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At what point do the Dems end the interviews and just try to get Trump to agree to tie a stone to his chest to see if he floats?

A criminal enterprise was definitely involved, The Clinton Foundation. My God the read up about them "falling asleep" reads like something straight out of The Godfather or The Departed. How long are these shams going to go on?

I thought the Texans had the easier schedule, it looks like they have the exact same strength of schedule remaining. We spend the remainder of the season rooting against whoever loses this game.

Is he still on FOX? I thought he signed up to be a broadcaster with them, but I havent seen him since the first week he was on.

The only way they dont need that game is if they somehow beat one of the Ravens, Cowboys or Patriots. And then dont lose to either the Steelers or Broncos.

Likely scenario has Week 17 has a win and in game. Really need to have the Steelers, Colts, Raiders, and Texans to lose games down the back stretch here. Dont want to risk the entire season on beating the Jets Week 17. Beat the Broncos, Steelers, and Jets and youre in, plain and simple. Dont lose any of those games.

Yes, 100% they would. They may be salty at first, but there is something about being 1 of the 32 cities lucky enough to have a NFL franchise that helps wounds heal. However, Spanos may have some mea culpas to say.

San Diego would be perfect for them as well.

Rivers should retire and Mahomes should have let his knee heal.

I heard it but thought he said "squeeze out a little Sanchez" not dirty Sanchez. Anyways the back and forth between he and Spero was pretty weird anyways. Just tell me what is going on and dont try to be funny.

Spot on assessment. Perfect player in the 3rd-4th round.

This isnt arguable.

It's top 12 for 4-3 Defensive Tackles. When you get into 3-4 Defensive Tackle you're comparing apples to oranges. And no, I don't think he is better than Star, but I also think they play drastically different roles in this defense. Additionally, the Bills were in a totally different spot in terms of building a team when Star got his contract. And 8 million is exactly 2 million less than what Star makes, its not an astronomical difference or a joke as you call it. What you're doing is trying to say every defense tackle in every defense around the NFL has exactly the same standards to compare contracts with. 8-9 million a year is a good contract for what Jordan Phillips does here. If you think Phillips is getting something in the 12-17 million dollar range, like Atkins and Jarrett I'd say thats a joke. One of us will be correct, one of us wont. Its possible I am wrong, but I think getting your hair on fire for a 10 sack season and paying someone a huge contract isnt good management. Again you have to think in terms of Phillips being a rotational cog in a defense. Not paying top five for his position when he plays less than 50% of the snaps.

Its up there with "This years QB class is better than last years."

I think thats incredibly fair. Anything over 10 million dollars is an overpay. Love the guy, love him as a player. But he isn't Geno Atkins or Grady Jarrett.

Its a top 12 contract at the position. Not everyone in the league gets 17 million per year. I guess we will see what he gets.

I disagree. It pays him as a top 12 defensive tackle in the league. I wouldnt pay him more than 9 million a year. If he gets more I wouldnt get in a bidding war. I think 8-8.5 a year is fair for him. He is a good pass rushing 3 technique, who gives you some position flexability, but he isnt especially stout against the run and he has played less than 50% of the snap counts this year. The highest paid players at his position are guys who play 70 plus percent of the snap counts. Maybe someone will pay him top five at his position, I just dont see someone paying him 15million a year. We will see I suppose.

If this regime is true to their word they will pay him regardless of having Oliver. You have the money, you stated you wanted to grow within and pay people who earned. Jordan has earned a contract. I would have no problem with them offering him a 2 year 16 million dollar deal. This way you show your team you arent full of crap, and you have great depth on the defensive line over the next two years before you have to pay a QB big money.

Its one of the reasons I didnt like him as a pro prospect. But with his athleticism I had a feeling he may be the best out of the gate. Quarterbacks with that much athletic talent usually are. Vince Young won rookie of the year and looked great, and then fizzled. RGIII was great his first year and then busted out because of injuries. Tyrod was a very good qb for us his first year, and then teams figured him out. The NFL made Vick out to be the second coming after he beat the Packers at Lambo, but he was never more than a bit above average as a thrower. Lamar is a legitimate MVP contender this year because he is incredible with his legs and makes a lot of safe wide open passes. He may end up great but I think its fair to temper expectations and not crown him as the best from this class until at least after the third full year of playing. Defenses may adjust. Its hard to tell. Why do you say its not even close? I disagree completely. I think Lamar is bigger and probably faster, but as far as arm talent goes I think they are pretty comparable.

Because despite his arm talent he didnt make NFL throws in college. Teams knew they would have to design the offense 100% around his shortcomings. He's an amazing talent, but he also doesnt throw to wideouts. He is very good at throwing to the middle of the field to wide open tight ends. He was good down the seam in college too. But if you watched his games he had major problems when trying to make typical NFL throws. He was also smallish which I am sure worried teams about injury. Three of the top five receiving leaders on that team are tight ends. He has trouble getting the ball to wideouts, their top wideout is on pace of 42 catches and 760 yards. I dont know if that matters now, but I still think teams will adjust to that and make him throw outside the hashes at some point. Right now the Ravens are doing a hell of a job with him. He reminded me a ton of Tyrod coming into the league. He looks incredible right now, but its a marathon not a sprint.

The Rams can and will move on from Goff at the end of next season. They gave him money but they have an easy out before 2021. They could draft his replacement this year if they wanted.

Great player. Massive jerk. The way he was pulling on Maddox's neck today should have drawn a penalty.

It may just be this year is an anomaly. The league average has been around 84% the last five years, its 80% this year. I would imagine some of the same kickers that got the league to 84% last year, are still kicking this year. This is the lowest its been since 2003. I imagine youll see it go back up next year.

He is 33rd in the league in FG %, the only player who has a worse percentage than him in the league is the guy the Titans cut after we played them. If youre going to rely on a good defense in low scoring games you better have a hell of a kicker.

Quincy is playing on people's emotions here, with the vet wife thing and the injury sad sap story. It works because you should feel bad for a guy who has had serious neck injuries playing for the team, but the bottom line is he came back to the team, accepted their checks, and knew what was required of him to earn the checks. He cant no call no show. On the Gase thing, its pretty obvious he is too stubborn and prideful to see that he shouldnt be doing anything similar to what he did in Miami. The Jets deserve this garbage for bringing in a losing coach who obviously bought into his own press after Peyton Manning made him look like a genius. If the Johnson's were smart they would fire Gase at the end of the season and go through a huge purge of me first guys from their roster.