Recent content by Thirteen Below

I think you're still missing the point - the point is, it's not easy. You don't just draft a guy, stick him in a freezer for 3 years, then thaw him out and *POW*! You've got a 12-year franchise quarterback and maybe hall-of-famer, playoff-ready in Year One. It takes hard work, good scouting...

Yeah; I was really happy for her. Her health sucks, so not much seems good in her life, but she finds tons of joy in the simple things - like seeing lambs chase each other around in a field, finding a snake on a hiking trail, just little things. And she really, really loves horseracing; used...

And I didn't mean to sound critical; we all get what we pay for here. Hope I didn't come across that way. I was just a little surprised, because this is such a friendly board - especially by the standard of professional sports boards. Lot of really nice people, interesting people, getting along...

Yeah, that's why I was stoked!! I was so excited I couldn't help posting it on 3 or 4 social media sites! Turned out to be anticlimactic, though. She made a lot more off of Sierra Leone to place; she played him to win with one of her bets, but hedged it by putting some on place. She never saw...

The only problem with him getting early playing time on passing downs is - how quickly can he learn the pass blocking assignments? I don't see Lafleur putting him in there on a pass play until he can count on Lloyd keeping Love vertical. Hopefully, he's a quick study.

I'm positive that won't be happening. I've seen some coaching clinics by Hafley on Youtube, and read a transcript of one that I found on the internet, and he is the anti-Barry. His mantra is get right in the receiver's face first step off the line; punch him in the first stride, don't let him...

I never realized before that there's no forum here for just casual conversation, day to day stuff. That's odd; I just assumed there must be one... But technically, horse racing is considered a sport, so I can talk about it here. My wife just hit the trifecta in the Kentucky Derby! She's...

Yep. Love may never make the hall of fame, but there are a lot of quarterbacks who weren't Top 20 all time and still led their teams to Super Bowl victories. I am convinced that Love is one of those who can and will do exactly that. Personally, I do believe he has a good chance of atttaining...

Plus, the man has massive upper body strength. Trying to bring him down when he's got a full head of steam is like trying to tackle a freakin' fire hydrant. As a former linebacker, having him hitting me at full speed 8-10 times in a game would make for a damned lomg afternoon. I pity the 200-lb...

Also, speed. One of Gute's preferences this year was guys who run really fast, and hit really hard when they get there. Speed makes the offense act quickly, which means they need to think quickly, which means they may make bad decisions. It all fits everything I'm picking up on from watching...

Frankly, I'm very glad they didn't. Obviously, something had to be done, but I'm glad they controlled their emotions and settled for simply firing the man. He does have a family, after all.

I'm not convinced this makes much sense, but I heard someone on a radio show say today that keeping Nixon may mean Hafley intends to play a lot of big nickel this year and they expect to use Nixon a lot in that defense. But he didn't explain how that adds up, and I'm really not sure how "A" fits...

I think I'm going to like this guy. He's already shown Caleb who's gonna be his daddy.

Turns out Evan Williams has a knack of getting into the other team's backfield. I learned today that in 2023, he was on the field for 20 passing plays, and of those 20 snaps, he had5 hurries and 4.5 sacks. That's one of the best ratios in the country. Also, 5 tackles for loss. And, like Kitan...

I said in a different thread, part of his job here is going to be sacking the quarterback. He's has 15.5 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks in his career. And he's already begun a long working relationship wth brand new Bears quarrerback Caleb Wiiliams. Here we see him taking the opportunity to...