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I wanted to trade back. But I don't think its the fact they took Young, it was more the fact that because they took Haskins they weren't looking at QB in that draft.
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Oh told of this beforehand, like the drafting of Dwayne Haskins. Jay and his stuff would spend months putting a draft board together meticulously going over every player they were interested in only for Snyder to come in at the last tick and say I want this guy in the first round and bugger up the entire board. Granted he unveiled these revelations after he got sacked but this has been out since the start.
I think the worst example is when Zorn was the coach and in his own words Danny boy was Gung ho for Haynesworth and signed him despite all the warning signs. And of course when Fat Albert didn't work he blamed everyone else and acted like he had nothing to do with bringing him on board.
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I thought Haynesworth was under Shanny. He kept failing his fitness tests lol
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He was a holdover from The Zorn era. Shannyn didn't want him and played hardball to force a trade.
Fat Albert was signed before Shanny was hired, I thought, under Zorn in 2009, and he had one decent season for them. And then when Shanny was hired in 2010 he made Fat Albert do a fitness test which he failed and was held out of practice until he passed it. Shanny had zero patience for that fat money thief.
LOL, in double checking the years for Fat Albert, I found this.
www.theonion.com
Report: Albert Haynesworth Just A Mound Of Ice Cream And Hot Dogs
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I'm not sure I will ever get used to Magic Johnson being an owner of this team. I don't object to it, it just feels strange.
Night boat tho.
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Theismann, Harris and Rales. How does Joey T just slide right in like he lives there? Gawd I'd love to listen in to that conversation. The groveling must be world class.
Also, roster cards?
Also, roster cards?
Joey T wasn’t ever tall — barely scraped 6 feet. So is Josh Harris a “little guy”, or what??Theismann, Harris and Rales. How does Joey T just slide right in like he lives there? Gawd I'd love to listen in to that conversation. The groveling must be world class.
Also, roster cards?
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Why would Joe T need to grovel? I don‘t see him offering it, or the other two as guys who require that, but maybe that’s just wishful thinking from me.Theismann, Harris and Rales. How does Joey T just slide right in like he lives there? Gawd I'd love to listen in to that conversation. The groveling must be world class.
Also, roster cards?
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However he slides in he’s sliding in on his left leg.Theismann, Harris and Rales. How does Joey T just slide right in like he lives there? Gawd I'd love to listen in to that conversation. The groveling must be world class.
Also, roster cards?
He's, dare I say, Dan Snyder sized.
Apparently you've never seen Joey T talk about the Dan Snyder Redskins before? Not sure there's any bigger cheerleader. He knows where his bread is buttered.
Joey T. is his best own PR self. I mean we all should be to a degree...but how much of a degree is generally the crux of things.
For sure he is. This is the man who changed the pronunciation of his last name at Notre Dame, to try and win the Heisman.
He’s all about PR. And good for him.
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But just about every year a "franchise altering" or"generational" DE is near the top of the board. They're overvalued by all those draft gurus. They do it every year. How many generational DEs are currently playing in the NFL?
This made me think of the best D lineman from my memories. Though I hate the Eagle good lord Reggie White was the beast. [edit sp]
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Young was hyped up just about as much as Garrett was, but Garrett is actually good. The Bosa brothers were also hyped up and they turned out… actually good. Parsons, Watt, the Bosas, Garrett, im not sure you’d call them all generational but they’re all really good
They're really good but they're not franchise altering or generational and neither is Young. The fad started with JJ Watt and everyone has been chasing the next JJ since he burst onto the scene, including the draft gurus. Fact is, they should have used that pick to take a QB. Hopefully my UNC guy Howell balls out and it doesn't matter but time will tell.
If Garrett and Nick Bosa aren’t “generational” DEs I’m not sure what is. I’m also not sure where this conversation is going, Young was the clear consensus #2 pick that year and it was a no brainer. Saying they should have used it on a QB is revisionist history, even if we didn’t have Haskins, I’d bet a good chance we were still taking Young. The fact of the matter is Young is trending towards bust status, this wouldn’t even be a conversation if he was wreaking havoc piling up 16 sacks a year like we all thought he was going to do.
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