Couldn’t help myself. Of the 33 1st round QBs the last 10yrs - these refer to first time starts only - 14 started their teams opener (40%)...
Didn’t look at that specifically, I just looked at total starts on pro-football reference. My guess is it’s maybe 1/3 to 1/2, but not more than...
I looked this up a few weeks when people were debating the merits of letting Pickett sit and learn. in the 10 seasons between 2012 and 2021....
I dont think it was a clerical error. It was intentional to indulge two of Tomlin’s guilty pleasures: 1) Jerking around Mason Rudolph 2)...
Ben will almost certainly be a first ballot HOFer. The only conceivable way he wouldn’t have been is if Brady hadn’t retired a they wouldn’t want...
Has the backup QB ever been a captain when the starter was not? For any team? Ever? In NFL history?
Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth dear And he keeps them pearly white. A bar I used to hang out in college would always play Mack the Knife to...
Burrow had the appendectomy on July 26. The Cincy Game Is 45 days later. Ben played 15 days after appendectomy and struggled for a while,...
Drafting a QB in Round 7 was stupid. You needed a guy not to take snaps during training camp? Sign some bozo off the street and cut him....
LeGlue: The ultimate fate of slow French racehorses
Practice Squad money ain’t bad, but it’s a fraction of the NFL minimum. The issue is the practice squad tend to be week-to-week, few players...
Shane’s Dad, Steve, played for the Pirates for a couple of yrs in the early ‘90s.
Scene: KC Chiefs Media Room, Full of breathless sports media hacks waiting for major presser from Andy Reid. The press crowd is quiet as...
If I understand this, you’re mad that MT hasn’t come out and said that Mitch is the starter. Maybe because the answer is obvious. The Head...
2025? Not 2024? That’s 3 drafts from now. That really is getting him for nothing.
Looks like he might be better than the schmoos they have. FWIW.
Pickett starting for the Steelers IS inevitable. Unless he screws up big time, Pickett will be the starter for the Steelers at some point. The...
Putting Oladokun on the practice squad is like deciding to keep that ugly old sweater that you never wear. You hate to throw it out, because you...
He’s not making $5mil. Take a look around the league, Tyrod Taylor and Geno Smith are making similar money, and are far older. Hell, Half this...
On his way out the door, with his final draft pick, Kevin Colbert took a $100 bill and lit a cigar with it.
