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The Cards already are holding 2 QB's, I sincerely doubt they're going to be interested in a 3rd. There's not many other legit starting opportunities left. Maybe Buffalo. Maybe Oakland. But why would you want to go to either of those spots anyway?

This is a similar case to the Rogers case in 1 way...the only people who had seen Rogers do anything other than mop up duty were the guys who saw him in practice and worked to develop him after he was drafted. Andy Reid has the same thing in Kolb...no one really knows what they have in him other than Reid.

No, it was McNabb for a 2010 2nd round pick and a 3rd/4th round pick in 2011. Campbell is still on the Skins. This deal makes sense from the business end. McNabb has a large contract. McNabb typically misses 4 games a year with injuries, based on his last couple years. McNabb has 1 year left on his contract. And the Eagles have a young guy they think is ready to take over (Kolb). They've been trying to move a QB for a couple weeks now, and finally gave the go-ahead yesterday.

And if Hester wasn't close to the NFL record for return TD, no one would question his performance at receiver.

You know very well there are extenuating circumstances there.

Not to disagree with anything you say but to add 1 other point...they also went with the guy 4 years younger.

What you're failing to note is that the nature of the game itself has changed over the past decade or so. The main change has been the kickers; with training and practice techniques, they've just gotten better at hitting the long, GW field goal that prevents the other team from getting the ball. Combine that with the change in kickoff position to cut down on touchbacks, and if a team starts at the 35, they have to go about 30 yards to have a legitimate chance to win the game. That change has produced noticeable results in game outcomes. For the raw data I'm borrowing from Peter King, who was a big advocate for this change.

Another bit from the Coach's breakfast this morning. More at link

Frankly, I disagree.

Kevin Siefert from ESPN sat down with Lovie Smith over breakfast today. He suggests there's an Olsen article coming up later, here's some talk on the makeup of their lines.

Eventually, this is going to happen for all games. And it's the right move.

Holy Hell, those are fake right?

The Cubs were not a very good team last year.

Serious question: did you feel like the Bears got any pressure at all on Favre in the 2nd half?

Here's some discussion of the FB position from Martz back from his St. Louis days after they brought in Madison Hedgecock. Link

But might that also suggest that he had his best years at LDE when they had an RDE who also drew attention?

Wesson, please re-read this thread. Sorry for having to harp on this, but it's actually fairly important.

I like the idea of giving him lots of monetary incentives.

And all that hit is taken in an uncapped year.

This is the NFL. It doesn't matter how they'll be the final years of their contract. It only matters how they're doing in the guaranteed money/front loaded years. In the last years, they'll be either restructured or cut, unless the players somehow come out of the CBA with a huge and unexpected win.

When Mike Brown was at his best/healthy, wasn't he able to do pretty much exactly that out of Lovie's cover-2 system?

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Here's a summary of what the teams in the Final Eight are limited to.

Like it or not, seat prices aren't too high until they reach the point where they don't sell out the stadium.

Can you give us a similar list for some other teams for comparison? How does the list look for the Colts, Steelers, Patriots, or Saints, and how does it look for the Rams, Lions, etc.