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27. Broderick Jones T - Georgia. He was there, he was taken. He might lack experience and has some things to clean up but he'll figure it out. Outstanding prospect. 59. Jack Campbell- LB Iowa. Won just about every award possible. Won just about every award possible this year. Butkus, Nagurski, Unanimous, Consensus All America. More than just a run stopper, decent enough in coverage. Opposing QB rating when targeted of around 70 this year. Unless he bombs at the Combine, which is unlikely, he's a fit. He might not have the top end speed of Edmunds, but he will be in the right place in run and pass defense. Edmunds re-signing money, if any, is better spent elsewhere. 91. RIcky Stromberg- C Arkansas. Steady, well rounded and extremely well coached. Had a good Shrine Bowl Week, won the SEC's Jacobs Blocking Award in2022. DIdn't give up at sack this year, with only 7 pressures. 130 Jammie Robinson - S FLorida State. He keeps coming up around this position in the draft. Hits, covers, tackles, makes plays. 139. Jayden Reed - WR Michigan St. voted best practice player among WR's in the Senior Bowl, as voted by the DBs. Production fell off this year with injuries and ...Michigan State's offense, after a 1000 yard year in 2021. He looked healthy during Senior Bowl week and was regularly beating DBs. Fast and good cutting ability. 205 Karl Brooks -DT Bowling Green. He put up incredible numbers at Bowling Green, including 20 sacks and an incredible 96 pressures in the past 2 years. Had a very good Senior Bowl week, he was probably beating his man off the ball more than any interior DL. **potential UDFA. Caleb Murphy -Edge, Ferris State. Yeah, he'll be drafted...but what the hell. 25 sacks last year, 40 in the past 2 years. an incredible 39 TFLs in one year alone. First time DII winner of the Ted Hendricks award.

Im just going ot mention this with a smile. Seems appropriate, considering the Eagles are in the SB and many consider them the most comeplete roster in the league. It was written in November of 2020 by some Philly "beat writer". Does it sound familiar? 1. In 2013, the Eagles drafted Lane Johnson and Zach Ertz. Since then, Howie Roseman’s drafts have landed the Eagles exactly one Pro Bowl player, and that’s Carson Wentz. The only defensive player Roseman has ever drafted who’s made a Pro Bowl is Fletcher Cox, the 12th pick in the 2012 draft. One defensive Pro Bowler in nine drafts (not counting this year). He’s never found a defensive Pro Bowler after the 12th pick overall. Wentz is also the only Pro Bowler Roseman has drafted who’ll be in his 20s on opening day next year. It’s not just J.J. Arcega-Whiteside instead of D.J. Metcalf. This has been happening for years. Scrounging up functional starters from the late rounds or the practice squad or the waiver wire is fine. But you need stars to win big. Studs. Elite players. And Howie’s failure to deliver star power to this roster has made it virtually impossible for the Eagles to compete on a regular basis with the NFL’s best teams. Maybe Miles Sanders or Dallas Goedert becomes a full-fledged star, but right now there isn’t a single elite player in his 20s on this roster, and that’s a damning indictment of Roseman’s draft record. Every GM has misses. Every GM has big misses. But you can’t afford to have the big misses without the big hits. Doug Pederson has been awful. Wentz has been terrible. But when you look at the Eagles’ decline, it all starts in the GM’s office. https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/eagles/howie-rosemans-shocking-draft-record-and-more-roobs-random-observations

Of course you realize... This statement: "you don't draft Cody Ford just because "we need a tackle" Is usually said by teams that say: "you pick the best available player at a premium position in round 1.........and try to do the same in round 2." The teams that live by the adage.."You can find them in the later rounds" Are the ones that rarely do. A team like Philly or Baltimore, who sometimes do find an OL in the later rounds, does so because they put the priority on that part of the team. They aren't afraid to use a first or a second if they think the quality is there. And, they are infinitely better at evaluating who is going to be quality vs. who is not. I tend to agree, I think a team that doesn't have the importance of the OL is the team that says..."He's 6'5" and 315", OK, let's draft him. we need somebody. Well, every OL in the draft is 6'5" and 315 lbs. The results show. In 5 years, the Beane regime found 1 mid-late round pick (below the 2nd round) who was worth it. And they cut him. Its something with this franchise on that area of team building. You have to go back to Jason Peters to find a mid to late round OL pick who is worth something..(1/2 credit for Brad Butler, years ago). OL improvement through the draft is crucial this year. But as crucial, if not more, is finding the talent evaluators who can recognize quality. If I'm Beane I realize that this area of evaluation isn't my strong suit and I hire an OL guru for the upcoming draft. If allowed, I'd hire a guy like Arkansas Head Coach and OL Guru Sam Pittman to review tape and meet with prospects. But then, he's probably too busy doing his own recruiting. But you get the idea. In a final ironic note...the past 2 years I've watched this defense composed of 1st and 2nd round difference makers fail to show for their final game. I remember sitting in Arrowhead a little over a year ago, waiting for one of them to make a play. A sack a pressure a tipped pass a forced fumble. Anything. But it never came. It was worse this year, as I watched a DL comprised of mostly first and 2nd round picks get blown up in the run game and fail to get any pressure on Burrow, who was sitting comfortably behind a B level Oline.

Blues Brothers 2000. Terrible movie but good music. And a very eclectic mix. And, sorry, I like the blues. BB King doing his standard How Blue Can You Get.. Matt Murphy with Blues don't Bother Me Dave Moore of Sam and Dave using that incredible voice of his on a gospel standard John the Revelator, with a great gravelly intro by Taj Mahal.. Blues Traveler doing a peppy version of Maybe I'm Wrong with a great harmonica solo Dr. John being Dr. John And a king sized cast of over the hill people doing New Orleans.

mmhmm. Do I listen to the philosophy of 2 people who have 9 SB victories between them, 10 if you count the 1989 season... or yours? Tough call.

He might be awful now, since he's about 92, but he wasn't in their Super Bowl years. Richard Seymour Matt Light Vince Wilfork Deion Branch Ty Warren Ben Watson Logan Mankins to name a few.

This is where you go back to Bill Walsh's Rule no. 1 for drafting...how does he help our team? Walsh was notorious for cutting off scouts who said things like "he's not a good pick in the 1st round, but he'd be great in the 2nd". He'd just say, after the draft, he won't be judged on where he was drafted, but how he plays. I don't think they even graded players by round, they used a 1-10 scale. I bring this up because you seem pretty lukewarm on Rice and say the reviews are all over the place on Vorhees. At the same time, I think you said Schmidt from Minnesota is the best IOL in the draft. Reading between the lines, it seems you like Schmidt but don't want to take him in the 1st, even at 27? (and I'm just using this as an example.) If...you think Rice helps more than Schmidt would, that's fine, so be it. But if you pass on a player you like, because "that's too high for him, or for the position:" and take someone you are lukewarm on...and the player you liked is gone by your next pick...I don't get it.

Yeah, I thought he looked good this week, absent getting beat badly once by Will MxcDonald in practice. MCDonald is a guy I wouldn't mind nabbing if he makes it to say..the 3rd round. Bergeron of Syracuse also looked pretty solid, I thought. I can't say I was very impressed with the outside pass rushers though. Maybe that's good for us..Maybe they won't waste a 1st or 2nd on an edge rusher.

Yeah, he's not going to be there at the end of the 2nd round. He had a very, very good week at practice. He and Torrance were by far heads and shoulders of the rest of the pack. Torrance will be gone in the first. Small school darling Cody Mauch also had a good week and today he's played guard, center and right tackle. Steve Avila from TCU held up better than I expected. He was a consensus first team all American at LG, but sometimes ..idk...you wonder how they do against that type of competition. He more than held his own. Dawand Jones had about as dominant a day at RT as you could have on the first day. I'm sure there were people running over from watching other positions to watch his reps. But then he got concussed and had to sit out the rest of the week.

27. O'Cyrus Torrence -G Florida. If he's there at 27, he's not only the best guard in the draft, the best IOL in the draft,but most likely the best player in the draft at the bottom of the 1st. He simply stonewalled opponents in the Senior Bowl practice. People weren't getting around him and certainly weren't knocking him backward. A big hole just got filled at guard with a day 1 starter. 59. Darnell Wright - OT Tenn. "go big or go home" continues for pick 2. Big, moves well and held up very well at the Senior Bowl. The only time he was really beaten was by Will McDonald (see below). He takes over for Brown at RT unless Brown shows marked improvement over last year. 91. Will McDonald - Edge Iowa St. As painful as it using more resources on an under performing pass rushing group, there is no speed rusher outside of Von Miller. McDonald is the closest to that. He was very productive at Iowa St. despite being used as a 5 tech half the time. A wicked spin move and still learning the game. He got a really late start to football. 130. Trey Palmer - WR Nebraska. One year wonder or a breakout year at Nebraska after transferring from LSU? Take your pick. He's shown the ability to get up, including deep, at the Senior Bowl. Had the 2nd fastest top speed there, based on the GPS radar gun thingy at 21.75 mph. 139. Jammie Robinson S FSU. Liked him before this week, like him ore now. Loves to make plays no matter where he is on the field. 164. Isaiah Davis RB south Dakota St. For a bigger back in the stable. 6'0" 220 lbs who ran for more than 1500 yards last year and 15 TDs for the DII national champions. An arm tackle or a bump won't bring him down.

Well yeah, pressure changes everything, as it is today. And on 3 of KC's 4 sacks, it was no more than a 4 man rush, without so much as a zone blitz, a twist or a stunt. It was just man beating man. none of our 1st or 2nd round draft choices got near Burrow. Not that coaching is blameless for failing to recognise it...far from it. But damn, the pressure KC is putting on him isn't any imaginative scheming.

27. Broderick Jones - OT Georgia We need help on the Oline. Lucky to get him. 59. Jarrett Patterson - G/C Notre Dame. Interior help. Solid all the way around. 91. Demarvion Overshown - MLB Texas He's fun to watch. 6'4" 225lbs and a former safety. He has some misses, but he attacks. Fast and very good in coverage. 1st team all Big 12 with 96 tackles. 128. Jammie Robinson - S Florida St. He hits, he tackles, he covers, he makes plays. 135. Jonathan Mingo- Wr Mississippi. 6'2" 225, and can run. Had over 850 yards last year for the Rebels. 160. Byron Young - Edge Tennessee Juco transfer, came up the hard way. Ended up at Tennessee and became an ALl-SEC first teamer. 7 sacks last year, 12 tfls and 14 QB pressures. More speed for the outside rush, something we are seriously lacking.

Im sure Utica Club meant interior defensive linemen. Christian Wilkins, Dexter Lawrence and Jeffery Simmons were all taken in the 1st, after Oliver.

Not many could play for their own funeral. RIP Mr. Legend.

leading with the crown of the helmet, helmet to helmet hit, it wasn't a difficult call. IF someone is grabbing at a runner and happens to grab the facemask, its still a facemask. It turned out being a fun game to watch. If Leopold develops a defense, they might be competitive.

I don't imagine Morse coming back, esp. if he suffered another concussion yesterday. That easily creates the biggest hole in the OL and should be the number 1 priority in the offseason. He's the undeniable leader of the OL. I don't hate Brown as much as others, provided his back holds out. He needs help in pass pro sometimes, esp. when a team goes wide 9, but then, most OT's do. But he can move people in the run game. Its the interior that needs the most work.

Wonderful life; Joyeux Noel; A Christmas Carol...pick em on who plays Scrooge. Christmas Vacation; Charlie Brown; Pee Wee Christmas Look at that cavalcade of late 80's A and B list celebrities who pop into the Playhouse for holiday greetings

And it could just be a personality/power thing between him and Vrabel..or someone else. It happens sometimes. Kansas City is a good example. John Dorsey was fired in 2017, only a few months after creating the trade for Mahomes with the Bills. They had been to the playoffs 3 straight years at the time. The reason given was his lack of communication skills, which seemed kinda bogus at the time. But Andy Reid never answered to Dorsey, he answered only to Clark Hunt. It wouldn't surprise me if that was the situation in Tenn. Big egos in powerful positions. Often, one of them has to go.

The worst part about it,for Denver fans at least, it that everyone claimed that all they needed was a QB. And that still may be true, well along with dumping Hackett. They are still top 3 in the league in points allowed. Im sure another OC and QB could find a way to use Jeudy and Sutton. A few weeks ago, I caught a Shannon Sharpe rant about them. He went through their offense for the past 5 years, giving the points scored by each season's offense and said that with each of those offenses , Denver would be close to the top of the division and in the playoff hunt. I dont know if they could have come up with a worse trade/coaching hire if they tried.

9th. Going the "common opponent" routine can be rough, but they did beat up on Missouri worse than any SEC team did except Tennessee. And that includes Georgia. https://mutigers.com/sports/football/schedule/2022

So I was taking my car in for tires this morning, and since it was cold, I had on my slightly battered, vintage Super Bowl era Starter jacket. The manager of the Goodyear Center said, "Oh, I love that." Not the usual reaction you get when you live 1100 miles from Buffalo and only 70 miles from Arrowhead. It turns out he's from Batavia so we talked Bills, last year's playoff game and Buffalo foods for 15 minutes. OK, people behind me were getting annoyed, but screw 'em.

He did. With an incredible record in D-III. But I hope not. KU has needed a football coach since they fired Mark Mangino. It isn't a coincidence when people say..."this is the first time KU has won 4 games since 2009", that it was the Mangino era. Though its a basketball school, obviously, it would be bad to see them competitive in football. For the first time in forever, they sold out their last 2 games. In terms of contract, Leipold is signed through 2027, originally signing in 2021 with another year added this fall. There is a buy out clause going in both directions. If he's fired, he gets some money, if he goes elsewhere, KU gets some money. He gets a few million a year, but nowhere near what the bigger name coaches are getting. I don't know what the NCAA rules are as far as contacting a coach under contract with another school. I have the feeling they'd look the other way, even if it is against the rules. I could understand why the guy would leave, Im sure it would be his dream job. In that sense, it would be like when Roy Williams left KU for North Carolina. I just hope he sticks around.

I've always liked the back story for the song, as it was sung in the movie, Suicide is Painless. Director Robert Altman wanted the song to be the stupidist song ever written. He tried it himself but it wasn't stupid enough. So he asked his teenage son to write the lyrics. He did, in a few minutes. The rest is history. Altman liked to point out that due to royalties from the song, his son made exponentially more than he did for directing the entire movie. Stupid indeed.