Virgil

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Ravens 42 Bills 17 First pass of the game is to Andrews as the Ravens spend the entire first half exercising their playoff loss demons while the Bills are still trying to find their in-season footing after not playing together in the preseason. It's 24-3 at halftime, with Josh and Palmer finding a rhythm in the second half, but it's too little, too late, as Henry starts to wear down the defense and the Ravens put together long, brutal drives to close this one out. The next day, all of the Josh MVP naysayers are out in full force and the Ravens are the regular season warriors of old.

The minute I saw Gabe at Josh's wedding, I figured Gabe would be back in some capacity. Perfectly fine with this as a PS signing. Gabe is great only when you have zero expectations.

I personally think it's the ambiguity around when the drop off actually happens with age. Most of these guys are due for a second contract around age 26. Giving someone a 3-4 year contract, when you don't know if their body will break down within that contract, PLUS (as you stated), there's so much cheaper replacement talent that can be found with mid-draft rookies, that teams don't really have an incentive to pay them.

How the hell Lamar is over Josh?! I’m sorry, I don’t care about these lists, but cmon…. I would take Josh over Lamar 10 times out of 10. Lamar still hasn’t proven he can show up big in the playoffs or if he has to throw more than 40 times in a game.

Allen and Bernard only.

In another reality, I'm curious how the Cowboys would have reacted to a trade package involving Kincaid, Cook, and one of our defensive lineman.

I hate to say it, but I'm not optimistic about this game. Outside of the Rams game a few years back, we tend to start slow, and that's assuming everyone is healthy. I fully expect some rust with Josh, Shakir, and a few other guys, especially in their timing. The Ravens are going to be hungry for revenge. I know the game matters for tie-breakers and I would love to pull out the win, but I'm not holding my breath. With that being said, I don't put a lot of stock into Week 1 games, and we will be a very different team come week 7, with suspensions and injuries coming back to us.

Having a day to sit on this, here's where I'm at. Cap wise, I don't think we could have made this work at all. To trade Groot or Oliver would be a big cap hit, plus having to pay Parsons. In a magical world where that doesn't matter, for me it comes down to. Would you rather have Parsons or Oliver, Groot, and our next two first round picks. That's a tough call for me and I would say it's a fairly even wash. The deciding factor to me is culture fit, which I'm not so sure Parsons would be here. It's hard to say that for sure, and him being a top talent on defense at his age is tough to overlook. But in the big picture, I just don't see how Parsons would have fit in with our culture, salary cap, and having a "pay my top money" guy. Besides Josh, who didn't even ask for that, we expect everyone to have a team mentality. Would I love to have Parsons on the team? Of course. Just don't see how it would fit

While not in the same division, I can’t imagine Dallas wanted to trade with the Eagles, Packers, or 49ers, which makes me believe this was the best deal they received. Considering everyone was speculating it would take at least two 1sts and a player, I think the market was less than speculated. Granted, for those upset with the Cowboys, could they have physically paid Parsons even if they wanted to? Dak and Lamb are making top 3 money. It would have been almost 150 mil for just three players. I feel like that’s roster suicide. Ask the Bengals

I'd like to more about the three question marks in the title.

Does Gore get snatched up by someone else or make it to our practice squad?

Why is this being featured as “Breaking News” on the ESPN homepage?! 😡🤬 ***** em both

I find it impossible to care about the preseason with this team. NFL is scheme and talent, with scheme usually being the deciding factor. We are running zero scheme while Ben Johnson is trying to install his still. These two teams are night and day different in regards to what that game meant to them. Remember when Spurrier took over the Skins and was blowing out good teams? I think they even blanked the Super Bowl champs 40 something to nothing. Guess how both teams started the regular season. If that game was played for real tomorrow, would expect us to steamroll the Bears. I do somewhat worry about a slow start against the Ravens, similar to how we came out against the cards. But am I worried that Bishop couldn’t cover their best receiver out of the slot in man coverage? No. If that happens in a game, I’m questioning why that was allowed to happen. I do not believe for a second that McD would hold out so many players if he did not believe they were ready for the season. Anyone making the team who played in that game was just for reps. Btw, this isn’t directed at you Ethan. Just the first post I’ve seen since checking the site after the game that seemed to warrant the response.

Solid deal on both sides. Happy this is done.