BigDingus

"1 of or 1st" / "1 of or second" what do those things even mean?

Does the simplicity make it easier for defenses to figure out what handful of plays we could be running though? I feel that if I can understand it & pick it up so easily, it must be even easier for people trained to read & understand it on the field.

First off, he's a guy that commands franchise tag money already and isn't happy with it, so imagine how much we'd have to spend to lock him up long term. Second, neither back wants to not start. Even if they were to get even carries, only one would be considered the starter. Third, unless we are planning to draft and or sign in free agency some amazing O-line talent, it wouldn't be worth the investment. And locking up multiple backs with big money could be awful (see Philadelphia a few years ago...and they had a GREAT line).

Here's the thing, it doesn't matter if he was never going to move the team. His offer for the team was dwarfed by what the Pegula's offered, therefore he lost. Him and Trump both bid less than $1 billion, while the Pegula's went $1.4 billion. Money talks, and that was the deciding factor.

Bingo. No matter how much POTENTIAL he has, the risk is too high. If they could sign him to compete while also having a real contingency plan in case of injury, sure. But paying big money and signing him as the unquestionable starter is an absolute NO.

Did you really even ask "why not Sam Bradford?" There's one OBVIOUS reason, and nobody has to explain it to you at all. Injuries. That's it. Without discussing a single other aspect of his career, INJURIES are the #1 answer to "why not?" - 2011: INJURED Missed 6 games - 2013: INJURED Missed 9 games - 2015: INJURED Missed 2 games - 2017: INJURED Missed 14 games He's only played a full season twice in 7 years. Not a good track record.

Mayfield & Bradford, two 1st round guys from OU as our QB's...that'd be interesting.

I mean, I'm not going to argue with the content of your post...but the randomness of the timing is weird... You posted this as if he just played a game or made some horrible play. Why are you posting this now when there are plenty of threads about TT & how bad he is?

Anyone but the Pats. The other 3 teams have never won a SB before, so it'd be cool to see.

So I guess they went with their 3rd choice then?

Jerry Rice is easily the GOAT. There's just no question in my mind. The only debate is who is number 2 at this point.

Keenum is definitely staying put now.

That's awesome! So happy for the Vikings, their fans, and Keenum.

I just don't get how none of his black teammates heard it or are angry with him. If he said something actually racist, don't you think they'd care or speak up?

I feel like we shouldn't get rid of him until we have our full defense settled. We could've used some of these players on the 53 man roster last year that apparently weren't good enough for our team (Ragland for example).

That's what I'd like to know. What specific leak was their responsibility?

You forgot "it's the O-line's fault!" or "It's the receivers fault!" or "it's the defense's fault!" Refs, coordinators, HC's, whatever...just not Tyrod.

He very well could, and then there's a 0% chance they let him go. Just taking them to the NFC Championship game already makes it virtually impossible to obtain him, but a SB? Yeah, no shot at him then.

Hell no! How is that even a question?

If he wins this game, he's not a possibility for the Bills. The Vikings would be foolish to let him go after leading them to the NFC Championship game. Now if he completely collapses & loses them the game, sure, we might have a shot.

It'd just be nice to see the Bills be able to win a game like this. When the defense isn't able to make stop after stop, and the opposing offense is putting up points, you'd like to see your own offense go out and carry the load. The Bills can't do that.

It just shows what's SUPPOSED to happen when the defense can't carry the entire load... Some games get into high scoring matches, and when they do, the Bills can never respond accordingly.

Here's a crazy idea - Is Patrick Mahomes the next Patrick Mahomes?! My gut says yes, but my other gut says no...BUT WHO DO I BELIEVE?!

That's highly debatable. We could've traded players (we had them), and picks from the current/future drafts. Besides the year after Watkins, we've had 1st round picks...we've had 2nd round picks. And again, some of those QB's WE PASSED ON. We had the opportunity to draft them and chose not to, several times. If you want to staunchly defend that position, I'll provide what picks we had, who we chose, and what assets we had both pick-wise and personnel wise to argue the opposite.

I specified people we could've targetted had we wanted to trade away a bunch of picks, that's it. I also mentioned QB's we passed on that weren't "mediocre/overhyped" and we could've drafted, nothing more. I mentioned this in both posts.