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  • This is the game Wolf referred to in the press conference.

    “It is impossible to get a man to understand something if his livelihood depends on him not understanding.”
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    And NFL dislikes him.. And walter.. And nfldraftscout.. And PFF.. But of course - because I posted it, it must only be me who thinks it!

    @unsympathetic said:

    And NFL dislikes him.. And walter.. And nfldraftscout.. And PFF.. But of course - because I posted it, it must only be me who thinks it!

    And they don't draft players....  We're talking about a third round pick where statistically 70% or so of them are out of the NFL in short order. No GM is 100% perfect, chill out.  Walter is guilty of some serious gaffes, if you're keeping track- I have....  Be thankful that you're not a Cardinals fan where they (according to the draft value chart) just got 5 cents on the dollar gifting Josh Rosen to the Dolphins. 

    @texasag1969 said:

    CBS had him 254 overall and drafttek about the same. Huge reach.

    And the talking heads thought Baker and Ward last year were reaches too.... Dorsey is a man of conviction.  I'll admit- NFLN didn't even have any tape on the guy immediately available when we called his name.  But the Browns sure did. 

    Takahashi makes fine telescopes.  😁  

  • I can't stand when people say things like "In Dorsey I trust" or "analytics driven pick" or even "Dorsey sucks". I prefer it when we value each pick independently of the people behind it, because we don't know if it was Dorsey's, analytics, or Defensive coordinator's pick. 

    As of today, many people think it is a reach, and as a dummie I am, I'm not the one to judge if it is a bad pick or not (there are some UDFAs in the HOF, IIRC, would you draft them with a 3rd round pick?). 

    I don't blindly trust in the Front Office as they are humans, but they'll have to convince me with this one.

    Dutch OvenD FlugelF 2 Replies
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  • Another local connection. Mormons started in Kirkland.  Seems like a tough player and a good kid. 

    The GipperT DieHardBrownsFanD 2 Replies

  • I wonder if he related to David Veikune? That's the last time I was so dumbfounded by a browns pick

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  • Louisville SluggerL Louisville Slugger

    I wonder if he related to David Veikune? That's the last time I was so dumbfounded by a browns pick

    @louisville-slugger said:

    I wonder if he related to David Veikune? That's the last time I was so dumbfounded by a browns pick

    Yea. What he said!

  • Louisville SluggerL Louisville Slugger

    I wonder if he related to David Veikune? That's the last time I was so dumbfounded by a browns pick

    @louisville-slugger said:

    I wonder if he related to David Veikune? That's the last time I was so dumbfounded by a browns pick

    LOL-ironically enough he was taken one spot ahead of some loser named LeSean McCoy.

    Well at least there are still some better ILBs still on the board for today. Please take one.

  • flyingfooldougF flyingfooldoug

    Another local connection. Mormons started in Kirkland.  Seems like a tough player and a good kid. 

    @flyingfooldoug said:

    Another local connection. Mormons started in Kirkland.  Seems like a tough player and a good kid. 

    Mormons started in Palmyra New York actually but they did go to Kirkland later

  • Taki Taki ... the guy just sounds like a hitter ... and from what I read, that is his speciality.

    Two things here: 1) We're in the middle of the third round. Getting bent out of shape over a third rounder when you don't have nearly the information our front office possesses is futile. As Dorsey would say "we're looking for 'football players' and he has a top notch professional staff to scour them.

    2) This is an Elliot Wolf pick, as Pluto points out. Wolf loves the guy. Did his homework. There's a reason Wolf is a highly paid NFL personnel guy and the dudes at Walter Football are writing their opinions on their laptop from a lunch diner while spilling a gyro on their fat belly.

    In the third round you are looking for a plug and play guy, and we got one who becomes the fourth linebacker and special teams stud right away. Everyone complains about linebacker depth and special teams. Then we improve both corps dramatically with one pick and the complaining continues.

    Guy was a bit of a trouble-maker, settled down, got married, had a fantastic season last year. He is considered a success story at BYU, and I trust Dorsey, Wolf et al to think he'll be a success story in Cleveland too.

    Football player! I can see "Taki Taki" covered in mud already as he drills a rb back into the backfield on fourth and one.

    Zombo

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  • flyingfooldougF flyingfooldoug

    Another local connection. Mormons started in Kirkland.  Seems like a tough player and a good kid. 

    @flyingfooldoug said:

    Another local connection. Mormons started in Kirkland.  Seems like a tough player and a good kid. 

    Actually New York, then they started moving west.

    "You planning on having a long relationship with that glass or are you going to drink it? Drink up, man. Maybe we can get another.” - Janis Joplin, 1970.
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  • DieHardBrownsFanD DieHardBrownsFan

    @flyingfooldoug said:

    Another local connection. Mormons started in Kirkland.  Seems like a tough player and a good kid. 

    Actually New York, then they started moving west.

    @diehardbrownsfan said:

    Actually New York, then they started moving west.

    The first Mormon church in the US is in Kirtland.. I used to live in Kirtland.. Infact.. Steve Young made a personal pilgrimage there...

    Nickers...."There are no old running QB's in the NFL "~Sam Rutigliano~

  • Yes, but the religion started in upstate New York.

    upstate New York
     
    Mormons are a religious and cultural group related to Mormonism, the principal branch of the Latter Day Saint movement of Restorationist Christianity, initiated by Joseph Smith in upstate New York during the 1820s.
    "You planning on having a long relationship with that glass or are you going to drink it? Drink up, man. Maybe we can get another.” - Janis Joplin, 1970.
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  • U Unsympathetic

    And NFL dislikes him.. And walter.. And nfldraftscout.. And PFF.. But of course - because I posted it, it must only be me who thinks it!

    @unsympathetic said:

    And NFL dislikes him.. And walter.. And nfldraftscout.. And PFF.. But of course - because I posted it, it must only be me who thinks it!

    I get the surprise of a prospect being drafted ahead of the projections; but I don't get your level of protest over it at the 80th pick overall.  Way too much Ticky-Tacky about Takitaki regardless of what Flip Flop Digest, the Weird Herald and your other football sources are telling you. 

    Here's the stats for the OLB we drafted: 

    2014  11 GP  19 TFL  4.0 TFL  3.O SACKS  0 PD  1 FF

    2015  6 GP  21 TKL  7.0 TFL  3.5 SACKS  0 PD 1 FF 

    2017  13 GP  79 TKL  12.5 TFL  5.0 SACKS  2 PD  O FF

    2018  13 GP  118 TKL  9.0 TFL  3.0 SACKS  3 PD 0 FF

    During the 2017 and 2018 seasons he started, he had 21.5 TFL, 8 sacks, 5 passes defensed and 197 tackles.  As a part timer in his 1st 2 years, he had 11 TFL, 6.5 sacks, and 40 tackles.  Looks like Takitaki can bring the sacky-sacky and tackles for losses for the right taker.   Let's see what happens before we go skydiving without parachutes...

    I welcome the only Defensive Coordinator to earn a Superbowl Ring in New Orleans while understanding Revenge of the Nerds is a sequel. "Come get some!"
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    I can't stand when people say things like "In Dorsey I trust" or "analytics driven pick" or even "Dorsey sucks". I prefer it when we value each pick independently of the people behind it, because we don't know if it was Dorsey's, analytics, or Defensive coordinator's pick. 

    As of today, many people think it is a reach, and as a dummie I am, I'm not the one to judge if it is a bad pick or not (there are some UDFAs in the HOF, IIRC, would you draft them with a 3rd round pick?). 

    I don't blindly trust in the Front Office as they are humans, but they'll have to convince me with this one.

    @nero said:

    I can't stand when people say things like "In Dorsey I trust" or "analytics driven pick" or even "Dorsey sucks". I prefer it when we value each pick independently of the people behind it, because we don't know if it was Dorsey's, analytics, or Defensive coordinator's pick. 

    As of today, many people think it is a reach, and as a dummie I am, I'm not the one to judge if it is a bad pick or not (there are some UDFAs in the HOF, IIRC, would you draft them with a 3rd round pick?). 

    I don't blindly trust in the Front Office as they are humans, but they'll have to convince me with this one.

    Excellent take. 

    Refusing to ever criticize Dorsey because of blind homer faith is ridiculous, no matter the fact that he's done an excellent job in Cleveland. 

    And the not-so-subtle "Analytics driven pick" remarks are from people who still light candles to framed pictures of Sashi Brown, and are secretly pissed that Dorsey has done well. 

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  • So when and where did Mormons find the magic underwear? 

  • Dutch OvenD Dutch Oven

    So when and where did Mormons find the magic underwear? 

    @dutch-oven said:

    So when and where did Mormons find the magic underwear? 

    The Aliens  brought it to them!...

    Nickers...."There are no old running QB's in the NFL "~Sam Rutigliano~
  • nickersN nickers

    @dutch-oven said:

    So when and where did Mormons find the magic underwear? 

    The Aliens  brought it to them!...

    @nickers said:

    The Aliens  brought it to them!...

    Were they served on the magic plates that told Joseph Smith to move west? 

    All religions are inherently stupid, but Mormonism is even more special in this regard. 

    But Ron L. Hubbard told Mormons to hold his beer. 

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  • Dutch OvenD Dutch Oven

    @nickers said:

    The Aliens  brought it to them!...

    Were they served on the magic plates that told Joseph Smith to move west? 

    All religions are inherently stupid, but Mormonism is even more special in this regard. 

    But Ron L. Hubbard told Mormons to hold his beer. 

    @dutch-oven said:

    Were they served on the magic plates that told Joseph Smith to move west? 

    All religions are inherently stupid, but Mormonism is even more special in this regard. 

    But Ron L. Hubbard told Mormons to hold his beer. 

    You're going to burn in the hell inside black holes (my theory is as good as any others out there).?

    PS-send me your donations to the Church of the Black Hole. I take all the money from the donations and throw it in the air. God takes what he wants and I keep the rest.?

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    @dutch-oven said:

    Were they served on the magic plates that told Joseph Smith to move west? 

    All religions are inherently stupid, but Mormonism is even more special in this regard. 

    But Ron L. Hubbard told Mormons to hold his beer. 

    You're going to burn in the hell inside black holes (my theory is as good as any others out there).?

    PS-send me your donations to the Church of the Black Hole. I take all the money from the donations and throw it in the air. God takes what he wants and I keep the rest.?

    @texasag1969 said:

    You're going to burn in the hell inside black holes (my theory is as good as any others out there).?

    PS-send me your donations to the Church of the Black Hole. I take all the money from the donations and throw it in the air. God takes what he wants and I keep the rest.?

    I'm fully aware that if I'm wrong and there is a hell, there is a wing already built for me down there. ?

  • Dutch OvenD Dutch Oven

    @texasag1969 said:

    You're going to burn in the hell inside black holes (my theory is as good as any others out there).?

    PS-send me your donations to the Church of the Black Hole. I take all the money from the donations and throw it in the air. God takes what he wants and I keep the rest.?

    I'm fully aware that if I'm wrong and there is a hell, there is a wing already built for me down there. ?

    @dutch-oven said:

    I'm fully aware that if I'm wrong and there is a hell, there is a wing already built for me down there. ?

    Just send the money and I'll "save" you from that fate. My guarantee will beat any used car salesman's out there. I guarantee it!?

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