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I politely disagree. Every coach has his/her style and some preferred Kill and some prefer Fleck. I find them both grating in different ways but then I realize they are football coaches and neither are rocket scientists nor people whose jobs decide the fate of the Western World. I'm an old...

Ferdinand Magellan has been around the globe a couple of times and seems to keep landing on this island.

You may be right, but the national media keeps the drumbeat of $100 MM guaranteed as in two years at $45 MM and a buyout after two years. Leber was saying the same thing this morning, Leber also thought the Penix choice was ridiculous at a number of levels and I agree with that take.

Cousins doesn't get the full 3rd year if he's dropped after 2. He's guaranteed $100 MM with I 've heard it's an additional $12 MM if the Falcons bounce him (I don't know if the $12 MM is part of the $100 MM. You may know otherwise, but the sports media has been reporting it as $100 MM ever...

It's always hard to project and Spann-Ford has an interesting set of physical tools that haven't translated consistently to this point. He had a down year in 2023 and that really hurt his chances in this year's draft.

I was thinking more foul ball, but that's a different sport.

Awesome. Depending on how one classifies DeJean, Nubin is the first "pure" safety off the board.

Nubin to the Giants at #47.

I think it makes sense if you really like Penix. I think Penix was a reach, but if they think he's the next guy, they can dump Cousins after 2 years.

I really likpe McCarthy's game. Some rag on him for not doing more as the MIchigan QB, but he stepped when he had to and played within that system very well. Watched him enough to know he has tremendous football instincts. Nubin is a puzzler to me. He's really good, but I've always thought...

It's a pretty solid set of offers. Not "knock your socks off," but pretty decent. Liked the highlight reel. He completed a couple of passes of more than 40 yards, which, according to some, is the key measurement. Couldn't tell how tight the spiral was.

Someone will probably recruit him as a nose tackle.

I think Nubin is a Day 2 guy. He's a really good football player, but I think he's behind a couple of the other safety prospects in terms of raw athleticism. The pros have gone big on the Relative Athletic Score metric and that stresses projection over performance. Physicality is extremely...

By golly it's Begalle!

I have no idea what the NBA scouts look for and value. I do think Christie is a better prospect than Coffey was and Coffey has done alright.

Brown was an anomaly. I wrote a page back that he was bigger than most LBs and much faster and he could run over or by DBs. An athletic marvel, especially for that era. 4-sport lettrman at Syracuse (football, basketball, track, and lacrosse). Athleticism aside, Brown had a feel for the game...

Greatest is always difficult to discern. I think the thing with Simpson is that he was the first sprinter I recall playing RB. There were scat backs and such, but there was a shift in the paradigm with Simpson. Brown clearly was on another planet athletically than most of the players in his...

I wonder if there is an open-enrollment angle to it. As you said in your next post, nothing wrong with it if there is. Howard is a good coach who had a highly successful career and that's a selling point for a kid who envisions himself playing at the next level. When I think about the effect...

The USC 440 relay team that Simpson was on actually held the world record of 38.16 seconds for a bit.

Truly gifted athlete. I remember during the Gophers were pounding on him during a USC visit to Memorial Stadium in 1968. Couldn't watch the game in those days, but listened intently. Simpson ended up with 375 all-purpose yards (236 rushing). I remember the highlight from the 10 o'clock news...