Scholarship table
Stop giving intelligent, well thought out, nuanced takes. (I completely agree on your assessment of Young).The real interesting thing, obviously hypothetical, is if Williams or Maye were in this year’s draft. If I’m the Bears, any trade I make, I want someone’s #1 next year as part of the trade. What would be of interest to me is if the Bears traded with the Colts at 4, would the Bears entertain trading back again, for a team looking at Stroud or Levis at 4. I think they should and will build around Fields. Considering he progressed significantly, with a garbage offense around him, it’s exciting to see what he can do in year 3 (usually the biggest year in a QB’s development). That said, if he doesn’t continue to progress, or suffers a catastrophic injury, if you have two or three first round picks in 2024 with Williams and Maye available, that’s a good position to be in.
Never expected to see my Giants in the playoffs. Have a chance to beat the Vikings.
I think people will be a little too quick to call B.S. on the Vikings in this game. Vikings are not winning the NFC and I think will all but certainly get bounced next weekend. BUT. I do think they'll take it to the Giants. Give me MN -3 all day.
It'll be dark outside by the time the second half rolls around.Betting on Kirk After Dark is a dangerous game.
I'm hoping the Bears can trade back, stay within the top 5, plus get a 2023 2nd and a 2024 1st, at minimum. We'll see if that's way too optimistic on my part.
I think ideal would be move back within top 4/5 then move back again around 12-15
Ehh, depends. If they can move back to 5 and still get Will Anderson or Jalen Carter, then you snap them up. Adding a first rounder in 2024 plus multiple other picks and still getting a defensive talent like that would be a coup.
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
https://twitter.com/CFCBears/status/1612198207190089728I post this as someone who completely understands and endorses the value of getting higher draft picks. Still made me chuckle
Even in Brady's final year there in 2019 they looked done when losing to Tennessee in the playoffs. Continuing to rely on lifetime assistants, including two of his children, isn't really working. I know this is hard to do, but if I were Kraft I would suggest that he make this upcoming year his last and then just start over.
Good for Roquan getting paid. I wouldn’t have given a LB that much guaranteed, but he bet on himself and got the bag and then some.
More smoke about Sean McVay leaving the Rams (for TV?). @JFowlerESPN#Rams coach Sean McVay, whose future is in limbo, has permitted his coaching staff to search for other jobs without resistance, per sources. McVay said in a staff meeting that he doesn’t know what he will do next year and won’t block those who want to explore opportunities
Yea, he's gone. He doesn't want to be part of a massive extended rebuild. I see him pulling a Gruden and going to TV and relaxing for a couple years till a perfect scenario surfaces, now that he has his SB cache.
From The Athletic's "The Pulse" email newsletter:The Patriots, despite having a chance at the playoffs in the season’s final week, had a bad year. Tom Brady is long gone. Trusted assistants are, too. It’s time to ask: Is this Bill Belichick’s undoing?Chad Graff has a great story that goes inside the Pats’ collapse. A couple key takeaways: When Josh McDaniels left his offensive coordinator post to take the Raiders’ job, Belichick decided to hire Matt Patricia…who’d been the Patriots defensive coordinator from 2012-17. Does it surprise you to learn the offense wasn’t good this year?The brain drain — and Belichick’s stubbornness — made for misery. Mac Jones regressed, to the point where Bailey Zappe, the fourth-round pick, looked better than Jones, the intended franchise QB. Belichick, 70, is 25-25 in his last 50 regular-season games. He plans to return next year, but the Patriots’ outlook has never been murkier.
NFL selecting Atlanta as the neutral site AFC championship site is lame (if the game needs to be played at a neutral site).