Rochesterfan

Who cares (obviously beside you). Just keep winning - the media is unimportant. Look they anointed the Browns with no dominant wins and look at how that worked out.

SF is literally the worst undefeated team in the NFL (they are also the best, but for negativity sake - we will stick with the worst). What passes for articles in the modern day should only be printed and used to line bird cages.

Not surprised - they lost their back-up plan in Peko when he got claimed by Indy. This is the team finding out what is available in case of injury. I would not be surprised if a few more are looked at. I believe that is the play Cover1 is showing where he is getting held when AP cuts toward him and he held the spot for Johnson to make the tackle and Johnson misses low and Star is not in position to make the tackle and AP is on his back. Star did his job - the DB had to make the tackle.

If it ends up with Dodson on the PS - I would not be surprised to see some veteran DTs in to OBD to have a file in case of injury. Peko was their back-up plan and with home going to Indy - they will need some DT ideas just in case.

As expected - with Kyle getting claimed - I wonder if he will go to the PS if he clears waivers?

How do you figure this? Gore is out rushing Shady. Gore is a better complementary RB to Singletary. Gore is a better role model for Singletary. Gore has been healthier throughout his career and this season than Shady. I am not sure what having Shady over Gore would do for this team.

Thank you - was just looking this up. Both He and Brown are on career pace for targets, catches, yards, and TDs. They are projected to be top or 2nd highest of their careers and people complain we are not running enough. Not sure how you run more - throw less - and then increase targets to Cole and Brown - while getting the TE and Singletary more involved also. I am looking as the team is just fine in how they are approaching the offense - they still need to clean some things up, but they have good scoring rate in the red zone and can drive the ball 70+ yards for scores.

The way I look at it - every home game would be like a prime time game if they started at 9:30 am eastern time. They would be the only game on at that time slot every week - giving them a slot all to themselves. I think it would be cool for London, but I hate teams moving. There are a ton of logistical issues, but if they expand to 17 games and add a second bye week you could fix some of the issues. I still think they are a decade away from this being totally solved, but I think Jacksonville wants the London hammer to get other concessions in their stadium deals.

I totally agree - I am just not sure if the remaining players trust him or if all of the blame gets heaped on Gase. If he retains any of the blame - keeping these players will be tough for Douglas. I also wonder if this gives a guy like Jim Schwartz a potential opening as a stabilizing force and a connection from Philadelphia? Or maybe Mike Groh with his Rams and Philadelphia connection and a younger offensive coach.

I honestly think the a Jets have put themselves in a very difficult place. The hired a coach that did not get along with the GM. Let that GM run FA and the draft where they got guys that did not fit what they wanted and way overpayed. Sided with the coach after the draft and booted the GM to the curb. Let the coach make trades for a couple of weeks while doing a token GM search. Hire a guy that was basically the coaches choice (he may or may not be able to run a team). Let that GM and coach go through a trade deadline where they traded a former top 10 for a 3rd and 5th and took offers on several other very vocal players, but refused to make trades because they overvalued the players. Now on top of a losing culture and some already toxic culture - you have a bunch of vocal players that know they are not wanted. Now the coach that you hired to fix everything you realize is a moron and now you are stuck with all of the rest of his choices - even getting rid of him - you still have his GM - so how much leeway does he have - do you let him hire a new coach, but if the talent does not come (FA May be Leary) - now you are firing a GM with a coach in place or do you clean house and get rid of the coach and GM and try to build this right? It is just crazy. Glad it is not us for once.

They might, but they do not have to decide on Dodson until after this weekend - so my guess is they bring back Peko and then see where they are after this weekend with injuries. I also believe they have a LB on the PS and with Taylor going up - they have no DL. I would suspect that by next week barring injury - both Dodson and Peko are on the PS and the other LB - Phillips is gone. I agree - everything I read from Miami was he played mostly 3 techniques as a penetration DE, but hopefully they have him ready for the game.

I believe when they brought up Peko it was because he was the 1 technique DT on the PS to replace Harrison Phillips. Taylor has been more a 3 Technique to replace Jordan Phillips/EO. I think they saw Jordan play some 1 Technique last week and decided the combination of the 3 guys that can play 3T with some flexibility is better than Peko trying to anchor the line.

Totally agree

I imagine Peko will be back on the PS once he clears everything. This makes so much sense. Nice job.

It is a match-up league and I think the Browns match up well against use unfortunately. They have talent and speed at DE - which seems to be our weakness on OLine - especially as JA struggles to get the ball out quick. Mayfield struggles with early and quick pressure and blitzes and the Bills tend to play more coverage, plus they have a stout running game. Overall - it would not shock me if this was a loss - not because of Whois better, but the match-ups each team has. I think the Browns still lose enough to not make the playoffs because of their undisciplined nature, but in our particular match-up - I do not think it is a good one for us.

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.