First Round Bust

agree...I love todays country music as well as the ole school, was only joking...

the refs have a union, and senority-tenure is always a consideration with unions...second, fix ones that are wrong...mostly because you cannot for the most part challenge judgement calls, baseball limits reviews to fair-foul, safe-out, and it is extremely limited and most plays are balls-strikes to its a mere fraction of plays that can be reviewed; the chip placement in the ball is good but very futuristic, I cant see the old guard of the current NFL owners group wrapping their meeting time around that anytime soon when billions are at stake in TV revenue and CBA-NFLPA priorities, look how long it took them to implement and improve "instant" replays; plus all this cannot be considered without consent of the refs union based on job security and credibility not to mention the NFLPA ???

yeah...we call it a "feel for the game"...I think former players, college and or pro, would have a better concept adjudicating (another term us amateur us amateur refs us) the example you mention above...

the biggest problem I see is the refs are part-time, have other full-time jobs for the most part, and only work once a week.... Example, remember Johnny Grier, from days gone by...used to work for my company Monday until Friday noon...when he would cut-out for his NFL weekend assignment. The good news is that certainly they have development process, post-game meetings, reviews, grading, film-work. and have points of emphasis to focus on, esp player (qb) safety which we ultimately appreciate but hate when called. I also think younger refs, esp retired players, even college guys, if they show interest, acumen (physcial and mental testing) should be part of a development program rather than the oil executive pipeline of old. As a high school ref (and some low level college) of several sports, for several years, I submit that refs do their best work when they have muscle memory working (mental and physical) this comes from working a series of games in the right balance of not being under-worked nor over-worked... I dont see the part-time model changing, and I do see those touchy (ticky-tack) calls made in the interest of player safety continuing as well which are maddening but proper when you think about it...

Mangini, Vrabel, Jim Schwartz, and Bill O’Brien as the only former Belichick coaches or players to make the playoffs as a head coach with Vrabel likely the best as Vrabel and O’Brien as the only Belichick disciples to have a .500 record or better and Matt Patricia, Romeo Crennel and Charlie Weiss the biggest washouts...pending current NYG season another head may roll Flores is 4-2 against BB thus far...the choice of Tua is going to drive his success or failure, personally I would have passed on Tua...but as a Bills fan am glad they took him

well our Wyoming county NY (next to and due east of Erie county) colleagues would likely give them a tour when they come to the 716 to sample the Bills home tailgate experience...starting with a tour of Attica prison...

umh nashville...more likely a Hee Haw watch party get together....yes this is flame worthy

some excellent bleep..shall we call Knox Rain Man ?

not sure about Beasley - it comes down to not only the numbers but a replacement - can an in-house candidate - G Davis or Kumerow slide into the slot ? They do have some size and experience just not in the slot...not sure if Bealeywould accept a pay cut as part of extension as a lot of our vets have over the past few years. I do want Klein back -he has found his niche-game in our schemes and Milano does miss some games so he provides key depth - hoping we can extend him and work the numbers... cant make everyone happy nor keep everybody..off-season thread, post Super-Bowl focus for sure...such as Morse....playing well, key position as well

another strength - mid-late round picks that develop thru good coaching, vet mentoring, and some time (not thrown into lineup until coaches confidence level met or exceeded)...some misses, some second round misses ? Zay, Cody (still holding out hope) pardon the pun

think its worked out for JJ as well as us...by the same token am so glad that Sanders is here...now such a diverse offense and his vet leadership, attitude and talent has delivered as expected at 40% of watt it would have cost us to sign watts-his-name

more prime time games = better ratings and more cash for all, and strengthens espn MNF brand which goes for another 12 years so espn was all over that....they decided they can live with the disruption of delayed scheduling which they will use for marketing and hype, and the winner likely plays the next Sun not Sat so that gives back rest and prep for that MNF winner, all at the cost of one weekend game

Overall...paup (DPOY 1995), lofton (hof), steve christie (clutch kicks for years) Under Mc-Beane era - Hyde and Poyer (peanut better and jelly) and Morse and Star - so under-rated esp this season.

best analysis ever, people pay for excellent analysis like this, thanks so much for your time and effort on a very worthy topic that needs clarification which you hit the bullseye !

smart move, you need depth for injury protection, and a mix of vet and youth, and then rotation, nice research and development...does this model work for the OL ?

you have opened pandora's box here.. crunchy versus smooth.. storage ? room temp or refrigerated ? grape versus strawberry ? what type of breads ? toasted or regular... breakfast only ? brand name versus knock-offs ? bleeping ponderous....

I dont see Frazier, but an O guy perhaps Daboll cuz they got Gus Bradley to run the D, and they need to score lottsa points to run with the Chefs and Bolts and Denver is solid, Raiders are worst in their div

agree - the first edge player drafted went 18th, his team mate - hard to imagine two players playing the same position on the same team going that high in the same draft, esp since sacks are the sexy number and they would be competing for that very same treasure...so one may have cancel the other at times.. https://www.nfl.com/draft/tracker/picks/

in other words what would the early rounds of our draft look like ? my priorities: CB - Levi may leave for greener pastures - and or - can we afford to keep him interior OL. interior DL - S - Hyde, Poyer - age WR-TE - its a passing league - depth P - would be cool to draft a boomer in the 7th round and save a few bucks in that department

yeah but do we really have the higher ground when we are known for jumping down and crushing tables (and or body parts)...asking for a friend

good debate - paying Levi a FA market value, versus say drafting a CB in the first or second round and saving x amt ??? can we pay two starting boundry CBs that much as well as what we are going to pay Taron as the NCB...hey its a passing league so why not can you pay the DBs all that much and all those DLs that we rotate as well as Milano and Tremaine's big contract...and thats only the D !?!?! there has to be a limit and someone is going to walk at some point

22 snaps against KC - lowest since LV game last season - team first or me first ?

nah dont let anything or anybody mess with the todays positive vibe...

which will lead into the off-season question of his productivity-value versus his last year contract worth...so in between now and then, lets hope he remains happy and productive and contributes to the first downs, the TDs and the wins...its a more diverse offense now and he still has a part and he will have his moments...