NFL 2018 Offseason Thread

Saw this posted on Twitter today.

When Cris Carter tried to block Reggie White:

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The GIFs cut off the end, but in a YouTube video, you can see they blow the play dead before White can drag down Warren Moon.

Bonus points for the Wilhelm Scream.

fangblackbone wrote:

side note: I like Collinsworth :)

Enix wrote:

P.S. I like Collinsworth, too. I also don't mind the Eagles.

I just can't let this stand.

GameGuru is correct. Collinsworth is awful. I've mostly given up SNF because I can't take him anymore.

In non-NFL news, the Alliance of American Football appears to be going after former NFL coaches such as Steve Spurrier, Mike "We are not a charity" Singletary, and...

Other possibilities mentioned include Rick Neuheisel, Jeff Fisher, Mike Martz, Rob Ryan, Pepper Johnson and Jim Fassel, as they hope to lend some legitimacy to the process.

Emphasis along with laughing hysterically is mine.

Beautiful. I can see it now; "Even though we're only playing 12 games a season, Jeff Fisher somehow still managed to go 7-9."

Defunct old thinking NFL coaches seems like an awful move.

They should go with some people who don't punt and whacky stuff like that.

Maybe legit coaches will help attract talent dunno about eyeballs.

'I really want to see what Jeff Fisher has planned for this game' thought no one.

Jimmy is gonna be under a lot of pressure.

It will be interesting to see how they line him up. Does he slide out to end and take Ethan Westbrooks spot? Or play nose where Michael Brockers has been doing a good job? Maybe the former on 1st and 2nd down and the latter on 3rd downs?

Saints have cheerleader conduct policy apparently written by Vice President Mike Pence. To no doubt be featured in a Hulu series this fall starring Elizabeth Moss.

Apparently Suh will play nose tackle, displacing Michael Brockers, who might slide outside himself and displace Ethan Westbrooks.

Ratboy wrote:

To no doubt be featured in a Hulu series this fall starring Stormy Daniels.

FIXED!

Colts apparently received trade offers for Jacoby Brissett, and immediately shot them down.

Don't blame them. Even if Luck were healthy, he's got a history of not staying that way. They need a decent backup in Indy, and Brissett's got 2 years left on his rookie deal.

(Those teams might look to Cleveland instead, as the Browns are apparently actively shopping Cody Kessler.)

And keeping with the AFC South QB2 theme, the Titans signed Blaine Gabbert*, and the Texans signed Brandon Weeden. They're better than Jacksonville's current QB2 though, who is... nobody. Probably will be someone that arrives on draft weekend.

Spoiler:

*: oh look, Blaine Gabbert continues to have an NFL career while Josh Freeman tries to catch on in the CFL. Gabbert > Freeman.

*Legion* wrote:

Colts apparently received trade offers for Jacoby Brissett, and immediately shot them down.

Don't blame them. Even if Luck were healthy, he's got a history of not staying that way. They need a decent backup in Indy, and Brissett's got 2 years left on his rookie deal.

(Those teams might look to Cleveland instead, as the Browns are apparently actively shopping Cody Kessler.)

And keeping with the AFC South QB2 theme, the Titans signed Blaine Gabbert*, and the Texans signed Brandon Weeden. They're better than Jacksonville's current QB2 though, who is... nobody. Probably will be someone that arrives on draft weekend.

Spoiler:

*: oh look, Blaine Gabbert continues to have an NFL career while Josh Freeman tries to catch on in the CFL. Gabbert > Freeman.

I would argue Jacksonville's current backup QB is arguably better than Brandon Weeden.

MilkmanDanimal wrote:

I would argue Jacksonville's current backup QB is arguably better than Brandon Weeden.

Neither has thrown a pass in the last 2 years, so you could well be right.

I sense *Legion* is about to make a Jags post...

MilkmanDanimal wrote:

I would argue Jacksonville's current backup QB is arguably better than Brandon Weeden.

Well about that... Jags trade a conditional 7th for Cody Kessler.

Makes sense for the Jags for a cheap QB2, a dink-and-dunk guy with a low turnover rate, pretty much zero upside though. But hey, has Bortles beat on career completion percentage and passer rating.

Probably still adding a QB in the draft, depending on who falls where.

I thought he was, but then Certis crashed the site so we could avoid it.

edit: Dammit!

Jayhawker wrote:

I thought he was, but then Certis crashed the site so we could avoid it.

edit: Dammit!

Speaking of Jaguar QBs, the Chiefs thought Chad Henne did such a great job mentoring Blaine Gabbert and Blake Bortles that they gave him $5m guaranteed to do the same job for Mahomes.

Giants open to offers for Beckham.

There are great reasons to offload Beckham if the opportunity arises. And I couldn't summarise them better than one of the below-the-line posters, Shelbs, who says:

OBJ is a loose cannon waiting for a place to explode and the Giants know it. No team in its right mind would give 2 first round draft picks for him.

The man is an incredibly talented athlete, there is no doubt about that. But his bad attitude has continually caused problems on and off the field for years. This latest incident isn't the first questionable decision he has made. Time and time again, he has shown an exaggerated senses of entitlement and a short temper that he is unwilling to control.

The proof is in the repeated sportsman like conduct calls an unnecessary roughness calls he has racked up over the years. At 23, he is too young to have such a long list.

In addition, I would raise the possibility that he may not return from last season's ankle injury as the same, explosive player.

But I'm starting to feel that Gettleman is leading the franchise in the wrong direction. First, he commits to Manning as QB for 2018. That is, the Manning who's performances have been deteriorating steadily for years.

I've already said, up-thread, that rebuilding the Giants is the work of several years... not a couple. But I cannot see how being prepared to lose one's best player, while committing to one who is visibly in decline (and who is worse than average without that best player according to the numbers) is a good start to that work.

The Draw Play takes on JPP's move to Tampa.

The Draw Play is a national treasure.

detroit20 wrote:

Giants open to offers for Beckham.

There are great reasons to offload Beckham if the opportunity arises. And I couldn't summarise them better than one of the below-the-line posters, Shelbs, who says:

[i]OBJ is a loose cannon waiting for a place to explode and the Giants know it. No team in its right mind would give 2 first round draft picks for him.

His on-field headaches were bad enough, but the blunt/cocaine chick video paired with his suggested contract demands make probably any big trade a non-starter.

The man is an incredibly talented athlete, there is no doubt about that. But his bad attitude has continually caused problems on and off the field for years. This latest incident isn't the first questionable decision he has made. Time and time again, he has shown an exaggerated senses of entitlement and a short temper that he is unwilling to control.

OBJ needs a coach who will kick his ass. It's no coincidence that this behavior got worse when his head coach went from being Tom Coughlin to Ben McAdoo.

But I'm starting to feel that Gettleman is leading the franchise in the wrong direction. First, he commits to Manning as QB for 2018. That is, the Manning who's performances have been deteriorating steadily for years.

Don't read anything into that "commitment". Every team is "committed" to their incumbent starting QB right up to the moment where they replace him. There's a very high chance that the Giants use pick #2 on a quarterback. Even if they don't, they will be looking for that replacement sooner than later. With their cap situation, though, they weren't in a position to be players in the QB free agent market.

Hasn't politics taught us that the more they say they're committed to someone keeping the job is on the eve of them getting sacked?

PFT story about how only two players from the 2014 draft class have signed new deals with their drafting team.

Why do I find this amusing?

For the 2014 first-round class, only two players — Jaguars quarterback Blake Borltes and Buccaneers receiver Mike Evans — have had their fifth-year options replaced with long-term contracts.

BORLTES.

CHORTLES.

Edit:

I'm not sure if Blackmon not being on the field was worse for the Jaguars than Gabbert being on the field.

At least Tampa's wasn't Dilfer GO FRESNOOOO

What the sh*t, people? FO released QBASE for the upcoming draft and yall didn't say anything. Sheesh.

QBASE thinks Baker Mayfield is great and Josh Allen is not.

It's half right.

Wanna feel like sh*t, but also be annoyed at a list picking the wrong things?

Here's the "most heartbreaking" loss for each NFL team:

Obviously, there's a ton of recency bias happening here.

Jacksonville losing to New England this past year is nothing compared to the 1999 AFCCG. Jacksonville was a clear underdog this year. In 1999, they were the winningest team in the entire NFL, even ahead of the Greatest Show on Turf. That game wasn't lose-in-the-last-moment heartbreaking, but it was an entire 2nd half of heartbreak.

San Francisco's is the Kyle Williams game, which isn't a bad choice, but is it worse than losing the Super Bowl when the team was goal-to-go from the game winning TD? Or the Richard Sherman pass break-up-into-an-INT against Crabtree in that NFCCG? Losing the Harbowl when 5 yards out with 3 downs to get it is the worst IMO.