2022-23 NFL Thread

[Logan D. Hurricanes]

Seattle continues picking at the bones of Denver's carcass. 

 

Jags lose an OT to the Chiefs because... well, he wanted to play for a Superbowl team and they are going to pay him. Jags can't counter that. 

[unclevlad]

Chiefs were losing talent on the o-line, so...yeah, they'll pay for it.  Jones leaving Denver...probably salary.  Broncos are massively overpaying Wilson.  He was on his rookie contract;  Seahawks are offering a pretty premium deal.  Wouldn't surprise me it's a good 40-50% more than Denver offered.

 

Another day, STILL no resolution with the ongoing Flake Fiasco.

 

https://www.nfl.com/videos/robinson-trading-for-aaron-rodgers-would-set-jets-back-five-to-six-years-as-fran

 

Worth a watch.  The comments are much more big-picture than most.  And where's this coming from?

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35858787/aaron-rodgers-gives-jets-wish-list-free-agents-sources-say

 

I gotta agree.  Kowtowing to the Flake would set them back 5 years *easily* by massively disrupting the corps they're developing.  And given that no one other than Trey Wingo was calling this a done deal?  I'm thinking this one's a couple cups of water in a cast iron pan under the noontime, midsummer desert sun.  Jets may be drinking the Kool-Aid, tho, as they've signed Lazard already.

 

 

(Awesome metaphor but way too long, dude.....oops.)

[unclevlad]

No surprise.  Colts plan to release Matt Ryan.  From ESPN:

 

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Indianapolis is planning to release the veteran quarterback and 2016 NFL Most Valuable Player, a team source confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday, which will bring an end to a disappointing single season as the Colts' starter.

 

 

The move comes just days before Ryan was due a $10 million roster bonus on Friday and will clear more than $17 million in salary cap space.

 

BTW, he's STILL costing $18M in dead cap space.  No-brainer move after last season.  Not clear to me if anyone will sign Ryan, even if he'd be willing to be a backup...for relatively cheap.  But "cheap enough for the team" and "enough to justify playing another year at Ryan's age" may be a relatively small target.  He may just choose to take his $300M and go home...or possibly to the broadcast booth or TV studio.  

[Starlord]

Bengals had me worried first couple days of FA, but now I'm happy

[unclevlad]

49 minutes ago, Starlord said:

Bengals had me worried first couple days of FA, but now I'm happy

 

You realize this is the falsest sense of security possible, right?

[Starlord]

9 minutes ago, unclevlad said:

 

You realize this is the falsest sense of security possible, right?

 

Bengals fans have no sense of security....

[unclevlad]

Ah, so you realize this happiness is an illusion.  Then there's still hope for you.

[unclevlad]

Watching the final game of the WBC.  Fox just ran a promo..."4 more weeks, then real football is back.  USFL."

 

LOL  

 

They don't think much of the XFL, I take it.  Granted, I've yet to see 5 total plays, I think...and those by accident...  

[Logan D. Hurricanes]

Lions WR Marvin Jones Jr. got signed by the Jags in 2021. 

Jags WR DJ Chark plays only 4 games 2021.

Jags let Chark go, he signs with Lions in 2022. 

2023: Lions let Chark go. Jags let Jones go. 

Jones signs with Lions. Again. 

"He will be counted on to help replace DJ Chark, who left the Lions in free agency to sign a one-year contract with the Carolina Panthers." 

 

I still think Chark was a real loss for the Jags. Hate to see Jones go, too, but I think he wasn't getting used right, so I don't blame him for wanting to leave. I just think it's funny that Jones is (essentially) replacing Chark twice now. 

[Pariah]

Dan Snyder got someone to pay him $6B for the Commies. 

[unclevlad]

The valuation was, IIRC, somewhat HIGHER than that.  MLB, NBA, and NFL (especially) franchises are simply an excuse to print money.  One would think that the media rights deals would have some limits, but as long as they keep exploding in value, so will the franchises.

 

A factor here for me is who's buying.  The Waltons bought the Broncos.  Here, the ownership group includes Josh Harris, who also is in groups that own the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils.  (And a minority stake in the Steelers, but he'll obviously have to sell that.)  This isn't as bad as, say, Stan Kroenke, who owns the Rams, Nuggets, and Avalanche...and teams in MLS and secondary sports.  Both also own teams in the English Premier League.  Tidbit you might not have realized...I didn't:  the Waltons buying the Broncos wasn't out of the blue.  Kroenke is married to Ann Walton.

[Pariah]

Kansas City-based milk company releases 'Eagle Tears' flavor

 

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"Have you ever tasted eagle tears before? Neither had we. But we gotta say, we weren't expecting their flavor profile to so closely resemble cheesecake," reads the bottle. "Cheesesteak, maybe. But not cheesecake. Bottling them was no easy feat. We had to conquer the West, defend our home turf (twice!) and travel all the way to the desert and back.

 

"Make no mistake, Kansas City. The contents of this bottle are very precious cargo. Savor it."

 

 

[wcw43921]

Just wait until the season starts, Kansas City.  As the old saying goes, "Payback Is The Best Revenge."

[Cancer]

Yeah, my thought was the simpler, "Hubris."

[unclevlad]

Hey, the Chiefs have nothing to do with this, and the Eagles don't need any more motivation.  That said:  Super Bowl losers have a really mixed bag, and the Eagles lost both coordinators.  It's fan taunting, not team trash talk.

 

Besides, it's the Eagles.  Their own fans have done worse *to them*....regularly!

[Cancer]

With the draft approaching, inevitable thread on the Squawks blog about worst picks in franchise history.  Rather far down in the chatter is the following (it's about a different team, though):

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Worst pick ever by a professional football team has to go to the Montreal Alouettes in 1996:

The Montreal Alouettes selected defensive end James Eggink of Northern Illinois in the fifth round of the league’s Canadian college draft on Thursday, only to learn a few hours later that the player had died of cancer last December.

 

Paired with a reply that counts as all-time snark:

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Did he make the team?

 

[Pariah]

Wow. $51M/year is a lot of cheddar. 

 

Now, how do they pay for everyone else?

[unclevlad]

Salary cap jumped $20M over 2022.  Plus, we're seeing WWI in action...Watson-Wilson Inflation.  

 

That said, a crazy deal like this will impact the Eagles' flexibility.

[Cancer]

In the irrelevant for current football bin, Doug Baldwin will be a speaker at my institution's Commencement exercises this June.

[Cancer]

In what is inevitably an exercise all fans of also-ran teams go through about the NFL Draft: Nightmare scenarios for Seqhawks draft

[Old Man]

You’re worried about your team screwing up drafts? You realize you’re talking to a Raiders fan right?

[Cancer]

Yeah, our concern is "whether"; yours is "how".

[unclevlad]

EVERY fanbase thinks their team messes up more often than not.  Unless you're a Jets fan, in which case, it's "every time" and "how many this time."

[Pariah]

Lists like.these are always a lot of fun.

 

Every NFL Franchise's All-Time Starting Roster

[unclevlad]

27 minutes ago, Pariah said:

Lists like.these are always a lot of fun.

 

Every NFL Franchise's All-Time Starting Roster

 

Yeah, you can argue those til you're blue in the face, like Rodgers being the QB over Favre and Starr?  Antonio Brown over John Stallworth?  Tom Brady as the Bucs best QB?  That might be a major slam on the rest of the QBs that've played there...it better be, cuz it's saying no one else did much of anything.  (I give Brady some credit for the SB win but not THAT!!! much.)  Major recency bias, IMO, but that's perhaps to be expected.  A curious point:  it looked like every roster was set up on modern lines...3 WR, 1 TE, 1 RB.  Except for the Bears.  But then, it would truly be sacrilege to not choose both of their backs.