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  • March 12, 2018 at 1:58 pm #83908
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    from: https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/03/12/richard-sherman-san-francisco-49ers-john-lynch-mmqb-peter-king

    Peter King

    Familiarity among GMs.

    Hang in the Indiana Convention Center with Eagles GM Howie Roseman during the combine, with the full roster of NFL coaches and GMs walking by, and your conversation won’t last long. Roseman keeps getting interrupted. He’s the mayor of the combine, talking to everyone. There’s more camaraderie among fierce competitors than I remember in the past.

    Roseman, Seattle’s John Schneider, Les Snead of the Rams, Indy’s Chris Ballard, Minnesota’s Rick Spielman, San Francisco’s John Lynch, Tom Telesco of the Chargers and Cleveland’s John Dorsey (and his new Browns staff) are young franchise czars who seem, mostly, to genuinely like and respect each other. “I think we all feel we want trades to be win-win,” Roseman said. “It’s not a case of trying get over on someone. This is a fraternity. We don’t want to see our friends in the business lose their jobs.”

    March 12, 2018 at 2:12 pm #83911
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    from: https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/03/12/richard-sherman-san-francisco-49ers-john-lynch-mmqb-peter-king

    Peter King

    I think one of the byproducts of changing coaching staffs and personnel staffs is the talent drain because one staff values players differently than another staff does. Take Buffalo, and the wide receiver position. In early March 2016, just two years ago, the Bills had Sammy Watkins, Robert Woods, Marquise Goodwin and Chris Hogan on their team. All are gone now.

    In their place, in 2017, the top four Buffalo receivers were Deonte Thompson, Zay Jones, Jordan Matthews and Kelvin Benjamin. Now, some of the increased production for the departed players surely has to do with the circumstances where they landed: Tom Brady as quarterback for Hogan, and the offensive style of play Woods and Watkins experienced with the Rams and Goodwin with the 49ers.

    But the difference in 2017 production for the Bills’ alums, compared to the current Bills, was striking. Check out the combined 2017 numbers of both foursomes, and see if you’re struck by the same thing that struck me: Tyrod Taylor had a heck of a group in Buffalo formerly, and didn’t take advantage of it. It’s not all him, of course. But that did occur to me.

    • Watkins-Woods-Goodwin-Hogan: 185 catches, 2,775 yards, 15.0 per catch, 20 touchdowns.

    • Thompson-Jones-Matthews-Benjamin: 95 catches, 1,245 yards, 13.1 per catch, five touchdowns.

    March 12, 2018 at 5:12 pm #83913
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    If that is the case, then these GMs asking questions like the one to Deron Gueise, about if he likes men, or if his mother is a prostitute.

    Since they are all the familiar.

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