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[Cleft Crusty]

After Rookie Minicamp, Bears retain only two kickers, Elliott Fry and Chris Blewitt. https://bearswire.usatoday.com/2019/...chris-blewitt/.

In related news, the Green Bay Packers decide against signing kickers Will Missit and Shane K Wideright.

[MadScientist]

Viking cap hell:
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/...aign=editorial

[mraynrand]

Viking cap hell:
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/...aign=editorial

The 29-year-old Rudolph told Sid Hartman of the Star Tribune that he won't take a pay cut because he is "too young for that," as if anyone needs a reason to bristle at a pay cut. There's lots of trade speculation, which is inevitable when a cap-strapped team and a respected veteran start haggling over pay cuts.

The most astonishing thing about that article is to find Sid Hartman still alive and working. That guy must be nearing 110.

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drew brees says he is very impressed with new signing jared cook

was letting him go our biggest mistake of the last few years

letting him go so we could sign that giant douchebag piece of shit bennett was just terrible

[Rastak]

The most astonishing thing about that article is to find Sid Hartman still alive and working. That guy must be nearing 110.

Yea. I believe he wrote his first column the year the Japs bombed Pearl Harbor....seriously.

[mraynrand]

Yea. I believe he wrote his first column the year the Japs bombed Pearl Harbor....seriously.

Did Sid Hartman give up when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!

[mraynrand]

that giant douchebag piece of shit bennett

QFT

[pbmax]

drew brees says he is very impressed with new signing jared cook

was letting him go our biggest mistake of the last few years

letting him go so we could sign that giant douchebag piece of shit bennett was just terrible

In retrospect it worked out poorly. But when those silos start to communicate... McCarthy wanted a blocking TE.

[mraynrand]

In retrospect it worked out poorly. But when those silos start to communicate... McCarthy wanted a blocking TE.

Maybe the Ball Silo thought Cook was too expensive. So too many cooks got you fewer Cook.

[pbmax]

Maybe the Ball Silo thought Cook was too expensive. So too many cooks got you fewer Cook.

Could be. Two Silos against One Silo usually win out.

That story always seemed wacky. I think they suddenly discovered they were in the running for Bennett with a plausible-iso reason to move away from Cook.

[pbmax]

ProFootballTalk @ProFootballTalk
Doug Flutie spoke at the Von Miller summit. Flutie told pass rushers to ask offensive linemen for the snap count because "those guys are so stupid that they always ask" each other.

Ouch. Doug getting personal. What is a Von Miller Summit you ask?

ProFootballTalk @ProFootballTalk
Von Miller brings pass rushers together for third annual summit aimed at making it easier to wreak havoc on quarterbacks

PFT: https://t.co/phXgQ9J2cw

[Patler]

Re Sid Hartman:

Yea. I believe he wrote his first column the year the Japs bombed Pearl Harbor....seriously.

Not quite, but close. It was the year the Japanese surrendered. First article in 1945 per his bio. The guy is 99 years old and still writing.

[mraynrand]

Re Sid Hartman:



Not quite, but close. It was the year the Japanese surrendered. First article in 1945 per his bio. The guy is 99 years old and still writing.

GOAT (old)

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It Could Be Worse Department, Texans.

Not excited about silos or the triumvirate of accountability? Still might be better than having an Executive for Team Development fire your GM after a 17 month tenure.

https://www.riversmccown.com/2019/06/10/how-to-lose-a-gm-in-17-months-what-to-make-of-the-brian-gaine-firing/

To be fair, there are several possible scenarios, including the Head Coach and the owners son activating the trap door. But one of the most connected beat guys, Lance Zierlein, thinks it was this guy, Jack Easterby. He was formerly the Chiefs chaplain and seems to be some kind of leadership coach.

[pbmax]

Everyone relax. The Vikings have used up all their other cap space on Kyle Rudolph.

Ian Rapoport @RapSheet
On the 4-year, $36M extension the #Vikings & TE Kyle Rudolph agreed to last night that accomplished his ultimate goal of staying in Minnesota: Rudolph gets $1.625M additional this year added to his $7.625M base, per source. $9M fully guaranteed in all. $16.025 in total guarantes.