TBayXXXVII

Like I said before, the reason lefties are blue.....

Oh, ok. I didn't realize that Garland appointed one of Trumps friends to investigate him. My bad.

LOL... Hunter Biden's father appointed Merrick Garland to his post. Do you really think there's going to be an unbiased investigation?

Because Pence is an establishment politician just like all the other career politicians. Not that hard to see.

If Watson was in fact the best one and most talented, he wouldn't have been drafted in the 4th round, but in the 1st like Williams.

Let's be honest, they did go too far on the beat down.

What does Shaq's son's medical issues have to do with LeBron's son?

Got it. Good for the Dems, not good for the Reps.

So your response is "Yeah but?".

Only if Biden and everyone else is.

Is that what your liberal outlets told you? Figured as much. If I'm on a horse, it's because your head is up it's azz... just like everyone else on team blue. That's why it's called team blue by the way. Because your head is always up the parties azz, you can't breathe, hence, turning blue.

Is this like saying, we call white people white, because they're white?

I just think it's clear as day that when Trump was running, he assumed that the FBI would do their job and come to the same conclusion that most of the country came to, and that was she was guilty and literally destroyed the evidence. Comey said as much, and then proceeded to not press charges. Anyone with a brain would have to sit back and reevaluate their position on the FBI after that. On top of that, it's been clear that ever since Trump won, the FBI was taking orders from the DNC to go after Trump. Dude, literally, the who Russia collusion crap was created by Clinton and passed on to the FBI... who lied, on purpose, to get an illegal FISA warrant. Only an idiot would not realize what's happened since 2015. That's why I said I wasn't surprised by your response.

Country music? Hard pass.

Oh, I think you're right on that front, but that's to disguise the fact that they're more corrupt... and the fools (look at the people on this board as examples), will listen. Any Republican should win in a landslide, but we know that won't happen. It won't happen because the American people aren't all that smart.

LOL, not surprised.

We'll see. I'm not as confident in the public as you are.

What conclusion do you come to when you watch this?

No they aren't, they (apparently), elected Biden.

Yeah, Bowles is a terrible HC, but I think (ok, I hope), he learned his lesson last year with Leftwich. Their new OC was the QB coach in Seattle the last few years and worked with both Wilson and Smith. If this coach and that system can make Geno Smith a high producing QB, then I think Trask at least has the same ability as him and should be at least a competent starter (Mayfield sucks azz, he won't start many, if any, games this year... unless Trask gets hurt). A lot of what I saw, heard, and read has said Trask is having a better camp than Mayfield. Mayfield is starting tonight, and I'm guessing they're going to give Trask the start next week. Again, guessing, that the starter for game 3 will be the starter for Week 1. That said, there's not a lot of player turnover. They moved on from their LT (Donovan Smith), who was good, but not special. They drafted Wirffs to be the future LT and now he's going to be. Jensen is back at Center as are the rest of the guys who were hurt last year. This won't be a top 3 OLine like 2020/2021, but it should be between 11-15, slightly better than average. I think White is better than Fournette. Godwin, Evans, and Russell are back and their TE's from last year were rookies and going into year 2. There's almost no turnover of consequence on offense outside of QB. I think the biggest change is a massive upgrade at Offensive Coordinator. As for the defense, the only 3 key players they lost were Rakeem Nunez-Roches, Sean Murphy-Bunting, Mike Edwards. On defense, I expect pretty much every level to be at least, better than average, like the OLine, between 11-15. Overall, that's why I see them being slightly better than average, a 9-8 team. I think Mayfield is on borrowed time.

I had/have him in my keeper league. I noticed that too last year.

A lot of people think Tampa's going to stink, like 4 or 5 wins, but even with Jameis Winston who isn't even an NFL QB, they won 7 games with this team. Mayfield is a solid backup in the NFL, and after he gets benched during the bye week (week 5), and Trask takes over, they'll be a better team. I'm thinking the Bucs win about 8 or 9 games this year. White has no competition in the backfield for touches (well, he does, but not really... Chase Edmonds will certainly get used to spell White, but he's not taking touches away). Godwin and Evans are still on the team and the OLine is at least healthy right now and will be better than last year. I see White garnering around 18 total touches per game, probably more. Tampa's new OC was the QB coach in Seattle last year and has been there with Wilson and Geno Smith, so I expect this offense to be better than last year with that bum Leftwich. When you look at the offense that Seattle ran the last few years, they have no problem giving their starting RB 20+ carries a game. Last year, Walker had 6 games with 20+ carries and 9 games with 17+ targets... note, he only started 11 games. In 2021, Penny had 6 starts (got hurt on the 2nd play in one of them), in the other 5 starts, he had 17+ touches in 4 or them and over 20 carries in 2. In Collins' first 3 starts, he had 17+ touches in each game and over 20 carries in one. Carson had 10 games with 17+ targets in 2020. If White stays healthy, I expect 18+ touches a game. Here's my projection for White (on average)... With Mayfield... 12 carries per game at 3.9 ypc, with 5 targets/4 receptions for 30 yards and 1 total TD's. (I'm expecting 4 games)... about 12 fpg With Trask... 15 carries per game at 4.3 ypc, with 5 targets/3 receptions for 25 yards and 10 total TD's (I'm expecting 13 games).... about 14.5 fpg So with Mayfield, I'd say he's mid-range RB3 and with Trask a high end RB2/low end RB1. If that helps you on who you should keep, good.

I'm going the other way, compared to the rest of the boards thinking that Williams is the better choice. Yeah, Williams had an ACL and has a suspension, but he did/does have first round talent and displayed it at the highest level in college. Also, ACL tears aren't as big of an issue for WR's as they are for RB's, he should be able to rebound quite well. Look at Cooper Kupp who tore his ACL in 2018. From an injury standpoint, I'm ok with him, especially now that it's 20 months later. As for the suspension, that's more of just being a stupid 21/22 year old, because he wasn't betting on the Lions or NFL games. I believe him when he says he wasn't aware of the rules. To my knowledge, he's never been in trouble before and took ownership of the suspension, so I'm willing to look past it. On to football... last year in Green Bay, that was not a typical Aaron Rodgers/Green Bay Packers type season. Why? Drama? I have no idea. Something else that I have no idea about, is Jordan Love. Could the issue have been coaching? Last year they had a new OC, Stenavich, the prior 3 years it was Hackett. Love is LeFluer & Gutekunst's (GM), guy. This who they wanted, so come hell or high water, he's going to get at least 2 years... which could mean that you could see diminishing returns on Watson for 2 years. Looking more at the team, they didn't have much at WR last year or did they? Let's assume it wasn't coaching, it was the fact that Lazard isn't all that good, neither is/was Watkins, or Cobb. Let's also assume that the only real talent was Doubs & Watson. How'd they improve the WR room? I don't see anything. No contradiction, Lazard, Watkins, and Cobb aren't all that good, but they are NFL WR's (well, Cobb might not be at this point), but who did they get replaced by? Every single WR in Green Bay is either a 2nd year player or a rookie. Now, that in theory bodes well for Watson when it comes to targets, but what if Watson is the only guy that's even a capable WR? That means there's more of a likelihood that Love stares him down or looks his way too much and the defense gives him too much attention. You could see 2 years of "meh". Oddly, the Lions look to have a more appealing offense. This is Campbell's 3rd year with the team and it looks to be on the upswing. It's also Johnson's second year as the OC. A 2nd year where his first was quite impressive. He's making Jarred Goff look like an NFL QB. Their backfield looks a bit questionable to me, but my guess is they're putting a lot into the rookie. That may work out just fine because that's generally the fastest position to assimilate to. Something that won't happen in Green Bay is that opposite Williams will be an All-Pro WR that teams MUST account for. Teams won't be able to focus on stopping Williams. They also have Josh Reynolds who's a known capable player. Is he great? No, but he is someone that can catch the ball and move the chains. The longer they have the ball, the more chances guys have to put up numbers. To me, the Lions offense looks like it will be a more productive and efficient offense than the Packers.

And they'll still claim they're not getting equal pay.

The problem is, he doesn't care that you're doing it.