Thank FARK!

TAke a drank, subby. You'll feel better in a bit.

Imagine how far up the creek Detroit and Megatron would have been if Al thought, "You know what, this guy's a platoon QB whose big highlight is beating a terrible Notre Dame defense. Maybe this Calvin Johnson kid is raw but I'll roll the dice on some washed up vet again, go 4-12 and see what this kid's got"

/Oh, the senile Al draft days...
//I miss them

They're not going to let anyone play Notre Dame in order to improve their draft stock?

Ken VeryBigLiar: Imagine how far up the creek Detroit and Megatron would have been if Al thought, "You know what, this guy's a platoon QB whose big highlight is beating a terrible Notre Dame defense. Maybe this Calvin Johnson kid is raw but I'll roll the dice on some washed up vet again, go 4-12 and see what this kid's got"

/Oh, the senile Al draft days...
//I miss them

The rarified days where they actually had draft picks to use

WTF is this with the "Champing at the bit" crap?

It's repeated several times... what kind of moron gets that idiom wrong? It's "CHOMPING" not "champing"

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Both are correct

JaMarcus will still happen, it'll just cost less.

LesserEvil: WTF is this with the "Champing at the bit" crap?

It's repeated several times... what kind of moron gets that idiom wrong? It's "CHOMPING" not "champing"

Amusingly, lots of grammar Nazis get pissed at "chomping at the bit" because "champing" came first.

Arkanaut: JaMarcus will still happen, it'll just cost less.

Came in here to say this...

LesserEvil: WTF is this with the "Champing at the bit" crap?

In a football context, I assume it refers to when Champ Bailey bites on a pump-fake and gets burned downfield.

IAmRight: They're not going to let anyone play Notre Dame in order to improve their draft stock?

No, they are passing a rule that Al Davis will no longer be allowed to make draft picks. This time around, he might not object, but I promise nothing.

Were I Andrew Luck, I'd be inclined to file a very, very large lawsuit against the NFLPA. Look at the recent contracts for QBs drafted first overall:

2009: Matt Stafford, $42 million guaranteed, $72 million total over 6 years
2010: Sam Bradford, $50 million guaranteed, $76 million total over 6 years
2011: Cam Newton, $22 million guaranteed, $22 million total over 4 years

So Stafford and Bradford are making $12 million a year while Cam gets $5.5 million a year. Andrew Luck is going to be in the same boat as Cam Newton because both are subject to the rookie salary cap.

In Brown v. Pro Football, Inc (the Washington Redskins), the Supreme Court ruled that a rookie player can not sue the NFL or teams over the salary cap because it was collectively bargained. However, a concurring opinion suggested that the plaintiff could sue the NFLPA for failing to represent rookies at the expense of existing players.

Interestingly, the same case could be made for UAW workers hired at GM and Chrysler under their dual tier wage laws which protected existing wages and gave the double deuce to new hires.

The Raiders franchise is getting shut down?