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Tepper is the worst owner in professional sports. He’s now fired 3 successive coaches mid-season. And it was apparently his decision to draft Young over Stroud - but he held his coach and GM responsible for the team’s lackluster performance. He will probably have to make a reach to somebody that wouldn’t get an offer anywhere else.

I think this is a terrible mistake by the Titans. Their problems are so clearly on the roster. Vrabel is a fierce competitor and, IMO, his teams usually punched above their weight. Vrabel will likely be offered another HC job by every team with an opening.

You’re painting with an awfully broad brush. Everybody is different and unique, and deserves to be measured on their own merits — not merely on things like the size of their bank accounts.

Yeah, I have never had anything but respect for Frank Reich as a person. And one can't ignore the success he had as an Offensive Coordinator. But he's just not a great NFL Head Coach. I don't even think he's a good one. Maybe he's just....too nice. Anyway, it would be fascinating to know what discussions were like between Reich, Scott Fitterer, and David Tepper as regards the 2023 draft. There have been some rumors -- but I don't know how reliable they are. Bryce Young just has not looked very good in his rookie season. And it can't help matters that CJ Stroud looks likely to be a future star at the position. The Panthers bet the farm on getting the #1 pick. If you do that, you had damn well better strike gold.

I wonder if Mac Jones hasn’t just played his final game as the Pats’ QB1.

I got to know Sam a little bit. He’s from Henderson, KY and his son Shane was around my age. Good guy.

It’s worth remembering that the refs blew a couple calls towards the end of the Ravens game which likely also have affected the outcome. Not excusing either one. I’d like to see the NFL just become the best they can at getting it right. But it’s not like we’ve only been hurt by bad calls. It’s just that fans tend to remember the times refs screwed them more than the times refs screwed their opponents.

I used to care what announcers said about the teams I support. But, after thinking about it, I just no longer do. They can say whatever they want to say. It has no bearing on the games, their outcomes, or anything else. What the refs do matters, a lot. What the announcers, commentators, radio talk show hosts, etal say does not. That said, it would be nice if the NFL would follow in MLB’s footsteps - at least for Sunday Ticket and/or NFL+ - and offer each team’s radio feed as alternative audio. It’s one of the best features of MLB.tv.

From what I've read, a Grade 3 AC Separation involves tearing of both the acromioclavicular (AC) and coracoclavicular (CC) ligaments (a Grade 2 involves tearing of one of these). But, obviously, take that with a grain of salt. I have no idea about the severity of AR's injury and I'm assuredly not a doctor.

There was no problem with that comment - thus the “depending on the severity of the injury” disclaimer. There are 6 grades of AC sprain. Had it been a Grade 1 sprain, playing next week wouldn’t be impossible. But it’s apparently a Grade 3 sprain - which thankfully doesn’t require surgery, but does have a longer recovery period.

There are 6 grades of AC joint separations. Let’s hope (a) that’s what it is, and (b) it’s one of the milder ones. It’s good it wasn’t a broken collarbone. But the more severe AC joint separations require surgery. 🤞

Isn’t that the same injury Derek Carr has?

Yeah, I kinda stole that from ol’ Vitas.

Let this be a message for the entire NFL: Nobody beats the Colts 6 times in a row!

Whoa. Good to see. But why wait until Week 5?

My goodness. The hits just keep on coming.

I doubt there’s any way that Ballard or any other GM would flatly offer to take the franchise tag off the table. Maybe they should let him go UFA after playing out his contract. But they shouldn’t offer that guarantee.

Chandler Jones is having mental health issues right now. And he’s put them on display publicly in videos and such. It’s actually very sad and concerning - as compared to AB’s public episode which was just comical. There’s nothing comical about this.

The story came from Dan Dakich? As in, Ryan Grigson’s BFF? I guess that’s all it takes to be called an “NFL Insider”. And spare me the “cost Colts a Super Bowl” garbage while we’re at it. McDaniels has now had two head coaching opportunities. He face-planted on the first one and I’d guess his face is already getting nervous about the 2nd.

What's Matt Pryor up to these days?

But owners aren’t complaining about how much money they pay players. That’s not the limiting factor. JT isn’t getting what he wants because he’s asking for a higher value than his market value…within the salary cap constraint. It’s not that Irsay is complaining about the cash itself…but how much of the cap JT wants.

Neither of them have any bearing on what specific players are paid. It’s the cap that determines that - relative, of course, to how a player is valued. Think of it less in terms of dollars than in percentage of the total salary cap they have to spend. That will make it make more sense.

Also, keep in mind that the net worth of an owner has no bearing on salaries because of the cap. I think Stan Kroenke might be the wealthiest current NFL owner. Maybe Josh Harris has him beat now, I don’t know. Irsay probably has one of the lower net worths of the owners. But guess what? It doesn’t matter - because they’re all subject to the same cap.

This complaint makes no sense. Things cost what they cost. How much money you have in the bank is irrelevant to that. Can you imagine if you walked onto a car lot, wanted to buy a car, and when you asked how much it costs they said “Well, that depends on your income. How much do you make?” And, of course, all NFL teams have to deal with the salary cap. In fact, that is probably the single biggest influence on player salaries. Because all 32 teams have to build the best roster they can within its constraints. Taylor’s problem is the same one that Cook, Jacobs, Barkley etal had: the league just doesn’t value RBs as much as they think they should be valued. There’s nothing they can do about that…no matter how much money Jim Irsay has.

Isn’t 15th about where PFF has the Colts? That might be a bit high, really. I’m thinking 18-19 range. But with room to move up.