is my read based on how quickly Josh was getting that pass out.

On-side was recovered on the same day by Chicago and they nearly got a second on-side recovery - minus the guys toe being out of bounds as he recovered it.

Chicago just got an onside recover in their game. I think that is the first of the season.

No rule change - the recovering team can advance and score - has happened 11 times since the 70’s. The Kicking team can not advance it - if they recover it - it is down where it is recovered.

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