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And its of course incredibly unfair as any anger/annoyance will transfer to a rookie QB who will be thrust into the starting job whether they are ready to start Day 1 or not.

That's kinda the silly thing and I assume why he went for just a 6th. Since there is no way his 5th year option will be picked up, he's going to be a FA next offseason anyway so even if he does learn the system, unless he learns it so well they decide to give him a contract he'll be off to a new team in 2025 and have to learn a new system again. But with the condition of the trade they won't play Fields unless Russell gets injured or they are 0-10 and are just curious what Fields can do. Either way Steelers are going into next offseason with zero QBs under contract (unless they draft one) and they basically will start the whole process over.

I am surprised he was worth so little in trade value, I didn't watch many Bears games the last couple years but I thought he had more potential than that. Also, the Steelers are really being 'extra' this offseason.

Are teams going to go QB crazy again? The latest Top 15 Mock Draft on ESPN after the FA moves has a QB going at 1, 2, 3, 5 (via trade), and 12. If McCarthy goes in the Top 5 I'm going to melt into a puddle of confusion.

I saw a few other comments online that were also unsure what was going on just from looking at the graphic, they could have made it a little more clear those were play-in matches. Why HoB isn't in the tournament proper since they rarely lose is odd. Did they already stop doing the rankings?

The wild card teams are just one of the "play in" matches at the bottom. So one wild card will be the winner of Best Friends/Callis Family while the other wild card will be the winner of Infantry/HoB, putting the winners of those matches into the main bracket. Unsure why they called them "wild cards."

Arisa Nakajima is returning April 21st, glad that her injury wasn't more serious.

Scouts "miss" a lot but one thing they (and most of us) were right about: the 2022 QB Draft Class was really bad. Two years later and not a single starter from the bunch going into next season. Except Brock Purdy, the last one picked. In 2022's defense, 2021 wasn't much better with only two current starters.

Kenny Pickett traded to the Eagles, didn't see that one coming. Apparently he asked to be moved after the Russell signing, per Adam Schefter.

Keenan Allen traded to the Bears for a 4th. Such an eventful week, I love it.

Salary cap is fake. Hard to compare Gabe Davis to Curtis Samuel as they are two different types of WRs but not a downgrade as far as I'm concerned.

Does it feel like they are about to split up Kingston's Triple Crown, maybe because Okada holding a New Japan belt would be incredibly weird? Them making such a point to say that Kingston's defense is only for the Continental Championship hinted at the ending pretty strong to me, with Okada getting a shiny belt to wear that doesn't really mess with the AEW storylines for the other belts since most are spoken for in the short term.

This sounds terrible and I don't mean it to sound terrible as I think Caster is funny and good enough in-ring for his role, but in some ways he reminds me of Enzo. Charismatic, good promo gimmick, gets the crowd into it. Should have a long term role as a Godfather/NAO type mid-carder to pop the crowd. But due to real life personality, may not make it long term and if AEW drops Max Caster at any point I don't think any other major promotion would be interested.

Calvin Ridley got serious money, benefit of being under 30 and becoming a FA during a weak WR FA market. Second highest fully guaranteed for a WR.

I know you won't disagree with me here, but I really wish that Danielson would beat Ospreay. For a few reasons. Danielson needs a big win occasionally in these "dream" matches he does, even if he doesn't want to win a title he needs victories occasionally in his big matches or they just become special attractions. I also think it would set up a good story for Ospreay. What does he still need to improve? How does Callis react? Is he really as good as he thinks he is? And on top of that, it would be a surprise since most people will assume Ospreay is winning. I don't believe in a "swerve for the sake of a swerve" but a surprise win now and then is good for the show and its not something that would hurt Ospreay long term. Small added side effect, if they want to keep him out of the title picture for awhile it will give Ospreay a "L" for their rankings. I don't think it would happen, but I do think Ospreay losing would open up more booking options then him winning.

I love Poyer but with the contract he signed, he may not even make Miami's roster. But I hope he makes the team and can go out on a decent note, always seemed like a good guy.

Henry has my respect for going old school beast mode on the Jags in Week 18 for no real reason except he felt like it. Made my Week 18 less stressful.

So are the Vikings just throwing away the season or do they have a secret in mind for QB? Trade up in the draft or just see who falls to 11? Besides the fact you don't want Darnold as your QB, the money he is making is "top end back-up, maybe starter but I hope not" money so I figure they aren't done yet.

More Big Money for the OL, he's the third highest paid guard in NFL History.

Dion Dawkins gave everyone in Buffalo a heart attack for eleven minutes by implying he was leaving the Bills but he was just trolling, he signed an extension. That was one of the easier ways to get the Bills back under the cap, no details yet but assuming its for Big Money.

I'm generally indifferent about the Steelers, but I hope they give Pickett the opportunity to still win the job. If he gets outplayed in the preseason, of course they'd start Russell, but Pickett still could be the "future" while Russell clearly isn't so if Pickett makes the jump they shouldn't hold him back. Year 3 can be "make or break" year for a QB, he could be a bust but sometimes it just takes a few years to fully develop.

Russell Wilson signs a one year, team friendly deal with the Steelers since the Broncos are paying him a lot of money anyway.

Sounds like Mayfield is getting paid, 3/100. I know its not super QB money but its a contract I wasn't ever expecting Mayfield to get after his Panthers/Rams season.

They had a "blow off" match for the angle on PPV in December. The odder part is that Miro never appeared again, although Miro is now saying he is injured so maybe that's 10% of the reason. The other 90% being Miro doesn't seem terribly interested in general.