9/17/2018 Daily Discussion Thread – You People Want To Be My Valuencers?

Eric Rowe roasted again … the cornerback Belichick thought would be better than Malcolm Butler. Just embarrassing.

— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) September 16, 2018

Through two weeks, Malcolm Butler — the cornerback who was infamously benched in the Super Bowl last year — has been targeted 17 times while surrendering 257 yards (most in NFL) and three TDs (most in NFL) when in coverage.

— Scott Barrett (@ScottBarrettDFB) September 17, 2018

I saw Malcolm get beat good for a 40 yrd TD on the RedZone yesterday. Maybe Bill knows what he is doing after all. Still it’s the second time in the last 3 games that they have decided to sit Rowe down.

The fact there’s such an overreaction to just one game shows there’s little consensus as to what the event will be that conclusively marks when the run is over.

Cain says 10-6, but the Patriots won their division at 10-6 in 2009  (seen, along with 2002 and 2005, as the lean years since Brady became starter). So what will be the sign? Not making the playoffs?

Every other team can have a down year without it turning into the apocalypse. Tomlin and Harbaugh have both had multiple 8-8 seasons (Harbaugh even had a 5-11 season) without people calling for their heads, but Belichick’s in danger if he goes 9-7?

From my perspective, it’s been house money since 49. They can go 6-10 and I won’t bitch. There’s a ton of shit that can go wrong: injuries, luck, calls, players slowing down with age, etc. I look at their roster and see how they can win, and see how they can lose; It could break either way. But I’ve seen enough of Belichick’s teams to know September won’t tell us a damned thing.

Once Gordon signs, the narrative of potential substance abuse relapse begins.

‘Sawr him at a restaurant drinking wine”

‘Started a fight at my VFW”

“Hangs out with one of Odin Lloyd’s friends”

Blinded By The Lombardis wrote:

The fact there’s such an overreaction to just one game shows there’s little consensus as to what the event will be that conclusively marks when the run is over.

Cain says 10-6, but the Patriots won their division at 10-6 in 2009 (seen, along with 2002 and 2005, as the lean years since Brady became starter). So what will be the sign? Not making the playoffs?

Every other team can have a down year without it turning into the apocalypse. Tomlin and Harbaugh have both had multiple 8-8 seasons (Harbaugh even had a 5-11 season) without people calling for their heads, but Belichick’s in danger if he goes 9-7?

From my perspective, it’s been house money since 49. They can go 6-10 and I won’t bitch. There’s a ton of shit that can go wrong: injuries, luck, calls, players slowing down with age, etc. I look at their roster and see how they can win, and see how they can lose; It could break either way. But I’ve seen enough of Belichick’s teams to know September won’t tell us a damned thing.

I will never bitch as long as Belichick is running the show.  I’ll always default to he is smarter and more informed than me.  I’m scheduling my first real meltdown for just after their appearance on Hard Knocks early next decade when Baby John breaks the douchemeter.  As an aside I just finished Big Game.  The only guy who comes off worse than RKK is Jerry Jones.  He’s even more drunk and obnoxious than we thought.  Board-approved giant tumblers of Johnny Walker Blue feature prominently.  On second thought maybe RKK is worse.  He’s every bit the phoney you all pegged him as over the years.   TB would be our most hated athlete if he wore a different logo.  I still give it an overall thumbsup I’d recommend it to the board.

Saturday, 9:05 AM:  Larry Johnson saying he’d like to reach out to Josh Gordon pays $2.10.

Hacksaw wrote:

Once Gordon signs, the narrative of potential substance abuse relapse begins.

‘Sawr him at a restaurant drinking wine”

‘Started a fight at my VFW”

“Hangs out with one of Odin Lloyd’s friends”

Keep him away from Chandler Jones’ synthetic weed dealer.

BrianInLA wrote:

I’ve always loved Josh Gordon. I realize I’m in the minority on that but the guy has/had amazing talent. If they’ll take a flier on that fatfuck Albert Haynesworth they will take a try on anyone.

The Boy Who Loved Josh Gordon

I hated Moss before he came to NE. Then he became one of my favorite players. Granted its because they turned the NFL into a video game but whatever. If Josh sucks Bill will show him the door. If he doesn’t suck then hurray. First time he mouths off to Brady (which I can’t imagine ever happening) Gronk will pick him up and drop him on his head.

Dez has to be like “Hey guys! Over here. Guys?”

Gordon is on the books for $790K and the deal is up at the end of the year.   Dez would want more than that to answer the phone.

I believe he is under control for 2 years, both at low dollars. I’d pay a 4th – they have extra 2 and 3 next year.

@jimmysSeafood isn’t a fan of someone whose time working in Baltimore ended on a sour note.

Also, where is Chico’s song parody from?