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I'm already happier with Cannon than I might have been with any of the four above. I think the Skins are going to be very, very happy with Hankerson. I think he's going to turn out to be very special, and, yeah, I'd have taken him over Ridley. But I can't say the same about any of the...

No question - especially the way BB does things. OTOH, I was actually shocked when I personally ran the numbers to see how many of the trades since 1995 actually came within a couple % of SVC. And, considering the number of trades that involved multiple picks for multiple picks, it was pretty...

I'm not as quick to assume that Phillips would be eager to part with talented depth at OLB (Barwin) until he sees how the roster actually shakes out working in the new 3-4 (though dumber moves have been made by others in the past). In that he hasn't even seen these guys in a camp yet, I'm not...

Haven't read the book and what you say about BB not strictly adhering to the Chart value guidelines may well be true. Since 1995, teams trading OUT of the #1 overall pick have usually done so at a substantial discount to chart value (33% avg). Teams trading UP into the bottom of the first...

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You mean like the "Tuck Rule Game"? :D Yeah, in that SB, a handful of things went the Giants way - "The Catch", Brady's foot, Neal getting hurt, Samuel being careless with a pick. If any one of those things breaks the Pats way, we probably win.

Yeah. I'm sure BB's "failure" to draft a pass-rusher was responsible for our loss to the Ravens in 2009. Wait. How many times did Flacco throw the ball in that game? And, was it the lack of a pass-rush against the Giants or a lack of easily-justified holding calls against their OL?

Specifically Congress. Or the White House, for that matter.

Yeah. Opportunities for perspective are as plentiful as the dandelions in my "lawn" right now, and yet the exercise of perspective is about as rare as a hummingbird in Maine in January.

I hear ya. OTOH - the men/women working on Wall Street, collectively DO have significantly impactful, if not deeply meaningful, jobs to do. Perhaps the recent/current world financial crisis derives in part from THEM not truly realizing this.

I'm playing Devil's Advocate here, but ..... I've run into this same argument when I've pointed out that Ninkovich's 2010 stats were nearly identical to Vrabel's 2001 stats - the objection being, to wit, "Ninkovich only got sacks against (weak) Miami." The fact is, of course, that Vrabel's...

Wait! Arguing about the NFL Draft and that Pats roster is an "intellectual pursuit" on a par with socioeconomics or "the destiny of humanity"??!! WOW!! I can't wait to tell the grandkids! Of course, they'll probably want to increase my Aricept dosage, but what the hell.

I'm not a fan of Matthews wrt the Pats, but, in fairness regarding his production dropoff as 2010 progressed - due to several injuries, GB was plugging in a succession of relative JAGs at the OLB spot opposite Matthews, including UDFA rookie Frank Zombo (8 starts) and Miami cast-off Erik Walden...

I always felt it was mostly bad study habits. It often seemed like he couldn't have found the right route with a GPS unit attached to his helmet. He also never even came close to contributing what I believe was expected of him as a returner - which, ironically, was a relative strong point in...

If we needed yet another quick, agile slot guy with good hands and relatively mature route-running skills, Sanzenbacher might be a good pickup. He struck me as being kind of "Shipley-esque". Zach Hurd did a lot of blocking for Jordan Todman. A bit tall for OG (6066), but Cobine numbers were...

These two in particular I thought had some potential, though their Pro Day numbers weren't very exciting.

Or, possibly, another name on the (fairly long) list of candidates to potentially replace Tracy White - who is still a free agent, AFAIK. But that's only as far as his potential for special teams goes. His Pro Day numbers (except for his short shuttle) were comparable to the Combine numbers...

Can't disagree that he might have become a standout. OTOH - We had Vrabel and Colvin (who was coming off an outstanding 2005 season). But then we had Dillon who was turning 33 and coming off an injury-plagued season. It's fun to think "what might have been" if we'd taken Lawson instead of...

According to NFLDraftScout (at the time): CHAD JACKSON - Florida (Urban Meyer) - ranked #1/#2 WR prospect for 2006 (with Santonio Holmes), #17 overall 4.32/40 - 1.51/10 yd - 38.5" vert - 10'02" brd - 4.03 20s - 6.74 3cone GREG JENNINGS - Western Michigan - #5 WR prospect, #56 overall...

Special teamers are ridiculously unimportant and a dime-a-dozen. Even guys who are very good at returning punts are easy to come by and we shouldn't worry about hanging on to them if they can't be solid starters at their scrimmage positions. Such guys can easily/readily be picked up as UDFA...