ndirish1978

Cool story bro. I'll be sure to check in with your opinion before posting in any thread to make sure it doesn't affect your delicate sensibilities.

If they cut Bortles JAX would have $45M in cap space (NO dead space on their cap for this, it's a19M savings). I'd look at that D and the RBs and head straight there if I'm Cousins. Minimal talent, cold weather and not really a major city. If I were a FA and hadn't grown up a Bills fan I'd only consider them if they had the highest offer. We have an aging RB and very little talent at WR.

I think this was more a product of a prior relationship and less a product of "let's look for college coaches"

Obviously

If Josh McDaniels signs off on moving the Colts' franchise QB in his first year as HC you may as well stick a fork in Luck cause his shoulder is shot.

I feel like that stat is interesting, but doesn't tell the whole story. What was his passing percentage when playing from behind with the game on the line or when needing to maintain a slim lead? Because I felt no confidence at all that he could pull something out in crunch time. 2 2nd half TDs in the last 7 games is pretty much my take on TT. He can rack up some garbage stats, but he's ineffective when it counts.

I feel like this picture should be added to the OP and it would all make much more sense.

All the picks, the price to move up to one is all the picks

Loss of down is too harsh a punishment for something half the receivers in the league do and try to find ways to get away with. If I'm not mistaken there are only 2 penalties that require a loss of down and those are both related to passing: passing beyond the line of scrimmage and intentional grounding. I'd argue that grounding is the only one that should carry that penalty because it's an attempt to avoid a negative play earned by the other team by breaking the rules. My biggest problem with the rules isn't their severity, it's the subjective application. If they wanted an accurate measurement they could just chip the balls like they do in soccer and half of the goal line fuss wouldn't matter, you could tell if the ball broke the plane of the end zone and the exact time it did and just check the tape to make sure the runner wasn't down or out of bounds at that precise moment. You could have pinpoint precision as to where to spot the ball and wouldn't need the chains. But the NFL doesn't want that because it is different from what we're used to. Until then you're always going to have what people perceive as unfair applications of the rules. A rule as severe as a loss of down in a situation like a 3rd and goal takes away from the game. You want people to lose their minds? Call that penalty in the waning moments in a game that matters and watch fans riot when they see both players were handfighting.

Thanks. Would you like to pee in my corn flakes as well? I think I see a kid with some candy you could steal. Not seeing why this thought merited it's own thread beyond just saying "hey everyone, here's some negativity I'm going to disguise as "being objective." Counterpoint - He has NOT proven a failure

For several reasons: 1- CBs have to show they can cover in order to get looked at by the pros. A ton of PI calls against you, even if it's by design, doesn't help you get looked at for playing at the next level. If you're getting those PI calls it would tend to indicate you're too slow to actually cover down the field. College programs' recruiting is based on getting players to the next level, so if you're the first team or one of only a few teams doing this, it puts your players at a disadvantage and would affect recruiting. Look at how maligned players are who play in spread systems. The NFL does not like projecting more than it has to. If you have a kid from school A who uses the rule to their advantage and looks good but has a ton of PI calls, you'd have to project that they can cover downfield, because they've been coaching to tackle on long pass plays. 2 - There ARE plenty of plays in a college season where a badly beat player just grabs a handful of jersey. It doesn't happen every game, but it happens often enough. Would YOU like to be the guy admitting you got scorched and had to grab a jersey to save a play? It may be a smart move, but it highlights you negatively in regards to skill. 3 - Another point not related to the college game itself is we see a lot of rules in the NFL that seem to be harsher than their NCAA counterparts. A large part of this is the "prestige" of making it to the next level. Why don't we just have guys get one foot inbounds for a catch in the NFL? Because they want us to believe that the people at the next level are skilled enough that they can make things harder on them. This is a rule designed to show how much better DBs are in the NFL.

If a 15 yard penalty negatively affects the game even once it's not worth it. The league is all about creating highlight moments and promoting scoring, making the rules easier for the defense isn't going to help either of those aims. Would you rather see a crazy play like that game-winner or a series of 15 yard penalties until the ball gets overthrown?

It'd be nice to get a little clarification on it. I suspect that's part of the reason there hasn't been a press conference, because they don't want to answer questions about whether or not other people are getting fired. Maybe he's interviewing the current staff and giving them a chance to keep their jobs? Your guess is as good as mine.

And your purpose for posting is what exactly? To tell me my fun is wrong? It's a message board, I don't have to write a 40 paragraph response when a sentence will suffice. If you actually wanted someone to explain their position further, perhaps "other people have said no, while you say yes" isn't a clear and concise way to simply say "why did you say that?"

Thanks for that bf11, interesting read.

And I disagree with them, which is why I posted

Because it would destroy the long ball. Teams would coach DBs to tackle on long passes before the ball gets there if they are beat.

CC may be on the trade block just fyi

Keen following him to NY and Cousins signing with the Browns is best case scenario for us. I doubt either happens.

Backup Bowl. Probably the Vikings cause their D is better isn't it.

I dislike this player

This looks dysfunctional

I thought we don't save any money by getting rid of CC?

I have strong doubts CLE gets Cousins, but if anyone who is not us were to sign him this would be the best scenario.