NFL 2019: Draft

*looks at the kinds of things that got Kareem Hunt, Tyreek Hill, and Frank Clark suspended*

Hmmm . . . just not sure Patrick Peterson really is a "Chiefs" kind of guy based on his suspension.

MilkmanDanimal wrote:

*looks at the kinds of things that got Kareem Hunt, Tyreek Hill, and Frank Clark suspended*

Hmmm . . . just not sure Patrick Peterson really is a "Chiefs" kind of guy based on his suspension.

Jameis would be.

*Legion* wrote:
MilkmanDanimal wrote:

*looks at the kinds of things that got Kareem Hunt, Tyreek Hill, and Frank Clark suspended*

Hmmm . . . just not sure Patrick Peterson really is a "Chiefs" kind of guy based on his suspension.

Jameis would be.

No, no; Jameis sexually assaults women, and Hunt, Hill, and Clark beat up women. It's a completely different thing, and utterly sh*tty in its own, special way.

CHAD KELLY SIGNED BY COLTS

garion333 wrote:

CHAD KELLY SIGNED BY COLTS

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It's happening!

Making the Colts roster is going to be tough with Jacoby Brissett at QB2. QB3 though is a two-time practice squad chump that $wag can easily take.

Kelly should still have practice squad eligibility, though, so if he can win QB3 but they only roster two QBs, Kelly would likely land on the PS (assuming the Colts can risk putting him on waivers after the absolute clinic he's going to put on in preseason action).

I've never wanted to see Andrew Luck get hurt, but I do now. Dynasty stash here I come!

garion333 wrote:

I've never wanted to see Andrew Luck get hurt, but I do now. Dynasty stash here I come!

I'm just sayin', maybe there are some words you shouldn't use in reference to Chad Kelly.

The Bucs and Gerald McCoy have "mutually parted ways", which is a nice way of saying they didn't want to pay him. McCoy's been the team leader since they day he was drafted (pointless trivia; I joined Twitter the day of that draft and my first tweet was about McCoy being selected), and he's the kind of person who rented out the entire theater when the first Avengers movie was released, and he brought busloads of kids to the theater so they could watch it. Also, he's a giant nerd, and has comics stuff all over his house.

The good news is, while an all-around great guy like Gerald McCoy is no longer on the team, the QB is still a serial rapist.

Ndamukong Suh is on the Bucs' possible replacements. He's an upright guy, right?

The Gerald McCoy situation highlights why you don't give guys a 7 year contract. McCoy has entered his 30s and he's not quite the same player as before, but we're talking he's like a top 25 interior lineman as opposed to a top 5 one. His deal pays him like a top 5 guy, and it has 3 years left on it.

If he was on a 5 year deal, entering the final year of it, you might be able to come to terms with an extension that turns some 2019 salary into signing bonus, and adds a couple of years at salary figures more appropriate for where he's at. But extension isn't a card you can play when the guy has 3 years still.

I thought I had posted this, but I don't see it: The Ringer posted a story about Jets GM Mike Maccagnan's firing, and the piece is mostly just sweet, sweet Christian Hackenberg bashing.

I particularly love the part near the end where they look at Hackenberg's NFL.com draft scouting report:

"Debilitating accuracy issues with atrocious 51.5 percent adjusted completion total (throws beyond line of scrimmage). Turns receivers into goalies. Even simple throws can be coin-flippers in accuracy department."

It's too bad it took me so long to watch Moneyball, because I should have been using the "if he's a good hitter, why doesn't he hit good?" quote to death on draft picks like these.

Nick Bosa tweaked his hamstring. No idea the severity yet.

Trump strikes again!

MilkmanDanimal wrote:

*looks at the kinds of things that got Kareem Hunt, Tyreek Hill, and Frank Clark suspended*

Hmmm . . . just not sure Patrick Peterson really is a "Chiefs" kind of guy based on his suspension.

This is why I wanted to unload Mixon in dynasty.

Nick Bosa has a Grade 1 hamstring strain, which is the most mild grade of strain, ie. no tearing. He'll be held out of OTA practices but is expected to resume full participation at the start of camp.

Bullet dodged, as far as hamstring tweaks go.

In less benign 49ers injury news, stop me if you've heard this one before: Jimmie Ward broke a bone.

At least, that's the current fear about his collarbone, after he landed on his shoulder in practice.

The Niners resisted signing an outside free agent to compete at free safety, opting instead to retain Ward to compete with Adrian Colbert. But if the X-Rays confirm the diagnosis, it's time for the Niners to get Tre Boston on the phone.

*Legion* wrote:

Nick Bosa has a Grade 1 hamstring strain, which is the most mild grade of strain, ie. no tearing. He'll be held out of OTA practices but is expected to resume full participation at the start of camp.

Bullet dodged, as far as hamstring tweaks go.

Yeah we all were hoping for far worse. I’m going to keep lighting candles at church though so hopefully something bad happens.

*Legion* wrote:

But if the X-Rays confirm the diagnosis, it's time for the Niners to get Tre Boston on the phone.

Former Carolina Panther Tre Boston? You're gonna regret that.

In related broken-bone news, Carolina WR Mose Frazier broke one of his arms during OTAs, and the Panthers still don't have a clear No. 1 wideout (Curtis Samuel? DJ Moore?)

Enix wrote:

Former Carolina Panther Tre Boston? You're gonna regret that.

His PFF grades the last two years (in LA and Arizona) have been higher than they were in Carolina. He was the 13th highest graded safety in 2017 and the 23rd in 2018, and that's among all safeties, not just free safeties.

That said, there's a reason three teams have declined to sign him to a long-term deal, and it's probably because he doesn't exactly tackle well. He's a liability in the run game.

Still, for a team that suffers an injury at free safety, there's no one else that's going to remotely be as good as a single-high coverage safety that you can just pick up as a street free agent in late May. Except perhaps Eric Berry, but that's assuming he's healthy and can still run.

Football free agency is a weird thing as an outsider.

Vector wrote:

Football free agency is a weird thing as an outsider.

Compared to free agency in other sports?

*Legion* wrote:
Vector wrote:

Football free agency is a weird thing as an outsider.

Compared to free agency in other sports?

Yeah. NHL is simple and held after the draft. NBA has a dumb grace period but is also after the draft. MLB’s is only stupid due to draft pick compensation and the owners have decided that actively paying good players is a bad thing.

Biggest differences is obviously there’s varying degrees of guarantees contracts (NHL is all guaranteed for example). NFL having he draft after free agency is odd. The way good players get cut in the middle of free agency also seems so strange when compared to the other NA sports.

I love NFL FA. Because contracts are so unfair to players you get more dynamic movement.

Baseball is the odd one though between Rule 5, winter meetings, arbitration and all that crap. So many stupid rules.

*Legion* wrote:
Enix wrote:

Former Carolina Panther Tre Boston? You're gonna regret that.

His PFF grades the last two years (in LA and Arizona) have been higher than they were in Carolina. He was the 13th highest graded safety in 2017 and the 23rd in 2018, and that's among all safeties, not just free safeties.

Huh. I had no idea. And you're right -- he's a terrible tackler. Glad to see his coverage skills have improved.

If that's the case, Carolina might try to get him back. God knows they need a decent FS, and the Panthers have a weird thing for their former players, especially on D.

Nobody seems to want him, which surprises a lot of people. I'm wondering if there's more to the issue than just his on-field play.

I know he wanted a long-term deal after playing the last two seasons on 1-year prove-it deals. But nobody wants to commit to him long term, and I wonder if he's still holding out for such a deal.

Why is Adam Gase a head coach who was also given the power to hire his GM?

Like, I can understand why someone might give him a head coaching gig, even though I wouldn't choose him, but there's absolutely nothing about his tenure with the Dolphins that screams "give this guy interim GM powers and then power over the next GM".

The easy answer is "it's the Jets, duh" but why in the hell did they choose Gase for this?

I'm with you on the choose-your-GM part, but I think you're underselling Gase as a head coach.

The Dolphins have had a bad roster for years now. That Gase got 2018's team to a 7-9 record, a roster that everyone now looks at and thinks is tanking for a #1 pick, is pretty impressive. He had to start Brock Osweiler for 5 games and they went 2-3 in those games.

Gase gets crap from fantasy fans for not playing Kenyan Drake enough, but Drake can't pass block to save his life, and the Dolphins offensive line was held together by tape.

They have almost no defensive talent. Their run defense ranked in the 30s two out of Gase's 3 years. Teams just walked all over them.

I think the Dolphins are always mediocre, so when people see a Dolphins coach with mediocre records, it all looks the same. But Joe Philben posted his .500-ish records with some Dolphins defenses that were top 10 in terms of points allowed for 2 of his 4 seasons. Gase did it with defenses that were 18th, 29th, and 27th in points allowed, and I don't think you can look at those defensive rosters and say that it was poor coaching that was the problem.

Yeah all these starting QBs waited until Blake Bortles wasn't a starter anymore before instigating a beer chugging competition between them. They knew they were outmatched until then.

Jags signed Terrelle Pryor, who of course is going to get his career back on track and flourish.

Yup, that's what's gonna happen.