DrDawkinstein
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2 hours ago, RoscoeParrish said:
The GM is paid in part to predict the NFL landscape.
We spend every offseason discussing options of names that may be available.
Somehow, the Packers GM managed to sit on his hands enough to have the space to absorb Parsons.
The downside to extending all those young dudes earlier was that we tied up all our finances to make a move like this next to impossible. That’s a choice the GM made.
I mean, it's more luck than brains there since they simply dont have guys from the 2021 and 2022 drafts that deserve decent extensions. It's not a mystery of "somehow", it's due to mediocre/poor drafting prior.
There wasnt some strategic, brilliant decision to not pay their guys because they saw this coming. They didnt predict anything.
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9 minutes ago, fergie's ire said:
Yeah, compare Parsons sleeping on a table during a game to Beane sitting down with Cook and asking him to play, but since he said he wouldn't, Beane asked him to at least dress and do warm ups, etc., and Cook agreed. Had a discussion like men and eventually worked things out.
And Cook trusting Beane enough to go along, instead of Beane doing super shady stuff like trying to deal with only the player and not the agent.
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3 hours ago, BarleyNY said:
Ketamine is prescribed as a treatment for depression, especially after other treatments have been unsuccessful.
It;s also incredibly addicting and there are a lot of dirty doctors willing to prescribe it for the money.
17 minutes ago, JakeFrommStateFarm said:The same drug that killed Chandler from friends
Same situation with the dirty doctors too. Private Drs and addictive drugs have now gotten
Irsay
Matthew Perry
Michael Jackson (Fentanyl)
Prince (Fentanyl)
and thats just off the top of my head. And we havent even gotten into their manufactured opioid crisis.
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Just now, Coach Tuesday said:
Jerry justifying it by saying “we need to stop the run” lol what century is it, will that generation please step aside already.Has anyone seen @Einstein and Jerry in the same room at the same time?
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Only person who loves his contract more than Parsons is Aiden Hutchinson
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Just now, Low Positive said:
You just make him the highest-paid non-QB in the league. It wasn't rocket surgery.
Yep. Jerry couldve started the process March 12th and had him signed March 15th. But here we are.
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Just now, Low Positive said:
No team would make that trade without an extension in hand, so if I had to guess, the trade market was limited to teams that could and would make him the highest-paid non-QB. That list included a bunch of scrub teams like NE with GB being the only contending team. Parsons did hold some cards and probably made the choice.
And look how fast GB was able to get the deal done while including his agent...
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9 minutes ago, stevestojan said:
Oh I’m headed immediately to the nearest cowboys message board.
Edit: and in 35 seconds found enough to sum up their feelings: “May the Jones family suffer for this.”
Great comments all around on the /nfl subreddit post...
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Just now, stevewin said:
I mean not to defend Jones, but the whole "Why didn't you do it in March!!!????!?" thing is bc they weren't looking to trade him then and thought they could eventually sign him
I think everyone gets that. But the point is, once you dont trade him in March, you need to get him signed immediately. It should have been a very easy deal to do, instead Jones had to try to flex and posture and delay because... reasons. He couldve had him signed before Garrett, he couldve had him signed before Watt. This is all on Jerry and a huge misplay at every step.
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13 minutes ago, gonzo1105 said:
I do think the Packers underpaid. Clark is still a good player and probably will be for another 3 years. The two first rounders obviously makes sense. If I was Dallas I would have asked for a mid round pick and maybe a late round pick as well.
I think Parsons for Clark, 2026 1st, 2027 1st , 2026 4th, and 2027 6th makes the optics look a lot better.
With that said, I do think Parsons is one dimensional to receive that kind of money and don’t really blame Dallas for moving him at that salary. They just didn’t get enough . He isn’t a good run defender and the Packers actually got weaker in that regard with this trade in my opinion. He is obviously a menace as a pass rusher but I’m not sure he helps them win a big game against a team like the Eagles
Dallas couldve gotten more if they dealt him in the beginning of the offseason, before Garret and Watt re-signed. But that contract lowered whatever they could get in return. Jerry messed it up as usual.
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1 minute ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:
Lol.. isn't it ironic to see this thread just above the Jordan Poyer thread. One team getting a generational pass rusher and another gifting $400K to a washed up safety.
Oh dang, we could've signed Parsons for $400k?
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On 8/23/2025 at 8:37 PM, DrDawkinstein said:
I'm not going to argue he's great or even good against the run. Dont get me wrong.
23 minutes ago, Einstein said:
In general, I wish Beane made more deals. Id rather pay known commodities top dollar than constantly taking swings (and a lot of misses) at draft picks.
BUT, in this particular case, Parsons is a run game liability... as much as @DrDawkinstein doesnt want to admit it.Proving you dont read posts when you get your panties bunched
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Glad he's staying in the NFC at least!
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17 minutes ago, Augie said:
Get used to it! It will be the best hobby you ever have, and you’ll miss it when it’s gone.
Grandkids are a lot easier, though.
Oh yeah, man. No complaints here. So much fun.
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Currently in the phase where our 6yr old and her activities are our main hobbies.
So with that said, if anyone wants to swap Pokemon Go Friend codes, hit me up! 😆
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38 minutes ago, Draconator said:
The Athletic, citing an article from The Washington Post, says that Irsay overdosed 3 times in the last 5 years of his life, and was receiving heavy doses of Ketamine at the time of his death. All of this was hidden from the public by Colts officials. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6581250/2025/08/28/colts-owner-jim-irsay-death-addiction/ (paywall).
Sad, addiction sucks and he sure was fighting it. These "private doctors" that are nothing more than drug pushers tho...
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A DB from the early-00s lives in my parents neighborhood in Lancaster. I think it's Ken Irvin, might be Marlon Kerner, but Irvin sounds right.
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Anyone have a link to a site that shows all the teams rivalry unis in one easy place?
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Not a huge fan but like them better than the all-Reds.
They look like UB to me...
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31 minutes ago, MJS said:
The Dolphins might be fun with their wacky coach (if he survives the year) and their sense of urgency to get past the Bills.
The Saints, Titans, or Cowboys could be interesting.
It was great TV when the 2012 Dolphins revolted against Philbin. Would be fun to watch it again this year.
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10 minutes ago, boyst said:
i thought that (about davidson) but hope that is not the case. i am sure the team has a lot of editorial ability with the product which waters it down tremendously but i would like to think that the show is more of a documentary vs a reality show.
i don't need real world. i need a hungry lion stalking a baby giraffe because it is feast or famine.
either way, i am surprised that Davidson didn't earn a spot over anyone else. i expect he will be on a roster as a TE somewhere. i figured he or quinton morris would be on the PS since Morris was cut by the Saints. maybe i am partial because he is a BGSU falcon but i liked him. i'm a sucker for the MAC schools because they are fun to watch and almost as good as the Big 10. they're a lot better than the redneck schools of hillbillies and criminals of the SEC.
Yeah but they already stopped all that documentary stuff with the no cuts, no cameras in coaches' offices stuff. This is all fluff and marketing this year.
They need to go back to the bad teams next year.
Give me full access in the Raiders building. 😆
What other last place teams would make for good TV?
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Just now, boyst said:
Watched it last night. It's not that it's painfully boring it is that there is only so much story to tell with many of these guys. It dawned on me last night I guess.
If you followed me around at work on a given day I'd not be so keen to want to put myself out there for your amusement. These guys are at work. Many of them don't care about the cameras or nonsense. They want to make a living.
I also don't get the whole smittenness of Zach Davidson. They really hyped him up and showed the coaches and Beane loving him. Only to cut him.
I wonder if there is a disconnect between the organization and the show. To put that many quality statements out there with the guy in the show to make us think the org loved him... To cut him.
Agreed. Good teams are just guys going to work and "doing their job". Nothing too entertaining as it is.
WRT Davidson, maybe they (Beane) knew he was likely cut and wanted to talk him up so he catches on with another team? The Bills do a pretty good job at setting guys up to get work elsewhere.
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Just now, That's No Moon said:
Let me articulate my problem better. It's another re-signing of a guy they are familiar with. If this were the only one, or one of a couple, fine, whatever. It has always been part of what Beane and McDermott do. We make fun of it with the Carolina thing and that has now continued with former Bills coming back. It's evidence that they have a fairly closed circle of people they are willing to give opportunities to. Brian Gaine gets fired in Houston and where does he end up? When Joe Schoen gets fired in NY in December is there any doubt that he will come back to Buffalo? Signing Dane Jackson this spring was inexpensive, but it cost them the opportunity to explore a different and potentially better player, and keeping him on the practice squad now does the same thing. The pro scouting department couldn't find a single CB in the league that they rated more highly than Dane Jackson? He was the easy go-to because they know him. Same with Jordan Phillips. There were dozens of defensive tackles available and they reached for a guy who is pretty close to done, but is someone they know. Tre White seems like a great guy, it also seems like he's pretty close to physically done, but he was brought back. Cole Beasley was done but was brought back, ditto John Brown. AJ Klein was brought back after he was done, had to play in a key spot, and cost them big time. There was nobody else?
These back of the roster guys seem unimportant and they are, until they have to play. The NFL has injuries. That isn't going to stop. The point of the PS for teams is to keep guys around and keep them prepared to play in an unexpected situation. They can choose to keep up to 6 veterans on the PS. These are the guys who would be the most likely to see action. The Bills are effectively choosing to only keep 5. Franklin, Feeney, Jackson, Wilkerson, and Phillips. The 6th is Poyer who as we saw the last 2 years, is done physically. Will that matter? Hopefully not. Rather than keeping a safety who can actually play safety that they can take the time to teach the defense if they need to play them (because apparently it's very difficult for a safety to learn) they kept a ST guy that the ST coach knows and the withered husk of another guy they know.
Obviously they don't do this with every hire and they've brought plenty of people in from the outside over the years, but they do it enough and over a long enough period of time that it gives me questions. Are they really open to all the potential solutions out there? Are they really listening to pro scouting or have they molded pro scouting into only giving them the answer they want to hear?
When your default choice is to go with what you know or who you know you aren't opening yourself up to other opportunities and you're locking yourself into a set of outcomes. Think of it this way, if you had a group of players who weren't able to get it done when they were younger, healthier and better, why do you want to lock yourself into having those people back when they are older, more broken, and worse? Does it make your organization the best it can be or is it comfortable? Is Tre White here because he's the best option at CB2/3 or is it because you know he's good in the locker room and won't be a problem? Keep in mind, that doesn't mean that someone else you bring in to be that CB2/3 will necessarily be an issue, it's that you don't know. Tre White doesn't have an upside to his development curve, the best he's going to be is what he is today and he will only get worse from here. Same with Dane Jackson, Jordan Phillips, Jordan Poyer etc. There isn't an upside to win. There is downside risk though. These guys are actually being counted on to provide key depth. When they are called on and can't deliver you've hurt yourself by keeping them around past their expiration dates. If you have to bring in Jordan Poyer to coach your safeties, maybe it's that your actual coach isn't getting it done. If you need to bring those guys back to teach the younger players your culture, you don't actually have a culture.
I'm sure this will get downvoted to hell. Whatever. When a safety gets hurt and the "Will Jordan Poyer play?" thread starts just remember why he's here and it's not because he was the best choice.
I think you're complaint would sound way more valid if the Bills sucked, and werent considered one of the top 3 teams in the league for over 5 years running and hadnt made 2 AFC Championship appearances in the McBeane tenure.
I'm all for taking the next step to get to and win a Super Bowl, but it's tough to argue against bringing guys back when we've been so successful. It should also be noted that most of those guys we bring back were quickly scooped up by other teams and overpaid because of their time with the Bills. They may seem like broken down retreads (and some are), but to other teams they're valuable assets. What looks like trash to us is treasure to other teams because our standard is so high nowadays.
I'm not counting on any of them to be All Pro, or even make the pro bowl. And Im on record saying we'll lose any and every game Poyer starts. But same could be said for almost any practice squad player around the league.
It's not like they've passed on a number of better players that were available. These arent the drought years. We're not retreading Coy Wire Larry Tripplett.
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4 minutes ago, Beck Water said:
OK. Here is the AI overview of the accident:
"Kansas City Chiefs WR Rashee Rice was sentenced in July 2025 to five years of deferred probation and 30 days in jail for a high-speed crash he caused on March 30, 2024, in Dallas, where he pleaded guilty to two felony charges. He was racing at nearly 120 mph in his Lamborghini, leading to a six-vehicle pileup that injured multiple people and resulted in a $115,000 restitution payment to the victims. Rice also faced and settled a $1 million civil lawsuit from the injured parties."
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39929910/affidavit-chiefs-rashee-rice-drove-119-mph-six-car-crash
"Rice's Lamborghini Urus reached 119 mph 4.5 seconds before the collision, according to the affidavit. A Corvette driven by SMU wide receiver Teddy Knox was traveling 116 mph 7.5 seconds before the chain-reaction collision before slowing to 91 1.5 seconds before the crash. The crash on the North Central Expressway (U.S. Route 75) left at least seven people with injuries. The two cars "made multiple aggressive maneuvers to get through traffic," the affidavit said.Rice and four other men were seen leaving the scene of the crash without seeing if any of the injured needed help. Rice is facing one count of aggravated assault, one count of collision involving serious bodily injury and six counts of collision involving injury, according to police."
According to several sources, 7 people were injured, significantly enough that the court required restitution payments and a $1M lawsuit was settled.
I find your analogy between driving 120 mph, racing another car on the highway, causing a 6 car pile-up with 7 injuries, then leaving the scene of the accident with "driving 1 mph over the speed limit" to be.....inapt. And I'll just leave it at that.
Exactly. The players cede to the NFL the right to judge and discipline them for things that occur outside of football. Article 46 of the CBA allows the Commissioner to impose punishment for "conduct detrimental to the integrity of, or public confidence in, the game of football". Each player contract has a clause acknowledging this power. So what our employers can do is besides the point; we didn't sign a contract or agree to work under a CBA that allows this.
In other words, the NFL has jurisdiction here.
You're entitled to your opinion, and I'm entitled to think that imposing the same punishment for a high-speed reckless public drag race that injured 7 people vs. taking a supplement without vetting all the ingredients is absurd. The jurisdiction is there, and the analogy to "driving 1 mph over the speed limit" is absurd.Thanks, I checked 3 articles before posting and not one mention of an injury, so I do appreciate the clarification.
The rest of it stands.
Hardknocks Episode 4
in The Stadium Wall
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Hard Knocks can really redeem itself next episode if they show the scene of Poyer breaking the news to Rachel Bush that they're going back to Buffalo. And then another scene later on when she realizes he'll be making Practice Squad money.