Murfdogg21

Stroud is apparently stupid so you shouldn’t build your offense upon that rock.

In summary, the 2023 draft class blows and if you hold a top 10 pick this year, sorry!

Bryce Young combine weight - 204 lbs CJ Stroud combine weight - 214 lbs ????

If that played out, they’d be stupid to not grab Bijan at #20

He offers an interesting scenario that if Wilson slips, Texans could go Anderson/Wilson and DL goes from a weakness to a super strength. Still need a QB and WR though.

Most NFL fans want to draft like it’s Madden and don’t consider roster or scheme fit. Drafting JSN to play slot is redundant if Metchie really is healthy, but all the mouth breather Texans fans want him at #12 because we need a receiver dammit! LZ has been high on Jalen Hyatt as the best homerun WR prospect of the draft (and the real reason for Tennessee’s and Hooker’s success last season), and he could be there at #33.

If they draft Richardson, I look forward to the Hallmark moment story in two years of some 7th round QB with the ability to put the ball in the general vicinity of the WRs coming in and turning around the Texans season.

Why? Because you think he will bust or have they done a good job covering up him being an asshole and drug addict?

How many RBs drafted since 2010 (or 2013 if you want to make it an even decade) are Canton-bound? Maybe Derrick Henry if he doesn’t see a production decrease that seems to hit every back his age. Was Saquon Barkley Canton-bound, and regardless, would the NYG draft him over again at #2 if they could do things differently? In this age, Barry Sanders might not have made it to the HOF. Continue on with burnt orange glasses and koolaid. Don’t get me wrong, the Texans are predictably dumb and will most likely draft Tyree Wilson (who will later discover his foot injury is worse than advertised and he is never healthy). At this point I’d rather them take Levis than Wilson at #2; but definitely Bijan would be more likely to add production than either. But facts are facts (or unbreakable dogma) in the NFL concerning RBs. I don’t see Bijan going top 10 unless it’s Philly at 10 or someone trying to hop in front of Philly and trading up to #9. There’s decent odds he could be there at #12, and would be safer and better than JSN, Van Ness, or a Clemson needs motivation dude. If Houston gets Bijan, I wouldn’t necessarily shop Pierce given how much the SF fellows like to run the ball.

Montgomery Co. gives no shits about market downturn. My appraisal went up 27% (still protected by 10% cap for a couple years). This is the first time since about 2015 (through-2020 in Travis Co; 2020-2023 in Montgomery) that I’ve felt their appraised value is actually higher than I could sell it for, by at least $25k.

LZ said this morning he thinks in his final Mock for nfl.com today he’s going Anderson or Wilson (if Caserio can risk another injured upside player) at #2 and Bijan at #12 if he gets past ATL at 8 and Philly at 10. It would be bad ass. This draft could go a lot worse than Will Anderson, Bijan Robinson, and Trey Lance joining the 2023 team.

LZ said he got called with that question from a Boston media person. Maybe they got it from some bullshit tweet. Seems like Belichick does hate him some Mac Jones though and wouldn’t mind him gone after the Matt Patricia OC experiment took some more shine off tattered hoodie man.

Rumor of the day: #2 pick for Mac Jones, #14 pick, and NE’s 4th rounder Residual smoke around #33 for Trey Lance.

I’m biased towards Lance Zierlien because he’s on local radio, but he has contacts in the Texans, he’s good friends with the Colts’ GM, his dad was the OL coach for the Steelers and Browns, and he moonlights for NFLN. He nailed both of the Texans picks last year (and disagreed with them pre and post draft). His last mock initiated the Stroud tumble unintentionally (he was only mocking based on how he thinks Nick Caserio and Chris Ballard think).

How do you reach that conclusion? S2 is being used in several sports for any athlete whose position or role requires fast thinking and recognition. Stroud’s result could yield a conclusion that he doesn’t call his own plays or even read defenses, but rather just throw to a predetermined receiver. When he has NFL caliber WRs against Big10 DBs and an OC calling good plays, you could have a brain dead robot back there as long as they throw accurately. What’s most bizarre is how he was an outlier a good 30 or 40 points lower than the second worst QB, and 80 points lower than Bryce Young.

You were right on the contract structure, Burt. The remaining $105M comes mostly as two option/roster bonuses that could be avoided if they cut Rodgers, then they would eat the same amount of dead cap space from the $40M signing bonus as they are now. I still say NYJ were bidding against themselves though. Rodgers didn’t want to play anywhere else so nobody would have got into a bidding war with the Jets. GB wouldn’t have activated a $59M option bonus in August and kept Rodgers on their 2023 roster. NYJ paid a 2nd and a 1st to get him now instead of waiting for him to be cut. Would NYJ play games with playing time by pulling Rodgers if they get up or down by 3 TDs, and play the backup in week 18, to try to stay below 65% of snaps threshold and keep next year’s pick a 2nd rounder?

Vegas has Houston with the second highest odds to take Bijan, after ATL. On 97.5 today, LZ was confused and thinks neither takes him. Levis is favorite to go #2, but that doesn’t necessarily mean to Houston. LZ also said the source of “Houston won’t take Stroud” originated with him and his recent mock draft. He said he has zero information to back that up, and only speculated that the low S2 score might scare off Caserio and Demeco and/or Watson’s agent might be a no-go for Cal McNair. Since Caserio also like high ceiling guys with traits, he mocked Tyree Wilson over Will Anderson as their pick. LZ explained his logic to a couple colleagues at NFLN. One of them talked to Peter King about it still as a theory, and moron King is now blasting it as insider leaked information. LZ didn’t act like he had a lot of respect for King.

Even split over two years, $50M is a lot of cheese to be dead on the cap. They could’ve given him away for a 7th round pick just for the cap space. Who else were they going to trade him to?

Jets overpaid. They were bidding against themselves and Green Bay needed to move him or face a mega cap hit.

They are getting the Jets 2nd this year and probably the Jets first rounder next year, in addition to swapping firsts this year.

If it’s a 9 game SEC schedule, they have to make the 5th home game every other year be the “home” team in Dallas, otherwise the “home” team would only have 4 conference home games and only 3 in their actual stadium. That would give UT and OU 4 true home games per year. Even if all 3 OOC games were at home, that would only be 7. In the opposite scenario where the road team in Dallas had 5 home games at their stadium, plus 3 OOC at home, you could have 8. But that means the odd years when Dallas counts as one of your 4 home games, you’d only have 3 at DKR + 3 OOC = 6 home games. I don’t think there’s a permanent method for 8 home games at DKR annually under a 9 game SEC schedule. If it was an 8 game conference schedule, you could do 4 home OOC games and 4 conference home games to get to 8; but that will only be when you are the road team in Dallas. The home team in Dallas would only have 7 games at their stadium. Conclusion: if you went home only for OOC, you will either alternate 6/8 true home games per year, or have 7 every year, or alternate 7/8 per year. CDC is high.

You’re right, I was thinking of a different player and got them mixed up by the final year of contract. Point stands, as you made it. The only upside for Tennessee is if Henry is running pissed off hoping for his next contract. But if the Titans aren’t competitive, what was the point of one final hood season when they could get some future draft capital for him.

If the goal is to win the SEC (which should guarantee a playoff spot), playing another power in non-conference should help improve the team more than playing 3 cupcakes. Bama and the other SEC big dogs commonly have some premium OOC matchup to start the year. In 2005, several UT players credited the tough game at Ohio State in helping them be who they were come OU and USC. Losing to a UM/USC/Ohio St/Penn St/ND does not impact our SEC championship odds, and the experience could improve the odds.

Who’d have thought he’d end up with 10 kids?

They are likely going to tank as soon as they get a couple losses. Henry’s already mad to be playing on his 5th year option salary and wants an extension. If they get a 2nd or 3rd round pick for him, it’s probably a win for 2024 and forward.