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[Speedy]

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If Fournette could actually go in the draft, he's the unanimous #1 right?

[redsox4evur]

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If Fournette could actually go in the draft, he's the unanimous #1 right?

Not eligible this year. Only a true sophomore but I still agree.

[Speedy]

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Not eligible this year. Only a true sophomore but I still agree.

Yeah, why I said could.

Who knows now, looks like the NCAA is looking at him...could be sitting a year now due to suspension rather than choice.

[TracerBullet]

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Outkast was approached by the NFL for the Super Bowl halftime show but they turned it down. *sigh*

[jWILL253]

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Andre 3K ain't tryin'a pay the NFL for a one abbreviated song performance sandwiched between two flabby and sick bands.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Outkast was approached by the NFL for the Super Bowl halftime show but they turned it down. *sigh*

Good.

Because they don't need to be sharing the stage with anyone else. Not trying to hear Taylor Swift or Katy Perry jump or any other random popular artist jump on one of their songs.

In the meantime, I'll continue holding out hope on getting one more Outkast album before I die.

[rdnk]

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Caldwell is safe for the rest of the year, but he and Stafford may be next on the chopping block.

Let's not promote internally this time.

Caldwell is just a warm body.

I looked up Stafford's contract. If you cut him in the offseason, you'd have 11 M in dead cap in 2016. If you wait until 2017, then it is 5.5 M. It is not impossible to cut him, but I think it would behoove the next coach to see what he can do with Stafford in his first year, and if not, then he can cut him then. His cap hit itself is 22 M, which is probably too large to trade. They could reduce it and kick some bonus ahead, but that would make it more difficult to cut him later on.

While it would never happen, Megatron has a 24 M cap hit and 13 M in penalties if you cut him in 2016. Like it or not, I seriously doubt the team will change much next season.

After Stafford and Megatron, there really aren't any other massive contracts.

Lions get 18 M in cap room next season from dead money coming off the ledger. A restructure and extension for Reiff could open up some more space too. If Ngata leaves, that's another 8.5 M that opens up. So there is cap space available if they want to make some 2nd and 3rd tier splashes to add depth or fill holes with competent players.

[ggsimmonds]

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Sherman is 60 years old...Belichek, Nick Saban and Pete Carroll are older than him. I think if he wanted to, he could easily get hired as an OL coach as that's his main calling.

Coaching HS has a lot less expectations though...even Spurrier intimated at doing HS coaching after retiring from SC.

It is not about his age. Yeah he could probably still land a job in the NFL, at this point he probably doesn't want to. He is retired from the NFL, but not from football.

It'd be so awesome if teams actually tried to build their team up before just throwing a rookie out there.

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Do you see the built in problem with this post? How do you build up teams without rookies?

I'm of the mindset that getting rookies on the field quickly is better than easing them into it. I don't think having a guy redshirt his first year helps any. At the end of the day what matters is the kid's abilities and the coaching.

[ggsimmonds]

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Caldwell is just a warm body.

I looked up Stafford's contract. If you cut him in the offseason, you'd have 11 M in dead cap in 2016. If you wait until 2017, then it is 5.5 M. It is not impossible to cut him, but I think it would behoove the next coach to see what he can do with Stafford in his first year, and if not, then he can cut him then. His cap hit itself is 22 M, which is probably too large to trade. They could reduce it and kick some bonus ahead, but that would make it more difficult to cut him later on.

While it would never happen, Megatron has a 24 M cap hit and 13 M in penalties if you cut him in 2016. Like it or not, I seriously doubt the team will change much next season.

After Stafford and Megatron, there really aren't any other massive contracts.

Lions get 18 M in cap room next season from dead money coming off the ledger. A restructure and extension for Reiff could open up some more space too. If Ngata leaves, that's another 8.5 M that opens up. So there is cap space available if they want to make some 2nd and 3rd tier splashes to add depth or fill holes with competent players.

I don't know the contract details, but if his cap hit is $22 mil and cutting him leaves $11 mil in dead money them go ahead and cut him if finances are all that is holding you back. The net result would be $10 mil more.

But a new head coach may opt to keep him another year.

[TracerBullet]

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Caldwell is just a warm body.

I looked up Stafford's contract. If you cut him in the offseason, you'd have 11 M in dead cap in 2016. If you wait until 2017, then it is 5.5 M. It is not impossible to cut him, but I think it would behoove the next coach to see what he can do with Stafford in his first year, and if not, then he can cut him then. His cap hit itself is 22 M, which is probably too large to trade. They could reduce it and kick some bonus ahead, but that would make it more difficult to cut him later on.

While it would never happen, Megatron has a 24 M cap hit and 13 M in penalties if you cut him in 2016. Like it or not, I seriously doubt the team will change much next season.

After Stafford and Megatron, there really aren't any other massive contracts.

Lions get 18 M in cap room next season from dead money coming off the ledger. A restructure and extension for Reiff could open up some more space too. If Ngata leaves, that's another 8.5 M that opens up. So there is cap space available if they want to make some 2nd and 3rd tier splashes to add depth or fill holes with competent players.

They likely wouldn't be cutting Stafford if he's gone next season. He'd be traded. Either way, he's gone by 2017 imo. I think we'll be looking for his replacement this offseason.

[rdnk]

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I don't know the contract details, but if his cap hit is $22 mil and cutting him leaves $11 mil in dead money them go ahead and cut him if finances are all that is holding you back. The net result would be $10 mil more.

But a new head coach may opt to keep him another year.

Well the real reason is that we don't have anyone else at QB. We could draft a QB, but I'm not super high on any of them in this draft. I don't see any of them matching Stafford's 2011 numbers. We have lots of holes on D or OL to fill.

[ggsimmonds]

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Well the real reason is that we don't have anyone else at QB. We could draft a QB, but I'm not super high on any of them in this draft. I don't see any of them matching Stafford's 2011 numbers. We have lots of holes on D or OL to fill.

Agreed. I don't think it would be smart to get rid of Stafford and spend the next 5 years looking for a "franchise QB." That is a trap that too many teams fall into and end up changing starters every season. That is the best way to consistently be a bottom feeding team. Stafford is an average QB. You can win with an average QB. I'd focus on the positions where the team is sub-par.

[Psyblast]

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Caldwell is safe for the rest of the year, but he and Stafford may be next on the chopping block.

Let's not promote internally this time.

You mean firing Millen but keeping literally every person around him and putting his flunky in charge wasn't actually a good idea?

[jWILL253]

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Bengals legit.

[redsrule]

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Bengals legit.

Dalton has been awesome all year and they have a ridiculous amount of weapons. Eifert is a beast and him being healthy has been a huge boost for the team. Actually gives them a big threat over the middle they haven't had in a long time. Defense is improving with Burfict back.

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