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Murfdogg21

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  1. I thought they were going to sell Lebron a Vegas expansion franchise at a below market rate?
  2. *they can let him walk in two years as a free agent and get a compensatory pick for him. If they cut him (and the story is Rams don’t want him/his contract), they get no picks. Everyone knows the Rams want to dump him now. They won’t likely get a 2nd or 3rd round in a trade. If Texans are interested, it’s all a poker match. Are there other teams interested in taking on the 2yr/$40m he has left? Enough to give up a pick? Maybe some 6th for a 7th swap bullshit? If not, wait for the Rams to cut him. They could claim him on waivers to insure they get him (possibly overpaying him), or wait it out and sign him for less as a free agent. OTOH, Texans may get a comp pick if Diggs signs elsewhere and they don’t sign anyone of note (trading for Kupp or claiming him off waivers would work).
  3. Dome Hideout was awesome. Went several times that year, felt like it was in there two or three years but I’ll take the committeeman’s word for it. Going down the tunnel and then onto the floor, throwing down $6 crown and cokes, and looking up at the Astrodome ceiling as you two stepped with some young drunk lass in a denim skirt was peak bachelorhood for me.
  4. Got in trouble at a wedding last summer outside of Philly when my 6 year old son asked all dudes wearing green if they were dirtbags.
  5. They could start by referring to themselves as owners again instead of “governors.”
  6. Condolences to Mavs fans. As a Houston fan, I span from indifference to rooting against Dallas teams (unless playing against LA or NY teams). This trade was so terrible for the Mavs that I actually wish it would get vetoed by the NBA commissioner. Giving the Lakers a young star makes it 10x worse than if they'd sent Luka for pennies to literally anywhere else.
  7. Maybe AD will fail his physical and the trade gets voided
  8. Isn’t this where zombie David Sterns comes in and blocks a trade that’s just too shitty?
  9. Watch his legacy and welcome in Baltimore get rubbed out, while Ray Lewis, who stabbed someone to death, is worshipped as a hero by Ravens’ faithful. Tough beat.
  10. Heard on radio this morning that Rockets, Ime, and FVV had mutual interest in changing the $44m team option for next season into 3 years, ~$100m.
  11. Quick google search: If you make $26,000,000 a year living in the region of Ontario, Canada, you will be taxed $13,885,092. That means that your net pay will be $12,114,908 per year. If you make $26,000,000 a year living in Texas, you will be taxed $10,196,478. That means that your net pay will be $15,803,523 per year. So if the final offers are similar to what we've been seeing, he'd pocket an extra ~$3.7 million/year with the Astros. If it's just about the bag and securing his grandchildren's obscene wealth, he should sign with Houston (even for marginally less contract salary). If it's just about ego like many pro athletes and getting "paid" more than peers, then double F' you get out of here.
  12. …at a place where they are paid to rub you aggressively while you’re naked. Not that spunking in a legitimate massage spa is appropriate.
  13. LZ is there and said Nolen and Sorrell are mauling everyone. He said the QBs all looked shitty and WR group looks weak compared to previous years (we knew that).
  14. Fox is a great player and could be an upgrade at one of the guard positions, but it's not like he has extensive playoff experience either (7 games).
  15. I was a student during Applewhite-Simms. My perspective was the fan base was split maybe 60-40 in Applewhite’s favor, but as someone said the Applewhite crowd was much louder. Simms had all the physical tools to be a legendary college QB, but he was often robotic in decision making. We had Benson, Scaife, Roy, and two other borderline NFL WRs, but ran stupid ass offensive concepts while being conservative and predictable. Good defensive opposing coaches feasted on these weaknesses. Applewhite was “coach on the field” with very limited physical skills (noodle arm, one or both bum knees, several inches shorter). He had no problem audibling out of Greg Davis’s stupid ass plays and often put us into wide open pass routes. The combination of his association with Ricky’s Heisman year, “heady” player, and underdog physical traits endeared him to many, especially among the current and former “fratboy” contingent of the fan base. Those teams had an 8-9 win floor with either QB. Many felt if the offensive coaches did a better job in scheme and play calling, the ceiling was higher with Simms. Applewhite had some horrible losses (‘99 KSU, ‘99 Big12 CCG, ‘00 Stanford, ‘00 OU 63-14), but Simms’s big (really, the only losses) were on bigger stage (‘01 CU rematch Big12CCG, ‘01 OU 14-3, ‘02 OU 35-24). Simms teams beat the shit out of aggy thrice, great win @Nebraska ‘02, ‘02 Cotton Bowl vs Saban LSU). The loud Applewhite fans glossed over his failures and limitations and still today blame Simms for not winning the national championship in ‘01 (like we would’ve been within 21 points of Miami…). Simms was loved by his teammates while most thought Applewhite was a dick. Fans shit all over Simms and vandalized his car, and Applewhite fans get mad that Simms doesn’t have the greatest things to say about UT. Applewhite cheated on his pregnant wife with an athletic trainer. Simms could’ve been better with better coaching, but his stats and W/L record didn’t leave much room for improvement. Applewhite probably would’ve won that Big12CCG, but got mauled by Miami. In the end, Greg Davis sucked and it didn’t matter who took the snaps.
  16. We already doxxed ThatGuy as Quinn’s mom. No need to argue with him. He’ll keep cherry picking stats that make Quinn appear to be a close second to VY, and he’ll be on here next season every time Arch throws an INT throwing him under the bus.
  17. Let it be elsewhere. CJ’s regression (albeit partially due to OL) in holding the ball too long and throwing more INTs is not a selling point for a promotion to OC. No, because we’re trying to win big during CJ’s rookie contract and Jerrod’s experience post-being a crappy aggy qb as a quality control coach for Indy and Minnesota and whatever his involvement with the ‘24 Texans offense probably don’t justify being the OC in ‘25. He sounds like a likable guy. That should not warrant a promotion, but stupid shit like that happens all the time in coaching (see: Steve Belichick).
  18. Am I the only one who remembers how dumb Jerrod Johnson was an 18 year old (relative to other 18 year old college recruits)? Aggy touted him as their version of VY, but his passing was mediocre (put up some stats in 2009 when they were losing big in games) and lost the QB job his senior year to Ryan Tannehill. I think he was 13-12 as their starting QB. I believe he never made any NFL team's active roster, and spent a total of like 2 weeks on the Bears practice squad one year. Maybe he turned into some offensive coaching and strategy savant after his time with in quality control with the Colts and Vikings, but promoting him to OC would get me about as excited as when they drafted Tytus Howard in the first round. Maybe they are trying to shore up fan support from the Humble area.
  19. Klint Kubiak seems like fan service to Texans fans nostalgic of the Gary Kubiak era (like so many Longhorn fans only view Mack Brown through rose colored glasses today). If you're going to fire your OC after 2 seasons (and the first being great), don't pull the trigger on mediocrity. I have no patience for slow developing zone runs that set up 6 yard passes to TE's. I'd rather them hire Kevin Sumlin and pay him in vodka. Anyone else out there available from the Kingsbury/Leach branches of the spread offense coaching tree?
  20. I looked up the 2025 cap numbers and the reworked Diggs contract. I thought it was questionable at the time trading a 2nd round pick for Diggs (a potential malcontent), then even stupider that they cut years off Diggs's contract that Buffalo was pro-rating (since they had to eat the signing bonus portion of the contract). Then Caserio did the opposite with Mixon (extended him when he was in a prove-it contract year as an aging RB). If they hadn't changed the Diggs contract, it would have been: 2024 - $18.5M; 2025 - $18.0M (only $3.5M was guaranteed, if Houston wanted to cut him this offseason) They restructured it so Diggs was paid $22.5M in 2024, $20.8M of which was a signing bonus on fictitious 5 year voidable contract. That saved Houston around $11M in 2024 (to help sign Hunter, Al-Shaair, and Autry, perhaps) but puts $16.6M in dead money from Diggs on the 2025 cap. The capology websites project he has a free agent value around $13.4M/yr on a 1-3 yr deal. If he actually accepted a 1 year, $13M deal, I guess the Texans would get net savings by last year's restructuring. I'm not holding my breath that Diggs would accept a deal at that price, plus Houston only has $10.7M in cap space. Cutting Kenyon Green saves zero, and cutting Fairbairn costs you money against the cap. Cutting Tytus Howard and/or Shaq Mason as post-June 1 could free up some money, but of course you have to sign players better than them as replacements.
  21. I think WR is the biggest need if they don’t resign Diggs (or sign Tee Higgins (barf at the cap hit)). I don’t count on Tank coming back next season and probably never with the speed and elusiveness that made him a weapon. The team is getting talented enough they can almost start taking best available talent with whoever falls to them and look like geniuses when the player is a difference maker. DT, OL, CB, RB could benefit from plugging in a stud that drops into the second half of the first round. First round TEs are usually disappointments, and are they planning to cut Schultz ($14m in 2025, but would be a $16m dead cap hit if they cut him)? He and Stover seem fine. CJ would benefit from better blocking or another playmaking weapon. Egbuka or Golden to pair across from Nico? What if Ashton Jeanty slips?
  22. I spent about 90 seconds with Google and don’t understand the extent of legal protection provided by these “preemptive pardons.” Is Fauci protected from nonsense technicalities that could get him convicted via perjury, or is it a true blank check like if it turned out he killed 5 hookers at Johns Hopkins? Only for things that occurred prior to the pardon, or during Biden’s presidency, or anything he does today forward?
  23. The NFL can read the room on fans’ ever changing attitudes towards protecting QB$/reducing CTE vs letting them play the game. I’m more pissed about the fake slides or fake going out of bounds to either draw penalties or cause the defender to stop and then the ball carrier (e.g. Mahomes) takes off for additional yardage. I think refs would be within the rules to throw an unsportsmanlike conduct flag for simulating giving themselves up when players pull that shit.
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