"If" is the middle word in life.
If you can dream but not make dreams your master
If you can think but not make thoughts your aim
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch and toss
And lose and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss -------- Kipling
EVERYBODY goes all in in the NFL. Some more than others.
The Rams went all in risking A LOT and they didn't have to "not breath a word about their loss". Tampa went all in with Brady and won a Superbowl. But did they go as "all in" as the Rams? What did they give up for Brady? Salary? No picks. No players. A risky "all in"? Signing a 6 time Superbowl Champion QB? The Rams went all in on a guy who was 0-3 in the postseason over a 12 year period. Denver followed a combination of the Bucs/Rams model and aren't looking too good right now. Now the 49ers have too with one exception. They went for a RB and not a QB..........and IF McCaffrey stays healthy it may work out as long as Jimmy Garapolo stays healthy also. Because SF with Garapolo and not McCaffrey might be a playoff team but SF with McCaffrey and no QB are the Carolina Panthers. This reeks of desperation. Desperation because of both their injury histories. Desperation because they couldn't live with what the Rams did. And desperation because if it fails, I gotta believe Shanahan and Lynch are gone.