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35 minutes ago, Tracy Denton said:
Same can be said about Fitzpatrick, Dee Milliner 2.0
Milliner couldn't stay healthy and wasn't nearly as versatile. Pure corner, when Fitz will most likely be safety.
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9 hours ago, WoolMagnet said:
Interesting.
3 of the 4 head coaches in our division come from the dark side.
Vrabel actually never coached for the Pats, just played for them... though not sure if that's better or worse, lol.
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1 hour ago, buffalo34 said:
44-20 Patriots will be the final. Have zero confidence in the Jags' D as the Steelers put 42 on them last week and the 49ers put 44 on them a month ago. Belichick's gameplan will be pretty easy as he'll just take the run away and make Bortles beat them. Probably not watching this game so there's my prediction.
I think they'll follow the 49ers blueprint. Lot of pre-snap motion, heavy personnel, play-action, lot of passes to RBs/Gronk etc.
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double post, delete.
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16 hours ago, Buddy Lee said:
Barkley has one trait similar to what some dislike about Marlon Mack. Barkley shows a tendency to go for the home run. Rather than take the two or three yards where he is supposed to run between tackles he will fairly often retreat, sometimes reversing field, and end up losing several yards. Can this be coached out of Barkley? I don't know. I also don't know what the PSU coaches wanted him to do.
Overall, an excellent post, but I really want to focus on this part. Though even if Barkley didn't have this issue, I still wouldn't take him at #3.. I don't think RB is worth it.
Barkley doesn't hit lanes inside hard, with violence of someone like Gurley who was just savage at it in college. He tries to bounce outside, to an open space, where he is absolutely fantastic so it's understandable. Just as a pure runner, I don't think he's the best RB prospect to come out in recent years. If the hole isn't there inside, he has bad tendency to stop moving his feet. As you said, can it be coached out of him? And why does it happen. Is he little soft? Overcompensating for bad O-line? Or something else that can be coached out of him?
College football is different than NFL and though Barkley obviously had bad OL, the decision making before LOS for RB is crucial imo. That's one thing where prospects can be evaluated equally, no matter what scheme, competition or OL talent they run behind.
So.. Maybe Barkley won't be bell-cow back? But more like Reggie Bush? Reggie Bush didn't become a great runner until later in his career when his athleticism had declined. How soon will it happen with Barkley? However, there is no denying his athleticism and talent as a receiver. So the ideal usage for him might be more similar to how many scatbacks are used.. But he would probably be even bigger mismatch in the passing game and better runner than best scatbacks in the game today (Lewis, White, Riddick etc.). Or just bigger, more athletic and better pure runner than McCaffrey. I'd actually be more willing to use high pick on that kind of player than RB like Gurley, Elliott and Fournette.
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3 hours ago, BOTT said:
The Browns aren't going to sign a 34yr old QB instead of selecting a top prospect at the position.
Why would Cousins sign with Cleveland?
Money.
Can't really think any other good reason.
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I wouldn't personally even consider taking Josh Allen in the 1st round, let alone 1st overall.
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12 hours ago, COLTS449 said:
Avery Williamson should be a priority IMO. Then draft an ILB in the 2nd-3rd to start with him. This is assuming we switch to a 4-3. 2 big time LB's to pair with Walker or a mid round draft pick would be fine considering we'd mostly be playing with 2 LB's in the nickel package anyway. I want us to draft a star caliber ILB in the 2nd or 3rd. Get our own Bobby Wagner.
He would be among my # 1 targets, and clear #1 among all LBs. If we are switching to 4-3 base, I'd add Bradham to the list, he's good SAM. However, he had one year in 3-4 (though it was under Rex Ryan) and wasn't good. What might be even worse is that he's pretty much had only good years under Jim Schwartz-coordinated D.. And not so good when he wasn't DC. So not sure how much scheme flexibility the guy has. 6-year vet too, lot of mileage. Kennard could be cheaper with less mileage and plays the same position. He's not good in coverage though.
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3 hours ago, Luck 4 president said:
Kinda surprised Castonzo isn’t on there. He played his best football this year and was one of the better LTs in the league.
His grade was 82, just below Farley. But that was 10th best among all tackles. Farley was #25 S. Hankins was #20 interior DL. Melvin was #17 CB and Sheard was #9 edge.
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27 minutes ago, NannyMcafee said:
Read it last night. Man it's lonnngggg... and I'm not sure how much of it i buy, it being BR.
BR has stepped up their game in recent years. It's not that bad.
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7 hours ago, KING. said:
How much cap space do the Panthers have going into the 2018 off-season?
About 20M and they can quite easily pick up another 10M via cuts. However, they are paying quite a bit of money for their OL already, including their C and RG. And have a needs at WR, S, CB and probably RB too. So it depends on their priorities. They were probably far more likely to keep Norwellhad Gettleman remained their GM.
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On 13.1.2018 at 5:26 PM, BleedBlu8792 said:
And that same defense got worse this year and was in the bottom 1/4 statistically. 2 down years out of how many, wouldn't deter me from what the guy has done with defenses over his career.
Bills point per game against rank was identical this past season as it was Ryan's last season (16th) and they let go/got rid of three of their best defensive players in Gilmore, Darby and Dareus. Bills run defense went to toilet after Dareus trade and they ended up giving a lot of yards. But yards don't determine the winner of the game, points do.
Last time Rex Ryan had a top 10 defense was in 2011. 4 average/medicore years after that and one bad (bottom 10).
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8 hours ago, BleedBlu8792 said:
I'd love to have him in that role. And the people b***g about Rex being Rex, who cares, his defenses ALWAYS ball out and that's the only thing that matters.
He took over top 3 or 4 defense in Buffalo and claimed in his introductory press conference that it wasn't good enough. It became average for the next two seasons and he got fired.
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20 hours ago, Nesjan3 said:
I never said Lebron wouldnt last in the 90s, its just my opinion as well as many other that he would be an average player. In the 80s and 90s every team had 3 or 4 players as good as Lebron, he is no where close to having one the best all around games in NBA history, todays game yes, history not even close.
... You serious?
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1 hour ago, Mr.Debonair said:
Why is Wilks a hot name? I don't know much about him but it appears he hasn't even been a play calling coordinator for more than a year in the NFL. That type of hire screams Pagano all over again IMO
Based on his press conferences, he seems like a guy who would nail HC interviews.
And it's pretty slim-pickings, not many good candidates on paper.
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5 hours ago, Shive said:
That and recently fired HC's. They're often very good coordinators, but not good HC's and are usually the safer bets. With a younger HC (if it is McDaniels), I'd prefer him to have at least an experienced DC (like LA did with bringing in Wade Phillips as DC for the young rookie HC McDermott).
* young rookie HC McVay
However, McDermott also hired an experienced OC, to the side of the ball that is not his expertise, in Rick Dennison.
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31 minutes ago, crazycolt1 said:
Where do you come up with this convicted cheater stuff? It was Kraft and Belichick who paid for their issues the first time and Kraft and Brady who paid the second time. Where do you drag McDaniels into this?
McDaniels did have his own videotaping thing while he was with the Broncos.
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23 minutes ago, GoColts8818 said:
Depends on the Head Coach.
This right here.. OC and DC who have similar philosophy and fit what the new HC wants to do. As simple as that. Let's not go full Jerry Jones and decide coordinators before we have HC in place.
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26 minutes ago, GoatBeard said:
That's completely subjective.
Quenton Nelson is every bit as good as a G as Barkley is a RB, if not better. The fact anyone is considering him in the top ten means as much.
AND it's a position if need, which factors into every draft pick.
BPA is a horrible strategy that has already caused us to waste THREE recent draft picks. Hughes, Dorsett and Werner were all BPA misses.
The strategy wasn't horrible, they guy making those picks was.
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30 minutes ago, crazycolt1 said:
I was reading that the Titans owner said he wasn't going to fire their head coach regardless of the outcome of the game. It was all the media who come up with that nonsense.
They probably should have though.. Mularkey is a bad HC.
But I very much agree that firing a HC on the outcome of single game is ridiculous.
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27 minutes ago, csmopar said:
So then who gets credit for the infamous 4th and 2 decision years ago? Hoodie or McDaniels?
I don't think it was a bad decision.. No matter who made it.
That's not to say they haven't mad bad decisions. On game planning, one can look at the games at Miami this year and 2015.. On individual decisions, onside kick against the Eagles in 2015, not kicking the FG against the Broncos in AFCCG, deferring in OT against the Jets the same year..
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28 minutes ago, RealityIsLuck said:
Granted 4.3 ypc isn't that bad when Blake Bortles poses little passing threat..
Bortles was their QB the year they had 4.2 ypc the year before. And the year before that.
And considering the increase Jags had in rushing attempts, I'd say 4.3 ypc is a very good number but something that they could have achieved with later round back(s) and use the #4 pick on a player that can have bigger and/or longer lasting impact. But Coughlin is 71 already. Maybe he doesn't have time/patience to wait.
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28 minutes ago, jameszeigler834 said:
Jags couldn't run the ball worth crap until they got Fournette and their line was awful until he got there plus o-line can be addressed in FA period.
4.3 yards per carry this year.
4.2 yards per carry last year.
Granted, a lot more attempts, they committed to it more this year but it isn't really that impressive improvement for the commitment they made for a RB who has shown up on injur report most of the year.
Saquon Barkley is a Bo Jackson, Barry Sanders Hybrid! You don't pass on that period!
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When looked at context, each year individually, it's pretty clear that it's not that simple as those stats say. Most RBs drafted in that period weren't in passing era.
Weren't drafting for just next year either at #3. We're drafting (hopefully) for the better part of the next decade.