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

Johnny Manziel wants to be called "John Manziel" now. https://t.co/Zo04TGj887 pic.twitter.com/Jl4beFhCyV

— L.A. Times Sports (@latimessports) April 8, 2019

It's not Johnny Football anymore, it's John Foot

no longer a boy, not yet a manz

Just talked to a Redskins source who told me Dan Snyder has "taken over the first round of the draft."

The last time that happened the Redskins traded two future No. 1's and a No. 2 to move up for Robert Griffin.

— Grant Paulsen (@granthpaulsen) April 24, 2019

lol

Patrick Peterson PED suspension 6 games....

Celebrating 20 years of HATCAT football!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/resizer/ABrQnOvreCN7d3RWGiIAs0U_XKg=/1484x0/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/622ECRDTSMI6TEZRGC6FQNXURY.jpg

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/05/22/its-been-years-since-daniel-snyder-bought-redskins-heres-season-by-season-look/?utm_term=.1ef7caed22ac

"Snyder, 54, hasn’t lived up to that promise. Under his leadership, the Redskins have had four times as many head coaches (8) as playoff wins (2). Splashy free agent signings haven’t produced victories — Washington is 139-180 since Snyder bought the team — and one of the more loyal fan bases in professional sports has been gradually driven away."

wow i guess the wapo will now have its press passes revoked/have to refer to the hatcats as a 'dc-area nfl franchise'

More deal details: Carson Wentz’s four-year contract extension includes an NFL-record $107.9 million guaranteed, including $66 million fully guaranteed at signing, per source.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) June 7, 2019

https://deadspin.com/report-kellen-winslow-ii-couldnt-stop-masturbating-in-1835493794

He could count on having an empty seat next to him on any team flight, due to his ritual of watching hardcore pornography on his portable DVD player, according to those sources. On one occasion, an equipment manager tasked with delivering gear to lockers after hours walked in on Winslow masturbating at his locker, two seats away from the entrance, according to two team officials familiar with the incident.

When pornography became widely available on mobile phones, he often watched it on his smartphone during meetings, the two former teammates said (nowadays, such sites would typically be blocked by the building WiFi). Teammates begged out of shared hotel room assignments with Winslow because he watched pornography and masturbated openly, with no regard for who was in the room, a teammate and an official said.

Later on in his career, after being sent to Tampa Bay via trade, Winslow acquired a life-sized silicone mold of a woman’s torso—complete with vagina and anus—to bring with him on road trips, according to one former assistant coach.

i mean what the

probably one of the best pieces of press he's received honestly

not saying Kellen’s “hold my beer” effort after watching Aaron Hernandez ascend to the throne of history’s creepiest tight end will ultimately crown him but he has given it an impressive try.

ffs is it week 1 yet

rip jared lorenzen

can anyone unpack this drew magary sentence for me?

When the team finally traded Beckham to Cleveland, it served as an ejaculatory triumph for anyone who instinctively hates it when people who are not fans of Jimmy Buffett enjoy a boat ride.

Giants fans who hate fun were glad when the Giants traded Odell Beckham

also he thinks guys from new jersey like to jerk off to the idea of pissing off parrotheads

what does the jimmy buffett part mean then? that there are people who get angry when non-buffett fans enjoy boat rides (and why? bc they think buffett is the patron saint of boats?), where boat rides are the fun time that giants fans hate? but surely the buffett fans love the boat rides they just (if i understand the sentence correctly) just hate non-buffett fans enjoying them??

it's probably a reference to the giants' pre-playoffs 2017 boat trip which became a big tabloid/sports radio thing before they got their asses beat in the first round

https://www.sbnation.com/2017/1/2/14147518/giants-boat-photo-odell-beckham-jr-trey-songz

Also white people love Jimmy Buffett; hate people of color who play football the wrong way

Antonio Brown’s helmet is the stupidest non-story since Tebowmania. GOOD GOD will this season start already?

1. LeBron and the Lakers
2. Dallas Cowboys paying Dak (Is he 'elite'?)
3. Dallas Cowboys vs. Zeke holdout
4. Antonio Brown's helmet & mind

This is pretty much 85% of ESPNs coverage these days.

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