I believe Colin Cowherd claimed this was the case, with the sole exception of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. (He discounts Steve Young, who didn’t play there long, and wasn’t that good when he was there, if I recall correctly.) He has a strong case for the Bucs, but claiming that every other NFL team had, at some point, a good to great QB seems wrong. Do you agree or disagree?

Discussion thread for general NFL topics happening prior to the 2020-2021 NFL season.

This could be one of the most interesting offseasons with regard the QB position throughout the league. There could be some really good QBs either switching teams or even retiring. This is a thread to discuss that topic.

• Steve Atwater, S
• Carl Banks, LB
• Ronde Barber, CB/S
• Tony Boselli, OT
• Isaac Bruce, WR
• LeRoy Butler, S
• Alan Faneca, OG
• Torry Holt, WR
• Steve Hutchinson, OG
• Edgerrin James, RB
• John Lynch, FS
• Clay Matthews, LB
• Sam Mills, LB
• Troy Polamalu, S
• Simeon Rice, DE
• Richard Seymour, DE/DT
• Steve Tasker, ST/WR
• Fred Taylor, RB
• Zach Thomas, LB
• Hines Ward, WR
• Ricky Watters, RB
• Reggie Wayne, WR
• Patrick Willis, LB
• Darren Woodson, S
• Bryant Young, DT

Thoughts, predictions, etc.

Some thoughts on Kobe Bryant.

Where does Bryant rank in terms of the all-time greatest players? He actually wouldn’t be in my top five. However, I will say the following:

1. I would put him above LeBron James;
2. He is not the same player as Michael Jordan, but in terms of scoring ability and competitive intensity, he and Jordan are basically clones. You talk about the killer instinct, and these two might be the first two I think of. In terms of the ability to score one-on-one (not necessarily the best penetrators), in terms of non-centers, these two may be the best of all time.

It hasn’t started yet, so how can I be so enthusiastic? Well, I’m not–this is actually a thread to discuss the rules that differ from the NFL.

I’m assuming you guys have been following this story much more than I have. My vague understanding is that the Astros were filming opponents and figuring out the signals, and then possibly using a buzzer type of device that hitters would have on their body to tell them what pitches to expect. Is this accurate?

Off the top of my head, I’m OK with players (at second base) trying to steal signals from the catcher and then trying to alert the batter. My rationale is that it requires skill to detect this and convey the info. Additionally, it requires skill of the catcher to make sure their not tipping the pitches. It’s similar to pitchers being aware of things their doing to tip their pitches. It also seems similar to football defensive players reading body language, etc. to figure out a play before it happens.

But the buzzer and the video seem to cross a line–particularly the former. What do you guys think?

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