reasonable plan if they pony up and pay fitz, but that's strangely up in the air rn. which is kinda baffling. like, dude, you worked really well in a system for the first time in a whiiiiiiiile, and...you wanna roll the dice on that happening again and keeping more than the bare-minimum-guaranteed part of the deal?
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Friday, 11 March 2016 19:30 (eight years ago) link
agreed; putting rg3 out there as a start-of-the-season starter under literally any circumstances is asking for trouble and any formulation that runs the risk of that happening is dumb
― ulysses, Friday, 11 March 2016 19:33 (eight years ago) link
I'd think the Jets probably should sign Fitzpatric for good money for short years and draft a QB that could perhaps be ready to start in a year or two. It is the Jets, so whatever is the right decision, they will most likely do the opposite.
I'd think SF would be the place for RG3, considering they got one of the coaches that developed that style of offense he played at Baylor.
― earlnash, Sunday, 13 March 2016 04:11 (eight years ago) link
Classic free agent Mexican Standoff going on as it looks like everyone is waiting for the first team to make it so on the mediocre QB line. I like the idea that Kap would go to the Broncos, but he want them to beat Cleveland's offer. Fitz is 33 and holding out for the only big payday of his career, as he figures he is better than a couple of these guys that got paid (and he might have a point). I figure once those two go then where RGIII goes will happen. Same thing happens with baseball and NBA free agents more often.
There needs to be a 'replacement level' like term for the top of the bottom of the barrel like there is 'elite' in the QB mouthpiece ranking system.
― earlnash, Tuesday, 15 March 2016 02:23 (eight years ago) link
Adam SchefterVerified account@AdamSchefterCards-Pats blockbuster from @diannaESPN and me: Cards trade G Jonathan Cooper + 2nd-rd pick to NE for DE Chandler Jones, per sources.
daaaaamn
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 15 March 2016 18:52 (eight years ago) link
RIP Tray Walker
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 18 March 2016 22:45 (eight years ago) link
RGIII to the cleve
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 24 March 2016 16:30 (eight years ago) link
rip
― mookieproof, Thursday, 24 March 2016 17:24 (eight years ago) link
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/15059418/arizona-cardinals-bruce-arians-people-let-kids-play-football-fools
URL should be "bruce-arians-people-who-dont-let-kids-play-football-are-fools"
― nomar, Friday, 25 March 2016 00:57 (eight years ago) link
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."
"... 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."
― Better Pau Gasol (Spottie), Friday, 8 April 2016 23:58 (seven years ago) link
you forget that these guys are in their twenties and this shit simply hasn't occurred to them
― ulysses, Saturday, 9 April 2016 05:30 (seven years ago) link
which is to say "one forgets", not calling you out spottie
― ulysses, Saturday, 9 April 2016 05:31 (seven years ago) link
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
― Better Pau Gasol (Spottie), Saturday, 9 April 2016 05:35 (seven years ago) link
the way the game is played is necessarily gonna change if/when 75% of the players opt to play three years and bounce.
― ulysses, Saturday, 9 April 2016 05:37 (seven years ago) link
Pay college players imo
― Better Pau Gasol (Spottie), Saturday, 9 April 2016 05:58 (seven years ago) link
cosine
― ulysses, Saturday, 9 April 2016 05:59 (seven years ago) link
it is kind of amazing that i knew more about concussion protocol last year than an o-lineman in the nfl did tho
― ulysses, Saturday, 9 April 2016 06:00 (seven years ago) link
Probably one of those "I really don't want to know" type of things. Ignore it til you can't ignore it anymore
― Better Pau Gasol (Spottie), Saturday, 9 April 2016 06:06 (seven years ago) link
http://deadspin.com/former-saints-defensive-end-will-smith-shot-to-death-in-1770120005
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 10 April 2016 06:36 (seven years ago) link
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.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 10 April 2016 06:38 (seven years ago) link
Omg
― Better Pau Gasol (Spottie), Sunday, 10 April 2016 07:05 (seven years ago) link
Unfuckingbelievable. tragic beyond words.
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 10 April 2016 09:14 (seven years ago) link
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
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 14 April 2016 14:24 (seven years ago) link
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?
― carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 14 April 2016 16:52 (seven years ago) link
guy from north Dakota moves to la and hilarity ensues
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 14 April 2016 17:34 (seven years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cgb5BlAUMAAZEYk.jpg
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 19 April 2016 21:34 (seven years ago) link
better choice than christie imo but not by much
― ulysses, Tuesday, 19 April 2016 21:54 (seven years ago) link
the eagles are a garbage team that do garbage things
― Mordy, Wednesday, 20 April 2016 18:40 (seven years ago) link
Browns trade down to 8, get 3rd, 4th, 1st and 2nd round picks.
― through a charles barkley (brownie), Wednesday, 20 April 2016 18:40 (seven years ago) link
perfect timing there
― Mordy, Wednesday, 20 April 2016 18:41 (seven years ago) link
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
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 20 April 2016 19:11 (seven years ago) link
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)
― through a charles barkley (brownie), Wednesday, 20 April 2016 19:27 (seven years ago) link
all quarterbacks imo
― through a charles barkley (brownie), Wednesday, 20 April 2016 19:31 (seven years ago) link
can't believe two teams have paid bounties to trade up in this draft
― balls, Wednesday, 20 April 2016 19:34 (seven years ago) link
Brian Billick @CoachBillick 32m32 minutes agoThe real winners today? Goff and Wentz. Both avoid Cleveland which has become the QB graveyard.
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 20 April 2016 19:38 (seven years ago) link
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.
― nomar, Wednesday, 20 April 2016 19:43 (seven years ago) link
is this dude from north dakota actually good
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 20 April 2016 21:37 (seven years ago) link
apparently josh norman is a free agent now??
― Mordy, Thursday, 21 April 2016 04:52 (seven years ago) link
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.
― earlnash, Friday, 22 April 2016 15:49 (seven years ago) link
norman to the washington football team where he gets to cover obj twice a season
― Mordy, Saturday, 23 April 2016 04:52 (seven years ago) link
anyone else watching the draft
― Mordy, Friday, 29 April 2016 00:06 (seven years ago) link
Goff gonna be legit.
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 29 April 2016 00:21 (seven years ago) link
"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
― arts and crafts THIS GUY (daria-g), Friday, 29 April 2016 00:58 (seven years ago) link
chip kelly is a joke
― Mordy, Friday, 29 April 2016 01:04 (seven years ago) link
Best Browns draft in years.
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 29 April 2016 02:08 (seven years ago) link
well it's easy when u have all the picks
― Mordy, Friday, 29 April 2016 02:10 (seven years ago) link
this tunsil shit is fucked up
― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 29 April 2016 02:24 (seven years ago) link
That statement from his sgent was... not good.
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 29 April 2016 02:29 (seven years ago) link
agent
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 29 April 2016 02:30 (seven years ago) link
Chip Kelly just traded up to draft a guard. Is there anything funnier than sports?
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 29 April 2016 03:23 (seven years ago) link
weekly threads part of the beautiful tapestry of our shared tradition tho. it's tough.
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 7 September 2016 16:13 (seven years ago) link
weekly thread titles!
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 7 September 2016 16:30 (seven years ago) link
yeah i'm a big proponent of the lols offered by thread titles
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Wednesday, 7 September 2016 16:40 (seven years ago) link
*weekly thread titles
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Wednesday, 7 September 2016 16:41 (seven years ago) link
re: all iggles talk upthread didn't they announce wentz would start week 1?
yes
― Mordy, Wednesday, 7 September 2016 17:20 (seven years ago) link