I thought Brady was a bit off at times. Maybe I expect him to be perfect but his ball placement wasn’t always there. He dropped that pass and also was lucky a couple of throws weren’t picked off.
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I thought Brady was a bit off at times. Maybe I expect him to be perfect but his ball placement wasn’t always there. He dropped that pass and also was lucky a couple of throws weren’t picked off.
I have been a big believer in needing an elite QB to win a Super Bowl. The list of great QBs winning titles is huge and bad QBs very small. But it has been done and with 3 of the final 4 QBs being mediocre at best in Foles, Keenum and Bortles I think there is good evidence that smart play design and coaching can help overcome limitations. Plus those QBs save a ton of money.
When Seattle won with Russell Wilson he was still on his rookie contract and cheap. These QBs are cheap and don’t have a lot of cap space allocated to QB. If you are going to pay a QB $20M+ he better be a real difference maker. I think that’s why the Chiefs dumped Alex Smith. Mahomes is cheap and they can use that money in other spots. Even the Jets under Sanchez were strong because he was cheap and other areas were strong.
But a great offensive coach to mask problems and be aggressive can make a huge difference.
Yeah, if you had told me Brady threw for 505 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and I had to guess the score, I would have guessed Patriots had racked up 45+ points and probably won by 15 or more. I had a bad feeling when the 22-12 halftime lead showed up on my phone's notifications. I'm looking forward to actually watching the game now, got the 3 hour NFL Network replay of the game currently recording on the DVR at home. I'm especially looking forward to it now knowing that the Patriots lose.Quote:
Originally Posted by cdj
That's what sort of scares me with the Broncos being one of the likely landing places of Kirk Cousins. To pay the kind of money they'll have to pay him, part of the defense is going to have to be blown up with some players shipped out or cut to create space. Now, the defense has already fallen off big time compared to their Super Bowl 50 winning defense, but there are still a lot of good playmakers there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rudy
I'd rather have an above average and cheap quarterback, playing behind a stellar O-line and a smashmouth defense, so the QB doesn't have to do everything himself to win games, rather than paying out the ass for a great or elite QB. If you can draft a great or elite QB, hey, fantastic! But you're going to strike out a hell of a lot more often trying to draft another Tom Brady or Peyton Manning or Drew Brees than you will actually draft that elite franchise QB of the future. Just look at the, likely by now, 30+ rotation of QBs in Cleveland since 1999.
I think the OL play has to be good no matter what. If a QB doesn’t have time to throw or there is no run blocking the offence is screwed. Miami needs a better ol.
After accepting the Colts job, McDaniels headed back to NE. Oops.
What a dick. I hope he never gets another HC interview again.Quote:
Originally Posted by cdj
Wow! I wonder if he’s been told something about Bills future (short) and maybe him taking over sooner than later. Or working for Irsay may not be good.
Probably a bit of both but the fact is he screwed a slew of coaches who were planning to join him in Indianapolis.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rudy
He’s probably, secretly, NE’s HC-in-waiting.Quote:
Originally Posted by steelerfan
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Probably. Hopefully sooner than later. He will run them into the ground which will make us all happy. [emoji16]Quote:
Originally Posted by souljahbill
That's the part that really gets me. I can accept him changing his mind, but only after getting other coaches on-board to follow him? That's really tacky.Quote:
Originally Posted by steelerfan
Matt Eberflus left Dallas (where he had been for years) and already moved to Indy. While ownership will likely make the new HC keep him, it's a shitty situation.Quote:
Originally Posted by cdj
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Feel for Jags fans. I just don't seem him bringing them to the dance. Personally I would have put the $$$ to land Kirk Cousins.
Yeah, as well as he played this year, he just hasn't shown the consistency and constant high level of play to be the next Roethlisberger or Brady or Brees.
Maybe he'll prove everyone wrong, I certainly hope so as I'd love to see Jacksonville get a Super Bowl trophy, but I just don't have the confidence in him to do so.
The Browns making a bunch of moves today.
Browns trade a 2018 and 2019 pick (league sources say none higher than third round) to the Dolphins for WR Jarvis Landry.
Browns trade a 2018 3rd rounder (#65 overall) to the Bills for QB Tyrod Taylor.
Browns trade QB DeShone Kizer to the Packers for CB Damarious Randall. Both teams will also swap 4th and 5th round picks.
With all of that, the Browns STILL have the #1, 4th, 33rd, 35th and 64th picks in this year's draft.
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I like the stuff for the Browns. Getting a solid, veteran QB in Taylor and they need that. Get them back to respectability while they draft a young QB. They can still add a ton of talent through the draft and FA yet.
I don’t think Landry is worth $16M a year. He’s too limited in his game as only a short area slot WR. That said, he has incredible passion, desire and effort. Breaks tackles well and will give the Browns energy and toughness.
I guess the Clowns finally realized that they suck at drafting and free agents leave Cleveland but never arrive there. Therefore, the only way they can do anything is to trade assets for players who have no choice but to show up.
Fuck Cleveland.
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The trades continue today, with the Browns sending DT Danny Shelton and 2018 5th rounder to New England for their 2019 3rd rounder.
Also the details of the Miami trade are out now. The Browns get Jarvis Landry in return for a 2018 4th round pick and a 2019 7th round pick.
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The Landry deal is close to the compensation pick for him IF the Dolphins were in a position to get one.
Dolphins cutting Suh. Miami has paid out too much money to mediocre to bad talent the last 3 years. Suh's contract was actually good compared to some of these bums. Guys like Andre Branch, Kiko Alonso, Mike Pouncey (always hurt and overrated now), etc. Might as well draft a QB and then move on from all the big contracts. Their cap situation is bad so take your lumps for 1-2 years and then be good to go.
I feel your pain Rudy. It was long ago that the Raiders were making mistake after mistake season after season. It was a long painful time as a member of Raider Nation. For the Dolphins, I have no idea on their identity and I'm still not sold on the QB position. It could be another long season for your team.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rudy
The Dolphins have been in the top 10 of dead money in each of the last three years I believe. You can’t win with bad cap management unless you hit on every draft pick. They have been mediocre at best in the draft.
According to over the cap, the Dolphins already have $13.1M of dead money in 2019. Ouch!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rudy
According to the site, only 4 teams have dead money already in 2019 and the second highest is $1.6M. Miami has to get that corrected for sure!
Damn it I have to root for the Browns now?
The Clowns could have the first 5 picks and they'd screw it up. They could have taken Barkley first and most likely still got Mayfield 4th.
Instead, they draft a petite Johnny Football 2.0 #1 and reach on corner who doesn't belong in the top 10. Morons. [emoji38][emoji38][emoji38]
Could be a steal, getting Mason Rudolph in the middle of round 3. We'll see if he pans out for the Steelers.
Happy with Miami’s draft so far. The TE is exciting but I saw some blocking clips. Wow. Truly horrible. I’m not a big fan or receiving only TEs unless they are special as in uncoverable by LBs. The OSU LB is small but we need speed and LBs that can cover. Haven’t had a good FS in a long time and this Bama kid can cover and play the slot too. Maybe Miami wants to be a 3 S defence too.
Fitzpatrick looks to be a good one and Gisecki (sp?) was absolutely phenomenal at the combine. Aside from Barkley and Griffin, I'd say he made the biggest impression. I don't know about his blocking though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rudy
I have to agree, Miami has done some good things. As a bonus, you're not the one taking over Pittsburgh's WR headache. It's jaymo and cdj's turn for that [emoji38]. Though I'll say that Bryant is far more talented than Wallace was.