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One last thing about Mulugheta. Some guys do well with new teams as free agents. But a lot of guys never perform at the same level. They were used to their teammates, maybe the scheme fit them, maybe they benefited from the years’ long familiarity with the guys in either side of them. Whatever. But we can all think of about a hundred examples just from our team. This very year in fact. Just a thing Tee might be thinking about. It’s pretty great to have JaMarr Chase lining up on the other side of the line pulling all that attention from the safety away from you.

One other thing about Mulugheta. He seems to encourage his guys to get their unrestricted rights by playing on the tag. Tee and Bates both played on the tag. Not many guys play on the tag. There is a lot of risk to the player. The payoff comes when Mulugheta gets to auction his guy off to the whole league, be a big shot when your guy signs that mega deal. You don’t get that kind of attention by having your client sign a normal extension after your 4 year rookie deal is over.

Tee fired David Mulugheta. He was Jessie Bates’ agent. Really a guy who ignores team dynamics and player fit, just totally focused on the money. Kind of his job but also known for ignoring other factors. Jessie Bates could have stayed here and I think he’d have thrived. He’s played great in Atlanta but they’re certainly not a Super Bowl threat. He represented DeShaun Watson. After Watson very understandably said he didn’t want to sign with Cleveland, Mulugheta outsmarted that truck stop clerk up there and got that deal. It hasn’t worked out for anyone but Mulugheta. He’s a good agent for a certain type of client.

News that, while not under the radar, will be under appreciated in how much it will widen the gulf between the haves and the have nots. Mike is seriously screwing this team and this fan base with his stubborn adherence to old cap management and old school “all me” ownership. It really is an egotistical thing at this point.

Lou’s biggest problem isn’t his DC ability, it’s his haircut. Attention Lou Anarumo: it is not 1962.

Ok I just looked up burrow’s girlfriend, Olivia Ponton.

Not germane to the Dallas game in particular- I watched Myles Murphy on several plays and he’s having a tough go of it. Very blockable. I can see him getting cut after this year, especially if the new DC bothers to look at any game film. A highly motivated free agent would absolutely do better.

Last night some low rent hooligans tried to break into the home of national treasure Joe Burrow. Stop the insanity.

That punt block turnover was one of the worst breaks I’ve ever seen a team get and how did that not happen to the bengals?

So my feeling is if we want him so bad, as Hoosiers said, it’ll be in the tag. How that works I don’t know. Tagging a guy twice is risky and it’s a bit of a dick move. Kind of an unwritten rule in the nfl that you don’t do that.

I love Tee Higgins. I’m also a realist regarding Tee Higgins. He’s hurt a lot and misses games. Super effective when he’s healthy and a great teammate. His agent is going to want R1 money. To tie up that much cap in one position is not workable (at least for a team with our fiscal policies regarding cap management).

They should go interview Jerry about his art collection.

Damn, Micah Parsons heading into the locker room to call the suicide hotline.

Myles jumped on that scrub after Hendrickson sacked him.

Chase is a great player.

Classic Zack Taylor vs Mike McCarthy duel. Constant fucking up by both teams.

What hold? What the fuck.

“Heart attacks, strokes, cancer.”

Oh good coming to the end of the game and our defense needs to make a stop. Wonder where this is headed.

Fucked over by the officials again.

I always said Tanner Hudson was going places.

Zeroed the cowboys into oblivion!

Pratt heard I was shit talking him and just made a great play.

Best phrase from that last batch of ads: “parasitic infection.”

Things I miss the most: Jessie Bates, DJ Reader, my mind.