Mr.TaterSalad

I read a stat (the stat itself was from 2018 I believe, so it may be dated now) that said in the last decade no Super Bowl winning team has ever had one player take up more than 14% of the salary cap. Goff right now takes up 14.3% of our cap space. Luckily for us, Goff's cap % falls under 14% over the next 2 seasons. That stat alone doesn't justify taking a rookie QB and having the rookie wage scale, but it is food for thought.

I don't think the QB you take has to be better than Goff, rather just as good as Goff. You certainly hope they are better though if you are taking one. My reasoning though for being as good as Goff is the benefit of the rookie contract that comes with a Young/Stroud/whoever. If you can move on from Goff in a year and have 2-4 seasons of a QB on a rookie contract, playing at least as good as Goff is now, I think there is some merit to that. Let's say you drafted CJ Stroud and in 2 years time he proves to be as good as Goff or only slightly better, but you get Goff's $31 million cap hit off the books, minus the $5 million in dead cap if he's cut or traded, I think there is benefit to being able to have that money available to you for 2-3 seasons and load up the roster during the off-season. The rookie contract is the game changer we never were able to have under the Matt Stafford tenure. All this said, if someone like Will Anderson or Jalen Carter was a game changing, all pro player on defense, I wouldn't pass up on one of them just to have the benefit of a rookie contract. I'd probably take one of them. Though the argument could be made that you can get the best of both worlds by trying to find a Chandler Jones or Khalil Mack type of player to trade for while drafting your QB, thus giving you both a game changing defensive player and the benefit of a QB on a rookie contract.

I think this is a lousy hire for Purdue. As Hong said, who the hell did Illinois play and look good against besides Michigan? This seems like the type of hire that gets you to a string of 5-7 seasons and then he gets fired midway through year 4 or 5. Would Bill O'Brien have been a good hire for Purdue? He's got Big Ten coaching and recruiting experience and success. He understands the midwest and is back in college football now with Alabama.

Great! I'll gladly write in my apology vote. At his point, with Goff looking the way he is, I feel confident that we can pass on Young, Stroud, Levis, whoever in the 1st. Maybe he comes back to Earth next season, maybe he doesn't. But if you have a good thing going, no need to change it up at this point.

Where is the, I wanted to draft a QB in the 2023 draft check box option for people like me?

It's like the first half and second half of the season flipped completely in the NFL for some teams. The Falcons, Giants, Jets, Seahawks had decent or good starts to the season. Now, it's the Lions, Commanders, and 49'ers all rallying back to close strong while all of them are crashing back down to Earth.

How is this the same team that got blanked by the Patriots and was historically bad on defense to start the season? What a turnaround by this team and coaching staff.

WOW, a damn good game by this Lions team and coaching staff.

This will be easily Campbell's best win of his career assuming we hold on.

WOW, never saw that coming. Great wrinkle there by Ben Johnson going to Sewell.

We need a field goal at minimum.

I was just about to say that field goal iced it, maybe I should hold off.

This will be a game ending drive here if they can get a couple of first downs here.

Does this mean we're losing by 3 now?

If only he could stay healthy and play like this all the time.

The Lions playing great, balls bouncing our way, this is incredible.

I have to hand it to Dan Campbell and the coaching staff, both Aaron Glenn and Ben Johnson. This season looked like it was going off the rails early and they kept the ship afloat ad got us to 5-7. If we want to be a serious threat for the playoffs and make a statement to the rest of the NFC then going out and winning this game over a 10-2 Vikings team would go a long way. I am excited to see how much Williams finally gets integrated into this offense now that he's ben practicing for a couple of weeks and has a week of playing time under his belt. This should be a fun matchup, with hopefully better coaching and a different result than their first meeting.

I knew that I had listened to this song quite a big in 2022 but I was surprised it was my most played on Spotify given that the album's been out for several years now.

I don't understand this. Neon Deion could have waited one more season and gotten himself to a premier program, not one that hasn't been relevant since a hail mary pass in 1994. Where is the recruiting base for Colorado? Texas/Southeast? California? He's probably not out competing the likes of Texas, A&M, TCU, USC, Oregon in those area. Had he waited he could have gotten himself into a better situation I think.

Amazing win for the Democrats and Warnock campaign in Georgia!!! When does the Georgia Governor's seat finally flip Democratic?

I haven't felt this way about Michigan since I was a kid watching Charles Woodson, Brian Griese, and the A-Train Anthony Thomas play.

Huge props to Aidan O'Connell for playing at such a high level right after losing his brother. Great game kid!

Back to back Big Ten Championships! This is the Jim Harbaugh I have been waiting for. I'm sorry for ever doubting you so much Jimbo!

That first down should be ballgame.

You gotta onside kick it here if you're Purdue.