This shouldn't be funny, but it is.

 

I’m usually not a fan of signing players from rival teams, but Barkley has been an outstanding addition and an incredible teammate. We need to get him a ring; he deserves it.

1 minute ago, Iggles_Phan said:

This shouldn't be funny, but it is.

 

There would be blood in the streets...

1 minute ago, Joe Ball said:

Complete control of the game, most importantly pace/tempo. That's what a great line does, having the great RB definitely helps but it is really the OLine. Broncos of the late 90's with Terrell Davis, early 90's Cowboys w/E. Smith, 80's WAS w/Riggins, and even Timmy Smith who is an unknown to most, went off for over 200yds in the SB in '88. All those teams had great lines. It's very dificult for an offensively focused team (I'm not implying KC is offensively focused) to get into a rythm against teams that can control the ball and eat clock offensively and play good defense.

If the defense can force a few 3 & outs, you get up two scores and you can likely force a team to be one dimensional, because they know you can control the clock with the run game. I am not sold that KC becoming one dimensional passing is a good thing with Mahomes (and the refs) though.

Be confident, impose your will. Ball control is the name of the game, win the TO battle, hoist the Lombardi. Get it done. Simple.

Had a debate last night with a couple of buddies...one of them is sold that KC wins...I am sold that PHI wins...and covers. I will be placing a friendly wager for the first time in a long time...

 

The OL makes it methodical and dominating.   The great RB behind it turns it from methodical and dominating to explosive and demoralizing.   You are correct regarding the role of the OL in this, but putting a special RB behind that special OL and you get true magic, unprecedented type stuff we are seeing, to the point that he could break all these all-time records, even while pulling himself out of games where he could have feasted even more.   Crazy crazy stuff...and, as a guy who used to dream about what he could do in this uniform while he was playing in Happy Valley... I'm loving every single minute of it.   

 

And since we don't have a Super Bowl hype video yet... reprising this will have to do.

 

Like Jason with Jurgens, let Lane pick his replacement in the draft.

28 minutes ago, Know Life said:

I’m usually not a fan of signing players from rival teams, but Barkley has been an outstanding addition and an incredible teammate. We need to get him a ring; he deserves it.

Been absolutely great for you guys...Giants committed the cardinal sin in allowing him to land within the division. That used to be the primary rule when it came to big talent players changing teams.

I get he was a FA, but you just can't let that happen, the Giants should've traded him right before the deadline in '23 🤣. In reality they couldn't have done that, they were in contention, at least for the playoffs, up until the last week of the year in '23.

It was just meant to be, it's cool that he was a PA guy in HS and college too, makes it a lot more acceptable for a fan of a rival team.

6 minutes ago, RLC said:

Like Jason with Jurgens, let Lane pick his replacement in the draft.

Does Lane have a scouting eye?  That move with Kelce was pretty unprecedented.  Not sure I'd want to make that the norm.   One interesting idea would be to bring Jason in to the coaching staff.  Apparently he mentioned interest in OL coach for KC (Not sure how serious he was), but if he's serious, get him in here now and let him learn how Stout does it before Stout retires.  

55 minutes ago, mattwill said:

I agree with you.  Your point and my point follow a "both/and” approach.  @LeanMeanGM has been following an "either/or” approach.  

Not really.  I am saying that you need to measure the Pickett trade in isolation.   Then you can also weigh the offseason moves as a whole.  You can't lump all the pieces to follow into the singular evaluation of the Pickett trade.

13 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

but putting a special RB behind that special OL and you get true magic

True, absolutely true, I wasn't trying to insinuate just any RB could do what he has done, and is still likely to do, it's awesome to see the rise of the RB this year.

8 minutes ago, Joe Ball said:

Been absolutely great for you guys...Giants committed the cardimal sin in allowing him to land within the division. That used to be the primary rule when it came to big talent players changing teams.

I get he was a FA, but you just can't let that happen, the Giants should've traded him right before the deadline in '23 🤣. In reality they couldn't have done that, they were in contention, at least for the playoffs, up until the last week of the year in '23.

It was just meant to be, it's cool that he was a PA guy in HS and college too, makes it a lot more acceptable for a fan of a rival team.

Putting their trust into Jones instead will never not be hilarious 

1 hour ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

 

When I saw this the first thing I thought was - "Wait, Hurricane Hugh is still around?"

Then I thought F, I'm old.

3 hours ago, mattwill said:

I understand your opinion and its logic, and I am not trying to change that opinion.  Everyone is entitled to their opinions.

With that said, when you look at your Dillard/Mailata example, which I agree is a good illustration, create a @paco vector diagram and you will find that any connection between those two players is indirect.  There is no direct line between them like there is between the Pickett trade and the 2025 3rd Round pick. Similarly, there is no direct line in pack’s chart between Pick #120 and Pick #171 that resulted in the selections of Wilson and McMahon.

 

Someone needs to get a life

19 minutes ago, Joe Ball said:

Been absolutely great for you guys...Giants committed the cardimal sin in allowing him to land within the division. That used to be the primary rule when it came to big talent players changing teams.

I get he was a FA, but you just can't let that happen, the Giants should've traded him right before the deadline in '23 🤣. In reality they couldn't have done that, they were in contention, at least for the playoffs, up until the last week of the year in '23.

It was just meant to be, it's cool that he was a PA guy in HS and college too, makes it a lot more acceptable for a fan of a rival team.

You know, aside from my dad (R.I.P.), you might be the only other Cowboy fan I didn’t hate.

Pretty clear who he wants to go to

8 minutes ago, Diehardfan said:

Pretty clear who he wants to go to

I like him... but I'd prefer Abdul Carter.    Now Howie has to make THAT happen.  Start working the PR and put some bad stuff out about Carter.   He's clearly a terrible guy.   He trips old ladies in the grocery store.  He pays his tolls in cash, but in COIN form!  And perhaps worst of all... he forgets to turn off his turn signal for miles after making a lane change!!!   He can't be a first round pick... well, maybe 32... but no higher.  These types of character concerns are major red flags!!!

20 minutes ago, Diehardfan said:

Pretty clear who he wants to go to

Everyone wants to be on the cool kids' team

18 minutes ago, Diehardfan said:

Pretty clear who he wants to go to

52 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Not really.  I am saying that you need to measure the Pickett trade in isolation.   Then you can also weigh the offseason moves as a whole.  You can't lump all the pieces to follow into the singular evaluation of the Pickett trade.

Semantics.  You clearly "can" do so.  That is the reality of your forest and trees metaphor.  Both the forest and the tree "framings" can be done.  What you are saying is that we "may not" do so.

Let me draw a parallel to your lesson plans as the teacher that you are.  There are individual exercises that are part of an individual class period, then there are individual class periods themselves, then there are topics that occasionally span multiple class periods, and finally there is the whole semester of classes.  "Framing" an analysis of any one of those aggregations is valid ... and such a "framing" does not make a "framing" from any of the other aggregations invalid.

38 minutes ago, DeathByEagle said:

Someone needs to get a life

Life is full of possibilities.  More is more.

18 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

I like him... but I'd prefer Abdul Carter.    Now Howie has to make THAT happen.  Start working the PR and put some bad stuff out about Carter.   He's clearly a terrible guy.   He trips old ladies in the grocery store.  He pays his tolls in cash, but in COIN form!  And perhaps worst of all... he forgets to turn off his turn signal for miles after making a lane change!!!   He can't be a first round pick... well, maybe 32... but no higher.  These types of character concerns are major red flags!!!

Take pictures with Tucker in front of a massage place

2 hours ago, HazletonEagle said:

I have no idea why this came up on my facebook reels. Mack Hollins randomly has a video on water heater maintenance. 

https://www.facebook.com/reel/2127162704368144

He does a ton of videos like that. He has one just on wrapping up an extension cord lol. 

3 hours ago, Iggles_Phan said:

I read the blog, Matt.   I saw what @paco posted.   And like I said, you can do an aggregate grade, but that's separate from an individual move analysis.  Ultimately, the @paco chart shows the aggregate of MULTIPLE drafts, not even a single draft. 

Correct. That diagram only shows the trades that happened on draft day with the picks we had going in. It’s not accounting for how any pick was acquired prior to the draft. 

1 hour ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Wrong. 

My approach is "this literally is what happened”.

I agree that that is your approach, but you are "framing" your approach very narrowly and sai9ng that any other view of what literally happened is "wrong."  So here is a question for you, "Did the trade of the 2024 4th Round pick "literally happen?"

@Iggles_Phan hit the nail on the head when he said "within a forest, you can evaluate individual trees."  and then went on to say   "And while one tree may have supplied seeds for future trees, that tree might be unhealthy and the overall forest may have been better off had it been removed sooner. "

On 1/31/2025 at 1:07 PM, mattwill said:

West Coast time lag.  I was catching up.

I was is San Diego all week last week. I now get it

Landon Jackson had a tough week keeping his footing, but he seems to be a gamer.

Bech doing well as expected.