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Pete Olski's avatar

Comparing Carter to a foreign luxury automobile triggered a 25% tariff on his rookie contract. Do you see Carter dropping in the draft due to this added expense?

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Mike Tanier's avatar

Talking about foreign luxury cars is practically pornography these days.

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countertorque's avatar

That only applies when he plays in the UK or Mexico.

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Miike Taneer's avatar

We should use the car comparisons for teams. A few thoughts:

-Dallas is the flashy BMW 7-series replete with all the bells and whistles that leaves a cloud of smoke behind it because the owner either forgets or complains about the cost to change the oil (depending on day, time, or phase of lunar cycle).

-Green Bay is the original owner 1993 Chevy Silverado that is decidedly unflashy, but is dependable and is a recent-ish classic for midwest types.

-Detroit is the 57 Bel Air that was left out in the back 40 to rust away since the mid-60's until the owner's grandkid decided to completely restore it to mint.

-New Orleans is the used 2016 Kia Sorrento with major mechanical issues that the owner is horrendously upside down on after signing a finance agreement for 84 months at 26% interest.

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Lost Ti-Cats Fan's avatar

-KC is the Ford F-150 that keeps getting the job done despite too many miles on it, because the engine is still going strong and the driver knows what he's doing, even though it's now running on 4 mismatched tires and the suspension needs to be replaced.

-NE is the Olds '88 that fans still drop by to ooh and aah over and imagine what a smooth ride it'll be once it gets out on the highway, even though it can no longer get out of the driveway.

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Martin Driver's avatar

I guess Nick Bosa is a Tesla Cybertruck

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Pete Olski's avatar

At this point, Bosa's body is being held together with glue.

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Mike Tanier's avatar

Joey Bosa kept ignoring the recall notices.

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Michael Goldfarb's avatar

Delighted to see you're making enough money to own a 2025 Merc and authoritatively compare it to a slightly older model.

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Mike Tanier's avatar

Facebook thought I was shopping for luxury cars for days after researching the Carter piece. My 2020 Civic got jealous.

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Skip Van Meter's avatar

He flat-out takes over games against B-tier opponents (six pressures against Boise State, five against Washington).

You just made every Oregon fan's day.

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GT Counter's avatar

It might take some of us (me) days to get thru this week’s articles but please please don’t let up! Pour on the prospect and draft content. I’ve been using mornings to watch games to appreciate what Mike says about Cam Ward. Scouting Jargon is nice and YouTube breakdowns all 22 but Mike is way more entertaining during work and life breaks!

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Donald garnett's avatar

You could afford a 2020 Civic??? We're still running along in a 2013 Prius. Mind you, we've only had to replace tires (twice) the 12v battery (once) and the spark plugs... but still...

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Mike Desautels's avatar

Will you change your analogies to domestic models once the tariffs hit? Or wee those made at foreign owned US plants?

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Terry's avatar

The only problem with your MF comparison is that it makes Sanders Han Solo…and he ain’t.

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Mike Tanier's avatar

The MF was Lando's ship first. Shedeur could be Lando, gambling his way through life on talent, charm and connections, figuring out how not to die at the last second.

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Ben G's avatar

Actually Deion is Han and Shedeur is Chewie - because he's a wookiee. Geddit? It sounds a bit like ROOKIE...

I'll get my coat.

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