dave mcbride

Words to live by if you're a Bills fan: “We had him valued as the top quarterback. I can see this guy developing into a really good football player. So why not take a shot at it? This is a quarterback-driven league. You have to do these things to sustain the level you are at for 10 years down the road.”

She was also in Homeland. Wife of Brody.

I'd agree with you if it was one interview. But it's not. There are now a whole raft of such interviews. Again, on balance I like him (recognizing that no one is perfect) and would be thrilled to get him.

I'm not even talking about the football stuff - I'm talking about his seeming belief that his essentially banal views on religion, society, etc. are worthy of being considered serious and of public import. They aren't. Honestly, he doesn't seem particularly well educated or curious to me. That's ok for a football player, of course, but he really should stop laying it on so thick. Incidentally, he lies above (shades of Trump!) to make himself look better. He very much wanted to go to Stanford but the coach didn't want him. UCLA was definitely not his first choice. I'd still take him in a heartbeat.

I hesitate to say this because I like Rosen as a potential pick and i also don't want to feed the trolls. But after reading a number of interviews with him, it seems to me that he has some real narcissism in his makeup. That's not a great trait.

? - Lydell Mitchell was doing everything Thurman Thomas was doing 15 years before. No joke. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MitcLy00.htm He wasn't ahead of his time. See above and also Roger Craig. Check out Craig's 1985 season - https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CraiRo00.htm Thomas was NOT a trendsetter in this area.

Definitely not as good as OJ, who is the greatest rb I ever saw play. I'm too young for Jim Brown. I vivdly recall being in Richmond VA (my dad was transfered there from Buffalo for 6 years in the early 70s before being transfered back) and watching him rush for over 200 yards in the snow vs the Jets to break Brown's record and get to 2000. I was almost seven at the time. No one has gotten close to his rushing yards per game record of 143 rushing ypg. Bear in mind that in 1975 he would have gotten over 2k yards if he played 16 games instead of 14. He had 1817 that year.

Emmitt Smith was WAY better than people here seem to remember. He was a truly dominant back in the big-boy conference (winner of 13 straight super bowls between 1984 and 1996, and most of them blowouts). His 1995 season was one of the best performances on a game-by-game basis in NFL history in my view, and his performance against the Giants in their January 1994 playoff game was one for the ages. Also, the Bills' line from 1989-1992 was one of the best NFL lines in the past 30 years. Incidentally, I think that Thomas' greatest performance also came in January 1994 after a so-so season (post-Wolford and Ritcher): the AFC championship game vs. the Chiefs. I also think the most impressive run I ever saw him have was against Dallas in the last SB. It was a relatively short td run, but he absolutely smoked Leon Lett and another top-tier defender. Shortly after that, though, Emmitt Smith broke like 3 tackles (including an effort by Jeff Wright, who had him hogtied in the backfield) to run for the go-ahead td on third and very long.

One name to always remember re: the distance of that kick: Al Effing Edwards. No more need be said.

Actually, Watkins' new contract with KC is similar at least on a per year basis, and although we all realize his talent and potential, he's been a less productive and more injured player than Landry. Moreover - and I keep stressing this - Cleveland HAS to pay some players because of the rolling 4-year cap floor rule. They were way under the cap in 2016 and 2017. https://www.dawgsbynature.com/2016/3/8/11181686/cleveland-browns-salary-cap-understanding-the-89-cash-spending

?? - Watkins had a year of team control left and was really cheap. There's no comparison with a guy who has the franchise tag. Compare like to like.

In his era, thomas was a clear #3 behind Smith and especially Sanders. They were both clearly better. Thomas was a great player, to be sure, but I remember this debate at the time and no one in good conscience was arguing that Thomas was as good as those two. It's not like the Bills didn't have an elite o-line between 1989 and 1992 (his elite years). News flash: Emmitt Smith was really effing good.

Awesome find. Josh. Allen. Is. Not. Going. Number. One. Or. Number. Two. Overall. Period.

Of course it works. They're way below the cap at present. Indeed, they are STILL $58 million below the cap given the rollover. http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/cleveland-browns/cap/ Gotta spend their money somehow. He was traded there and therefore a bird in the hand. Recall that the Bills are a team that just spent $10 million plus per year for an inferior player, at least in terms of measurable productivity. Another thing: they have a legit #1 in Josh Gordon. Guess how much he's making this upcoming season? $790K.

As I say above, $15 million ain't what it used to be. And he is unquestionably better than average.

He's a lot better than you seem to think, CB. He is a GREAT safety valve, seems to always catch the tough balls in heavy traffic (attested to by his career 70 percent catch rate and what I see on the screen), and plays with a violent streak that shows up in the run game too (as the Bills can attest). He has a bit of Hines Ward in him. I think he's a jerk, but whatever - that's neither here nor there.

Good post. Spot on.

Trust me, I fully understand. What you don't seem to realize is that the bottom 25-30 players on an NFL rosters are chum; they are paid peanuts, relatively speaking, and collectively they add up to a miniscule amount. Are there low earners in MLB? Yes, but they represent a far smaller portion of the roster than in the NFL. Seriously, look at salary pages for NFL and MLB teams. The issue is that some players HAVE to be paid credible major professional sports salaries given the revenues involved and the collective bargaining agreements, even in the 53-players-per-team NFL. The disparity between the top and bottom tiers in the NFL is huge, but since there is a salary cap floor, for all teams some number of players have to paid . Indeed, the Browns basically took on Brock Osweiler last year to add ballast to their overall salary structure, which was ridiculously low. By way of example: http://www.spotrac.com/mlb/san-francisco-giants/payroll/ vs. http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/san-francisco-49ers/cap/ Seriously, take a look.

? - I don't understand your point. Look around at MLB team salary pages and factor in a) the Browns' cap situation and b) Landry' productivity. He is decidedly better than average albeit not elite.

He's as slow as Benjamin at this point, and skill-wise Dez does pretty much what Benjamin does anyway (wins jump balls). Moreover, he's actually lost a ton on his vertical leap. Plus he's an a-hole. I say no.

It's not a ridiculous comparison at all. $15 million is what *average* decent starters (e.g., Brandon Belt and Brandon Crawford for the Giants) get paid in MLB when they are no longer under team control. Landry is n no longer under team control and better than average (he's not a deep threat, but he's one of the better slot guys in the league). By way of comparison, Landry, for all of his limitations, is a *significantly* better receiver than anyone on the Bills at present (and yes, I'm including Benjamin, who is glacially slow for a #1). Anyway, the MLB luxury is $210 million now, and the minimum salary is higher than in the NFL. In the NFL, guys on rookie contracts count for peanuts, and the Browns' team is filled with them. Last year, the Browns were something like $100 million under the cap. The bottom line: $15 million ain't what it used to be with regard to NFL contracts. The cap has gone up by a LOT in recent years.

This isn't directed at you at all, but I get the sense that many people here are clueless about how much the cap has gone up. At 177.2 million, it's approaching MLB levels. If people are familiar with MLB salaries, they'll begin to understand that salaries like $15 million are garden variety for players that teams assume will be above-average starters. The Browns are a team with a TON of players on rookie contracts (and that'll go up after this draft too), so they have to spend their money somehow. They aren't devoting much to the QB position either, relatively speaking.

My suggestion: stop arguing with him. This one is truly implausible because there are no trades. There will be trades. That is certain.

Yet I would bet a lot of money that this poll is a pretty accurate reflection of reality. There should be no question that Darnold is the top QB prospect, and by a substantial margin.

An implausible mock draft that Rosen fans here will nonetheless like: http://walterfootball.com/draft2018trades.php