NFL.com is frontpaging an article titled, “who needs to win the draft” as if a draft alone is going to change the game. Articles like that are click bait that openly ignore the reality of the game and, moreover, the stuff these same writers have been saying over the the course of the year(s). Here is a prime example: Ezekiel Elliot was called out the moment McCarthy took the reins. The issue? Mikey runs a style of offense that features fast and shifty backs who are good with the catch. Elliot is not that guy. He hits the hole and goes hard. So, over the years, he fell off. Not that he isn’t still a good back, he’s just not built for that system–or any system outside of Cincy really.
Meanwhile, A top 4 QB remains unable to get anything beyond a franchise tag. Nobody wants to make that trade, and it makes me wonder if he will find movement on the free agent market next year. In the meantime he’s making 32 million guaranteed this year. That is not ‘end of career’ money for a guy who wants to live his lifestyle, so he is going to need more. I get the agent thing (10% is a lot) but he does need to realize the NFL is a blackballing league, no matter what they say on the surface. Ask for too much and you’ll wind up like Colin K.
On the homefront, the little guy is sitting between 10.99 and 11.09 (hand timed) for his 75 hurdles. According to this bit of research, “the measured differences between the handheld and the FAT results ranged from 0.10 seconds to 0.26 seconds. Those time differences were evenly distributed between 0.10 and 0.26 seconds, with the average being 0.18 seconds.” If this holds, he is looking at possibly clocking in at 11.17 to 11.27 (as of last meet and no competition) for the District Championship. His best hand-timed run puts him just ahead of the school record of 11.21. Let us not forget his brother ran 12.75 as a 12 year old kid. He should’ve obliterated the records, but he was stopped by Covid from competing as an 8th grader. This is shaping up to be a great track season at the middle school level. I’m going to run down the high school season next week, because that will take a lot longer to unpack.