The Greek Freak just got 228 million dollars for five year extension in the NBA. Crazy money!

8 minutes ago, GreenbleedinNC said:

Catch 22. he won't get to the point we want him riding pine

Yes. Also with who we should play. What’s best for the franchise is lose and play young players. But people want to fire people over not winning. So coach probably feels pressure to open up the playbook by utilizing at least one veteran. Because what’s best for him and others to keep there jobs isn’t necessarily playing all the rookies everywhere.

Sooner Bowl. 2018 Oklahoma QB vs the 2019 Oklahoma QB.

Now you get to all the marbles being on the table and any COVID situation will be magnified. I wonder how this will unfold

How are they doing college scouting this year?

Americans are increasingly concerned about vaccine safety after four people in Pfizer-BioNTech trials and three people in the Moderna trials developed Bell’s palsy, a condition that causes temporary weakness or paralysis of the facial muscles. Source USA today

 

I think i'll pass

2 hours ago, Asg 15 said:

Americans are increasingly concerned about vaccine safety after four people in Pfizer-BioNTech trials and three people in the Moderna trials developed Bell’s palsy, a condition that causes temporary weakness or paralysis of the facial muscles. Source USA today

 

I think i'll pass

Some have died that were allergic

7 hours ago, Bleedinggreen93 said:

RPOs are quick passes it’s literally either handoff or pass quick not much to do with protections 

I know what an RPO is lol. We got Wentz because he was a pocket passer(like Rodgers)

Nope,no vac for me. This is the first vac that messes with your RNA. Hard pass

2 hours ago, GreenbleedinNC said:

I know what an RPO is lol. We got Wentz because he was a pocket passer(like Rodgers)

I wouldn’t say that. Watch his college film. Not what he was doing.

But you have to be good from the pocket to be an NFL QB. It was when defenses game planned to just keep Wilson in the pocket that he really showed he’s elite. Russell was throwing beautiful balls. 

You have to deal with reality. Some want to sugar coat everything Hurts did. He made a terrible late throw that should have been a pick six. Chauncey-Gardner just dropped it. He also fumbled. I could go on nitpicking whether he left a good pocket or missed open receivers. All QBs do these things. Just seems like I’ve been seeing too much about how Jalen protecting the ball...unlike Wentz.

1 hour ago, cunninghamtheman said:

You have to deal with reality. Some want to sugar coat everything Hurts did. He made a terrible late throw that should have been a pick six. Chauncey-Gardner just dropped it. He also fumbled. I could go on nitpicking whether he left a good pocket or missed open receivers. All QBs do these things. Just seems like I’ve been seeing too much about how Jalen protecting the ball...unlike Wentz.

I wanna see what he does for the rest of the season. If he survives.

20 minutes ago, Asg 15 said:

I wanna see what he does for the rest of the season. If he survives.

Yes, the next test will be bigger ...more difficult. NFL defenses are so good. They can take away one thing. Cards got six quarters of film on him now in the NFL(plus all that college tape). I’m very curious at: how good is Jalen at reading defenses. Played the biggest of big time ball in college. So I’m hopeful he’s as developed as you can be as a rookie. I’m not calling him mentally on the same level as a Peyton Manning or anything. But that will be key. You have the earpiece in...so you have the coach telling you what he sees. But then defenses change their look. So a QB has to adapt...and know what he’s seeing.

I was shocked by the pick of Hurts. But I’ve always said he’s a good player.

1 hour ago, cunninghamtheman said:

Yes, the next test will be bigger ...more difficult. NFL defenses are so good. They can take away one thing. Cards got six quarters of film on him now in the NFL(plus all that college tape). I’m very curious at: how good is Jalen at reading defenses. Played the biggest of big time ball in college. So I’m hopeful he’s as developed as you can be as a rookie. I’m not calling him mentally on the same level as a Peyton Manning or anything. But that will be key. You have the earpiece in...so you have the coach telling you what he sees. But then defenses change their look. So a QB has to adapt...and know what he’s seeing.

I think the reality of Jalen Hurts is that he makes our run game more dynamic. We saw that Sunday against not only a good run defense, but one that is historically good. They haven't had a 100 yard rusher against them since 2017. That's the longest streak since they started handing out Super Bowl trophies. And we didn't have one guy do it, we had two.

Having a good running game means that Hurts doesn't have to be a great passer. He just has to be halfway decent. Which he seems to be right now, and which is an area where he has shown a drastic improvement over the last four years.

I am somewhat perplexed by the idea that Arizona or anyone else is going to be better against us when they "figure out" Hurts. What is there to figure out? It's not like he didn't do Sunday exactly what we knew he was going to do. I have a hard time believing Sean Payton was surprised by the Eagles offense.

Arizona doesn't have a run defense that is anywhere in the same solar system as NO has. I have a hard time believing that they are going to do what NO couldn't.  

5 minutes ago, jsb235 said:

I think the reality of Jalen Hurts is that he makes our run game more dynamic. We saw that Sunday against not only a good run defense, but one that is historically good. They haven't had a 100 yard rusher against them since 2017. That's the longest streak since they started handing out Super Bowl trophies. And we didn't have one guy do it, we had two.

Having a good running game means that Hurts doesn't have to be a great passer. He just has to be halfway decent. Which he seems to be right now, and which is an area where he has shown a drastic improvement over the last four years.

I am somewhat perplexed by the idea that Arizona or anyone else is going to be better against us when they "figure out" Hurts. What is there to figure out? It's not like he didn't do Sunday exactly what we knew he was going to do. I have a hard time believing Sean Payton was surprised by the Eagles offense.

Arizona doesn't have a run defense that is anywhere in the same solar system as NO has. I have a hard time believing that they are going to do what NO couldn't.  

   I’m with you early on...but you fade out. If you are facing a running QB you don’t want to be in Man coverage with your DBs and possibly LBs not facing the backfield. Gotta see the QB and what he’s doing. Saints played right into that. They played a bunch of Man coverage. Hadn’t really faced a running QB like that this season. So after seeing what happened I’d bet the Saints would play us very differently. Arizona plays a 3-4. They have three big guys to stack in the center of the D. Then bring two very mobile guys off the edges. That can be very good at containing a mobile QB. Used six LBs against Wilson some. But, unlike the Saints, they’ve dealt with it. Played Russell Wilson(twice a year). Know all about arguably the best in the biz at it. They also played against Newton this season. 
  Now what it’s hard to simulate...or really be ready for is....his speed. He’s gone past you by the time you reacted. Blazing! Why Lamar works so well. But also speed as in....quick decision. Decisive!

   

34 minutes ago, cunninghamtheman said:

 Arizona plays a 3-4. They have three big guys to stack in the center of the D. Then bring two very mobile guys off the edges. That can be very good at containing a mobile QB. Used six LBs against Wilson some.   

This is where having Goedert and Ertz will help us. Goedert is basically a third OT and Ertz, while a bad blocker, can create mismatches in the pass game. Ertz did throw two really good blocks on Sunday, so that was nice to see.

So if they load up against the run, they end up with a LB in coverage, and if they use DBs, we can run on them. As far as zone coverage, that gives us an advantage because Ward, Goedert and Ertz are really good against zone.

A lot of people think this is going to be an easy offense to stop. But I don't see it. If someone was going to, it was the Saints. And they didn't. And I think Hurts and the rest of the offense is going to keep getting better. I expect to see them be a lot better this week. 

12 hours ago, Asg 15 said:

Americans are increasingly concerned about vaccine safety after four people in Pfizer-BioNTech trials and three people in the Moderna trials developed Bell’s palsy, a condition that causes temporary weakness or paralysis of the facial muscles. Source USA today

 

I think i'll pass

Even though I work in the field, I am not serving as a proponent for getting vaccinated (I'm not planning to get it).  But something I found in literature on this is that according to some population studies, the annual incidence rate for Bell's palsy within the general population is around 23 cases per 100,000 people.  Translating that to the trial's 4 cases (out of 38,000 participants), it computes to only 11 cases per 100,000 people.  

3 minutes ago, time2rock said:

Even though I work in the field, I am not serving as a proponent for getting vaccinated (I'm not planning to get it).  But something I found in literature on this is that according to some population studies, the annual incidence rate for Bell's palsy within the general population is around 23 cases per 100,000 people.  Translating that to the trial's 4 cases (out of 38,000 participants), it computes to only 11 cases per 100,000 people.  

I might get the vaccine after it has been out for a year or 2. 

This was rushed into production so there's no way they can determine if there are gonna be any long term adverse effects.

19 minutes ago, Asg 15 said:

I might get the vaccine after it has been out for a year or 2. 

This was rushed into production so there's no way they can determine if there are gonna be any long term adverse effects.

It will keep the whiners happy, or 5 years from now they can be first  when the ad comes up "you may be entitled to compensation". GL with that. Never had a flu shot, never had the flu. Pointless since they mutate every year and covid, now that we know about it, is no more deadly than other flu's. If we start letting more illegals in, the number of diseases we face will grow. We may even be re-introduced to diseases we eradicated decades ago . I survived lead paint, asbestos, drinking out of garden hoses and shared drinking fountains and I am still here. Today we breed pu**ies that cannot face adversity. Quite sad, when your life ends, if your game console malfunctions or you don't get your way and you need a safe space with crayons and coloring books at college age. Same as what they did to football. Used to be you got 300 bucks a game, maybe broke a tooth or got bloody, now you are in the mash tent for a hangnail, because now you are a million dollar baby. I like my RNA the way it is, and I liked football the way it WAS.

19 minutes ago, Asg 15 said:

I might get the vaccine after it has been out for a year or 2. 

This was rushed into production so there's no way they can determine if there are gonna be any long term adverse effects.

Same here.  And exactly ... usually you have years of safety (and efficacy) data from multiple clinical trials before a vaccine is approved.  

40 minutes ago, jsb235 said:

This is where having Goedert and Ertz will help us. Goedert is basically a third OT and Ertz, while a bad blocker, can create mismatches in the pass game. Ertz did throw two really good blocks on Sunday, so that was nice to see.

So if they load up against the run, they end up with a LB in coverage, and if they use DBs, we can run on them. As far as zone coverage, that gives us an advantage because Ward, Goedert and Ertz are really good against zone.

A lot of people think this is going to be an easy offense to stop. But I don't see it. If someone was going to, it was the Saints. And they didn't. And I think Hurts and the rest of the offense is going to keep getting better. I expect to see them be a lot better this week. 

That LB in coverage is Hicks. We know all about him. He’s pretty good. Knows something about Ertz I’d think also. They have the super versatile defensive athlete in high pick Simmons as another LB left in coverage. Simmons is a LB, S....almost slot corner. I don’t think we are necessarily dominating those matchups.

27 minutes ago, Asg 15 said:

I might get the vaccine after it has been out for a year or 2. 

This was rushed into production so there's no way they can determine if there are gonna be any long term adverse effects.

They are going to make you have it by then. Feels like they are going to force you to be vaccinated to travel...get through checkpoints....fly....cruise....do so many things.

Has anyone even attempted to say how long any of these vaccines are supposedly going to last you?