02-08-2018, 07:49 AM | #51 | |||
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Land O Lakes FL
|
Quote:
DeAndre Jordan got crushed in some circles for doing a similar thing to the Mavs a couple of years ago.
__________________
"The blind soldier fought for me in this war. The least I can do now is fight for him. I have eyes. He hasn’t. I have a voice on the radio, he hasn’t. I was born a white man. And until a colored man is a full citizen, like me, I haven’t the leisure to enjoy the freedom that colored man risked his life to maintain for me. I don’t own what I have until he owns an equal share of it. Until somebody beats me and blinds me, I am in his debt."- Orson Welles August 11, 1946 |
|||
02-08-2018, 08:23 AM | #52 |
College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Amarillo, TX
|
Oh, sure, Jordan took some flak for that, but at least now he gets to suit up every night alongside stars like Chris Paul and Blake Griffin.
|
02-08-2018, 10:14 AM | #53 |
General Manager
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: The Mountains
|
The rules of professional courtesy seem a lot different in the NFL than most businesses. I guess at some level I get that, it's more cut throat, there's not much job security, there's a ton of competition for every job, so there's a mentality among coaches and players that you have to get yours however you can no matter how that impacts anyone else. Even in that world this seems over the top, but, who the hell knows what his motivations are.
Edit: It is kind of amusing how most of us are expected to follow these rules of courtesy, to consider the impact of our choices on others, etc, but millionaire athletes and coaches normally are expected to put themselves first at any cost, "It's a business!" Last edited by molson : 02-08-2018 at 10:20 AM. |
02-08-2018, 10:29 AM | #54 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: NYC
|
Then again, if the NFL's rules weren't what they are, McDaniels signs his contract with the Colts a few weeks ago and then officially takes over as HC the day after the Super Bowl.
|
02-08-2018, 12:36 PM | #55 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: NYC
|
Mike Garafolo
@MikeGarafolo The 49ers and QB Jimmy Garoppolo have agreed to a five-year, $137.5 million contract, source says. The biggest deal in NFL history on a average-per-year basis. |
02-08-2018, 12:45 PM | #56 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: North Carolina
|
Smart by 49ers. He’s your guy going forward. Don’t play games. Look professional and committed to winning for upcoming FAs.
|
02-08-2018, 12:55 PM | #57 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Concord, MA/UMass
|
They also have a metric ton of current cap space and basically no money tied up long term outside of Solomon Thomas San Francisco 49ers Player Contracts, Salaries, & Transactions | Spotrac
Like any QB contract it'll be interesting to see if there are any spots the team can move on after year 3 or 4 without a huge cap penalty, but the Niners were certainly in a position where there was no need to pinch dollars early in the contract. (That'll also be interesting - I wonder if they'd be the first NFL team I can think of to push for a flat contract given their cap situation and hope that they'll have enough talent to be up against the cap 3-4 years down the line.) It also looks like Josh McCown has now been passed for the most lucrative 5 game QB stretch in league history! Last edited by BishopMVP : 02-08-2018 at 12:55 PM. |
02-08-2018, 02:30 PM | #58 | |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: NYC
|
Quote:
I think Brady is the first guy with a flat contract since his cap money never actually seems to go up . |
|
02-08-2018, 07:00 PM | #59 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Colorado
|
|
02-08-2018, 07:20 PM | #60 |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Jan 2004
|
|
02-08-2018, 10:37 PM | #61 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: the yo'
|
|
02-08-2018, 10:52 PM | #62 |
College Prospect
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Bryson Shitty, NC
|
The amount the San Francisco offense improved when switching to Garoppolo was enough to tell me he's the guy. No question. San Fran instantly becomes one of the NFC favorites for me next season and into the future.
It's crazy how quickly he got acclimated. I wonder if they are eligible for Hard Knocks.
__________________
Recklessly enthused, stubbornly amused. FUCK EA
Last edited by Julio Riddols : 02-08-2018 at 10:53 PM. |
02-09-2018, 07:23 AM | #63 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: NYC
|
Re: anything you saw about Brady wanting to get Jimmy G money, or he'd sit out OTAs, etc...
The Boston Herald likely will be retracting a Patriots story, again – ProFootballTalk |
02-09-2018, 10:36 AM | #64 |
General Manager
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: The Mountains
|
Ron Borges was fired from the Herald years ago for plagiarism. Didn't realize they brought him back. What a dignified newspaper that is.
|
02-09-2018, 10:55 AM | #65 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: NJ
|
That alternate Pats helmet in the story is beautiful.
|
02-09-2018, 06:07 PM | #66 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Colorado
|
|
02-09-2018, 07:29 PM | #67 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Maryland
|
Reminded me a little of one of the Oilers' styles from the 60s.
__________________
null |
02-11-2018, 03:44 PM | #68 |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2013
|
Here we go again
Report: Colts finalizing deal for Frank Reich as new head coach I definitely prefer Reich over McDaniels
__________________
"I am God's prophet, and I need an attorney" |
02-11-2018, 04:41 PM | #69 | |
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Land O Lakes FL
|
Quote:
Probably should wait until the ink is dry.
__________________
"The blind soldier fought for me in this war. The least I can do now is fight for him. I have eyes. He hasn’t. I have a voice on the radio, he hasn’t. I was born a white man. And until a colored man is a full citizen, like me, I haven’t the leisure to enjoy the freedom that colored man risked his life to maintain for me. I don’t own what I have until he owns an equal share of it. Until somebody beats me and blinds me, I am in his debt."- Orson Welles August 11, 1946 |
|
02-11-2018, 06:39 PM | #70 | |
College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana
|
Quote:
Same here. I didn't have confidence McDaniels would succeed as the Colts' head coach based on his time in Denver. |
|
02-11-2018, 07:28 PM | #71 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: The scorched Desert
|
|
02-11-2018, 10:02 PM | #72 |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2013
|
__________________
"I am God's prophet, and I need an attorney" |
02-11-2018, 11:12 PM | #73 |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Dayton, OH
|
|
02-11-2018, 11:14 PM | #74 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Concord, MA/UMass
|
I'm skeptical of OC's who don't call the plays, but Pederson had the same questions about how much was him & how much was Andy Reid when he was first hired. And Reich has coached in Indy before, so they have some familiarity.
Unfortunate timing for the Eagles as their QB coach took the Vikings OC job a couple days ago, you'd have to guess he was a possible replacement at OC. |
02-12-2018, 07:29 AM | #75 | |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Mays Landing, NJ USA
|
Quote:
First an insane contract signing and now this. They could become the Browns of the NFC. |
|
02-12-2018, 08:30 AM | #76 | |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: North Carolina
|
Quote:
Foster was a top-10 talent that fell to 31 b/c of the specter of stuff like this. I don't fault the 49ers for taking the chance at that point. Doubt that he even finishes his rookie contract with them now. I see a trade for a conditional 6th rounder to some other team. The 49ers will be tired of his shit, but one of the other 31 teams will put on that college tape and decide to take a chance. |
|
02-12-2018, 09:44 AM | #77 | |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Somewhere More Familiar
|
Quote:
So disappointing. He's crazy talented. I may be slightly biased because my brother was able to score me an autographed jersey of his last season. While part of me hopes that a come-to-jesus meeting with him explaining that there will be zero tolerance for this moving forward can lead to him figuring his shit out and getting back to the straight and narrow, I'm pretty sure the smarter move is to cut bait. Let this die down a little, then closer to the beginning of the season (when this isn't so fresh in peoples' minds) find a trade partner like albion suggests who is willing to give you SOME return on that same potential. There have just been far too many incidents like this with the 49ers lately, and this is a turning point for the franchise; with the Garappolo signing you need to distance yourself as a franchise from the nonsense that was prevalent with previous regimes (Aldon Smith, Ray McDonald, Ahmad Brooks, probably more that I'm not remembering). |
|
02-15-2018, 06:02 PM | #78 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Land O Lakes FL
|
Meet the NFL's newest UFA
AJ McCarron wins grievance against Cincinnati Bengals, will be unrestricted free agent
__________________
"The blind soldier fought for me in this war. The least I can do now is fight for him. I have eyes. He hasn’t. I have a voice on the radio, he hasn’t. I was born a white man. And until a colored man is a full citizen, like me, I haven’t the leisure to enjoy the freedom that colored man risked his life to maintain for me. I don’t own what I have until he owns an equal share of it. Until somebody beats me and blinds me, I am in his debt."- Orson Welles August 11, 1946 |
02-15-2018, 06:25 PM | #79 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Newburgh, NY
|
So fucking Bengals.
__________________
To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.. - Mr. Rogers |
02-15-2018, 07:48 PM | #80 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Concord, MA/UMass
|
Something positive for the Browns?
I wonder when he filed the grievance. If the Bengals knew about it before the trade deadline they should've been pushing harder to trade him, and holding the Browns hands and walking them through the trade process if necessary. |
02-15-2018, 08:27 PM | #81 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Nov 2003
|
The Browns will sign him to a Glennon deal, pass all over all the QBs in the draft and then have him rupture every tendon in his leg 10 mins into training camp.
|
02-15-2018, 10:39 PM | #82 |
College Prospect
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Bryson Shitty, NC
|
Good for McCarron. Bengals shouldn't have fucked around. That said, they'll probably get a 3rd round supplemental pick for it..
Not as good as a high 2nd though. One they could have used on a top tier OL.
__________________
Recklessly enthused, stubbornly amused. FUCK EA
Last edited by Julio Riddols : 02-15-2018 at 10:39 PM. |
02-16-2018, 06:29 AM | #83 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: the yo'
|
Browns should sign AJ and turn their picks into a bunch of current/future picks. Draft 4-5 linemen this year in the first 3 rounds.
|
02-16-2018, 06:31 AM | #84 | |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: the yo'
|
Quote:
He filed that a year ago. Next one of these type of things will determine if Bridgewater's deal tolls or if he's a UFA. |
|
02-20-2018, 09:43 PM | #85 |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2013
|
__________________
"I am God's prophet, and I need an attorney" |
02-24-2018, 08:09 PM | #86 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA
|
Blake Bortles gets his money from JAX:
Jacksonville Jaguars reach 3-year extension with QB Blake Bortles
__________________
Coastal Carolina Baseball-2016 National Champion! 10/17/20-Coastal Football ranked in Top 25 for first time! |
02-26-2018, 02:58 PM | #87 |
College Prospect
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: The Flatlands of America
|
The outcome of the Marcus Peters trade:
The Chiefs send: - Marcus Peters - 2018 6th round pick The Rams send: - 2018 4th round pick - 2019 2nd round pick So it ends up being Peters for a 2nd round pick. The changing of the 4th for 6th is nothing more than compensation for the 2nd being in 2019 (LA doesn't have a 2nd in 2018). KC fans might not like it, but since Peters had already announce he was not going to re-sign with KC and he was planning on sitting out as much as he could in 2018, this is a fair deal. I also think the fact that only the Rams and the 49ers were interested in him (and not the Browns or Colts whose GMs drafted him) speaks volumes in his attitude.
__________________
Post Count: Eleventy Billion - so deal with it! |
02-26-2018, 03:27 PM | #88 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: NYC
|
People seem to care a lot more about players' attitude during the offseason than they do when they play at a Pro Bowl level during the season.
|
02-26-2018, 04:56 PM | #89 |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2013
|
__________________
"I am God's prophet, and I need an attorney" |
02-26-2018, 06:25 PM | #90 | |
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Land O Lakes FL
|
Quote:
Is this still a fight between Team Jerry Jones and Team Arthur Blank? I might have to back Team Blank on this one if that is the case.
__________________
"The blind soldier fought for me in this war. The least I can do now is fight for him. I have eyes. He hasn’t. I have a voice on the radio, he hasn’t. I was born a white man. And until a colored man is a full citizen, like me, I haven’t the leisure to enjoy the freedom that colored man risked his life to maintain for me. I don’t own what I have until he owns an equal share of it. Until somebody beats me and blinds me, I am in his debt."- Orson Welles August 11, 1946 |
|
02-26-2018, 06:31 PM | #91 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Chicago, IL
|
Not sure about the Jags cap situation but that felt like a team that should have gone all in on Cousins. They're a halfway decent QB away from being a championship team. Heck, I think I'd settle for Eli over Bortles too.
Sounds like the Vikings are going after Cousins now. |
02-26-2018, 07:32 PM | #92 | |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Mays Landing, NJ USA
|
Quote:
I hope he gets every cent possible out of the face lift creep. |
|
02-26-2018, 08:40 PM | #93 | |
Coordinator
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Puyallup, WA
|
Quote:
I don't think this is Goodell acting alone. For him to do this he has to have an overwhelming majority of owners backing him. I think Jerry has worn out everyone's patience and this is his punishment for all the bullshit. |
|
02-26-2018, 08:46 PM | #94 | |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Somewhere More Familiar
|
Quote:
It's either this or Goodell is going to be out on his ass shortly, I'd imagine. Hard to think that he'd do this without the backing of the others, but we've seen stupider things before. |
|
02-27-2018, 07:42 AM | #95 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: North Carolina
|
Goddell is a coward and a horrible leader. He would not put his neck out like this without a powerful group of owners behind him.
|
02-27-2018, 10:03 AM | #96 | |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Minnesota
|
Quote:
I think it seems unlikely. Vikings dont want to get in that bidding war and I am sure they would be more than happy to get Keenum back in the 15m-20m range as the market dries up a bit. Also, Zimmer cares too much about defense and they need to keep cap space free to sign some of their own defensive players after next season. |
|
02-27-2018, 10:04 AM | #97 |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Minnesota
|
|
02-27-2018, 12:24 PM | #98 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: NYC
|
Seems like there a couple of potential rule changes being talked about:
- Eliminating the "going to the ground" piece of the catch rule - Changing defensive pass interference from a spot foul to a max of 15 yards |
02-27-2018, 12:31 PM | #99 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: NYC
|
BTW I missed this in the post-Marcus Peters trade until it got retweeted again by @OldTakesExposed but damn is it not amazing.
https://arrowheadaddict.com/2018/02/...ever-fake-new/ |
02-27-2018, 12:33 PM | #100 | |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
|
Quote:
I tend to be in this camp as well.
__________________
"I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis |
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
Thread Tools | |
|
|