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So the conservative, measured take after today is that we got 6’4” Drew Brees with wheels, obviously

Hartman to MRJ in preseason 4th Q is gonna be lit

Pretty cool, from GHH’s (long gone now) hero Callahan. We need some of these

He possibly could have, if he took care of his body. He’s talked multiple times about how he didn’t really “get” that aspect of being a pro until it was too late. I always resented him a little for that, even though it’s his career that was shortened. But he could have had a shot at being a great with more longevity. He basically missed the entire TE revolution the NFL went through in the second half of Witten’s career. He was a little before his time, in a way

You really don’t want to make it about value vs experience if this is your take (which is a fine take to have btw, have at it). Daniels could be the 20th best QB in the league (or worse) and be worth more than any punter. That’s just the reality of the weight of QB play in this league. We obviously hope he’s much, much better than that.

You couldn’t even convince me he’s ever been assigned a jersey number

All good choices, no awkward numbers in the bunch.

How many times a week do bystanders mutter “you suck” in your general direction, do you think? If you had to put a number on it

For your future reference, cap/comp pick nerds

Of course not, I’m just theorizing that it “can” work. I don’t know how to measure it or why people think this, but he’s pretty universally regarded as having excellent processing ability so in theory, if he’s able to internalize that he can’t out-athlete defenses all the time in the NFL, he should be able to quickly find the open man and get rid of the ball—making his life easier and the OL’s life easier. Will it play out that way? No idea.

They teach interesting techniques on respectful disagreement where you’re from, I see. Slightly different curriculum, maybe.

Absolutely love that you copy and pasted the last sentence fragment from your previous post for emphasis, big fan

The good thing is (and Daniels’ recent workout post shows it too) he has thick legs. Not Tua thick but closer than I was expecting. One thing I’m surprised no one ****ed about in the pre-draft process that I think really pops now—his release is lightning quick but quite low. He’s almost 6’4” so it shouldn’t be a problem, and it’s not quite Phillip Rivers weird, but it is a very low release

I’ve messed with some middle end gaming VR headsets in the recent past (didn’t own them). I think it’s extremely cool but I would never say it feels real. There’s way too much of thinking about how your movements outside the game translate to inside the game for it to get that immersive. I’m sure after using it for dozens of hours that may change, but I doubt the value Daniels gets out of it is that it feels “real”. I think it more so just does a good job training his eyes where to be and giving him different looks. Just a different, more elaborate way of “watching film” than anything else really. Which is cool, because everyone’s brain is different and people learn differently. Technology closing that learning gap and giving guys tools to max out their talent is an excellent use case. I have no information or idea about the exact setup Daniels uses though, or what software he uses football-wise. I would guess it’s proprietary and very different from what your average person can buy online. Otherwise it would be Daniels buying it for himself and not Harris buying it (or LSU providing it last year). Even the most expensive VR setups around are easily affordable on NIL money. So I’m guessing access to the program and football film library is probably extremely expensive. More akin to NFL teams buying access to PFF’s proprietary info than an average VR experience. I would bet it’s extremely expensive. Probably over a hundred grand to access (and personalize with your own schemes and plays) the film library and program. That’s just a guess. I don’t think it’s something you can just buy and play at home as an average person. Every team in the NFL these days pays PFF a yearly subscription of over 75k to access their proprietary information (not so much the player grades but the detailed information about snaps, formations, player usage, tendencies, etc. across the league). I would guess it’s more like that. An extremely expensive subscription

🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 he has put the hat back on, we’re all safe

I would be pretty surprised if we didn’t have a productive rookie on our hands here. Daniels to Sinnott is going to be eye-opening

So glad to not be a laughingstock anymore. The Patriots hired Mayo without a real hiring process—he was Kraft’s choice all along. Joke of an owner dragged along by Brady and Belichick, spends this entire offseason smearing Belichick just to hire another “Patriot’s Way” sycophant (but one who will kiss his ass) with no real competition for the job. Drafts a franchise QB with Mayo and Eliot Wolf (not given the GM title) making the decisions. After the draft, with a coaching staff and a rookie franchise QB already chosen…now Kraft is holding interviews for a GM. What?

Yes when I called the NFL player a tiny pansy and speculated that an NFL team running a defensive scheme that calls for tiny pansies may want to trade for him, I was being deadly serious. They’ll have to find him in order to trade for him though—they must look at him straight-on lest he turn sideways and disappear!

This is the second time you’ve posted your theory that these monsters who have to eat professionally in their off-time to stay large and fat enough to even play their positions don’t actually need to be coming off the field. Everyone kinda ignored it the first time you said it recently but I just feel like I have to bluntly say that imo you’re just wrong. Or the entire NFL is wrong. But I’m banking on you being wrong. Our talented DL has gotten noticeably less effective and more injured when they’ve had to play more and more snaps. Payne has had a season or two where he was an exception but that’s extremely rare. These guys are mostly not even meant to be the size and strength they are. An insane amount of work goes into it, and the cardio takes a hit. I think it’s admirable to question common sense on long held beliefs in this league but this one imo clearly has merit. The best DL’s are those that can rotate in talented depth and keep the energy high

Since we’re looking for violent run-and-hit players in our scheme, I wonder if we can trade him to a team whose defensive scheme now requires tiny pansies. A straight swap, perhaps.

Tress Way’s been great during our down years. How much does that mean to me? Not that much, hate to say. A Punter can’t make a jersey number “significant” to me. It’s just not possible. Maybe performing at an elite level during a Super Bowl run would do it, I doubt we find out. Even #5 I still associate more with the horrors of McNabb than I do with Way’s very good punting.

I think @Llevronwas just referencing how every action Daniels was taking before the draft was being interpreted as him wanting to go elsewhere because he hated us lol, so the fact that he finally has a public appearance without the Commanders hat he’s been constantly seen in since draft night, that must mean he’s back to hating us!! And none of us are talking about it!!1! lol if my interpretation is right, it just didn’t land bc it requires realizing he’s referencing those two stupid ongoing twitter jokes, for his to make sense edit: I see my phone didn’t update the thread and we are now 3 hours past this event and it’s already been talked to death lol

I think there’s a non-zero chance that Peters, coming from SF, along with Kingsbury think there is a viable way to account for a mediocre at best OL via scheme: Daniels releasing the ball quickly (and using RB’s and TE’s heavily) can take a lot of the pressure off of himself. We’ve seen it before—Cousins coming in when the OL looked terrible in 2013, Brissett last year.

You just repeated what I said, we are in agreement on the story lol You may want to delete this, the new sticky from Jumbo specifies not to talk about the looks of player’s wives, girlfriends, etc. FYI. Trying to keep things family friendly. I tried to keep my commentary about the Dax Milne/Zach Wilson purely academic for that reason lol