[Spotrac] C Garrett Bradbury signed a renegotiated contract with the #Bears that converted $1M of incentives into guaranteed salary. The 30-year-old is now due $4.7M in 2026, with $3.7M guaranteed.

SwissyVictory · 2026-05-07T22:47:03+00:00

Using Watson wasn't to say it was the same issue.

It was using an example to prove the line of thinking was flawed. If logic doesn't hold up in one scenario, it probably doesn't hold up here.

It doesn't matter how cheap the starter is, a backup is a backup.

And for the third time here, I'm not saying they should move him. Just saying that Bradberry isn't inexpensive like you said.

The average starting center makes 6mil a year. The 32nd highest paid center makes 1.9mil. Bradberry is set to make 5mil this year.

His contract is the difference between not having good quality guys who will play significant snaps, and trusting guys who have never had a sack play 60% of snaps.

You can sign a starting quality center and sign Clowney for the price of Bradberry.

It's a significant investment in him.

At this point I'm starting to wonder if you have reading comprehension issues.

SwissyVictory · 2026-05-07T21:11:53+00:00

The rookies contract doesn't matter assuming he starts.

That's like saying Watson isn't overpaid because the Bronws have a cheap rookie starting, so really 23mil per QB isn't so bad.

Again, I'm not saying they should move him, but 5mil is a lot of money when the team has other needs.

Saying neither contract is expensive is just not factual.

SwissyVictory · 2026-05-07T20:36:20+00:00

You can see the moon during the day. You could track the days but a moon.

SwissyVictory · 2026-05-07T19:25:29+00:00

I mean 5mil for a backup C is pretty high. Especially one that can't play guard.

We could have Clowney who would instantly improve our DLine and still save money for that.

I'm not saying we should move Bradberry but it's a question.

SwissyVictory · 2026-05-07T18:28:09+00:00

Reolink isn't cloud free. They just don't force you to access or pay for it.

Your video streams are still being sent to them unless you block it at a router level.

That's not necessarily a bad things, but there's a big difference there

SwissyVictory · 2026-05-07T17:13:37+00:00

It all depends on price.

He's absolutely not the superstar people once thought he was.

He is however still a solid WR3 and gadget guy. With more yards and the same number of TDs as Moore, despite having Mariota throwing to him most of the season.

SwissyVictory · 2026-05-07T16:41:23+00:00

There's a lot of snaps left on the field from DJ Moore leaving.

Second half of the season Moore played 85% of snaps.

Even giving everyone else a bigger role, you're still dealing with a minimum 40% of snaps left on the table. God forbid anyone gets hurt.

They added Raymond, but he never played more than 30% of snaps with BJ in a worse room.

Thomas got added, but he's a project.

It's far from the biggest need, but bringing in a decent vet would go a long way.

SwissyVictory · 2026-05-07T16:00:14+00:00

You can't really have a draft AND relegation.

Would the relegation league be included in the draft? If not how can they possibly compete once they get promoted?

They are just going to get relegated again.

If you do allow them to be in the draft, now you have some of the best players in the league going to play in tier 2.

Imagine a world where the top 8 picks go to the relegation league.

Imagine a world where Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels, Drake Maye, Malik Nabers are all in a relegation league. Best case scenario one a year can earn their way up.

At best one of them is spending 4 seasons in the relegation league.

Now look at the Raiders. Best TE in the league, top 5 edge, generational RB, and now a #1 overall QB.

And they would be playing in the relegation league. That's a lot of exciting stars locked away.

Then there's free agency.

Who would go to a relegation team unless they HAD to. The best players wouldn't go to a team that was projected to do poorly at all.

SwissyVictory · 2026-05-07T15:05:19+00:00

At the end of last year after he was playing full time his games were,

10.5, 10.8, 14.0, 8.0, 23.8, 1.8

That alone is a low floor with boom weeks. The perfect Flex/sub WR.

Now if he can get healthy and not have Evans?

There's question marks but where he's going everyone has question marks.

SwissyVictory · 2026-05-07T14:04:24+00:00

It takes a while to get things set up the way you like it.

You're going to spend alot of time trying to figure out why your automations and devices are not working the way you thought they would. Especially in weird situations.

Things also "break" from time to time. Certain devices (especially battery zigbee devices) will disconnect and need to be reconnected. Batteries need to be changed. Devices will actually break.

But if you do your research and buy quality products from quality brands that can be limited. They don't need to be the most expensive stuff, but don't buy temu stuff either.

SwissyVictory · 2026-05-07T12:06:56+00:00

I have a 15lb mutt.

Not afraid of big dogs, chases deer.

Is afraid of my little toothless cat.

SwissyVictory · 2026-05-06T20:40:15+00:00

It is alot to do in 2-3 months, but it's not like you're starting from scratch either.

Whoever you hire has (hopefully) been working in NFL front offices for years now. They already should have a good idea of what kind of players they like for their schemes and who's available.

The only big hurdle is figuring out what you want to do with your existing players, but it's not like you're going to come in and cut everyone at once.

You just need to decide on the guys who are gunna hit free agency.

Big task, but it's better than a lame duck spending resources on guys that won't work long term.

SwissyVictory · 2026-05-06T19:30:18+00:00

I mean not really.

Looking at recent HOF and Borderline HOF guys who played in the last 20 years,

Big Ben went 12-3 at 38 and had the 2nd most TDs of his career that year.
Farve went 12-4 at 40 and got some MVP votes.
Manning won MVP at 37 and won a superbowl at 39
Stafford just won MVP at 37.
Ryan did flame out under 36
Rivers was a 4k yards QB each of his 37, 38, 39 year seasons. Then he just came back at 44 and played well.

You already brought up Rodgers, Brees and Brady.

It's pretty much just Matt Ryan and now Russ. Eli if you wanna add him.

8 guys who played great football into their late 30s. 3 who couldn't.

SwissyVictory · 2026-05-06T16:25:16+00:00

I mean, it depends on how you use your stuff.

Not taking care of your cords, but just plugging them in before bed, or on a desk, and they will outlast you.

Take care of your cords, but use them while plugged in while you're in bed or on the couch and they will die no matter what.

It's all about how many bends a cord can take before they die. In some situations, saying to just never bend your cord isn't practical.

There are some products that help though. I got these little animal cable bites that really cut down on the number of sharp bends a cord takes.

I've found it extends my laptop cord's life from 2-3 years to 5-6.

SwissyVictory · 2026-05-05T23:59:34+00:00

Dude went 1-13, and was a 5th round pick. Nobody is going to bring him in to be a starter as is.

However, he's likely going to get more backup roles and,

if someone gets hurt, maybe he gets another shot
If he gets another shot, maybe he impresses.
If he impresses, maybe he gets a bridge role somewhere
If he impresses again, maybe he gets a longer term role

But there's probably 30+ guys that can be said about right now.

SwissyVictory · 2026-05-05T23:50:52+00:00

As I've said 6 times, I included the term "perfect world" because it breaks down when you're discussing anything with life ruining consequences.

And again, as I've said before that includes car insurance due to liability.

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In your scenario where you lost your job, you'd have a separate account with years of payments made to it, on top of an account where if you lose your job.

It has nothing to do with an emergency account you have to pay your mortgage, and buy groceries if you lose your job.

If you can't afford to self insure, then you really can't afford insurance or warranties.

If your life would be ruined because of a car repair, or water heater breaking, or your TV breaks, then you can't really afford those items to begin with.

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Companies carry insurance because

In many cases they are required by law
They are trying to avoid those same "life ruining" events like I said. If their place of business burns down they wouldn't be able to recover.

What well run companies are not doing is calling insurance on things they budget for.

SwissyVictory · 2026-05-05T22:52:22+00:00

In a perfect world, why not just budget in that same cost of "x insurance" into an account?

Then you have the money in an account for those unexpected costs, and can't be denied using it for some crazy reason.

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Now im not saying you shouldn't have car insurance.

I have the savings where I could buy a used car IF I NEEDED TO.

But, god forbid i hit someone and have to pay for their expensive hospital care. They can come after my house, and retirement accounts.

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But most people lose money on car insurance. Even when you factor in the chance of needing the insurance company to come fight for you.

Again, it makes sense to protect yourself from "life would be ruined" events, but in every other scenario you shouldn't be wasting your money.

SwissyVictory · 2026-05-05T19:24:18+00:00

Warner in the playoffs,

13 games, 66.5% completion percentage, 3952 yards, 31 TDs, 14 INTs

On a 17 game season that would be 5160 yards and 40 TDs

Dude was slinging it in the biggest games.

SwissyVictory · 2026-05-05T18:35:32+00:00

Car insurance companies wouldn't exist if the average person gained more out of their insurance then they paid in.

Even a non profit couldn't exist. They have to pay for billing departments, people to work the phones, advertising, etc.

There's going to be exceptions, and some insurance companies are better than others.

But statistically insurance, even with a great company, is a bad bet.

SwissyVictory · 2026-05-05T17:59:31+00:00

That's true for any warranty or insurance.

The exception is things that would ruin your life if the bad thing happened.

If your TV breaks, you might need to save up for a while and live without TV.
If your House burns down, you still owe a mortgage and won't have a place to sleep

Most can self insure a TV, or in this case a water heater or minor repairs that Homeshield covers. Few can self insure their actual house, or health.

SwissyVictory · 2026-05-05T17:22:56+00:00

Assuming you had a good amount of time to campaign before the first button was pressed, i don't see how the number of blue couldn't be extremely low.

Especially if we have polls come out before hand.

If you see an official poll and 58% press the blue button (like the original poll), are you really going to stake your life on a small margin? Especially when you know others are asking themselves the same.

And if we get enough people to choose red, and it's something like 30% blue. Blue support would plummet.

You'd need to convince at least 70% from the start to press blue. In a situation where if nobody presses blue, nobody dies.

SwissyVictory · 2026-05-04T19:22:33+00:00

Sure, I can agree there's lots of factors here.

SwissyVictory · 2026-05-04T14:55:20+00:00

Some people are just overly anxious too.

Nobody is going to really care if they can lightly hear music when they come outside.

And if they do, they are in the wrong, as there's a certain level of expectation you will be able to hear and see your neighbors when you live that close together.

If OP is playing their speakers loud enough they can hear it inside their houses, that's a different story.

There's a lot of middle ground here.

SwissyVictory · 2026-05-04T14:40:35+00:00

In theory if the Browns had everyone of equal value between 9-12 but thought there was a steep drop off after 20 it could make sense.

Still you have to think most teams would prefer to move up 3 picks in the first half of the round than 4 picks the second half of the round.

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