Man with No Name

the difference between this year and last year is that last year the football players were basically following the same rules as the rest of the country. This year, it appears that most of the country is very close to being back to normal, while football players are still living under the same rules as last year.

the nfl has changed dramatically since 1993. Build a stadium around current strengths? i say yes when you are talking about a franchise qb-- a position that guys play very well to 40+. That could be half the life of the stadium. And it's about January. Not 500 yard games from Sept to Nov.

if it's closed enough to kill the wind, great. but no, a strong armed qb has a passing game built around them. a passing game doesn't work in garbage weather. it doesn't work for anybody. you run the risk of giving an advantage to teams built like the ravens, if they have an even slightly competent passing game.

no roof is a mistake with the passing game we should have for the next dozen years

I think this is where I stand, but I am 39 years old, so watched them as a pre teen and teen. Marino definitely seems to have the edge in skills. But I didn't know what I was watching enough to look at different intangibles, decision making, leadership, etc.

ok got it. I'm not around enough to sniff out some of the troublemakers here. I thought it was an interesting topic with some thoughtful posts. would be nice to just freeze or ban posters who are not contributing with good intentions, while also deleting posts that do not further the conversation.

Why is the Kelly vs Marino thread closed? I'm just trying to grasp the rules around here. Thanks.

what are the numbers? what is a "spike"

if we play our cards right and allen turns out, we have him another 15 years. stadium should be up in 5. obviously, it's imperative that we move on it as quickly as possible.

football wise, a dome makes sense. forget about allen's strong arm. if we are trying to build something akin to peyton manning's colts offense, we are putting ourselves at a huge disadvantage, relatively speaking, when a running team like baltimore comes to our home stadium.

this.

THanks for the memories. THanks for the big plays.

He is saying that McCoy is not afraid to answer, so he is not deferring for the sake of being polite to josh or pat. He is deferring because it is so close that he really doesn't know.

McCoy was a really pleasant surprise when we had him. Will always be a fan.

I remember feeling like that was one of our worst offensive games of the year, in the moment. huge chunks of time where we couldn't move the ball at all. I don't remember specifics, but remember being frustrated and thinking their defense was handling us better than we had been. Maybe we were trying to force it to those 3? I don't know, the yards per catch were certainly not great. I almost wonder if KC took some intelligence from that game.

one of the most reasonable posts ive seen on the topic.

no big deal. this is life. and still, the cream will always rise.

we got our qb a lot quicker than them. we are not working on the same timeline.

so much this. no excuses. especially living in a city.

yup. this call is Andy Reid believing his own hype a bit too much.

he can do it without him if he finds another top 5 qb. only took us 25 years to find one. hopefully the same for them.

I liked him. he was a good player and teammate for us. a pleasant surprise. almost perfect if you take away the he said she said story that happened with his ex. i can only be happy for the guy. unlike my steeler fan buddy who was tortured tonight seeing AB and Bell on opposite sidelines.

Safety first! seeing this pic gives me a great feeling of serenity.

hope they are all wearing masks. double masks

so so true.