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Posters here very quickly lost, ignored, or forgot the bolded. You got your wish... I hope it made you happy while the rest of us suffered... 🙃 Thank you very much for the compelling statistical breakdown. I think the argument that a top tier slot receiver is more valuable (and in retrospect might be drafted higher) than an average starting boundary receiver is a valid one. I could definitely see Shakir being drafted in the 25-28 range... it would only take one team that doesn't have that type of player to make the pick.

And the best appetizer is starvation!

I'd be glad to answer any questions you have! What's your name?

Do you believe in an afterlife? On the subject of Chuck Knox, he is arguably the greatest coach not in the NFL Hall of Fame. His 186 wins places him 11th on the All-Time list. He took 3 teams with losing records (Rams, Bills, and Seahawks) and turned them all into strong playoff teams. In 22 seasons as an NFL Head Coach his teams made the playoffs 11 times. In the Super Bowl era there are 5 coaches in the Hall of Fame who never won a Super Bowl. They are: Don Coryell Marv Levy George Allen Bud Grant Sid Gillman On the other hand, Chuck Knox is in the club with Marty Schottenheimer and Dan Reeves as guys who arguably deserve to be in the Hall of Fame. (*asterisk denotes Hall of Fame) Coach Wins Winning % Playoff Winning % Schottenheimer 200 .613 .278 Reeves 190 .535 .550 Knox 186 .558 .389 Grant* 158 .621 .455 Levy* 143 .561 .579 Gillman* 122 .552 .167 Allen* 116 .712 .222 Coryell* 111 .572 .333

For the click averse, there are MANY other sordid details, such as: "During this year's NFLPA summit on Feb. 21, Howell accompanied the employees to the Magic City strip club for an outing that incurred $2,426 in charges including cash withdrawals, ranging from $200 to $525, from a club ATM, sources and documents show. They used two "VIP rooms." Sounds like lap dances to me... The linked article also touches on the fact that in his previous professional position, he committed a very similar breach of professional protocol. AC, as the owner of a high end taxi service, I imagine you're not the least bit shocked by these allegations.

You can get a life-sized wall decal of Sanders from Fathead but the 2025 rookies haven't been released yet. I think they're airbrushing their crotchal areas before making them available for bedroom walls. As @PromoTheRobot mentions, the precedents are by draft slot, not round. Thank you so very much for not saying that he'll be the most "dominate" of the bunch. Maybe there is hope for our country. Numbers for comparison... Last year's 33rd pick, Keon Coleman got 95.69% of his contract guaranteed. This year's 33rd pick, Carson Schwesinger got 100% guaranteed. This year's 39th pick WR Luther Burden received a 100% guaranteed contract. This year's 40th pick is a QB... Tyler Shough and he remains unsigned. This year's 41st pick, TJ Sanders got 94.63% guaranteed. This year's 42nd pick, TE Mason Taylor got 91.30% guaranteed.

Sanders' contract is 94.63% guaranteed. Yes. Coleman's contract is 95.69% guaranteed. Coleman was drafted 33rd overall... Sanders 41st.

You saw the homeless guy play football???!!?!?

I met Coach Levy a couple of times. No mortal has the ability to look into and understand every corner of another person's soul... but there's zero doubt in my mind (or really, anyone else's) that Marv is a very fine person of great character.

It's only collusion if a critical mass of the agents spoke with each other and agreed to a course of action (or in this case, non-action). The landscape was so obvious that no communication was necessary. The problem created by the first few 2nd round signings was an obvious signal to the players and agents to play the waiting game in order to exert pressure on the clubs. The owners don't want to give up anything but if they do, it'll be over their dead (or dying) fingers. As I posted in another topic, a higher percentage of NFL contracts are guaranteed every year. This is incrementalism at work. Some day, the NFL will not be the only major North American sports league without guaranteed contracts for all players. As to your point, there's a salary cap... whatever more it costs to pay 2nd rounders will simply come out of some other player's pocket. I don't think golden goose is an accurate characterization. This is one of a few existing unresolved areas of the CBA with regards to rookie contracts and like rainwater finding a weakness in the roof, it was inevitably going to be tapped for that extra bit of money that it changes in each contract. This is not a windfall development. It's incremental. Exactly. The percentage of fully-guaranteed contracts in the NFL will continue to increase as it has over the last several years. Considering NFL players have the shortest careers, the largest chance at catastrophic injury, and the largest chance at post-career medical disabilities, their contracts should be fully-guaranteed. Sanders' contract ends up being 94.63% guaranteed. I wouldn't be at all surprised if at this time next year, all 2nd rounders will have fully guaranteed contracts and as @Thurman#1 implies, the next battleground will be the 3rd rounders.

The question is whether he chose to resign rather than fight to maintain his position. Considering his track record I find it very hard to believe that he's simply doing the honorable thing.

Also, the spelling coach. You didn't hear? Bosa is "mentoring" him. Especially when combined with jet skis. Well that's a relief... now maybe I'll be able to sleep at night.

Yes, the crown was absurdly high to the point of probably not being orthopedically good to play on. I’m wondering if part of the consideration for the elevation of the playing surface is related to the water table for the new grass field.

At the anticipated concessions prices, one less beer shouldn't be a problem. They're already taking proposition bets in Vegas on this. The over/under is halfway through the first quarter of the first exhibition game.

He turned 19 on May 2nd.

Why do you have to be such a... you know... Richard Noggin...

Firstly, the Executive Director of any labor union should always publicly cite any wrongdoing or bad faith tactics by management. He does this by bringing the wrongdoing to light and making it a part of the public record so that it can be leveraged when necessary in litigation or as a bargaining chip. His job is to police and call out these transgressions, not sweep them under the rug. Not only did Lloyd Howell not do this but he also failed to represent the findings to his members in an accurate way. In this regard, he abdicated his two most fundamental duties. This does not mean that Howell should disturb labor peace. It does not mean he should overplay the issue. It does not mean that he should make a mountain out of molehill. But Howell was not doing his job and his non-actions violated his duty to the thousands of players he represents. On a different subject, the biggest unresolved issue in the current NFL CBA is guaranteed contracts. Ultimately like EVERY OTHER MAJOR NORTH AMERICAN PROFESSIONAL SPORTS LEAGUE, the NFL should have guaranteed contracts. Especially because these players have a much higher rate of catastrophic injuries and also shorter careers. They also have a higher incidence of post-career debilitating conditions. Their contracts should be fully guaranteed. To those saying that it can't be done, or that doing it would cause an untenable situation for owners, that's untrue. Already the percentage of guaranteed money in NFL contracts (for both veterans and rookies) has been increasing over the years. 1st round draft picks now have fully guaranteed contracts and I believe it won't be long until all rookie contracts are guaranteed. The current impasse with this year's 2nd round picks is because of this very issue. Ultimately I see all NFL contracts being fully guaranteed and this is being achieved incrementally, allowing the owners to moderate and mitigate the effects of those guarantees. The NFL owners are purposely dragging their feet (colluding) on this issue because any money saved now is more money later on via the maturation of their investments. It's the same reason that legacy industry leaders drag their feet on those new technologies which threaten their primacy... to delay the inevitable in the name of squeezing a few more million/billion dollars until they can no longer hold back the prevailing industry tide. When all guarantees are fully guaranteed there will be foreseen and unforeseen consequences such as smaller contracts, shorter contracts, less dumping of injured players (if you have to pay them, you might as well rehab them), less dead money, etc. I think ultimately players will have to decide whether they want to trade the potential for higher earnings in exchange for income certainty.. smaller but guaranteed sums of money. To that tradeoff I refer back to the saying, "one in the hand is worth two in the bush."

Spatter of hot wax from the candles = 3rd degree burns = Non-Football Injury List

I was there too and was very engaging and affable... willing to talk to anyone who wanted to talk to me. But no one really wanted to talk to me. Some of the people actually seemed annoyed when I asked them if they'd like to take a picture with me. Overall a very rude bunch of people IMO. Also I'd heard that when visiting OJ on his deathbed in SoCal that Rosen vowed to OJ that he'd help to find Nicole's killers. Yes, Josh Rosen is enrolled in the MBA program at Wharton... one of the Big 3 programs and the school which graduated Elon Musk, Donald Trump (though his transcripts are sealed), and many highly-successful people that we've never heard of. Even spotting the other QBs in his class hundreds of millions of dollars, Rosen has a chance to rival their wealth over the course of a lifetime.

At the "Return of the Red and Blue" event a few years ago I yelled out to Josh from the upper deck and he didn't even turn in my direction... so I'm really not convinced that he's anything special as a person. Seriously though, on the idea that one should never meet his/hers heroes, a common thing that happens to most people who were big sports fans as kids is that you age out... you get jaded and maybe a bit cynical and the way you view the big stars is less as heroes and more as mercenaries. It's partly losing your innocence, partly the pervasiveness of media coverage exposing the flaws and tearing at the mystique of these guys... partly being older than the rookies instead of younger than them... there's a bunch of factors. And yet I know that many of us feel about Josh, the same way we felt about about the iconic superstars of our youth, which is to say as a hero in the eyes of a kid. In today's world Josh is almost unique in that regard.

You're certain Spencer Brown will be listed but uncertain about Dion Dawkins? That's interesting. I'll eat crow if necessary but I just don't see Brown being higher on the list than Dawkins.

If Beane's invited as a guest on Barnwell's podcast, he'll likely go all WGR on Barney. The fact that Barnwell's only counting the top 5 skill position players on each team definitely works against the Bills. I think it's reasonable to say that the Bills have good to very good depth at WR, TE, and RB but this exercise discounts depth in favor of top-line starters. I've noticed some here have poo-poo'd the Bills' free agent signings at WR and I understand that after the Trent Sherfield/Deonte Harty play 2 years ago but I'm in agreement with those who are optimistic about Elijah Moore and Josh Palmer. Hell, I'm optimistic about Curtis Samuel and Keon Coleman too. And we know who Shakir is. I agree with the comment upthread that some/many are sleeping on the Bills WRs but I also understand those who are taking a wait and see approach.

I watched what you posted (thank you) but I don't agree with the conclusion (bolded above). It seems like maybe about 35-40 throws in the video? I saw maybe 5 poor throws. There were also some throwaways and some 50/50 balls that I don't consider bad throws. My impression is that the bigger issues on these throws are a lack of separation by the receivers and also, drops. I agree with this as far as the really deep throws (not just 20 yards downfield). The home run throws are one area where Josh still needs more work and I agree that a lot of it is footwork. That is the one and only area in which Jimbo is clearly superior to Josh. Jimbo threw a beautiful bomb. As far as Kincaid, I'm hopeful that he'll show that he's worth his draft position (he hasn't yet IMO). I'm more hopeful than I am confident.

Deek, you're trying make a one-size-fits-all, definitive judgement. That's not the world we live in. Firstly, every situation is different... what if as a result of the incident, your daughter suffered PTSD, went sliding down that slope and struggled with trauma, shame, and depression every morning she woke up? What if she couldn't function and struggled to remain employed because she was driving an undependable junker because of her sporadic employment caused by her mental condition? How does your new car sound now? And of course that question disregards the myriad of related factors that make your question unanswerable including but not restricted to what kind of new car we're talking about... would you agree that your daughter buying a Nissan Versa would be different than her buying a Cadillac Celestique? While you're pondering your response, remember that the alleged victim in the Hairston case had to transfer from the University of Kentucky... Hairston remained at UK. BTW do you think she's enjoying the reprisal of this story? Secondly on a broad scale, in cases where an individual did in fact cause damage and harm to another, then I think it's appropriate for that person to pay a price to the victim... whatever that price is. From the standpoint of justice we would all hope that the punishment fits the crime but we would never know that, even in cases where we're directly involved. Only an omnipresent, omniscient, all-knowing, all-wise entity could answer the question(s) you're asking. I'm moving on...

I wonder if he wears short pants... 🙃