oldno82

Happy Easter to you too... Maybe the Easter Bunny will bring us some interior linemen in the draft.

Well holy crap, things changed almost 10 years ago and I didn't even know it! My age is really catching up to me.

I think we start earlier because the NFL allows new coaches to do that. It's a full schedule with the draft and OTA's. Should be very interesting. I read a blurb somewhere that the Offensive Coordinator is a West Coast Offense guy. So more interest than even usual.

I see now we are posting in verse, I just hope the new coach makes us better, not worse. We have to allow him some time to settle in Before we will know if with our team he can win. I find that posting like this is too hard to do So I will just sign off without further ado.

Is it still forbidden for an NFL owner to also own another franchise in another sport?

Plank is 'only' worth about 1.1 billion and the Lerner family does have the money but they also own the Nationals. Don't know the Arles family and couldn't find anything on them.

So who is going to buy the team from Bisciotti in 5-10 years at those prices? Sure won't be anyone local---nobody with that much money for this area.

That's probably spot on.

I gather it's not. I really hate these International games. They should just have a separate league if they want to make money across the globe. Greed is the driving factor in the NFL and as the years tick by it's getting worse and worse. https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/04/01/ravens-play-cowboys-in-rio-de-janeiro-brazil-in-2026/.

I would add incentives to get his pay back up if meets them.

Well, pretty much as expected. I still don't like the kickoff from 50 yard line rule.

Really not looking forward to replacement refs. It was a disaster last time. I will say that the current refs are over--reaching on their demands. They should be rated the same way most workers are, by performance, not seniority. And, holding out for a 10% pay increase each year is pretty bold. They currently make $350,000/yr with guaranteed 6.5% increases. I think that's pretty good pay for how long their work-year is. Tough job but pay and performance are pretty compatible to say the least.

Yeah, looking forward to the new regime too. Good things will happen if the players buy in.

Well that is a problem they ought to be able to work out. He might take a fair reduction as opposed to being cut. I just don't think there is a viable trade market for him whereas he has some value to us for leadership in the locker room. And, sure, play him closer to the LOS and have him also cover tight ends.

I don't think we would get much in a trade whereas he may still be of use for his leadership and his performance ain't that bad. As the saying goes, you can never have too many corners.