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  1. 1 hour ago, Anton Chigurh said:


    Shit, there is already a rumor that Antonelli may replace him starting in Monza (Antonelli turns 18 the week before that, and that is the age for acquiring a Super License now).

    Yeah, it seems like there’s a lot of smoke on this. I have a hard time believing it, though. I know Antonelli has had an extremely successful junior career, but he was below F3 last year and then skipped to F2 this year. So far, he hasn’t lit the world on fire in F2, which is fine for his age and lack of experience, but throwing him into an F1 car when he hasn’t even adjusted to F2 yet seems like a bad idea. It sounds like Toto is leaning toward putting Antonelli in the Merc next year (probably because Toto’s given up on this reg set and wants to prep Antonelli for 26), so I guess that could be why they’re looking to rush him into Williams this year to see how he progresses. 

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  2. 5 hours ago, ConferenceRoom said:

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    Nice touch from Charles. Forza, Jules. 

    My two darkest days in Formula 1 are the day he crashed and the day he died. 

    I wasn’t following F1 when that happened, but the story about Charles losing Jules and his father within a two year span is what first made me root for Charles. It’s crazy to think a driver died under safety car conditions in a 2014 race. It’s truly inexcusable. 
     

    Also wild to think that if not for that accident, Charles and Jules could have driven together for Ferrari. 

  3. 20 minutes ago, Thiefery said:

    when Quinn came back from his injury that he suffered vs UH.. he was quick to get down and take a sack without being brought to the ground by a defender.  He wasn't fully recovered imo, so he wasn't going to try and extend a play.

    Quinn’s sack avoidance numbers and pocket presence have always been terrible. The injury didn’t change much. 

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  4. 1 hour ago, tokamak said:

    I don't understand a world in which the Cowboys drafted some useless bum from Michigan last year at #26 overall but Sweat doesn't go in the top 64 picks.

    That was just a terrible reach by the Cowboys. They thought they needed a run stopping NT, so they took him way too early. If Sweat was in the draft last year, Cowboys probably take him there. 
     

    Sweat’s problem is he just doesn’t provide much pass rush or pass disruption. In today’s NFL, that’s always going to decrease value. Going in the second as a run stopping NT is still very high. 

  5. 5 minutes ago, Had Enough said:


    Ok. For all I know, he sucks at coverage as a slot guy and kicks ass in the run game. I was simply curious if in a specific scenario he’d be an upgrade or not so much. Damn near every team will have issues if a S is isolated 1v1 with a WR. Good for a safety isn’t a solution to that.

    We will see how it plays out. It wouldn’t surprise me if he had his best year in whatever capacity that is.

    He’s a huge upgrade at safety over Jerrin Thompson, Taffe, true freshman Williams, etc. He’s a proven above average P4 Safety. How much more ceiling he has is yet to see. 
     

     

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  6. 26 minutes ago, Had Enough said:


    I’m under the impression we don’t run dime. The biggest drawback/benefit of slower/faster guy is man coverage. If he’s not great at playing the slot, then his upside is limited even if only slightly.

    Last year, we had a problem, particularly with Houston, when they spread us out and got the safety down and into man, they fared well. I’d assumed this was a reason we brought Mukuba on board. Stay with base personnel and have more flexibility against offensive personnel in dropping a safety into the slot.

    Well then your question is an even stranger one. He will still be playing safety in 4/5 wr sets just like he would in base. If we bring a safety down to cover, he’s good at playing the slot for a safety. He’s not as good full time as a nickel CB. Those are two very different things. 

     

  7. 2 hours ago, cmontexas said:

    Since there isnt much to discuss, what are we thinking with Ant Hill 0 and LB this season? Looking at depth chart it seems obvious to move him offball to replace Ford and maybe rotate with Blackwell and Gbenda (Lefau?)

    LSU lived this same scenario with Perkins in 2023 and I didnt watch every LSU game but I remember their fans complaining about it

    Hill already played off ball LB last year, so we’re not moving him. I’m sure he’ll still blitz plenty again this year, but his role isn’t changing. 

    1 hour ago, Codaxx said:

    I would expect to see a healthy amount of Blackshire in that game. If you are going to bring in a 260 LB MLB, that is the game to use him

     

    1 hour ago, Codaxx said:

    He just fits the Michigan offense. I am not high on Blackshire, but he should decent from C gap to C gap in the run game. You dont want him covering Loveland. This should be the type of game suited for him. I can see him getting peak play time vs run oriented teams and watching from the sidelines vs passing teams, but we will find out. 

    You’ve clearly never watched Blackshire play.  Blackshire was slow and couldnt move at 250ish. Now he’s over 260. He would get absolutely murdered by Michigan’s offense, and playing him significant snaps would be monumentally stupid. Blackshire was a culture take. He may get some run in goal line situations, but that’s pretty much it. 

    4 minutes ago, Had Enough said:


    So where does that leave him in a 4/5 wide set? Assuming we want to run man.

    Are you under the impression we don’t play safeties in dime sets? He’ll still be playing safety.  PK very rarely runs true man. He’s almost all quarters/matching, which is perfectly fine for Mukuba at Safety. 

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  8. 48 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

    I think Riley is gone after this year regardless of how his season progresses. He’s in too much of a tenable situation. 

    He knows that if the defense struggles again for the next two years, it will destroy his nfl opportunities. So he will take whatever nfl job comes his way in the offseason. And someone will hire him for sure (insert Jerry Jones joke). Or if the defense improves, a good nfl job will most certainly crop up.

    I was about to say Riley’s already tanked his chances at an NFL HC job, but then I remembered Kingsbury got hired as a HC after being fired from Tech and not even winning half his games with one of the greatest QBs ever. 

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  9. 29 minutes ago, Anton Chigurh said:

    Merc already offered Newey a large sum of money last year and he already turned them down.

    Sure but things at Red Bull were very different a year ago. If they’re not doing everything they can right now, it’s a huge mistake. 

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    2 hours ago, wood said:

    Adrian Newey is coveted by Aston Martin and Ferrari, Mercedes seems less interested.

     

     

     

    The team who can’t figure out a ground effect car to save their ever loving lives isn’t that interested in Newey. LMAO

     

    Merc is so bloated and lost. They’ve been fading hard ever since they lost their massive engine advantage and it’s not getting any better. Their strategy team tends to be slow to react and too conservative. Their pit stops have been consistently slow for years, and they obviously have huge issues with car design and development.
     

    If there’s one team willing to absolutely break the bank on Newey, it should absolutely be Merc. Them not being that interested in him just shows they’re still lost and not even close to figuring things out. 

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  11. 52 minutes ago, Hornius Emeritus said:


    Finkley flashed last year and I thought that he might be ready this year but you've got to think that Simmons, Sorrell, Moore and Burke are going to be there and we're hearing great things about Walton, too.  We're running out of snaps. Finkley would start on almost any team.


     

    You are drastically overrating Finkley. He’s undersized and doesn’t have great explosiveness. He’s a solid backup, but he’s not starting at any program that has hopes of sniffing the playoff. He could probably start at low end P5 schools or G5 schools. 

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  12. 53 minutes ago, someguy said:

    Matt Miller's 7 round mock is very Texas friendly - 8 of the first 84 picks, 9 picks overall:

    15. Murphy - Indianapolis

    28. Mitchell - Buffalo

    32. Worthy - Kansas City

    54. Sweat - Cleveland

    56. Brooks - Dallas

    69. Sanders - LA Chargers

    81. Ford - Seattle

    84. Jones - Pittsburgh

    240. Whittington - Carolina

    I could see the first 5 picks around there.

    That Ford pick seems way too high. I can’t see him going in the third. 
     

    Sanders early third also seems a little high after his poor testing and being undersized. 

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  13. 3 hours ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

    Do we put any value in that Sainz is the only person other than Max that's won a race since Perez in Race #4 of last year?

    Not being sarcastic, but do we judge only on points or on the ability to win? 

    If we’re talking about more than a couple wins over two seasons, I think it would matter, but Singapore was a pretty fluky race. Sainz did an amazing job in Australia, but he’s not even the fastest on his team most races. Leclerc had the pace to win in Las Vegas last year, but an unlucky safety car took away his chance at a win so it’s not like Sainz is the only guy who’s shown the pace to challenge Max the last couple years. 
     

    I do think Sainz gets underrated a lot, and he’s a top 5 driver on the grid, but saying he’s the second best driver in the grid is quite a leap, especially for a guy that’s lost to his teammate 2 of the last 3 years and is down by 62.5 points to Leclerc over the last three seasons with Leclerc losing quite a bit more points due to bad reliability than Sainz over that time. If you equal out reliability, he’s down by over 100 points to his teammate over 3 seasons. 

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  14. 57 minutes ago, Codaxx said:

    He has a nice little pouch. Compared to Surly posters he is fit as hell, but compared to P5 RB not so much.  Sark said specifically mentioned Red, Sydir, and Blackshire as guys that came in weighing more than the staff wanted. 

     

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    Showing up to Spring ball that out of shape when you’re in a loaded RB room and will have to fight for every carry you get is certainly a choice. 

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  15. 2 hours ago, Dutch said:

    More "Adrian Newey to Ferrari" smoke. Apparently he's already had one meeting with Elkann (Ferrari president) and has an other scheduled. If Fred Vasseur lands both Lewis and Newey? /ioweyouanapologyiwasntfamiliarwithyourgame.gif

    https://www.funoanalisitecnica.com/2024/03/ferrari-newey-incontro-f1.html

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    A few days ago we talked about the exploratory maneuver of John Elkann , president of Ferrari . The boss of the historic Italian team is certainly not an expert in the highest category of motorsport. However, he can be called a master in the field of negotiations. Witness the hidden move through which he snatched Lewis Hamilton from Mercedes . The seven-time F1 world champion has decided to accept the great challenge and if you remember correctly, Newey himself has never denied how much he would like to deal with a champion like the next Ferrari driver.

    The Red Bull RB20 continues to dominate the scene. It does so also thanks to the great talent of Max Verstappen , capable of merging with the mechanical vehicle to perfection. The Dutchman maximizes the Austrian car. A sort of "Terminator" because for years now he hasn't even made the mistakes he once did. However, things around him are not idyllic. The internal struggle between the two factions is creating great confusion within the team and as we know Christian Horner , in the grip of a clear delirium of omnipotence, seems convinced of one fact: A hypothetical "Thai Red Bull" , without Adrian with Alexander Albon in Max 's place , he would still be able to win.

    Ferrari Newey
    John Elkann, president of the historic Scuderia Ferrari – Saudi Arabian GP 2024
    In all this Ferrari did not stand by and watch. The red top management is trying a coup: bringing the most popular designer to Maranello . Now or never, basically. At this time, compared to the three occasions mentioned by the English designer himself, the desire to fully satisfy the British designer's wishes exists. And we are not referring to the issue of emoluments, that has never been a problem. We are talking about 360° future planning where Adrian would also have free reign in other branches of the company. Precisely for this reason the negotiations with the Italian team exist. They are real.

    The meeting in the paddock at the court of Olaf Mintzlaff , during the Arab weekend, where team principal Frederic Vasseur also briefly participated , was certainly not a courtesy visit. The excuse linked to the pact of concord does not hold up. Among the various issues discussed, no one claims that this topic was not mentioned. However, there is evidence of negotiations well underway regarding the acquisition of the technical cognitive skills that Red Bull inhabits . They are confirmed, because the mediation to convince Newey to abandon Milton Keynes is at an advanced stage .

    And it doesn't end here. According to information gathered in the last few hours by our editorial team, the parties involved should have already scheduled another meeting, scheduled during the two-week break that separates the Japanese Grand Prix from that of China . A meeting that could prove decisive for the future of the partnership under discussion. Repeating Ferrari 's firm will to reach an agreement would be almost superfluous, considering the fervor and commitment with which the Prancing Horse is approaching this negotiation.

     

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  16. 41 minutes ago, Reynolds Woodcock said:

    I think NCAA will enforce whatever the SEC and Big 10 want/allow them to enforce. Making transfers sit out a year absent a head coaching change or real family issue seems like a reasonable way to curb the rampant player poaching/transfers. Probably not a good thing for Texas since at the moment we are a net winner of the current landscape.

    If it was just up the conferences, we wouldn’t be in this situation. If the NCAA tries to enforce that rule, they’ll get sued and lose in court. 

  17. 1 hour ago, Murfdogg21 said:

    4 of the last 9 Super Bowls were won by acquired QBs with a well rounded roster (Manning, Foles, Brady, Stafford).

    This is pretty disingenuous. Manning and Brady were all time greats who took big pay cuts to win a last SB on a loaded roster. You can’t build a team around hoping you find that. 
     

    Foles had one of the flukiest runs ever and was a backup QB getting paid $5 mil with a starting QB on a rookie deal. So this also isn’t a repeatable strategy to hope your backup QB has an all time playoff run and then never has a good year again for the rest of his career. 
     

    Stafford’s really the only example in the last 20 years where it’s worked. 

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  18. 47 minutes ago, Juicy said:

    I think ATL is a test subject for teams building a solid roster and then trying to plug in a QB vs drafting a QB high and hoping you it. It is why they went big for Cousins, they have a decent roster so they could take a shot at a veteran. 

    The Lions kind of did the same thing, they got Goff as a toss in in the Stafford deal, and instead of drafting a QB they just kept building pieces and were able to keep Goff around since he wasn't losing games for them. 

    The bust potential for QBs is just so high, if you miss on one you not only threw away a draft pick, but you put yourself in a never ending cycle of chasing the QB. 

    I think we are going to see a lot of teams that are going to build out rosters before chasing their QB. 

    It depends what your goal is. If you’re trying to win your division and make the playoffs every year, then the Cousin strategy works. If you’re trying to win a SB, it’s going to be almost impossible. 
     

    The only QBs to win a Super Bowl in the last 15 years with a cap hit of more than $20 mil are Mahomes and Brady, and Brady only did it once. Most of his cap hits were around $15 mil when he won with NE, which was about half of market for a top QB. So you better be signing an all time great if you’re going to pay anywhere near market for a QB, otherwise it’s not happening. 

  19. 4 minutes ago, Fud said:

     

    This is one of the more extreme drafts I can remember in terms of position depth. This might be the strongest OL draft in the last decades or two. WR and QB are also very strong. Edge is deep but lacking elite talent. LB and S are extremely weak. I’m expecting a couple guys at those spots to get overdrafted simply because they’re #1 at their position. 

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  20. 1 hour ago, The Dog said:

    Kiper posted his updated mock and also has Vikings picking McCarthy but at 11. He does have the NE and Commies QBs flipped from Jeremiah's. 

    Jeremiah is wrong on the Broncos IMHO - they need a QB and if they can't get someone they are really high on then I'd expect them to trade down rather than pick an OL. Kiper has them picking Nix at 12 which would be...interesting. 

    As for our guys:

    19. Byron Murphy to Rams

    26. Xavier Worthy to Bucs to catch passes from douchebag Baker

    32. Adonai Mitchell to Chefs

     

    I don’t think the Broncos need to draft a QB in round 1 this year. Their roster is an absolute mess. Even if they hit on a QB, they couldn’t build a good roster around him before he gets too expensive to win. They’re better off being terrible for the next couple seasons and stockpiling assets, then trying to find a QB in a year or two.
    Plus Payton has plenty of job security so he doesn’t need to rush it. 

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