LouisEly

Yes, at this point they only have 6 scholarship safeties coming back (Jarvis may be on year-to-year if they have open schollies available, but he was a walk-on). Unknown if Zachman will get a medical redshirt as he's played in 3 games.

Fickell knows that his behind hinges on the first 6-8 games of 2026, so he is going to focus his time and Uncle Ted's money on the portal instead of HS guys who aren't going to do anything for him next year. If they sign, great, if they don't, find a guy in the portal who will (and not change his mind two days later).

I can't post the entire tweet because it violates policies here regarding language 😁, but Amari Lattimer went live on Instagram today. I have an increased appreciation and affinity for UW's Dilin Jones...

He has always had a handshake agreement with his recruits that he won't portal over them if they don't portal out from under him.. From what I can tell, he's only had two players transfer out.

Evan Flood is reporting that his ask was upper 6-figures, close to 7-figures. I'd rather they put that money towards OL and DL in the portal.

And they can lose to the Panthers, too. Lots of parity at the top of the NFC.

I don't think that this is the year to use as a measuring stick for the program. They beat as many ranked teams this year as they did in the 1998 and 2010 Rose Bowl years and more ranked teams than the 2012 Rose Bowl year. They beat more ranked teams this year than in 2020-2022 combined (1-7 in those years, if you're counting), much less 2018 (0-2), 2015 (0-2), 2013 (1-2). In the last 15 years they have beaten more ranked teams in the regular season only three times - 2011 (Russell Wilson - 3), 2016 (3), and 2019 (3). Every other year was the same or less. According to ESPN's Football Power Index, they have had the toughest schedule in the country this year: https://www.espn.com/college-football/fpi/_/view/resume/sort/resume.avgsosrank/dir/asc As for QB, I don't know how someone can say that they haven't had a good QB when their projected starter for this season threw a total of 16 passes. And the reason Smith didn't play until late in the season is because he wasn't ready. There are only so many snaps to go around in practice and they aren't going to go to a true freshman who isn't ready. That they had to go out and get a starter every year speaks to what they were left with, and what they were able to get speaks to the current state of NIL and having boosters who can/will pony up seven figures, not who you can recruit. I forgot that the previous regime left them with such great QBs as Myles Burkett and Cole Lacrue. I'm sure they would have done a lot better.

They might have seen their own receivers open if they hadn't chosen to wear all white unis on a day when it was snowing. Wouldn't red pants have been a better option in the snow?

I don't think it has anything to do with being "in the doghouse" as it is their gameplan. If they can or think they can run the ball effectively, then FitzPatrick is going to get a lot of snaps. If they can't run or think they can pass effectively, then it's going to be Musgrave.

Why is the market even open today? Just to end early at 1pm Eastern one day after being closed?

Wyatt likely has ankle ligament damage and is likely done for the year. DT was the one position that I really wanted them to add a body at the trade deadline. Do NFL players ever get bought out at the deadline, or does the potential free agent draft pick comp eliminate that? Brinson and Stackhouse are going to need to step up big time.

They've been struggling bringing in 4-star WRs for 40 years.

I really thought they were setting up the Lions for an end-around on 3rd down. Risk is running out of bounds, but you know they were keying on Jacobs. I thought the outside would be there.

Bud Light????

#39 ranked OT according to 24/7 composite rankings. Ranked higher than either OL who decommitted and higher than any in-state OL. Rumors floating around about another under-the-radar flip to UW.

Or the receiver touches out of bounds.. Or a Badgers WR doesn't take 14 completed steps in the end zone.

I'll consider it a success if after 2026 Joey Ortiz has earned the same nickname from Cubs fans that Bucky Dent earned from Red Sox fans, regardless of what Ortiz's overall batting line is.

The main writer at the ACME Packing Company website said pretty definitively that Wilson would not be tendered a contract as a RFA at $3.4M. I quickly and directly questioned why.

Yes, I saw him in on a few plays

And Golden

Says a lot about the class when the #6 ranked kid is committed to Kent State. I'm OK with passing on a bunch of average 3-stars. And I think the WRs they have are bettter than the #1 on the list.

They've been losing guys to Michigan since the beginning of time. Indiana is a new thing, but it's where he's from and it's clear that Indiana has a lot of NIL to spend. Several years ago they flipped a 3-star RB from Rutgers. He ended up doing alright.

I don't know if he would want a deal that reduces his 2026 salary/shifts some of his 2026 salary to 2027 because of the threat of a lockout. If there is a lockout, the Brewers wouldn't have to pay for any games missed. That may have been a factor in accepting the QO, knowing that a multi-year deal may actually reduce the total salary he would get over the next two seasons.

James Franklin to Virginia Tech. Somehow negotiated or mitigated his buyout from $49M down to $9M.

Only six teams in the NFC have a positive point differential and one of those is +2.