Ongoing NFL Discussion Thread V

by GSC Tue Sep 18, 2018 9:09 pm

First topic message reminder :

I mean are we even sure Gordon isn't a one year wonder who never stuck around for his drop off season.

A lot of hype for a guy who's had more near comebacks than games played in years

by dummy_half Wed Jul 08, 2020 9:27 am

A 10 year contract is rather bold in a league where injuries are so common. However, if there is one player that merits the big money and being tied to your team for that long, it's Mahomes - two seasons as a starter and already league MVP in one and a Superbowl win in the other.

by Lowlandbrit Mon Jul 13, 2020 8:45 am

Reports that today will be the last day for the Washington Redskins. Momentum seems to be behind Redwolves as the new name, but nothing confirmed yet.

by crazy_dave23 Thu Jul 23, 2020 7:33 pm

Any "Washington Football Team" fans out there...

by GSC Thu Jul 23, 2020 8:33 pm

This is testing the waters and he'll keep the name

by JDizzle Thu Jul 23, 2020 9:03 pm

It’s no more ridiculous than Texans or Browns - they’d be ridiculed if they were suggested on Twitter these days.

by crazy_dave23 Thu Jul 23, 2020 10:12 pm

JDizzle wrote:It’s no more ridiculous than Texans or Browns - they’d be ridiculed if they were suggested on Twitter these days.

Could say the same about my Packers!

by Lowlandbrit Mon Aug 31, 2020 3:03 pm

Jags have traded away Ngakoue and released Fournette. Remember when they nearly went to the Superbowl and looked set to be a top team?

by Lowlandbrit Tue Sep 08, 2020 3:19 pm

If you thought backup QB was a sweet job before; thanks to the COVID rules Josh McCown is now theoretically on the Eagles' practice squad, but is actually geting paid a five-figure sum every week to sit at home unless a QB gets injured.

by skins4ever Mon Sep 14, 2020 6:45 pm

Lowlandbrit wrote:If you thought backup QB was a sweet job before; thanks to the COVID rules Josh McCown is now theoretically on the Eagles' practice squad, but is actually geting paid a five-figure sum every week to sit at home unless a QB gets injured.

Josh Rosen #10 pick to making up crowd numbers at the Superdome...

by JDizzle Mon Sep 21, 2020 6:55 pm

Can’t think of a worse weekend for injuries in a long, long time. Absolutely brutal.

Bosa, Barkley, Sutton all done for the year.

CMC out for 6 weeks. Jimmy G and Drew Lock injured too. Carnage.

by twelve283 Mon Sep 21, 2020 10:45 pm

Agreed - brutal week for injuries. Crying or Very sad

by crazy_dave23 Thu Oct 01, 2020 7:32 pm

So the first match has been postponed... interesting to see how this goes, if the Vikes also have any issues, given the small size of the NFL season

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Fri Oct 02, 2020 1:41 pm

The Jets...lol

by Lowlandbrit Tue Oct 06, 2020 5:14 pm

Texans have cleared house: GM, HC and the just recently appointed offensive play caller all gone. Yes; Bill O'Brien has somehow been fired.

by JDizzle Tue Oct 06, 2020 7:23 pm

He finally ran out of scapegoats!

by crazy_dave23 Tue Oct 06, 2020 7:45 pm

JDizzle wrote:He finally ran out of scapegoats!

Did have a terrible opening schedule to deal with...

by JDizzle Tue Oct 06, 2020 7:56 pm

crazy_dave23 wrote:
JDizzle wrote:He finally ran out of scapegoats!

Did have a terrible opening schedule to deal with...

I don’t think he’s a terrible coach to be fair. And the schedule was brutal this year for them. But when you make the huge calls like he did, you are putting your head on the chopping block.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Wed Oct 07, 2020 8:00 am

Obviously he was a horrible GM, one of the worst we’ve seen, but agree with JDizzle in that I don’t think he’s a bad coach. Like an offensive equivalent of Marvin Lewis, not really good enough to get you over the hump in the playoffs but will have you there or thereabouts

From a wider organisation standpoint - absolutely barmy they gave him all this power, allowed him to do what he’s done as a GM in the last 12 months, and then fire him so soon after the offseason. If he was on a short leash, why on earth are you allowing him to decide to trade away all your picks and your best player?

by Lowlandbrit Sun Oct 11, 2020 6:23 pm

Pats vs Broncos has been postponed, Bills vs Titans has provisionally been moved to Tuesday. Wheels haven't come off the season quite yet, but they're looking pretty loose...

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Mon Oct 12, 2020 7:49 am

Ah man Dak Sad

by **Pr4wn** Mon Oct 12, 2020 10:28 am

I think it's a matter of time before the NFL season gets stopped. Covid is far from being under control in the US and they just don't have the control that the NBA has.

by Lowlandbrit Mon Oct 12, 2020 4:00 pm

Falcons get in on the HC/GM search. Quinn had to go, but it seems a little harsh on Dimitroff to me.

by GSC Mon Oct 12, 2020 4:26 pm

Is it. Roster is lacking and Dimitroff is on his 2nd HC.

by Lowlandbrit Mon Oct 12, 2020 6:14 pm

Lacking what? There's plenty of talent there. Maybe they didn't trust him with the new hire, maybe they just wanted a complete fresh start, but I think it's going to be harder for them to find a clear upgrade than it will be for another franchise to clearly upgrade by bringing him in.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Mon Oct 12, 2020 9:44 pm

Do they have any defensive players outside of Grady Jarrett who are actually good? I tend to agree with GSC, Dimitroff did stellar work half a decade ago but he’s struggled as much as Quinn since the super bowl

by Forward Pass Mon Nov 23, 2020 4:45 pm

Each NFC East team has 3 wins
absolute garbage this season

by TM Moot Thu Nov 26, 2020 11:12 am

Forward Pass wrote:Each NFC East team has 3 wins
absolute garbage this season

hilariously bad, the lot of them

is cyclical though, i recall the NFC West was pathetic a few years back, now arguably the strongest

by dummy_half Thu Nov 26, 2020 1:24 pm

Forward Pass wrote:Each NFC East team has 3 wins
absolute garbage this season

Haven't checked the schedules, but have any of them won a game outside their division?

by GSC Thu Nov 26, 2020 2:12 pm

2 of them did last sunday

by skins4ever Fri Nov 27, 2020 2:33 pm

Watched the WFT v Cowboys game and couldn't help thinking if the D, OL and RB's had been playing like that since week 1, we'd be a damn sight better than 4-7! Still need a QB though (Smith has done a good job overall but he's not the future, though neither is Haskins).

by JDizzle Sat Nov 28, 2020 11:37 pm

Jeff Driskel tested positive for Covid on the Broncos, and now Lock, Brett Rypien and Bortles have been deemed closed contacts and are ruled out for tomorrow's game... Time for Elway to get the pads back on!

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Sat Nov 28, 2020 11:43 pm

Be just like having Tebow back at QB

by Lowlandbrit Sun Nov 29, 2020 7:56 am

Lions have fired Patricia and their GM Bob Quinn. What's Jim Caldwell up to these days?

Also, what exactly is the point of teams firing their coaches mid-season if none of them ever seem to start interviewing people until everyone else does?

by GSC Sun Nov 29, 2020 9:44 am

Research and gauging interest. You can't interview coaches in work until the season finishes

by Lowlandbrit Sun Nov 29, 2020 10:51 am

GSC wrote:Research and gauging interest. You can't interview coaches in work until the season finishes

Not sure you need to have an opening to research, and I'm not really sure what gauging interest means in practice. The only difference going early makes is that the interim might win a few games and get the job.
And are there no potential candidates out there that aren't currently employed by NFL franchises?

In more COVID news, the 49ers are looking for somewhere else to play and practice because of a new local lockdown.

by GSC Sun Nov 29, 2020 11:00 am

It's difficult to get external candidates to commit to a job that isn't open.

by Lowlandbrit Tue Dec 15, 2020 6:46 pm

Some notable weird net points teams after 13 games:

- 10-3 Bills +38
- 6-7 WFT +12
- 4-9 Falcons +6
- 9-4 Browns -20
- 7-6 Raiders -41

Jets are -210, and the only team not to score 200 points yet.

by Lowlandbrit Sun Jan 03, 2021 3:09 pm

GSC wrote:It's difficult to get external candidates to commit to a job that isn't open.

Supposedly Urban Meyer is all but ready to be announced as the next Jaguars HC once they let go of Marrone Whistle

by Lowlandbrit Tue Jan 05, 2021 4:24 pm

Gase, Lynn and Marrone fired on Black Monday. John Elway has somehow craftily promoted himself out of the GM role in Denver.

by JDizzle Sat Jan 09, 2021 9:07 pm

Phil Rivers with the ball, down 3, at the two minute warning. I feel like we have seen this story many times before...

by GSC Sat Jan 09, 2021 11:17 pm

Wow the Seahawks headshotted a starting qb out of a playoff game

by **Pr4wn** Mon Jan 11, 2021 6:44 am

Congrats to the Browns!

by Lowlandbrit Mon Jan 11, 2021 12:09 pm

I'm guessing Rivers and Roethlisberger will retire, although I could see Big Ben changing his mind before training camp. Would be weird without them.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Mon Jan 11, 2021 12:13 pm

Big Ben has the highest cap hit in the entire league next season ($41m, $22m dead cap even if he retires) - kind of think Pittsburgh are stuck with him for another year.

Know I'm a Brady #fan, but it really is ridiculous what he's doing and how good his arm is, at the age of 43 when Brees and Ben can barely get the ball 10 yards downfield with velocity anymore

by **Pr4wn** Mon Jan 11, 2021 12:41 pm

Brady is playing out of his skin right now. Saturday night was Godwin's worst game so far as a Buccaneer and Evans was injured. Just watch some of the throws he makes in that game.

I honestly used to wonder whether his titles were down to Trump's favourite coach, but it's looking more like it was the other way around.

by GSC Mon Jan 11, 2021 12:42 pm

It's amazing what roids/the TB12 diet does for the body

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Mon Jan 11, 2021 1:08 pm

Was a good weekend of action I thought, bar the Bears and Trubisky still being in our lives. Think Green Bay had to be delighted sitting at home watching their NFC counterparts though...Rams look dangerous but if Donald is hurt and Goff clearly nowhere near 100%, they've only really got a punchers chance. Bucs *could* do it, but they seem to have declined on D the second half of the season, would you say Pr4wn?

by **Pr4wn** Mon Jan 11, 2021 1:42 pm

Good Golly I'm Olly wrote:Was a good weekend of action I thought, bar the Bears and Trubisky still being in our lives. Think Green Bay had to be delighted sitting at home watching their NFC counterparts though...Rams look dangerous but if Donald is hurt and Goff clearly nowhere near 100%, they've only really got a punchers chance. Bucs *could* do it, but they seem to have declined on D the second half of the season, would you say Pr4wn?

Devin White being out for us over the last two games has been massive. Kevin Minter is nowhere near as good. White will be back for the Saints game.

With that being said, New Orleans has completely owned us this season, so I think they should win handily.

by BamBam Mon Jan 11, 2021 2:21 pm

Browns could beat KC if the running backs have another game like that. The score at the end of the first quarter could be key, if KC start fast then I don’t think the Browns have the game to catch them, if the Browns get a lead and can start controlling the clock they have a chance

by Lowlandbrit Mon Jan 11, 2021 7:23 pm

Eagles have fired Pederson. What a collapse since that SB win.

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