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NFL Offseason '14: Wake me up when minicamps start

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The Texans had an excellent draft. The new coach is building up the trenches. We got the best blocking TE in the draft, who can actually catch some. Trading up into the 3rd we got Nix. If either Nix or Clowney end up needing a double team then JJ Watts is going to crazy on you. We're going to have a hellacious front to our defense.

Since we don't have a QB worth a shit on our team now, we also won't be scoring many points. Oh well, I guess you can't have it all. LOL
 
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tighr said:
chrisspringob said:
Danny99 said:
Sam lasted that long because no one wanted to take him early and be accused of doing it because of the situation. I still wouldn't want him on my team, not because he's gay or because he's a bad player. This is going to be Tim Tebow Round II: a media circus that will turn him into a lightning rod.
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OK, but wouldn't it be morally problematic to pass on drafting him because of fears of a media storm generated by people's reaction to who he is, not something that he can control about himself?

I mean, can you imagine when the first black player was drafted, a GM saying "Well, *I'm* not racist, but this guy is different from the other players in the league, and so drafting him would be a distraction"? (Of course, they might have said something like that, but I don't think it's a sentiment that should be respected.)
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The media circus is absolutely a concern for a team. If the media is more interested in this one player than your team as a whole, you're going to have a problem. This applies even to players like Tom Brady and Peyton Manning (hence why those players tend to deflect praise in favor of their teams). You really have to look no further or recently than Tim Tebow to see a similar situation.
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Right. I'm saying that morally, we shouldn't let teams off the hook if they're going to not draft people because of the fear of a media circus generated by their race, religion, sexual orientation, etc. Yes, it's something the team will have to deal with. But a GM/owner who doesn't draft a guy over that should be ashamed of himself, IMHO.
 
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Use of Time said:
BillJ said:
Use of Time said:
Not too small but too short and not strong enough to play line in the NFL.
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I agree he may not be strong enough against most NFL offensive lineman but I don't agree that he is too short to play the position. Straight line 40 time is a touch slow but he does seem to have a quickness coming off the line. Quickness can make up for the strength shortcoming to some degree. I also agree that he ends up as a situational pass rusher if he makes the Rams, no way he supplants Quinn or Long.

But the shirt and shorts measurements never have bothered me. How many games are played in shirt and shorts? The game tape shows a competitor.
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His height wouldn't be a big deal if his vertical wasn't below average for the position as well as his cone drills. Throw in a slower 40 time than average for his position and he did not have a very good pro day. Scouts almost unanimously had him towards the back of the pack well before his coming out announcement. As for being a competitor, no doubt he was a gamer for Mizzou.

He does have a few things going for him though. He is something of a gym rat so nobody will question his work ethic to improve on the things he can. Having access to an NFL strength and fitness coach and all of the resources that go with that should help. He will also be surrounded by fantastic players and coaches to learn from. He may not have gone to a team with the best chance to play immediately but he did go to a team with a great defensive philosophy.
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Sam right now projects along the same lines as Jamal Reynolds, who will go down in history as Ron Wolf's final first-round draft pick for the Packers (and an inexplicable one, at that) -- undersized for the position and his peripherals aren't screaming "monster DE." At his height he might have been able to project as an elephant end, but he doesn't have the frame to put on the muscle to just bull-rush all over the field.
 
I was actually happy about the Raiders draft this year. Getting Khalil Mack is just what our defense needs and might save Dennis Allen's job. Liked our second pick, Derek Carr, too. Feeling good.
 
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chrisspringob said:
tighr said:
chrisspringob said:
OK, but wouldn't it be morally problematic to pass on drafting him because of fears of a media storm generated by people's reaction to who he is, not something that he can control about himself?

I mean, can you imagine when the first black player was drafted, a GM saying "Well, *I'm* not racist, but this guy is different from the other players in the league, and so drafting him would be a distraction"? (Of course, they might have said something like that, but I don't think it's a sentiment that should be respected.)
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The media circus is absolutely a concern for a team. If the media is more interested in this one player than your team as a whole, you're going to have a problem. This applies even to players like Tom Brady and Peyton Manning (hence why those players tend to deflect praise in favor of their teams). You really have to look no further or recently than Tim Tebow to see a similar situation.
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Right. I'm saying that morally, we shouldn't let teams off the hook if they're going to not draft people because of the fear of a media circus generated by their race, religion, sexual orientation, etc. Yes, it's something the team will have to deal with. But a GM/owner who doesn't draft a guy over that should be ashamed of himself, IMHO.
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It'll be nice when the world gets to that point.
 
gblews said:
I was actually happy about the Raiders draft this year. Getting Khalil Mack is just what our defense needs and might save Dennis Allen's job. Liked our second pick, Derek Carr, too. Feeling good.
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My apologies if you are a Raiders fan. I wouldn't have wished Schaub on anyone.
 
Spider said:
gblews said:
I was actually happy about the Raiders draft this year. Getting Khalil Mack is just what our defense needs and might save Dennis Allen's job. Liked our second pick, Derek Carr, too. Feeling good.
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My apologies if you are a Raiders fan. I wouldn't have wished Schaub on anyone.
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Heh, heh, yeah I know. I'm just hoping that a change in scenery might get him back on track. These things are usually more miss than hit, but in our situation, he is worth the gamble.
 
gblews said:
Spider said:
gblews said:
I was actually happy about the Raiders draft this year. Getting Khalil Mack is just what our defense needs and might save Dennis Allen's job. Liked our second pick, Derek Carr, too. Feeling good.
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My apologies if you are a Raiders fan. I wouldn't have wished Schaub on anyone.
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Heh, heh, yeah I know. I'm just hoping that a change in scenery might get him back on track. These things are usually more miss than hit, but in our situation, he is worth the gamble.
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Schaub has never been the same after his last foot injury. He was always kind of immobile, but a good system QB who threw for a lot of yards and TDs. Of course he had Andre Johnson and Owen Daniels in their primes to throw to. But then his foot injury combined with our O line going to shit, and he just sucked horribly.

If his foot is actually healed now, and his head is OK after last years disaster, he might be OK. As has been said, and I find this fitting, he replaced a Carr in Houston only to be eventually replaced by a Carr in Oakland. LOL
 
Brandon Marshall signs a 3 year extension worth $40 million.

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Worth it? He's at the top of his game at the moment, can he keep it up another (now) 4 years?
 
Ar-Pharazon said:
Brandon Marshall signs a 3 year extension worth $40 million.

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Worth it? He's at the top of his game at the moment, can he keep it up another (now) 4 years?
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Elite receivers like Marshall (who projects in the Moss / Carter / Rice category at this point) can last well into their 30s. The hip surgeries are my main concern, but it's not an overpay -- three-year extension, but they can easily cut him after year 2 if they have to for cap reasons. Briggs is on a retirement contract, same as Tillman, and they don't have to pay Jeffery until after this coming season. I haven't been sold on Emery as GM, but this offseason has been pretty much perfect, outside of the retention of Mel Tucker.
 
I didn't want to start a whole thread just for this, but I did want to share, and this seemed like the right place...

So my wife and I have been in Las Vegas for the past few days. Today I got the chance to meet one of my all-time sports heroes:



He was doing a signing at Field of Dreams in the Caesar's Forum Shops.

I look like crap (it's been a rough few days... :techman:) but what thrill to meet the Tyler Rose himself. Very nice guy. I got to sit and chat with him for about 10 minutes.

One funny thing was when I talked to him about the time he destroyed the Rams' Isiah Robertson:

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9y_KZwOq9g[/yt]

Earl said with his trademark slow, Southern drawl:

"Now, now...we just bumped into each other a little bit..."

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A very cool afternoon indeed.

:techman:
 
1001001 said:
Earl said with his trademark slow, Southern drawl:

"Now, now...we just bumped into each other a little bit..."

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:techman:
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Just too damn funny. And at the time, isaiah was a pretty good linebacker. But I think he was used to guys crumpling at first contact. Surprise!

If I had film of myself getting run over like that, even by one of the best backs in history, I would NEVER watch it. I'd love to hear what Isaiah says about that hit today.
 
gblews said:
1001001 said:
Earl said with his trademark slow, Southern drawl:

"Now, now...we just bumped into each other a little bit..."

:lol:
:techman:
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Just too damn funny. And at the time, isaiah was a pretty good linebacker. But I think he was used to guys crumpling at first contact. Surprise!

If I had film of myself getting run over like that, even by one of the best backs in history, I would NEVER watch it. I'd love to hear what Isaiah says about that hit today.
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By the looks of it, he probably doesn't remember it...

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In Campbell's My Life documentary, Dan Pastorini said he looked down at Robertson (whose nickname was "Butch") and said "How'd you like that, Butch?" (or something close to that).

It was a real thrill to meet him. I told him he'd probably heard it a million times, but I was a 12 year old watching Monday Night Football, Dolphins at the Oilers...and I became a fan for life. Back then, the idea of an RB so big and so fast was pretty much unheard of.
 
Same concept as Flacco, Cutler, and Romo getting their monster contracts.... they's nothing overly amazing, but someone else will overpay that player if their current team doesn't.
 
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