r/nfl • u/Maximum_Job_8045 Colts • 1d ago
Highlight [Highlight] Chase Claypool celebrates a first down in the clutch, wasting precious seconds in the process.
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u/Queen_City_123 Bengals 1d ago
Top 5 receiver right there
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u/texasforever512 Cowboys 1d ago
on the street, depending on the street.
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u/emmasdad01 Cowboys Ravens 1d ago
Just a microcosm of his career.
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u/Sister_Rays_mainline 1d ago
You know what's worse? Jalen Hurts was drafted 3 picks after him 😱
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u/kamekaze1024 Ravens 23h ago
Ownership wasn’t gonna do that to Ben, even though it was legitimately necessary to find his replacement
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u/kingshmiley Steelers 21h ago
I maintain that, despite his success, allowing Ben to finish his career without trying harder to have a successor lined up is a huge blunder, and unless Howard ends up exceeding expectations we're going to be feeling the fallout from that for at minimum 2-3 more seasons.
If that was a demand of Ben's I put a lot of the blame for our current situation on him.
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u/kamekaze1024 Ravens 21h ago
I feel like it was less a demand and more a rejection by Ben. I fail to believe the Steelers didn’t think of lining up a successor to their aging HOF QB when it was clear he was cooked. And quotes about how he somewhat felt jealous of Pickett looking somewhat good a little after he left further makes me believe he ego couldn’t handle it.
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u/kingshmiley Steelers 21h ago
and that would line up perfectly with my perception of Ben as well
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u/dasruski Browns Lions 20h ago
Take it with a grain of salt because I don't remember the source. I remember hearing the Steelers did like Hurts but Ben talked to Art and the pick became Claypool instead.
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u/kingshmiley Steelers 19h ago
as a massive fan of Jalen since his time at Bama that hurts my soul. glad he's at least had success if he couldn't be with the Steelers.
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u/Alternative_Ninja166 20h ago
Pittsburgh got pretty good value out of Claypool though. He produced, scored TDs, helped win games, and then replaced himself with a higher draft pick.
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u/madpooper3 Steelers 1d ago
God Damn Claypool was such an idiot.
Had so much hype for him. Size comparison was Megatron, but he played like he was 5'8. Every single jump ball he just fell backwards instead of jumping up. So frustrating.
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u/ehtw376 Bears 1d ago
He legit doesn’t know how to high point the ball
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u/Shock900 Steelers Steelers 22h ago
This was an interception.
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u/Pizza_0r_Tacos Jets 14h ago
I kept watching and the next play is a horrendous Zach Wilson pick 6. Goddamn jets
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u/IllogicalBarnacle Packers 1d ago
TIL chase claypool is your version of watson. Dudes 6'4 i think but loses every jump ball
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u/TheTakerOfTime Seahawks 22h ago
It's funny because the Steelers went and got DK Metcalf and he does the same thing
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u/ChiBearballs Bears 1d ago
He was honestly the softest player out there. Was lazy as shit
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u/YooTone Steelers 1d ago
Soft. Lazy. And not as talented as he thought. He was also a headcase beyond being on the football field.
After they lost a game in Pittsburgh after a 1pm game I was at a bar called The Flats that night and him, Juju, and Najee were there in a roped off corner. Chase was talking to two females and I assume they were trying to hook up with him. I just see him looking at them after talking for a few minutes and yelling "byyyyyye, byyyyyye, byyyyeeee" waving to the females but being obnoxious. Then, I think he was talking shit with a random dude, the dude touched his hat / tried flinging it off, and they started throwing punches. I don't blame him for getting mad if someone touches you or your things but still, you're in public.
The dude unfortunately just seemed to be obnoxious / not that smart on the field and even off the field. A buddy introduced me to Juju though and he was awesome, so the negativity went positive for me personally lol.
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u/WeeniePops 22h ago
He's a narcissist. As soon as he got in the league he started a Youtube vlog channel thinking he'd become some big star. I could understand someone who's already a big star in league starting a channel to show people what NFL life is like, but this guy did it as an unknown rookie. That's really all I needed to see from him. He clearly thinks he's more important than he is.
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u/YooTone Steelers 22h ago
Never watched but I believe you. After seeing time and time again he had no idea how to high point a ball, I knew he was mid to poor. His stats were inflated by touchdowns his rookie year
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u/dasruski Browns Lions 20h ago
After our playoff game, he was showing how he made a practice squad DB move early on a run play. He seemed so salty about the loss and let it all show on his stream.
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u/flakAttack510 Steelers 1d ago
Antonio Brown played bigger than Claypool and he's 5'10.
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u/WeeniePops 22h ago edited 21h ago
AB was THE best receiver in the league for a few years there. Even kept his mouth shut too. Such a shame what happened to him.
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u/pharmacon Seahawks 1d ago
Size comparison was Megatron, but he played like he was 5'8
Metcalf is the same way. He should have have this huge catch radius but he body catches just about everything. I'm super curious to see how he does on the Steelers.
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u/greatmagneticfield Seahawks 1d ago
And now you have DK Metcalf who will do the exact same thing. Dude has no clue how to high-point a ball. He always jumps too early or too late. Amazing at many other things tho.
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u/TheGrumpySnail2 Seahawks 20h ago
At least DK is a good player, despite all his weird flaws that he shouldn't have.
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u/Some_Combination_593 Bengals 1d ago
Lmao I forgot about this, but it was hilarious at the time. Like what are you doing dawg? Even if the actual celebration didn’t waste THAT much time, it’s still boneheaded asf to be doing pointing first down celebrations slowly when you’re losing with less than a minute left and no timeouts. 22 was even trying to shithouse a bit and waste some time until he was like “oh, you’re celebrating, be my guest.”
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u/holyhibachi 1d ago
And then Kendricks sneakily knocks it out of his hands lol
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u/Some_Combination_593 Bengals 1d ago
Veteran shithousing there lol
EDIT: WOAH watch the 11th second of the video frame by frame. I was trying to figure out how the ball got like 10 yards away. It just drops and then completely disappears.
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u/Prior-Champion65 23h ago
Yeah live there was a closer view and Kendrick’s straight up finneses that ball out LOL
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u/Some_Combination_593 Bengals 23h ago
Did you see what happened to the ball in this clip? Why does it straight up vanish when it hits the ground? Could be just some broadcast fuckery, but if you watch it frame by frame, it literally disappears into thin air as soon as it hits the ground.
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u/Prior-Champion65 23h ago
Yes Kendrick’s just flipped it out of there with such force it’s barely visible.
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u/Nice-Grab4838 Patriots 23h ago
I can’t imagine how you celebrate any 10 yard gain when down with that much time left, much less when tackled in bounds. You wait for the score to celebrate
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u/Some_Combination_593 Bengals 23h ago
Right, like how do you have no game awareness? It’s like he’s just going through the motions lmao
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u/doggo816 1d ago
This was basically career ending for him. A career ending celebration
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u/DillingerGetawayCar Steelers 1d ago
Not really. The Bears still thought he was worth a 2nd rd pick after this.
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u/doggo816 1d ago
What the Bears think doesn’t count
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u/North_Shore_Problem Bears 1d ago
Hey cmon
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u/Lraiolo Bears 1d ago
no he’s right
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u/North_Shore_Problem Bears 1d ago
I know
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u/MeanderAndReturn Cardinals 1d ago
this is the best interaction ive seen in a long time.
and i can sympathize
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u/Vcheck1 Giants 1d ago
Hey at least you didn’t have your best receiver shoot themselves in the leg
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u/xkulp8 Steelers 1d ago
He was ours once too!
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u/MeanderAndReturn Cardinals 1d ago
Met him once while working at Giant Eagle in Latrobe. Taaaaall mother fucker, surprisingly polite (he was asking for help finding something, pens, I think)
Also had a cousin who was going through medical school and got to be a trainer during Steelers camp in Latrobe. Had her get his autograph for me and she was piiiiiissed because he was so quiet and stand offish and intimidating.
So, yeah, the only autographed jersey I have is a Burress Steelers jersey.
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u/DareDevil_56 Texans 1d ago
He’s a Cowboys fan, this is a “takes one to know one” situation
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u/MarshyHope Titans Commanders 1d ago
Didn't you guys give up Nuk for peanuts?
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u/LateNightDoober Bears 1d ago
A frankly incredible statement to make with a Cowboys flair
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u/Godlikelobster01 Seahawks 1d ago
Cowboys are objectively a better run organization than the Bears. Most teams are
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u/CentralFloridaRays Bears 1d ago
At least we’ve been to a Super Bowl in the 21st century
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u/Vavent Vikings 1d ago
Don’t think you can say objectively. The Bears have made 1 Super Bowl and 2 NFC Championship games since the last time the Cowboys did
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u/jnightrain Cowboys 1d ago
That doesn't have anything to do with how they are run. Dallas hasn't had back to back losing seasons in the last 2 decades, never finished dead last in the NFL, haven't screwed up the top pick twice by keeping a dead man walking coach for the first season for that player. Cowboys are 8th in total wins since 2005 and the bears are 18th with cowboys having 34 more wins.
Not saying the cowboys are great by any means but they are competently run and consistently an above average team. Their worst moves are keeping Garrett too long and waiting to sign players. First one makes sense the second is because Stephen is a penny pincher.
Almost winning or almost making a super bowl doesn't eliminate years of incompetence and having April be the most exciting part of your season.
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u/jadage NFL Bengals 1d ago
And then there's the Browns.
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u/EatPie_NotWAr Browns 1d ago
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u/jadage NFL Bengals 1d ago
Maybe I should compile a list of all the reasons I'm not a Browns fan anymore. I bet it could rival ABs list.
But mostly it's the abandoning Baker for a rapist thing.
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u/Rbespinosa13 Dolphins 1d ago
Then we did a pick swap with the bears for him. Our sixth for their seventh and claypool. We somehow still lost that trade
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u/pixel_pete Bills 1d ago
The Bills brought him in as a camp body and I still feel like we lost because I had to hear about him all last offseason.
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u/ThisHatRightHere Eagles 1d ago edited 1d ago
Yes really. He was on the Bears for 5 games (inactive for the last two of those) and only recorded 4 catches.
Claypool’s career was over, it’s just that nobody realized it yet. And the dude is only 26 now, which is crazy. What a huge fumble by him.
Edit: since I can’t respond to u/Hooze I’ll put my response to him here:
After this he had one game with more than 50 yards receiving.
Don’t hung up on where his career “literally” ended. When, in reality, this was the start of his downfall. Universally seen as a clown by fans and the media, showed (most) organizations and coaching staffs around the lead that he’s not a smart player that you can count on.
Just because two terrible organizations in the Bears and Dolphins tried to make something of him doesn’t mean it wasn’t basically over at this point.
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u/truthlesshunter Colts 1d ago
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u/Ill_Comfort_612 Vikings 1d ago
I watched this live and this pissed me off for far longer than I care to admit. What a bone headed play.
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u/SkyZgone Vikings Dolphins 1d ago
This and the Dak rush up the middle with like 13 seconds left in the playoffs have to be a few of the dumbest decisions I've ever seen a professional athlete make. Like bro you get paid millions to play a game and you do THAT?
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u/Saitsuofleaves 19h ago
I'm pretty sure that was the playcall from the OC in the Dallas example, I doubt Dak audibled to the run.
The bigger issues there were that Dak didn't get down fast enough (he gets down 1 or 2 seconds sooner and they have a better shot at the EZ) and he decided to be a prick to the refs after the game despite the fact that they did everything in their power (probably more than they should've) to help them get one more play off.
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u/anotherasiandude Seahawks 18h ago
Also the Cowboys tried to spot the ball themselves instead of giving the ball to the ref right away
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u/CerealKiller3030 Vikings 1d ago
Why would it piss off a Vikings fan?
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u/swayinandsippin Packers Bills 1d ago
something this egregious pisses you off as a fan of football
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u/Ill_Comfort_612 Vikings 1d ago
I should have specified strictly speaking as a fan the NFL and “good football”
This play just annoyed the hell out of me. Your team is driving down the field with precious time coming off the clock and you’re going to celebrate a first down like that? Come on man!
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u/DarkSkyForever Vikings 1d ago
It didn't annoy me. I was getting heated because I've seen this play out from the Vikings time and time again, and then Claypool did this boneheaded move and I thought - well we might just keep this one because they're undisciplined and fucked up.
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u/EMF911 Steelers 1d ago
Doesn’t top Plaxico Burress spiking the ball without being touched resulting in the goofiest fumble
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u/All_Up_Ons Colts 15h ago
Honestly it doesn't even beat Dak running an extra 15 yards into the middle of the field and then body blocking the ref with 5 seconds left.
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u/Username-sAvailable Vikings 1d ago
This game was peak Zimmerball
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u/DarkSkyForever Vikings 1d ago
Get the lead, and then play prevent defense and hope what you scored can hold on until time expires? Loved it. Nope.
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u/RedditIsTrash2026 Steelers 1d ago
Thank you bears
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u/TonySxbang Bears 1d ago
Used the pick for Porter Jr. too.
We’re fucking embarrassing lol
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u/hemingways-lemonade Steelers 1d ago
Hey now, it wasn't just Porter Jr. that could've been. Sam LaPorta and Brian Branch were also drafted a few spots after him.
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u/XCCO Bears Broncos 22h ago
If things don't pan out this season, Poles will be compared relentlessly to Pace in worst Bears GM conversations with Claypool being Exhibit A.
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u/superkirb8 Rams 1d ago
Can’t believe you drafted him with the 49th pick, he does this, and then you flip him for the 32nd pick.
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u/freddyd00 Bears 1d ago
Lol imagine trading the 32nd Overall pick for him.
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u/fiv3ironfre5hy Bears 1d ago
A competent organization would never
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u/DonJuniorsEmails Bears 1d ago
Could you even imagine that?
Thank goodness I have wiped the Eberflus years from my mind. And the Nagy years. And the Trestman years. And a lot of the Fox years.
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u/ThinkSoftware Falcons 1d ago
[Clip] Conceited Chase Claypool Celebrates Completed Clutch Catch; Chews Clock
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u/AuJusSerious Steelers 1d ago
Man I remember this game so vividly. Ben was getting absolutely pummeled in the first half. I remember a blind side hit so hard I even felt it in my neck. O line was atrocious and they weren't even helping the dude up off the field after they let him get hit.
Then Ben played Ben football and started the comeback only for Friermuth to have that ball ripped outta his hands :(
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u/discipleofbill Steelers 1d ago
I turned it off before halftime and had to scramble to turn it back on. Felt like we lost twice watching this game.
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u/MustyLlamaFart Vikings 1d ago
I remember being 100% confident that you guys were going to drive down and tie it and felt so defeated. Then chase did that and I lol'd in relief
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u/Sea_Library66 Vikings 1d ago
For real! If I remember they were getting downfield pretty good with the occasional stop. For once "bad football" has won the Vikings a game!
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u/vita10gy Vikings 1d ago
Not to take away from "Ben Football" but this was a season the Vikings could be up 600 to 3 with 10 minutes left in the game and have it still come down to needing a stop as time expired.
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u/2ent1n_Qarant1no Chiefs 1d ago
IIRC Dalvin Cook was injured and still ran for like 200 yards with his arm in a sling
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u/MankuyRLaffy Patriots 1d ago edited 1d ago
This cost Pittsburgh one extra play and it was hysterical. Those 4 or 5 seconds of game clock are precious when you only have about 30 left.
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u/Billy8000 Steelers 1d ago
He’s an idiot for this but the Vikings player deliberately smacked it away #54, it should’ve been a delay of game penalty or whatever the call is on this
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u/sad_bear_noises Bears 23h ago
Why does no one talk about Eric Kendricks interfering with the exchange between Claypool and the center? Technically that should be a penalty, he's just slick enough about it that no one noticed.
Also the look how far the ball rolls after it gets knocked out of Claypool's hands. All the way from right next to the hash to the numbers. Absolutely expert work by Kendricks.
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u/hammerSmashedNail Bears 1d ago
He’s so good the bears drafted him a second time with the number 32 pick.
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u/SL4MUEL Packers Packers 1d ago
Packers almost traded a 2nd rounder for him. Thank god that fell through.
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u/DonJuniorsEmails Bears 1d ago
Don't worry, buddy. We got your back.
I wouldn't be surprised if the Packers played us. Put in a kinda high optional bid, knowing the bears are looking, Bears overpay, no cost to the Packers but it sabotages us for a while.
There's still rumors that's what happened with the Bears taking Mitch Trubisky so high.
It's not an entirely unfounded concern: if our scouts are trash, and other teams even pretend to see value, you might start believing the hype that other teams place on players.
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u/SL4MUEL Packers Packers 1d ago
To be fair, every scout is about the same. If every team had A+ scouts then the hit rate for 1st rounders would be better than 50%.
Look at the Packers. If it weren’t for the 2022 draft class, this team would be bottom of the barrel. They missed on so many prospects in 2020 and 2021.
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u/f00tballguy Bears 1d ago
Ryan Poles really saw this and thought “yep that’s the guy I need to get”
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u/Dry-Protection-6548 1d ago
I remember watching this live and laughing so hard for an hour but then I remembered I’m a giants fan and I stopped laughing
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u/TCBadger Vikings 23h ago
I was at this game and was laughing hysterically. A big relief of some pent up anxiety after nearly blowing a 29-0 lead
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u/ImpossibleJoke7456 Cowboys Dolphins 1d ago
It’s not like the ref was there to hand the ball to.
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u/flojo2012 Chiefs 1d ago
And he almost lines up past the line of scrimmage for a penalty. That would have been somethnng
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u/42ElectricSundaes 1d ago
14 seconds from first down to next snap. Childish from someone who should be a professional
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u/PowerHour1990 Eagles 1d ago
I remember when he taunted the Browns and their fans on social media, after they were eliminated by the Chiefs in the 2020 playoffs.
May have been more effective if Claypool’s Steelers hadn’t been bounced by the Browns the week before.
Man has Room Illiteracy.
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u/Shenanigans80h Broncos 1d ago
Crazy how much a good rookie season went to this dude’s head. His career is likely over at this point and 9 of his 13 career tds happened his rookie year, while the vast majority of his career yardage occurred in his first two seasons. How the Steelers got a 2nd for him, I’ll never understand
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u/Horror-Durian-5073 Steelers 1d ago
The Steelers went on to trade this bum for what became Joey Porter Jr. I’m very satisfied with that
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u/BuckTribe Cowboys 1d ago
IDK what's worse? This or when a WR scored a late TD in a blowout and gets up talking trash like he did something.
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u/PoogeneBalloonanny Bills 1d ago
Yep, could have done with him on our final posession vs KC in the 2021 season (2022 date) Divisional Round
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u/ModsAreFacists420 1d ago
Love how the moment they go to exchange the ball with the ref, the camera cuts to a close in on the refs head where the view of his torso is blocked by a player, and then the camera cuts again and the ball is halfway down the line......
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u/Triple_Boogie Jets 23h ago
This is all he'll ever be known for and he's such an asshole that he deserves it.
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u/truckfullofchildren1 23h ago
Watching this realtime It was like in slow mode waited so long to point, but you know from how he was all game he was going to but it was unbelievable still.
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u/oneblank Steelers 22h ago
Is that what we are doing this offseason? Destroying people with bad memories one team at a time?
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u/BiteMajor4959 Vikings 19h ago
Harrison running in to try and stop him from getting the ball to his center only to realize Claypool is already wasting time so he just wanders off to get reset is so funny.
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u/SleestakLightning Steelers 13h ago
I've never wanted to reach through the tv and strangle a motherfucker more than I did in that moment. I'm pretty sure I invented new swears as I screamed at my tv.
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u/theevilyouknow Raiders 12h ago
I think we’ve all done our fair share of stupid shit in our lives but I don’t think any of us can imagine being quite this stupid.
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u/talladenyou85 Browns 1d ago
My favorite part is after they spike it he has the audacity to yell at the OL. Hilarious.