I am not sure if this is true or not. Hue Jackson came out and said it was something he never heard and since he was the HC, I think he would be heard rumors at that time.

You don’t need stats to make ridiculous conclusions.

Soup is always full of ridiculous optimism, until his ridiculous pessimism kicks in after the 1st quarter of the first game when he declares the season over.

I realize that the RG is still going to have to do his job. I also happen to realize that when you have a great player next to you, it will give you confidence because you don’t have to worry about the guy next to you doing his job.

The Browns have filled a lot of holes this year and RG, while weak is mainly an unknown right now. We can use an…[Read more]

DawgEDawg, Soup’s just upset because what you posted doesn’t agree with his worldview. What’s Soup’s worldview you ask?

“This season is already a disaster, we’re already 0-16, everyone should be fired and now we’re starting over again and everything is horrible.”

Hah! I’m no longer a whale, I’ve lost weight. I’m now merely an Orca. And if we bring anything up there it’ll be dog treats that we can whip at rowdy Jags fans. Nothing like a soggy milkbone exploding on the back of your head. Seagulls will be circling.

Shooter, the Browns play the Colts in Cleveland and it is a 4:25 start and that is what I find weird. I do not remember the last time the Browns had a scheduled 4 pm start at home.

One thing I know for sure is that there will be at least 1 (probably more) player on the roster who isn’t on the team right now. It happens every year. I would prefer that player to be Clowney but don’t think it will happen.

I actually think that having Conklin at right tackle is going to make whoever wins the right guard spot automatically better.

He is a better first for the power run blocking scheme and horizontal spread passing offense. Neither of which we employ.

Thanks Ice. I had read an article and it stated that Stefanski used the third wide receiver only 25 percent of the time and it made me wonder how The Vikings roster was constructed.

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DS: I appreciate the time it took for you to come up with your roster. I think it will be interesting to see how it pans out.

Not a bad schedule. Bye week right in the middle. Only one really short week and it’s the Bengals and they have a short week too. I’m kinda worried about the week 16 Jets game if it’s gonna take 2 days to play.

Perhaps a meeting? Lets get seats in the pool section. TV would just love to see you and I frolicking shirtless behind the uprights.

I hate starting at the Rats. For the Sunday games, all are 1 pm starts aside from a HOME game against the Colts which I find weird.

Excellent post BF4L. You did research.

With only 3 WR’s seeing the field on offense I think the 4th WR spot is for development/depth and the 5th (and 6th if present) are mainly for special teams. OBJ, Landry, Higgins, and DPJ are locks to make the team so any other WR’s that want to make it have to do so almost exclusively on special teams. If…[Read more]

When Kevin Stefanski was with the Vikings, they carried the following:

QB 2
RB 4
TE 4
WR 4
FB 1
OL 10

DL 10
LB 5
DB 10

ST 3 (a kicker, punter, and long snapper)

I thought it was a interesting to see how Minnesota’s GM constructed the roster with Stefanski as OC. It seems like he has the right amount of input on the decisions since they all…[Read more]

Last year in Minnesota, Stefanski used three wide receiver sets 25% of the time. I would expect something similar this year.

A year ago we had one of the better LB groups (on paper). Now we have one of the worst. Wilson didn’t really understand the defense until after Christmas and had to be told his responsibility before every play. Now he’ll be in a new defense with no one to tell him what to do. Takitaki only played defense last year because of injuries, if he’s a…[Read more]

Agree. They were decisive with the picks. I thought it looked pretty good. They obviously had players who they were targeting and went out and got them.
I do believe they were true to their draft board too and didn’t reach.