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Cole Payton - QB - North Dakota State I'm guessing he goes in the 4th or 5th, but he's a dual threat developmental prospect worth taking a chance on of you can let him sit for a season, probably 2.

Gabriel was a 3rd round pick. Late 3rd at that. He could very easily be cut. Not saying he will be. Sanders won't be cut this year. If he ends up starting, he won't be cut anytime soon. I think worst case he is a backup for a few years. Taylen Green will get drafted late but I think as a project WR or gadget player.

Gabriel had "better" stats, but if you watched any of the games, he has zero upside at all. He won't throw the ball down field at all. He holds the all forever, afraid to pull the trigger. Sanders is not likely to be a franchise QB, but he does have a small chance. He has a good deep ball. He is willing to takes shots. But he also holds the ball too long, but that's fairly common for rookie QBs.

Graham wasn't an average DT. He ranked pretty high overall even as a rookie. Judkins was very good as well. Sampson is a 3rd down back. He ran ok, but did very well catching the ball. So the draft was a disaster because of the QB picks alone? Gabriel was a terrible pick in the 3rd round for sure. He's just too physically limited, and he is WAY too conservative with the ball. Sanders in the 5th is a good risk/reward for a team that needs a QB. He wasn't good overall, but he showed flashes of good play with bad O-Line and very limited WRs. Graham, Schweswinger. Judkins, Fannin, and Sampson all played and all played fairly well, to very good. The QBs were the only "mediocre" picks.

And they still weren't in the top 10 in basketball NIL. One of UConn's transfers was from Michigan 2 years ago. It's just the way the world works now. Players have the same freedom as coaches finally.

Sam Rousch - TE - Stanford

Cleveland sold out every single game. Modell moved solely because the Cavs and Indians got stadiums before he did. Simple as that. It had nothing to do with the city itself. Modell was just a petty POS.

He has to fulfill the contract to get paid. He is choosing to sit out. If he decides to return to work, then yes, they would have to pay him. Right now it is Schwartz that isn't holding up his end of the contract. He doesn't get paid if it is his decision to sit out.

No, they don't. He is choosing not to coach, he wasn't fired. Now next year, if he decides to come back as an active coach, they would have to pay him or release him. But he can't choose not to coach and still get paid.

Monken now needs a DC in Cleveland.

If he doesn't coach, he doesn't get paid. If he chooses next year to coach, then he would be entitled to his contract.

That's not a promotion in the sense of getting him out of his contract. But I doubt they try to force him to stay.

The Browns were also telling HC candidates that they would like to keep Schwartz as DC as well, if he doesn't get the HC gig.

He melted in college if you got consistent pressure. All the ability in the world, but he doesn't have the mental toughness.

Cignetti already said he's not leaving college ball. Obviously a LOT of money may change that, but he seems to be a college lifer.

Face guarding on its own isn't a penalty.

If the ball is in the air, it's interference, not holding. If the pass in uncatchable, then interference is subjective.

In the NFL, pass interference can technically be called on an "uncatchable" pass, as the rule book doesn't strictly define "catchable," making it a subjective judgment call for officials; however, officials often don't call PI if the ball is clearly uncatchable by either player. The pass on the right landed well out of bounds.

It almost hit the outside line of the white stripe surrounding the endzone. The pass landed well out of bounds. I watched it live, I honestly have no idea if they signaled uncatchable or not. But it was several yards outside the right of the end zone.

It does negate interference. You can't interfere with an uncatchable ball, though what is uncatchable is also essentially a judgement call. Like holding, illegal contact could be called on every single play. I could have seen them call it on that.

The ball landed well out of bounds on this play.

Benjamin Allbright posted another angle that shows its much less clear. The ball isn't secure before he hits the ground. Since it was ruled an INT on the field, not enough to overturn. Same as if it had been ruled a catch.

The INT was definitely debatable, with me agreeing it should have been ruled a Cooks catch. But he earlier "catch" along the sideline wasn't close and was correctly ruled incomplete. His entire hand was out of bounds.

He also did in 200 less pass rush snaps than Watt, and around 100 less than Strahan even in 1 more game.

Garrett was also double teamed on over 50% of passing downs. I also have seen 434 passing downs to get the record, not 540.