Buffalo Junction

Epenesa isn’t marginal. He’s not a starter, but he’ll be in the league till he’s 32 as a 2nd stringer as long as he stays at the level he’s at now.

He won’t get fired. McD will just take over play calling duties. That’s his protege, so there’s probably a little more leeway.

Consent. Packers fans consent to Packers players jumping into the stands, being in their personal space, and touching their persons…. They do not consent to opposing teams players doing the same, just as Lamar didn’t consent to an opposing fan invading his space.

This game should be 21/24 to 3 right now.

I’m still trying to sort out how that wasn’t called. I understand that it’s week 1 and the refs are still getting their ish together like the teams… but it was blatantly obvious with the jersey stretching. The only rational I had was that Hussey decided to keep the flags low like it was a playoff game. 🤷‍♂️ As for Oliver, the whole defense may not have shown up ready to rock, but Oliver was a problem for the Ravens. This defense has needed someone to step up in big moments. Oliver did several times in that game. Let’s hope he keeps this up.

Would be interesting…. I can only imagine a team parking a “make a wish” kid in the red zone or moving them along the sideline to keep him off the field.

He’s played NT, 1T, 3T, and 5T for GB over the years, although I doubt he has the juice for that anymore. The Packers were probably going to part ways with Clark after this season so they included him in the deal to sweeten the pot and unload his contract before signing Parsons. Completely agree that GB wasn’t going to trade him without need. That said, he might be available mid year if The Cowgirls tank and Jerruh decides to unload guys for draft capital.

Some weight should definitely be placed on McD being one of Reid's protégés. It seems like Reid just knows his system as well as McD does, and it’s probably good that McD brought some new coaching blood in on that side of the ball. On top of that this team doesn’t really have any guys on defense who can elevate and play above the scheme which makes life easier for opposing OCs.

Does stopping at 2010 vs say 2000 change the percentages?

It’s basically the same deal as the 09’ draft. They hit on Eric Wood, Byrd, and Levitre. Plus they nabbed Garrison Sanborn as a UDFA…. But…. Everyone will always remember selecting Maybin instead of Orakpo. However, if they had drafted Orakpo everyone would have been pissed they drafted Levitre instead of Shady McCoy. 🤷‍♂️

The best backup QBs are usually on bad teams. They usually have two marginal starters during it out for the starting position or a top rookie QB prospect and an aging vet or gap starter. With JA17 clearly entrenched as the franchise $55MM man this team doesn’t have the opportunities or the money to attract one of those guys. As a result Trubisky is essentially as good as it gets unless they hit on a draft and develop player like Matt Hasselbeck, Kirk Cousins, etc.

Yup. I roll a smoker year round, so all that’ll change is the day I start drinking at 6am. 😂

It still matters though. You get recognition from certain individuals, they get promoted and/ switch employers, then offer you higher pay, promotion, etc to move up with them. It’s earned nepotism, but still a result of who you know.

They’ve done this before…. Hire a former O or D coordinator to work with the opposing side and help prep the unit while assisting with the scout team they’re going against. It’s not the worst idea if ownership has the cash. Plus, LaFluer gives buddies - like Salah - soft landings.

People seem to forget that he got paid for a reason. I’m happy to hear that getting paid didn’t result in him slacking off, and he showed up ready to ball.