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On 11/26/2024 at 9:27 PM, Steamboat1874 said:

I love that but have a hard time believing it is real.

Some things are real, even if they never happened.

On 11/26/2024 at 9:27 PM, Steamboat1874 said:

I love that but have a hard time believing it is real.

#9

#10 

And especially #12

But who knows.

I've seen #12 before, just not often. 

Close game, you're up 3-7 points, you get pinned back with time winding down. If it's 4th down on your own 1 yard line with 10ish seconds left, do you punt it and risk a punt block touchdown? Or do you have the QB run to the back pylon, waste all 10 seconds and step out the back of the end zone for a safety on the last play of the game?

9 hours ago, TheBryMan81 said:

... have the QB run to the back pylon, waste all 10 seconds and step out the back of the end zone for a safety on the last play of the game?

Ten seconds is probably longer than you think it is. Your wife or gf probably thinks it's a lot shorter than you do, though... so there's that.

13 minutes ago, Tex Long said:

Ten seconds is probably longer than you think it is. Your wife or gf probably thinks it's a lot shorter than you do, though... so there's that.

I was told that South Austin's mom had a strict time limit to keep...

14 minutes ago, TheBryMan81 said:

I was told that South Austin's mom had a strict time limit to keep...

Is she your wife, or your gf?

5 minutes ago, Tex Long said:

Is she your wife, or your gf?

Your wife, my girlfriend.

  • 2 months later...

SIAP but this was one damn good interview with Sam. He’s such a natural at this. 🤘

 

On 2/5/2025 at 7:07 AM, Atticus said:

Sammy Boy loves that Hank Hill haircut

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  • 1 month later...
10 minutes ago, Tex Long said:

This seems to be a decent move for Sam. Gruntled.

Backup quarterback. Best job in professional sports. 

 

Just now, TreatyOak said:

Backup quarterback. Best job in professional sports. 

 

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1 hour ago, Scholz said:

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Over $26 million in career earnings for mostly carrying a clipboard. Living the dream, man!

Also for usually getting hurt about 6-8 quarters after the starter went down

4 hours ago, TreatyOak said:

Backup quarterback. Best job in professional sports. 

 

Not really. You’re doing everything the starter is without the glory. You have to be ready at a moment’s notice. The best job is practice squad player. You only work Monday-Friday, and you don’t travel. 

6 hours ago, Longboard Horn said:

Sam to the Broncos is definitely a better option than Russell Wilson. 

 

4 hours ago, TreatyOak said:

Backup quarterback. Best job in professional sports. 

 

1) Helobious must be pain free and not have any CTE worries... (unlike Sam after playing under Herman).

2) I don't think that Sam is going to really be a "backup QB" in the traditional sense.

I think that Sam is going to become a hybrid "backup QB"/H-Back/Wildcat QB. I can't recall Sean Payton ever having a QB in the pipeline that couldn't throw that well, but was still solely a backup QB. If you couldn't throw that well, but were on a Sean Payton-coached team, you had to be a jack of all trades.

Sam is at the point of: "Either evolve, or you're done in the NFL." Sam has apparently chosen to evolve.

1 hour ago, Helobious said:

Not really. You’re doing everything the starter is without the glory. You have to be ready at a moment’s notice. The best job is practice squad player. You only work Monday-Friday, and you don’t travel. 

Disagree. You do everything the starter does without the hate and with luck, you can stretch it into a long career at a good salary without the CTE.

1 hour ago, Helobious said:

Not really. You’re doing everything the starter is without the glory. You have to be ready at a moment’s notice. The best job is practice squad player. You only work Monday-Friday, and you don’t travel. 

It's astonishing how often you get things completely wrong.  Whose sock are you?

1 hour ago, Napoleon said:

 

 

1) Helobious must be pain free and not have any CTE worries... (unlike Sam after playing under Herman).

2) I don't think that Sam is going to really be a "backup QB" in the traditional sense.

I think that Sam is going to become a hybrid "backup QB"/H-Back/Wildcat QB. I can't recall Sean Payton ever having a QB in the pipeline that couldn't throw that well, but was still solely a backup QB. If you couldn't throw that well, but were on a Sean Payton-coached team, you had to be a jack of all trades.

Sam is at the point of: "Either evolve, or you're done in the NFL." Sam has apparently chosen to evolve.

Except he had 6 contract offers and is obviously well liked in the ownership circles and a known hard worker. 

Not really. You’re doing everything the starter is without the glory. You have to be ready at a moment’s notice. The best job is practice squad player. You only work Monday-Friday, and you don’t travel. 

Jim Sorgi was the backup to Peyton Manning. He was franchised at least once for sure. Practice squad guys don’t make much.
25 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

It's astonishing how often you get things completely wrong.  Whose sock are you?

I literally posted nothing wrong. Practice squad players don’t travel with the team and actually aren’t even allowed on the sidelines at home games. Your workweek is just Monday-Friday and you’re making good money playing football still.

2 minutes ago, Helobious said:

I literally posted nothing wrong. Practice squad players don’t travel with the team and actually aren’t even allowed on the sidelines at home games. Your workweek is just Monday-Friday and you’re making good money playing football still.

The amount he would make as a backup absolutely dwarfs what he would make on the practice squad.

3 minutes ago, Jkwellborn said:


Jim Sorgi was the backup to Peyton Manning. He was franchised at least once for sure. Practice squad guys don’t make much.

Practice squad players clear at minimum $220k a year if they last the entire season. The median yearly earnings for a person in America is roughly $65k. It’s a really good fucking job if you can get it. 

2 minutes ago, Helobious said:

Practice squad players clear at minimum $220k a year if they last the entire season. The median yearly earnings for a person in America is roughly $65k. It’s a really good fucking job if you can get it. 

League minimum for making the roster in the NFL is 840k, and it goes up every year, after your 4th year it's more than 1.1M per. 

So, I would say it definitely is way way way fucking better to be a backup QB. 

Max practice squad earnings are just under $400K per year, and that's for 3-year veterans and beyond.  Sam has already tripled any practice squad earnings he could have made over his first 4 years, and I seriously doubt he signed with the Broncos for less than $400K.  I would assume he's well above $1M.  This is just Helo being Helo.

Just now, jimmyjazz said:

Max practice squad earnings are just under $400K per year, and that's for 3-year veterans and beyond.  Sam has already tripled any practice squad earnings he could have made over his first 4 years, and I seriously doubt he signed with the Broncos for less than $400K.  I would assume he's well above $1M.  This is just Helo being Helo.

I'd be absolutely shocked if he signed for league minimum. I bet he's in the 2M+ range. (Agreeing with you) 

I'm very curious to see if and how he sees the field.

Very happy for him. Sam is one tough motherfucker.

6 minutes ago, Jkwellborn said:

Yall check on Nicole. Shocked she’s not in here.

We probably should be on the lookout for a body in the lake this evening

Not a bad career so far earning a few millions as a 3rd string QB. Hopefully, he puts some of that money to work, and I am sure he will always be welcomed to the forty acres in some capacity should he decide to hang it up.

18 hours ago, Helobious said:

Not really. You’re doing everything the starter is without the glory. You have to be ready at a moment’s notice. The best job is practice squad player. You only work Monday-Friday, and you don’t travel. 

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On 3/31/2025 at 6:23 PM, immamac said:

Signed with the Broncos today. 

I love this. 🤘🏼🤘🏼

 

I literally posted nothing wrong. Practice squad players don’t travel with the team and actually aren’t even allowed on the sidelines at home games. Your workweek is just Monday-Friday and you’re making good money playing football still.

If you polled practice sq players, I bet 100/100 would rather take the job of on the team vs being on the practice squad.

Forget practice squad money. Go back for another degree, load up on NIL, and dare the NCAA to stop you.

On 11/29/2024 at 10:39 AM, Vertigo said:

Your wife, my girlfriend.

 

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On 3/31/2025 at 6:23 PM, immamac said:

Signed with the Broncos today. 

Dude loves him some Longhorns 

Payton clearly has a type, Bo Nix and Sam are both the rare combo of humble and alpha

  • 4 months later...
4 minutes ago, TexasMan said:

 

Love that but that play probably works maybe 1 out of 100 times.

4 minutes ago, TexasMan said:

 

That's a "No no no no...yes!" play. 

BTW, glad Ehlinger is Longhorn. 

Take away the throwing part and he rates solid for potential as a drunken mid-game field streaker.

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She’s celebrating by doing stuff to a pillow and murdering some poor hiker.

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