Cotton Fitzsimmons

Out of this group of QB's outside of Geno Smith, YE OLE likes Manuel the best. YE OLE was feeling pretty sick to his stomach when folks were talking like we were gonna run out and get Nassib.

Are you suggesting pairing Werner with SUPER MARIO?

One can only hope Commish. If not, let em know you mean business and drop that permanent BAN HAMMER on them!

The offensive system that THE PILL rolled out was, indeed, a sight to see. He would've gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for McFumbles

Jim, my good friend, Brady has admittedly put up hall of fame numbers throughout his career. That is undeniable. Logically, however, that is a separate issue from spygate. Brady can, in fact, be a great QB who was also assisted by unethical activities that violated the rules of the game. It is a factual statement that Brady has not won a SB since 2004 and not since they were outted for having recorded team walk throughs, signals, etc. Would Brady and the Pats have beaten the Rams in '01 had they not covertly filmed their walk through? Who knows... the game was won by a last second FG as is. Brady is certainly a first ballot hall of famer regardless of our personal opinions of him and the Patriots organization, but he would do a lot for his legacy to win a SB post spygate.

We should acquire both Matt "Errol" Flynn and Joe Flacco, for posterity sake of course.

Matt "Errol" Flynn is THE WHIP! FACT!

NFL Rule 3, Section 22, Article 2, Note 2. When [an offensive] player is holding the ball to pass it forward, any intentional forward movement of his arm starts a forward pass, even if the player loses possession of the ball as he is attempting to tuck it back toward his body. Also, if the player has tucked the ball into his body and then loses possession, it is a fumble. YE OLE always says... when you get up under center and take that snap, always pump the ball one time for posterity sake... that way if things get dicey in the pocket, it can always be considered a tuck rule!

Philip "Cry me a" Rivers

The way YE OLE sees it, this is not a black and white issue. My good friend, PROMO, makes a point in that the concept of "reaching" is invented by draftniks. However, take the situation that played out in last year's draft with Cordy Glenn. It may be a little early yet to write the book on how the Gilmore/Glenn tandem will play out, but Buddy told an interesting story about the 2005 draft in San Diego and how it paralleled the quandry he faced in Buffalo last year. The Chargers seriously considered grabbing Marcus McNeil in the first rd. but waited it out based on a calculated risk they could get him in the 2nd rd. HUGE draft value, obviously, but the Chargers were also much better on the field for having McNeil and Merriman. You take a guy like Nassib... if this is truly the guy they want, and where Buddy is really going to make his money is using his connections and his instincts to guage exactly where he's going to fall. If he can grab a stud LB/pass rusher at 8 and Nassib some picks later, we as a franchise are going to be much better for it. In YE OLE's opinion, the draft is all about getting the most out of a finite number of resources.

YE OLE is less than impressed with all of this. This may or may not be an accurate assessment, as there are obviously other factors, but if we essentially port a rather young, relatively inexperienced (at the NFL level) coaching staff from Syracuse and end up with Nassib as our prospective "franchise QB" it's a bit concerning that the best that all of these fellows could muster was an 8-5 record in the Big East? Now, I'm sure some folks will don the rose colored glasses and say "Yeah but YE OLE, just look where THE 'CUSE was prior to all of this..." or point to the fact that with better talent surrounding these guys they'll take off. Those are, indeed, salient points. But, the fact is, you look at a HC/QB/OC (again, just assuming Nassib as part of the equation for argument's sake) as being a major nucleus of a program that while much improved over recent renditions of ORANGE FOOTBALL, was still rather pedestrian at the NCAA level. YE OLE is not seeing any evidence to support the fact that these guys will go from 8-5 in the Big East to some kind of ass kicking machine in the AFC East. Rather it's more likely, we will once again play the role of one legged man in the ass kicking contest that is the AFC East. YE OLE had such high hopes when this offseason started. First, rumors of ownership change... rumors of Polian returning... we get Russ Brandon as President. YE OLE brushed it off, and thought... well maybe we'll get a big time coach up in here... perhaps we are willing to spend top dollar this time... we get Doug Marrone. YE OLE even tried to justify this for a day or two, thinking maybe this guy could put together a decent staff... and now: Nathaniel Hackett. This smacks of 2001 when Gregg "High School" Williams assembled high school caliber staff from his vast collection of dossiers.

This thread is THE WHIP... FACT!

YE OLE hasn't seen enough of T-Jax to know much about his game, and while it is true that Fitzcannon will take off and run effectively, YE managed to pull up these numbers via THE GOOGLES: 4.86 seconds Ryan Fitzpatrick, 40 yard dash time 4.75 seconds Tarvaris Jackson, 40 yard dash time What is to be gleaned from this? Perhaps nothing. Neither man appears to be real fast, but it seems T-Jax is the faster of the two for what it's worth.

If THE WHIZENATOR is the answer... we're asking the wrong question, gents!

Russ, Buddy, and old J.O. are running around the desert all covert and what not!

We beat the hell out of KC... so how good would we be with a QB?

YE OLE may prefer Norv to Josh McDaniels... Norv.

Jeffrey Littman: as Himself

Oh, wouldn't that be par for the course?

Hey gents, just saw this on Twitter... YE OLE has no idea how credible this guy is, or if he's just another clown with a twitter account, so take it for what it's worth: https://twitter.com/Michael_Necci/status/285534981999185922/photo/1 This could definitely spell the end of CHANIMAL and perhaps a total house cleaning if true. With all of the rumors flying, who knows? This particular rumor seems to have surfaced a few times in the last week or so.

It's like the legendary Ric Flair would say: "I'm a limousine ridin', jet flyin', kiss stealin', wheelin' dealin' son of a gun. WOOOO!!" Maybe that's all "Carolina" Cam was trying to explain to the ref that he bumped.

YE OLE has always felt like The Chanimal was a better coach than Jauron. He seems like he is... it just feels like he has a better handle on things. But, at the end of the day, for as much criticism as Jauron was dealt (rightfully so), he went 7-9 every year with less talent.

Based off of Buffalo is THE WHIP... FACT!

YE OLE has never been able to locate it on the interwebs, but there is a clip out there somewhere of Gruden gathering his team around the granite chanting "POUND THAT ROCK! " like a pack of crazed dogs.