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Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Columbia, Mo
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But any team in football would give up 5 years worth of 1sts for a guy who proves to be Patrick Mahomes. That's the point. What Williams presents is someone who does a lot of the same things as Mahomes. Appears very savvy, very fluid in his mechanics, mobile, strong-armed. When people see Williams they see the next closest thing to Mahomes that has come through the draft in awhile. Teams aren't tanking for Williams because he's a better prospect than Mahomes - they're tanking for Williams because they live in a Post-Mahomes world. And again - they're not really tanking much anyway. The Cardinals suck. |
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In Search of a Life
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#108 | |
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Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: NOT Columbia, MO 65201
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Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Columbia, Mo
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They're more likely to win the South than end up with the worst record in the NFL. I'm really curios to see what Ridder can do. He's smarth, he's athletic. He has NFL arm strength if not exactly elite. Can get a little wonky with his accuracy at times so he's not a superstar, but I think he can be a credible NFL starter. With those weapons around him, why can't that team win 8-10 games? I just don't see them in the same tier as the true dregs of the NFL at all. |
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#110 | |
Hockey Town
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
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Blaine Gabbert would have probably been an entrenched long term NFL starter had he been born 25 years earlier. |
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In Search of a Life
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#112 |
It was not a fair catch
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Correcting papers
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The Vikings made an initial wave of roster cuts on Monday morning ahead of Tuesday's deadline for all teams to set initial 53-man rosters.
The team parted ways with 15 players, including quarterback Jordan Ta'amu, who was signed last week as an emergency option with both Kirk Cousins and Nick Mullens sitting out the preseason finale against the Cardinals. The Vikings also waived nose tackle Calvin Avery; cornerbacks Jameson Houston, C.J. Coldon Jr. and Kalon Barnes; receiver Garett Maag; linebacker Wilson Huber; running back Abram Smith; tight end Colin Thompson; offensive tackles Christian DiLauro and Jarrid Williams; and center Josh Sokol. Cornerback Tay Gowan, who was held out of Saturday's game against Arizona, was waived with an injury designation. Two veteran players with at least four accrued NFL seasons — safety Jake Gervase and linebacker Tanner Vallejo — were released and do not have to be exposed to waivers. An additional 22 moves must be made before 3 p.m. on Tuesday. The Vikings began Sunday night by agreeing to trade second-year offensive tackle Vederian Lowe to the Patriots for a 2024 sixth-round draft pick. Last edited by displacedinMN; 08-28-2023 at 02:20 PM.. |
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#113 |
21st Century Schizoid Fan
Join Date: Jul 2002
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#114 | |
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#116 |
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Scott City KS
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I'm out on Caleb Williams. I saw some interview with him, halftime or something, and someone asked him something about Mahomes, and he said (I think this is verbatum) "there really isn't anything he can do that I can't, so yeah." ![]() A spoonful of humility does a career good, bud. Then I watched the second half and he sure he threw some good balls off platform, he threw some good balls. He also threw some balls away pretty early. He also eliminated half the field really early in a lot of snaps. We'll see, and I'm the only guy on the ****ing planet out on the dude - and I'm certainly open to being wrong. Stay with me here, in my mind what makes Mahomes the best is the grind. He is supremely talented, sure, but there have been talented dudes that could do some amazing shit. But transferring those skills to production is where Mahomes shines. My opinion is that teams now need to watch out for dudes trying to do Mahomes stuff, rather that being able to do Mahomes stuff and playing football. ![]() Quote:
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#118 |
pie is never free
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: the drivers seat
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#119 |
Special Teams ACE!!!
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Where the hell is SNR
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Banned!
Join Date: Sep 2000
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