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Call me crazy but I'm just fine with "losing" Mahomes and getting Josh as a consolation prize. And what does Jefferson (Diggs) have to do with this discussion? Andy Reid had a .583 winning percentage in 14 seasons coaching the Eagles. His teams made the playoffs in 9 of those 14 seasons and he took his teams to 5 NFC Championship games and a Super Bowl. He was probably a Hall of Fame coach before he went to Kansas City.

What a great career for a 5th round pick. He earned $31.5 million over 9 years. Kudos to a real pro and a good soldier.

Hall of Famers Rod Woodson and Ronnie Lott both transitioned from CB to Safety later in their careers. Vic Fangio's protestations notwithstanding, it's a move that has been made by many players over the decades. Another thing that hasn't been brought up that is VERY relevant is that Rasul Douglas is in the last year of his contract. I would bet immense sums of money that he has ZERO DESIRE to switch to a position where he'll be making much less money. I actually think with his traits that he would be a great safety some day but the original suggestion isn't anywhere in the realm of possibility at this time.

Burgess Combine results: https://www.nfl.com/prospects/terrell-burgess/32004255-5210-2577-4960-9b8e33e83c2a

Combine results for Burgess: https://www.nfl.com/prospects/terrell-burgess/32004255-5210-2577-4960-9b8e33e83c2a

Does that include anything to do with beach chairs? Donovan McNabb was a very good quarterback... so there's that too.

This seems like a good place to mention that today was the 5th practice of training camp. There will be 7 more practices at St. John Fisher before they break camp on August 8th. They move to Orchard Park where there will be 3 preseason games and approximately 12 more practices before the final cutdown date of August 27th. This is the date that all teams must go from 90 to 53 players. In other words, today was the 5th of about 24 practices before the final cutdown.

Rodgers said he had always wanted to go to Egypt, “ever since I was in a gifted and talented education class,” and that he and coach Robert Saleh are on the same page about his decision to miss minicamp and the team’s decision to fine him for that decision. A non-douchebag would have said "ever since I was in elementary/middle/high school." Funny how he let that "slip out." https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/aaron-rodgers-i-knew-i-would-get-fined-and-also-knew-how-much-i-wanted-to-be-in-egypt

Odell Beckham to be placed on the Physically Unable to Perform List (PUP). https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/report-odell-beckham-will-begin-training-camp-on-pup-list

It is meaningful depending on the industry. Most of it isn’t journalism… it’s simply “content.”

Always enjoyed Blake Griffin. For me, this is an all-time car advertisement... "I'm not here for a history lesson..." 😆

BT, I misconstrued and misinterpreted your entire post. Apologies. Did you generate a report in Statmuse? I'm still a bit confused.

Please don't interpret this as a cynical view of Claypool's acts of kindness but always remember these wise words: "The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching." John Wooden

What a strange list and contradicted by the heading "when playing 70+ games." Why do they mention 70+ games at the same time including players with less than 500 career passing attempts? What exactly is the criteria? Among other things it makes me wonder if this is a human or a non-human error.

Toohill is Trent Murphy without the big contract.

Yes, Otto Graham by a mile or two. No one else really close. Was Bernie better than Brian Sipe? If so not by very much.

You have more question marks than The Riddler's wardrobe. Sometimes as they say, "It just didn't work out."

Has Von Miller pronounced anything yet? Even Thomas the Train. Bills Receivers Coach Adam Henry: "Alright Mike. If you can beat this guy in a footrace (motions at Keon Coleman), we'll bring you to camp as a body... no guarantees."

You're right about me declaring Gruden a bad person. I abandoned my usual practice which is to not judge others because we can never know the entirety of one's actions and without knowing this, it is impossible to know a person's true nature. Also, I believe that there are ambiguous people who even if you did have knowledge of the entirety of their actions, would be difficult to classify as either good or bad. So I should not have judged Gruden. I can only guess as to his character.

It's official, I have no sympathy for Jon Gruden. It's an interesting situation. He's 60 years old and sitting on many millions of dollars. Theoretically he never has to work another day in his life but on the other hand, what're you gonna do with yourself for the next 20 years or so? I actually know someone who retired from Wall Street when he was 35 years old... he made at least tens of millions and possibly close to $100 million. He golfed and learned the French language and then went back to work because he was bored and really didn't know what else to do with his life.

I absolutely agree that Gruden was a pawn in a much larger game. Too bad he was both stupid and a bad person simultaneously. Can you imagine shyttinng away $100 million because you thought it was a good use of time to write offensive emails?

I agree that the defender should be looking for the ball the moment he believes that it's airborne... and not trying read the receivers eyes. I disagree that the play you describe is unfair towards the defender. I blame the defender in these situations for being unaware that the ball is underthrown.

I never played organized football so my opinion is near worthless. That said, a DB knows the QB only has a few seconds to make his read and get the ball out. Because of that it seems to me that on downfield throws, once the DB feels comfortable with the route direction and the play intention that he should be looking for the ball BECAUSE if he can track the ball (like a centerfielder) it becomes much less relevant where the receiver actually is. The CB is now just another receiver looking to make a play on an airborne ball. In other words the sooner he sees it the better chance he has of catching it. Put differently on downfield throws, after about 2 seconds on average, a CB should be turning around to see where the ball is so he actually has a chance to make a play on it... or to see if the play has degenerated into a plaster drill. JMO. I agree with the bolded. As far as your underthrown ball argument, I would counter that if the CB knows the ball is airborne, then he should be locating it to 1) make a play on the ball and 2) avoid a penalty. There are countless plays where the defender could have located the ball but refused to, instead trying to read the receivers eyes or body. I never agreed with that technique. By "trying to read the WRs cues" you're waiting too long and not giving yourself enough time to locate the ball... and making yourself more likely to get called for a penalty. Again, JMO.