Mark Long Beach

I guess I'm more in the minority here. I think the sentence was too harsh. 6 years probation is longer than I feel he should have received. The girl was underage I agree, but how's he going to card her? I've seen plenty of 16 year olds look much older than they are. She was a professional hooker who showed up at his hotel room to perform services. The pimp on the other hand SHOULD receive jail time. HE was the abuser in this case. LTs crime is that of soliciting a prostitute which is a minor offense. That and being very unlucky to both be caught and have the girl be under 18. This ain't the sicko kiddie porn. She's a biological adult. (but still too young to be involved with this and was still being abused)

Probably let a "Whoop" out too.

Far and away I'd be most upset with Cam Newton. I do not believe that he will be a great NFL QB. I don't even think he'll be a good one. I'd rather have a GREAT player at another position. Even LB albeit less so for a CB.

Not me. I want to win 19 games this season.

Reportedly Gallery was asking for EIGHT million from the raiders! Raiders offered $2.5m. He ain't worth $8m. He'd be an upgrade over Urbik (IMO), but not a 7M one.

True that there's a lot of bodies there, but we threw a lot of bodies at RT last year. But I think we've got a little bit better quality here. So I agree and we keep our fingers crossed. I wouldn't cry about a dominating interior OL (and Gallery is a good guard), but with Spiller's propensity to bounce outside, we REALLY need a good mauling RT and a good TE and that'll help CJ get some room to run.

There's only 6 free agents that can be signed on the market and we're already getting complaints that we haven't signed them all plus their 80 year old grandma because she can play better than anyone we have. jeesh.

He WAS unblocked in the National Championship game. Oregon runs an interesting scheme where they leave the weakside DL unblocked and run various plays right at him. Forces the defender to make a decision early and often confuses the player making him more hesitant. They've used it very effectively. Fairley had the lateral quickness and IQ to defeat the scheme. (reportedly he did lots of film study to learn how to defeat it) But he WAS left UNBLOCKED!

I'd bet a significant amount of money against 3 QB's going in the top ten. I don't believe that 3 will go in the first round.

Not much. His differences with long term deal vs injury would be the amount of guaranteed money (including signing bonus). He's making out just fine.

I also am hoping for DLine or maybe LB with the first pick. I really don't care which, I just want him to be a perennial all-pro or even better a hall-of-famer. I have NO idea what they're going to do with the second pick. I think that we desperately need a strong, thumping ILB but they're typically not drafted at the top of the second round. With some great luck we'll pull a PATS* move and trade the top of the second round pick for a lower 2nd rounder and a first next year. That'd make me happy.

Agree 100% He just wasn't that guy. I've got no animosity towards him. He just wasn't that guy. As for the draft? Who knows. I suspect that if they like a guy at round 3 or 4 they'll take him. (I also hope not in round 1 or 2) If they don't find someone available at the price they're willing to pay then I figure we'll get a veteran backup with some upside (ala Fitzpatrick).

Probably Brohm's play in the last game. He stunk it up and basically said that he couldn't handle the speed of the NFL. Chan agreed with him. It was just a matter of time before he was gone.

Truth is, just because he's got an extension doesn't mean he'll make the team. He's good enough that he's being given the opportunity to for us and not any other team. If we hit the bonanza with a good draft pick and a good FA acquisition then he likely won't stick. But if we just can't make it work, then he's better than many of the options we had last year.

Yup, he should be wearing a mask and carrying burglar tools.

What?? Of course the real world works that way. The Owners of a private company can do whatever the heck they want with the company, including running it into the ground. Stay with the legal boundaries of discrimination or fraud and they can do anything else. Killing the golden goose is well within their rights. I might add that stupidity at the top of a corporation happens all the time. As an owner of a private company I can do whatever I want to it. Including closing it down even if it's providing a valuable service to others.

Well, an _okay_ depth player. I also hope he keeps improving with the offense.

Regardless of whatever else happens. We re-signed one of our best free agents. At worst he's a quality backup who's well respected by his teammates, his coaches and his fans. Fortunately the front office as well. Not everything is worth being pessimistic about. This is a good move.

Bingo. Not to mention he once was a great player but has been on a pretty significant decline for a while. He really needs to be a penetrator but he can't do that so well anymore. I think he still has a little left and he is a wily vet (and a good guy). But honestly, I don't think he'll live up to a $2.5M DL.

True 'dat. I wouldn't be willing to throw that much coin at him. Too much for too long for too much risk. But what a d-line we'd have. Then we could draft some LBs

Well I'm not losing sleep over it since I didn't think it all that likely we could pry him away. But as to paying him top 5 money... It's a risk no doubt, but he has improved over time and was very good last year. Was it a payday year, or has he just gotten better? Shrug. Don't know the guy. But let me make it clear I'd LOVE to have him on our team.

Dogs are not people. Therefore Vick isn't sociopathic. In the wrong, absolutely. But not sociopathic. I view it quite simply: people >> dogs. When you throw in Vick being surrounded by it socially, it makes it more sad for me (still wrong). Also important for me is that Vick has been apologetic and contrite and BBen has not.

Excellent point. This one was worse, but stupid is as stupid does.

If they did, they weren't taken. Only a couple of questions got asked before they switched to old stories. Was good overall albeit brief. Stated the company line that he's coaching the ILBs but will help out all over. Stated that he's worked with Edwards before along with other coaching staff. He thought the defense took hits early on during due to 3-4 switch and (from another interview section) that the coaches didn't yet know what each players individual strengths were so they couldn't scheme to take advantage of them. Thought they got noticeably better through the year in the little things. Was pleased with the attitude of the players, not at all what you'd expect given their record. The feeling amongst the players is that they will do much better next year. Wasn't worried at all about being able to stop the run. To me, he sounded shockingly confident that would be taken care of. This was probably the only real surprise to me in the whole interview. Supremely confident in this.

Thanks! Q: "Are you a short-timer here?" a: "Oh no, I'm in with both feet" paraphrasing: I didn't need to do this but I enjoy the challenge and who I'll be working with.