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Sure, but when a coach says something like this about a specific player, he probably thinks his ceiling is pretty high and is willing to go get him. I'm assuming Lee has coached up quite a few players in his day and it seems like high praise to me. And it's always good to have a solid connection with your coach.

From the other thread started by 26: http://blogs.northjersey.com/blogs/greenmachine/simms_claimed_by_bills/ “I’m happy to be reunited with Rex,” Simms said, adding that Ryan and Lee “know my personality. They know the type of guy I am.” Lee, while with the Jets, praised Simms’ work ethic. Lee said last August, “Matt Simms has improved as much as any guy I think I can ever remember coaching.” I'm guessing that's the reason he is here and has a chance to make the team.

I'm with you. I thought Geno did a decent job getting the ball out under pressure which is always a pretty big attribute for me. I also liked Glennon better than Ej too. Just assumed after we took ej that the off field intangibles were that much better with EJ than the others.

We need to fire the mechanic and the person who planted the tree.

I'm thinking Hogan is less useful in this offense because the TE will play a bigger role. I think Clay eats up all the work Hogan did last year. In the end, I will be surprised if we go with 6 wrs because I'm assuming we may have and extra rb/fb/te or even db instead. So I think Goodwin makes it, Hogan is out and hopefully Lewis is on the PS for backup if/when Goodwin gets hurt. Easley may have to perform reasonably well at wr in this scenario or we may try to trade him and instead keep either Hogan or Lewis.

The interviews may not have gone well. I'm guessing he may be able to earn a PS spot, he had some good work on that tape.

If I'm the nflpa, I'm pushing for this scenario for all the rookies instead of a draft. Teams have their rookie pool money and they go out and sign who they want.

You mean like deer in the backyard kind of luck?

According to rotoworld he has a no trade clause too. I didn't know his contract was so big. Although if he's willing to opt out, he wants to win and may be more flexible about salary.

How about McKelvin for alex mack? Pettine knows McKelvin and word is mack has a reason for an opt out clause. He or wood could play G.

They also have a stable front office and don't change coaches every three years, hence not spending draft picks getting guys to fit their system let alone start. Plus the new system needs to be learned and there are only so many snaps to get this done. They are close to being able to spend the draft resources to be able to do this. I think once Rex gets a year under his belt we should start swinging for the fences.

So how will he fit on the field?

As mentioned above Leroi warned us. Multiple times. Feel free to search for Ronald Darby on this site.

I just don't know if our qb will be accurate enough to keep him healthy.

Ohh boy, bullying doesn't take long to rear it's ugly head again! Well, when you realize that changing personnel groupings allows you to attack different parts of the field you'll see a need for Goodwin. If you just want to get "your best 5" out there all the time, you won't. And then, toward the end of the year teams will start to lock you down because of it.

I guess Tuel doesn't need a ball for practice?

So the police won't speak to him because the investigation is ongoing, wouldn't they need to speak to him as part of the investigation if he was a suspect? If that is true, it seems like they want to try and determine custody of the child, right? I really do wonder if we put Buddy on the case to try and determine what the story is here. I'm assuming at least one team will come up with some intel that will allow them to take Collins relatively early.

winston - Bucs mariota - Titans cooper - Raiders gurley - Vikings hundley - Jets Bills - La'el Collins - Buddy is finding out the real story with his contacts and we'll stop the slide Imo

Seems to me its slanted toward keeping your best players. And the total strength of your roster plays into it as well. So it allows the teams good at drafting to keep up better if they can replace players through the draft. It does not help teams that can't sign their own and can't draft.

+1

Two words - the pegulas. Those two words in and of themselves qualify this year as different.

I'm with you on the second rounder. I'd like to believe we're good enough to need the firepower to land someone decent in the first. I wouldn't mind if they used the third and some of the lower picks to move up and grab someone they liked instead of trading for a veteran though, I think we need more lower priced options at this point as opposed to fa vets unless they are signed cheap (after the draft).

For me, I saw this differently. It was about changing a culture. You play the guys that have the best chance to win the games. The backups need to take the belt, it shouldn't be given to them. Now if we had already clinched a playoff spot, sure, because of injury etc. But I wholeheartedly agreed with playing the starters all the way because of 15 years of futility. Oh, and Buddy did start the ball rolling. He discussed building a strong, fast team and then inserting a qb. He and Whaley were on the same page and that vision along with the Pegulas cash have this team ready to fulfill the playoff hopes that we have been waiting for.

I hope it's the Steelers kind of retirement, which means you move on with your life's work after you don't earn your contract anymore.

I don't know that Tuel is Roman's idea of a developmental qb. I don't mind the 7th round for a pick because you get to pick the udfa you want.