Murfdogg21

There’s a lot of professional mock drafts coming out, based on early feedback from NFL sources, that have Stroud over Young as first QB taken and/or a non-QB taken at #1. I hope this is real and keeps up because: 1. Texans may end up with all QBs on the board at #2; 2. Texans may not feel pressure to take QB2 over a top rated defensive player at #2 if someone trades up to #1; 3. Texans could get some nice trade down offers from a team seeking QB1, QB2, or top rated player (Carter or Anderson) depending on how it plays out.

My youngest son was assigned to the Yankees t-ball. It will be hard, but I can muster the strength to boo him.

Has he already installed the CU equivalent of the Texas Angels?

Argh I just got the a(i)ds!

We have been on the Bronco waiting list for 18 months and still haven’t put the order into the banks yet, and Ford discontinued the color my wife wanted (school bus yellow ‘cyber orange’) so we were SOL. Then bless this old lady’s soul who ordered a cyber orange, hard top, Outer Banks with the big engine and leather seats from a small town dealership, then backed out as soon as she tried to drive it. We jumped on that shit last week and somehow only paid $2k over sticker (the dealers in Houston are still asking for $15-20k over sticker if they get any in stock).

I originally hated picking Stroud because he was never overly impressive by throwing to mostly wide open future NFL WRs and going to his first read. When he got to the playoffs against Georgia, he had one of the best games of his career, hit second and third reads, and ran when he needed to. So who knows with this group of QBs? If you believe analytics in sports, there are damning stats against sub 6’ QBs not named Brees or Russell Wilson. I think it’s too much risk to take any of the QBs at #2 because of how many holes the Texans need to fill across the roster. They need to get guys as close to sure bets as possible. Unfortunately none of the top 3 will probably be there at #12. There are plenty who think Levis will be the best pro of the group. He sucked in two UK games I watched, but someone’s counter was “how well do you think Young or Stroud would look on this 2022 UK team with their dogshit OL?” Fair point.

Every time someone mentions how smart Kyle Shanahan is, all I can think of is during his sophomore year when he impaled the bottom of his thigh trying unsuccessfully to hurdle over a picket fence.

I hate the concept of demanding draft picks for retired coaches. Nobody can answer my question of: “If the coach is still under an enforceable contract and the old team won’t let the coach go to a new team, wouldn’t that mean the old team has to pay him if he unretires and shows up to work on Monday just to force his release?” Regardless, he is likely looking to pad his retirement (asking $20m/yr) more than following his competitive fire. He’s older, won’t have Drew Brees, and no Super Bowl winning coach has ever won one with another team. Paying the Saints a first round pick and more for that opportunity? GTFO

Can’t decide between: and the combo of these:

No but I really hated this movie. I assumed Derka is a huge 30Rock fan and decided to die on the Alec Baldwin hill.

No but im going to frozen first week. Just bought my twins series tickets Ask Daniela if PF Chang’s is better than the Olive Garden up there.

I hope your weapon of choice is Ralphie the buffalo.

What the fuck was he doing pointing the gun at the cinematographer even if he thought it was empty or had blanks? To be an asshole and try to scare the shit out of her assuming it was blanks? If he was just “practicing”, he didn’t have to point it at someone an pull the trigger. Dude is a retard who killed someone and should go to jail.

One of my former employers has an overly broad non-compete that they force every employee to sign on your first day of work with no mention of it during interviews or the job offer. Most sign it because they don’t understand or (as in my case), there weren’t many biotech jobs in Texas (Austin specifically). When I was terminated without cause (a whole other dramatic bullshit story) a week before my wife gave birth to our first child, the CEO and the president made all kinds of wild threats at me about going to a competitor or even within the general orthopedics and spine device field. I think none quote was “it doesn’t matter if we win in court, we will bankrupt you. If you have $200,000 in your bank, I’m willing to spend $200,001 on lawyers!” I was in product development and lab science, not sales. A non-disclosure of confidential information should have sufficed, not something baring me from employment in my field in the 27 states where the company had sales. I hired an employment attorney who informed me that the NC was overly broad and unenforceable, but recommended I take their severance offer (cash and shorted NC time) even if if my acceptance made it enforceable, because these assholes were batshit crazy. I wish a national ban on NCs would have been in place at the time.

Since Sengun slipped out of the top 10 in the draft and OKC stupidly gave up the pick for some future Washington Bullets bullshit.

A veteran offered a max contract? Especially if they replace Silas with a respected coach and extra especially if they add Wamby or Scoot and dump KPJ. Someone else needs to handle the ball. It’s no surprise that the Rockets are statistically better when KPJ isn’t on the floor. This team could jump up pretty quick as (or if) Green learns to be a professional and Smith keeps adjusting to the NBA. Sengun probably is the best asset even if non-Rocket fans see Green as the only potential franchise player. Some grizzled veterans filling out the ‘23-24 roster are sorely needed, almost as much as a new coach to light a fire under their asses.

Adding Trubisky, Baker, Darnold, Rosen to Trey Lance and Zach Wilson…a few more busts top 10 pick QBs in the past 5 drafts. Burrow, Herbert, Allen, Lawrence, maybe Kyler are hits. Tua, Mac Jones, Daniel Jones are whatever. Dwayne Haskins, Jordan Love, Justin Fields, and Kenny Pickett if you expand to all first rounders. It’s a crapshoot with more misses than hits. Burrow and Lawrence were “no shit” choices. This draft is more like the Baker/Darnold/Allen with no obvious choice at #1 and a good chance only one or none end up being good. Way early mock drafters keep assuming Houston, Seattle, Indy, Atlanta, and Detroit all want a top 10 QB. As often as we see slides in the draft and smokescreens from teams, it’s possible that Stroud or Levis could be there at #12.

Sean Payton related Trivia: no Super Bowl winning head coach that moved to another team ever won another Super Bowl.

No shit. Sean Payton isn’t doing a one year turnaround on this shitbox team and there’s no Drew Brees coming in as a non-franchise tagged free agent QB to help him. Get young, energetic, and innovative coaches and keep building depth through 1st, 2nd, 3rd round picks. Last year’s draft still has potential to be very good if we see Stingley play more man, aggy guard starts playing with the “asskicker attitude” he was billed for, and Metchie gets a clean bill of health (supposedly should be back for OTAs). Add in Pitre and Pierce and that’s 5 starters. We have #2 (could likely trade down if they don’t like a QB and pick up other high picks), #12, #33, #65, and #73. If Caserio hits on 3 or 4 of those, they’ve turned over half their starters in two drafts with a young talent base to build around. Trading a first round pick for Sean Payton would be a disaster.

We turned the Mystery Machine into Noah’s Ark, dawg!

A bold strategy for soliciting donations!

Because he’s still under contract, and per the collective bargaining agreement approved by the NFLPA, Baltimore has the right to franchise tag him for another season? Also because until we wins in the playoffs, and/or demonstrates he’ll be able to win mostly with his arm for when his legs start to go in a few years, he isn’t worth a 6+ year deal at Mahomes or Watson money per year?

I assume Justin Tucker and Devin Duverney fans do.

Lamar is being a contract bitch. It’s one thing to hold out preseason games, quite another to quit on your team in week 18 and the playoffs. All insiders have been saying if they offered him a Mahomes extension he’d be playing. He said there’s “inflammation around my knee”, lol that is called pain associated with playing contact sports. Everyone has inflamed joints, muscles, and tendons by season’s end. The “my knee is unstable”….if he actually stretched a knee ligament, did he think this was going to correct itself in a week or two? I guess he did since he was day to day and just decided to quit. Hopefully the Ravens franchise tag his ass and start making alternate plans for 2024.

Back in late 2000 I voted for Bayou City Hell Penguins as the nickname, and I stand by that.