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Think it's a little easier to succeed in the playoffs in the NFC as there hasn't been as many true dominant teams that you'd need to beat to get there. That can help SF's playoff record a bit.

Yes but you were the one who didn't like mine.

Great, but it's still just an opinion You're a real expert around here on TBD. All of 71 posts will do that.

I guess I missed the official post from the Arizona Cardinals front office that stated they have an abundance of tackles. And what is the exact definition of excess tackles since that appears to be factually known? You're the one who first accused me of adding opinion to your facts and nitpicked my comment. I'm just pointing out that what you call "Facts" are nothing more than opinion too. I don't disagree with them having an excess either, that's just an opinion that you I, Gaughan and others share. Sounded like you need a better understanding of what facts actually are.

LOL!! So his other comment isn't also opinion?? Arizona hasn't made a trade yet so maybe it's just Gaughan's opinion that they have excess tackles and trading him for Basham isn't also just Gaughan's opinion?? It's all opinion! Buffalo News Mark Gaughan says Arizona has surplus of OT's. Josh Jones, a 2020 3rd rounder and Kelvin Beachum, an 11-year starter. Basham trade?

Maybe you should posted the rest of what he said too: Every team in the league with depth concerns at tackle probably has called the Cardinals, so don’t get your hopes up.

So I wrote my comment before yesterday's game, do agree now too they keep Harty

I think Isabella makes it too, but over either Shakir or Harty A lot of what they signed Harty for can be done by Isabella

Legally, I'm sure the answer is no. Can you get away with, maybe. I have 2 houses so use the one account between them and YTTV is not too happy with me and have to answer questions about where I live.

Yes but think they're much improved on D line from last year. That alone will make up a lot of what is lost in Edmunds. D line last year was good as long as no injuries or nicked up starters. This year have better depth plus a stronger secondary that barring multiple injuries should be stronger overall.

So had to look it up, I'll be here 20 years in December!

IMO that is the one thing that separates Allen from others like C Newton, Lamar Jackson, etc. People here often post how Allen is one run away from a potential career ending injury, see Cam Newton, look what happened to him. To me that is the one difference with Allen, he has the arm talent to still win. He may need to work a slight amount more on accuracy, but he can still be a good starting QB in the league even without running. Likely too give a couple more years and the mental part, anticipating certain things will also improve some too so the need to run will go down.

What wouldbe interesting to know too is how these numbers compare against league averages. My guess is you'd find pretty similar results. As stated better teams will likely play less rookies. To me it looks like they drafted Elam based on physical traits and the little bit I've read recently sounds like coverage wise, he's like glue. But he may be taking longer than expected to absorb, understand, and put into action all the mental parts of the game so that is what has been holding him back. Could be too early last year he really struggled in these areas. Benford may be the opposite, doesn't have near the skill set of Elam but relies on instincts and is going to be steady, may not make the great play, but won't make the big mistake either. Jackson is maybe also more like Benford, doesn't have the physical still set, but also has 4 years under his belt so again even less likely to make the big mistake. Could be that McD feels there's enough talent out there surrounding the CB2 spot so doesn't need spectacular play there but is more worried about mistakes and big plays. Does sound too like Elam's closing the gap. Not too concerned with Benford playing more on Sunday either.

If you're going to be a HS official, do it NY state as they pay much better. I used to ref HS volleyball till I moved away in 2008. Doing a JV then varsity back to back was around $90 back then and I recall we were going to be getting a fairly large increase the following season.. Plus I lived in Rochester district where they also paid mileage. I lived in a NW suburb of Rochester and was doing games in Wayland/Cohocton which added close to another $50 in mileage which likely has also gone up as gas prices are also much higher. Recall Buffalo district didn't directly pay mileage, instead they had somehow calculated the average distance each official would to travel to the average school and everyone got that amount every match regardless how far you actually drove. This was about 15 years ago, so who knows what the policy's are now. Do recall in Rochester the AD's were beating on the assigners to assign officials with the lowest mileage even if that often meant having officials that really should be working lower level matches. Didn't matter, $$ came first! Moved to NC and we'd get around $60 and in the 5 or 6 years I was doing it, never got an increase, plus no mileage down here. I stopped about 8 years ago mainly due to lack of time, planned to start again the following year, but never did and at this point, not likely I will bother as now retired and traveling too much.

That's around what I prefer for spending money too.

Really is a shame the coaching staff doesn't get this like the poster here do.

Any idea is Marv the oldest living member of the Hall of fame? At 98 can't be too many older ones left.

From what I read, Bates took the majority of the snaps at RG. Torrence got some, but didn't read anything to indicate he in any way outplayed Bates. Don't think Torrence looked bad either, but not sure II heard anything to indicate he'll be the starter either. Think it's a good problem to have overall. I do think in 2024 Bates will be the starting center with Torrence and McGovern next to him.

Assuming he has a half way successful season I'd agree, he won't be fired. Like the rumored story states, one playoff win which IMO is asking a lot. Maybe he still keeps the job without the win depending how everything else goes. But a 4th place finish which most people are predicting in the AFC East could get him canned. NE has got a lot of bad press over the years due to all the cheating, and other issues that have happened there and in turn it's given Kraft a bad name in ownership circles. Maybe much of it Kraft wasn't even aware of until too late, who knows? Likely he was more willing to put up with it though when the team was winning every year. Like many he may also have given more credit to BB for their winning, but every year that goes by shows it was more due to Brady than him. So putting all these things together, I could see him getting fired if they have a 4th place finish with a 6-11 or so record. The one thing IMO that Belichick is hanging around for is the all time most wins record. But needs 30 more wins to tie. That's at least 3 more above .500 seasons to get there. So tend to agree without the team showing considerable improvement this year by winning about 10 games, it could take 4 or 5 more years to do so and can't see Kraft giving him that much time if all the team is doing is playing .500 ball at best

Agree, but think he'd still be a successful starting QB without the running while many of the names on the list had no career without being able to run. Much of the excitement level of Allen would be gone without the running.

Agree. Allen could never run another play in his life, but could still be a great QB solely relying on his arm. Most of the guys on that list needed to run to be effective. Agree too, lets give Wilson another year before making plans for his funeral. Been a long time, but thought Cunningham had a good arm too, though admittedly was a different game back then from a QB standpoint.

IMO #2, 3, 4, & 5 all have big question marks. Is Stafford even a top 15 QB. McVay is a media darling, did win one SB but overall record isn't that great. Maybe all the issues with Wilson were on Hackett and he'll bounce back, but Peytons ov erall record also wasn't that great, won 1 SB all the years with Brees at QB Lawrence looks to be the real deal, but Pederson got run out of Philly quickly after winning SB as wheels all fell off. Can Jackson stay healthy and even if he does, how good of a QB is he when he needs to throw. Harbaugh is a good coach, but wouldn't call him great.

OK, I didn't think they were allowed to do anything after the 17th other than playing under terms of the tag. Thanks for clarifying!

I thought the dead line to sign a contract for tagged players was last Monday the 17th? Or did that not apply since Barkley never signed his tag? Or can tagged players only sign one year deals?

Anyone know, are there as many threads on the Giants message boards complaining about all the X-Bills players being signed like there were here about all the Panthers that the Bills signed?