BuffaloBillyG

All those reality shows are more soap opera than "reality".

Yup. He's such a phony. Remember, his background is soap opera acting. I believe in the real world I saw he's actually a Bears fan.

He's been a captain with the Dolphins and Broncos. As well as being a captain in college. He's also played in a 3-4 several times and likely had a role in helping implement Leonards defense here. I like Rousseau and Bishop, but neither screams leader to me. It takes a certain mentality and drive to be a captian. Not everyone has the gear. My two cents is that everyone isn't

It's not really that huge a shock. Guy is very well known to be a leader. Respected vet in the NFL. He was a good signing.

I think Seattle takes some steps back this year, but still manage to smack the Patties tonight.

Baker has come a long way since hanging out in the Cheesecake Factory parking lot. Good for him!

I'm really rooting for the Jets to get 7 or 8 wins this year. Just enough so they fool themselves into keeping Glenn, then burning all those high draft picks next year on his vision, only to whiff and end up with 5 wins a season the next few years.

In fairness to Goodell, he's probably just liquored up.

And he would still find a way to finish 9-8 and just barely qualify for a Wild Card.

He's a field stretcher, so really I don't think he has a one to one replacement. He has virtually no background on special teams. So looking into who he would replace: Moore- Nope. No way. Coleman- They want to set Coleman up to succeed. He's not being replaced. Shakir- Slayton isn't known to be a slot guy Palmer- being both work on the outside and neither really plays teams this would be the most likely. Bell- No way they cut ties so soon. Slayton does have a similar skill set to Bell. Not to mention we still have Shavers that may be back at some point and Cooks may or may not be part of a contingency plan if we need WRs. We also have a few guys already on the PS that I'd like to see groomed. My thought process is that I don't think he's even able to be rostered on PS due to him having to take a vet spot. Ok, maybe I'd move him on the PS to get Geno Stone off. But heck, I'd rather roster anyone on this board than Geno Stone...even on the PS.

Agree that stopping the run is very important this year. It's definitely up there with things like getting off the field on 3rd and long. Having someone take control of the WR2 spot. Health, especially in key spots. Bass becoming competent kicking the ball.

Ryans is good. And his enthusiasm radiates to the team. And he coaches good sound aggressive defense. Too bad for him...he's gotta play US week 1.

My biggest takeaway after reading this thread is that people are unclear about what is "rational" or "irrational" or what those words even mean.

EDGE for the Jags. He's actually pretty good. Wish we drafted him. Wait, there's a 5 AM?!?! He did open that new studio. Hopefully, we get Stetson Bennett back in a trade.

Biggest difference will be having a LT who isn't concussed and a RT with two operating arms.