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Agreed. But I’m sure Buggs’ mind was elsewhere than workouts while on paternity leave, and understandably so. I doubt he was working out as extensively as those at voluntaries were, if at all.

Ragnow DNP but it sounds planned and routine due to his toe.

Captains are Goff, ASB, and Sewell on offense; Anzalone and Charles Harris on defense; and Reeves-Maybin on ST.

It's a phenomenal read. I stopped after a few paragraphs to share here and just finished. Impossible not to root for the guy after reading, it's basically a medical miracle he's still playing football. It's incredibly well written too, you feel like he's your friend or family member going through it and it exudes pathos in just how hard the last two years have been for him.

Credit to Justin Rogers for Sharing this on Twitter/X... Levi Onwuzurike opened up about his back injury, his life, and his struggles on and off the field... Really good read, would definitely recommend. I seriously tip my cap to him for even making this team, he's got that grit no doubt about it. Beyond Levi A little tidbit that made me face palm...

I haven't heard anything either, other than that he's healthy (which is more encouraging than any fluff piece out there could have provided)

I don't see #1 as petty discipline necessarily so much as it is means to the end of him falling down the depth chart that he is interpreting as punishment. Voluntarily workouts aren't meant to be hazing, they're meant to get your body into shape earlier. If three guys are all around the same talent level, and A and B went to voluntary workouts while C didn't, it would stand to reason that A and B would be further along in being prepared for the season come week one. I could see him being told he was going to be a healthy scratch simply because they saw a better chance to win with others at the position. If he was passed on the depth chart by guys like Levi and/or Benito Jones, who were at voluntary workouts, and Buggs asks why they are seen as better than him, he could be honestly told "they are working hard, they put in the extra minutes at voluntary workouts, and right here / right now, we think put us in a better position to win against Kansas City." ... To which Buggs would say, that's BS, I only wasn't there because my kid was being born.

We aren’t trading him for Chris Jones YET you mean.

I haven’t seen the full interview yet, but based on how 97.1 reported it this afternoon, it sounded like he took it as discipline for missing voluntary workouts, which he claims were missed due to the birth of his child. There are probably many factors here, not sure taking to social media with cryptic tweets like this is the way I would suggest he go about handling it though. Of the 53-man active roster, only 48 can dress for game day. Usually injuries compose the other five, but in week one he’ll just be one of the five healthy scratches.

if we can stay even close to this healthy for any period of time we will be in great shape.

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Gambling in the locker room you say? I’ve got someone named Roger on line two requesting more information.

I think the team did too, which is why it’s so curious. It was confirmed to not be injury related, which only leaves locker room problems (unlikely) or a trade on the table that they’re working out the details on and don’t want him hurt before they can finalize it. The obvious possibilities are Chris Jones (who the Chiefs wouldn’t want to trade to us until after the TNF game) or Mike Evans (who would probably want a contract negotiated before the trade finalized). Maybe Aaron Donald too, though not sure what the holdup would be. I don’t think there would be a drawn out Twitter play by Buggs if it wasn’t a big name that took a while. But I can’t imagine what else would cause this.

Yup. Why schedule Florida State and even possibly lose, when you could schedule Little Sisters of the Poor and win 65-3? LSU will probably have to win out to make the playoff now, while Alabama and Georgia can stand to lose a game along the way. And Brian Kelly killed a kid.

“You can see where this is headed” what? Large schools in Texas (TCU… Baylor… A&M… Tech… UT) perpetually overhyping and underachieving? Welcome to the 21st century with that one. (not directed at you Deleterious, just the thought that Baylor being incredibly overrated and losing to a Sun Belt school means more than that Baylor sucks this year just like they did last year)

Birkett reported yesterday that Buggs was the only player on the 53-man not seen at the open practice, and now this…. Wonder if a trade is imminent.

I thought the “free Harbaugh” stuff was a bit ridiculous. What are we freeing him from? Watching his son’s game instead of making millions coaching what was effectively a preseason game? Give me a break. Let’s have a little perspective, he’s not oppressed. At the same time, I also don’t really care. I’m sure it was player-led, and young adults that age do stupid things. It wasn’t so bad that the university needed to step in and stop them like the Northwestern nonsense. I’m sure the NCAA and their ego won’t like it though. May make it more likely they throw the book at Jim when all this plays itself out.

I don’t think he was being mean, just poking fun. If any of us were good at predicting outcomes we’d be working for Vegas, not posting here lol

This is what Karsh said on the radio broadcast, but they had issues with Peacock too, particularly during replay reviews, when they were trying to tell the audience if JJ had crossed the line or not and Peacock wasn’t showing anything relevant.

Interesting indeed. I would think this just means he’ll line up in the slot? But I also think that’s kind of expected. Can Gibbs kick field goals?

Time to pull the starters. ECU is getting dirty.

I don’t think it has to do with $6/mo, it’s that it was just one more f***ing streaming app. When everyone was cutting cable, it was because you could get the local channels and then Netflix and Hulu and you were paying half what you were for cable for content that was just as good. Nowadays people have three favorite shows, all on different streaming platforms, the cost of each has increased x4, and new ones are cropping up daily for even stuff you should get on the local channels (e.g., a Michigan game). It’s more expensive than cable was back in the day.

Hock is better than Golladay. Golladay turned into a pumpkin away from Stafford. Hock arguably played better in Minnesota than he did in Detroit. I'm not sure I would pay any TE not named Travis Kelce that much money though.

*drinks