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That legitimately made me laugh out loud. Since Stewart was just taken, I wish we could have picked him instead of wormley.

And we get Tim Williams. Like the pick, but it should have been in place of Wormley. Then go offense.

I really hope you're right.

Hopefully Nembot or Skura step up and help our problem at O-line. Not saying I think they're the next big thing, but finding a solution in one of those guys would be ideal (kinda stating the obvious here).

What happened to superbowels? Did we find a cure?

This is a video I stumbled upon that talks about how the NFL could be improved (start watching at 6:45 to see where the NFL talk actually starts) which is why I started thinking about the subject. It's a podcast so there's a lot of random junk scattered in between NFL talks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RNRNiEQeOY They propose kicking up the roster size to 60 or so players with no rules as to how many you can dress (which I am in support of), boosting the season to around 20 weeks with 2 byes and introducing a sort of minor league. They also exercise Harbaugh's and Tuck's idea of getting points from kickoffs, and talk about ways to make the extra point more exciting. Boosting the roster size would help out to have more of a rotation with players and teams wouldn't have to cut down in one position in order to pad another (for instance, having only 2 QBs to have an extra RB). Also limiting how many players you're allowed to dress in a game doesn't make any sense to me. Kicking up the season length and adding a bye I don't see the problem with. They proposed converting 2 of the preseason games into regular season games to make the regular season 18 games. Sure it would make season/career stats have to come with an asterisk because players would be playing more games than before, but that's easy to account for. Maybe we could see less commercials in games because of the NFL getting more advertisements in this way, and maybe add a few minutes to half time to further reduce the amount of commercials we see between drives and such. If we introduce minors that's even more revenue, therefore even less commercials hopefully. A minor league would give players like UDFAs a chance to prove themselves and also give them game experience against NFL-worthy talent. This also gives us more football, which I don't think anybody is against. The NFL could also benefit from them by testing out rules in the minors and sending down refs as a punishment if they have abysmal games. Every NFL team would have their own minor team in their state or an adjacent one. The minors could maybe even play in the spring (it might be better to have the season run alongside NFLs regular season to allow for teams to pull players out when they need them), and I'd love to barely spend any money to see our next big prospects play a game. I see this as an improvement to the practice squad, giving us more players and a more meaningful, competitive experience. We can also pull any players out of the minors rather than just having 10 that we picked, so if we like what we see in a QB we might not need him but he could be a good backup. The extra point is the most boring play in sports, maybe a mandatory 2 point conversion should be considered. The guys talk about maybe having an option to kick from a few yards closer to the opposite goalpost instead of going for two, and having a touchback go back to maybe the 15 or so yard line to further reward booting the ball as far as you can. Also maybe give returners the option to slide instead of giving their bodies up on a return so we can see teams run it out more instead of just kneeling it to guarantee the 25 yard line, and injuries would be less likely with the slide option. Just posting to have a conversation about it and see if there's anything I'm missing with yall's opinions. I've really only thought about it while posting, so if I'm mistaken in seeing this as a good thing I'd like to know where I'm wrong.

I really like our team this year, our problems are very fixable in the draft. There are guys already on the roster that can hopefully compete for a starting spot in the O-line alongside whoever we take in the draft (which will be someone early) and I love how our defense is coming along. I like Judon as an edge rusher and if we add Tim Williams (even better if it's Barnett) our pass rush is looking good. Not sure if we take Humphrey, if no one slides I see us taking Tim Williams, Robinson, or Ramczyk.

I'd say he has closer to pounds.

I really like picking up Gordon, I think he could be a great player and if he messes up again then he's not our problem anymore. Low risk, high reward. If he can't stop violating the rules in a job that gets him millions of dollars a year for playing an awesome sport, he won't be able to stay on the team. Just an ounce of maturity could get us great talent at a low price.

I more meant that what I've seen of him doesn't make him best pick for us in the second at such a crowded position. BPA wasn't the word to use.

I'd switch it if I could lol

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The only TE we have the slightest chance of taking would be Howard as a BPA, and that's also unlikely with all the TEs we have already. Njoku won't be BPA in the second and we'd be wasting such a high pick on such a crowded position with lots of potential.

I think Ross meant if we do have Flacco take a pay cut this year then what FAs would actually be a surefire way of fixing the O-line. As in where would the money from Flacco's cut go.

OK I see what you're saying. I saw "Adams could fall out of the top ten" and assumed he got Sidney Jones'd. Probably cause I don't see him falling unless something like that happens.

Why is Jamal Adams expected to fall now? If he was injured at his pro day I haven't heard anything about it.

Thanks for explaining the limited suit-up rule I had no idea what the point of it was. I think maybe the suit-ups should be altered to where you can only suit up to the team with the lower amount of active players, so for instance if it's a 49-53 battle then the 53 team will still have to only suit up 49 rather than the suit up rule now that makes it the same for all teams despite roster condition.

The only reason I would like a roster boost to around 60 is so there could be more of a rotation of players, but as for realism, yeah I see what you're saying. As for how the minor league would be supported maybe I could reference how the MLB handles the minors but I have no idea how they do it, maybe the NFL could absorb a league. Owners might be more enticed to have a minor league because it gives a large pool of potential talent to pull from and improve their teams with, profits from things like ticket sales and merch could help but they won't gain nearly as much as they would with any NFL teams and starting the minors would be costly whereas maintaining them shouldn't be as bad. So I agree with you, but I still think the boost to 60 and minor leagues could work.

Honestly I'd love to see a minor league implemented, it helps the NFL in revenue, teams by picking up good prospects with a better alternative to the practice squad, and fans for more football as well as the aforementioned gains from their teams' success. Not sure if other teams should be able to grab players from other minor teams though or in what circumstances they'd be able to do it, but I've thought of possible pathways for this.

I agree, it's just as much the defender's job to not illegally interfere as it is for them to not get burnt; if you interfere, you didn't do your job and gave up a big play, if you get burnt, you didn't do your job and gave up a big play. I think if we make everything reviewable then it won't matter what intent was anyway, it would clarify whether or not a defender was given an advantage in the way they covered someone (getting tangled with a WR at the line, not turning your head and disallowing the receiver to attempt a catch, etc).

Yeah, but it's all up to Ozzie and he has access to information that we don't, so we'll see come draft day whether or not Tim's worth that 16th pick. I'm just hoping that he learns from his mistakes and it's just him making bad decisions when he's young, but as you said that could also be attached to guys like Gordon when making excuses for them. I'm not sure about Gordon's and Gregory's case but I like that Williams admitted fault to the public without having to.

Yeah I think I remember you talking about that on a topic about Tim. I just meant that if his character concerns are his biggest problem, then he's a good pick up because I don't see anyone making a good argument as to why he's too much character for us to handle.

I really don't think Williams has character issues, he's shown maturity in his interviews and owned up to his mistakes. He seems pretty humble and responsible from when I've seen him talk, and if Ozzie looks into him I'm sure he could get Bama staff to give insight to whether or not character concerns are legitimate.

Hail Mr. Automatic.

True. I've mostly watched college football, where there's virtually no challenge to the kickers. It also gets blocked way more now due to the further yardage.