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Not crazy about the Detroit 3rd down play calling.

He hasn't been on the field yet... unless you count the sidelines.

He reminds me a bit of Antoine Winfield... sturdy cornerback.

At this rate he's gonna come out of the tunnel for the 2nd half in uniform.

Another good looking drive!

Mark Brunnell in '96 possibly

No team has spent more draft capital on OL than the Dallas Cowboys.

I just checked the Lions website... Jack Campbell is 2nd string.

At least Jack Campbell won't have to worry about Travis Kelce tonight. It certainly improves his chances of looking good tonight. But I still can't believe he wasn't mentioned until the end of page 5.

I'm actually shocked... 5 pages in the context of a raging debate about the Bills MLB situation... and not a single mention of Detroit's 1st round pick (18th overall) Jack Campbell.

Just for a bit more perspective, the average American male in his 20s weighs 200 pounds. Let's say for the sake of discussion that Dion's "natural football weight" is 330 pounds. Him dropping from 370 to 330 pounds is roughly equivalent to one of us bloating up to 225 pounds and dropping to 200 pounds. Inexact science I know but we're not talking about an average-sized guy here.

From the piece: "Still, Dawkins can’t block out all the heat he sees the team taking when the season ends in a disappointing way. “We’re human man,” he said. “Of course, you hear it. Everybody sucks. We need a whole new team. I’m a respectful guy. Some people are full of it. We put our all in this. I’m starving in the offseason for myself and for y’all. So the fact you’ve got anything negative to say about anybody is horrible. But it’s cool. I’m going to just do better.” Also some interesting testimony: "He is nimble and powerful. Every once in awhile, he can be seen doing a cartwheel at practice, definitely an uncommon sight for a 330-pounder. “Everybody knows he’s a freak athlete,” said Bills right tackle Spencer Brown. “It’s hard to explain how athletic he is. I’ve never seen such a big man be able to move and be explosive and fast-twitch as he is. ... He will stand on his head before practice. I’m like, I don’t know how much you weigh, dude, but that’s a big body doing that.”

Made me think of Ted the Lorax. Wonder what he's up to these days. The Tre White who was an All-American and 1st Team All-SEC in college? The first round draft pick who is a 2-time All Pro and 2-time Pro Bowler? That Tre White? Though both played on special teams I thought Dodson was a "core four" special teamer whereas Klein was not. If I'm right this would probably explain why Dodson is still with us and Klein is not. Alex Van Pelt went about 220 so things haven't changed too much in that regard.

My post wasn't serious. It is interesting the myriad reasons people don't like him... several different responses.

What makes you think he hasn't? Do you think he just came up with the hand clapping by himself?

Not sure why everyone hates Mike McDaniels. It's truly widespread. I know there were the comments about the AK, the near brawl at the St Joe's football game and a few other things but c'mon people... give a guy a chance. It can't be easy being someone's famous uncle.

Earlier? Yes I remember thinking that after Paul Seymour retired in 1977. Those were the days. What time is it? It's really dark outside.

Yes Denmark is quite beautiful. I've never been to Ifedi but I hear there are a lot of Germains there.

Not sure of your major malfunction but it seems clear you need a new playmate. Have at it and have fun!

I'm trying to get a clear and simple explanation from @BADOLBILZwhy he feels it's necessary to question my intelligence. If a person is being attacked as I am, shouldn't there be some justification from the attacker? I've called him on it and he's now being evasive instead of clear.

Wow. First you call me an idiot and now you're saying I'm dumb. It's weird being the target of an unprovoked attack... but I hope you feel better.

Let me get this right... As a service to other readers who can't get behind the paywall, I provide a synopsis of the article with no editorializing or opinions... just a summary. You are now calling me an idiot and alleging that I don't understand the nature of NFL coaching and other similar professions?

Again, there's no doubt that Chad Kelly grew up in privilege but is that his fault? Certainly he had no control over what family he was born into. While I believe in personal responsibility... I wonder how Chad Kelly was raised and how many of us, if raised the same way wouldn't also be douche bags. Yes, I'm implicating his parents, uncles, etc. For instance, his uncle was at a high school football game with him nearly getting into a group brawl. There's a general tendency among all people: to look down on those who have publicly committed bad acts. to believe that they have higher character than those who have publicly committed bad acts. to believe that they would never make those same mistakes if put in the same situation. The most obvious example of this behavior is the common criticism of pro athletes who blow all their money and end up destitute. From what I've seen I believe most of us would end up doing the same thing if given the "opportunity." JMO.

If you read the piece it makes more sense. He even says he likes Belichick as a coach (despite the sub .500 record). Also many people believe the key to Belichick's success was drafting Brady in the 6th round and that without Brady, he's just another football coach. Anyways, here's an excerpt from the piece for those not inclined to click: "Buffalo rebounds. There are things I don’t like about the Bills—but there are things that worry me about every AFC power team. Stefon Diggs is great, but will he be all-in for 17 weeks, which is essential for this team? Will Josh Allenrein in his uncharacteristic Red Zone mistakes from last year? I think the football world looked at the 27-10 divisional playoff loss to Cincinnati as the beginning of the end for a team with looming cap issues. I looked at it as a bad day to have a bad day, and give credit to a great gameplan by defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo of the Bengals. I say Allen returns to more efficient form, Von Miller provides a late-season defensive boost and they finally get off the schneid in Kansas City in the playoffs. Allen’s too good, and too determined, to let the end of 2022 leak into 2023." What no one here has mentioned yet is that King picks the Bills to lose to the Eagles in the Super Bowl.

The OP has a fair question though I'm not a big fan of dragging Teller into the discussion. Will it be viewed as a mistake to trade away Boogie Basham (especially for almost nothing)? Basham had his best preseason so far and I for one was excited to see how much he improved. And though I was happy when we drafted Epenesa, I would rather have traded him than Basham. I hope McBeane got this one right though I'm a bit worried that they didn't.