#Edmund Jacoby

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Narnia Headcanons: Ariane's family

- She's a middle child. Has three older brothers named Thom, Evander and Iain and one younger brother named Olen.

- Olen is Cor and Corin's age and was surprise baby. Tried hard to be the sensible one but usually ended up involved in Corin's shenanigans. He's redheaded and freckled like Ariane and Thom, all three of them take the most after their father.

- Olen married a woman named Sorcha. She died two years into their marriage and he never remarried.

- Thom was one of King Lune's knights and is brave and kind man but could be a bit stupid.

-Thom was married to a sensible Marsh Wiggle woman named Lilypad and had three children, Rain, Muddles, and Jacobi.

- Iain was cheerful and kind, always singing. He worked as a minstrel and then was employed as a court musician for the Narnian court. Redheaded but no freckles.

- Evander was a very serious man and extremely intelligent. He went to Chair Paravel when his sister was married to Edmund and acted partially as an adviser and partially as Archenland's ambassador. Took after his mother in looks, was dark haired, tanned, and had black eyes. He also wore glasses.

- Ariane's parents were named Bren and Sloey.

- Bren was a Duke over a small estate and was delighted when Edmund and Ariane starred courting. He liked Edmund a lot.

- Sloey was less thrilled, as it meant her daughter would leave, but there were worse matches out there.

- Thom was a gifted swordsman and could hold his own with both Narnian kings. Was feared on the battlefield and both Telemaren historians and Narnians called him the Viper.

- Evander was skilled with daggers and weapons associated with assassinations.

- Ariane was closest to Iain and Evander.

- all her brothers loved Edmund buy the king was closest to Evander.

- Everyone thought Iain and Susan might marry but they simply saw each other as friends.

- Thom and Iain were killed when the Telemarenes attacked Chair Paravel. Lilypad managed to escape with her children alongside her sister in law and niece.

- Olen and Corin lived together after the death of Olen's wife, mostly because Corin was afraid to leave his friend alone. This probably saved Olen's life and he never left the capital again as long as he lived.

- Evander was separated from his sister during the attack and then promptly spent two years murdering and dodging Telmarene soldiers before finally crossing back into Archenland.

- This led to Evander also being referred to as 'The Devil of the Western Wood.' He became a Bogeyman to the Telemarenes and Caspian grew up being terrified by stories about him.

[monstershearts]

Doctor Jack “Invisible Man” Griffin

Nationality: Australian (with an American work visa, depending on the verse)

Gender: Cis Male

Sexuality: Straight

Age: 27 (verse dependent)

Appearance: Piercing blue eyes, strong square jaw, handsome face, short blond hair, muscular build, 5'10", usually goes for a classy semi-casual look when he isn’t at work. Button-up shirts worn open at the collar, black or blue jeans, black cowboy boots.

FC: Dacre Montgomery

Personality: Eccentric, charming, quick to anger, volatile, violent, arrogant, ambitious. He fully believes that he is a scientific genius, and while he isn’t entirely wrong, he often forgets that he is not always the smartest person in the room. Money is also highly important to him.

Goals: To prove himself in the scientific community, to come up with an invisibility formula that the U.S. military will pay him a fortune for.

Strengths/Powers: Highly intelligent, silver tongue, decent physical strength, an experienced brawler, quick thinker and problem solver, determination, can become invisible after injecting himself with the serum he invented.

Weaknesses: His own ego, his short fuse and reckless attitude, the fact that he has to remove any clothing that isn’t skintight in order to be completely invisible, the fact that his serum makes his temper and mental state even more volatile than they already are, his workaholic nature, the fact that he is totally blind to his own mortality.

Likes: Rum, tequila, women, power, classic muscle cars, AC/DC, being away from his father, his fiancee Flora(verse/thread dependent)

Dislikes: His father, car thieves, mobsters, bigots, people who underestimate him, being told that he can’t do something/that he has limitations.

Languages: English, rudimentary German

Background: Jacobi Edmund Griffin was born in the fall of 1995 to a deadbeat thief and hardworking woman who left by the time he was five. Jack’s father was in and out of jobs, mostly relying on petty crimes to keep a roof over their heads, food on their table, and gas in their car. Jack focused intensely on his academic career, showing signs of genius level intellect at a very early age. He graduated high school at 15 with honors, and was offered a full ride scholarship to the University of Queensland, where he got his doctorate in biomedical science. While he was in his late teens, his father informed him that they would no longer have to worry about money troubles. They were rich! Everything was finally coming up roses for the Griffins, and his father proved it by buying him his dream car, a midnight blue 1979 Chevrolet Camaro, as a belated graduation present. Jack was ecstatic, of course, but something in the back of his keen yet cynical mind told him that it was too good to be true. After about a month of mulling it over, he finally decided to ask his father where exactly he’d gotten the money from. That turned out to be one of the worst days of his life. His father deflected, at first, demanding to know why it was so important, but Jack kept pushing and pushing until his father confessed that he’d made the money by selling stolen cars for parts. It was his last job. He promised! But that wasn’t good enough for Jack, who had grown up loathing his father’s criminal activity and wanted desperately to believe that he’d finally gone straight. The two got into a massive fight, throwing punches, shoving each other around, destroying furniture, with Jack’s father calling him an ungrateful brat and throwing him up against a wall. It should have ended there, but Jack refused to go down, leading his father to come at him with a knife. There was a scuffle, a lot of blood, and even more chaos. By the end of it, both men were injured really badly, but Jack was the one who was able to call for an ambulance. Both were taken to the nearest hospital. Jack survived. His father did not. The teen was not charged, as all the evidence clearly pointed to him having to defend himself, but there was a grueling investigation that eventually led to his father’s house and both cars being seized by the state, and Jack being sent to live with his estranged mother since he was 17 and still technically a minor. As soon as he was physically able, he threw himself into his studies at the university harder than he ever had before, leading his mother to admire his intellect and work ethic and regret leaving him with his father. In Jack’s eyes, that was too little too late, but he was never outwardly hostile toward her about it. Over the next few years, he completed his PhD, becoming the youngest graduate in his class and immediately looking for work both near home and abroad. He landed several decent jobs in and around Brisbane, working in state of the art labs with many accredited scientists, but none of them would take him seriously, despite his outstanding achievements, due to his age. Fed up with the politics and discrimination, Jack turned his efforts to finding opportunities outside of Australia. It wasn’t long before he was hired on by an American company that was handling a few military contracts, applied for a work visa, and flown out to Boston to begin his new career. Things were finally taking off for him, it seemed. His coworkers saw his talent and intelligence and treated him as an equal, which made him even more eager to prove himself. At 26, he was put in charge of one of the most top secret projects the military had entrusted to Wells Biotechnologies: a serum that would allow operatives to become totally invisible for a short time. Needless to say, Jack was thrilled beyond belief, and got to work on it right away. At first, he did some research into various biological methods of camouflage, but quickly realized that the genetic modifications necessary to make that possible in humans would be far too invasive and risky. He then turned his attention to something called a refraction index, which he found could be changed with the right amount and method of chemical convincing. His research eventually led him to experiment with various anesthetics in combination with other chemicals, trying drug after drug, combo after combo, and getting little to no results. The military wasn’t happy with the lack of progress. After only a year, they pulled Jack’s funding, but he still refused to give up. When he wasn’t working on the projects that were still approved or dodging hushed underhanded comments, he was sequestered away in his lab, continuing his experiments off the books. Fueled by spite, very little sleep, and what few meals he remembered to consume, the young scientist worked tirelessly to find his perfect formula. Monocaine, he finally discovered one particularly grueling night, was the key. It was a particularly strong local anesthetic that worked remarkably well with the refraction-altering chemicals in such a way that made them compatible with human cells, even affecting fabric worn tight to the skin. Not wanting to risk asking for permission to start human testing and getting rejected, Jack tested the serum on himself. It worked beautifully…aside from the fact that he felt a bit less in control of himself than normal. It was almost like being high, or what he guessed being high might have felt like, having never tried recreational drugs before. It was bizarre, and he noted that he felt strangely numb all over. All of his findings were written down in his journal, including the fact that it wore off after about two hours. The after effects were much less pleasant. He’d been hungover maybe a couple of times in his life, and this was at least twice as bad. Nausea, a splitting headache that nearly made him want to cry, light and sound sensitivity, aching muscles, and insurmountable fatigue pretty much summed up his symptoms, and he wisely determined that sleeping in his office would be a much better idea than trying to make it back to his apartment. The next morning, he was much better off, though his head still hurt. Another couple weeks of nightly testing followed before he finally worked up the courage to tell his superiors. He did his best to make his case, but they refused to hear him out, no matter how much proof he showed them of his success. He had used company resources without permission and stayed on the clock for far longer than he was supposed to; he was lucky they didn’t suspended. Angry and heartbroken, Jack jumped to his last resort, taking out a syringe of the serum that he had gradually become addicted to and injecting himself with it. They were stunned to see him becoming invisible right before their eyes, and when they recovered enough from their shock to try and catch him, he ran, evading them almost effortlessly and taunting them as he went. It became a sort of game for him. He loved watching them squirm, loved seeing their alarm at being proven wrong by a man twenty or thirty years their junior. It was electrifying. The possibilities of what all he could do with serum also began to turn over in his brain. He wouldn’t have to wait for a payout from the military if he was able to just grab the money for himself without anyone being able to see him. He could also try going into private detective work, chasing after details that no visible person would be able to get near. The world was his oyster!

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I was wondering if you know who the woman is in this edit or at least what she’s from originally? I’m obsessed with her long hair + it’s such a gorgeous edit btw!

Thank you! The figure of Val in that edit was adapted from this painting by Edmund Blair Leighton. I wanted to emphasize her long hair, her isolation at Castle Black, and the idea that none of the POV characters really know her as a person.

– Jacoby

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15 Quotes on the Unparalleled Power of Example

There are few concepts we believe in more strongly than just how powerful the examples of other people are in shaping our lives — for better, and for worse. No one builds a life in a vacuum; we model our lives on the lives of others. Because of the reality of mimetic desire, we inevitably want what others want. The examples of other people show us possibilities for living and give us license to live in the same way. That which does not seem attainable or permissible becomes so when we see it enacted and embodied by someone else. Examples show us the heights we may be able to aspire to and the lows we may be able to get away with.  It’s tempting to believe that a sermon, lecture, or heart-to-heart talk can compensate for the impact of an example, but no words can ever surmount its influence. Its power radiates most strongly within close relationships, but also works its way down from public figures. Thus, it is of utmost importance to carefully choose who we surround ourselves with and who we elevate in the popular culture and place into positions of prominence — and to be conscious of who serves as our examples, and what kind of example we offer to others.  The following 15 quotes drive home these truths. “Nothing is so contagious as example, and we never do any great good or great evil which does not produce its like.” —François de La Rochefoucauld “Whatever parent gives his children good instruction and sets them at the same time a bad example, may be considered as bringing them food in one hand, and poison in the other.” —John Balguy “Every great example takes hold of us with the authority of a miracle, and says to us, ‘If ye had but faith, ye, also, could do the same things.'” —Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi  “Precept is instruction written in the sand. The tide flows over it, and the record is gone. Example is graven on the rock, and the lesson is not soon lost.” —William Ellery Channing  “I am only coming to Princeton to research, not to teach. There is too much education altogether, especially in American schools. The only rational way of educating is to be an example.” —Albert Einstein  “I am absolutely convinced that no wealth in the world can help humanity forward, even in the hands of the most devoted worker in this cause. The example of great and pure characters is the only thing that can produce fine ideas and noble deeds. Money only appeals to selfishness and always tempts its owners irresistibly to abuse it. Can anyone imagine Moses, Jesus, or Gandhi armed with the money-bags of Carnegie?” ―Albert Einstein “To have known one good man—one man who, through the chances and mischances of a long life, has carried his heart in his hand, like a palm branch, waving all discords into peace, helps our faith in God, in ourselves, and in each other more than many sermons.” —George William Curtis “Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.” —Edmund Burke “Example is more forcible than precept. People look at my six days in the week to see what I mean on the seventh.” —Rev. Richard Cecil “The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of good and evil are the result of the moral atmosphere they breathe.” —Johann Paul Friedrich Richter “Be a patten to others, and then all will go well; for as a whole city is infected by the licentious passions and vices of great men, so it is likewise reformed by their moderation.” —Cicero “There is a transcendent power in example. We reform others unconsciously, when we walk uprightly.” —Anne Sophie Swetchine “Alexander received more bravery of mind by the pattern of Achilles, than by hearing the definition of fortitude.” —Sir Philip Sidney “Men trust their eyes rather than their ears; the road by precept is long and tedious, by example short and effectual.” —Seneca “There are bad examples that are worse than crimes; and more states have perished from the violation of morality, than from the violation of law.” —Montesquieu The post 15 Quotes on the Unparalleled… http://dlvr.it/T2G8T0

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Elijah James is really cute and I 100% want that to be his official name

but imagine if his name is really something like Edmund Jonathon 😂

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Father and Son

a few years ago i listened to an old two-part drama (well, not really old, it was recorded in 2005) on BBC Radio 4, Father and Son, based on the eponymous book by Edmund Gosse about his Victorian childhood and his relationship with his father, a famous British naturalist, marine biologist, inventor of aquarium (both the thing and the word) Philip Henry Gosse. it was really great. i haven't read the book - they say that Edmund Gosse demonized his father (whose religious zeal indeed flared up after his wife's death) in a very talented manner but wasn't exactly fair. it seems that their contemporaries and biographers concurred that either Edmond's memory failed him or he just let his imagination run wild or maybe intentionally took artistic license on his father's true personality. Philip Gosse is a stern puritan in the radio drama too but probably softer, and there are some very moving moments. or maybe it's just the actors - Derek Jacobi plays grownup Edmund and Roger Allam plays Philip Gosse. by the way, am i the only one seeing a certain resemblance?

side note: there was no Victoria yet at the time so i didn't really focus on that - i've looked through Gosse Sr.'s wiki page again and my heart just fucking lurched at "Meanwhile, the ever active Gosse had taken up the study of orchids". i would like orchids and also rooks to kindly fuck off please and leave me alone, it's been enough time, move the fuck on.

another side note: every time i listen to any radio drama with Roger Allam, i want to listen to The Thank You Present. i think it could make a nice TV movie... with the original radio actors as their characters in later years of course. Christian McKay as young Griff! Sheridan Smith or Jodie Whittaker as Rachel! (i have no ideas for Simon though. Ovenden? also, idk why i'm looking in the direction of Yorkshire... oh wait, i see, i know why, because Reece Dinsdale is from Yorkshire)

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[Nicknames in 'Easton and Emmary asmr'.]

(Doesn't include patreon audios.)

[Honestly just wanted an excuse to post something about Easton and Emmary :P]

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-Mx.Darling~

[Last updated: 2/12/2022]

- Sweet cheeks

Used by: Duke [Tsundere Werewolf]

- Wallflower

Used by: Liam [Yandere Playboy]

- Dove

Used by: Alfonso [Yandere Mafia Boss]

- Sugar

Used by: Goergie [Sadodere Werewolf Hunter], Evelyn Snow [Yandere Southern Belle]

- Sweetheart

Used by: Ryo [Yandere Werewolf], Lindo [Yandere Boyfriend], Jason [Yandere Ex-boyfriend], Vega [Yandere Werewolf]

- Angelface

Used by: Dixon [Yandere Incubus]

- Rose petal

Used by: Jackson [Yandere Dragon tamer]

- Sugarplum

Used by: Reina [Yandere Ringleader]

- Pet

Used by: Edmund "Greed" [Yandere Gambler], Police Officer Smize [Yandere Police Officer], Jason [Yandere Ex-boyfriend]

- Creampuff

Used by: Benjamin [Tsudere Ghost]

- Angel

Used by: Solas [Yandere Demon], Jason [Yandere Ex-boyfriend], Charlie [Flirty Yandere Regular Customer]

- Hero

Used by: Astra [Yandere Villian]

- Angelfish

Used by: Echo [Yandere Siren]

- Flower

Used by: Marigold Mae [Yandere Actress]

- Gatito (Kitty)

Used by: Andres [Tsudere Neko]

- Person

Used by: Talula [Bakadere Arachne]

- Dear

Used by: Edmund "Greed" [Yandere Gambler] [Temporaily], Jason [Yandere Ex-boyfriend]

- Babydoll

Used by: Oliver [Male Yandere]

- Doc/Docter

Used by: Nessy [Yandere Patient]

- Babe

Used by: Piper [Yandere Girlfriend]

- Majesty

Used by: Vindica [Yandere Queen], Nikolai [Yandere Theif]

- Knight in shining armor

Used by: Eloise [Yandere Princess]

- Human

Used by: "Angel" [Kamidere Girl], Eris [Yandere Dragon], Azael [Yandere Demon][Temporaily]

- Darling

Used by: Julia Copeland [Yandere? Antriscat Engaged Daughter], Jason [Yandere Ex-boyfriend]

- General

Used by: Clover Vardon [Sadistic Yandere General]

- Drama

Used by: Logan [Sadodere Bad Boy]

- Love

Used by: Azael [Yandere Demon], Lindo [Yandere Boyfriend], Dr. Chases Harwell [Yandere Hypnotist], Elvira [Sadodere Queen], Jason [Yandere Ex-boyfriend], Val [Yandere Ex-girlfriend]

- Little mouse

Used by: Jacoby [Yandere Officer]

- My star

Used by: Zachary [Yandere Knife Thrower]

- Peanut

Used by: Roland [Yandere Ringleader]

- Mutt

Used by: Goergie [Sadodere Werewolf Hunter]

- Beautiful

Used by: Nikolai [Yandere Theif]

- Matcha

Used by: Charlie [Flirty Yandere Regular Customer]

- Highness

Used by: Galvin [Tsundere Knight]

[lesser-known-composers]

Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805) -Stabat Mater f-Moll op. 61 Novocanto Ensemble

2. Fassung 1801 für 2 Soprane, Tenor und Streichquintett 00:00 Nr.1. Stabat mater dolorosa (Sop I, Sop II, Tenor) 

02:45 Nr.2 Cujus animam gementem (Sop. II) 04:40 Nr.3 Quae maerebat et dolebat (Sop. II) 07:14 Nr.4 Quis est homo (Sop. II) 10:10 Nr.5 Pro peccatis suae gentis (Tenor) 14:46 Nr.6 Eja mater fons amoris (Sop. I, Sop. II)

Performers: VOCALS Rebekka Maeder, Sopran Marie-Louise Tosheva, Sopran Bettina Schneebeli, Mezzosopran Yannick Badier, Tenor Instrumentalensemble ORCHESTRA CLASSICA Romain Hürzeler, Violine I Georg Jacobi, Violine II Yang Lu, Viola, Viola Susanne Wirth, Violoncello Magor Szasz, Kontrabass Edmund Worsfold, Oboe Jürg Brunner, Orgel Willi Derungs, conductor Live-Performance Französische Kirche Bern 14. April 2017

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S Sean Davis: 2016 Draft Grade Retrospective

It’s said a draft class can’t be fully graded until at least three years after the picks are made. That’s why after submitting grades for every Pittsburgh Steelers pick made in 2021, I began going back through and grading previous Steeler draft classes beginning with 2018. Today continues the third class in that exercise, with the Steelers’ second-round pick in the 2016 NFL Draft: Sean Davis, a safety out of Maryland. This exercise follows the six viewpoints (listed below) for examining and re-grading a pick. Each of the first five viewpoints gets examined and assigned a letter grade, before taking that analysis and combining it into a final letter grade. Those five viewpoints comprise much of what goes into the draft grades consumed by so many every year after the draft. Steelers’ Career: What did the player contribute to the team that drafted him? NFL Career: Did the player make the pick look better in hindsight after leaving Pittsburgh? Pick Value: Did the player outperform his draft slot? Did he fail to live up to the pick used on him? Positional Value: Was the player the best player remaining at his specific position in the draft? Other Options: Did any players go during the next round that were better selections? Overall Grade: A final mark to denote whether the selection was an overall positive one, or one better spent elsewhere. Each factor in a retrospective doesn’t apply evenly to every pick made; consider the grades weighted. For example, to return a high grade in pick value, a first-round pick should have a long and impactful career, while a later-round pick needs only a couple seasons as a back-up or modest contributor to be worth the selection used on him. Some factors are universal, though. Whether picked first overall or 259th, there will always be other options on the board to compare the player to, and steals and reaches can come from any place in the draft. Round 2, Pick 27: Sean Davis, S, Maryland STEELERS CAREER: C+ So bad was the Steelers’ secondary after the 2016 season that the team doubled up on it with their first two picks of the 2016 draft. And like first-rounder Artie Burns, Davis quickly worked his way into the lineup. He started nine games as a rookie, and then spent his next two seasons as the team’s full-time starter. In that time, he started at both safety spots. All three seasons saw at least 70 tackles made, peaking with 92 of them in 2017. Seven came for a loss, another career-best, and Davis set personal bests with three interceptions, eight passes defensed, and a forced fumble. It was a good start to his career, with good flashes offsetting the problems that came with shifting position to position and not finding a set home on defense. His performance did enough to inspire some hope, but not prevent Pittsburgh from addressing the safety position. The team selected Terrell Edmunds in the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft prior to Davis’ third season. When Davis suffered a season-ending injury to begin 2019, Pittsburgh traded for Minkah Fitzpatrick and elected to allow Davis to test free agency. After a failed signing elsewhere (see next section), Davis returned to the Steelers in time to play in all 16 games for them in 2020, for just over $900,000. Shifted to a backup role behind the aforementioned Fitzpatrick and Edmunds, Davis played only 57 defensive snaps. He recorded 12 tackles, a pass defensed, and a fumble recovery, and played nearly four times as many special teams snaps as he did for the Steelers’ defense. NFL CAREER: F Hitting free agency, Davis landed a one-year contract with the Washington Football Team as a contender to start for them in 2020. Even earning a $5 million deal for that season and receiving a $2 million signing bonus, Davis played poorly enough that Washington cut him before Week 1. Davis gets another chance at success outside of Pittsburgh this season, signing a one-year deal with the Indianapolis Colts this offseason to join a busy Colts’ depth chart for backup safeties. PICK VALUE: B- Coming only a few slots before the start of the third round, getting a three-year starter at the safety position isn’t a horrendous return. Especially considering that, without his season-ending injury in 2019, Davis had a legitimate chance to earn a nice payday as a free agent, or in re-signing with the Steelers. He never reached a Pro Bowl level or signed that second long-term contract with the team. Davis did, though, offer Pittsburgh serviceable play at safety when it was desperately needed. At the tail end of the second round, getting a three-year starter at a position you struggle to acquire talent consistently at isn’t a bad pick. Lacking the upside desired for any second-rounder, sure. But an abject failure? No. POSITIONAL VALUE: D+ Now for the hammer, and a big “two-punch” in a one-two combo looking at the defensive backs taken at corner and safety after Burns in the first round and Davis in the second. Taken six picks after Davis was Kevin Byard, a four-year starter who led the league in interceptions and was an All-Pro in 2017, and who has three seasons of four or more picks, and four of 84 or more tackles. And at the end of the third round, Justin Simmons went to Denver and became an absolute steal for the Broncos. Starting four seasons, Simmons has 16 interceptions (at least two every season, 24 passes defensed the last two years, and three consecutive seasons above 90 tackles. He made his first Pro Bowl in 2020, and Denver just made him the first safety in NFL history to break $15 million per season on a long-term deal. That’s two of the best in the NFL at the position going within the next four safeties selected. The rest of the class underwhelms and doesn’t match the career Davis put together. Darian Thompson only started one year for the New York Giants. Miles Killebrew (now with Pittsburgh), Deon Bush, and Will Parks carved out careers as full-time backups. Jalen Mills has started four years with Philadelphia, but only came at safety and the rest at corner. Vonn Bell is one exception, entering his sixth season as an NFL starter, and second in Cincinnati. He went three selections after Davis. He, Byard, and Simmons going as three of the next four safeties drafted (and within the next 40 picks) makes this a miss, even if the rest of the class amounted to little in the way of starters. OTHER OPTIONS: D+ The 2016 draft really was an outstanding one for Day 2 talent, as plenty of big-time contributors went in the 32 picks after Davis, just like they did in the early second after Pittsburgh picked Burns. Mentioned above, Bell went three picks later, and Byard six. Between the two was James Bradberry (62nd, Carolina), one of the highest-paid cornerbacks in the NFL. Further down in the early third is Yannick Ngakoue (69th, Jacksonville), a player on his fourth team in five years but who has eight or more sacks every season of his career, and four or more forced fumbles in four seasons. Joe Thuney (78th, New England) is the second-highest-paid guard in football. Austin Hooper (81st, Atlanta) is in the top five for tight ends. Kendall Fuller (84th, Washington) is a primary corner for Washington’s stellar defense. Add in some players who are or were contributors without becoming stars (running back Kenyan Drake, 73rd to Miami; quarterback Jacoby Brissett, 91st to New England; defensive tackle Maliek Collins (67th, Dallas), and it’s a pretty good group overall that followed Davis. Even if the league-wide misses started to become more frequent at this point. OVERALL GRADE: C- Some of the names Pittsburgh passed on, at the safety position and otherwise, make this pick sting in retrospect. It’s not a failure, though. Pittsburgh got multiple starting years with productive results from Davis, even if he never built on those to earn the bigger second contract with the team that is on the horizon for Minkah Fitzpatrick. Davis filled his role with the Steelers well. If not for an untimely injury in a contract year, Pittsburgh may have made him a well-paid defensive back, or Davis could have had a better opportunity leaving town than he received in Washington. He proved enough for the team to bring him back on a second stint, and Davis provided valuable depth during the 2020 season. Now in Indy, his career faces an uphill battle to continue.

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NFL ultimate all-conference teams – ACC and SEC

Just because sports is on hiatus doesn’t mean the competition needs to end. While we wait for the live action to return, ESPN has assembled a collection of “ultimate all-conference teams” that should intrigue college football and NFL fans alike.

Our panel of NFL analysts, college and NFL Nation reporters — Andrea Adelson, Matt Bowen, Courtney Cronin, Turron Davenport, Jeff Legwold, Adam Rittenberg, Mike Triplett, Jake Trotter and Field Yates — selected 22-man starting lineups of current NFL players based on their college conference. Notre Dame was paired with the ACC because of its affiliation.

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The criteria: Choose rosters for the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, SEC and non-Power 5 that are best suited to win the next Super Bowl.

We then ranked the teams to determine which group deserves the ultimate bragging rights. We will roll out the all-star lineups by region Monday through Wednesday, then reveal the final rankings on Thursday. On Friday, we will rank the top three lineups from individual schools.

Each offense had to include a quarterback, running back, two receivers, a tight end, two offensive tackles, two guards, a center and a flex player from any of the skill positions. Each defense had to include two edge-rushers, two interior linemen, two linebackers, four defensive backs and a flex spot that could come from any spot of the defense.

It all kicks off Monday with the NFL’s ultimate all-conference teams for the ACC and SEC. Let the second-guessing begin.

SCHEDULE Monday: ACC | SEC Tuesday: Big Ten | Big 12 Wednesday: Pac-12 | Non-Power 5 Thursday: Final rankings Friday: Teams for top individual schools

The SEC shined at the skill positions and defensive back with Julio Jones (left) and Stephon Gilmore (right), but the ACC boasts one of the NFL’s top QBs in Lamar Jackson. ESPNNFL ultimate all-conference team: ACC

OFFENSE

QB Lamar Jackson, Louisville RB Dalvin Cook, Florida State WR DeAndre Hopkins, Clemson WR Larry Fitzgerald, Pitt TE Kyle Rudolph, Notre Dame Flex DeVante Parker, Louisville OT Ronnie Stanley, Notre Dame G Quenton Nelson, Notre Dame C Rodney Hudson, Florida State G Zack Martin, Notre Dame OT Mike McGlinchey, Notre Dame

DEFENSE

Edge Chandler Jones, Syracuse DT Aaron Donald, Pitt DT Grady Jarrett, Clemson Edge Bradley Chubb, NC State LB Tremaine Edmunds, Virginia Tech LB Jaylon Smith, Notre Dame Flex Calais Campbell, Miami CB Jalen Ramsey, Florida State CB Jaire Alexander, Louisville S Derwin James, Florida State S Harrison Smith, Notre Dame

Toughest choice: Quarterback. Jackson, the NFL’s reigning MVP, won comfortably with seven out of nine votes. But the ACC had plenty of notable candidates, including Deshaun Watson, Matt Ryan, Philip Rivers and Jameis Winston. “It was a very difficult choice to make, but the jump Watson made from Year 2 to Year 3 and what I think he’s capable of in his fourth season led me to vote for him,” said Cronin, who was one of two panelists to go that route. “Watson is an MVP-caliber quarterback, too. I respect all that Jackson did in 2019 and think he’s a more dynamic all-around player. But I go back to last season and see moments where Watson single-handedly won or kept the Texans in games in spite of everything else that was going wrong for Houston.”

Biggest strength: Offensive line. There are plenty of good answers for this category in a star-studded lineup led by Jackson, Donald and Hopkins. But this offensive line deserves special mention because it might be the best of any conference once you add in that ridiculous amount of talent from the Irish.

Quenton Nelson and other former Notre Dame players took four of the ACC’s five offensive line spots. Jeffrey Brown/Icon Sportswire

“Hey, the scheduling partnership the ACC has with Notre Dame in football has its benefits!” Adelson said. “But in all seriousness, nobody thinks much about the ACC producing talent at offensive line because the default generally goes to the Big Ten. But the conference has consistently turned out good players, including three that received votes here in Anthony Castonzo, Joe Thuney and Brian O’Neill.”

Missing piece: Luke Kuechly. The linebacker’s retirement left the ACC without one of its biggest stars. Another area where the conference will have trouble measuring up is tight end, where Rudolph beat out young riser Darren Waller and aging stars Greg Olsen and Jimmy Graham.

Player pitch from Broncos DE Bradley Chubb: “It’s crazy, I was just talking about this with somebody the other day. People look at the ACC now and maybe they say ‘they don’t have many great teams’ or whatever. But you look at it when I was in there, there was a whole bunch of players with NFL talent making impact plays. Derwin James and Jalen Ramsey and Jameis Winston and Lamar. When you look at the talent some of those teams had and look at what some of those guys are doing in the NFL right now, you have to give some respect to that. It’s right there for people to see. That team could play with anybody. You have the MVP at quarterback, two of the best pass-rushers in the league just to start in Chandler Jones and Aaron Donald. For me to even be in there somewhere is a blessing for sure.”

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NFL ultimate all-conference team: SEC

OFFENSE

QB Dak Prescott, Mississippi State RB Derrick Henry, Alabama WR Julio Jones, Alabama WR Mike Evans, Texas A&M TE Jared Cook, South Carolina Flex Odell Beckham Jr., LSU OT Laremy Tunsil, Ole Miss G Trai Turner, LSU C Maurkice Pouncey, Florida G Elgton Jenkins, Mississippi State OT Andrew Whitworth, LSU

DEFENSE

Edge Von Miller, Texas A&M DT Fletcher Cox, Mississippi State DT Chris Jones, Mississippi State Edge Myles Garrett, Texas A&M LB C.J. Mosley, Alabama LB Roquan Smith, Georgia Flex Danielle Hunter, LSU CB Stephon Gilmore, South Carolina CB Tre’Davious White, LSU S Tyrann Mathieu, LSU S Jamal Adams, LSU

Toughest choice: Running back and wide receiver. There was an embarrassment of riches at the skill positions, where we couldn’t find room for Alvin Kamara, Nick Chubb, Todd Gurley, Amari Cooper or A.J. Green among others. Jones was the only unanimous choice at receiver or running back.

“Henry received the most votes at running back, and I get it. He’s a volume back with the physical traits to take over games in the fourth quarter. But what about the dual-threat ability of Kamara?” said Bowen, who was one of five panelists to vote for Kamara at either running back or the flex spot. “He’s a three-down impact player at the position. And let’s not forget about Chubb, who can hammer the ball between the tackles and rip off explosive plays. I could have voted for all three.”

Biggest strength: Defensive back. If the SEC winds up winning this competition, the defense will be the reason — especially this loaded secondary. Because of tiebreakers, The Associated Press named seven defensive backs as first-team All-Pros last season. And a whopping six of them came from the SEC. This group is so stacked that we had to leave out Minkah Fitzpatrick, Eddie Jackson, Marlon Humphrey and Patrick Peterson.

“You could have told me to pick the starters for the SEC secondary and then said, ‘Actually, those players are not available to you,’ and I’d still feel great about my group!” Yates said. “Outstanding players were bound to miss the cut.”

Missing piece: Quarterback. No offense to Prescott (or runners-up Matthew Stafford and Cam Newton). But he is going to be measured against the likes of Patrick Mahomes from the Big 12; Tom Brady, Drew Brees or Russell Wilson from the Big Ten; Lamar Jackson from the ACC; and Aaron Rodgers from the Pac-12 when we vote for the ultimate champion. And that’s the one area that could hold back the mighty SEC.

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After missing recent action, Patrick Mahomes and David Johnson could be back in their respective teams’ active lineups this weekend, and A.J. Green could finally make his 2019 debut.

Our NFL Nation reporters update the top injury question for every team heading into Week 10, with intel gathered directly from the source:

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AFC EAST

The Bills are in a better position than most in terms of overall team health. Cornerback Kevin Johnson was limited in Wednesday’s practice with a knee injury but did not don a red “non-contact” jersey; this bodes well for his availability Sunday. He’s one of three outside corners on Buffalo’s 53-man roster and his depth is needed as the team prepares for Odell Beckham Jr. and Jarvis Landry. — Marcel Louis-Jacques

Two key veteran starters — center Daniel Kilgore (knee) and safety Reshad Jones — (chest) have missed the past three games, but each could be nearing a return this Sunday; both are practicing for the second consecutive week, and coach Brian Flores deemed them close to a return. It could signal the return of the Dolphins’ best active defensive back in Jones and offensive captain in Kilgore. — Cameron Wolfe

The Patriots held their lone practice of the bye week, and starting safety Patrick Chung (heel/chest) was one of just two players not spotted at the beginning of the full-pads workout (tight end Benjamin Watson was the other). So the bye comes at a good time for Chung, whose ability to match up with opposing tight ends and help in run support makes him a key cog to the defense. — Mike Reiss

Running back Le’Veon Bell (knee) didn’t practice Wednesday (his first miss of the season), but the team is cautiously optimistic that he will be able to play against the Giants. Even if he plays, it could mean more carries for Bilal Powell and Ty Montgomery. Tight end Chris Herndon (hamstring) is probably 50-50. He’s practicing on a limited basis, but he hasn’t been able to cut loose yet. — Rich Cimini

AFC NORTH

There really isn’t much of an injury question for the Ravens this week. Ronnie Stanley, the Ravens’ starting left tackle, missed Wednesday’s practice with a knee injury but is expected to play Sunday against the Bengals. If Stanley surprisingly can’t suit up, James Hurst would fill in for him. The only other Baltimore player who missed practice because of an injury is guard Marshal Yanda, who is dealing with a cold he picked up from his children. — Jamison Hensley

Before Wednesday, A.J. Green (ankle) appeared on track to make his season debut this weekend. But after he missed practice Wednesday, that appears up in the air. If he doesn’t have a full practice Thursday, Green could be in jeopardy of missing another game. This is already the longest injury absence of his NFL career. — Ben Baby

Defensive end Olivier Vernon did not practice while nursing a knee injury suffered Sunday. Coach Freddie Kitchens has called him day-to-day. The good news is that safety Damarious Randall has returned from a hamstring injury, while left tackle Greg Robinson was practicing despite an ankle injury. Tight end Ricky Seals-Jones (knee) was limited to the side, which means for the moment Cleveland has only two healthy TEs, Demetrius Harris and former practice-squad member Stephen Carlson. — Jake Trotter

Will running back James Conner play Sunday? Still recovering from an AC injury to his shoulder suffered in the final minutes of the victory against the Dolphins, Conner didn’t play against the Colts. Conner is expected to be limited in practice this week, but “perk up” in later practices, per coach Mike Tomlin. If Conner can’t go, the Steelers will again lean heavily on Jaylen Samuels and Trey Edmunds — who were ineffective in the red zone in the Week 9 win. — Brooke Pryor

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AFC SOUTH

The Texans hope their secondary will benefit from the bye week. On Tuesday, coach Bill O’Brien said cornerbacks Bradley Roby (hamstring) and Lonnie Johnson (concussion) as well as safety Tashaun Gipson (back/wrist) are trending in the right direction to be ready to play against Baltimore in Week 11. — Sarah Barshop

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A possible positive sign for the Colts: Quarterback Jacoby Brissett (knee) was a limited participant in practice Wednesday just days after suffering a sprained MCL in his left knee in the first half against Pittsburgh. However, coach Frank Reich said it’s not a “slam dunk” that Brissett plays Sunday against the Dolphins. “This guy is as tough as they come, but we’ve got to do the right thing for him and for our team,” Reich said. “We will just see how it plays out. He is our quarterback. We want him to play and if he’s ready to play, then he will be the starter.” Brian Hoyer will start if Brissett doesn’t play. — Mike Wells

The bye week is coming at the perfect time for wide receiver Dede Westbrook and cornerback D.J. Hayden, both of whom missed Sunday’s game with shoulder/neck injuries. Coach Doug Marrone said both should return to practice Monday, and would be on track to play the following Sunday. In fact, Marrone said he anticipates linebackers Leon Jacobs (hamstring) and Quincy Williams (hamstring) will return to practice Monday as well. That’s three starters and a key reserve the Jaguars will have back for the Colts. — Mike DiRocco

Center Ben Jones missed last weekend’s game against the Panthers due to a concussion, and reserve swing lineman Jamil Douglas started in Jones’ place. Jones was on the field for the individual period Wednesday, and coach Mike Vrabel said Jones is progressing but still not cleared from concussion protocol. — Turron Davenport

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With the Broncos on their bye week, the health of right tackle Ja’Wuan James continues to be a question that affects the team’s offense. Essentially, the Broncos would like, at minimum, to rotate Elijah Wilkinson and Garett Bolles at left tackle because Bolles continues to struggle to avoid, and then rebound from, penalties in games. But they can’t use Wilkinson to do that when James is not in the lineup, because Wilkinson is starting at right tackle. James played 10 snaps in the season opener when he suffered a knee injury. He injured the same knee 22 plays into the next game he played — Week 8 against the Colts. So with James having been in the lineup just 32 plays all season, Denver continues to try to make do on the offensive line. As Broncos players adjourned for their bye-week break, coach Vic Fangio said, “I don’t know that yet” when asked if James would be able to play Week 11 against Minnesota. — Jeff Legwold

The starting quarterback spot for Sunday’s game against the Titans looks to be Patrick Mahomes’ to lose. The Chiefs increased his workload in practice Wednesday as they began preparations for the Titans. If his knee holds up, there’s a good chance he will play. But Chiefs haven’t committed to that yet, so this could again come down to the end of the week. — Adam Teicher

Linebacker Denzel Perryman is dealing with a knee injury he suffered during last weekend’s victory over the Packers. Perryman did not practice this week, and is questionable for Thursday’s road game against the Raiders. Chargers coach Anthony Lynn said Perryman will be a game-time decision. Perryman has recorded 20 combined tackles over the past three games, so the Chargers could use the Miami product in the lineup. — Eric D. Williams

Center Rodney Hudson missed the win against the Lions after suffering an ankle injury 10 plays into the Raiders’ loss in Houston on Oct. 27. And right tackle Trent Brown went down three plays into the Lions game with a knee injury, though he tried, unsuccessfully, to return while wearing a knee brace. On such a short week, it’s hard to see either O-lineman returning to face the Chargers on Thursday. Which would mean more snaps for center Andre James and tackle David Sharpe, who have both acquitted themselves well in replacing Hudson and Brown thus far. — Paul Gutierrez

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With a quick turnaround following Monday’s road game, the Cowboys did not have a padded practice Wednesday, and Amari Cooper was a spectator. Cooper hurt his knee in practice last week and banged it into the turf against the Giants, but continued to play. The hope is that rest will help him play Sunday. Leighton Vander Esch (stinger) was on the field for the workout and the belief is he will be able to return after sitting out Monday. If he can’t, then Sean Lee will continue to see action. Safety Jeff Heath has 12 stitches on his knee that could affect his status this weekend, but the expectation is he will be able to play against Minnesota. — Todd Archer

Tight end Evan Engram ruled himself out this weekend against the Jets with what the Giants are calling a “mid-foot sprain.” He wore a boot Wednesday on his left foot. The MRIs were sent to foot specialist Dr. Robert Anderson, but Engram said the belief is that it’s not the dreaded Lisfranc injury. He “dodged a bullet,” as the TE put it. Engram’s hope is that he can return after the Week 11 bye for the game against Chicago. — Jordan Raanan

Eagles wide receiver Alshon Jeffery suffered an ankle injury late in Sunday’s victory against the Bears, but he didn’t seem overly concerned about it after the game. However, couple this latest ailment with the calf strain that hindered Jeffery for much of the first half of the season, and this becomes a much-needed bye week for the veteran, who will have to carry the load now that DeSean Jackson is sidelined for the remainder of the season. “I’m going to take care of my body, that’s about it,” Jeffery said of his plans this week. “I’m not doing too much. Just treatment.” — Tim McManus

Quarterback Case Keenum is still in the concussion protocol, but it might be a moot point because there’s a good chance Dwayne Haskins will continue to start. The bye week will be good for running back Derrius Guice, who is expected to come off the injured reserve list after spraining his left knee. The Redskins hope having an extra week — he would have been eligible to return this week — will help Guice. The week off should also benefit right tackle Morgan Moses (pectoral injury), who should be fine, and defensive lineman Tim Settle, who underwent platelet-rich plasma treatment for a hamstring injury. His status remains uncertain. — John Keim

NFC NORTH

The Bears made it out of Philadelphia with only one noteworthy injury: Nose tackle Eddie Goldman is dealing with a thigh issue. Goldman has just 16 total tackles on the season, but he’s a large body who clogs running lanes up the middle. The Eagles rushed for 146 yards against the Bears in Week 9. Ex-Bear Jordan Howard ran for 82 yards and one touchdown on 19 carries. Goldman played only 11 of 89 defensive snaps in that loss. — Jeff Dickerson

Matthew Stafford (hip/back) was limited in practice, and at this point it doesn’t seem that concerning. But considering the quarterback has had issues with the hip and back over the past season-plus, it’s going to be worth monitoring as the week progresses. Starting guard Joe Dahl (ankle) missed practice as well, which likely means Kenny Wiggins and Graham Glasgow will start for the second consecutive game. Tracy Walker (knee) missed practice again Wednesday, too. But the main one to watch, for now, is Stafford. — Michael Rothstein

Yes, Davante Adams returned last weekend from a four-game absence due to turf toe. And yes, he caught seven passes Sunday against the Chargers, but he still didn’t look like the Adams of old. And here’s why: “I’m obviously healed at this point but as far as being a thousand percent back to myself, I wouldn’t quite say I’m quite there yet,” Adams said. “But I’m able to do a lot of things right now and do what I can to contribute.” — Rob Demovsky

The Vikings are considerably more banged up entering Week 10 than they’ve been at any point this season. Adam Thielen (hamstring), C.J. Ham (ankle) and Ifeadi Odenigbo (shoulder) were held out of practice Wednesday, while Trae Waynes (ankle) and Stephen Weatherly (groin) were limited participants. Thielen aggravating the hamstring injury he initially sustained in Week 7 could put him at risk of missing more time while he heals. When Dalvin Cook dealt with a similar injury last season, Minnesota eventually shut the running back down for several weeks to let him recover instead of allowing him to practice on a limited basis and testing out his hamstring ahead of several games to determine whether he could go. It feels like this could be the course of action Minnesota takes with Thielen to get him back fully healthy as the Vikings look to make a push for the playoffs down the stretch. — Courtney Cronin

NFC SOUTH

Quarterback Matt Ryan, who missed the Falcons’ Week 8 game against Seattle with a sprained right ankle, was limited in practice Wednesday. Coach Dan Quinn stopped short of declaring Ryan ready to play against the Saints on Sunday, but Quinn said during last week’s bye he was optimistic about Ryan’s return. “Feel good,” Ryan said after practice. “Feeling a little bit better every day. That’s what you do when you have something like this. You just try and focus on daily improvement, try to get back to yourself as fast as possible.” Ryan said he always prepares to start, so his mindset hasn’t changed going into this week. He hadn’t missed a game since December 2009 before he was inactive for the loss to the Seahawks. — Vaughn McClure

Defensive end Vernon Butler was having back issues and went for an evaluation Wednesday, so the Panthers signed Wes Horton, who had been with the team previously. Horton knows the system, so it should be an easy adjustment if Butler can’t play Sunday at Green Bay. Butler had stepped up since the loss of Pro Bowl defensive end/tackle Kawann Short. — David Newton

The bye week served the Saints well. They had every player on the practice field Wednesday, including running back Alvin Kamara (ankle/knee), tight end Jared Cook (ankle) and wide receiver Tre’Quan Smith (ankle). Kamara was listed as limited, so it’s possible the Saints might lighten his workload a bit to keep him fresh. But he should still be a big part of the offense. — Mike Triplett

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Stephania Bell expects RB Alvin Kamara will be active Sunday coming off the Saints’ bye week.

Coach Bruce Arians said tight end O.J. Howard (hamstring) would be good to go this weekend after missing the past two games with a hamstring injury, and Cameron Brate continues to play through sore ribs. On the defensive side of the ball, Arians said “there’s a chance” outside linebacker Carl Nassib (groin) will play, but it’s unlikely backup Anthony Nelson (hamstring) will. Cornerback Carlton Davis, who suffered a hip injury during warmups against the Seahawks, is also a question mark at this point. — Jenna Laine

NFC WEST

Right tackle Justin Murray (knee) did not practice again Wednesday, putting his status for Sunday’s game at Tampa Bay in doubt. If he can’t play, Justin Pugh will likely line up at right tackle again and Mason Cole, whom coach Kliff Kingsbury called Arizona’s most valuable lineman because of his versatility, will play left tackle for a second consecutive game. Meanwhile, running back David Johnson (ankle), who missed the past two games and most of the Week 7 game against the Giants, declared that he’s “definitely playing” this weekend, though Kingsbury wasn’t dealing in absolutes. “Hopefully we see what we want this week and we can get him back out there,” the coach said. — Josh Weinfuss

Wide receiver Brandin Cooks has been ruled out against the Steelers as he continues to recover and seek opinions from specialists for the two concussions he suffered last month. In Cooks’ absence, Josh Reynolds is expected to start. Sean McVay also said outside linebacker Clay Matthews, who was sidelined after Week 5 after breaking his jaw, and running back Malcolm Brown, who was inactive the past two games because of an ankle injury, were on track to play. — Lindsey Thiry

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Reinforcements are on the way for the 49ers’ offense in the form of left tackle Joe Staley (fibula) and fullback Kyle Juszczyk (sprained MCL), both of whom are expecting to play Monday night against Seattle. The question is whether right tackle Mike McGlinchey will also be back from his knee injury. McGlinchey is hopeful that he will return, and said it’s not so much about healing as getting his wind back. “I think I’m just about through the rehab process and it’s about becoming a football player again,” McGlinchey said. — Nick Wagoner

Wide receiver Josh Gordon passed his physical and will practice Thursday when the Seahawks get back to work ahead of their Monday night game against the 49ers. Gordon still has a new offense to learn, and the Seahawks have to figure out where he might fit within it. But coach Pete Carroll said Gordon is “ready to go” physically after dealing with a minor knee injury that landed him on injured reserve with the Patriots. — Brady Henderson

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Did your NFL team mess up by not drafting Lamar Jackson?

Lamar Jackson has been the crown jewel of the 2018 NFL Draft class.

Looking back at the 2018 NFL Draft to see who skipped over Jackson — and who’s paying for it.

The 2018 NFL Draft is far in the rearview mirror, but that doesn’t mean Lamar Jackson has forgotten about the teams that passed on him. Jackson was taken at No. 32 overall by the Ravens, and he had to see four quarterbacks in his class drafted before him.

By the end of that season, he was the only one of those rookies to make a start in the postseason. He’s kept that pace alive in 2019, when his Ravens stand atop a depleted AFC North and look stronger every week. Jackson planted his flag as a potential MVP candidate by becoming the youngest quarterback to beat Bill Belichick (and his 8-0 Patriots) in 15 years.

The former Heisman Trophy winner has had a better start to his career than the four quarterbacks selected ahead of him: Baker Mayfield, Sam Darnold, Josh Allen, and Josh Rosen. If you compare their stats, Jackson has the best record as a starter, the best passer rating, the best TD-INT ratio, and most rushing yards (by a lot).

There’s no questioning that Jackson is a unique talent, one that many teams in the NFL wish they could have at quarterback. Most of them had a chance to draft him, too.

Let’s take a look at the teams that passed on Jackson and see if they would’ve been better off taking him.

Cleveland Browns: No. Theoretically, they’d be better off with Jackson and without having to face him twice a year. But c’mon, you know the Browns would’ve ruined him. Have you seen Baker Mayfield lately?

2. New York Giants: Yes. Saquon Barkley is a dynamic player. But you know what’s better? A dynamic player who can run AND throw! Plus, they could’ve started the post-Eli Manning era a year earlier.

3. New York Jets: Yes. The Jets opted for Sam Darnold over Jackson. This season, Darnold has had a slew of odd injuries, including being diagnosed with strep and mono simultaneously, an enlarged spleen, and needing a toenail removed. Jackson has stayed healthy — and doesn’t throw nearly as many baffling red zone interceptions.

4. Cleveland Browns: See No. 1. The Browns destroy everything they touch, and leaving Jackson to get his ACL exploded behind Cleveland’s porous offensive line would be a lesser tragedy.

5. Denver Broncos: Oh, hell yes. Instead, the Broncos settled for the quarterback the Ravens benched for Jackson.

But also no, because there’s no way general manager John Elway looked at Jackson’s 6’2 frame and thought anything other than “there’s someone I can mold into a 600-yard receiver.”

6. Indianapolis Colts: No, even though Andrew Luck opted for early retirement. Jacoby Brissett has done a nice job taking over for Luck and has helped put the Colts in good position to win the AFC South.

7. Buffalo Bills: Probably. The Bills chose to draft quarterback Josh Allen over Jackson. Allen has a winning record as a starter and is poised to get the Bills back in the playoffs. So yes, Buffalo is doing all right with a pretty good running quarterback — but what if it had a great one?

8. Chicago Bears: Lol, yes. The Bears already had Mitchell Trubisky, who’s proving he’s nowhere close to being a franchise quarterback. He’s near the bottom in the NFL in most major categories — as is the Chicago offense and running game. Yeah, Matt Nagy could use Jackson right now.

9. San Francisco 49ers: No. As much fun as it would be to watch Jackson in a Kyle Shanahan offense, Jimmy Garoppolo is lighting it up for the red-hot 49ers.

10. Arizona Cardinals: Yes. Picking Josh Rosen over Jackson proved to be a mistake. While they got Kyler Murray in 2019, imagine how Jackson would fit in Kliff Kingsbury’s freewheeling offense (assuming Jackson wouldn’t have won enough games in 2018 to keep Steve Wilks on the sideline).

11. Miami Dolphins: Tough call, depending on how much faith you have in 2020’s draft class. With Jackson, you wouldn’t have to worry about 2019’s inescapable tank job — although you run the risk of him being sold off for a future first, just like the team’s actual pick here, Minkah Fitzpatrick, was.

12. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Yes. Jameis Winston is a free agent in 2020. He’s also not very good as an NFL quarterback — he has more interceptions than anyone else in the league since being drafted in 2015.

13. Washington: Yes. The Alex Smith experiment didn’t work out for unfortunate reasons, but this team needed a young franchise QB even before the former Chiefs’ passer was knocked out of the lineup. Now Dwayne Haskins gets to deal with all this dysfunction instead.

14. New Orleans Saints: No. Teddy Bridgewater has been an excellent insurance policy for Drew Brees (and Taysom Hill has been an excellent insurance policy for Bridgewater).

15. Oakland Raiders: No. Derek Carr has bounced back to Pro Bowl form thanks in part to the left tackle the Raiders selected at this spot, Kolton Miller. Carr’s still just 28 years old and under contract through 2022. While it would have been fun to see Jon Gruden figure out the most creative way to waste Jackson’s talent, a game-shifting mobile QB doesn’t really fit with Gruden’s late-90s throwback roster approach.

16. Buffalo Bills. See No. 7. The Bills used this pick to select Tremaine Edmunds, who has become an important cog in their intimidating defensive machine. They’d easily make that choice again.

17. Los Angeles Chargers: No. Philip Rivers is going to play for 20 more years, making it back to the AFC title game once. Derwin James, who was drafted here, should be healthy again one day, too. .

18. Green Bay Packers: No. Aaron Rodgers still looks great in his mid-30s, even if he took a few games to get acclimated to new head coach Matt LaFleur’s offense. But the Pack fell apart without him in 2017, and stopgaps like Brett Hundley and DeShone Kizer proved to be low-wattage replacements. Jackson would help fill that hole — but he’s also be buried behind a two-time MVP on the Green Bay roster.

19. Dallas Cowboys: No. Dak Prescott is pretty good and occasionally great. He’s about to sign a mega-extension in Texas, and Leighton Vander Esch, who the Cowboys picked at 19th overall, was a Pro Bowler as a rookie. It’s safe to say Jerry Jones is happy with his decision.

20. Detroit Lions: No. Matthew Stafford is having the best season of his career and is, somehow, only 31 years old. In this draft, Detroit took Frank Ragnow, who should have a fruitful career keeping his veteran QB upright from the center of the Lions’ line.

21. Cincinnati Bengals: Hellllll yes. They have a legitimate chance to go 0-16 in 2019 and they benched Andy Dalton for rookie Ryan Finley. And they have to face Jackson twice a year.

22. Tennessee Titans: Yes. Tennessee swapped out Marcus Mariota for Ryan Tannehill, which is like replacing a Honda Civic with a Toyota Corolla. Neither is under contract for 2020.

23. New England Patriots: Yes. Bill Belichick would absolutely like to have a do-over, if only to keep Jackson from gashing the Patriots’ defense again. Plus, Tom Brady will need a replacement at some point (his passer rating has declined in each of the past three seasons) and Jarrett Stidham, for all his preseason glory, probably isn’t the answer.

24. Carolina Panthers: Kinda. It all depends on Cam Newton’s health going forward. Newton’s 2019 season ended after just two games, and his future in Carolina is a bit uncertain. While Kyle Allen’s been solid as a backup, Jackson working his way into the lineup in 2019 when Newton went down with injury would have been a revelation for the Panthers.

25. Baltimore Ravens: Yes, teeechnically. Baltimore should have drafted Jackson here instead of potentially letting another team grab him. The Ravens ended up selecting Hayden Hurst. He has 29 catches in 20 career NFL games, is already 26 years old, and has failed to outshine 2018 third-round tight end Mark Andrews.

26. Atlanta Falcons: No. Matt Ryan isn’t the problem in Atlanta. Everything else (minus the wide receiver corps) is.

27. Seattle Seahawks: No. Russell Wilson has never missed a game in his career and he’s finally getting the MVP hype he deserves.

28. Pittsburgh Steelers: Yes. Ben Roethlisberger might have a few good seasons left in him, but 2019 won’t be one of them. The team eventually made its exit strategy for Big Ben clear by selecting Mason Rudolph in the third round of the 2018 draft — and he’s been a capable, if unexciting backup. It would have been fun to see what Jackson could do for the Steelers, who now have to battle him in the AFC North.

29. Jacksonville Jaguars: Yes. Why draft Jackson when you could sign Blake Bortles and Nick Foles for a combined $130 million in consecutive offseasons? Minshew Mania is over, at least for now. They definitely goofed by taking Taven Bryan rather than Jackson.

30. Minnesota Vikings: No. Kirk Cousins got a fully guaranteed $84 million about a month before the 2018 NFL Draft, so taking a first-round quarterback was off the table. Sometimes it looks like a mistake, other times Cousins looks like an MVP. Either way, Jackson wasn’t a real option for the Vikings.

31. New England Patriots: Yes. See No. 23. Isaiah Wynn has been a solid left tackle when healthy and Sony Michel was a postseason workhorse who helped carry the Pats to a Super Bowl win as a rookie, but neither may be as valuable as a viable escape route

32. Baltimore Ravens: Hey, good job! The Ravens traded up from the second round to snag Jackson with the last pick of Day 1. It’s worked out.

As for the three teams that didn’t have a first-round pick:

Philadelphia Eagles: No. The Eagles passed up their chance to get Jackson by trading this pick to the Ravens on draft night and would do it again (only for a bigger ransom). Carson Wentz was briefly an MVP candidate. He might not get there again and has yet to play in the postseason, but he still looks pretty good in Philly.

Houston Texans: No, they’re set with Deshaun Watson.

Los Angeles Rams: No, even if Jared Goff is reverting to his rookie year, Jeff Fisher-coached form in 2019.

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May 4 in Music History

1604 Death of Italian organist, composer, and publisher Claudio Merulo.

1611 Birth of composer Carlo Rainaldi.

1665 Birth of Italian harpsichord craftsman Bartolomeo Cristofori in Padua. 

1738 Birth of composer Josef Kohaut.

1744 Birth of Austrian-Spanish pianist and composer Marianne Martinez.

1774 FP of Jommelli's "Ciro riconosciuto" Bologna.

1763 Birth of composer Franz Stanislaus Spindler.

1769 Birth of composer Charles Hague.

1777 Birth of composer Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens.

1778 FP of Sacchini's "L'Amore soldato" London.

1795 FP of F. J. Haydn's Symphony No. 104, conducted by Haydn, at the King's Theater in London.

1802 FP of Catel's "Sémiramis" Paris.

1830 Birth of English impresario J. H. "Colonel" Mapleson in London.

1833 FP of Barnet's "The Soldier' s Widow or The Ruins of the Mill" London.

1835 Birth of composer Edmund Hart Turpin.

1855 Birth of composer Ludwig Schögel.

1856 FP of Dargomyzhsky's "Rusalka" St. Petersburg.

1860 Birth of Austrian composer Emil Nikolaus Von Reznicek.

1867 Birth of composer Dynam-Victor Fumer.

1869 Birth of Polish composer Sigismond Stojowski.

1883 Birth of Russian conductor Nikolai Malko.

1884 FP of Nessler's "Der Trompeter von Säkkingen" Leipzig.

1886 The gramophone, the first practical phonograph, was patented.

1888 Premiere of Faure's Requiem.

1891 Birth of American composer Frederick Jacobi in San Francisco.

1895 FP of Antonin Dvorák's cantata The American Flag Op. 102, in NYC.

1895 FP of Kienzl's "Der Evangelimann" Berlin.

1902 Birth of composer Cvjetko Rihtman.

1905 Birth of English soprano Margaret Field-Hyde in Cambridge. 

1905 Birth of Hungarian cellist and composer Matyas Gyorgy Seiber. 

1907 Birth of Swiss mezzo-soprano Elsa CaveIti.

1915 Birth of composer Pedro Saenz.

1917 Birth of American composer Edward T. Cone. 

1919 Birth of German mezzo-soprano Carla Henius in Mannheim. 

1919 Birth of composer Dimiter Petkov.

1920 First American orchestra to make a European tour. The Symphony Society of New York performs at the Paris Opera House.

1921 Birth of Dutch tenor John van Kesteren Hague. 

1924 Birth of Russian pianist Tatiana Nikolayeva in Bezhitz. 

1924 FP of N. Miaskovsky's Symphony No. 6, in Moscow.

1926 FP of Castelnuovo-Tedesco's "La mandragola" Venice.

1930 Birth of American soprano Roberta Peters.

1931 Birth of Russian conductor Gennadi Rozhdestvensky in Moscow.

1932 Death of Spanish bass Jose Mardones. 

1932 Birth of composer Fausto Razzi.

1937 Birth of composer Hans Ulrich Lehmann.

1937 Birth of Spanish-English harpist Marisa Robles.

1938 FP of Malipiero's "Antonio e Cleopatra" Florence.

1942 Birth of Mexican conductor Enrique Batiz.

1943 Death of Italian soprano Cesira Ferrani in Vercelli. 

1948 Birth of English composer Michael Blake Watkins in Ilford, Essex.

1949 Birth of American composer John Newell in Charlotte, NC.

1949 FP of Bacon´s Folk opera "A Drumlin Legend" NYC.

1940 FP of Pizzetti's "Vanna Lupa" Florence. 

1950 FP of Malipiero's "L'allegra brigata" Milan. 

1951 Death of Belgian baritone Hector Dufranne. 

1951 Birth of composer Peter Ware.

1953 FP of Wm. Schuman's "The Mighty Casey" Hartford, CT.

1953 FP of Delius' "Irmelin" Oxford.

1955 Death of Rumanian conductor, violinist, and composer Georges Enesco.

1972 Birth of American composer Scott Rosenberg.

1974 FP of Einojuhani Rautavaara's Flute Concerto, flutist Gunilla von Bahr, Swedish Radio Symphony, Stig Westerberg conducting in Stockholm.

1989 FP of Joan Tower's Island Prelude for oboe and strings. Peter Bowman and the St. Louis Symphony, Leonard Slatkin conducting.

2003 Death of Italian bass-baritone Sesto Bruscantini.

2003 Death of English composer Arthur Oldham in Villejuif, France.

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