As always, its a combo meal.

Proximity matters. Of course, Clevelanders would go to Pennsylvania rather than Iowa, but Ohio is no slouch either. An OH/MI alliance could amass some solid talent in comparison.

And all we heard last year was that the QB class was depressed and all teams should wait for Young, Stroud, and co. Weird how that works

No, because I think they will be good enough with Daboll and Jones. I think there are a lot of people dogging Jones and this contract and this is the silver lining if they really believe the contract is as bad as they think. All this talk about wasting money on Jones, but the real problems are overpaying a RB, the wasted money on Golladay, and lack of receiving weapons.

>Is there a team that would’ve paid even $120mil / 4 for him?

You're asking the wrong question, which you already answered by saying you're negotiating against yourselves. The real question is, who were the Giants going to sign instead? There is no way the media and fans let NYG get away with signing any other FA QB to a playoff team on the rise.

This contract isn't as bad as it sounds. They can still draft his replacement in a later round and be ready in 2-3 years. If you look at the QBs making less than 40m, the only players I would pick over Jones are due for even bigger paydays and their teams aren't letting them go.

Jones is their only option and he is now married to Daboll. If the NYG suck next year or the year after, you move on from both and let your new coach draft his guy. If they succeed, then you don't care about the money.

Funny that you use Saturday to support your argument, when he never should have had a chance in the first place. He was woefully unqualified and his hiring was widely panned by the same people he was on television with before he became coach. Then, when the season ended, Irsay was rumored to be ignoring people around him and attempting to stick with Saturday.

He has been passed over for head coaching jobs despite what appears to be all of the qualifications. The newest leading theory is that anything he does is overshadowed by having an all-time great head coach above him, and an all-time great QB running his offense. The old theory was that he doesn't interview well.

This, of course, doesn't apply to his notably white counterparts; Charlie Weiss, Bill O'Brien, and Josh McDaniels who got many head coaching opportunities after being OC under all-time great coach Bill Belichick with all-time great QB Tom Brady. Even his Eagles counterpart that he just defeated in the Super Bowl received a head coaching job.

To escape these "shadows" he is attempting to show his skill in a lesser opportunity in hopes of showing that he is legit.

On the outside looking in, the whole thing looks and smells fishy. NFL owners have a racist, bigoted, ugly, good old boys network and they are historically bad at picking new head coaches. Something is keeping Bieniemy from getting a head coaching opportunity, and it isn't his resumé.

Trent Williams was huge, agreed.

SF was 4-3 before acquiring arguably the best offensive player in the NFL, then lost to KC before their 10 straight. Their 3rd string qb might not be the biggest reason they're winning. Replacing Trey Lance and acquiring McCaffrey are most likely the reasons their offense got better and had more impact on winning.

True. There were many envious/incredulous Lions fans comparing the franchises after that year, like wtf?! They were supposed to be just like us!

You went to the Super Bowl in 2009. As a Lions fan, respectfully, shut up. ;)

Interesting, are you a grilled cheese purist? I've had a few of these and would definitely recommend them.

This format does provide us with a beginning assumption that the AP/CFP are more accurate at assessing the talent/performance of the top 5 teams than the rest of the field.

My intention was to draw attention to the similarities of these diets, rather than focusing on whether or not "plant-based", "keto", or "carnivore" is the superior diet.

Maybe the causation is more correlated to the foods which both diets aim to eliminate?

This feels like it would be a good exercise to take time daily and recognize the separate "selves", how they represented throughout the day, and the feelings they cause.

I identify with this idea very much. I was very much burned out in my career and quit in 2021. My time since has been a struggle between both of my 'drives' as I attempt to determine who I am, why I am, and why I feel as if I need to be constantly busy. Rediscovering the lost ability to fully commit to losing myself in a career is proving impossible so far, yet I still yearn for productivity.