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  1. dew1679666265
    Well, you can but we're trying to shoot for realism, so......
  2. dew1679666265
    There is something dirty and dangerous about leading with the crown of your helmet. If you get clotheslined or speared the other team will be penalized. There's no rule about spearing unless you lead with your helmet, is there? Also, if it's dirty to drop your pads when contact is about to be made, then pretty much every ballcarrier in NFL history has been dirty pretty consistently.
  3. dew1679666265
    I know there's a lot of alarmism going on and I know concussions are a significant issue, but this is getting ridiculous. How in the world is this enforceable without really dragging down the games? I do not get all the "dragging down the game" alarmism when it comes to these rules. Steelers fans have been apoplectic because they are stacked with dirty players who make dirty plays and now get called on it. These rules are essentially enforcing the way every youth coach should have been teaching his players how to play the game safely. You can still hit the crap out of guys in this sport and still have fantastic contests without the stuff they are now cracking down on. I've never complained about banning dirty stuff from the game. However, there's nothing dirty about getting your shoulder pads out front before you get tackled. When that happens, you're opening yourself up to either leaning slightly too much and getting a legit penalty or the ref making a bad call and screwing a team. If you don't do that, then you open yourself up to getting clotheslined or speared and potentially seriously injured.
  4. dew1679666265
    I didn't know that it wasn't applicable inside the tackle box, that makes it much more palatable. I kind of wonder, though, if it's really as rare as they make it sound, what's the point of the penalty? If it happens that little then it's basically just a chance for refs to screw up with minimal benefit. Pointless at best, in other words.
  5. dew1679666265
    I know there's a lot of alarmism going on and I know concussions are a significant issue, but this is getting ridiculous. How in the world is this enforceable without really dragging down the games?
  6. dew1679666265
    6 teams left to fill: Bucs, Packers, Redskins, Eagles, Broncos, Steelers davell and UK have also volunteered to double up, but haven't given preferences. So unless they give me a preference I'll give them whoever is left.
  7. dew1679666265
    Vanilla Ice now has the 49ers as well and Raisin, I gave you the Cardinals. Not exactly west coast, but as close as we have left.
  8. dew1679666265
    I went ahead and edited the title to try to draw attention to the fact that we still have spots to fill. I also started doubling up, so for those who have volunteered if you have any preference let me know (already got goony and raw).
  9. dew1679666265
    In perhaps the biggest moves of the offseason for any team, the Titans cut Matt Hasselbeck and Jordan Babineaux today and signed Ryan Fitzpatrick. I really like these moves. Fitzpatrick is younger and better than Hasselbeck, but is still a really smart guy (and QB, I believe) with experience who can help tutor Locker. Babineaux isn't very good, is already redundant with the addition of George Wilson and will become moreso if the Titans (please) sign Bernard Pollard.
  10. dew1679666265
    This is a really awful idea.
  11. dew1679666265
    5* RB Jalen Hurd committed to Tennessee today. I was happy but unconvinced early on in this recruiting process when Butch got commits from Vic Wharton, Todd Kelly and Neiko Creamer because, while they're good players (especially Kelly), all are legacies and were easier to convince to commit. Other than being an in-state guy, though, Hurd doesn't have a prior connection to Tennessee. This is the first really hopeful sign I've seen from Butch - hopefully there will be more soon.
  12. dew1679666265
    I love how the announcers are glowing over Torre's idea to have guys like Braun and Stanton bunt. Has Torre always been this old school?
  13. dew1679666265
    Why is Willie Bloomquist even on the team? Did that many guys turn us down or was it a "he's normally a utility guy so he'll be better as a utility guy for us than guys who are better at baseball than him" thing?
  14. dew1679666265
    Nice. More likely Milliner falls to 10.
  15. dew1679666265
    PFF hates Avril. He topped their most overvalued Lions list.
  16. dew1679666265
    Titans sign Shonn Greene (3/10) and Sammie Lee Hill. Not as excited about these as I was about the Levitre addition. Greene could fit in the right role (power back behind CJ) and Hill is a decent body in the middle of the line, but I'm not crazy about either.
  17. dew1679666265
    I'll take the Colts. Gotcha.
  18. dew1679666265
    And National Championships That's Alabama that does that. If you ask a Bama fan, they'll claim the Tide won a national title every year.
  19. dew1679666265
    I would've preferred Keller to Delanie Walker for the Titans. That's a good move for Miami.
  20. dew1679666265
    He's definitely a Fisher guy, so that doesn't surprise me too much. If he develops well he's got the talent to be worth that contract, but he'll have to develop.
  21. dew1679666265
    Wow, I like Cook a lot but that's a little crazy.
  22. dew1679666265
    He's a Jeff Fisher type of player - insanely athletic. Was Fisher the Titans HC when they drafter him? Yep.
  23. dew1679666265
    He's a Jeff Fisher type of player - insanely athletic.
  24. dew1679666265
    Titans also, for whatever unexplainable reason, signed Delanie Walker. Craig Stevens is better than Walker and this leaves Taylor Thompson as the only receiving threat at TE with Cook gone.
  25. dew1679666265
    Good news for Bears fans hoping for Warmack or Cooper to drop to 20 (obviously Cooper is more likely). And good news for dew. I'm really happy about this. We desperately need help at guard after settling for the corpse of Steve Hutchinson last year. Levitre's actually a legit, long term answer on the interior of the line. I was pretty heavily against going offensive line in the first round prior to this and now I'm really against it.
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