http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...hip-has-healed
I think with this and the fact that Rivers is officially done the Dolphins are going to have to trade up to second/third to get him.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...hip-has-healed
I think with this and the fact that Rivers is officially done the Dolphins are going to have to trade up to second/third to get him.
Nope!
Obviously it will come down to what their own doctors actually think when they do their own medical checks on him, but the expectation has been that they'd end up trading up to for him anyway, and since they can outbid anyone who tries to jump them the only real threat is if Detroit decide to just take him themselves.
In a move that surprises no Baltimore fan, Tony Jefferson has been cut.
He had regressed slightly at the start of the season and when he got injured Chuck Clark came in (who was given a nice new contract) and performed a hell of a lot better.
Redskins have released Josh Norman & Paul Richardson as well, and the Texans have cut Vernon Hargreaves.
It’s that time of year; everyone’s clearing money for free agency.
Last edited by Dan; 14-02-2020 at 10:59 PM.
Have they cut Jordan Reed yet? If not, why not?
He'd get a concussion on the way out of the building.
Not yet, but it's going to happen - they'd save something like $8.5m by letting him go. He should retire, really.
Myles Garrett sticking by calling out mason Rudolph as the perpetrator.
Pretty mixed reaction. Some calling for Garrett to be suspended for the accusation which is a bit mental. Unless you’ve heard all the footage available and actually studied the lip sync you really can’t comment.
Ugly though. Smart from Myles not to talk more about it before being reinstated though as the NFL would’ve just left him suspended to avoid it and claimed it was because of the helmet swing.
Also not heard much about the Antonio brown contract stuff.
Roll on the draft.
Combine in two weeks, and there’s a genuine chance we see multiple guys run 4.2s in the 40
Get me excited about pass rushers and middle linebackers.
I can't see us selecting another position in the first.
EDGE is pretty much Chase Young, then a big drop to AJ Epenesa (Iowa), K'Lavon Chaisson (LSU) & Yetur Gross Matos (Penn State), then you're pretty much just hoping. There are a few other guys who seem to be thought of as day two guys, like Darrell Taylor (Tennessee), Kenny Willekes (Michigan State), Bradlee Anae (Utah) & Curtis Weaver (Boise State), but in terms of bigger guys that might work for Baltimore, maybe Nick Coe (Auburn)? He's a defensive lineman who plays inside & on the edge, and seems to be listed as a linebacker on the combine list.
As for the proper linebackers, it's pretty similar. Isaiah Simmons, then Patrick Queen (LSU) or Kenneth Murray (Oklahoma), then take your pick from a bunch of maybes - Malik Harrison (Ohio State) & Troy Dye (Oregon) are probably the two most notable, but there's always depth at linebacker if you just want someone to come in & do a job.
There's been a lot of Kenneth Murray to Baltimore in mocks, and then usually receiver - Laviska Shenault in that offence would be filthy
It depends what we do in free agency too.
We're projected to have around $45m and speculation is growing that we're after Clowney.
Cardale Jones to Eli Rogers is OP for the XFL.
Cardale is really fun to watch at times.
Defenders are the best team in the league, surely?
Turned on, seen crowd, turned off. I know it’s a better standard than college and some of us watch that, but with zero atmosphere it’s a tough ask.
Marc Trestman should be fired. The Vipers are awful - no offensive TDs through two games
Just fuck off.
Last edited by Dan; 16-02-2020 at 01:02 AM.
Vipers really are the Bungles/LOLphins/Jets of the XFL.
Landry Jones' rushing efforts are inspiring dads everywhere to believe that maybe they too can be XFL QBs. I know he has a bad knee but he's running like his kneecap is on the back of his leg, not the front.
Maybe his passing efforts are doing the same thing, actually.
Saw that and delighted.
Makes it interesting for Bridgewater and taysom hill.
Neither will really want to hang about as a backup but could see hill leveraging himself to a 3-4mill 1 year deal to hang about. Teddy’s a goner unless they told him he was the Brees successful when he whiffed in Miami last off season.
If anyone thinks Hill is a franchise QB needs shooting.
Apparently Teddy is looking for $30m a year
If he gets that then Dak will get $50m & Mahomes will get 50% of the team.
I actually think if you plugged him into an offence and asked him to throw he wouldn’t be that bad. He’s a backup weapon but definitely a better thrower than he gets credit for. He was great at BYU, ignoring all the knee injuries (which is strange as since becoming a pro he’s just a wrecking ball).
So it looks like we're moving towards a 17 game regular season in 2022. Also moving the number of play-off teams from 12 to 14 and only giving a bye to one team in each conference.
I get that more football > less football, but I'm not sure I agree with the play-off decision.
The meaningful regular season was one of the best things about the NFL so it's an awful decision.
Love this. Might actually be the best, most directly translatable drill in the whole combine, to be honest.
Greg Robinson has been a naughty boy.
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SIX POINT NINE POUNDS
Potentially looking at 20 years in prison.
He’s an idiot. Interesting to know what went through his head.
A lot of weed fumes.
We're also about to be back to teams only being able to use one tag(Franchise or transition) per off season.
There it is.
He was still in the concussion protocol until his release, from a hit in pre-season.
While we're on the subject of high profile players who were hurt all last season, just got cut & might retire:
Hopefully he gets healthy & decides to come back. Clearly doesn't want to call it quits & he'd probably still be an elite player if he could get past the injuries.
Remember kids, take care yo' bread and yo' chicken.
Cardale Jones 1/5 for 0 yards & 2 INTs so far & Defenders 14-0 down to the Wildcats
There's talk flying about of a potential Eli situation with Burrow. Could well change about the top of the board a bit if true.
We've made Wink Martindale the highest paid DC.
I think this happened a couple of years ago with the Browns, and probably several other times. I feel like everything that comes out around this time of year is down to somebody trying to get leverage to swing the draft their way - see all the ‘Miami likes Justin Herbert as much as Tua’ or ‘maybe Detroit will take a QB’ articles that have started popping up.
Not sure Burrow is the sort to shy away from a challenge, and he’s an Ohio native so it’d be back home for him (although he did transfer from Ohio State, which does counter both of those points).
Bengals are trash ownership with super tight purse strings & an almost nonexistent scouting department, they’re probably going to let AJ Green walk & their defence has two good players under 30 (Jessie Bates & William Jackson), so it’s not impossible, but it’s probably still no worse than a lot of #1 overall picks have gone to - they still have Mixon, Boyd & a few good young linemen to give him something to work with, and a young coach with a modern scheme who should get stability to build his team long term.
Sounds like we’re in for a fun combine.
I don’t really understand it. Got a medical certificate from a nfl doctor confirming you’re injured? Fine. Come along and do what you can. Fully fit and can’t be fucked with the drills? Nah. Away you go, you can work out at your pro day and see what teams are interested enough to come along.
The combine is a waste of time the more teams realise that tape of players playing actual football is more important than a few irrelevant drills. If they really wanted it they’d conspire not to pick players high that don’t work out.
The thought seems to be that we're slowly moving towards the combine becoming more & more of an entertainment product, what with the move to US prime time hours & the expectation that it's going to be moving away from Indianapolis sooner rather than later.
Teams only really care about the guys who massively surpass expectations or totally bomb it, and even then it's only really to make them to go back to their tape or so they can use it as a tiebreaker for evenly matched players. Most of the benefit for teams is in the medicals & interviews anyway, so we'll inevitably have the draft version of the pro bowl skills showdown in Las Vegas or LA within a few years.