2 hours ago, NOTW said:

I always think that hurts quote is hilarious because he said it right after signing a $250M deal as stated in the picture. If only the eagles had offered $100M, he obviously would've accepted. Howie asleep as the wheel again!!!!

3 hours ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Because as the top gets pushed higher... the bottom rises with it and the NFLPA pushes these guys to maximize their contracts so that it does push the bottom higher.  

 

It's simple math.   The QB position is ridiculously expensive now, almost to the point of it being a chokehold on being able to actually put quality players around the QB.  So, the teams feel a need for a higher cap number to enable them to actually field a quality team... so the NFLPA pushes for a higher percentage cut of the earnings, and the owners see the need to have more space on the cap because of how their QB contract is killing their ability to field the team they want...   and that includes the teams with BAD QBs that they massively overpaid because they felt they had no alternative.    Lather, rinse, repeat.  That's the goal of the NFLPA.

I mean if the NFLPA would tell the big money stars to stop asking for so much money would there then not be more money to spend on the lower tier guys? And then as the cap increases those lower tier guys get more of the money instead of all of it going to the top 20% players. The cap increases more but does it matter if it increases 20% in 3 years and every big star asks for 20% more on their next contract?

6 hours ago, just relax said:

I don’t play golf but I respect the game. I respect chess as well, which W4S apparently does not. That was my only point and a blunt one at that.

For what it's worth, the best chess player in the NFL is Drue Tranquill. He won the official online championship a couple of years ago. (Yes, I watched it on Youtube. I'm kind of a chess nerd.) Could there be someone better than him now? Maybe. 

5 minutes ago, FranklinFldEBUpper said:

For what it's worth, the best chess player in the NFL is Drue Tranquill. He won the official online championship a couple of years ago. (Yes, I watched it on Youtube. I'm kind of a chess nerd.) Could there be someone better than him now? Maybe. 

Do you play chess online?

Wonder if Slay will retire an Eagle or Lion

7 minutes ago, Texas Eagle said:

Do you play chess online?

I have an account on Chess.com but I haven't played there for years. I do play in real "over the board" tournaments somewhat regularly, although not so much since COVID. I played a "rated" game on Monday night. Lost against a (slightly) lower rated player with White. Oh well. It happens.

2 minutes ago, FranklinFldEBUpper said:

I have an account on Chess.com but I haven't played there for years. I do play in real "over the board" tournaments somewhat regularly, although not so much since COVID. I played a "rated" game on Monday night. Lost against a (slightly) lower rated player with White. Oh well. It happens.

Chess, similar to poker, I’m much better (maybe more comfortable) playing online.

56 minutes ago, devpool said:

I mean if the NFLPA would tell the big money stars to stop asking for so much money would there then not be more money to spend on the lower tier guys? And then as the cap increases those lower tier guys get more of the money instead of all of it going to the top 20% players. The cap increases more but does it matter if it increases 20% in 3 years and every big star asks for 20% more on their next contract?

Market capitalism at work and you want to change it?

1 hour ago, FranklinFldEBUpper said:

I have an account on Chess.com but I haven't played there for years. I do play in real "over the board" tournaments somewhat regularly, although not so much since COVID. I played a "rated" game on Monday night. Lost against a (slightly) lower rated player with White. Oh well. It happens.

F'n loser.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1 hour ago, devpool said:

I mean if the NFLPA would tell the big money stars to stop asking for so much money would there then not be more money to spend on the lower tier guys? And then as the cap increases those lower tier guys get more of the money instead of all of it going to the top 20% players. The cap increases more but does it matter if it increases 20% in 3 years and every big star asks for 20% more on their next contract?

What happened to the idea going around last year for separate caps for QBs?

57 minutes ago, mattwill said:

Market capitalism at work and you want to change it?

If the concern of the NFLPA is paying the lower tier, then it's not working. Kenny gainwell just got $1.5M on his 2nd contract. Only people getting paid big money are the big players. The other 60% are still getting nickel and dimed while the stars are all getting $50M guaranteed contracts

19 minutes ago, Diehardfan said:

What happened to the idea going around last year for separate caps for QBs?

This is a good idea in theory, I don't think it would work in practice though. Aside from the logistical issues, I doubt the NFLPA wants to create an actual, tangible divide amongst the players (QBs being more important than everyone else) using separate salary caps rather than the one that obviously already exists but isn't written in stone in the current cap structure

22 minutes ago, devpool said:

This is a good idea in theory, I don't think it would work in practice though. Aside from the logistical issues, I doubt the NFLPA wants to create an actual, tangible divide amongst the players (QBs being more important than everyone else) using separate salary caps rather than the one that obviously already exists but isn't written in stone in the current cap structure

But at what point will QBs be making 75/yr? 100? Something needs to change 

6 hours ago, NOTW said:

Eagles defense by age

https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/roster/_/name/phi/sort/age/dir/desc/philadelphia-eagles

 

Here for the Parry Nickerson and Andre' Sam breakout tour. To think people were worried about losing Slay and GJ

Hard to beleive Carter is still only 23

7 hours ago, austinfan said:

Not in chess. I was 2nd board in HS, reason I could never beat the 1st board is I didn't understand the need to memorize the set of openings.

It's not just the memorization, it's understanding the patterns that take you to the mid-game.

This is exactly my point - to be very good you need to memorize, but to me the point of the game is to come up with a plan on your own and try to think a couple moves ahead while adjusting to what your opponent is doing. I’d rather stay a novice, and play other novices than invest a ton of time into jumping ahead to the mid game with a positional advantage gained through rote memory.

I still don’t totally believe the CJGJ deal was just money. I understand the future savings but they unloaded him fast for next to nothing. Felt like they wanted to get rid of him and took what they could get.   Left a huge hole in secondary. I didn’t even think he was that good but there’s a hole now 

 

14 minutes ago, Waiting4Someday said:

This is exactly my point - to be very good you need to memorize, but to me the point of the game is to come up with a plan on your own and try to think a couple moves ahead while adjusting to what your opponent is doing. I’d rather stay a novice, and play other novices than invest a ton of time into jumping ahead to the mid game with a positional advantage gained and through rote memory.

Ah, but there is beauty in the openings and a game can pivot early. Black's second move against a Queen's Gambit, for example, steers a game in one of two very different ways.

8 hours ago, NOTW said:

Eagles defense by age

https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/roster/_/name/phi/sort/age/dir/desc/philadelphia-eagles

 

I swear I've never heard of a couple of these guys (Ochaun Mathis?), so much so I'm half expecting to find Bobson Dugnutt and Willie Dustice in here somewhere.

4 minutes ago, Cochis_Calhoun said:

I swear I've never heard of a couple of these guys (Ochaun Mathis?), so much so I'm half expecting to find Bobson Dugnutt and Willie Dustice in here somewhere.

What a reference! 

10 minutes ago, just relax said:

Ah, but there is beauty in the openings and a game can pivot early. Black's second move against a Queen's Gambit, for example, steers a game in one of two very different ways.

The calm sorcery of chess, how many chapters have been written to reduce it to workmen-like precision.

I'm always going to happy for players like Milton to get the bag elsewhere, or for Kenny who was blocked from starting here to get that opportunity in another city. They did things the right way. Hope they crush it.

26 minutes ago, pgcd3 said:

 

Seems like Buffalo should want him

16 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

What a reference! 

Amazing that Maddox and Baun are the "old” guys…