Oh those Pesky Belusian Gopher Flies! Like any good intergalactic agent – I shoot a photon missile directly at a planet. I know its not the most creative way to destroy a planet…but I love watching the way the planet explodes.
Except mid air…out of nowhere a Gopher Fly grabs the missile and takes it away before it makes contact. Light years away I see an explosion in the direction the fly went.
That must be what a pick six feels like.
Then days later…I found out that one of the Alpha Alien’s favorite vacation moons has exploded after it was hit by MY MISSILE!
And who gets blamed for that!
I don’t even know what those pests are…are they a rodent or an insect…
kinda reminds of some of the prospects I can’t place
Su’a Cravens is a fascinating prospect. In his freshmen year Cravens played Safety for USC, then USC switched him to Linebacker.
At both positions he excelled at USC.
So which is he in the NFL?
Well, I’ve seen him called the next Troy Polamalu.
And I think he fits the mold of a safety.
But not everyone agrees. In fact I’m hearing a lot of NFL scouts are projecting him at Linebacker in the NFL. Which surprises me. But what do I know – I’m not even from your miserable planet.
Could it be that Cravens fits the mold of the new NFL pass covering linebacker? Seems like this sort of Linebacker is more and more what the NFL wants out of the position in a pass happy NFL.
Cravens may not be the best coverage linebacker in the draft this year, that honor probably goes to his instate rival Myles Jack. But Cravens is one of the best available this year and one of the best I can remember.
But that is not the only thing Cravens did at USC. Cravens had over 200 tackles in 3 years at USC. He forced 4 fumbles and had over 10 sacks in the last two years while playing linebacker. So this guy is pretty versatile and makes impact plays.
But how about those 9 career interceptions NFL scouts? Don’t tell me that is not a safety I see in the field!
Well, scouts counter that by mentioning Cravens’ lack of speed. In fact he is not expected to run a very fast 40 yard dash at the combine.
But then again, if Cravens runs a fast 40, I wonder if the Cravens at safety talk picks up?
I expect Cravens to be picked int he first two rounds of the NFL draft. There is even some talk he may go in the first round, but it’s too early to know.
What I do know is that Su’a Cravens reminds me of one of the pesky Belusian Gopher Flies. That son of a bitch will pick it off and take it back for a touchdown! That’s his alien weapon of destruction!
You can watch his highlights here to see what I mean
Finsmob Unleashed 
The salary cap is so confusing. It appears from the chart on over the cap. Calm that we can carry over 9.3 million from last year and that we are approximately 9.1 million over the cap this year which mean anything weird by cutting players moving forward would be a net add to our salary cap. But there are so many conflicting reports out there it’s hard to be sure. It’s a good thing the team has somebody who’s in charge of this stuff!
LOL – That’s the mellow version of overthecap.com 🙂
It’s really not that confusing, don’t consume yourself by the details of the cap, just go to a sight like http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/miami-dolphins/cap/ and use their figures. What you need to know about the cap is you can carry over some number, which is close to $20 mil, from the previous yr, if you choose to, by letting the league know on some designated date towards the end of each yr. A bonus paid can be prorated over the length of the contract. Dead money counts only when you release a player that has bonus money already paid by not figured into a yrs salary cap. That’s basically it.
As for the $9.1 mil over the cap that’s for the 2016 salaries using the 2015 cap figure of $143 mil. Estimated 2016 cap is $153 mil, so that puts us $1 mil under, then the recent cuts of Coples and McCain puts us $11 mil under. Suh is going to be paid this yrs salary in a bonus, which will save us $19 mil, so we’re looking at having $30 mil to work with, additionally they can cut or rework other contracts.
Speaking of that person, I’m glad Aponte stayed. She has nothing to do with who gets the money, but she does a great job of distributing it.
You just want Aponte to straighten your tie.
LOL @ .calm
Lets see if this works
Steve,
Right now he’ll go anywhere from rd 2-4. Wide range, but you just don’t know how the draft will in regards to RBs in general.
He’s a steal in the 4th, I’d like to take him in the 3rd.
Mike,
Weren’t there a few people retardedly blaming her for the guys Ireland signed like she was the GM? I’ve seen some Twitiots blame her also😂
Wow…never had heard about any of this. Maybe Peyton isn’t as squeaky clean as it seems. Probably would have been much different had facebook and twitter existed at the time. If you’re caught in a lie about one thing, anything you say can be questioned. Makes me wonder about the HGH or whatever it was that was shipped to him.
http://nydn.us/1Sn5F07
People will always keep their eyes and ears shut to the truth.
When it suits their agenda, but when the truth is bent by someone else these same people cry bloody murder.
As for Peyton, of course he took something, but if he had admitted it before the SB he wouldn’t have been able to play.
As for Peyton’s sexual assault case in college, I heard about it a couple of weeks before the SB. Really strange how the story didn’t get bigger legs.
https://twitter.com/MDCheer/status/698224178026127361
The report about college comes up every couple of years but it gets quickly denounced bc of the image they built for Peyton. Just like everything else in regards to him. People want to believe their sports heroes are flawless and have their kids look up to them for some reason. Heck there are still middle aged men who look to players half their age just bc they can play a sport.
The Peyton story was widely reported years back. There were significant factual discrepancies in the plaintiff’s account. I think ultimately it settled.
Correct Ken. This was known at draft time . This entire piece is being treated as breaking news by the biggest Race Baiter on Social Media, Shaun King. This is only pulled from the archives because the “Black QB” didn’t win the super bowl. Shaun King is well known sack of shit who constantly fabricates stories to push the race envelope.
D-Bolt
Of course there were. She (Aponte) really does a great job. Sometimes I’ve thought that maybe she should pick the players. lol
Last year, the “black QB” didn’t win either, but I suppose that “black QB” won already, so it didn’t matter. Actually, it’s funny how that “back QB” didn’t create a controversy at all. Hmm, maybe it’s just this years “black QB” is an ass!
Yeah, because this year’s “black QB” had to tell all of us unwashed how we have never seen a “black QB” like him before….I am so, so glad he let us know he was black……why the “F” did he even make that qualifier?
The same reason he does everything else, to bring attention to himself. Do we need to know any more than he named his son Chosen? The poor kid has to go through life with that name, but Cam doesn’t care, because its all about Cam.
When the media brought to our attention all the BS about how he celebrates on the field, I wrote it off and was backing Cam, when they said he should’ve fallen on the fumble towards the end of the game I backed him (thinking I want to see the replay before I decide, because a football doesn’t bounce like a basketball, he could’ve been timing the hop), until I heard his BS excuse about hurting his leg.
Now I’m starting to really hate him, because he’s acting like a pompous jerk.
Blind leading the blind
sb7mvp says:
February 13, 2016 at 1:59 pm (Edit)
The report about college comes up every couple of years but it gets quickly denounced bc of the image they built for Peyton. Just like everything else in regards to him. People want to believe their sports heroes are flawless and have their kids look up to them for some reason. Heck there are still middle aged men who look to players half their age just bc they can play a sport.
*****
Likewise their are middle aged men eager to tear down sports stars
I don’t get either poc
Fans aren’t building relationships with athletes when they watch them. They are just watching the game. I really don’t get all the Cam Newton bashing. Who cares about his personality? He just plays a game we all like to watch.
For you guys
Everyone lost their mind, everyone being the media, because his demeanor on the field was an issue before the game. There’s nothing here write about something else.
Comparing things these two have done during their careers is like comparing stats, or like they said on the radio this morning stats are like bikinis they reveal some things, but what they don’t reveal is the important part.
Here is some info on Shawn King that DBolt referred too
He isn’t exactly credible
https://twitter.com/allbrightnfl/status/698638066886397952
I remember reading that Peyton story before
I do think there is a double standard with Cam
But I see no reason to tear other guys down
I don’t understand why peoyou or are so eager to tear any athletes down
So I don’t get the Cam bs at all
The guy had a great year and is an exceptional football player
I think the panthers will be a good team for a while
Lots of good football players and well coached
Except Tom Brady
That fuck has it coming to him 😈
They’re just looking for a story, when they bring up racism its always heated, so anything they can spin on racism they do. The real racists in sports are the writers. Would any of us have a different opinion of Tannehill, if he was black? I don’t think so. Do we hate Landry, because he’s black? I don’t think so. Does Homey play that…
8: R1P8 OLB MYLES JACK, UCLA
42: R2P11 CB JALEN MILLS, LSU
73: R3P10 CB XAVIEN HOWARD, BAYLOR
108: R4P9 ILB SCOOBY WRIGHT III, ARIZONA
147: R5P8 C MAX TUERK, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
189: R6P11 OT ALEX LEWIS, NEBRASKA
225: R7P6 DE DEAN LOWRY, NORTHWESTERN
229: R7P10 TE DARION GRISWOLD, ARKANSAS STATE
Since I posted it, I’ll say this. I had never heard of the story before. I have no idea who the author of the story is or his history. But there are court documents that seem to indicate something happened.
Piggy
Why does it surprise you that people care about sports stars personalities? It’s what separates them from everyone else. Some have a personality you can identify or appreciate, and some have one you just can’t stand, like Cam, Brandon Marshall and others like them. If Brandon Marshall wasn’t an asshole, wouldn’t he still be here?
Why do paparazzi exist, because people eat that shit up, they want to know everything about the stars. It’s the same thing with athletes.
Peyton Manning was bashed for walking off the field against the Saints. This revisionist history is annoying.
Again, they’re just looking to stir shit up.
It’s not revisionist
Peyton is idolized
It’s a pretty clear double standard
Rock
I bought the first 2 books of the RF series. I might actually start tonight, my wife still has work today. Busy season blows!
Peyton was all of what 18 when the joke turned into a BS assault happened.
I really have nothing to say if you think that would be considered funny, which is what a joke is intended to be. If it had been me, he would have had to answer no the next time someone asked him if he had any balls.
And he was 18, an adult according to the laws of the land. Old enough to know better.
So if I’m reading this correctly you aren’t saying it didn’t happen. It is just that he should be allowed to do that because he is young and stupid and has the mistaken idea that it’s funny?
Peyton should’ve been arrested for what he did, no question, but he was important to the U of Tenn, and they got it buried.
Of course it was wrong what he did (he probably thought it was funny), and maybe even worse to treat her the way he did in his book. I brought up the fact that he was 18, because he was just a kid, I’m pretty sure he’s learned from it, why bring it up 20 yrs later? You bring it up 20 yrs later, because you (Shaun King) have an agenda and this is a little evidence to back up your opinion .
The act itself isn’t what is in question, any reasonable adult, Peyton included, will tell you it was wrong. Maybe she overreacted, maybe not (I’m not judging her or her action), but if she had just laughed it off she wouldn’t have been fired from 2 colleges, and had to deal with the humiliation that she did. We’re talking about college, I’m sure this type of thing happens all the time, and I’m pretty sure no one (that laughed it off)that has had that done to them has lost any sleep, because of the nightmares it caused.
Again, I’m not saying it wasn’t wrong, I’m just saying sometimes people make too big a deal of things that are really harmless. Only she can answer the question of was this harmless. She’s sort of in the medical field, I’m sure that’s not the worst thing she’s seen or had done to her.
It’s really not that different from any whistle blower in a corporation, sure there’s things happen all the time that aren’t right, that people with power get away with, but when you blow the whistle you have to know it’s not going to be pretty at times, and you have to be prepared to be the one alienated or humiliated, so my question, was it really worth it? Life isn’t fair and it’s not always about who is right.
Opinions about what athletes do on and foo the field and how they carry themselves has been going on forever. It is just magnified now because of social media. I remember when Don Strock was let go, Dan Marino stormed out of the Dolphins facility and that was reported in the newspaper.
I personally do not believe any athlete is immune to it, and for them it comes with the territory, particularly in the NFL if you are a QB.
As fans we chose who we like and don’t like based on our own set of values…I personally do not like the way Cam handles himself, and as a football fan, that is part of the total experience. It may not appear to be fair..or it may be in some peoples opinions “BS”, but there are probably athletes others hate that I do not. No big deal, just part of being a fan.
Exactly. It’s also funny how the same people that probably think we’re wrong for bashing Cam call Tannehill “Opie” and say he says “Aw shucks” when we don’t win, but that’s fine, because after all, he’s a “white QB”, and the QB for our team, so we may as well bash him. Now the Carolina Panthers QB, no bashing allowed. Comical!
Yep
And don’t get me wrong, I don’t think there is a right or wrong, but I think you have to be able to accept it both ways…we will never all see athletes the same..LOL
Oh…and Cam is a petulant douche…LOL!
Cam is a douche and so is Manziel, just not in the same way. I don’t care for either of them, and I used to like them both. For Cam it’s fine, if he wants to do all the parading around, but he better expect to get shit when he screws up. It’s just human nature to hate people that tell you how great they are.
so cam bashing is frowned upon here but crawling up his ass and worshiping him is highly valued.
When you think not bashing him is crawling up his ass you have truly lost perspective
By the way, in case you haven’t noticed I am clearly outnumbered
Bashing cam newton will lead to a lot more support from most here than not doing it
So it’s hardly frowned upon bc I stated my opinion
I know your style of debate is to highlight extremes of an argument
But the guy had an MVP year and that can’t be denied
You can’t say he is not a good football player
He earned respect as a football player
I don’t care about his personality
I don’t care about an athletes personalities
That’s not crawling up his ass
That not being suckered into their de the media is taking the rest of you on
LOL
Gentlemen start your engines!
Good luck to Chase Elliot!!!!!!!!
GDP
You doing the racing challenge this year?
Never mind checked the message board!
Is that Peyton story about him sitting on a woman putting his junk in her face when in college? If so that’s not new news, we discussed it here awhile back. It’s not right or anything but it was typical asshole jock stuff. Just like back in the 70s and 80s when guys though it was okay to cop a feel.
We discussed it last offseason
I doubt that story ever goes away
I’m a fan of Peyton manning
Most of his career he has been a class act
But no one is perfect
And it’s really that simple
He happened to be a young kid in college when social media did not report every detail
So the story went under the rug at the time
Only to find its way out years later
Agreed.
I do not agree that the personality of athletes is part of the game or being a fan
I think it’s the roller coaster ride the media takes fans on to stay relevant
You guys have know me long enough to hear my arguments on this subject
I’ve made similar arguments amount Lebron James and Dawn Aponte
It’s just petty IMO
I wrote that piece about 5 people you will meet at the Super Bowl
And i mentioned “just let him play” being the dialogue when it came to can Newton
I expected the panthers to win
That would have been the dialogue if the panthers won
Instead it’s about what a bad person cam newton is
And I made the same type of arguments when the media was assailing dawn aponte as some sort of Shakespearean femme fatale
Cam newton public persona is based on whether he won or lost the Super Bowl
But the reality is plenty If good people have lost the Super Bowl
And plenty of bad people have won it
I don’t know if joe montana is a good guy
Or Jim Kelly is a bad guy
I think they are both good football players
And I think Montana is a better football player than kelly
But that’s all I like to think about based in winnig or losing games
Not who the player is
Mike
I’ve never called Tannehill Opie
Gigi would call him gomer or goober or something like that.
Why is everyone still discussing Cam’s attitude? I thought that died days ago.
Peyton has been made fun of his entire career for the size of his forehead and being a country bumpkin. He’s revered for his body of work and outstanding career, not that he’s the coolest guy or whatever.
Gigi hasn’t posted here in ages
She’s not calling out the criticism of newton
I am
I’ve barely posted here for for a week
And the first few posts I read are about cam newton being a baby
So yiu will have to ask the people who keep bringing cam newton up why his attitude is such a big deal to them
wyoming85 says:
February 13, 2016 at 5:50 pm (Edit)
8: R1P8 OLB MYLES JACK, UCLA
42: R2P11 CB JALEN MILLS, LSU
73: R3P10 CB XAVIEN HOWARD, BAYLOR
108: R4P9 ILB SCOOBY WRIGHT III, ARIZONA
147: R5P8 C MAX TUERK, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
189: R6P11 OT ALEX LEWIS, NEBRASKA
225: R7P6 DE DEAN LOWRY, NORTHWESTERN
229: R7P10 TE DARION GRISWOLD, ARKANSAS STATE
*****
I would be very happy with this draft
Mills might be able to play safety
actually put him @ safety!
Don’t know why they have him as a CB?
First time I’ve seen that!
I’ve seen him described as a S or a CB
But that usually means safety to me…lol
How did I never hear about all this with Manning until now? I agree it’s coming out now because of the SB and the Cam Newton thing. I really wasn’t making a point about that at all. I had never heard that story about Manning before. He’s an asshole jock that thinks he can get away with anything. No better than Brady or Favre or…whatever, they’re all assholes.
Not sure but like Piggy said we did discuss it here last offseason. I went to school with a lot of asshole jocks who would do shit like that to girls and boys.
We talked about it last offseason on this blog
But I don’t remember the context
Last season was the first time I heard it
I’m sure this offseason is the first time many fans have heard it
Appearently is becomes a quiet story every offseason
Piggy, my view on Cam is he’s a braggadocio when things are going well and a baby when it’s not. It’s pretty clear to me based on his actions. You don’t have to make anything up about Cam, he puts it out there for you.
I don’t think anyone is making anything up about him
I just think people are elevating everything negative about him to an absurd level
Piggy this one will take care of your LB fetish!
8: R1P8 OLB MYLES JACK, UCLA
42: R2P11 OLB JAYLON SMITH, NOTRE DAME
73: R3P10 G VADAL ALEXANDER, LSU
108: R4P9 CB MAURICE CANADY, VIRGINIA
147: R5P8 DE JAMES COWSER, SOUTHERN UTAH
189: R6P11 S CLAYTON FEJEDELEM, ILLINOIS
225: R7P6 OT BRANDON SHELL, SOUTH CAROLINA
229: R7P10 RB TRAVIS GREENE, BOWLING GREEN
It will be interesting to see if a Smith actually does fall to the 2nd based on the injury
If we drafted Jack and Smith as our first two picks My tail may straighten out
But can you imagine the criticism abiut drafting injured players
Some fans think we are the only team that ever draft injured players
Or that we are the only one who’s rookies have injuries
Rob Gronkowski was coming off an injury when he was drafted and that worked out
The problem with Smith is he did it January 1st. He’ll likely still be on crutches when the draft rolls around.
I actually do think
If some on draft smith in the 2nd round
It might be looked at down the line the same way we look at the Gronk pick
It might be a steal…in time
Didn’t Gronkowski participate in the combine though? I thought I remembered him being there?
I don’t remember
I think Smith’s injury is a lot closer to the college offseason
Yiu are probably right
I do t know when smith will be ready to play
But he is a very good player
I do think there was was a double standard with Peyton. I think they let him off the hook for it though they did focus on it a bit for a couple days after the Superbowl he did that in. I don’t however think the double standard has anything to do with Peyton being white or Cam being black but more because Peyton is the glory boy of the NFL and Cam is a youngin with a history of immaturity, something I think most the year he seemed t be overcoming. The media is making it a black white issues to get clicks that part is true
Cam made it a black issue with his comments.
Oh I guess I didn’t see the comments I just saw all the media jawing.
Everything is a black/white issue these days. It’s been going on for a while, Ferguson, MO, the confederate flag in SC to name a couple.
Piggy, I liked Smith for us prior to the injury. I turned on the ND/OSU game to watch Bosa and Smith and just as I did Bosa was ejected for the hit leading with the helmet and then I heard Smith was already out and I was like WTF?
Does anyone really care if Payton took HGH?
Or
Cam is Black (and an Asshole)?
Not one sweat drip of my brow!!!!!!!!
Too many people it was a black and white issue not matter what cam or the media said abiut it
There are plenty of people who don’t like cam newton bc he is black
Just bc no one here is racist like that doesn’t mean that people aren’t
Plenty of people were eager to criticize cam newton bc he is black
It doesn’t mean that the only criticism he gets
But it does not mean that he made it up either
It really does happen in our society
I don’t think everyone that criticizes cam is a racist or are criticizing him based on race
I don’t think most are frankly
THere are plenty other reasons to criticize him
I dislike the racist and the nonracial criticism
But I think suggesting that he created the racial issue is just flat out wrong
Plenty of people hate can newton bc he’s black
That’s just reality
I don’t think it was his responsibility to be silent on the issue
I should say
I dislike the racist and the non racist criticsism of cam
But for different reasons
And obviously the racists stuff (which I do NOT see here) is a lot worse
Plenty of white Auburn fans and Panthers fans love him.
Only racists hate on him for being black. The majority of football fans are past that, how can they not be?
I can only speak for myself, so I’ll tell you how much I hate Cam, because he’s black. I hate he so much that, if you told me right now we just traded RT for Cam I’d be dancing in the street.
The sports writers are the guys behind this BS, do you really think more than about .001% of the people really care what color the players are on their favorite team?
Just win baby.
D, Cam said “I’m an African-American QB that scares people”. Really Cam?
It does scare people
Maybe it doesn’t scare you
But that doesn’t mean it does not happen
I don’t understand yiur argument at all including thr auburn argument
You are taking times when it doesn’t happen as proof that it never happens
You can see the difference, can’t you?
There are defiantly people who dislike cam bc of race
I saw it all over twitter during the Super Bowl
That doesn’t mean no white people like cam
That doesn’t mean the people who don’t like cam all don’t like him bc of race
I assure you there are people who don’t like cam bc he is black
There are racists people out there
I can’t blame Cam (or anyone else) for walkin-out on the press while being asked stupid questions while the winners are hootin and hollerin within earshot between stupid questions after one of the most disappointing days of one’s life !! Think of your own most disappointing moments, you want people in your face asking you why it happened while the benificiaries of your loss are whoopin-it-up, or do you just want to void yourself of the surroundings and be left alone ?? Shoot, as just a mere fan of my favorite team that may have just lost a game of zero importance, I don’t want to be around (anyone that might say the wrong thing), and I most definitely will not subject myself to the victors rubbin it in my face (without fightin) !! I think that Cam was right in walkin-out rather than snappin at the world, and that whoever set up that joint press conference amongst the winners and losers being in the same room must be out of their minds!! Now he’s a Pro, but I can’t find what he did to be wrong under such circumstances, and I’m sure that the results would have been different had he not been subjected to endure Denver’s excitement while dealing with his own pain!! I’d have done the same as Cam, otherwise I’d have snapped !! I HATE LOSING something in games or life in general no-matter the significance, Disappointment hurts, don’t want folks in my face, don’t want to be asked why, don’t want to be consoled, don’t want to be poked and prodded, and don’t want to be a part of some else’s jubilation, I’ll deal with it “”My Own Way”” !! GOFINS!!!
The NFL did a bad job setting that up. He needs to learn that facing the music comes with the territory though.
If I’m a Carolina fan I’m happy he walked out, I don’t want him accepting defeat, I want him pissed off. What do you think fueled the 1972 season?
On the other hand his rhetoric is hurting the Panthers, I’d tell him to knock it off.
wow, for someone not caring about a personality there is an awful lot of defending it
‘I know your style of debate is to highlight extremes of an argument’
lmfao. yep stupid me. i mean every one knows the only way to debate is to point out those non extreme points. to focus on the stuff that really isnt important. that is the best way to get ones point across. point out the little non-important things.
It’s actually the best way to have a reasonable discussion
Lol
The Flying Pig says:
February 13, 2016 at 8:50 pm
I don’t think anyone is making anything up about him
I just think people are elevating everything negative about him to an absurd level
kind of like some here elevated everything positive about him to an absurd level. hell the only reason it is even being mentioned on here is some on here talked about the guy like he was a god. without that it wouldnt even be being discussed
It’s apples and oranges
He was the nfl MVP this year
So praise as a football player was warranted
Ridiculing his character is tired and boring to me
I suppose praising his character would be too but no one is doing that
Just praising his play on the field
This has obviously went way over your head
You keep acting like it’s the same thing and it’s not
Cam was the nfl MVP this year
He was a good football player
People praised Aaron Rogers last year too for winning
People praise good football players
Cam newton is no different and that is a normal thing
Not the opposite of ripping his character
Most maps are partied for the play – nothing usual about that
I had fun doing this draft. I was challenged right away at #8 between Ramsey and Jack and LBs got really thin when my pick was up. So hopefully we added a MLB in FA or at least a guy to compete with Misi and Vigil.
8: R1P8 S JALEN RAMSEY FLORIDA STATE – blue chip versatile 3-down DB, a new era matchup guy.
42: R2P11 DT ROBERT NKEMDICHE OLE MISS – BPA with elite ability to play anywhere on the DL.
73: R3P10 C NICK MARTIN NOTRE DAME – depth behind Pouncey who has been banged up in recent years, allows Douglas to focus strictly on guard.
108: R4P9 RB JONATHAN WILLIAMS ARKANSAS – in the scenario we don’t re-sign Miller and his medical checks out.
147: R5P8 CB DEIONDRE’ HALL NORTHERN IOWA – a rangy DB with CB/S projection, needs development.
189: R6P11 OLB DE’VONDRE CAMPBELL MINNESOTA – a rangy OLB/DE prospect with athletic ability, needs development.
225: R7P6 OLB TRAVIS FEENEY WASHINGTON – another rangy OLB who projects as a possible nickel LB/S due to cover skills, plays violent.
229: R7P10 OT BRANDON SHELL SOUTH CAROLINA – looks the part but needs development, competition at OT.
Just having some fun. 🙂
Douglas played Center after Pouncey got hurt in the SD game, and played pretty good. What do you guys think of Douglas for next yr? I’ve heard NFL minds say that he’s going to be good.
I’d rather have Douglas be a guard. He did a yeoman’s job at center last year but he’s a project never having played there. Martin is a center first but can add depth at guard. When Pouncey is healthy he’s a top level player but he like his brother have shown to have durability issues. Struggle at center and everything goes to shit.
I’d burst with Ramsey/Hargreaves and Nick Martin!! (Though don’t know about the 3rd for a BU C), can he play G in the meantime?? I want Douglas at G too (NOT at C thought that every snap of his that got to THill seemed to get there in slo-mo) !! I’ll take the Feeney description too (7th round why not) as well as the 7th round no-brainer OT/Shell, but we need another TRUE T farr earlier than that (via draft/FA)!!
Kobe was asked how many minutes he wants to play in the All Star Game, he said 10. He’ll play 10 minutes, take 20 shots, make 3 and score 9 pts, with no one playing D against him.
well I cant wait to see Cams antics come next season… Now that he’s been brought back down to earth does he continue with the Superman Crap and all the other stuff?
Piggy,
I saw the Superbowl reactions on Twitter also and while you mention the stuff about Cam there were a whole bunch of racist bull shit remarks towards Peyton Manning by the black community also. Racism goes both ways & there are fucked opinions from all backgrounds, but in society it’s ok to make racists remarks about whites. Sick double standard if you ask me.
Did I say it was okay?
It’s not quid pro quo
I didn’t read racists remarks about manning
But I read a ton abiut cam
It doesn’t matter that it happens somewhere else or not though
The point is that if you don’t think there are people judging cam based on race you are just wrong
Tim,
Martin played really well at OG during SR Bowl week also. Be great to have an actual Center on the roster that we don’t cut every other week😂
I’m still experiencing technical difficulties…
I’ve tried disc cleanup, defragment, even the wife clicked something to wipe out useless junk.
Every time I post or refresh the page jumps up and down for about 5 minutes while the little box in the bottom left corner says reading this, connecting that. When its finally done with all that it leaves me back about halfway up the page.
I cant take this 😦
OK, I’m going to click post now, be back in about 10 minutes…
Piggy
I never said you called Tannehill Opie, or “Aw shucks”, or something to that effect, but can you not think of anyone here that did, that loves Cam Newton? That should narrow it down some for ya. lol
LOL…..I missed a lot during my hiatus😂
Sounds like an offspring of some sort.
You said it was the same people
And I was the only one here saying anything not negative about cam last might
So I guess what you meant to say was it was NOT the same people
Son hasn’t even posted here
Why blend our comments together
If we are not bashing cam newton, it’s all the same thing I guess…
I also got this old laptop a few weeks ago but that gives me problems too.
The wireless wont connect or even my little wireless thing that plugs into the USB but that not a big issue. The eathernet cord gets me online…
I go on the Lottery page and it comes in fine but when I put in this site all I get is a aqua page and a box where the article and pictures go. I see the comments but its not the same so I havent even tried to post since I got this new wordpress and gravatar.
How have you been dbolt?
It’s -15 here today. It’s fucking cold out…
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-2015-elite-performers/0ap3000000629756/Jarvis-Landry-Top-10-Plays-of-2015
Jarvis Landry is a stud! He has been easily my favorite player sincc he was drafted.
Play #3 shows his incredible ability to stay on his feet and not go down on contact.
Play number two proves that he is the antithesis to Ted Ginn Jr he has an aversion to the sidelines.
We also get open downfield for the deep pass a lot for a 4.7 second 40 guy who is too small and too slow!
Rock
I started reading Magician Apprentice. I’m digging it so far! Happy to have an entire new series to devour.
Bri – Yeah, you got it. lol
Bryan, what does that horizontal line before the 15 designate? (-)
Misery
Ridiculous cold, that’s what. It’s mighty cold here too, about zero, give or take a couple of degrees.
It’s 0 degrees in nyc
Mike, I’m glad to hear that you like it. I enjoy Fiest’s writing style, his character development and how he uses dialog between the characters to “teach” the reader about history and such by having one character explain it to another. (As apposed to Tolkien with his pages long back descriptions “outside” the narrative of the story. Enjoy. But note you may have to order the next books /series on line B&N doesn’t seem to ever stock an entire series at once but a few books from each series instead.
I was smart enough to get volume II as well, but from what it looked like, the store had a lot of the books, all in paperback though. I do prefer hardcover books, but I’ll enjoy it either way.
Piggy
Whatever man. I just think it’s funny how we can kill our own QB, but the QB in Carolina is off limits. I have no racist tones or anger in my dislike for Cam, I just think he’s a punk, and that game revealed what a punk he is. He didn’t put that team on his back, rather he threw them under the bus when asked what went wrong. “Dropped passes, allowed too many sacks, errant passes”. It’s no coincidence the first 2 things he mentioned were dropped passes and sacks allowed. He’s a classic “ME” player, and his teammates surely took notice of that.
I criticize Tannehill because I don’t think he’s been a very good qb
I think newton is a good qb
It’s that simple
That characterization of newton is not echoed inside the panthers organization
They love him
But keep thinking he is a bad football player bc you don’t like who he is as a person
That is completely naive on your part
It’s completely irrelevant
He won the MVP and the lathers went to the Super Bowl for a reason
And it’s not bc he is a punk
Zero? No temperature at all? Is that possible? Help me out guys I’m from Florida I thought that the coldest it ever got was 40
I am sitting here on the patio at Starbucks in shorts and flip flops drinking my iced latte in the Sun
It’s back to the 30s tomorrow
And then up to 49 on Tuesday
It’s been pretty warm most of the season
I don’t know what happened the last couple of days
Yesterday I was out a lot and it was painful
Today I don’t want to leave my apt
Mike good thinking getting the next book right away. My experience with Barnes & Noble is the have book one and book three but not book two in the series
Rock
You go outside for a few minutes in zero or colder, and exposed skin starts to hurt. You gotta stay covered up as much as possible.
Mike, it did bother me that the main character was named Pug. I had a hard time liking a character named Pug. LOL
Yeah, Pug is a dog. lol
I suspect we might end up having more to spend that we expect, mainly cause some “names” won’t be back.
And 1hr and 20min later my comments are still awaiting moderation.
Never had that on my good PC or even this piece of junk till I go my new name
Piggy
You keep thinking he’s a great QB, he’s just on a very good team. It’s hilarious that you completely overlook the rest of his career, when he wasn’t even a top 10 QB. Last year he was 5-8-1, and The great Derek Anderson was 2-0 and got them into the playoffs, with a better QBR by far than Cam in those 2 games. Listen, I know the kid has talent, he;s big, strong and fast, but his heart, and his punk-ass mind, you can have it!
Some day, hopefully Tannehill has as good a supporting cast as Cam, and then we’ll see how good he can be. So far, he hasn’t had anything close. It’s not just criticism of Tannehill, I’ve done it too, we all have, but it’s the assault on his personality that he just doesn’t care as much as Cam that pisses me off no end. It’s total bullshit, that kid scrapes himself off the turf and tries his hardest every game, he just doesn’t have the team around him to accomplish what Cam finally did this year.
Any of you guys watch the debate last night of catch clips? Man does Trump get on my nerves. And it is not even about his actual politics — I would just have a problem voting for a guy as President who has the emotional maturity of an 8th grader.
I did. It was extremely annoying. It amazes me that he continues to lead (by a wide margin).
I wish Bush, Rubio and Kasich would all agree to sit down to a hand of poker. Winner stays in the race, 2nd place gets the VP and the loser drops out all together.
Stanger
I like Rubio, but it’s not so much Kasich, but it’s Bush that needs to drop out in order for Rubio to become the legit contender that knock Trump down.
I’m a Rubio guy too. He has the “it” factor and would be the GOP’s best chance to win in the general election, but I want more than anything just one of them to combine all their supporters so it won’t be Trump.
I hear that. Trump just shouldn’t be President
Mike
Cam newton won the NCAA chapionship in college
He won rookie of the year in 2011
He made the playoffs the last 3 years in a row
He passed for over 18000 yards and 3200 rushing yards
He has been on the nfl’s top 100 players in the league all 5 of his years
But you think he is a one year wonder – who is being unreasonable here?
His leading WR this year was Ginn
Imagine if Tannehill had that
Tannehill actually has a better case than newton
Those guys are only separated by one year
When we talk about Tannehill, we talk about “some day”
When we talk about newton, and its actually abiut football, we talk about now
The 2 players are not even in the same stratosphere
I’m not looking to bash Tannehill
But you keep making comparisons
And those 2 players aren’t even close to one another
This is really good information on scouting by Matt Miller
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MlCE6Lzjgp_fb7F5TxnJydr7smyNB2ks4pqjdU38pHU/htmlview?pli=1
I like Matt Miller. He’s a pretty good scout. Another guy I like he was saying was a top prospect but he has a day 2 grade on him because if off field stuff, Chris Jones
8: R1P8
OLB MYLES JACK
UCLA
42: R2P11
CB WILL REDMOND
MISSISSIPPI STATE
73: R3P10
OLB SCOOBY WRIGHT
ARIZONA
108: R4P9
TE TYLER HIGBEE
WESTERN KENTUCKY
147: R5P8
DE BRONSON KAUFUSI
BRIGHAM YOUNG
189: R6P11
S KENNY ILOKA
TCU
225: R7P6
ILB JAMES BURGESS
LOUISVILLE
229: R7P10
OT RYKER MATHEWS
BRIGHAM YOUNG
Piggy
You want to idolize Cam I won’t stop you. Making the playoffs is relative to the division his team plays on. If the Panthers were in the AFC East rather than the NFC South, they would be out of the playoffs every year too. You can’t sell me on him or his supposed greatness, he’s not that good man. He’s been a shade better or worse than Tannehill for most of his career. This is a Dolphins blog where it’s not necessary to love, like or respect or admire the pink QB from Camolina.
Punk QB
They would have won the afc this year with their record of 15-1
Lot of “ifs” in that argument
If you think the NFL MVP is not very good, you have a lot of other people to argue with
I guess the MVP is usually awarded to a guy who is just a little better than Tannehill
When we talk about Tannehill, we talk about “some day”
When we talk about newton, and its actually abiut football, we talk about now
The 2 players are not even in the same stratosphere
But you keep making comparisons
And those 2 players aren’t even close to one another
Piggy, I have avoided this argument (discussion) because as everyone is aware I’m an unrepentant homer. But I have to agree with Mike on this one. Your “defense” of Cam is a bit over the top. Not in the same atmosphere? Not even close? Take at look at their combined totals for the first 4 years of their careers. (Passing totals only, we are talking QB, not running back)
Cam had the following;
1,144 completions on 1,923 attempts, 59.475 completion percent. averaged 20.5 TD’s and had an 85.4 rating.
Tannehill had;
1,392 completions on 2,238 attempts 61.9 completion perrcent. Averaged 21.75 TD’s and had a 85.2 rating.
Both averaged 13.5 Ints per season while Tannehill was sacked 32 more times over the first four years than Cam.
I am in no way saying Tanny is better than Cam. But your stance that Tannehill is nowhere near as good as Cam doesn’t pan out. They are NEARLY IDENTICAL in stats over the first four years of their careers.
By the way, 18,000 yards is great. Tannehill is 1,034 yards ahead of Cam at the same point in their careers and is better across the board in most stats at the same point in their careers, but keep saying how one is nowhere as close as to good as the other.
I await your reply of excuses for Cam that do not excuse Tannehill.
I encourage you to make that argument on any other place than a Dolphin blog
Then tell me who is being over the top
The Flying Pig says:
February 14, 2016 at 9:45 am
Did I say it was okay?
It’s not quid pro quo
I didn’t read racists remarks about manning
But I read a ton abiut cam
It doesn’t matter that it happens somewhere else or not though
The point is that if you don’t think there are people judging cam based on race you are just wrong
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Which I agreed to also, but the same can be said the other way which doesn’t make Cam unique at all in that regard.
It’s unique in that he’s a black qb
And traditionally black Players have always faced obstructions to play the position
It doesn’t happen nearly as much to white QBs
But I’m sure it does happen to white players
Im not suggesting that every or many of the c riticism of cam are racially motivated or that you can’t judge him without touching me on race
But I do think he was right
That many people don’t like him based on the fact that he is a black qb
It’s a very real problem IMO
Not something cam newton made up
And people being so sensitive about him talking about it
Is a bigger problem than anything he said
I think you could have made that argument for the black QB years ago. I have no problem people talking race, but I’m not going to pretend that Cam’s a trailblazer for black QBs, that was Moon, Williams, & those who’ve come before Cam. As I mentioned I have no issues w/ his actions on the field & he’s no different than Brady….who we all refer to as an asshole for his tantrums etc.
Cam’s “weapons” first three years
Year 1.
Jonathan Stewart, DeAngelo Williams, Steve Smith, Jeremy Shockey, Greg Olson, Brandon LaFell
Year 2.
SAME GUYS minus Shockey
Year 3.
SAME GUYS with the addition of Ted Ginn
Tannehill’s “Weapons”
…….
Tannehill had great weapons this year
under used Miller and Jarvis Landry. OK, who else? Mostly injured, under used Parker? Give me another…
https://twitter.com/MDCheer/status/698915962481942528
dbolt48 says:
February 14, 2016 at 12:08 pm (Edit)
I think you could have made that argument for the black QB years ago. I have no problem people talking race, but I’m not going to pretend that Cam’s a trailblazer for black QBs, that was Moon, Williams, & those who’ve come before Cam. As I mentioned I have no issues w/ his actions on the field & he’s no different than Brady….who we all refer to as an asshole for his tantrums etc.
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My big problem with Brady is cheating and manipulating of the rules in general
He is one of the players responsible for changing the way the game is played – for the worse IMO
It’s much different than cam newton IMO
To me that is about football
The ego stuff with cam newton is not about football at all
It’s just not liking a personality and trying to project that on to football
I also don’t think attitudes about race have changed so much in the last 20 years
But I do think football people are a lot more welcoming to a black qb than they used to be
That doesn’t mean the general public isn’t still negatively judging him based on race
I honestly don’t believe the majority of the general public isn’t judging any QB on race, but you have idiot pockets, B&W, everywhere as the Super Bowl showed.
I think Cam & Brady both are disliked & liked for their personalities on the field of play. The general public will refer to both guys as assholes for their sulking ways on the bench when losing, when they don’t handle pressers great, & for over exuberant celebrations.
Listen, I don’t hate Cam at all, but I’ll tell you personalities can rub people in the wrong way more so than a persons race. If you were to take a poll of the general football populace outside of Massachusetts Brady would be labeled the biggest asshole walking in the game today not Cam.
Tannehill had a very good RB we hardly used, 1 very good WR, and 2 eh WR”s for most of the year until Parker was healthy. He had a sieve for an O-line and defense, so compared to what Cam had, plus playing in a weaker division and conference, it doesn’t stack up.
There are sieves that are completely horrified that they’ve been likened to Dallas Thomas & Jason Fox😂
https://twitter.com/MDCheer/status/679458257346392064
I looked at it up
Based on the comparisons you guys think are reasonable
I thought I was going crazy and maybe Tannehill is actually close to newton
And Cam Newton had 48 MVP votes this year
Ryan Tannehill had 0
Maybe 0 has a different meaning On this blog too
But is usually means none in the real world
Keep dreaming guys
Here is a photo of a unicorn puking a rainbow to summarize my thoughts on Tannehill fantasies of who he is
I hope Tannehill turns into a good qb
But right now the comparison is outlandish
So, Piggy you don’t want to respond telling us all exactly how Cam is light years better than Tannehill? I guess it is because Tannehill has never had to face adversity, him being white and all, in a league that is 70% minority.
Bc he was the MVP
In the super bowl
He had 50 TDs this year
I can’t argue that the sky is above your head when you are standing on your head
The evidence is obvious
In fact the MVP voters agree
You have to be kidding me with this argument
You are blinded by your homerism
Rockphin says:
February 14, 2016 at 12:21 pm (Edit)
under used Miller and Jarvis Landry. OK, who else? Mostly injured, under used Parker? Give me another…
*****
Stills to start
Underutilized as well
Same with Cameron
Matthews was good before he was injured
And Parker just took his place and was good
The weapons On The Dolphins weren’t the problem this year
Cam newton lost kelvin benjamin before the season and kept producing
I await your argument bashing stills Cameron and the rest of our team except for Tannehill
I guess “homers” are fine criticizing other players if they are defending Tannehill
I think the simplest argument for the players that mentioned above is piss poor game planning partnered with horrible OL affected everyone.
Those things are true
But I think the qb play was also substandard irrespective of those things
Point is – we had good weapons available in 2015
I disagree 100%. You can’t have horrible OL play and crap game planning and expect a QB to excel.
Piggy
One year doesn’t define a career. Cam, like Rock and I have said, was either a little better or a little worse before this season. Everything broke right, and he had a great year. We’ll see if he goes back to what he was before this year. No one thought and no one (except Son) that cam was great before this season, he was never mentioned among the league best QB’s. Maybe the teams in the Panthers shitty division get better, and the Panthers take a step backwards.
Okay I guess his ncaa championship, heisman trophy, rookie of the year trophy or 3x pro bowl selection all happened this season
I must be using the wrong calendar
I also missed that he is 2nd ever in most games with 3tds passing and 1 rushing TD. Behind HOFer Steve young and tied with HOFer Frank Tarkenton
Or that he is 2nd all time in rushing TDs for a qb
Or that he is 3rd in total TDs for a career all time
Or 4th for most combined yards by a qb in his first 5 years
stangerx says:
February 14, 2016 at 10:18 am
I suspect we might end up having more to spend that we expect, mainly cause some “names” won’t be back.
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Haven’t you been paying attention 😉
After Suh’s reworked contract we’ll be $30 mil under the cap.
No I haven’t been paying attention……life’s been a bit busy. And of course they can renegotiate to create room. And Suh would be the 800lb gorilla when it comes to that.
My guess is they could clear $100 mil if they wanted, just like any team. Long as they want to make a deal with Bat for a suite in cap hell though. 🙂
There’s a clause in suhs contract that allows them to spread the $ he was supposed to get in 2016 towards the back
Which going to open up a lot of salary cap room
Mike E. says:
February 14, 2016 at 10:14 am
Piggy
You keep thinking he’s a great QB, he’s just on a very good team. It’s hilarious that you completely overlook the rest of his career, when he wasn’t even a top 10 QB.
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Mike you’re delusional. Cam’s supporting cast was so bad on O, that before the season started they didn’t know how they were going to score any points. He made Ginn a decent stat receiver with 10 TDs, He was their O, between the read option ability to keep plays alive.
When/if RT has a yr anything close to the one Cam just had will you be talking about all his previous yrs when he was less than stellar? The point is the previous yrs don’t matter now for Cam, he’s a great QB now.
Be careful
You may be accus e of being up Newtons ass
Let’s correct something. Cam’s WRs were subpar this year. Everything else on that O was top notch. Great OL, Great TE, Very good stable of backs, very good OC. This isn’t to say Cam didn’t play great this year, he did.
I wouldn’t go as far as saying the offensive line was great. You can look at all the stats you want to, but that Oline was what they were, because Cam was the QB. I don’t even think Olsen is great, he’s very good, but great is Gronk, whom he is not even close to. RBs are you kidding me? You put RT in this offense and we’d be saying the same thing as we were with our team, if only he had a good team around him…
Mike Shula isn’t a good OC, he proved that in the SB, his inability to adjust cost them big time.
Can Newton, the “punk” records as of nov 2015
http://blackandbluereview.com/cam-newton-rising-in-nfl-record-books/
He’s a punk. Would you hear any other great QB say “We dropped too many passes, gave up too many sacks” etc . . . He’s a punk, a “ME” person, and I can guarantee you he rubs a lot of teammates the wrong way. Just watch when something goes wrong how they come out of the wood works. He’s the man now, but watch and see . . . .
Cam Newton is the new RGIII, he’s as punk as they get. I don’t like him for that reason, he’s the epitome of the me generation, but you can’t take away from him the season he had leading up to the SB. In a society loves the underdog, we also hate the self promoter.
I’m not feeling the valentines Day love from the board!!!!!!!!!!!
Can anyone see this? why are all my post awaiting moderation as far back as 7:27 this morning
screw this! I am never posting again and the score game is over too
The Peyton story as dated back to 96 & 97
@thebiglead: Here is What Was Written About the Peyton Manning Trainer Incident Back in 1996 and 1997 https://t.co/AWj2DrLLji