DrDawkinstein

Especially drafting #30 overall, and late in each round. I think we got decent production from Rousseau, all things considered. Very similar to what the Dolphins got out of his college team mate, Jaelan Phillips, who went #18 and the 1st DE off the board.

I pounded the board here that Von Miller was NEVER going to amount to anything in the NFL since he was too small to generate a pass rush against NFL LTs. That's my worst one. Runner-up goes to wanting Geno Smith in 2013. But in fairness, I was picking out of a complete pile of garbage QB class, and out of all of them, Smith is still in the NFL and even started games last year (yeah, it's a low bar but I'm grasping for anything here, haha). For his performance the first 2-3 seasons, you weren't wrong. Dude was a force outside, especially in Schwartz's defense. Rex ruined him.

Nah, unnecessary.

I think we can keep two of those three, and I think we should only keep two of those three. Being Knox and Oliver.

1. Extend/Restructure Diggs 2. Re-sign Knox this year 3. Re-sign Davis next year There are Josh's top-3 targets for years to come. If Singletary keeps developing, or we get a new RB, that would likely be the 4th target as it is. Then you can futz around with midround picks, free agents, whatever at slot and depth. Josh will help make any of those guys look better anyways.

I'd take the 3rd in a trade, but would also be interested in a player:player trade.

All we can hope for is the Josh Allen discount.

Happier to give that amount to Phillips than Vernon Butler.

IF he re-signs.

Thank you, Process and Sal! That makes more sense. Interesting, as that might hint at Butler being the DC-in-waiting? What do folks think about that? Also interesting that Butler was a High School team mate of McD. NFL coaching nepotism at every turn...

McBeane playing 4D chess giving our coaches such crazy titles our opponents arent even sure who is doing what!

Maybe a dumb question, but does that mean DEFENSIVE Passing Game coordinator? Or is he going to be working on the Offensive side of the ball too? I know Dorsey was our previous "passing game coordinator", obviously on the O side. I havent heard of that position for the Defense.

Sure, that's why I backed off before I started sounding too crazy. But others could/would argue it isnt that significant a difference, just a larger scale and more accepted. I just find the perspective interesting. It's like when I was a kid and learned of the USFL and it blew my little mind because the NFL seemed like it was a government institution that had been around since the beginning of time and would be around forever, and the game HAD to be played according to their rules. Learning it is just a private entertainment company that makes up its own rules of play and could face competition from other "football companies" was a real eye-opener. Kinda like what crypto is doing for some people in a way.

Haha, absolutely. But as mentioned above, everything we do is pretty ridiculous. Was man really meant to be working in an office, staring at a computer screen, just to earn some faith-backed money in order to live? Crypto, while new and mysterious and weird, isn't all that much different than what we already have. The dollar is backed by faith, I don't ever receive cash, but rather the digital amount reflected in my online banking portal goes up every 2 weeks per the order of my employer with no real cash exchanging. I then move those numbers to other places to pay my bills. I'll stop because I'm venturing into "I'm 14 and this is deep" edge-lord territory, and I only really believe a small part of it. But the point is, when you stop and pull back and look at so much of what we perceive to be these "concrete institutions", it's actually all ridiculous and built on a house of cards.

At this point, with the emergence of Knox and Davis, our slot guy is our #4 target. Maybe even #5 if Josh sticks to what he has learned about taking what the D gives and finding the RB to dump to on a regular basis. No way should we be spending that much money on our 4th/5th target, regardless if it is Beasley, CMC, or anyone else. Extend and restructure Diggs, extend/re-sign Knox since he is due this year, get ready to extend Davis, find a speedy slot guy in the mid-rounds of the draft. IMO.

Great signing for DB depth and STs at a very affordable cost. Nice warm-up signing for Beane to start the offseason. LETS GOOOOO

Today! Apparently.

It's funny to see Bitcoin come under such heavy environmental scrutiny. Any idea how much power is consumed every day by BoA keeping their branches open, lights on, with AC? Let alone their HQ buildings, their customer service Call Centers, and their IT Datacenters? And that's just one bank, in one country. Add in Wells Fargo, M&T, HSBC, BB&T, all the foreign banks, etc, etc, etc and there is way more energy being used and wasted by traditional financial institutions. Any idea how much gas is used every day driving those big Brinks trucks around? Any idea how much power is consumed by stock traders and the stock markets every day? EVERYTHING uses a ton of power. Attacking BTC over it often comes off as naive or agenda-driven, imo. And I'm not even a big fan or holder of BTC.

People are right, and smart, to be weary of Crypto. I go into every new Crypto opportunity assuming it's a scam. Yes, there are rug pulls. Yes, there is fraud. Yes, there is theft. But there is also a TON of that, and on a much larger scale, with regular ol cash too. Plenty of manipulation in our stock market. Plenty of fraud and scams with classic financial institutions. The main difference being there is some regulation and policy which protects the little guy. Where as in Crypto, your loss is your loss. All that said, there is still money to be made, and cool, legit projects to get involved with. And it's cool stuff from a tech and transition perspective as well. The projects I've mentioned (Helium, PlanetWatch, MapMetrics, etc) are taking a whole new approach to starting a business through the use of Crypto as "stock options". So a lot more to discuss than just "day trading", if anyone is actually up for it.

Not sure what is going on in @John Adams life that he felt the need to pop in and derail and trash a thread, and attack another poster over something the thread isnt really about. But hope all is well. Weird he originally picked on Turk and me, but didnt feel the need to engage me after I gave a real response. Likely because he doesnt understand it, I guess. Oh well. Hang in there @John Adams. It's a long offseason.

edit: Side rant on the NCAA: I get what you are saying, but you lost me at "NCAA". Which is its own garbage organization that can't manage it's way out of an entry level McDonald's position, and has effed up every major decision, plan, and investigation in its history. If I'm any top school in a P5 conference, I LAUGH and hang up the phone when the NCAA calls me and tries to tell me to do anything. The NCAA needs the schools far more than the schools need the NCAA at this point. F#$& the NCAA. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

WTF is going on in here? PPP too slow for you guys today?

Sounds about right.

Fired? No. But probably should be suspended for a little bit. That's it. It was a weak open hand slap. Gard has a role in this for the way he approached him after the game. Plus, everyone knows Howard (and Michigan in general) will likely have a PTSD flashback with every late-game TO called. You take your own risks. 🤣 edit: Not going to even address the idea that he be charged with something. Come on.

Had to look up some actual clips. LOL