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BlackJesus

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  1. Great size (6'8), long arms (34"), still young (26), and has the Squeelers playbook. Nice.
  2. Since Burrow has had a year-long injury already in the past, I can't imagine he would go into this season with the possibility of putting hundreds of millions of dollars in jeopardy. If he were to rupture an achilles week 1, then they likely wouldn't give him an extension this season at all, or perhaps even before next year (and make him show he recovered well first by playing at a high level next season). Then they could also tag him the year after that. It's just way too risky and too much at stake for any agent in their right mind to risk (2% agent fee of a 300 million contract, is an easy 6 million bucks). I would place the likelihood of a deal by Friday at 90% and would be SHOCKED if there is no deal in place.
  3. ... Michael Thomas and Stanley Morgan would have been your candidates and both are now on the PS. I guess Shooter could have been an option.
  4. Duke drafted 3 of the Captains, and signed 3 of the Captains as outside free agents. But of course it is relevant for the free agents, as it shows he is good at finding guys from other teams who can come in and instantly be seen as leaders of the football team. Karras was a Captain before ever even taking a Bengals snap last season. So clearly Duke knows the type of personalities he wants in his players. It is also why Zac likes to draft college team captains as they have discerned that they make for a better locker room of self-driven men who know what it takes to win.
  5. I would put the chance of winning with Burrow at like 85% and the chance of winning with Browning at a 50% coin flip. In an ideal world, Browning could scrape out a win and allow Burrow one more week of rehab before the home opener just to be on the safe side. But Division games are also worth 2 games essentially and are far too important to throw one away. If Burrow is 100% healthy I think you play him. But if he is only 90% and needs another week, you can't risk the entire season for 1 game.
  6. Consider this ... 3 of the 6 Captains were brought in as free agents. (Karras, Reader, Hilton). That speaks to Duke's eye.
  7. Me too. A legend on and off the field with his "Cincy hat" charity ...
  8. It's either that ... 1. Burrow is cleared to play and Zac is being coy so that the Clowns have to prepare for Browning as well (70% chance) 2. They want to be cautious with Burrow and give him until week 2 to recover, so will go with Browning. But don't want to announce that in advance, so Cleveland spends time prepping for Burrow (30% chance).
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