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Will Wade thanked NC State before Anthony Davis thanked New Orleans.

Just curious. He said that in this morning's podcast and has said it before, but I need everything he says double-sourced before believing it. In some ways he is just as bad as Gilbeau.

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She will not go poor building a new arena. She can afford it . She is on that Forbes list of richest people in the world. By saying she can’t afford means she is not making any money off her car dealerships across the country, Saints, Pelicans, Horse racing , Ochsner etc.

Gimmie a break. The woman is not going to go broke building a new arena.

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Let's try this one more time.

Much of her $8 Billion is not liquid. Meaning it cannot be converted to cash. In order to afford to build an arena on her own, she would have to sell the Saints or a chunk of her other businesses and assets.

Stan Kroenke is a big time real estate guy. He has the cash to build So-Fi on his own and not have to dump any other assets. In fact, he can and did buy the Rams and still have $5 Billion on cash available. That's why the NFL allowed him to basically strong arm the Rams away from St. Louis (and get sued for his efforts). He was one of the very few people who could afford to build a stadium in Los Angeles on his own without help from the state of California or the city of LA.

Benson is not that kind of wealthy. Most owners aren't. Most of their wealth is tied into assets that cannot be easily turned into cash.

It's amazing to me that so many people think that when someone is a billionaire, they have billions in cash in various accounts. Not how it works.

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The actual text basically uses Commerce and FCC to try to dissuade others from scheduling on that date, but what you can do in an EO is limited. It's as much a signaling device to the CFP and the university presidents as anything else.

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This is true. The one thing he can order without question is when the game itself is played. The rest is a strongly worded suggestion.

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Because this has worked so well for the NBA!

He thinks the NFL could get an 18-game season by mandating players only play 17 games.

What an idiot.

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1. Las Vegas Raiders: Fernando Mendoza, QB, Indiana.
2. New York Jets: David Bailey, OLB, Texas Tech.
3. Arizona Cardinals: Arvell Reese, OLB, Ohio State.
4. Tennessee Titans: Jeremiyah Love, RB, Notre Dame.
5. New York Giants: Caleb Downs, S, Ohio State.
7. Washington Commanders: Sonny Styles, LB, Ohio State.
8. New Orleans Saints: Carnell Tate, WR, Ohio State.
9. Kansas City Chiefs: Rueben Bain Jr., DE, Miami
10. Cincinnati Bengals: Mansoor Delane, CB, LSU.


I could really see the draft playing out in this way.

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I can too, although Loomis is Loomis. I can easily see him trade to get Reese or Styles if one falls far enough.

PFF came out with a mock today:

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This is the highest I've seen Love and Bain go. If this is true, we won't have to worry about Bain's armlength; he'll be long gone.

It also has us taking Tate and Lemon already gone. Lemon off the board at 8 is not where most mocks are right now, so this is interesting.

I personally hope one of those Ohio State linebackers falls to us, but they are both gone in this mock too.

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I thought this was unanimously understood that we were in a financial pickle for 2-3 years and we're almost out of it?

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I think the OP is more referring to dead money than cap overage. Here's the issue: Loomis doesn't believe in the concept of dead money and he has said so in interviews. In his eyes, if they sign a guy to a 4-year $40 Million contract, then they value the player at $40 Million. The actual timing of when each dollar appears in the ledger is irrelevant, so he doesn't think any money spent is dead, even if its accounted for after the player has left the team. They may be better at avoiding overages, but they will always have dead money.

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Loomis finally moved outside the Payton coaching tree when he replaced a fossilized Dennis Allen with Kellen Moore, but then he placed a franchise quarterback bet on a second-rounder who is about to turn 26 and moves like … a dinosaur.

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Yeah, this hasn't exactly aged well. Not good evidence for the point. Plus citing Fansided is like using the Weekly World News to get real information.

I saw some Jaguar players tweet out yesterday that Etienne will slide right into a leadership role with the Saints; that he's that kind of player.