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That's ridiculous. For that we should have retained him. We currently have no one.

One needs not look much further than your screen name to know that you believe that you have some sort of special insight into things that others aren't capable of perceiving. I would suggest that in this case you are not capable of perceiving the GM's goals and motives. Is it possible the goal in adding McCarron was to sign the one QB who has shown upside, but doesn't have a huge sample of work indicating that their good season last year was anything other than an aberration? Is it possible Beane knew he would be able to sign this QB for .25 cents on the dollar for what those other QBs went for? I suggest rather than freaking out weeks before the draft even starts, we maintain a modicum of poise and allow the front office to actually do their jobs. I'll start complaining about failure after the draft is over. Until then, we're just freaking out for the sake of it.

I'm getting really tired of all these ludicrous idea threads popping up everywhere

So now it goes from "most people" to your assumption. I really enjoy it when people overgeneralize and then backtrack

Who the heck are most people? You and your 3 other posts? There is zero evidence we were in a bidding war, just stop this

I think we may see an intermediate trade before we get to 2. Probably to 4 or 7. Hughes +12 to get to 7. Then 7 + 22 and someone's soul to get from 7 to 2

I always thought we were going to trade to #2. This trade pisses me off not because I don't think we're getting there, but because I now have to sit around for weeks annoyed by it til we make a move and now I'm worried someone else will trade up to get to 2 before we've settled on our guy.

I'm so pissed

Bruschi is a moron. I could get more insight into the NFL from watching techmo bowl than listening to that dude.

#thefearisreal

This interview is a microcosm of him on the show: 1- They get a draft guy on so rather than ask him about someone we might draft, he asks him about some obscure small school guy, making the guest look bad because he has to admit he hasn't watched tape on him. 2- Rather than letting the guest off graciously, he goes BACK to the question moments later and jokingly asks if he has something against small school guys. There is so much cringe in how he operates.

Ugh, stopped listening to this show cause it's not good, but I really enjoyed the guest. Donald Jones provided us with some sincerely painful moments to listen to though.

Congrats Jay, that's awesome. Happy for you!

You troll this board every chance you get, I'm not taking anything you say at your word. If you had proof, then I'd believe you.

Compton would make sense and fill a need

I would hate this. QB or nothing.

This is the biggest question I have and it has me super worried.

I'm saying the question is speculation for speculation's sake. Ryan Leaf and Jamarcus Russell would have been considered the top of this class because they were both considered can't-miss prospects while every QB in this class has question marks. How does that actually mean anything?

Is he on WGR now?

And you know what? Cause I've actually gotten information from Massare's twitter account.

Ask me again in 4 years and I can actually give you a logical answer; anything else is just speculation.

Murphy

I'll take "News That Surprised No One" Alex

Here's the deal, the media doesn't have a ton to say about Allen, so they threw him to the team they don't really want to talk about, that's about it.

65 under contract and not all of them will even make the roster. Getting to 90 is just numbers - we're just gonna sign people with upside at vet mins and rookie FAs. I'm much more concerned with the fact that we still don't have legit candidates for starters at MLB, SLB, CB3 and WR3 (not counting QB in this because you COULD argue we can start McCarron, though I'm not making that argument). Doubtful we can pick up more than 3 solid starters in a single class. I'm hoping we re-sign Gaines and Johnson.