NoHuddleKelly12

And also just remember that Ryan Leaf, JaMarcus Russell, Manziel, Brady Quinn et al, to name just a fraction of many more, were ALL deemed worthy of being picked in the 1st round as starting QB’s in the NFL by multiple staffs of multiple franchises whose jobs depended on hitting it on the mark. This is as much a speculative business as it is scientific. There will be mistakes, some glaring in fact. But I’m more interested in how McD and Beane react/respond to mistakes they’ve made along the way, than the fact that they made any in the first place. And so far I’m happy with the fact that they’ve owned them and then made necessary changes to address same, as opposed to doubling down and digging in, a la former regimes.

It was not specifically stated whether we were talking preseason or regular season, to be fair. And no question NP kicked butt during training camp/preseasons

Exactly; which arguably makes a ‘worst to first’ type rebuild that much more impressive during that era, when the NFL didn’t prioritize parity or ease of FA movement. The big boys of that era would’ve been that much harder to unseat. Not saying it should be easy for McBeane to engineer this kind of turnaround, but it does give me optimism that it will be well within reach.

Post of the day. Should be archived to reference each time the hot take naysayer hit parade fires up around here. Not saying they can’t and haven’t made any mistakes, because they have like anyone else; but under difficult circumstances post Rex/Whaley’s no-plan mismanagement, have made some tough decisions to try to make this team playoff caliber for years to come.

Obviously unicorn (Watch out for the lightning fast hooves that would fell any ninja with only one strike, the spear on its forehead and the glare reflecting off of its pastel-colored mane)

Happy Birthday Jimbo ?!! Here’s to many more ?. Great player, even better person. Ditto. It’s crazy how quickly this thing called life slips through our fingers—then you turn around and have to start watching what and how much you eat <sigh>. Thanks for the memories though Jim!

I expect him to bag more venison. That is all.

Agree--nice choice! It can also come with granola for an extra crunch pop right there! Who would want to mix cereal with white-looking water? Skim milk is blah on multiple fronts, jmo. Also am a big fan of mixing multiple cereals together

“...she does have a criminal record.” In other shocking news, the sun rose in the Eastern sky this morning. I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that previous efforts of the Canadian criminal justice system to rehabilitate her have been a “smashing” success. Just lucky no one was killed by this disturbed individual!

Frosted Flakes—loved ‘em from day 1. Nut ‘n honey also good, and always loved their commercials with that tagline

If it’s any consolation Donuts, I was mildly surprised at the overall lack of dimensions for said watercraft—I mean, if you’re the holder of 8 rings, shouldn’t you be expected to power up something more along the lines of a yacht suitable for putting into port at the Cannes Film Festival??

Good call. And would have to be better than what we paraded out last year in front of JA.

“...is our guy, until the day that he is not.” There, that should finish up the dangling participle for them. BTW, where is ‘wrong josh’ to add to the vote of confidence here?

I wish that were true. Honestly you have been great to interact with and are always very complimentary and cordial with your threads/posts.

In other fantastic Pats news nuggets of the day for us to discuss here on this BILLS board, Hoodie yet again <gasp> is forced to have to repaint the name of his boat...first world problems in the NFL. https://apple.news/AXC2c56D4Qem-POWTXzG2xA

Thanks Plenz—I will def check them out. I didn’t mean in my original post to come across as a total helicopter parent, and I for sure want them to gain their healthy independence along the way. I just want to make sure at the same time, that all of the common sense steps that I can take to help protect them while they are young and at their most vulnerable, are taken care of.

So did Benjamin Franklin. At some point your environment at a young age needs to stop being an excuse for poor life choices or inherent character flaws, sorry, just my .02 cents.

Mike Tanier pretty much offers the realpolitik case for why the likes of Hunt will continue to survive in the NFL, regardless of whether or not they 'learn their lesson' or change their future actions: "Claiming that the NFL learned nothing from Ray Rice, Greg Hardy or other controversies that overshadowed the league in recent years would be 100 percent incorrect. The NFL learned exactly what it wanted to learn. News cycles and angry internet mobs come and go. Fans come back, no matter what, as long as the games are exciting. Survivors' names and stories begin to pale in comparison. And "the shield" endures, no matter what." https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2820441-nfl-proves-it-has-learned-absolutely-nothing-as-kareem-hunt-signs-with-browns?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial

From a purely draft numbers standpoint you're probably right. But the emotional fan side of me needed to see JA take a big step forward which I feel like he did that day, and carry that kind of good vibes into the offseason so that all of us talking hens around here aren't left with a sour taste in our mouths like so many of the mid-October games we suffered through. It's still a good enough launching pad at #9 to do a lot with, whether staying pat or moving up/down as circumstances dictate on draft day, imho. Just going purely off the top of my head here, but if we'd lost the last game, isn't it true we would've at best gone up to #7? Again, not sure on that though.

Oh wow--no broken bones? So glad he can absolutely be trusted to show appropriate restraint in a domestic situation like that! Look, let's just accept that what he did is rightfully reprehensible, and that he now has an existing track record, pattern of violent altercations (3), so he's lost any benefit of the doubt. Would you be cool with him dating a close female relative of yours? Just hope it's a definite "no."

Post of the day. When discussing the diameter, shape and overall countours of a turd burger, at the end of the day, whether it's a single patty melt or a double with extra cheese, it's still an inexcusable turd burger. Carry on.

In the vein of the topic, also sad is this little gem from Peter King this morning—since 2000, the Pats have of course had one HC. The rest of the AFC E has cycled through 26. Something’s gotta give here people! The blurb is under “Factoidness” https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/02/10/julian-edelman-patriots-mvp-nfl-fmia-peter-king/

What is an “embarrassment of riches,” for the daily double, Alex?

While not thrilled with the approach to QB going into the 2018 season obviously, there is no question that NP earned the job coming out of camp/preseason. He just couldn’t get it together during the reg season games for whatever reason. What followed was brutal and it’s a near miracle that our QB situation was salvaged post October—but it was, and credit to Beane for owning his mistakes in this regard and doing what he needed to to shore up the position then and for this coming season. At least we seem to have a FO that can leave ego at the door for the sake of getting it right instead of stubbornly sticking with a failing plan. That gives me some comfort as we move forward with the development of JA and what should be an upgraded O.