FOLES RUSH IN: 2018 nfl qb carousel and miscellaneous offseasoning thread

the super bowl was a long time ago now

josh mcdaniels confirmed as new head coach of the indianapolis colts. instead of being behind belichick he can spend some time behind his old qbs coach instead.

lol rooney rule

yeah.

i mean, outside of the process itself, ok josh is one of the most qualified hc candidates out there, but things like mike vrabel hire at ten, and greg olson at oak too, have not been inspiring appointments in this regard. coordinator level is the real ugly scene that makes the hc level such a problem. i believe i am correct in saying there is 1 black oc in the whole nfl. i think flores at ne will make it around 10 black dcs but cmon, this shit is horrendous.

LOL

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DVZY4WSUQAAi2aF.jpg

i'm sure this is already being speculated but first thing i think is that bill told him this is going to be his last year. i did see that luck supposedly needs more surgery on his shoulder tho, and that might've been enough to foul it.

i think you're supposed to wait a whole day to go full belichick

i'm hearing rumours he wrote his resignation letter on irsay's shirt

It's time to let The Monster get out of it's cage to feed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/MxEb3N7P

— Jim Irsay (@JimIrsay) January 3, 2013

and *that's* for the city of baltimore!

#EXCLUSIVE: #49ers have reached agreement w/ Jimmy Garoppolo. Will be highest paid player in #NFL. Announcement soon to come. pic.twitter.com/mU0ON4qMm7

— Raj Mathai (@rajmathai) February 8, 2018

congrats to "jimmy g"

Jimmy G has started less than 10 games in the NFL and now has two Super Bowl rings and the biggest contract in NFL history. A true inspiration to those that let their partners do all of the work on group projects

— offseason hanx (@HankJoness) February 8, 2018

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/22503387/rae-carruth-apologizes-death-pregnant-girlfriend-seeks-custody-18-year-old-son

damn i forgot Rae Carruth was getting released from prison in October!

I forgot about that guy. Can someone who hired a hitman to murder his girlfriend because she wouldn't get an abortion not be a complete sociopath?

fins tagged landry - acc to my fins fan friend apparently making him the 3rd highest paid WR in nfl? if true that _is_ ridic

it would make sense if the NFL were a PPR league

lol yes

3rd highest cap hit for 2018 to be precise but yeah. not sure what to make of him tbh, depending on who you ask or what stats you use he's either one of the most effective wrs in the league or he holds the entire offense back. he always looks kind of medium to me.

very curious to see what miami does with him eventually. something dumb, probably

looks like ol' Jer is trying to sell eight units in Mountain View to Roger

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So anyone have any opinion on the idea that the Vikings are going to clear the decks of QBs to go after Kurt Cousins? I was thinking prevailing belief was that Denver was his destination.

i think it's weird there isn't one of those qbs that they like. what's wrong with keenum?

not sure there is a huge delta between the vikes qbs and cousins. i wonder what kind of money the vikes guys are angling for. a smart qb-needy team could hold out to see who is the last man standing there and get a few years of a serviceable qb for cut rate.

feel like keenum will have to put up several seasons of brees-like numbers before people stop thinking he's too $hort

matt forte has retired. pretty good player

love the dude, always respected his game and was happy when he joined the jets two years ago. he still had moments last year, but all those nagging injuries must've added up.

guys...Keenum is not that good and it's not just a size thing. trust me

ILX quoted out of context

lol

Penn State RB Saquon Barkley at 2018 Combine:

- Stronger than Joe Thomas
- Quicker than DeSean Jackson
- Faster than Devin Hester
- Jumps higher than Julio Jones

@PennStateFball

yeah, dude is just breaking the scales

List of all RBs at the NFL combine to weigh over 225, sub-4.5 40 & at least a 38-inch vertical (since 2000):

Saquon Barkley
/end list

Barkley DESTROYED those measures away, with an OFFICIAL 4.40 40, 41-inch vertical at 233 lbs.

— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) March 2, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kF2-Cr6yX4

xxxpost lmao omar

According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the final four teams expected to be in the running for his services are the Broncos, Cardinals, Jets, and Vikings.

Let's see.

Jets -- ANY dude that willing walks into that club has to know in the end, it won't work out. Forget it Kirk, it's the Jets.

Cardinals - They lost for nearly 40 years and had a couple of decent teams. Probably the lowest pressure place to go.

Vikings -- They are the best team and last year was very close. Can they repeat that and take that next step, it's a hard thing to do. Will they be setting fire to the future by signing such an expensive player. I'd say this team would be the highest pressure to join as really anything less than getting to a Superbowl is a failure next year.

Broncos - They still have quite a bit of talent and the club has been good about finding players. While improvement would be expected, would not be expected to 'win it all' as much as be in the playoff discussions.

If you blink, you might miss Troy Apke’s 4.35-second 40-yard dash that made Deion Sanders the happiest person on earth. pic.twitter.com/d8VwjPxqAu

— Roar Lions Roar (@RLRblog) March 5, 2018

We live in such a strange time "you know why I'm surprised, I'm not going to say it on tv but he can run run."

Eagles traded a 7 and Matt Tobin to Seattle for a 5. Seattle than traded a 7 and Michael Bennett for a 5 and Marcus Johnson.

The Eagles basically traded Matt Tobin and Marcus Johnson for Michael Bennett, lol.

— Jimmy Kempski (@JimmyKempski) March 7, 2018

that is grotesque. howie strikes again. i wonder if the seahawks let bennett have a say in his destination, i am sure they could've done a little better if they were really trying to maximize return

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— Michael Bennett (@mosesbread72) March 7, 2018

lol

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2018/03/09/lets-eat-the-true-story-of-andy-reids-seven-cheese-mac-and-cheese-recipe/?utm_term=.c8689bda9b0c

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DX3vuD7W4AUvhX3.jpg

love andy reid

the other guy, charles, is one of the best ppl to follow on twitter for football right now, @fourverts

Jarvis Landry to Browns.

oh miami was able to find a more incompetently run organization than themselves well done

tyrod taylor to the browns

that's interesting. tt w/ all those weapons (landry, duke johnson, josh gordon) could be good.

oh plus saquon barkley. you've gotta think they must be good at least on offense next season.

Browns getting DB Damarious Randall from the Packers.

going all-in to secure 3 to 4 wins

OBJ is pretty weird too

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2850368-odell-beckham-jr-giants-thought-theyd-send-me-here-to-die-with-browns-trade

Jaylon Smith is one player I am glad got a big payday, considering he nearly lost his career with that injury with Notre Dame in the bowl game. Smith is probably the best defensive player from the state of Indiana since Rod Woodson too.

Andrew Luck retired wtf

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/27456682/emotional-luck-announces-retirement-nfl

After the game, Luck announced the retirement decision during an impromptu news conference; he said an official announcement wasn't planned until Sunday afternoon but changed course once news broke during the preseason game.

"I've been stuck in this process," he said, stopping several times to overcome his emotions. "I haven't been able to live the life I want to live. It's taken the joy out of this game ... the only way forward for me is to remove myself from football."

Good for him tbqf, and good for anyone who quits early. get the hell outta that league.

yes

I tend to believe that almost anyone who plays in the NFL is 100% committed to the sport so I'm guessing this really was the only option for him. Poor guy, hope he got paid and gets to pursue his other dreams now. Funny to think the NFL's 'talent drain' problem first seemed to come to light around the time when Luck & RG3 got drafted, when the word was "finally we are going to have some great young QBs again"...this is pretty much the worst possible scenario for the NFL

there's a couple more generational prospects coming up the pipeline in the next couple years, but yeah, i guess the nfl can't really count on them to define their league for 15 years anymore.

there are a lot of talented young QBs right now tho - watson, mahomes, wentz, goff, newton, cousins, jackson, mayfield, maybe winston? ok some question marks around some of those guys but a few of those could be good to all time greats depending on how their careers go.

Not Winston, my god

jon gruden honestly seems like the boss from hell

lol jim zorn is the coach of one of these xfl teams

Antonio Brown's apology tour continued Wednesday morning with an Instagram post directed at quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.

The former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver posted a photo of Roethlisberger smiling and slapping the back of Brown's helmet when the two played together, along with a caption that praised Roethlisberger.

"Mostly you a little bit of me !" Brown wrote. "Yee yee !! I never realized how good I had it, got caught up in my emotion with everyone coming after me I really apologize for my actions sincerely man ! It's never been another connection like what we done in the past decade. I appreciate you. Sincerely AB."

One game with Brady and zero with Derek Carr really changed his perspective.

Lol the o/u for this XFL is 45.5 and score is 9-6 in the 4th

espn dot com has been pushing the xfl pretty hard but lol there are no stats, no box scores, no standings, nothing. the only links they offer are highlights and the league schedule

Watching the gameplay, this is boooring

clearly needs its own thread

Lol there was a three point conversion

things just keep getting worse for this guy

Looks like Antonio Brown has entered concussion protocol #AB #NFL pic.twitter.com/qLhatJhzjc

— The Spike King 👑 (@SpikeKing76) February 20, 2020

I'm guessing Alex Smith is pretty much done, not coming back? I have not heard any discussion of him coming back from the broken leg or if he had hung them up.

Got looking at some passing career passing stats of Fitzmagic and went onto Smiths' football reference page. Smiths' career record is 94-66-1, which is pretty good considering every coach was near replacing him each season he played.

He was the quintessential high floor low ceiling qb

Trey Adams with the best answer ever to a combine question pic.twitter.com/AvGI9uOPFg

— Sordi 🐬 (@FinsOrDie) February 29, 2020

hearing a lot of "worst trade of all time" chatter about the hopkins deal

Barnwell gives the Cards a slight edge

Texans trade DeAndre Hopkins to Cardinals for David Johnson

Houston Texans get: RB David Johnson, 2020 second-round pick, 2021 fourth-round pick
Arizona Cardinals get: WR DeAndre Hopkins, 2020 fourth-round pick

Cardinals grade: B+
Texans grade: F

The NFL should use this down time to dissolve 14 teams

Sounds like Brady to the Bucs is a thing that might happen. Weird

Lol that is gonna cause some major cognitive dissonance in Bucs fans. Most Floridians, even those not in the AFC East, hate the fuck

lol wow he's actually leaving

what's the funniest possible destination for him right now? I'd say Green Bay

oakland

er, las vegas

the NBA

dolphins

lol that would be such cognitive dissonance for me.

we are killing it with free agency atm but of course I bet this season won't happen

oh jets for sure

or giants
giants would be hilarious

I can't wait for Brady to go somewhere else and immediately show he is cooked.

actually SF would probably be the funniest now that I think about it

Philip Rivers to the Colts

lmao

now send brady to the chargers

to the Bucs?

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are the expected landing spot for quarterback Tom Brady barring any unforeseen circumstances, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter and Jeff Darlington.

what the buc

lol motherfucker is going to Dale Mabry ave. he gonna hate it there.

i'm getting season tickets just to pelt him with shit.

foles to the bears for a fourth-round pick

life really comes at you fast

Sean Payton's got the roni

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/28943350/rams-rebranded-la-unveils-new-logos-colors

To me the logo looks like it says L A C, as in Chargers. Very confusing!

pic.twitter.com/uQf189c03m

— FBSchedules.com (@FBSchedules) March 23, 2020

haha it does

maybe they're merging and are going to be the LA Clams now

I can imagine the branding meetings for this and I want to die.