“Just Give Me The Damn (Foot) Ball!

Don’t get me wrong, I’m enjoying the soccer very much but I’m jonesing for football. You see, the Giants have a new coach and hope rears its ugly head once again. Plus, there are some other teams that seem to be on an interesting trajectory and I’m quite curious if they can take the next step. I count the Bears, Panthers and Texans among them.

So I was perusing a list of unsigned free agents (as of three days ago) and had some thinky thoughts. Let’s take a look at some of them and welcome most to their Veteran Minimum Years. Two things that tie these guys together-they’re around 30 or more and I’ve drafted a lot of them. That goes a long way towards explaining why I suck at FF.

Aiyuk, Deebo:

The former is currently ranting himself out of the league while the latter is very picky about his usage. Both were in the Shanny Jr system and got beat up quite a bit. Funny that the Niners style of play causes so, so many players to break down. I found it hilarious that some station of some sort acted the part of the shiny keys being jiggled to distract the conspiracist corner of the Internet.

Joe Mixon:

Has anyone received any answer as to why he sat out the entire year? Not sure we’ll ever see him again because he’s a plugger that has averaged only 4.1 ypc and he’ll be 30 in two weeks.

Nick Chubb:

Oh look, another fella that got cut down in his prime after recording 4 1,000 yard seasons in a row. (he had 996 as a rook) He’s that super-dependable vet back now that should catch on somewhere.

Cooper Rush:

I remember remarking on it at the time, saying that, ‘why the hell would the Ravens sign this guy?’. He was a pocket passer so the entire offense would skid to a halt were Jackson be injured. Well look at that-he had a 1-3 record as a starter and led the offense to 20, 10 and 3 points in those L’s.

That’s enough for now-maybe on Thursday I’ll do Tyreek, Matt Milano and a few others.