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I'd put him as the best safety in the league when fully healthy. If he could have enjoyed an injury-free career, we'd be talking about one of the greatest defensive players ever and a surefire Hall of Famer
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6 minutes ago, DougDew said:
It was amazing back then how many folks got so upset over the Shipley/Satele thing, then understood in about every other similar situation the guy who is getting paid starters money is the guy who starts, especially when the other guy is basically the same mediocre player.
That Satele/Shipley thing was always just an excuse to validate already thinly formed hate for Grigson. Saw it right off at the time. Looks even more that way in hindsight.
Not necessarily. A good GM should park his ego and let the coach play whoever is best. For example, the Seahawks gave Matt Flynn a 3 year, $26 mil deal with $10 mil guaranteed, only to have him be the backup because rookie Russell Wilson was a better option. The coach and GM parked their egos and let the best players play, regardless of contract.
Say what you want about Shipley. He wasn't an All-Pro, but he was certainly better than Satele. I disagree that it was an excuse to validate the hate. I think it was another reason to hate Grigs
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I don't understand people telling him to not play for that franchise. The very reason why the Bengals are picking at #1 is because they're bad and the very reason why the draft is set up the way it is, is so the worst teams get the top picks is to help restore that balance. If every #1 pick "pulled an Eli", the balance of power will never change.
When Peyton went to the Colts, they were horrible (coming off a 3-13 season). Eventually, they become one of the league's more successful franchises, won a Super Bowl, and had multiple playoff appearances.
In 2001, the Falcons were coming off of a 4-12 season and the Chargers off of a 1-15 season. The teams drafted Mike Vick and LT, both of whom had very good careers and both teams were much better as the years went on, including division titles for both.
In 2005, the Saints were 3-13. They drafted Reggie Bush, made some other moves, and they eventually won a Super Bowl.
I could keep going and provide many more examples, but I think my point is made. It makes no sense for a prospect to say he doesn't want to play for a bad franchise when the system is literally set up for the bad franchises to acquire more talent in an attempt to stop being bad. If you're a top prospect (which every player wants to be), you're almost sure to go to a bad team. That's simply how it works. This nonsense of "pulling an Eli" is very entitled and immature.
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5 minutes ago, DougDew said:
Pat's still talking about AQ Shipley?
Grigs was right. Pat's personality peaked about 10 years ago.
He's just giving an example in response to a question he was asked, he's not going out of his way to bring it up out of nowhere.
There are extremely few situations where one can say "Grigs was right" and this is certainly not one of them
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3 hours ago, MikeCurtis said:
This would be a BAD move IMHO
You never bring in a 38 year old player unless he is the final pc needed to win a SB
That doesn’t describe this years team
I agree. The only way I'd be a little warm to the idea would be if we also draft a QB early so Rivers can show him the ropes, like Alex Smith and Patrick Mahomes. Otherwise, I don't think bringing in a 38 year old QB for 1 season on a team with multiple holes is a good idea. Build with the future and long-term success in mind
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Shouldn't even be the head coach anymore after that horrid playoff display against the Chiefs, but as a Colts fan, this works for me.
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You can't even compare the two. The stud DL the 49ers have had significant contributions from picks taken before Lynch and Shanahan even got there. Armstead and Buckner were both drafted before the Lynch/Shanahan era, whereas Ballard inherited a roster made by a guy who drafted/traded for players like Trent Richardson and Bjorn Werner.
Not only that, but the 49ers lost their starting QB last year and went 4-12 whereas the Colts lost their starting QB and went 7-9. The major difference is that the 49ers got their expected starter back whereas the Colts are now searching for a franchise QB.
I understand the frustration, but the situations are totally different. While no GM is perfect, Ballard has made some very good decisions and certainly deserves patience to continue building the roster as he and Reich want.
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5 hours ago, aaron11 said:
he wanted to go back to KC but they said no, his cap hit was too much. i doubt he ever thought the colts would be better than the chiefs
Why? At the time of his signing, the Colts were considered a threat in the AFC with Super Bowl aspirations and an MVP candidate at QB.
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16 hours ago, jvan1973 said:
His career will be short if he doesn't start going out of bounds when he runs.
That goes double for Lamar Jackson. I like Lamar, but everyone is talking about how amazing he is and how he's changing the game with his running, but they're ignoring all the hits he takes. If Lamar doesn't change his style and continues running the way he does, I think his career will be very short. Mahomes seems to run more out of necessity whereas Jackson runs as a primary weapon.
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40 minutes ago, lollygagger8 said:
One of the best defenses VS. one of the best offenses.
Great matchup!
If I recall correctly, Super Bowls where the top offense and top defense play each other are extremely skewed in favour of the defense. Two very recent examples would be the Manning Broncos being beaten by the Seahawks, and the Falcons losing to New England.
I want to see KC win it, but I think San Fran wins. KC's OL hasn't done anything to impress me and KC's best running threat is Mahomes. That's not a formula for success against a team with an elite defense and such a stout DL in San Fran. Andy Reid is very smart and will come up with some good schemes to help, but I expect to see Mahomes running for his life on nearly every dropback.
I also feel bad for Justin Houston, leaving KC for a team he thought would be a Super Bowl contender, only to have the QB of that team retire and watch his former team make the Super Bowl. Maybe they give him an honourary ring if they win.
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1 minute ago, IndyD4U said:
Walk away while you can. Smart decision.
Any chance Lucky's retirement opened the door for other players feeling like they couldn't walk away?
I don't think Luck's retirement is what caused it. That's been the trend for several years now. Patrick Willis and Anthony Davis both retired from San Fran when they were quite young. Chris Borland followed that up by retiring early as well.
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At what point does the media start treating Brees and the Saints like they did Peyton and the Colts? Prolific offenses, great regular season success, 1 Super Bowl to show for it.
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1 hour ago, Two_pound said:
I did't read the article, how come Khari Willis didn't make it?
I believe Willis did make their top 50 rookies list though
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1 minute ago, KB said:
AFC South > AFC East
Even though the Texans won the division, the Titans are the best team.
Disagree. Neither team is great, but without Henry, the Titans don't have anything. Tannehill wasn't super impressive tonight.
I think Baltimore crushes Tennessee while KC and Houston should be close, but I think KC wins it.
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Brady's last pass as a Patriot and maybe in his career is a pick 6. Beautiful
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13 minutes ago, shakedownstreet said:
Not sure I see the smoking gun here just yet. Let's see how all the is explained over the next few days. We all know the NFL will make every effort to make this go away
I dunno, looks pretty bad to me.
Bengals guy: "There's no scout in this footage"
Pats guy: "Yeah....we're trying to get the field footage.....my bad" (my bad = presumption of doing something wrong)
Bengals: "But this isn't the field"
Pats: "We'll delete it" (no explanation, just again presumption of guilt and trying to fix things)
Bengals: "The damage is already done"
Pats: "No, we'll delete it. I'll delete it now. I can't get it back if I delete it. I'm being honest with you. I don't have a computer to get it back from. I'll delete it now" (trying to delete the evidence, very clear guilty conscience speaking)
This was reported as being a big misunderstanding, but from how the Pats staffers are talking, it sounds like this is worse than that. They sound extremely guilty and like they were caught red-handed and are just trying to cover it all up, kind of like "let's just delete the evidence and forget this ever happened". You'll never hear an innocent person say that
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Wow, this doesn't look good at all....
This is much worse than what I thought it would be. The Pats staffers sound like they've been caught and are trying to cover up what they know they shouldn't be doing. Doesn't seem as innocent as what was being reported earlier
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5 hours ago, Flash7 said:
Current State: They're 10-3. They're a playoff team once again.
Past State: "The New England Patriots hold the longest active consecutive playoff streak with 10 appearances, starting with the 2009–10 NFL playoffs, which is the longest of all-time. The Patriots have won three Super Bowls during this streak."
Future: Remains to be seen. I hope they fall off of a cliff.
They've been beating up on bad teams. Another way to look at the current Pats team:
1. The combined record of the teams they've beaten so far is 53-79, which is a 0.401 winning percentage (equivalent to a 6-10 team)
2. They have beaten just 1 team with a record over .500, and that was when the Steelers were an absolute mess back in week 1
3. The combined record of the teams they've lost to is 29-11 (0.725 winning percentage = 11.6 win team)
4. All of their losses have been to the other AFC division leaders, which doesn't bode well for their playoff hopes
5. They've lost 2 in a row, and 3 of the last 5
6. The last time they scored more than 25 points was Oct 27, and they've scored more than 20 points just once in the last 5 games
7. Their offense is ranked 15th overall, 21st in yards per pass (tied with Indy), and 28th in completion percentage
As for their continuous playoffs trips, it's easy to make the playoffs when you play in the worst division in football. From 2009 to this year (taking current standings), the Jets, Dolphins, and Bills have combined for a total of 7 winning seasons out of a possible 33. For comparison, the AFC South (which everyone always loved to say was the worst division in football) outside of the Colts in that same time span has had 14.
I understand their past years of dominance, so if that's what you were referring to, that's my mistake. But if you're referring to this year, they're not dominating anyone by any means.
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On 12/11/2019 at 11:50 AM, Flash7 said:
Here's what's going to happen.
The rest of the NFL will cry and moan about it. A fine will be handed down to the Pats. The Pats will continue dominating the NFL until Brady and BB retire.
Continue dominating? They aren't even dominating now, let alone continue dominating into the future.
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If this is all illegal, then they should surely be punished. But I feel like this is a misunderstanding. I've seen tweets that report the Browns knew about the Pats PR team videotaping for a documentary or something like that and had given them permission.
Also, no one needs to cheat to beat the Bengals....except maybe the Jets
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Every team has fans that boo. I also don't think there's anything wrong with booing. If the team is playing poorly, what's wrong with booing? Part of the game.
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Game day thread
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Burrow is a candidate to go #1 overall. There's 0 chance Indy gets him
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All of these topics are being discussed in other threads
happy birthday Bob Sanders
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If I recall correctly, there was a time period where he was the only safety between him, Reed, and Polamalu to have a DPOY and Super Bowl championship on his resume.
Bob Sanders: Super Bowl in 2006, DPOY in 2007
Ed Reed: DPOY in 2004, Super Bowl in 2011
Troy Polamalu: 1st Super Bowl in 2004, DPOY in 2010
So from 2007 to 2010, Sanders was the only safety of the three to have a DPOY and Super Bowl ring. He was also the last one drafted of the three. He played more than 6 games twice in his career and was first team All-Pro both times. When healthy, no one could match what he brought to a defense.
This is a very arbitrary stat, but if you take the best individual titles they could have won (DPOY titles + first team All-Pro selections) and divide it by number of games played, the stats are:
Reed: (5+1)/174 = 0.034
Polamalu: (4+1)/158 = 0.032
Sanders: (2+1)/50 = 0.06