Beck Water

Signed with the Rams

Kid is obviously intended as the Lee Smith of the future

Wasn't he drafted by Detroit at Pick 28?

I'm just curious, how much alcohol do you have to consume before making a post like this?

I thought "don't tip picks" meant if you learn the actual pick before it's announced on the air, don't spill the beans?

We'll never know, but a trade up to 12 would have cost A Lot.

That's what I said when the Bills selected Kaiir....

Yes, he was. There is probably something worse than watching the bodiesl of two people you love continue to breathe and eat (kinda) and excrete, while everything that made those people who they are, slips away due to dementia and you're dealing with the wreckage of your loved one's mind. But right now, having watched that go down with my late FIL, I can't think of it. And Flaz was in the thick of it every day as a daily caregiver.

RIP FlAz. A good man went home. He dealt with A Lot for a long time, and did as well with it as anyone could and better than most. He was largely a Shoutbox resident.

You're right about the risk of injury while working out independently, but most of these athletes only take a short time off before they start to work out again in one or another way (rehab or trying to improve themselves) so the few days that voluntary OTAs last don't really matter in the big scheme of things. I think the answer is insurance. They take out insurance to cover the salary they'd lose if they suffer what gets called a "non football injury" while training. I don't think the insurance will cover them jet-skiing or snowboarding or stuff, but it will cover if they tear a muscle or tendon doing workouts to maintain or improve their athletic value. I don't understand about the "draw fines": no team is going to fine an athlete for working out with a private trainer. That might be the spot on the depth chart the draft pick occupies going into training camp, but there's nothing to say he won't occupy a different spot coming out of training camp. See Elam, Kaiir and Benford, Christian. Of course I agree with your point that Cook missing VOLUNTARY OTAs is a non-issue. I think in this first phase, they're just doing strength and conditioning and "dead ball" drills, not even position-specific drills or working with coaches.

@Buffalo716 @HoofHearted

Not a 1st round pick, but Gronkowski missed his Jr year with back surgery, and a number of teams reportedly had him off their boards due to medical.

He sucked with the Rams, which is why they traded him to the Ravens for a pick swap. The thing is, the Rams had him starting and playing almost every snap. The Ravens had him playing only about 1/3 of the snaps, and he actually did OK for them. Achilles are usually a 2 year recovery IF the player can come back. So maybe by the end of the season, Tre was starting to come back? I don't believe the $6.8M thing. That's an "up to", meaning if he hits every target for a bonus.

I think you've cut to the heart of the matter here. McDermott was on the record saying "what he's doing on offense is almost revolutionary". He then proceeded to dissect and neutralize what McDaniel was doing. Other teams paid attention and adapted the principles if not the method. And McDaniel hasn't counterd as yet. It's rather the same thing as Daboll. In 2020, when Josh took a giant step up as a passer, we were shredding teams. In 2021, when Daboll committed to doing what he did in 2021 only more so, the Pittsburgh Steelers totally neutralized us in the season opener and other teams took note. Not immediately, and not all teams could pull it off, but the blueprint was out there and we had some critical losses. We don't know if Daboll would have adjusted in Buffalo 'cuz he left for the Giants, but Dorsey, who kind of took over as "Daboll lite", got solved (and replaced). But it's not because McDaniel is a nerdulent-looking capris wearing pustule that he'll have problems, if he's having problems. It will be because he's been "solved" schematically and hasn't adapted.

? McDaniel played football at Yale. Where he earned a degree in history. Shades of Marv Levy and his masters degree in History from Harvard. Frankly, I think you need a lot of football talent to play football at just about any school beyond HS level, but Yale ain't DI