2016 NFL offseason news and sandwich recommendation thread

dbrickeshaw ferguson retires cos he watched Concussion

"Since seeing Concussion, I can’t avoid wondering if I am in danger of experiencing some degree of brain injury when I am done playing. It couldn’t happen to me, right?

"... Though I cannot remember ever having a concussion, I now know as an offensive lineman that it is the frequency of collisions that can ultimately lead to brain injury. It’s a different conversation when you are involved in the story and not just watching a movie about it. I fear the unavoidable truth is that playing football has placed me in harm’s way, and I am not yet sure of the full extent of what it might cost me."

you forget that these guys are in their twenties and this shit simply hasn't occurred to them

which is to say "one forgets", not calling you out spottie

Yeah it's crazy and I don't blame them for retiring b4 it's too late. Get that money be smart with it and get out

the way the game is played is necessarily gonna change if/when 75% of the players opt to play three years and bounce.

Pay college players imo

cosine

it is kind of amazing that i knew more about concussion protocol last year than an o-lineman in the nfl did tho

Probably one of those "I really don't want to know" type of things. Ignore it til you can't ignore it anymore

http://deadspin.com/former-saints-defensive-end-will-smith-shot-to-death-in-1770120005

From the Deadspin comments: "This is really messed up. I'm on the corner where it happened. People are saying it was a fender bender that got heated. I was here when they took his wife away on a stretcher. She was yelling for Will. Really tragic."

Fuckin hell.

Omg

Unfuckingbelievable. tragic beyond words.

this rams trade for #1 pick is frankly bizarre and imo the most weird but also cynically brazen attempt to sell tickets based on a high profile trade

I hope it blows up in their faces. So stupid. Why not wait for a qb in the next two years in the draft whos actually worth trading for?

guy from north Dakota moves to la and hilarity ensues

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cgb5BlAUMAAZEYk.jpg

better choice than christie imo but not by much

the eagles are a garbage team that do garbage things

Browns trade down to 8, get 3rd, 4th, 1st and 2nd round picks.

perfect timing there

2016 4th swapped for 2017 4th, so on balance a 1st, 2nd and 3rd across 3 drafts to move up 6 spots.

great move for cleveland

Browns picks for 2016:

1st Round (No. 8 overall)
2nd Round (No. 32 overall)
3rd Round (No. 65 overall)
3rd Round (No. 77 overall)
4th Round (No. 99 overall)
4th Round (No. 100 overall)
4th Round (No. 138 overall)
5th Round (No. 141 overall)
5th Round (No. 172 overall)
5th Round (No. 173 overall)
6th Round (No. 176 overall)
7th Round (No. 223 overall)

all quarterbacks imo

can't believe two teams have paid bounties to trade up in this draft

Brian Billick ‏@CoachBillick 32m32 minutes ago
The real winners today? Goff and Wentz. Both avoid Cleveland which has become the QB graveyard.

i read that piece on ESPN today about the browns passing up Roethlisberger in the draft and it made some good points but if Ben went to Cleveland i imagine he'd have been a physically and spiritually broken man by the end of his rookie year.

is this dude from north dakota actually good

apparently josh norman is a free agent now??

Eagles move seems odd. They usually are pretty tight on money, so they probably have room in their cap to carry 3 qbs. Bradford being signed might be a good trade bait either around draft, end of training camp if rookie looks good or next year if they switch during season.

norman to the washington football team where he gets to cover obj twice a season

anyone else watching the draft

Goff gonna be legit.

"this whole social media scene makes me sick" - chucky

basically watching in the hopes that some massholes will show up and do something to embarrass the league

chip kelly is a joke

Best Browns draft in years.

well it's easy when u have all the picks

this tunsil shit is fucked up

That statement from his sgent was... not good.

agent

Chip Kelly just traded up to draft a guard. Is there anything funnier than sports?

c'mon how could the Tunsil pick be any more a classic Dolphins pick?

it's too funny to even hurt anymore.

“He’s like a black Eli Manning,” his mother, Annie Apple, told The Post from Chicago. “The personality, his facial expressions, the whole nine.”

brutal

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-29/nfl-insurers-can-begin-gathering-evidence-in-concussion-case

National Football League executives may for the first time have to testify about what they knew of concussion risks after a judge cleared the way for questions from insurers who are suing to avoid paying more than $1 billion in costs for lawsuits over head injuries.

i can see Nkemdiche in az being a monster

Pretty good story.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/jim-harbaugh-punching-jim-kelly-helped-colts-land-peyton-manning-154342249.html;_ylt=A0LEVxIJd0ZXwXgANsNXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTByMjB0aG5zBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw--

https://www.docdroid.net/tByg0u2/official-letter-to-mark-davis-the-nfl.pdf.html

obama met the denver broncos today

"And then there’s this guy from the commercials," he told the audience in the Rose Garden, by way of introduction. "It doesn’t matter whether you need insurance, pizza, a Buick, you basically can stock your whole household with stuff this guy is selling."

Lololol eagles. nice guarantee.