this is an excellent read and poses a great question in terms of "you need an elite HOF QB to win"....even mentions Trubisky at the beginning.

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/24801136/how-nfl-teams-trade-young-qb-starters-thrive-bill-barnwell-2018

On 9/26/2018 at 8:37 AM, GoSox05 said:

I can't believe that teams won't sign Eric Reid.  I can think of like 10 teams that use him. 

This post didn't age well, ha.

 

 

Just now, LittleHurt05 said:

This post didn't age well, ha.

 

 

Pretty smart move by the Panthers.  They needed a safety and an already good D will get better.

A lot of teams didn't sign a really good player because he took a knee for the anthem.  It's amazing that teams would rather lose than sign someone like Reid. 

5 minutes ago, GoSox05 said:

Pretty smart move by the Panthers.  They needed a safety and an already good D will get better.

A lot of teams didn't sign a really good player because he took a knee for the anthem.  It's amazing that teams would rather lose than sign someone like Reid. 

Case in point... Atlanta Falcons who lost both their safeties. 

8 minutes ago, GoSox05 said:

Pretty smart move by the Panthers.  They needed a safety and an already good D will get better.

A lot of teams didn't sign a really good player because he took a knee for the anthem.  It's amazing that teams would rather lose than sign someone like Reid. 

San Fran could sure use a quarterback.  If only there was an available one with playoff experience and has played in that stadium before

2 hours ago, GoSox05 said:

If they don't like the players on my team as much as I do they must be bad.

Problem with PFF is that people either treat it as the gospel or it is 100% wrong and the worst.  It is just one tool used to evaluate players.  There are many other ways, this is just one. 

They aren't the only analytics website.

They also had Adrian Amos as the best safety in football last year, so yeah, they can still f*** off.

They release player grades as soon as a game is complete. Even if 11 people from PFF are watching each game, I'm not sure how these grades can be anything more than a quick eye test guess, and yet I doubt 11 people are watching each game.

20 hours ago, soxfan49 said:

They also don't have the consensus DPOY in their top 5 defensive players in the league through 3 weeks though, so that website can f*** off.

Probably because of the second half of week one.  not sure how many plays he may not have been in

 

15 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

 

And per Rapoport, he won't play vs Tampa and is week to week.

1 hour ago, soxfan49 said:

And per Rapoport, he won't play vs Tampa and is week to week.

good...gives him 3 weeks to let it rest since it's the bye after the Bucs game.

For those watching the game tonight:

With regard to Rams jerseys, which color scheme is most aesthetically pleasing: Blue/White, Blue/Yellow or Blue/Gold?

For me I'll take option 2, but it is a close call with option 1. Every time they wear the Blue/Yellow I wonder why they went away from that. It is really sharp. I think darker blue/navy with the yellow is better than the lighter blue. 

Edited September 28, 20187 yr by Jack Parkman

Jared Goff has made some Rodgers esque throws today

My fantasy team is getting destroyed, but I love Goff torching the Vikings right now. 

58 minutes ago, Jack Parkman said:

For those watching the game tonight:

With regard to Rams jerseys, which color scheme is most aesthetically pleasing: Blue/White, Blue/Yellow or Blue/Gold?

For me I'll take option 2, but it is a close call with option 1. Every time they wear the Blue/Yellow I wonder why they went away from that. It is really sharp. I think darker blue/navy with the yellow is better than the lighter blue. 

These uniforms are perfect.

They should go with the same ones on the road except white jerseys. Keep the pants the same.

Vikings lose!!

Best show on Turf* is back! 4-0 babbbyyyyyy.

The Rams are as close to a flawless football team as you can get. Even down to the punter, kicker (when healthy), etc. Just an unreal roster and coach. 

McVay is unbelievable with that team.

basically with Gurley forces minny linebackers into field to stop run (who aren’t even especially unathletic), then does all these weird plays that appear as runs and get their receivers onto linebacker coverage.

of course, Goff can also hit his wide open receivers, and we’ll covered ones.

What happened to that Vikings defense?  They are really struggling right now.

Rams look pretty good.  Aaron Donald is so quick in the middle.

5 minutes ago, GoSox05 said:

What happened to that Vikings defense?  They are really struggling right now.

Rams look pretty good.  Aaron Donald is so quick in the middle.

Something happened at halftime of that Saints playoff game.  From that moment in time, they went from an elite defense to just plain bad.

44 minutes ago, GoSox05 said:

What happened to that Vikings defense?  They are really struggling right now.

Rams look pretty good.  Aaron Donald is so quick in the middle.

Well, for one they are missing Everson Griffin.  Thats pretty big, he is a monster.  Their DBs have been nicked up too

Just now, Kyyle23 said:

Well, for one they are missing Everson Griffin.  Thats pretty big, he is a monster.  Their DBs have been nicked up too

Yeah, Griffin is a big loss.

I'm just surprised at how bad they have been.  They looked lost yesterday.

2 minutes ago, GoSox05 said:

Yeah, Griffin is a big loss.

I'm just surprised at how bad they have been.  They looked lost yesterday.

Yesterday didnt surprise me after the loss to the Bills, losing Griffin(and the craziness that surrounded it), and playing on a short week on the road.

 

The Bills, that blew my mind.   That is where they looked completely lost, and they were at home playing a rookie QB

2 hours ago, bmags said:

McVay is unbelievable with that team.

basically with Gurley forces minny linebackers into field to stop run (who aren’t even especially unathletic), then does all these weird plays that appear as runs and get their receivers onto linebacker coverage.

of course, Goff can also hit his wide open receivers, and we’ll covered ones.

This is what kind of excites me about the Bears vs rams matchup. I guy like Roquan is faster than Cooper Kupp. Should be interesting schematically.

7 minutes ago, Boogua said:

This is what kind of excites me about the Bears vs rams matchup. I guy like Roquan is faster than Cooper Kupp. Should be interesting schematically.

Guys like Darron Lee and Smith (there is a falcons player too I forget), should absolutely be prototype moving forward. You can just see the issue even in the cards game, fake you into putting base group on field, then use it to get linebacker on wr matchups.