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

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.

and the way they have circled the wagons around zeke elliott at every opportunity

this le'veon bell thing is ugly

i mean, he's making $12m this year and will probably make $14m next year, so he'll be mostly okay. but i agree, he should be making a lot more, right now. but given the artificial salary cap, the steelers would be crazy to give him a big long-term deal -- he'll be 27 when those two franchise tags are gone, and running backs simply don't last much longer than that.

in baseball, players are drastically underpaid their six seasons and the stars, at least, make up for it by being overpaid later in their careers. (there are over 100 baseball players making at least $12m this year.) most football players don't have that kind of time, but RBs especially so.

they really need to go on strike, dammit

There are always quite a few retirements this time of year, but it does seem like a few more than usual. Definitely a few guys walking away early.

Three years after using two first-round draft picks and a fourth-round draft pick to acquire him, the Bills are moving on from Sammy Watkins.

Watkins, the talented but so far disappointing wide receiver, has been traded to the Rams. To replace him, the Bills have acquired receiver Jordan Matthews from the Eagles.

The Bills announced that they’ve shipped Watkins and a sixth-round draft pick to the Rams for cornerback E.J. Gaines and a second-round draft pick. Separately, the Bills announced that they sent cornerback Ronald Darby to the Eagles for Jordan Matthews and a third-round draft pick.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/08/11/bills-trade-sammy-watkins-to-rams-get-jordan-matthews-from-eagles/

Zeke suspended for six games

the report

http://static.nfl.com/static/content/public/photo/2017/08/11/0ap3000000828569.pdf

i want every player to sit for every anthem all season

That's not good. #Jets #Hackenberg pic.twitter.com/W4ljH0aftT

— New York Jet Fuel (@NewYorkJetFuel) August 20, 2017

Life comes at you fast, especially if you're a Jets QB

(Video via @viral__sports) #NYJvsDETpic.twitter.com/IlaWxiiBZC

— YourSports (@YourSports) August 20, 2017

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/aug/21/cleveland-browns-national-anthem-protest-giants

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/20419408/eric-winston-nflpa-president-says-care-nfl-dies-20-years-work-stoppage

gets it

former espn titans guy paul kuharsky just started a homebrew patreon. he will be friends with you for $100/mo

You get a site subscription plus major perks in the form of access to me. You’re invited to four get togethers a year where I will buy the first round and we will build a circle of trust and talk about a lot of stuff that doesn’t wind up in print. These events may feature special guests. You’ll get me and my bad golf game in your foursome once a year, or if you don’t golf we’ll find a comparable way to get together. You’ll get a spot in a Pick ‘Em pool where we will all pick every game all season long against the spread and see if we can fare better than a coin flip. (I’ve lost to the coin before.) You’ll get my cell phone number and be part of some group texts in addition to being able to text me within reason.

what if there is no reason to text?

here are my football bets this year so far:

Cowboys over 9.5 wins
Jets over 4 wins
Stafford to throw over 23.5 TDs
Ben Roethilsburghergh to play less than 14.5 games

Big Ben one seems like free money but I'm reluctant to throw more on it

roffles one does seem like easy money but the others all make me a lil uncomfortable. certainly i don't want to be the guy betting on the jets to win games. but good luck!

Cowboys I got locked in right after the Zeke suspension dropped the line by a full game. They've got a tough schedule but I think they're actually going to be quite good, plus Zeke's probably only getting at the most 4, likely only 2 or 3

Jets - yeah I don't wanna be that guy either, but the line was good (+160) and I still split on 4-12. It's kind of difficult to project with any accuracy that a team is going to lose 13 games. Granted Jets do seem to be on that trajectory, but if I squint hard enough I can almost see them being better than last year ??? IDK

Stafford one is entirely up to him staying healthy. He doesn't throw as many TDs as I thought he did but I think the Lions will have to rely heavily on his arm as always, they're probably gonna be behind a lot which usually inflates those numbers

for sure i can see any of those coming in. nfc east seems like it might be strong this year so 10 wins might've be hard for dallas to find with a full zeke season. cue the nfc east being hot garbage now i have said that tho. stafford line is so well set, career wise 24 looks like an average season for him, but i think where he is at now 24 is actually a good season. but that's a good point about them maybe having to throw from behind more.

Jamaal Charles looks like Jamaal Charles
Charean Williams,ProFootball Talk on NBC Sports 12 hours ago

Jamaal Charles looked like Jamaal Charles in limited work Saturday night in his preseason debut.

a man runs the ball

Time was a man run the ball down the street

Workshop an ilnfl post: I want to write a post about how I feel bad for vontaze burfict that he got suspended 5 games for a hit that might not even have been illegal, and I can't decide whether to end it with '...not!' or 'sike!'