MJS

Praying for victory?

Lee Smith inactive is a bit surprising.

The dude just went to the Pro Bowl. He is totally not overrated.

I live in the west and made a trip out to Buffalo to see a game in 2012 with my dad (who is from Buffalo). Fitz was the QB and we played the Rams. It was a December game (I wanted the full Buffalo experience). Fitz did what Fitz does. He made the game interesting until throwing a game sealing INT. It was awesome just to be there because it was my first time, but it also sucked because we lost and it was in the midst of the drought.

Not me, I wish he was here. But unfortunately he was smart and saw the total lack of offensive weapons the team has and the defense that lost a bunch of key contributors and he got out of town. Wish he was here so we could beat him.

I'm not interested in debating the well-documented corruption, lack of transparency, inadequacy, and politics that make up the healthcare system and pharmaceutical industry. You are barking up the wrong tree.

Doctors and nurses and frontline healthcare professionals aren't the problem. They do the best they can.

Agreed.

Competitive advantage. They've known they were going to do this probably all week. He is a very low risk, potentially high reward signing thought.

Yes Not that you were replying to me, but you realize that our healthcare and pharmaceutical system is not designed to cure but to mask symptoms, right? They want people to be on pills for the rest of their lives. Actually curing people is bad for business. You want people just sick enough to need your medication until they die.

I don't even know why there is even a 3 week time limit. Let the guy sit on IR for as long or short as he needs to get healthy and then sign him back. Now, maybe it should require at least two weeks, but I don't see the damage in having guys go on and off as needed. It protects the players because it gives the team options while allowing players to heal, and the player won't get rushed back as often.

Haha, he was a special teams player who occasionally played on offense. What's the issue?

Uh, no. That's not going to happen.

I don't get the throwing motion thing. If a guy has a weird throwing motion but is accurate and timely, what's the big deal? Phillip Rivers is a borderline hall of famer. There are plenty of other examples of guys with weird throwing motions and angles and who get the job done.

People need to remember that there are going to be a lot more players put on and taken off IR this year. Normal injuries that take two to three weeks to heal will get you sent to IR. Honestly, I hope it stays this way in future seasons (including the practice squad rules). It's better for everyone. It will give more opportunities to practice squad players, prevent players from rushing back from injury too early, and give teams more flexibility.

I think they are all accurately rated except for maybe Murphy who is treated like he's a terrible player when he isn't. I disagree with the rest. Morse? He isn't even talked about often, so how can he be overrated? I think most understand we overpaid for him a little because he was the best option in free agency. If you sign starters in free agency you will overpay. He's a solid player. I also don't think Poyer or Milano are overrated. Poyer is a fringe pro bowl safety and Milano is a fringe pro bowl linebacker. Both are very good. They aren't great or elite or anything, but they are very solid and every team in the league would be happy to have them. The real value in Poyer is the tandem between him and Hyde. Hughes is another of those very solid players. There is a lot of divided opinion on both sides for him, so I don't think it is fair to say he is overrated OR underrated. He's both, depending on which fan you ask. The truth is somewhere in-between. Brown gets a ton of respect around here. Maybe he is underrated nationally, though?

I think they'll want to give him more experience and continue to play him. But that depends on how bad he struggles.

Yeah, it depends on how Ford does. If he is average I think they'll start Feliciano and move Ford back to RT, but that also depends on how Williams or whoever they start at RT is doing. If nothing else, Feliciano is an excellent backup interior olineman. Not if he struggles.

That's how I felt a few months ago. But then they lost their two best players. The Jets don't have a chance this year. They will win a handful of games, but this is going to Gase's last year as a head coach.

Is it just alphabetical order? I think Ford will start at RG until Feliciano is back.

That's a good point. It would make sense to sign running backs to shorter deals, but it takes two to tango. Running backs probably prefer the longer term deals because it offers more security. QB's should want short-term deals, especially if they are elite.

I wanted to watch the Chiefs/Texans game, and I did. Packers vs Vikings should be fun.

Don't forget the Jets missed kicks. That was big in deciding the outcome. It was a strange game, honestly. I never actually felt like the Bills would lose. Our defense was smothering and our offense moved the ball at will until inexplicably squandering opportunity after opportunity. I felt like they would turn it around and get the win, and they did. But they made it uncomfortably close.

Well I agree. Earlier in the off-season I was talking up the Jets and thought they might get to 8 or 9 wins, then all the shenanigans started with trading their best player, Mosley opting out, injuries to offensive weapons, and of course Gase being the opposite of a leader. So I am fully on board the "Jets suck" train now.

He has the year to prove it, unless the offense is just so bad he gets fired mid season. I have an open mind. Haven't cast judgement on him yet. I could see him being good or being bad. Let's hope he is good.