Recent content by Hugepatsfan

Collisions weren't as high speed in the 80's. The players hitting each other weren't as big. There weren't as many short week games. The year round training wasn't the same. The physical toll the game takes on these players' bodies is soooo many multiples higher than it was in past eras. If I...

Football is an incredibly physically taxing game to play. Can practicing harder and with pads make you "tougher"? Sure. Can it interfere with physical recovery and lead to greater injury risk? Of course. So you have to balance that.

The government won’t step in and stop landlords from pricing people out of housing, grocery stores from price gouging people for food, healthcare companies from making it more economical to die than to be treated in a lot of cases… and some of you think they’re going to step in and make it so...

The playing time decisions they made last year indicate they don't think very much of his current level of player. Bringing in practice squad guys over him, for example. The fact they kept him on the roster anyway indicates they see some developmental potential. By all accounts he's a full-on...

At this point of his career, he doesn't win his pass rush matchups anymore. But he is a high effort guy and an experienced, heady player who can be used in stunts for those "scheme" pressures. Even with the high sack total to start last year and his final season in TEN, that's how he got those...

I feel very bad for her if it truly was an innocent encounter. Her reputation is forever tarnished by the insinuations around this. That being said, as a person with common sense, I can't help but see the pictures and jump to the same conclusions most others are. I see the pictures, you ask me...

Vrabel spends his time during the season worried about the next opponent. Up until after the Super Bowl, I’d imagine that he probably spent close to zero time scouting prospects. Close to zero time scouting upcoming free agents. He comes in about a month and a half before free agency and a...

People on this board have a weird obsession with Wolf. People keep making up fake conversations to turn him into some kind of corporate ****. It’s very, very odd.

I mean, not saying that Vrabel should be fired, but the Russini thing is way more "fireable" than the Belichick thing. The Belichick thing was just funny. Outside of whatever you think about an age difference like that with BB and Hudson, there's no football context to that. With the...

Vrabel was an NFL DC for one year of his career and they were last in points allowed (HOU in 2017). Obviously we've all seen Vrabel can coach defense. So a lot goes into a team's performance and it's not crazy that a coach of a bad unit can still have a lot to add.

I don't think think this directly affects the team but it directly affects Vrabel. A big part of his success last year, by pretty much all accounts, is how he resonated with the players and we constantly heard him take about family as part of that. If he really is creeping around here, he might...

They saw something enough in him to keep him on the roster. They also saw something in him that made them not want to play him at all. Maybe they see developmental potential but all signs point to someone who the clock is ticking on and eventually will be a camp cut. Guys have turned around...

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/dexter-lawrence-trade-request-giants-landing-spots/ Go. Get. This. Guy. This is the missing piece to the DT rotation. This takes the defense to another level.

Weird trend continues of releasing players who were cheap and fit into roles on the team, even if only marginal ones. It feels like they are making the type of cuts you make to get down to a final 53 man roster while we’re still in the 90 man offseason roster stage of team building. Ultimately...

Surprised by the Eddie George mention. His career accolades were OROY, 4 pro bowls, a 2nd team all pro and a first team all pro. He averaged 3.6 yards/carry for his career and only had two seasons ever at 4 or higher (4.1 both times). Bettis' accolades are OROY, 6 pro bowls, 1 first team all...