blueharvest
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IIRC that was a freaking gnarly injury. I always root for players not named Vick or Rodgers when they are coming back from injuries or absences (although those are just two off the top of my head).i would like to see Chubb have success after that injury, even though i am not a Browns fan
Raiders apparently tried to go up to 2 in the draft, but Commanders didn't budge. They really want Jayden Daniels.
I think they end up with Michael Penix Jr. He has that Raider vibe & seems like an AP type player. Guess we find out tonight. Wouldn't surprise me if they just took a lineman too lol.
Penix looked a lot better than I thought he would at the combine. He throws a really tight ball with very good velocity and made every throw in the book. I'm always, however, a little skeptical about left handed QBs....even though I'm left handed. The only things I can think of that would be a problem, for the receivers anyway, would be that the ball has the opposite spin than "normal" LOL and that you probably want your best tackle on the opposite side of the line.
About 10% of people are left handed, but the percentage of QBs that are is much, much lower than that (at least that's how it appears to me). It's anecdotal, but I worked in IT for a long time and I noticed that much more than 10% of the engineers are left handed. Go figure....
I don't know that Penix even lasts until 13. The Vikes and Denver are both in front of us in the draft. When you add Chicago, Washington, and NE, that makes 5 teams needing a QB.What are the odds that I am left handed as well? So I always pull for the lefties.
I've seen people saying go for a RT at 13, trade back in the first for Penix Jr. I just don't even know if Penix slips back that far. He could, but we will see in a few hours.
I wouldn't be sure of getting him at #6 and would be looking to make a swap with AZ or maybe LA, but I could see Minnesota moving up to #4 with their 2 1st rounders.All signs point to us getting J.J McCarthy since i don't expect NE to not get Maye so got to trust in Daboll that he can develop him
They could, "almost" certainly get Penix at 11 and, maybe, Nix at 23. I actually like Nix and while there's risk with just about any QB not named Elway, Luck, Manning (Peyton), etc., He's got the tools to be a really nice NFL QB. It's the draft though......and you never know. There are teams picking before 23 that might want to give Nix a shot and someone like the Raiders or Denver might want to move up a couple of spots to grab Penix.The Vikings really will be the most interesting player in this draft. A lot of mock drafts have them trading up to get one of Daniels, Maye or McCarthy, but all of those players carry a certain amount of risk to them. The ONLY QB who carries very little risk is Caleb Williams (a bona fide can't miss prospect) but there's no chance Chicago is going to part with him. The Vikings should really stand pat, draft the BPA with the #11 pick and draft Micheal Penix or even Bo Nix with the #23 pick. They should learn from Carolina's massive mistake last year.
That was one of the craziest scenes ever filmed....I can't tell you how uneasy that movie made me feel.Uh oh. Don't sick Joe Pesci on me. Even at 81 years old I'm still scared of him!