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I wonder if people complained as much in 1978 when they expanded from 14 to 16 games as they do now going from 16 to 17. Not sure why people would hate this

Why not just move the season opener to Labor Day weekend? The regular season being dragged to almost mid January seems crazy

Yeah, now just expand OT back to 15 minute quarters. I mean they have done everything else at this point

I still would take Harris or Etienne. Like Jimmy Johnson said "if you're gonna draft a RB then draft the best one". Maybe the 3rd time would be the charm this year

There isn't much of a difference between McCaffery and Kamara but that's just one example. In most situations, you would never find a RB in the 3rd round or later that would come close to McCaffery. How many 3rd round or later RBs are even as good as Kamara? Kamara was an anomaly in my opinion. I really believe that a dynamic RB takes this offense over the top. Harris and Etienne can be that

My friend got married on a Sunday during football season in 2016. It was actually the day of the Cardinals vs Bills game that the Bills won. While taking wedding photos outside the church I was checking my phone repeatedly for score updates. I remember being annoyed when I was stuck at a wedding while the Bills were up 17-0 at one point during the game. My other friend even called me "immature" because I was looking at the score repeatedly. My response to him was "how about not getting married on a freaking Sunday in September during football season?" I also refuse to work a job that works weekends because I won't miss a Bills game

I know about mixing generations of RBs. I did that intentionally. I did point out quite a few RBs that have been drafted recently though like McCaffery, Gurley, Elliott, and even guys in the last 15 to 20 years like Tomlinson and AP. Those guys are huge differences compared to a RB you draft in the 4th round. I feel like if you want a difference making, game breaking and speed type back that you need to find that guy in the first and maybe 2nd rounds. And again, I also feel like there is a difference between drafting a first round RB when you are a losing team as opposed to when you are a SB caliber team.

I mean, think about it, what would "The Greatest Show on Turf" have been like without Marshall Faulk? They wouldn't have been that without him. It makes a difference

Let me just say, I agree with you to a degree. If we were a rebuilding team that went 3-13 instead of 13-3 then I would definitely say RB in round 1 is really stupid. Like the Giants did with Barkley which clearly didn't make sense when they needed a QB. But our offense literally needs a game breaking RB and a good TE from being fully dominant. It's almost there already. We have drafted RBs in the 3rd round each of the last two years and how has that worked out? Zach Moss, I'm not necessarily giving up hope that he can be a really good player yet but I'm pretty sure we know what we have in Singletary at this point. And neither guy is really a guy that can change a game or has game breaking speed. To me, there is a clear difference between the RBs you draft in Round 1 as opposed to after. Tomlinson, AP, Elliot, McCaffery, Barkley, Gurley, Barry Sanders, Emmitt, Marshall Faulk. Those guys are or were difference makers for their teams. You can get guys in other rounds like Gore, Kamara, Aaron Jones, LeSean McCoy, Terrell Davis, Thurman and maybe even luck out on an undrafted guy like Fred Jackson or James Robinson and some others but I feel like the odds of that are a little slimmer. We are in our SB window. There's no point in not taking a difference maker at position of need that can make us even more dynamic because "RBs are a dime a dozen" or a "non sensical 1st round pick". I personally would like a pass rusher with the first pick but have no issue at all with Etienne or Harris at 30 if either player is there. I just don't see the point of drafting another 3rd Round RB that's basically the same as what we already have

Here we go.....gotta love wasting cap space on more special teams players. Thank God we restructured Tre's contract to make this happen

I don't really care for Murphy. I moreso brought it up as a joke

Making space to resign Trent Murphy

That's the funny part. I could actually see Ralph letting Josh walk because he doesn't want to pay the money

And why would we do this?

The title to this thread could have been longer. Why did you make it so short?

I can throw a mean football when I play catch at a park. They can bring me in in 2022

Even if we did back out of the trade, if Howie Roseman gets desperate enough I think he will call Beane again and take less instead of releasing him

Why would Lindsay go to Houston? That whole organization is a dumpster fire. I would have waited it out

What TEs are on our roster now? Hollister, Knox, Sweeney. Can't think of anyone else

Not saying they would but it doesn't hurt to call

I'm basically just trying to say how serious I would be to do that if I were Beane lol

I'm not kidding, I would have given up our 1st round pick this year to San Francisco for Kittle. He only has a $5 million cap hit this year. It goes up a lot next year but that could always be restructured.

Which comments were those?

I woukd have rather just drafted a guy. I hope this is a Lee Smith replacement and not our Plan B to Ertz

Wasn't he the one that thought when Beane and McDermott pushed back the press conference that it was because they were possibly finalizing the Ertz trade because of the timing of the Chargers signing Jared Cook? Why would he say that if he knew two days beforehand that it wasn't happening? It sounds weird to me