And so the Texans fire their GM Brian Gaine after all of one full season on the job.
This 'organization' is so perpetually difficult to root for.
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And so the Texans fire their GM Brian Gaine after all of one full season on the job.
This 'organization' is so perpetually difficult to root for.
I know nothing of the guy but I'd say that with Deshaun and Hopkins, and a few more good years of JJ Watt hopefully, they should be in win now mode. If they thought Gaine didn't get the job done in terms of depth building and in-season moves, or he wasn't on the same page with BOB, then maybe it's better to cut ties now.
All I know is keep your paws off Nick Caserio. I doubt the Pats would let him leave. Not that they would contractually hold him I just think tt they would match whatever price he gets offered. He's integral and Belichick praises him all the time. 18 years he's been with the team now.
Rumor is that Gaine has shown too much passivity in his short time for the likes of the new Mr. McNair. Fair argument, but it was still so very sudden. And it ultimately means that O'Brien is under just as much pressure to produce now or he's in McNair's ear trying to gain as much control as he can. Hopefully the former, of course.
Caserio is absolutely their number 1 target.
Raiders on Hardknocks then.
good choice, I'll watch.
Who's taking bets for how many times Antonio Brown screams GET THAT F*CKING CAMERA OUT OF MY FACE!
I'll put the over/under at five.Quote:
Originally Posted by Randolph
The Patriots filed tampering charges Wednesday against the Houston Texans for the attempted general manager hire of Nick Caserio, league sources told ESPN. The NFL now is expected to gather relevant informant to open its investigation against Houston.Quote:
Originally Posted by Percussion
Texans: “So, is that a no on the interview?”
:)
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...rican-football
A play-by-play of the utter disaster known as the AAF. I find it interesting how poorly planned and managed it was from the start. At no point in this article did it ever seem like something that had a possibility of success. Perhaps this is where things went wrong:
One day, Charlie ran the rough idea past his dad. You need to talk to two people, Dick replied: John Madden and Bill Polian.
:lol:
Reports here, from all over really, are that we want him and he wants to be here, so just a matter of either fighting the tampering charges or forking over a midround pick to just seal the deal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fro
Not the most graceful way of going about this, but given how uncoordinated this FO is most of the time ... fuck, I'll take it.
Sorry but he’s ours :D
In fact for trying to pry him away I sentence you to have no GM at all. :p
No contest.
Apparently the plan now is to go all in on Caserio after this season once his contract is up with NE. To which I imagine a scenario something like -
his contract runs out, he's brought in to discuss the position, the Texans divulge everything about the organization, he tells them to fuck themselves and reports back everything he learns to Belichick while he and the pats celebrate his new contract with them over cognac and many laughs at the ineptitude of this team.
Gutted when I’m in New York 22nd September there’s not any games on at Met Life. No home games for Giants or the scum and my Dolphins play twice away there and it’s later on in the season.
so what are you gonna do
Watch Miami Dolphins in one of the Phins fan pubs.
are you gonna wear a jersey
My Liverpool jersey wearing a Miami Dolphins hat with my Knicks shorts on watching in the famous Carragher’s New York.
How regular is it that NFL teams sign CFL players?
I wouldn't say it is regular, but it is not unusual.
Is it week 1 of preseason yet ffs
almost there! I always say I can't wait for football but then I know summer is over which I don't like lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris Scott
Is it the conference championship round yet ffs
Just week 1 regular season is needed. I have bets i'll need to get in.
Yeah true, we’ve had some boss weather in UK too.Quote:
Originally Posted by PurePlayer
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Originally Posted by Fro
Is it Patriots losing in Miami week yet?
Pats can lose in Miami all they want if they keep winning Super Bowls
Melvin Gordon holdout watch 2019. Will the Chargers cave and pay him, will another team trade and sign him, or will he sit out the year? Fantasy football drafters await.
Perhaps he will learn from Bell's experience sitting out a season, that running backs are extremely replaceable
I like the idea of the league shortening the length of rookie contracts for rb's.
yea, idk. he should learn from bell that his value is probably not what he wants it to be, so if the chargers offer him an extension that's reasonable maybe he should take it. but I'm not sure what the chargers have offered. if it's nothing reasonable, sitting out may be the correct move.Quote:
Originally Posted by 3puppies
it would seem odd to shorten it for only a certain position.Quote:
Originally Posted by Percussion
my main feeling here is that whatever action he and his agent agree to take is perfectly reasonable. people saying he or Le'Veon shouldn't sit out, or should accept a certain deal for which we don't even know the fine print, is pretty asinine. I've never had a job where my role is to literally to have other giant athletes damage and destroy my body, causing long term and permanent destruction, and it's hard to put myself in their shoes. sitting out a year to lower your financial risk certainly seems viable. if he gets seriously hurt and never gets that second contract, that's a nightmare.
It honestly would, but that certain position is already unique in how it's so often chewed up and spit out just as a usual rookie deal is up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fro
Idk, just a suggestion I'd heard by one talking head or another (Jalen Rose?) that I was intrigued by.
buffalo bills to win it all
4 Players Have Received A 99 Overall Rating In Madden NFL 20
Stoked for DHop.Quote:
Three defensive players earned a 99 overall rating: Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald, Chicago Bears pass rusher Khalil Mack, and Seattle Seahawks inside linebacker Bobby Wagner.
The fourth player – and only offensive player – to make the list was Houston Texas wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins. Coming off career-highs in receptions, yards, and catch rate, Hopkins earned All-Pro honors for the second year in a row.
All or Nothing & Last Chance U all watched this weekend.
Got to say Cam Newton & Greg Olsen are sound blokes.
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And Ron too.
Was actually funny that I thought.
football is back.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EAWkkuKW...g&name=360x360
it will be a sad day when this guy doesn't show up for training camp. enjoy it while it lasts.
The GOAT!
Sterling Shepard fractured his thumb and Corey Coleman tore his ACL.
If only the Giants had another receiver.
I’m counting down the days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fro
Bad training camp headline for sure, but Shepard should be okay for the regular season and Coleman stinks so it's not too detrimental. They're tanking this year anyway aren't they?Quote:
Originally Posted by kdestiny
Try to get the WR from Bama then I guess?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fro
Which ones that?
Jeudy I think it was?Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris Scott
lol golden tate.
giants are really gonna suck. it would be funny if they draft Tua and trade Jones similar to what the Cardinals did this year
At least they have Barkley?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fro
Dolphins firing their O-Line coach a week into camp. Always a good sign, definitely fully functional and well run team.
Have faith. Better to do it now than later and Dave DeGuglielmo would appear to be the perfect contingency plan.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pablo Diablo
If at any point the Dolphins ever deserved any faith of mine I would. You're right though it's better to do it now if it wasn't working instead of waiting longer into camp.
Read our HC said he wasn’t getting the job done so off he goes. Liking the new HC coach so far.
$100 MM contract for Mike Thomas. In my opinion, he is top 3 in the league alongside Jones and Hopkins.
RIP to Dolphin's legend and Hall of Famer Nick Buoniconti
What football did for him, and to him, is mind-blowing.
Top 15 players in the NFL, voted by the players:
1) Aaron Donald
2) Drew Brees
3) Khalil Mack
4) Mahomes
5) Todd Gurley
6) Tom Brady
7) Antonio Brown
8) Aaron Rodgers
9) Julio Jones
10) Von Miller
11) DeAndre Hopkins
12) JJ Watt
13) Michael Thomas
14) Kamara
15) Bobby Wagner
Ton of talent and nothing more than splitting hairs at best there.
Cool to see Wagner getting love. Also interesting to see how players ignore health concerns (Brees, Gurley) to rate dudes they really appreciate.
Brees has a health concern?
His age as a natural health degradation that was pretty clearly showing in the latter part of the season.
Was just trying to be concise in lumping them together. Call it what you will. Players will always bias players is the point, and it's fairly interesting.
Brees and Gurley both had MVP caliber years last year so I have no issue with them being so high on the list. They deserve the praise. They both fell off at the end of the year and saw a decrease in production, with Gurley it was due to the knee injury and with Brees I don't think we know why so people are fairly or unfairly chalking it up to old age. In any event, their statlines for the whole season remained stellar so yea give them the votes. Really this list is about who was the best last year, and they were right up there.
Mahomes should be ahead of Brees IMO but it's splitting hairs like you said.
good job buffalo
sign this big dude to be the highest paid center and now his brain is mush
great. he better reverse the cte like daniel bryan
Brees' closing stretch was pretty consistently not mvp caliber, and it was due to his inability to drive the ball downfield. The latter is being chalked up to age, admittedly whether that's entirely fair or not. Unspoken injuries perhaps? Either way, health concerns.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fro
Agreed about Mahomes.
My guess with Brees is he will come out strong again and put up MVP-esque numbers due in large part to having Thomas, Kamara and now Jared Cook as weapons. He's 40. Brady and Favre both had MVP seasons at 40 (okay Favre didn't win but he should have). Brees should be fine assuming he puts in the proper strength training work in the offseason (and I assume he does). He's never been injury prone and it's not that demanding of a position in this day and age. But the question will rightfully linger of whether his arm will fade at the end of the season again.
https://twitter.com/richeisen/status...189596162?s=20
this will be dope. belichick is such a good football historian. so happy they got him to do this
Ed Reed with his best Mitch Hedberg impersonation. Good shit.
Tom Brady gets a 2 year extension. Reports are that his teammates are teasing him for not holding out for a five year deal.
Foreman signed by Indy. Could be a very underrated signing if they can figure a way to get him to mature a bit
Work on finding a way to keep him healthy.
leveon or David Johnson in fantasy this year?
If Bell plays the whole season then him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fro
DJ has the ability to really break put this season with Murray's playmaking ability, but it's definitely riskier
If you trust the Jets to be capable as an offense, then Bell. The Cardinals were a dumpster fire last season and Johnson was still a top-10 back in most leagues with a PPR format. I'm not sure I necessarily trust the Jets.
yea I'm leaning DJ. I have the 6th pick in the cash league so I may likely end up with one of them.
Is there a de facto number one? Is it Barkley?
yes it's barkley. him, zeke, mccaffrey and kamara were "the big 4" but zeke may be out of that if he's still holding out.Quote:
Originally Posted by kdestiny
I think a lot of people say it's Barkley but McCaffrey has a viable resume. The argument many will make for a pro-McCaffrey pick is that the Giants are trash and that can limit the ceiling for Barkley, while McCaffrey is the engine, the team is fairly good, and there's other options where teams have to stay somewhat honest.Quote:
Originally Posted by kdestiny
I'd take Barkley over McCaffrey, then Kamara, DJ, then Bell. Zeke's holdout worries me too much and would keep him out of my top 5.
Antonio Brown getting frostbite on his feet from a cryotherapy machine in France ... lol
It’s like when Rickey Henderson got frostbite from falling asleep with an ice pack in his foot in the trainers room in the 90s.
Sam Darnold wouldn't wish Tom Brady a Happy Birthday in a lighthearted video clip, when lots of others had done so, because it would be giving him a competitive advantage.
Anyone read that part of the article about Adam Gase and how he left the delivery room almost immediately after his wife gave birth? And I’m sure people are going to laud his dedication to the game.
wife probably made him leave after he started that creepy look
Duke Johnson traded to the Texans for a 4th round pick that can conditionally become a 3rd. A 3rd would be a fairly high price to pay but regardless, it's a nice add for the Texans to compliment Lamar Miller. It's a win-now team with Deshaun still on his rookie deal so I like the move.
If they go all out to acquire Trent Williams then I'll believe they're in win now mode.
When I saw that, my initial thought was to raise an eyebrow, because he left before she got sewn back up - her guts were still outside her, and he didn't even take the time to cut the umbilical cord. But when I stop to think about it, it's really between him and his wife. If she was good with it, then why should I or anyone else care?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pablo Diablo
The 4th becomes a 3rd rounder if Duke is active for 10 games so that's likely to happen. An overpay by acting GM Bill O'Brien I'd say, but they got a playmaker. Dukie is a 1,000 yard guy when given the opportunity.Quote:
Originally Posted by Percussion
Nice move by the Browns to add a solid chip for next year's draft while shedding a player they don't need anymore.
Ya, he isn't coming cheap. Especially with everyone in the league aware of his wanting out and their crowded backfield.
But he's also locked up affordably for three more years so that helps offset the cost.
But we also still have Matt Kalil and Seantrel Henderson as our starting tackles, so..
If Houston is a win-now team, they're SOL because their O-line leaves way more to be desired for a win-now team.
Absolutely. It's like we own a ferrari but we park out in the street with the doors unlocked and the keys in the ignition.
They probably should've traded for Trent Williams instead. Not sure what Washington would be asking but if it was a 2nd and his cap number, I think it's worth it.
No reason they can't do both.
That would truly be win now.
Sources: AB says no football without old helmet
Fucking hell must Pittsburgh be absolutely delighted right now..
Just catching up on this Damon Sheehy-Guiseppi story, and even if/when it ends soon, it's been pretty great so far..
Soooo what's going on with Andrew Luck? Every few days his injury seems to be something different, but there seems to be no timetable for his return. It feels an awful lot like 2017. I'm probably staying away from the Colts for fantasy.
I think he’ll be okay. In 2017 it was his shoulder, now it’s seemingly his ankle so it’s not the same issue. Although the Colts sure make it damn tough to know what the hell is going on with his injuries. But I see him missing week 1 or 2 and then being okay.
I wish it were possible for hard knocks to be a season long show.
Jerry Jones with a rather unusual take on his experience in dealing with contract negotiations..
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“Picture if you were the driver of a car, and you had a wreck and your hand was almost severed off. but you didn’t understand your anatomy. You look down. You’re spurting blood. You open the door and run to the woods and either die of bleeding to death or shock. The educated man looks down, knows his anatomy, squeezes and knows his best chance is to wait for help. That’s because he’s been there a lot and done that. And so I’m squeezing and waiting for help.”
Um, what
That seems tame, when he's openly talked about wanting gloryhole and masturbating in his own shoes.
He’s made of glass, such a shame.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Boombastic
Pats rookie Chase Winovich waxing poetic on ig -His qb's respone -Quote:
Lowliness is young ambition's ladder,
Whereto the climber-upward turns his face;
But when he once attains the upmost round
He then unto the ladder turns his back,
Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees
By which he did ascend.
Julius Caesar, Act ii. Sc. 1 Shakespeare
:lol:Quote:
Study your playbook
Josh Gordon reinstated. Huge weapon for the Pats who are weak at WR. I hope he lasts the whole season but I'm not counting on it.
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