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  1. 28 minutes ago, aggie08 said:

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    For those that don't understand the reference..... As I saw one tweet, hippies grew up to be conservative assholes.  Everyone wants it exactly as they wanted it like they were 21.

     

  2. 5 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

    Disney is navigating the new terrain just like every other legacy media company.

    Still, ESPN's ratings were up last year. As long as they can continue to carry live sporting events, they should be fine. 

    They also dominate at the app level.  ESPN the app does 5 times the number of the nearest sports app in daily views.  Their streaming stuff is close to the same.... they were slow to realize the changing earth beneath them and they're bloated as hell, but they're still the Goliath of sports media and no one is close.... There's a difference between being shitty and being successful.  I agree a lot of their day programming is shitty and really the live sports is the reason to flick on their channel, but where else do you consume most live action sports?  Fox1?  I guess if you're a huge NASCAR fan.... 

     

  3. 7 minutes ago, slorch said:

    False.  I most defintely was through the mid 80's to about the mid to late  Oughts. Tom Mees and Bob Ley say, "hi!"

    See also; readily available content elsewhere made Sportcenter obsolete.  Why deal with Chris Berman if you don't have to?

    I was that consumer early on though.

     

     

    Again, before the rise of message boards and Sports related communities..... so you've been  dead audience member for 30 years.  They're not going to pick you up now because you're old and don't matter in marketing.

     

  4. 2 hours ago, slorch said:

    What if I'm the guy who immediately turns off the TV/ stream, as to AVOID postgame interviews and 'hardhitting' analysis?

    I know what i just watched.  I don't need Tweedle-dee and Tweedle-dum to tell me.  I damned sure don't care about 98% of the athletes telling us what it toook to get over the hump in the 3rd Quarter or whatever.  It's a total fucking beating, and talking heads suck ass.

    I'd much rather discuss the game live in a board like this, and that goes for pre and post game too. I do enjoy some baseball announcers, especially opposing crews to get a little different flavor  with each series.

    If my TV is on ESPN it is invariably on mute during a live game.

    Then you were never a SportsCenter consumer anyway and frankly, my digital content department needs to make you a target, but this would make your opinion on the subject moot.

     

  5. 2 hours ago, Ignatius said:

    To some extent Sportscenter’s days were numbered the day the iPhone came out, we just didn’t totally realize it at the time. It used to be the only place you could see more than 2-3 highlights from a handful of games; now you see great plays literally seconds after they happen without even really looking for them….

    This right here.  Who the fuck wants to sit around a watch a couple of middle age white dudes report sports in a priority order which may be in total misalignment with your own?  The reliance on the TV as the primary mode of information is a 20th century phenomenon.  SportsCenter is only good if you want or get interesting game analysis after and those tend to be only the biggest games and the interesting analysis is hit or miss....

     

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  6. On 4/11/2023 at 11:26 AM, YGIFS said:

    YEah, they're definitely in a rough patch for sure.  I just don't think it's Greg's fault.  They've drafted fucking terrible and ownership seems pretty tight with the purse.  Or so their front office folks said as much.  I dunno anything about the NBA.  But I like Pops, and I like it when Texas pro franchises do well.  It's good for the state.  He also seems like a decent human being which is rare these days for a rich white guy in the Lone Star State.  

    It definitely feels like a player personnel issue, but it was vision or ideal issue and I'm going to guess Pop was centrai in it.  He didn't want to tank.  He had convinced himself that they could rebuild without tanking and for the record, I do think you can rebuild, even in a small market without actively tanking or "rebuilding", however you want to term it.  But that way can't be with mistakes in the draft like Josh Primo or Lonnie Walker or Samacic and you have to be more active than the Spurs looking under every rock for some sense of value. 

    We rode LMA and DD out for way too long, we committed to rebuilding half assed and finally reality set in and we figured out if a place like SA is going to get a generational talent or leader, it almost always going to come through the lottery and typically through a top 5 pick.  Let's see if the ping pong balls go our way, because for the first time in forever, there is actually a path to a really good team in a couple of years, but things will have to line up really well for the Spurs, they'll have to snatch opportunity when it presents itself and they'll have to get lucky......  

  7. 5 hours ago, Murfdogg21 said:

    My bad I may have heard incorrectly that the regular franchise was in the $40’s. Seemed like the top 5 salary average should be considering what Rodgers, Watson, Wilson, and Mahomes are getting paid. Regardless, the point was that Leveon Bell never made up the money he lost by sitting a year, and the rust hurt him more than “saving tread on the tires”.

    Actually you're correct the exclusive tag is in the 40m's.  It's simply there is a slight difference in which tag was applied and the Ravens, wisely, applied the non-exclusive tag so teams can negotiate with Lamar.  They made a calculated risk and read the QB market well, so the non-exclusive tag is 32m.  But using your logic, maybe offer Lamar 2/82 all guaranteed and avoid all the silly franchise tag risks?  Doubt Lamar takes it.... probably (and correctly) feels the Ravens won't franchise him a 2nd time.

  8. On 4/5/2023 at 11:10 AM, Texzilla58 said:

    The Ravens are bringing in Anthony Richardson for a workout/meeting. That’s how they’re dealing with Lamar. That’s a sweet shot across the bow. Lamar we’re bringing in the guy in the draft that most resembles you but might be a better athlete.

    I think Lamar and mama have allowed their ego to paint themselves into such a corner that they cannot lose face and take a lesser deal than they demand. Even if it’s generational wealth beyond what any of us can dream. He’ll sit out before going back. It’s ugly to watch but he’s like that 5 year old that won’t eat one spoon of black eyed peas and will sit staring at it for hours.

    They may as well bring in Stroud..... maybe they can leak they're talking to Justin Herbert's uncle?  Who gives a shit.  At 22 with no 2nd rounder, they have no shot at Richardson, unless..... they were to trade Lamar which means he would have to have a contract in place.  What a fucking lame attempt at leverage.

    On 4/5/2023 at 11:51 AM, Murfdogg21 said:

    If Lamar sits this year, he rejects the ~$45M. If the Ravens tag him again in 2024, if it is ruled as the first tag he played under, he’ll get the average of the top 5 QBs (probably in the $45-50m range). If it is ruled to be his second year, he gets a 20% bump so ~$60M. Ravens would probably pay it either way but it’s a $15m issue for Lamar and for the Ravens’ cap space. Completely fucks up their plans to compete in 2023 so this is stupid. The Ravens would cut to the chase and offer him thr $105 for two years today. They already offered him $133m fully guaranteed for 3, in addition to the longer deal that came out to like $175m guaranteed. Lamar’s mom is an idiot. 

    I'm not following.  The franchise tag for QBs this year is about 32m.  Next year, probably be around 36 with the 20% kicker that's 43m.  I think you're confusing the exclusive franchise tag with the non-exclusive franchise tag, which is what the Ravens tagged him with.  The Ravens were wise in only hitting him with this.  Dallas should have done the same with Dak back in the day.

    On 4/5/2023 at 5:28 PM, Ignatius said:

    He’s ultimately going to sign the tag, play next year, and then insist on his 100% guarantee next year in an environment when Burrow and Herbert get them just like Trevor Lawrence will when he’s eligible. The Ravens won’t be the first to blink but San Diego might and Cincinnati absolutely will…

    This is very possible.... Be interesting to see what Hurts gets in an extension too.  Dak needs to be extended as well.

     

  9. 12 hours ago, slorch said:

    It's easy to demand someone else spend theirs on you too... and then want it guaranteed, despite past results.

    Hell, if he just accepts the franchise tag, he will DOUBLE his NFL earnings in one year, but nah, fuck that.   Also, think about all of that cash he's saved by not having to pay an agent.

    FAFO.  Bigtime.

    He probably feels he's had a better career and his worth more than guys like Daniel Jones and Derek Carr, respectively, and wants to be compensated accordingly.  Personally, I think he's sort of fucked by the system.  On the open market, he doesn't have a big issue getting 45m+ AAV with somewhere around 200m guaranteed but teams don't want to give up 2 first rounders for the right to pay him that.  He'll probably end up slinking back to sign his franchise deal and then hit the market next year, but that was probably always the intended solution....

     

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  10. On 3/26/2023 at 11:18 AM, Texzilla58 said:


    As Daniel Jeremiah points out, as does every other talking head on TV does, it’s a deep draft. It’s certainly there in the market. Schultz finding no takers to come close to his 22 franchise $ is pretty much evidence that the TE supply is deep for what most teams use them for.

    Yea, it's a deep draft but I don't like the top of it very much.  Mayer's an average athlete, Kincaid is old and has a bad back (literally), Washington has spotty hands, Musgrave can't block, etc.  I love what they did last year at TE and feel like there's a good contributor in the middle rounds this year for them.

     

    On 3/28/2023 at 1:26 PM, Sgt Hulk said:

    He had a decent year a few years back.
     

    what’s the story with Davis. He showed flashes.  Is there just no love there.  

    You need camp bodies.  Kid can't take every rep in camp as Pollard will be recovering from major injury.  We'll probably draft a guy too or at least should.

     

    8 hours ago, Hermanator said:

    Completely stupid to bring in a running back who has hardly played at all during the season in an emergency situation in a playoff game and on play 1 ask him to pass protect. Just complete fucking stupidity. 

    Or paying a RB 12 million + who has no juice left.  The 3rd RB has to be ready because you generally only carry 3 (and a FB).  One goes down, the 3rd needs to be ready to play.  We definitely need another starter level RB, if we can get him.  If that's Davis or Dowdle or whomever, that's cool too but they need to be ready to go.

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  11. 29 minutes ago, longhornmatt said:

    I think if Barnes could build a team with a fantasy draft, if he had the ability to choose any players he wanted from all of basketball history to assemble his ideal roster, he would probably choose 12 Charles Oakleys.

    Maybe 11 Charles Oakleys and an Anthony Mason.

    FAU was vastly underrated and man..... Vols fans are going to eat him alive.

     

  12. 13 minutes ago, Hate said:

    The radio guys in Houston were saying he was offered 3 years at $36 million from the Cowboys and turned it down. Now he’s betting his future on one of the worst teams in the league with rookie QB. He should fire his agent.

    That was reported..... not confirmed, but whatever it was, seems like he bet on himself last year and pushed.  He does it again and puts up the same production, he'll lose.  This time he'll try and produce with a rookie QB, most likely Bryce Young and a rookie OC, Slowik with a defensive head coach.  I guess the good news are the WRs sort of suck.  Nico Collins has got some juice, but they may need to draft another WR because Robert Woods looks cooked.  Noah Brown is the 3rd WR now.  

    Schultz issue, besides overplaying his hand, is he's not a dynamic athlete and he's not a great blocker.  So he's sort in that, smart player who understands zones who can get open.  His hands were so-so last year, but he was injured for much of the year.  He was a 4th rounder for us so good pick.  Hope he does well, he'll get us a comp pick.

     

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  13. 14 hours ago, Radical Larry said:

    Houston is paying $6 million of his salary next year.
     

    This is a really good value.  Day 3 picks are typically overvalued for a team like Dallas and they still have 7 left.  Cooks is really important in, at 29, he can still stretch the field in a real way.  He fits really nicely as he can play slot but 85% of his snaps came on the outside with Houston.  The two trades are really high reward, low risk plays which smart playoff front offices make.  WTF is going on?  They just let McClay make all the deals now?

    14 hours ago, lilMAC25 said:

    That bit of info makes the trade better.

     

    otherwise, we essentially traded Amari and a 6th for Cooks.

    Cooper was sunk cost. The move was asinine.  Defending it even more moronic, but don't let one bad move dictate another.  Cooks on his contract with Houston kicking in a 1/3 of it, is a very good risk, not like the James Washington move, who never did shit in the league.  Cooks still has juice.  And we don't have to overpay on OBJ now.

     

    9 hours ago, Texzilla58 said:

    Cooks costs $12m in 23 and $13 in 24. He can be released after 23 with zero dead cap. It’s a simple deal.

    Exactly.  No guarantees.  He sucks or blows his knee out late in the year, you just move on and miss out on a guy who was probably 50-50 to make the roster anyways.

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  14. 6 hours ago, Pam Cummings said:

    Nothing about the defense worries me as long as it's DQ in charge. And i don't necessarily mind shaking things up on offense. But i'm still highly skeptical that it will ever be good enough to win it all.

    Highly physical teams (Niners) tend to push us around upfront and the back end was very porous but they had a 7th round rookie trying to make it to the SB.  We took a nice step with the Gilmore pick up.  Love to see another CB in the draft and we have to get another run stopping DT and LB.  You get those 3 and with some health, that could be the best defense in a long time here..... But yea, I agree, moving to McCarthy as a play caller does nothing for me.  He sucks.

     

  15. 15 hours ago, Trey3216 said:

    I think some of y’all are missing how much Gilmore is going to improve this defense.   
     

     

    I like the move, but he's old.  Probably another year left in the tank, but when it goes empty..... it goes quick.  We still need to draft a CB by day 2, IMO.

    7 hours ago, Trey3216 said:

    Tank is one of the most consistent players in the NFL in terms of pass rush win rate and other metrics.  A lot of his pressures lead to sacks by Micah/Dorance/etc.   He's still an incredible run defender as well.   Basically, still an above average DE in the league.  

    Agreed.  He's a little overpaid though.  For the money we're paying him, he needs more pressures than what he gets, but still a very productive player.  This is a put up or shut up year for him.  If he shows decline or gets injured for a lot of the year, he's probably a cap casualty.  If he plays well, he gets his last year and maybe an okay extension.

  16. Ramsey's not that dude anymore, but an appropriately motivated Ramsey is probably still a top 10 corner.  20m is an overpay, that said, with Diggs and Parsons on rookie deals, we need to do something beyond re-signing Donovan Wilson on the defensive side.  Again, I think we need 2 more CBs and this is a deep CB draft.  I think we need a hair on fire MLB, trade?  And another 1 tech, they've used draft picks on a couple of those, will they every become anything more than marginal players?

    The Jones' want you to think they can't make any moves because of the salary cap but that's total bullshit, they simply won't make any moves instead hoping things go just right for them with minuscule margins and making terrible decision based on Jerrah's whims, but still seeing large yearly positive cash flow.

     

     

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  17. 23 hours ago, Helobious said:

    Jackson & Newton we’re both significantly better in college than Richardson was.

    Very true, but Josh Allen wasn't.

    21 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

    I kind of think Young drops some. Not sure too many teams want the Kyler experience. 

    I agree.  Maybe not much but he's even smaller than Kyler and not nearly as explosive.  I mean Young had to really pump up to get 205 lbs.

    12 hours ago, Fastbreak said:


    Had perhaps the best combine of all-time. I could see him going #1 overall and then 3 years from now reading how he was a huge bust.

    I think Stroud is the presumptive #1 pick now or certainly #1 QB taken.  He had a really good combine.  ARich is a freak but he has a lot of bad tape too.  Do you be on his athleticism?  The interviews he had were supposedly spectacular but he's a very hesitant athlete on the field.  Be interesting where he goes.  I think he needs to sit a year and maybe 1.5 before you begin to unleash him.

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  18. Jerry and McCarthy's latest interviews and PC's really go into depth about how lost they are in modern football and how this franchise will never, ever win anything of consequence until Jerry dies.  Some of it is comical.

    Just fucking burn it down.  Unless Zeke comes back on a 2m or less contract, it's an overpay.  His legs slow to cement in the 2nd half of the season.  Good thing we got that 5th round pick AND the option of keeping an overpaid player who's salary cap number has been beyond his value to the team for the last 4 years.

    Why not both?  The short sightedness of continuing to be aggressive but still running the ball as a foundation of the offense is sort of weird.  It's a false choice.  And it's not about just blindly running the ball.  It's about running the ball when we need to be running or when we have to (4 minute drill protecting a lead), we've been bad a both.

    These are just a couple of examples.  There's a bunch others if you want to go research.  From other comments, it seems Dalton Schultz is out the door.  Apparently we want a bigger guy who can block more.  Meh.  I just don't think Dalton is worth 5 figures per, but if he really liked it and wanted to come back at 6 or 7m per then I'd listen.

    The safety class look very slow and unathletic this year.  The cornerback class may be the deepest in years.  I wouldn't exclude the Cowboys from drafting two CBs this year.  Looks like LVE may be moving on as well.  That's fine, but we need a badass MLB to continue to allow Parsons to play edge, OLB, and move around in formations.  

     

     

  19. 1 hour ago, satyanash said:

     

    He's a terrible hire and everything that is wrong with the NFL and its organizational rot of white guys repaying white guys kids.  It's all so incestuous and lazy.  It's a joke really and this is why McCarthy isn't the HC maybe he should be..... he invests in shitty guys who he knows or is tangentially known.  He won't get out of his bubble and a big part of why he had maybe the greatest statistical QB of all-time and could only win 1 SB.

    I think Jerry acquiesced on Fat Mike building his own offensive staff while whispering sweet nothings into Quinn's ear about the team being one 7-11 season from being his.  Organizational laziness and ineptness fraught with nepotism is sort of the Cowboys thing though..... They'd have won many championships if this was how they were won.

     

     

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