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I honestly don't think giving up that sort of lead is all that crazy in the modern NBA. Teams can quickly go on a 15-0 run when they're raining threes at the same time the other team enters a shooting slump.

One more Dungeon Crawler Carl theory (spoilers for book seven, and the series in general):

My personal take is that Stefanski isn’t getting fired this year barring a disaster. I think ownership forced Watson on him and he’s subsequently been given a hall pass for at least another year while the team tries to put shit back together after the fuckup that was Watson.

I’d be shocked if the team carries four QBs into the season. Someone will probably get traded for a fifth or something. My guess is they move Pickett, head into the season planning on Flacco as the starter, and see what they have in the rookies. There’s no reason not to give both Sanders and Gabriel a chance to prove themselves this year.

This Oblivion remaster is really hammering home dumbed down Skyrim was and how boring and lifeless Starfield is. Can we get this same thing with Morrowind?

Honestly it’s one of the few teams where he has the opportunity to compete for a starting job immediately.

Looks like the Heat have given up.

I legit have no idea what the hell the Browns are even doing at QB this year. We've got Watson under contract and that ain't changing for another year due to the dead cap, although he's likely taken his last snap for the team. We've got Flacco and Pickett. And now we've drafted both Gabriel and Sanders. But whatever. I'm not going to get broken up over a fifth round pick. Other than that I've liked the draft. Didn't love taking Gabriel as high as he went but other than him and Sanders the team has taken a bunch of guys who I expect to contribute immediately, with their first three picks (Graham, Schwesinger, and Judkins) being day one starters.

And now the Browns take him. God dammit.

Ty Jerome +27 in the first half. Hunter +25.

I think the amount of shit a team is willing to put up with directly correlates to the level of a player’s talent. Shedeur requires a lot of shit to be put up with but he lacks the talent to make it worthwhile for the team. He doesn’t have the speed of Jackson or the strength of Hurts. He doesn’t have the size of Herbert. He doesn’t have the rocket arm of Allen. He doesn’t really have any elite level skills at the position that you can talk yourself into, and if you watch his tape, Hunter bailed him out a lot. It honestly reminded me of what Mike Evans did for Manziel, but Manziel was much more exciting to watch than Sanders.

I also think that teams like Gabriel. He’s just really undersized for the position. The Browns had him in for one of their top thirty visits so they’ve clearly had an eye on him. If the Browns hadn’t taken him, I don’t think he would have made it past Miami in the fourth. They supposedly liked him a lot too.

Yeah, the Browns don't seem to be terribly concerned with being super competitive this year. I also think that Dillon Gabriel pretty perfectly fits the type of system that Stefanski likes to run, which is focused on timing, quick throws, and a power run game. They like to run 12 personnel and they like to pound the rock, which makes the selections of Judkins, Fannin, and Gabriel good fits. This whole Browns draft seems like an indictment on ownership for forcing the Watson trade. It's all high character, hard working guys who seem like they were built in a lab to play for Stefanski.

The simple fact is that the kid is an arrogant, entitled asshole just like his old man but without the talent and physical gifts to get away with acting that way. Most of the teams that need a QB are bad, and they don't want to bring in someone like Shedeur who is the opposite of a good leader. He's the type who will blame his teammates before he blames himself, and he's not a culture setter of the type that bad teams desperately need. He's on record as saying he won't watch tape of any QB other than himself. Why would teams want to bring a guy like that into their locker room? Even good teams aren't interested because they know the kid won't deal well with being a backup and his father will be a distraction. And bad teams are probably concerned that Deion will try to get their coach fired and replaced with Deion himself. Shedeur is like the polar opposite of Jalen Hurts, another guy who was a good not great prospect but who was a natural leader and willing to put in the work to improve.

Shedeur’s interview strategy.

Pretty much everyone I follow who knows their shit had him ranked as the WR1. Not sure about CB as these are mostly fantasy analysts so they were watching WR tape. Reception Perception loved him and they’re one of the best resources for WR evaluation out there. He got the Odunze route success tree. All green. Very few prospects manage that. I think a lot of the “he’s not the best at either position” came from before a lot of people got around to watching his tape. The kid is elite at creating separation and he also has amazing hands and ball tracking.

This is why I’m glad the Cavs avoided the Magic. Dirty or not, they play really physical and guys get hurt. It happened to the Cavs last year and they had lingering injury issues in the next series.

Made him another twenty million or so too.

I mean based on the trade, Hunter is worth the 2025 5th overall pick, the 38th pick (or whatever it is it’s around there), and a 2026 1st.

I wanted Hunter but goddamn that was a haul for him. Getting their second and a first next year to move down three spots is insane value.

Yeah, it's a very flat draft after Ward, Hunter, and Carter. Lot of depth but only three top guys.

It’s certainly not a guarantee but I think that, if he had assurances he’d be drafted in the first, he’d be there. So it’s at least in question. I’m additionally going to be looking at the media coverage of him tonight. If he’s somewhere with cameras all over him, he’s probably getting drafted tonight. If not, it’s a dice roll.

He’s not going to be at the draft so there’s a chance he falls out of the first entirely.

The problem with Starfield is that it was so bland and boring that it's not even worth talking shit about. It's like Outer Worlds minus any semblance of character or creativity. And somehow more load times.

On the plus side, quite a bit of housing just opened up.