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Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Concord, MA/UMass
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08-08-2014, 03:31 PM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
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Making the rounds on my social media today
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08-08-2014, 06:32 PM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Catonsville, MD
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Once again I'd love to thank the 49ers braintrust for giving my team anything for that guy.
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08-09-2014, 06:47 AM
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Northern Kentucky
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Watching the Bucs/Jags. Those Bucs uniforms are hideous.
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08-09-2014, 08:31 AM
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Aug 2008
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Probably not a good idea to sign a career backup who had a solid half season to be your starter when that means he's taken away from the team where he produced his only solid half season.
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08-09-2014, 09:21 AM
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"Dutch"
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Tampa, FL
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I hated the uniforms up until I saw them in this game. Now I'm warming up to them. Still, not totally on board, but at least I'm not angry when I see them! Last edited by Dutch : 08-09-2014 at 09:21 AM. |
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08-09-2014, 10:12 AM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Colorado Springs
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I read Lovie's post game interview, and had a bit of a nervous twitch, as deja vu struck.
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08-09-2014, 12:22 PM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Catonsville, MD
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Bortles looked solid
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08-09-2014, 12:41 PM
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Northern Kentucky
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He did. But I hope the Jags don't jump the gun and stick him out there week one. Let Henne take the abuse while he learns the pro game.
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08-09-2014, 12:47 PM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Catonsville, MD
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Totally agree, but it's nice to have...nice....things to say about a jags rookie QB for once in a decade.
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08-09-2014, 06:05 PM
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College Prospect
Join Date: Dec 2006
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Johnny Football! Good lawd the hype is too much. That said, admittedly, I'm very curious to see him in action dammit.
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08-09-2014, 06:16 PM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: New Jersey
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I have to admit that I'm curious too and watching the game tonight for no other reason than to see how he does. |
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08-09-2014, 08:30 PM
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Aug 2008
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Fitzpatrick looking terrible. I wonder how long they keep the rookie out.
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08-09-2014, 08:35 PM
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College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Midwest
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Oh, the hype is there. The announcers can't stop going on about him, even before he came in the game (albeit I think this is the Cleveland telecast on NFL Network). I will say, though, Manzel is looking pretty decent. He's got zip on his passes, he can make plays on the run. He's made a couple of decisions he shouldn't (taking hits or running when he should check down), but I haven't seen a bad pass yet.
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08-09-2014, 10:55 PM
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College Prospect
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Bryson Shitty, NC
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The only negative I saw with Manziel was his tendency to want to do things himself when the play was there to be made by a team mate. The option play on 3rd and 1 where the RB would have had an easy first down and Johnny failed to convert it to the outside, and the roll out play where his FB was wide open for an easy first down. Manziel still got the first on this play, but if the DE got him, that's another blown opportunity. As much as I would love to see him suck ass, he looked decent tonight.
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08-10-2014, 09:35 AM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA
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my beloved Cards looking very good in preseason so far with a 32-0 win over the hapless Texans. All three QB's (Palmer, Stanton, Thomas) had TD drives with rookie Thomas looking surprisingly good 11/12 for 113 yards. The only real bad result was the lack of a running game-just 22 yards rushing in the first half and got tackled for a loss many times.
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08-11-2014, 08:53 AM
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Hockey Boy
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Royal Oak, MI
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I know the focus of the Lions/Browns pre-season game was all "Johny Manziel Johny Manziel Johny Manziel Johny Manziel Johny Manziel Johny Manziel Johny Manziel Johny Manziel Johny Manziel Johny Manziel Johny Manziel Johny Manziel Johny Manziel Johny Manziel Johny Manziel"
That being said: Dan Orlovsky is the worst. He sucks the joy out of everything. He's a Black Hole of Suck. He's awful and he's a constant reminder of that horrible 0-16 season and that horrible play. It's not that I'm worried about the backup, it's just that his presence on the team is a constant reminder of that horrible era and really brings into question the overall intelligence and talent evaluation of Mayhew and Caldwell. It hangs like a cloud over any possible progress or sign that these aren't the "S.O.L." or "Same Old Lions."
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08-11-2014, 09:03 AM
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Aug 2008
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08-11-2014, 09:54 AM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA
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wow on the Manning Brothers commercial. Not sure I was the intended audience for that lol. The Mannings certainly don't have a problem making a fool of themselves for TV do they?
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08-11-2014, 10:01 AM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: NYC
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Gotta be the most self-aware athletes in a long time...much more Peyton than Eli though, you can feel how uncomfortable he is most of the time.
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08-13-2014, 03:48 PM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: NYC
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Found this pretty interesting.
Watching the Rams-Saints preseason tilt with the NFL’s injury spotter | The MMQB with Peter King |
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08-13-2014, 04:51 PM
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Cary, NC
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And yet we have the archaic replay system we're stuck with...
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08-13-2014, 05:15 PM
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Northern Kentucky
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Things that make you scratch your head.
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08-14-2014, 09:00 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Nov 2003
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If I had to make a way too soon prediction based on a few drives of a preseason game, id say Bortles has a chance to be really good
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08-14-2014, 10:13 PM
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2013
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08-14-2014, 10:30 PM
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Aug 2008
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I had forgotten that Clausen was still in the league but then I had to try and see if I was remembering the right failed ND NFL QB.
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08-14-2014, 11:02 PM
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College Prospect
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Bryson Shitty, NC
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I have to agree. He made some good throws tonight, he looked off the safety and did those types of little things.. He threw accurately, he has the physical tools. I am impressed with him more than any other rookie QB so far, but I think Bridgewater will be good too.
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08-15-2014, 07:42 AM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: NYC
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I understood questioning the Jags taking Bortles at 3, but what seems like such an overwhelming majority in the media thinking he was some kind of disaster waiting to happen never made any sense to me. He was really really good in college and has pretty much all the skills/attributes you look for in a QB. A learning curve is expected of course but if he has a good supporting cast there's no reason he can't be successful.
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08-15-2014, 08:26 AM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: North Carolina
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This may be too much pop psychology, but I think that some of it has to do with his name. Blake Bortles sounds like kind of a joke name. If he had been the exact same guy, but had been named Blake Jackson, I think that people may have taken him a bit more seriously. |
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08-15-2014, 08:40 AM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: NYC
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Ha fair point. Not sure if anyone ever listens to the fairly popular "Solid Verbal" podcast but the hosts had a lot of fun with his name last year.
Honestly though, one look at his girlfriend should be enough to think of him as the prototypical QB. |
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08-16-2014, 11:51 AM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Catonsville, MD
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And as a jags fan I hope he goes the way of Brunell and....uh....Brunell. And you know, not Leftwich, Gabbert, Henne, Garrard or Beurlein. All of which were declared starters, and not just injury folks or hopefuls like Rob Johnson or Ryan Fitzpatrick. When your second best QB, of ALL TIME for your team is David Garrard...man... So here we go Bortles!
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08-16-2014, 01:06 PM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: North Carolina
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From the "you have to follow the team to get the significance" files, Saints CB Keenan Lewis went down with an undisclosed leg/foot injury last night.
The Saints are looking strong, but #2 CB (and CB depth in general) was the teams's biggest question. If Lewis is lost for the season, that ends up converting a bad situation into a full-blown huge weakness for the team. A weakness that will become very apparent in week one against Roddy White and Julio Jones. |
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08-16-2014, 05:24 PM
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Northern Kentucky
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Not sure Sam will make the Rams. He has looked overmatched today vs. the Packers so far today.
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08-16-2014, 06:22 PM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Newburgh, NY
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Practice squad is calling.
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08-16-2014, 06:34 PM
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Death Herald
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas
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The Cowboys defense is so bad, they've given up 14 points so far, and haven't even taken the field yet.
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08-16-2014, 06:48 PM
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College Prospect
Join Date: Dec 2006
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Any Giants fans in the house? What are the odds Eli is a backup QB in less than two years? I'd say 80%. Seriously though, for fantasy purposes, wtf is happening with their passing game?
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08-16-2014, 06:49 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2013
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I feel ya. Between Peyton Manning and Andrew Luck us Colts fans had to suffer through a whole season with an unretired Kerry Collins, Curtis Painter, and Dan Orlovsky.
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08-16-2014, 07:01 PM
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Favored Bitch #1
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: homeless in NJ
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Odds are about 1%. Eli isn't the problem, the O-Line is total crap and they have no running game. When Eli retires it will be as the starter. |
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08-16-2014, 07:42 PM
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Northern Kentucky
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The Cowboys are just plain bad.
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08-16-2014, 09:39 PM
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2013
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Just by looking at the scorebox, perhaps the Giants should start their 3rd stringers. After all they scored 27 points in the 4th quarter.
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08-16-2014, 10:11 PM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Newburgh, NY
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Andy Dalton may not be a top tier QB, but he better stay healthy. The Bengals backups are quite possibly the worst in the league. Tonight they threw 35 times with an avg/att under 3.
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08-16-2014, 10:13 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Kansas City, MO
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I doubt he'd make it to their practice squad. While the Rams are loaded at DL, he's shown enough that someone would claim him before he made it to their practice squad. There's a lot of teams that could use him. |
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08-16-2014, 10:50 PM
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"Dutch"
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Tampa, FL
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ESPN is reporting that Sam got a sack.
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08-16-2014, 10:53 PM
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College Prospect
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Bryson Shitty, NC
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I'll be glad when Campbell is healthy again. Scott really shit the bed and blew what was probably the best chance he will ever have to make a career as a backup in the NFL. After as good as he looked last week, he was just ugly bad this week. Dalton on the other hand.. Well, he looks like he either owns the Jets D, or he really has taken a step forward this off season. His deep balls were gorgeous, especially the one to Sanu.
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08-17-2014, 07:27 AM
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College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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Steelers backups are just as bad.
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08-17-2014, 08:55 AM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Dayton, OH
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Jason Campbell was terrible last week though, so if I were the Bengals I would not be standing pat on Jason Campbell just because he had one mediocre year under Hue Jackson.
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08-17-2014, 10:30 AM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Catonsville, MD
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I hear ya. I mean, if you are going to shit your way out of a backup job, at least do it so epicly bad that people in Europe are closing their windows. You want to shut down more flights than that Icelandic volcano. You want to hit high on the Richter scale of shits, you know?
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08-17-2014, 12:06 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2008
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I feel like I'm missing something obvious, where's McCarron?
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08-17-2014, 12:44 PM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Newburgh, NY
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He has a hurt shoulder. He's missed all of camp, so he'd be a huge risk for a 2nd qb. He'll probably be IRed so he can learn without taking a roster spot.
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08-17-2014, 04:00 PM
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College Prospect
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Bryson Shitty, NC
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I concur. Dola? Dola. Also, Jason Campbell is one of the top 5 backup QB's in the league. He was shaky in his first preseason start, no big deal. He'll be fine. Undola'd
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