2017 NFL Off-season Thread (Draft, Injuries, Firings & Police Blotter Edition)

just from the casey Anthony case, baez does seem incred sleezy/unscrupulous, even for a defense lawyer

baez is skillful slime

aaron hernandez definitely murdered those two dudes though.

o def

btw per deadspin:

Through an obscure and rarely invoked Massachusetts legal principle called abatement ab initio, because Hernandez had not exhausted all his appeals on his murder conviction, that conviction is essentially now voided. The practical effect of this is that evidence from Hernandez’s criminal trial cannot be used in any potential civil trials against his estate.

damn, baez found the loophole

The Onion already has a caption of "Man who should have stuck in school, now stuck in Cleveland" with a picture of Myles Garrett.

bears still committed to being terrible

Yeah...I'm sure fans will say Trubisky doesn't have a good game face after the Bears sxxt offensive line (w/nearly a decade of incompetence) gets him ground into hamburger.

lol @ eagles fans booing goodell every time he walks out on stage

actually most interesting thing about the draft - lets see if eagles fans boo the next person on stage! a 14 year old cancer survivor? how about a baby? will eagles fans boo a baby?

oh eagles fans would totally boo a baby

they already booed Bradford iirc

For all I know, Gareon Conley could be clean as a whistle, but this seems like an Al Davis pick from beyond the grave.

Also, lol Bears

Browns had a GREAT first round. Finally we have a front office that knows what they're doing and doesn't panic. Myles Garrett, Jabril Peppers, David Njoku, and Houston first next year!

that does seem good

honestly not to be a jerk, but I just found it striking - the date of the last browns road win - 10/11/2015

http://screengrabber.deadspin.com/last-nights-winner-was-this-packers-fan-at-a-bears-draf-1794738481

that's a delight

Kevin Clark‏ @bykevinclark 3m3 minutes ago

Wow, can't believe the Bears paid the full $12,000 for Fyre Fest.

https://sports.vice.com/en_us/highlight/mitchell-trubiskys-twitter-account-is-insanely-good

sample: 'tunnels are legit'

Kevin Seifert‏
@SeifertESPN

Wow. Per @mortreport, even @ChicagoBears coach John Fox didn’t know about plan to draft QB Mitchell Trubisky until a couple hours before.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C-jVABeWAAI_pyF.jpg

super happy about iggles draft so far

Seems a bit odd to fire your GM during the draft, but that is what the Bills did. I'm guessing something must have gone down in the background.

Didn't want him to disclose their draft plans to other teams.

Some writers seem to think it was a smart move as they also didn't have to have a GM coming up with all the research in a few weeks.

Bears Trubiskygate gets even more hilarious when Glennon was asked specifically to come out to Soldier Field to sign autographs for fans at a stadium event as the Bears new QB only to have to be there as this whole thing went down.

Fun fact: Patriots UDFA DT Josh Augusta was a 320-lb. wide receiver in high school. This isn't even fair. https://t.co/vYxIpTduzF pic.twitter.com/qw1e2OEWxX

— Zack Cox (@ZackCoxNESN) May 9, 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6Vvy9w70ao

always <3 vince

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/19446657/seattle-seahawks-cornerback-richard-sherman-let-go-problem-nfl-2017

i wonder what's going to happen when sherman turns in to revis

Seahawks should just deal him to the Ravens, that team loves loudmouths with no filters.

http://wate.com/2017/06/05/trump-attends-washington-theater-gala-manning-receives-award/

Trump said it was also a “special pleasure” for him to watch as two of his friends, former NFL quarterback Peyton Manning and businessman and philanthropist Ronald Perelman, received the Lincoln Medal. The theater’s society gives the medal to individuals whose body of work, accomplishments or personal attributes embodies Lincoln’s legacy.

https://www.facebook.com/amazonfireTV/videos/10156264210938362/

The vince young where are they now piece in SI was such a bummer

This time of year is torture. You know you're an addict when you start craving preseason games to watch.

the clinton portis thing was also a bummer

darrell green & southeast jerome = the only good hatcats

i missed the portis piece. football is awful.

https://www.sbnation.com/a/17776-football

I think compared to where some football stories end, those Young and Portis things were a bit more hopeful than some all things considered.

I'm going to need to start rooting for the Panthers again:

Now go back and read the first word of our tweets from the last three days

— Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) July 7, 2017

hahahahaha

and that is how you earn your social media coordinator paycheck during the offseason

Bruce Arians said on Sirius today that he had to get his stomach pumped twice when he was younger from drinking paint. That's something.

— Kevin Clark (@bykevinclark) July 12, 2017

lol the follow up says he drank the paint deliberately because he thought it would make him "harder to tackle in neighborhood football games"!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DEj53JUXsAATXkI.jpg

wow

lmao

had no idea bout this gettleman stuff, seems like players hated him

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000820283/article/expanthers-stars-revel-in-dave-gettlemans-dismissal

i guess he's not good at breakups. talented drafter tho.

Really dumb move on the Panthers part, imo. Players don't need to like the GM. In fact I'd prefer it if they don't.

so, against all odds (TALAMN) this is a fairly interesting take on one of the most boring conversations in football

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/20096209/nfl-coaches-execs-rank-best-quarterbacks-modern-era-2017

Got to admit considering team history, it is pretty funny that the Cowboys cut the guy that it turned out on review actually did not do a crime.