MJS

"Official" anything is about just one thing: money.

Didn't really get so bad until 2005...

He is actually a leader. He's not just a good playcaller who got over promoted, which is what happens with a lot of coaches.

The schedule is decidedly NOT tougher this year. This is a far easier schedule.

Why are the Cardinals considered a top 10 team? And the Cowboys? Neither of them were winning teams last year or the year before. Both teams are overrated. Cowboys are perennially overrated.

I think being reasonable is fun, personally. But maybe I'm in the minority.

Just have to see how it plays out. No need to get bent out of shape from an anonymous source early in the process.

Oh, gotcha. Well, that's if they even take 3 QB's on the 53 man roster.

Can you repeat the question in a different way? I don't follow.

Dang, that lady is 85?

Why do we have a thread about a 3rd/4th string QB?

People like his running style?

Isn't Jackson a 90? I agree that Allen should be higher, for sure.

They review practice footage as part of their preparation, practice footage that can see all the players and what's happening. So yes, they do have cameras set up to capture these things. Even in Bills highlight videos from games that the team posts are from bad angles and zoomed in on specific players. Why are you bringing up conspiracy theory? Who is suggesting this is a conspiracy?

I like both. And no way is Jackson top 10 in arm strength. His arm strength is below average.

Wow, they still haven Wilson at a 94? Allen should definately be higher rated than Jackson. Come on.

They always have useless camera angles. Like, not even worth watching them. I wonder if they do it on purpose so other teams can't watch them and figure out schemes and play calls and such.

What's confusing?

There are going to be some surprise cuts or trades on the dline. There are just too many of them. Maybe Addison? And maybe it's just me, but I'd rather keep Zimmer over Harrison Phillips and Butler. Bates is a good football player. I think he'll be here. But I'm not sure we keep 10 olinemen. Do we usually keep that many?

He could just pick Beasley up and eat him.

*treble

Oh yeah, my bad. You're right. So it has basically already happened. It's going to have a big impact. I was wrong, it's actually ONLY permitted within the TE box now, so it actually is illegal to cut block on the outside like that. So yeah, the Diggs block would be illegal this coming season. It's going to be very interesting to see how teams adjust.

Great block. But I wonder how much longer that will be legal. They just banned cut blocks within the TE box. I could see that expanded to the rest of the field soon. If that happens, it will seriously impact the effectiveness of receivers and running backs in blocking. EDIT: Actually the cut blocks are ONLY legal within the TE box now, so the change is already there. It will really impact blocking assignments for running backs and receivers going forward.

That was the design a lot of times. Like, almost all of Lee Smith's TD's were designed to go to him to catch the defense off guard. I remember one that had Diggs running wide open, but Allen threw it to Smith when he slipped out unnoticed because that was the design. But yeah, your point is valid. Just, sometimes it isn't because the defense is covering the stars, it's because the play design purposefully targets other players.

Well, Beane has gotten draft picks for worse players who were 100% going to get cut. It could happen.