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Actually, you could make a point that NE has a horrible track record with large player contracts: Milloy, plays only 3 years of 7 year deal with Patriots after signing largest contract ever for a Safety, 4 INTs over those 3 years Colvin, plays 6 of 7 years with team, but only starts 3 games in first 2 years of contract and ends with a similar thud Thomas, plays only 3 years of 5 year deal, with minimal impact after taking largest cap hit in the league Mankins, becomes highest paid Guard, plays 3 of 5 years with team before being traded Mayo, becomes 2nd highest paid LB, then plays only 1 full season of 5 year deal and retires before contract ends

Man, you nailed it. For #2, come on, you got this, .......... Brandon Hardin: The second half of #2 was loosely tied to White.

I saw the same thing posted on another site. With new DC's background, there may be a few players that don't "fit" and new regime will look to move on from those players as quick as possible. Also aligns with us having a plethora of 4-3 DE's playing OLB (Houston, Young, etc) who could be potentially available.

A nightmare draft would have a combination of the following elements: 1. reaching for no-name player 2. drafting an injury risk or guy coming off injury who "may be ready by preseason" 3. over drafting one position 4. passing on a guy who has dropped just because every else has 5. drafting a guy out of position but who has "intangibles" 6. drafting someone on combine numbers alone 7. drafting an RB high 8. trading up or trading down and losing value

So a rookie has career ending injury in Week 1 at 22 yrs old and is paid worker's comp until he is 35; a 33 yr old journeyman gets hurt and is paid until he is 38. This makes too much sense.

#75 - Jordan Howard https://www.profootballfocus.com/pro-top-10...016-nfl-season/ Hard to believe that Hicks didn't make it.

They won't let him go for nothing. They will either tag him again, or tag and trade.

I would love Cousins, but I don't see Washington letting him go. If he was available, I would be willing to pay $20-22mil for him, easily.

Interestingly enough, if you compare their defensive pts against rank for their Super Bowl wins, it amazingly close: NE 5 wins: 1st, 8th, 2nd, 1st, 6th PIT 4 wins: 5th, 1st, 2nd, 2nd So NE actually won 2 years when they had the #1 scoring defense, and Pittsburgh only did it once, and Pittsburgh had a top 5 offense every year they won.

MJ is the GOAT, regardless of era. Brady is clearly the GOAT now, in terms of QB's. Just take a look as his leading receiver and leading rusher every year. It is borderline comical what he has done with some of those guys, and Cutler couldn't do half that with Marshall, Jeffery, Bennett, and Forte.

The calls were pretty justified, if you were talking about the holding calls, those were easy calls. I actually thought Atlanta got away with a few late hits on Edelman out of bounds that weren't called.

I actually think they may go a different route and sign or trade for more vets (instead of wanting draft picks) in a "win now" mode knowing they only have 2-3 years left. I can also see a lot of free agents taking a pay cut to play for them given the opportunity.

I don't think Jones and Garrapolo are comparable, Jones was looking to cash in big and NE didn't want to pay him what he wanted. I don't see Garrapolo asking for starter money or even asking for a trade. The expectation has always been that they will trade Garrapolo just because he is coming up on his rookie contract, but nothing is stopping them from trying to sign him to an extension (as a backup). Brissett didn't look too good in his only appearance and I don't think they see him on par with Garrapolo. Also, NE just proved again they were correct, Jones is at home about to be a free agent after spending a year on a losing team, Arizona does not even have him under contract anymore, and NE won the Super Bowl.

Brady is GOAT, no doubt now, but man, Atlanta choked. Matty Ice was melted, he is going to end up one of those guys that can put up great post season numbers but comes up short in the post season.

Not the way the Pats are playing. Falcons are dominating, Pats are old and tired. If Pats lose, Brady will be 4-3 in Super Bowls, still GOAT? If they win, then no doubt. Lady Gaga was actually decent.

GO BEARS! Falcons 27 - Patriots 23 Footballs = 12psi

The 3rd round seems like the draft's sweet spot.

Definitely a red flag. As some have mentioned on this board, you have to question why they would be willing to give up on him with Brady getting close to retirement.

Full compensation until 67 is crazy. I can see partial compensation, or something like a tax break for a disability, but getting millions for 30 years past their prime is ridiculous.

Using only the mock drafts that were updated in the last month from the Walter Football Mock Draft Database (94 mocks), here is the summary of picks: 1. J. Allen, 37.2% (seems like most realistic pick) 2. M. Trubisky, 20.2% (which QB will we pick if all 3 are available?) 3. D. Kizer, 19.2% 4. D. Watson, 10.6% 5. J. Adams 6.4% (only logical Safety pick at #3 now) 6. M. Hooker, 3.2% (with recent surgeries, probably no longer in play) 7. M. Garrett, 1.1% (doubt he gets to us) 8. S. Thomas, 1.1% (no value at #3) 9. C. Davis, 1.1% (I highly doubt we go WR at #3) 1. QB, 50% 2. DL, 39.4% 3. DB, 9.6% 4. WR, 1.0% 92.6% of mocks have Garrett going #1 and only 1 draft has him getting to #3. 48.9% have Trubisky going #2, Kizer 16%, Watson 12.8%, and Allen 11.7% 52.2% of mocks have Trubisky going in top 2. http://walterfootball.com/draftdata.php

Hicks is signed thru 2017, but it would be a nice to lock him up now before he plays himself into a bigger contract. I thought Trevathan was going to be the biggest help, but Hicks was clearly the best defensive player.

Here are some headlines when searching for Garoppolo: "Kyle Shanahan sounds like he’d be interested in Jimmy Garoppolo" "The Browns will pursue Jimmy Garoppolo and have the picks to pull it off" "CURRAN: SEVERAL TEAMS REPORTEDLY INTERESTED IN GAROPPOLO" "Texans could explore possible trade for Garoppolo"

Sure but they can be behind it all they want, but they don't pass state legislation.

I did one trade, moving down with CIN to pick up another 3rd rounder: Your score is: 10536 (GRADE: B+ ) Your Picks: Round 1 Pick 9 (CINN): Jamal Adams, SS, LSU (A+) Round 2 Pick 4: DeShone Kizer, QB, Notre Dame (A-) Round 3 Pick 3: Obi Melifonwu, SS, Connecticut (A-) Round 3 Pick 9 (CINN): Zay Jones, WR, East Carolina (B+) Round 4 Pick 4: Jordan Leggett, TE, Clemson (A+) Round 4 Pick 10: Kevin King, CB, Washington (A) Round 5 Pick 3: Dan Skipper, OT, Arkansas (A) Round 7 Pick 3: Zane Gonzalez, K, Arizona State (A+) With a bunch of trades (I had to stop making trades): Your score is: 10404 (GRADE: B ) Your Picks: Round 1 Pick 10 (BUF): Mitch Trubisky, QB, North Carolina (A+) Round 2 Pick 4: Sidney Jones, CB, Washington (A) Round 2 Pick 10 (N.O.): Christian McCaffrey, RB, Stanford (A) Round 2 Pick 12 (BUF): Roderick Johnson, OT, Florida State (B+) Round 3 Pick 3: Obi Melifonwu, SS, Connecticut (A-) Round 3 Pick 6 (NYJ): Jordan Leggett, TE, Clemson (B+) Round 3 Pick 12 (N.O.): Zay Jones, WR, East Carolina (A-) Round 3 Pick 20 (T.B.): Antonio Garcia, OT, Troy (A) Round 3 Pick 38 (DEN): Kevin King, CB, Washington (B+) Round 4 Pick 10: Eddie Jackson, SS, Alabama (A+) Round 4 Pick 15 (MINN): Jaleel Johnson, DT, Iowa (A+) Round 4 Pick 19 (T.B.): Josh Reynolds, WR, Texas A&M ( Round 4 Pick 41 (MINN): Dawuane Smoot, DE, Illinois (A-) Round 5 Pick 3: Nathan Peterman, QB, Pittsburgh (A+) Round 6 Pick 16 (MINN): Javancy Jones, OLB, Jackson State ( Round 7 Pick 3: Zane Gonzalez, K, Arizona State (A+)

Does the NFLPA have the authority to target a team like that? Regardless of who is behind it, if it is a state law, how could the Bears be responsible?