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    I'd like to think so. The $5M more is not a huge deal, I don't think. The 2nd round pick hurts, sure, but it's a good use of an asset for an improvement in the team's bridge QB. I've posited that Taylor is firmly entrenched among the bottom third of the league's starters (and he may not even start for a team next season). My sense is that Smith is firmly entrenched among the middle third of the league's starters. And he's a fit for the west coast timing O that Dennison runs (assuming there's no change made there).
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    It's mission critical that the team not overpay for Cousins.
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    The more I think about it, the more I think that the best case scenario is for the Bills to acquire Smith from the Chiefs for something other than a 1st rounder (there'd be some symmetry there, in that they can get back (some of? more than?) what they gave up for Mahomes), and then draft a QB (or two (maybe even one in 2018 and one in 2019?)). I've read people here saying that Smith is no better than Taylor. I disagree with that. He's somewhat better, and far from great. But Smith would be an ideal bridge quarterback until the team's next QB of the future is ready to go.
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    I was imprecise, I think. I don't mean to suggest that it's a crapshoot, as in, you may as well try to get your Brady in round 6 rather than get your Peyton Manning at #1 overall. I am sure that the overwhelming majority of good (or better) starting QBs are taken in round 1 or 2. What I mean is that, within those first two rounds, the matter of getting the right guy seems fairly random (and even a bit unlikely). Peyton Manning, Luck, and Cam Newton went first overall. But so did Alex Smith, Tim Couch, Jeff George, Jamarcus Russell, and David Carr. Donovan McNabb and Carson Wentz went 2nd overall. But so did Rick Mirer and Ryan Leaf. Matt Ryan went third overall, but then again so did a thing called Joey Harrington, as well as chumps like Vince Young, Blake Bortles, Heath Shuler, and Akili Smith. You say Philip Rivers? I say Jake Locker. You say Ben Roethlisberger? I say Blaine Gabbert. Like I said, it seems pretty random. I am sure that there are some scouts who are better at it than others. But I think I'd rather be lucky than good when it comes to getting the next great signal caller.
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    Yeah - I'm just gonna disagree. His arm strength looks below average to me insofar as NFL QBs go. That's damning with faint praise. Taylor has shown the ability to throw a good long ball (although less and less so of late), but he does not have much of an arm. Can Taylor scorch a ball into a small window? Hell no. I lost track. Who said Taylor has a cannon for an arm? Puh-leez. He can put some air under a nice spiral. Doesn't mean he has a cannon. Hmmm. I dunno, man. The fact that highly experienced, highly trained people spend 1000s of hours trying to hit on these QBs, and fail far more often than they succeed, suggests to me that the task is a difficult one, not, as you seem to posit, that there are dozens, even hundreds of stupid, cowardly people doing the work. The scouts do cling to the things that can be readily quantified. I think that's because the other stuff -- so much of it mental (like, will a prospect learn to identify a cover 4 and, within seconds, understand that his outside receiver will be singled with the weaker of the opponent's two corners?) -- is so difficult to quantify and predict. Ah, there it is. Tyrod does not have a cannon. He probably has low-average NFL arm strength. He also lacks touch, as you say. And accuracy. Taylor is firmly nestled in the bottom third of the league's starting QBs. He's capable of making spectacular plays; persistently incapable of making routine ones.
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    Meh. I'm convinced it's mostly a crapshoot anyway. Wait - what? i can't recall any of his throws against San Diego (and thank God for that), but his INT yesterday appeared to take roughly 3 minutes to reach the intended receiver. Someone here said it: His arm strength is like post-surgery Chad Pennington.
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    That'd be my plan. Ideally, they'd fine an OC better than Dennison. But if they were to bring in Smith, a vanilla west coast scheme might get you another 9 wins?
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    I really don’t want the Bills to overpay Cousins. If Smith were to be the team’s QB next year, it’d be an incremental improvement over Taylor — but not insubstantial. Especially in this west coast system. I think the Bills likely beat the Jags with Smith at QB in yesterday’s game. Romo seemed to give the brutal truth about Tyrod on several replays yesterday. Taylor just doesn’t see the field in a reliable manner. Final thought: Very unlikely that Shady catches lightning in a bottle next season (age 30). The offence could somehow get worse?
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    Haha - that kid sounds to be my age. Hell, we’re all kids right now. Go Bills.
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    [Oprah voice]: YOU get a QB! And YOU get a QB!
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    Lol Mark Davis. The Pardon My Take show dropped a joke in which it was posited that Davis wants to hire Gruden because, when Davis looks in the mirror, he (Davis) thinks he looks like Gruden; that Davis has fantasies of living out some sort of buddy-movie with Gruden in which they occasionally wear matching outfits and confound other people in the organization who cannot tell them apart. And, really. It's a funny joke. It's also plausible.
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    I think the importance of the position has a tendency to boost a prospect's position on a draft board.
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    I recall that being reported -- that the 2nd they got from SF was less than the 1st the Browns offered. I do think there's a very good chance that the owner intervened on some level and said, in effect, the better football decision may be to move on from Brady, but the better business decision is probably to stick with him. OTOH, it's been consistently reported that Belichick holds grudges like no other. That would include having one against the Browns. Additionally, it's been reported in connection with Garappolo that he really wanted to see him succeed elsewhere (if it could not be in NE) because that would reflect well on Belichick and his legacy. In that regard, it would make sense that he'd say "no" to the Browns tire fire and instead entrust his prized prospect to a person he trusts (Shanahan in SF, IIRC). I think it's strong to call it a hatchet job (which is what all my Pats fan friends are calling it), but I think it has the whiff of being a bit overdone.
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    If you have not seen the video re this quote, please go see it. Linked upthread (to a Twitter post).
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    It's hard to beat a team three times. IT'S HARD TO BEAT A TEAM THREE TIMES!
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    Well, he answered the bell way out of his weight class. I find it sort of funny that he ripped some of that absurd-ass Amish beard off Jumbo's face.
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    Interesting. Wickersham certainly seems to have it out for the Patriots. We'd all love to see that happen, but I don't expect a stranger-than-fiction story-line like that to play out. Same with this. My sense is that the report is based in some truth, but largely over-blown. Belichick really did have a difficult situation to resolve with Garappolo. He must have presumed that the young guy was poised to take over for Brady -- that Brady would retire. But then Brady didn't. And Garrapolo looked good -- maybe great. I'm sure Kraft had a hand in making the decision too. In any case, my bet is that this story helps fuel the Patriots to yet another Superbowl victory. Maybe after that Brady calls it quits. My money remains on Brady retiring before Belichick does. The latter, I think, wants to prove that he can do it without Brady.
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    It was silky.
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    I heard Rob Ray’s comments to the effect that PH consciously chose a shiny, happy, positive approach with his team — going to bat for them publicly despite struggles. That’s his philhousley (philosophy), evidently. I’m not sure we’ll get to see if that philhousley coild ever achieve positive results with this squad.
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    Just saw the Risto hit on Twitter. What a garbage play that is. Neil-esque in its angle of approach, if not in its lateness.
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    I appreciate that sort of feedback.
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    Our fan base's reaction has been so uniquely wonderful that I'm really starting to believe that's true. (Heretofore, I mostly subscribed to the theory of "folks is folks" no matter where you go.) Word up. I was watching in a large common space of a hotel, among friends and total strangers, and there was like a 15-dude dog pile on the rabbit celebration - with friends and strangers alike. Glorious.
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    Oooooh. Eye rolling at the eye rollers. But who eye rolls at those who eye roll at the eye rollers? HUH?
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    Hells yeah. They really are good. And they've been getting better and better (and better). And I say that without blowing too much smoke at RF. For example in this instance, I found Scotty's post about what to do with ROR to be interesting as well.
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    Really good stuff, Flagg.
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