PossibleCabbage

Alas, one of the things that is hard to see on tape is "dumb as a box of hammers".

Really gotta hand it to this team for finding new and exciting ways to get hurt.

I'd bid a 5, since it's not like that's a real draft pick anyway.

Wasn't there a report today that there was a debate inside the Dolphins room about whether to trade back or take Fitzpatrick? I could see that as potentially weighing a specific offer to move back, which could have come from GB.

I mean, it's clear the St. Browns don't have cats, since cats stretch a lot.

Some guys have been slow to adapt to having to play on both sides in the NFL, since it's "do everything you're used to doing, but reverse left and right". So it's something that might slow his development, but just in a "it's another thing he needs to learn" sort of way.

Honestly, I would be concerned about Dez being a bad influence on the promising rookies in the WR room. If they do sign a vet, I'd think someone in the "consummate professional" mold would be preferable.

One of only 3 picks from the previous GM that immediately showed that they had absolutely no business being on an NFL playing field (the others being Ricky Elmore and Brian Brohm).

Well, we don't call people "fans" because they are rational.

Considering the proposed "Exxon" (for Valdes) nickname, there's definitely a nautical theme for MVS nicknames to be explored here.

Primary value of draft picks is that you get a guy cheap for 4 years. Ray is a free agent after this season, at which point he won't be cheap (mediocre edge players get paid in the NFL). So if you were going to trade for him the price would have to much closer to like a 6th round pick.

Shane Rays 8 sack season came under pretty ideal conditions: Von on the other side, really good secondary to back him up. But you know who had even more sacks in 2016? Erik Walden (with 11). Let's get him back ;p

"Scantling" is a really cool name. I'm not sure I've encountered it before. It makes him sound fast.

I figure Nick Bosa is going to be the highest drafted non-QB next year, so we're not trading up for him. Joey Bosa is not available for trade (practically) while Shane Ray might be, but we don't want him because it's a one year rental on a player who isn't very good.

Biggest diversion between American Football and its its English boarding school code predecessors was "we invented the forward pass because people were literally getting trampled to death" so I figure there's precedence.