dave mcbride

I don’t know what this actually means, although I recognize it’s supposed to be some form of snark. My point is that some people are interested in things that others find boring. For those bored by particular topics to intervene in a thread to criticize those who are interested in the topic seems to me both wrong-headed and a waste of people’s time.

Yeah, that’s basically what I meant. Thanks for the correction.

Every scouting report I’ve read says he has a huge arm.

If you are bored by the topic, why comment at all?

Wow - 10 surgeries on the same knee. I liked him as a player too.This is why players try to get longer deals, and we as fans need to keep that in mind. https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/03/23/former-patriots-receiver-malcolm-mitchell-retires/

I have to think that this is what they'll do. If he has a huge year (not likely), he'll be worth that franchise tag money anyway.

I think the situation with both of these guys is that they're oft-injured of late, and we have no idea if their situations are chronic.

I think they absolutely need one at TE. I also think that they could use an elite receiver, an LT better than Dawkins (who isn't that good), and arguably a pass rushing DE (unless you're wedded to a Murphy/Shaq combo). And of course ... DT, where they're currently relying on three guys who generated low-to-minimal production last season.

You are missing my point. An AV rating of "2" equates with a backup non-contributor. There's clearly an error. It was his best season by far yet his Approximate Value rating was the lowest he ever received.

That's screwed up - PFR gave him an AV of only 2 in 2016 despite 9 sacks, 10 TFLs, and 25 QB hits. That's wrong; those numbers are good.

I think it was a little more complicated than that, if I recall correctly. Obviously, though, Graham was a key part of it. It is the case, though, that a couple of the anti-Graham people became full-scale crusaders about the issue, which was not only annoying, but also a pretty lame way to live one's online life. I myself had no dog in that fight.

She's a good person and should be remembered as such.

??? It seems to me that he was clearly expecting him to square in, and he placed it high where only Cook could get it. It looks like a perfectly fine--albeit garden-variety--throw to me. Carr actually had a pretty good season, btw, and played well late. His passer rating in the four previous games was 106.2, and he hadn't thrown a single pick in the previous NINE games.

... and this is comment right here is why Cook is a problem in the eyes of teams, I think. Multiple people here who frankly should know better are blaming the QB (and somehow deciphering a character flaw to boot!) despite the fact that a) it was entirely Cook’s fault and b) carr made the correct read and throw because he had gotten Cook in single coverage against a smaller defender. I don’t think a GM like Beane (and other GMs with young qbs) who are trying to build confidence and faith in their qb among coaches, teammates, the media, and fans want a guy who can stir up the sort controversy that sucks in the qb, who in any event should clearly be held blameless when something like this happens.

It could be argued that Gronk is the ONLY good blocker among good pass catching TEs at the moment, and I think he'll retire. The other good pass-catching TE who comes to mind as a good run blocker is Delanie Walker, but he missed basically all of last season and is old. He may in fact be done; he'll be 35 when the 2019 season begins and he's coming off a serious, Theisman-esque injury to boot. Dual threats at the position are very hard to find.

Yeah, but ... "not a process guy" is my working assumption. To reiterate, that play was a big deal. Carr blew up at him, and rightly so.

Believe it or not, teams watch film! All joking aside, this play from late this past season is already infamous:

Um ... you're wrong. It's not a bad term; it's meant to refer to mountains separate from the chains they're in, and particularly mountains outside of (i.e., free of) chains (i.e., volcanic mountains). Those ones are by definition "free-standing." It's not that uncommon of a term.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/03/18/john-elway-was-willing-to-let-matt-paradis-walk-because-of-ankle/ I had a feeling people might have been worried about his injury status given the way things went down. He got a significantly smaller contract than Morse.

I’m gonna give JT one-quarter credit for each practice squad year!

Catching up to JT O’Sullivan! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._T._O'Sullivan

Still has a ways to go to catch up! https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mlb.com/amp/news/baseball-players-who-played-on-the-most-teams-c282859016.html

It’s actually a supremely meaningful stat for a d-lineman, but whatever. I don’t have a dog in this fight with regard to the player, although I do care about assessing measures of production.

There's a reason he and Hunt were underdrafted relative to their talent. This is it. As I said above, there's a reason they were draft bargains.

Trevor Lawrence won't be available until the 2021 draft.