Old Coot

One other factor in the closing of the gap between stud and pretty good receivers: WRs coming out of college have been playing in pro style passing attacks for years, even in HS. That means they are much more experienced in that style of attack.

I don't think that Shaw66 is saying that the WR position is decreasing in importance as has been the case with the RB position. I think he's saying that the gap between stud WRs and pretty good WRs has decreased as has been the case with RBs. I remember seeing Jim Brown play. He was huge compared to the men he was playing against. He's right about that partly because the physical attributes of the pretty good WRs has increased. I think it's also because of rules changes over the years that have favored the passing aspect of the game. Everything from hands off the receiver to not taking the hear off a crossing receiver to not mussing the QBs hair have enhanced the passing game. Thta means a pretty good receiver can occasionally perform as a stud. There is the ability to scheme open a pretty good receiver. Many of Belichick's Patriot teams did not have stud receivers but Belichick was able to scheme open his guys. So I think that Shaw66 is essentially correct that a room full of pretty good receivers might be just as good as having one stud receiver.

MVS would have an insider's knowledge of the Chief's scheming, coaching, etc. My questions: How much insider's knowledge is a player expected to give up to his new team? Is this context dependent, for example, on the player or how he left his old team? Does it really matter since the old team must assume that such knowledge has been given up and act accordingly?

He was a defensive mastermind. Among other things he used the zone blitz decades before it became popular. See this write-up of his career: https://books.google.com/books?id=g9W5B0L1O0wC&pg=PA48#v=onepage&q&f=false

You rang?

That's as good a moon walk route as I've seen run. The downside of running the route is that the receiver may wear only one glove.

Why would the Panthers trade to jump ahead of the Bills? Presumably they were afraid the Bills would take their guy Legette.

Going for quantity (picks) over quality?

Can't blame him. What could possibly go wrong.

Nothing could be worse than the Broncos' infamous "Milk Duds" uniforms of the early '60s. Plus dig the vertical striped socks

I voted Front Office but I'd really liked to have been a player but then I don't want to be a physical wreck by age 40. Those guys really do sacrifice their bodies. Remember Eral Campbell, the Oilers' monster running back? He ran over not around people. I don't think he was ever seriously injured in his playing days but by age 45 he was a physical wreck. He uses a wheelchair now.

Thanks for the Year of the Rams video. It brings back memories. I was a Colts fan (Baltimore, that is) and those Colts-Rams games were titanic. The Rams had the best D line in the league: The "Fearsome Foursome": Roger Brown, Lamar Lundy, Merlin Olsen (HOF), and Deacon Jones (HOF).

Roman Gabriel, Rams & Eagles QB dead at 83 He was NFL MVP in 1969 First (and only?) Filipino QB. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Gabriel

This makes it even more puzzling as to why the Bills would make him a first round draft pick. I admit that I'm a McDermott homie but I'll bet Beane would not have drafted him in the 1st without strong McD support.

A hell of a running back but a deeply flawed human being. He's number 8 on the list of most rushing yards in a season but all the guys above him did it in 16 games. He ran for 2003 yards in 14 games. For comparison, Eric Dickerson holds the rushing title at 2105 yards in 16 games. That's an average of about 130 yards per game. Very good but OJ's average was 143 yards per game. And he did it on a mediocre team when the D knew they'd hand the ball to him. Props to his O line -- the Electric Company -- because they would turn on the Juice: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Company_(football)

The guy does well in straight man coverage but he screws up in zone and when he has to make adjustments. Maybe he'll eventually learn but at this point he'd only have value to a team that plays straight man as a base D. This is the NFL so I doubt there are any teams that do that. He wasn't a first round pick. What mystifies me is why his shortcomings weren't apparent from film or scouting. Any thoughts?

In other news the Washington Redskins announced today that they are changing their name to the Washington Commanders.

and it must be in the 4th quarter and tried by the trailing team.

But it's only greed when the other guy does it.

I just love the concept of void years. Haven't we all had a few years of our lives that we wished we could void?

Rasul listed as a "salary conversion." What does that mean?

Cap casualties. Bills looking to get down under the cap.

Bills to cut Deonte Hardy per NBC Sports

How are opponents selected for each team (outside of its division)? Is it random or is there a method for calculation a team's opponents?