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To the extent that NFL teams possibly were shunning center JC Tretter because they don’t like his aggressive advocacy for players in his role as NFL Players Association president, Tretter will have 18 more months to torment the oligarchs.
Even though Tretter has retired from football, he’ll be able to finish his term as the union president, through March 2024. He won’t be eligible to run again, unless he unretires and is actively seeking NFL employment.
As he said in his retirement announcement, “I’m looking forward to doubling down on my work as NFLPA president and pushing for more progress on behalf of the great players of our game, past, present, and future.”
Although Tretter opted to walk away on his own terms, it’s entirely possible that one of the major factors in his final decision was the lack of acceptable contract offers. He’s made enough money to not play for the veteran minimum or something close to it.
So he exits the field, but he’s still in the game. He’ll have another year and a half to work hard on behalf of all players. He already has, while he was playing. Now that he isn’t, he can do even more to ensure that the men who play the games — the real reason why so many tune in to watch — will be treated like human beings, not like interchangeable and ultimately disposable pieces of a football machine.
At a time when the NFLPA is looking for a new executive director, who knows? Maybe Tretter will become a viable candidate for the job.
2 responses to “JC Tretter will have 18 more months as NFLPA president”
At what point does blackball end and acceptable offers begin? And is unacceptable somewhere in the middle? Or does it overlap?
pj1983a says:
In addition to his experience as NFLPA President, he also has a degree in Industrial Labor Relations from Cornell University. He’s actually got decent credentials for Executive Director. | 2022-08-25T17:33:52Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | JC Tretter will have 18 more months as NFLPA president - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/25/jc-tretter-will-have-18-more-months-as-nflpa-president/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/25/jc-tretter-will-have-18-more-months-as-nflpa-president/ |
Giants running back Saquon Barkley has missed 21 games in the last three seasons, and even when he has played he hasn’t been particularly effective. But he insists that he’s still the player he was in his impressive rookie season.
In fact, Barkley thinks he’s even better than he was as a rookie — and he’s eager to prove that to people who doubt him.
“Do I feel like I’m back? I feel like I’m better,” Barkley told The 2ndWind Podcast, via the New York Daily News. “To be completely honest. I’m older now. I’m 25. I’ve been through some stuff, ups and downs. And now I’m in a situation where – you know me, I always have a mindset of always being counted out – but now it’s actually here. It’s actually real. People are really counting me out. People are trying to write me off. And I don’t really do it for the pleasure of others or making other people satisfied. I do it because I just want to be great. But now I have that extra motivation, the extra motivation to push me to go out there and kinda just be like you know what, shut everyone up.
Barkley made no secret that the people who think he no longer has it make him mad.
The reality, however, is that talk is meaningless: Barkley needs to be healthier and play better than he has, or else all those critics who motivate him so much will be proven right.
1 responses to “Saquon Barkley: I’m back and better, motivated to shut everyone up” | 2022-08-25T17:34:16Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Saquon Barkley: I'm back and better, motivated to shut everyone up - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/25/saquon-barkley-im-back-and-better-motivated-to-shut-everyone-up/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/25/saquon-barkley-im-back-and-better-motivated-to-shut-everyone-up/ |
While Antonio Gibson totaled 1,331 yards from scrimmage and 10 touchdowns last season, it’s looking more like he’s not going to be Washington’s primary running back in 2022.
Third-round pick Brian Robinson started the Commanders’ second preseason game over Gibson, rushing for 31 yards on eight carries. Gibson had just two carries, but had three receptions for 37 yards.
With Gibson’s receiving skill — he caught 42 passes for 294 yards with three touchdowns last year — he may be more of a receiving back and the team’s primary kick returner in 2022.
“You still need to see some more stuff, but you know, I think he is. I do,” Rivera said, via Sam Fortier of the Washington Post. “I think he’s done a nice job.”
Gibson has not played a special teams snap in his first two pro seasons. But Rivera added that Gibson has gotten “more and more comfortable” returning kicks.
“When you watch it on tape, you see him circling the ball, getting under it, making a good catch,” Rivera said. “It’s something he did well in college, and we’re pretty excited having him do it.”
Gibson averaged 28 yards on 23 kick returns at Memphis in 2019, taking one return back for a touchdown. While there are fewer opportunities to return kicks given the league’s recent rule changes, it’s still a place where Gibson could make an impact.
6 responses to “Ron Rivera: We’re excited about having Antonio Gibson return kicks”
Until he fumbles… and he will.
Problem for Gibson is McKissic is a better 3rd down (receiving) RB.
Gibson is probably related to spotting Robinson when he’s tired.
How to say you are no longer the team’s #1 RB without saying you aren’t the team’s #1 RB.
“How would you feel about returning punts and kickoffs?”
His fantasy value and stock has taken a massive hit!
juddgr says:
Thats great, are you going to teach him to hang on to the ball?????
Gibson is probably related to spotting Robinson when he’s tired
Highly doubtful based off Rivera past experience with rbs as well as what hes said much of the offseason in wanting a multi headed backfield. Its much more likely id say that McKissic handles obvious passing downs, Gibson will be their early down back between the 20’s and Robinson being their back in the red zone. | 2022-08-25T19:58:58Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Ron Rivera: We're excited about having Antonio Gibson return kicks - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/25/ron-rivera-were-excited-about-having-antonio-gibson-return-kicks/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/25/ron-rivera-were-excited-about-having-antonio-gibson-return-kicks/ |
The Ravens signed Tyler Huntley as an undrafted free agent out of Utah in 2020, and he made the roster, advanced to No. 2 on the depth chart in 2021, and is now good enough that he could be a starter.
That’s the word from Ravens head coach John Harbaugh, who says he has no doubt that Huntley could start in the NFL.
“I definitely believe that. There’s no question in my mind about that. I’m glad we have him. We’re very, very blessed to have him as one of our players, one of our quarterbacks,” Harbaugh said.
Huntley won’t be the starter in Baltimore as long as Lamar Jackson is available, but it’s worth noting that after this season, Jackson is slated to become an unrestricted free agent, while Huntley will be a restricted free agent. Jackson could head elsewhere after this season, but Huntley will stay put if the Ravens want to keep him. If the Ravens really see Huntley as a starter, that could be a viable option.
Realistically, however, Jackson is far more likely to remain in Baltimore — and Huntley is likely to remain in Baltimore as well, as a backup, for at least another year before he has a chance to go anywhere else and compete for a starting job.
1 responses to “John Harbaugh: No question in my mind Tyler Huntley could be a starting quarterback”
For those who dismiss his losing record last season, take a closer look and see that Jackson had the easiest part of their schedule, and Huntley got the toughest. Packers, Bengals, Rams, 3 out of 5 games against division rivals still in the playoff hunt. Apart from the Bengals blowout (which was still closer than the margin they beat Jackson by earlier in the season), average losses were by less than 2 points. Huntley is legit. | 2022-08-25T20:19:52Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | John Harbaugh: No question in my mind Tyler Huntley could be a starting quarterback - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/25/john-harbaugh-no-question-in-my-mind-tyler-huntley-could-be-a-starting-quarterback/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/25/john-harbaugh-no-question-in-my-mind-tyler-huntley-could-be-a-starting-quarterback/ |
Some of Baltimore’s starters will be on the field for the preseason finale against Washington.
But quarterback Lamar Jackson won’t be one of them.
Ravens head coach John Harbaugh said in his Thursday press conference that Jackson will sit out the last preseason game as part of how the team has organized the rotation.
Jackson has traditionally played at least some in August. But given the trends around the league, it’s not entirely a surprise that Jackson won’t be put in harm’s way against the Commanders.
It’s also worth noting that Jackson and the Ravens are currently negotiating a contract extension, which the quarterback has set a Week One deadline to get done.
Aside from Jackson, Harbaugh said starters will play or sit in this weekend’s contest on an individual basis.
“[T]here are some starters that need to work. Some starters don’t — probably most starters don’t,” Harbaugh said. “But some of those guys are going to play, too. We’re just managing some of those guys. They have little things come up or different things. It’s not one size fits all with issues guys have. Some guys took days, some guys are managing loads. We have all this stuff measured so you just try to manage that through camp.”
The Ravens and Commanders will kick off at 7 p.m. ET in Baltimore on Saturday.
2 responses to “Lamar Jackson won’t play in preseason finale”
I hope Harbaugh knows what he’s doing. This meaningful preseason win streak is on the line.
It’s always best to keep your running backs legs as fresh as possible 🙄 | 2022-08-25T22:17:46Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Lamar Jackson won't play in preseason finale - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/25/lamar-jackson-wont-play-in-preseason-finale/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/25/lamar-jackson-wont-play-in-preseason-finale/ |
49ers quarterback Trey Lance was on the field in the team’s final preseason game on Thursday night, but he wasn’t able to put an exclamation point on his first summer as the team’s starter.
Lance played three series and went 7-of-11 for 49 yards while the 49ers failed to score any points. Lance was sacked once and had two third down completions short of the sticks before admitting that the night didn’t go the way that he or the team had hoped.
“It never feels good to lose,” Lance said, via 49ersWebzone.com. “But we’ll learn from it, turn the page. Not going to make a bigger deal out of it than we need to, for sure. . . . Some ugly stuff out there, for sure. It definitely wasn’t our best night, but, like I said, we’re not going to make too big of a deal out of it. Watch the tape tomorrow, learn from it, get better.”
49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan said he originally planned to play Lance for two series, but gave him more time because of how quickly those possessions played out. He said he hoped for a “cleaner” outing and shared Lance’s belief that no one should make too much of how the game went.
That won’t be an option if the team’s next game action is equally disappointing, but the Niners have a couple of weeks to clean things up before facing the Bears. | 2022-08-26T12:25:47Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Trey Lance: Some ugly stuff out there, but won't make too much of it - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/26/trey-lance-some-ugly-stuff-out-there-but-wont-make-too-much-of-it/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/26/trey-lance-some-ugly-stuff-out-there-but-wont-make-too-much-of-it/ |
The Broncos offense had a rough showing at practice on Wednesday. Coach Nathaniel Hackett was asked on Thursday whether he thought the effort was “sloppy.”
“I would say that’s being nice,” Hackett told reporters. “I lost my voice, again. In the end, we have a standard. They didn’t live up to that [Wednesday] and they owned up to it. They understood it. It wasn’t just one guy. That kind of stuff is unacceptable. You just have to continue to keep your focus. We changed the schedule a little bit, so it was a little bit different. Those are the adversity things that we’re going to face throughout the year. So, I’m excited that they had that opportunity to see those things that might have gone wrong. We watched the tape, now we are moving on.”
Is he concerned about having such a sloppy practice o close to the start of the regular season?
“No, that happens,” Hackett said. “As a coach, you always want great practices all the time, but you can’t always get that. I look back at my entire career. There are always times when you’re upset, and you wish things would have gone better. The key coaching point is that they learned from it. They learned, and we can correct it and move on.”
Where they move on to will be important, because in 17 days they’ll move to Seattle for the first game that counts. And the offense will be heavily scrutinized, given that quarterback Russell Wilson will be facing the team with which he spent a full decade.
2 responses to “Nathaniel Hackett isn’t concerned about sloppy offensive practice so close to season”
But I thought the Broncos were a lock to win the Superbowl since Russell came to town…..hahahahaha
He is going to be a disaster head coach | 2022-08-26T14:48:33Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Nathaniel Hackett isn't concerned about sloppy offensive practice so close to season - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/26/nathaniel-hackett-isnt-concerned-about-sloppy-offensive-practice-so-close-to-season/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/26/nathaniel-hackett-isnt-concerned-about-sloppy-offensive-practice-so-close-to-season/ |
Technically, Bills punter Matt Araiza won the job only recently. As a practical matter, he secured the position when the team devoted the first pick in round six (180th overall) on securing his rights.
Given the recent filing of a civil complaint against Araiza and two others alleging gang rape of a 17-year-old girl, the question becomes whether the Bills knew about the allegation at the time they drafted Araiza.
The Bills haven’t expressly disclosed whether they knew about the claim before putting Araiza’s name on a draft card. Their statement regarding the lawsuit avoids the broader question of when they first learned of the situation, by focusing only on their awareness of the lawsuit. The allegation itself emerged well before the filing of the lawsuit; the criminal investigation definitely began before Araiza was drafted.
They were recently made aware of the civil complaint because it was filed only recently. The assertion that they “conducted a thorough examination of this matter” isn’t tied to a specific time frame. It possibly refers to a period of time before the case was filed. Or, perhaps, before Araiza was drafted.
Tim Graham of TheAthletic.com reports that the Bills were made aware of the allegations last month. Which means that they didn’t know about the situation when drafting him, but that they found out before cutting Matt Haack, the other competitor for the punting job.
Why haven’t the Bills publicly said they didn’t know, in lieu of leaking that information on an off-the-record basis? Maybe the truth is that they knew. Or, at a minimum, that they should have known.
Araiza’s defense lawyer, Kerry Armstrong, initially said in a recent TV interview that “you better believe” that Araiza informed the NFL of the situation before the draft. But then Armstrong backed off, when asked specifically whether the Bills knew before drafting Araiza.
“When we say ‘all the information,’ I don’t know what information the Bills had at the time, when they actually selected him in the draft,” Armstrong said. “I do know that I’ve kept them up to date recently about some of the case, and so I think they have at least a decent understanding of what the allegations are.”
At this point, the remaining questions become simple. One, what did the Bills know before they drafted Araiza? Two, if they’d known then what they know how, would they have drafted him? Three, given what they now know, what will they do?
Although Araiza is entitled to the various Constitutional protections in the criminal process, the Bills can move on, if they want. While it could spark a grievance that would force them to potentially pay his salary, that’s still better than employing someone who is accused of a heinous crime, and who may in fact be guilty.
That’s why the Bills need to fully investigate and, if they think based on their investigation that the allegations are credible and more likely than not accurate, they should cut him.
The league should want them to cut him, if the Bills (or the league) think that the allegations are credible and more likely than not accurate. If this had happened after Araiza had been drafted, he’d likely be headed for paid leave while the criminal process continues — instead of 13 days from making his official debut on NBC in the first regular-season game of the year. Given that it transpired six months before he entered the NFL, the only way to keep him off the field is to remove him from the team.
The Bills shouldn’t do that lightly. But, surely, the league and the Bills have the resources available to make an assessment as to whether they think it’s more likely than not that he did it. If they do, there’s only one thing left to do.
2 responses to “Did the Bills know about the allegations against Matt Araiza when drafting him?”
I don’t see the Bills cutting Haack after a month of knowledge around Araiza and not having the due diligence that he hasn’t done what is alleged.
There was a reason he wasn’t the first punter drafted….. | 2022-08-26T16:23:47Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Did the Bills know about the allegations against Matt Araiza when drafting him? - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/26/did-the-bills-know-about-the-allegations-against-matt-araiza-when-drafting-him/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/26/did-the-bills-know-about-the-allegations-against-matt-araiza-when-drafting-him/ |
Wide receiver Denzel Mims asked the Jets for a trade this week, but head coach Robert Saleh wasn’t slamming the door on the possibility of keeping him on the roster on Friday.
Saleh said at his press conference he had a “really good conversation” with Mims that morning and that it was “business as usual” despite Mims’ request for a move. Saleh said “it’s not over” in response to a question about his level of disappointment for things not working out and said he didn’t think it would be a distraction to keep Mims on the team because the wideout’s issue is with his role rather than his relationships inside the organization.
“It’s ‘I want more.’ Which is understandable. . . .We’ve gotta do what’s best for the organization. He’s one of our better players and we’ve gotta find a way to make this work,” Saleh said.
The Panthers have reportedly shown interest in Mims, who is listed as a backup to Corey Davis, Elijah Moore, and Braxton Berrios on the team’s depth chart. First-round pick Garrett Wilson is also on that rung and he will definitely have a role in the offense this season, so there’s not much space for Mims regardless of what Saleh says about things still working out for him with the Jets.
6 responses to “Robert Saleh on Denzel Mims: It’s not over”
Oh, it’s over. Douglas has busts all over that stinky roster.
It’s over. Hope he enjoys Carolina.
How’s that New England WR room looking nowadays? Methinks Mims could be their #1
“How’s that New England WR room looking nowadays? Methinks Mims could be their #1” Youthinks wrong.
It was over the day they drafted him
I like Saleh, but what a total poop show…Jet’s just be the Jet’s | 2022-08-26T19:02:47Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Robert Saleh on Denzel Mims: It's not over - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/26/robert-saleh-on-denzel-mims-its-not-over/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/26/robert-saleh-on-denzel-mims-its-not-over/ |
Jets wide receiver Denzel Mims wants a trade to a team where he has a better shot of earning playing time and there’s apparently been some interest in dealing for the 2020 second-rounder.
Jets General Manager Joe Douglas was a guest on WFAN on Friday afternoon and said that the team has received “a couple calls” about dealing for Mims.
Douglas did not identify the teams, but a report earlier in the day indicated the Panthers were one of the clubs showing interest. Mims played for Panthers head coach Matt Rhule at Baylor.
Jets head coach Robert Saleh said earlier in the day that he wasn’t ready to say Mims’ departure is a done deal and Douglas didn’t make any guarantees either. He did say that the team was “fortunate” to have a lot of talented wideouts and that they will do what’s best for the organization when it comes to dealing with Mims’ request. | 2022-08-26T22:17:32Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Joe Douglas: We've gotten a couple of calls on Denzel Mims - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/26/joe-douglas-weve-gotten-a-couple-of-calls-on-denzel-mims/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/26/joe-douglas-weve-gotten-a-couple-of-calls-on-denzel-mims/ |
If there was any question about the Panthers’ choice of Baker Mayfield as their starting quarterback, he answered Friday night.
Mayfield made his home debut and provided Panthers fans hope for this season.
He played four series in the Panthers’ final preseason game and threw two touchdown passes as Carolina took a 14-0 lead into the locker room at halftime.
Mayfield finished 9-of-15 for 89 yards with a 2-yard touchdown pass to D'Onta Foreman and a 19-yard touchdown pass to Shi Smith. Sam Darnold, who lost the competition to Mayfield, replaced Mayfield for Carolina’s final series of the first half.
Mayfield played two games in the preseason and went 13-of-24 for 134 yards and two touchdowns.
He will open the season against the Browns, who traded him to the Panthers this offseason after acquiring Deshaun Watson. Watson’s 11-game suspension begins Week 1 of the regular season, so Jacoby Brissett will start for Cleveland against Carolina. | 2022-08-27T02:18:36Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Baker Mayfield throws two touchdown passes on four possessions - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/26/baker-mayfield-throws-two-touchdown-passes-on-four-possessions/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/26/baker-mayfield-throws-two-touchdown-passes-on-four-possessions/ |
Bills punter Matt Araiza faces an accusation of rape in a federal civil lawsuit. A criminal investigation regarding the incident reportedly is ongoing.
In the aftermath of the filing of the lawsuit and intense coverage of the allegations, Araiza did not punt for the Bills in Friday night’s preseason game. During the game, Araiza issued a statement through his agent.
He can set the record straight whenever he wants. Although anything he says can be used against him in the civil case or in any potential prosecution, he’s free to share his version of the events whenever he wants. And if it’s the truth, why not shout it from the rooftops?
Araiza needs to do something, soon. Because the incident happened before he was drafted, the NFL can take no action against him. However, he plays one of the most interchangeable positions in football. If the Bills are feeling too much heat for keeping him, it would be easy to find another punter — especially since the Bills have an offense that likely won’t require a great punter this year. | 2022-08-27T02:18:43Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Matt Araiza: "The facts of the incident are not what they are portrayed" - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/26/matt-araiza-the-facts-of-the-incident-are-not-what-they-are-portrayed/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/26/matt-araiza-the-facts-of-the-incident-are-not-what-they-are-portrayed/ |
Saints quarterback Jameis Winston started Friday night’s preseason game by completing two passes to Jarvis Landry, and coach Dennis Allen was glad to see it.
Allen said after the game that he wanted to get Winston a little bit of preseason action to ensure that he’s 100 percent healthy and good to go for the regular season, and was glad to see Winston throwing to Landry, whom the Saints will be counting on this year.
“I wanted to get Jameis out there in some game action,” Allen said, via Katherine Terrell of ESPN. “It’s been a while since he’s been in that environment and obviously didn’t get those practice reps against Green Bay. Jarvis Landry is a new player to our system, so it was good to kind of get him out and have a few plays in the Dome.”
Winston stayed in the game only long enough to throw four passes, but he completed them all, and Allen thought he played very well.
“I thought he was confident in the pocket, I thought he was decisive with his reads,” Allen said. “There were a couple of plays where he really stepped up in there and rifled the ball in, so I was impressed with what he was able to do. It was good to see.”
It will be good for the Saints to see Winston and Landry on the field together when the games start for real. | 2022-08-27T11:51:03Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Dennis Allen: Good to see Jameis Winston and Jarvis Landry get preseason action - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/27/dennis-allen-good-to-see-jameis-winston-and-jarvis-landry-get-preseason-action/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/27/dennis-allen-good-to-see-jameis-winston-and-jarvis-landry-get-preseason-action/ |
Speculation recently emerged that, sooner than later, the NFL (and NBA) franchises owned by the late Paul Allen will be sold. For now, his immense art collection is for sale.
Via the Associated Press, roughly 150 items worth more than $1 billion will be auctioned through Christie’s.
“These works mean so much to so many, and I know that Christie’s will ensure their respectful dispersal to generate tremendous value for philanthropic pursuits in accordance with Paul’s wishes,” said his sister, Jody, who currently serves as controlling owner of the Seahawks.
The reference to “philanthropic pursuits” is significant in this context. The issue of a potential sale of the Seahawks and the Portland Trail Blazers emerged due to a report that Paul Allen’s trust requires that his assets must be liquidated with the proceeds going to Allen’s “passion projects.” Also, when Jody Allen issued a statement in July explaining that the Seahawks are not currently for sale, she added this: “A time will come when that changes given Paul’s plans to dedicate the vast majority of his wealth to philanthropy, but estates of this size and complexity can take 10 to 20 years to wind down. There is no pre-ordained timeline by which the teams must be sold.”
The most important date is May 1, 2024. Any sale of the Seahawks before May 2024 requires 10 percent of the proceeds to go to the state of Washington, a term of the deal to build the team’s current stadium. With the Seahawks likely to generate $5 billion or more, that’s a large chunk of money that would come off the top of the transaction. At this point, it’s easy enough to wait another 20 months to sell.
Eventually, the Seahawks will be sold. The sale of Paul Allen’s billion-dollar art collection underscores the fact that it’s just a matter of time. | 2022-08-27T11:51:15Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Paul Allen's billion-dollar art collection to be auctioned - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/27/paul-allens-billion-dollar-art-collection-to-be-auctioned/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/27/paul-allens-billion-dollar-art-collection-to-be-auctioned/ |
The Panthers had a rough night on the injury front on Friday, but one player who left the game shouldn’t be out long.
Defensive tackle Derrick Brown left the game with an oblique injury and he was ruled out of the game a short time later. That announcement came after the first team had left the game, however, and Brown said he would have continued under other circumstances.
“I’m fine,” Brown said, via the team’s website. “Not a problem. I could have gone back in.”
Word on Friday night was that quarterback Sam Darnold suffered a high-ankle sprain and the team is waiting for word on the groin injury that knocked kicker Zane Gonzalez out in the third quarter. Those situations could impact decisions the Panthers make about their initial 53-man roster, but it doesn’t sound like they’ll have to account for Brown missing time.
1 responses to “Derrick Brown avoided serious injury Friday night”
Make sure you give your starters those 10 reps in preseason so they can be ready to rehab week 1. | 2022-08-27T15:37:06Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Derrick Brown avoided serious injury Friday night - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/27/derrick-brown-avoided-serious-injury-friday-night/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/27/derrick-brown-avoided-serious-injury-friday-night/ |
Panthers quarterback Sam Darnold avoided a season-ending injury on Friday night, but he’s set to miss a chunk of time after hurting his ankle.
Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that Darnold is expected to miss four-to-six weeks after suffering a high-ankle sprain against the Bills. He will get a second opinion before embarking on his road back to action.
There were fears of a more severe injury when Darnold had to be carted off the field, but both the initial diagnosis and Saturday’s MRI were more positive. The injury will still force the Panthers to shift plans at the quarterback spot.
With rookie Matt Corral out for the year with a Lisfranc injury, the Panthers were expected to keep Darnold as the only backup to Baker Mayfield. The timeline for his recovery points to a stint on injured reserve to kick off the year and that will likely give P.J. Walker a chance to stick around. Darnold will have to be on the initial 53-man roster in order to be eligible to return, so that will force the team to cut a player they may have been planning to keep going into Friday night. | 2022-08-27T17:54:31Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Report: Sam Darnold is expected to miss 4-6 weeks - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/27/report-sam-darnold-is-expected-to-miss-4-6-weeks/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/27/report-sam-darnold-is-expected-to-miss-4-6-weeks/ |
Patriots second-round pick Tyquan Thornton is reportedly on track for a midseason return after injuring his clavicle last weekend.
Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports that Thornton had surgery to repair the injury on Monday and has a six-to-eight week timeline for recovery. Fowler notes that the wideout might need more time to regain his footing in the offense after the time off, but he should be back before the year is out.
Thornton can go on injured reserve and return once he’s healthy, but the roster move would have to wait until after the initial 53-man roster is set on Tuesday.
The rookie had earned good reviews for his work in training camp, so the Patriots will have to hope that he’ll be able to pick up where he left off this summer.
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When you are wealthy and have good insurance, the Dr recommends surgery and they splice the bone back together so it heals straight, end to end, with no rotational deviation of the bone which would stress the joints and tendons and limit your range of motion. When you are a peasant, even with insurance, they send you home in a sling, and the ends of your bone overlap and heal in a way where the two ends are surrounded by new bone (a lump), and your shoulder ends up lower than before, with a noticeable change in the angle of the trapezoid muscle on that shoulder, and, it heals in a manner where the shoulder has rotated forward, causing stress on the joints, tendons, and ligaments should you try to use your shoulder the way it was designed to be used. It’s never the same again, and your shirts slide sideways down the injured shoulder. Ever see a guy with a t-shirt that seems to be sliding off one shoulder on one side, and is bunched up against his neck on the other side? He likely had a broken collarbone, but got sent home without being advised that this could be fixed, and told that this will heal by itself. It’s the sad state of our medical “profession.” Tyquan can run fast and catch a football at the same time, so he gets the best care. Merica! | 2022-08-27T19:30:27Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Report: Tyquan Thornton set to miss 6-8 weeks after clavicle surgery - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/27/report-tyquan-thornton-set-to-miss-6-8-weeks-after-clavicle-surgery/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/27/report-tyquan-thornton-set-to-miss-6-8-weeks-after-clavicle-surgery/ |
Jason Jenkins, the Dolphins’ senior vice president of communications and community affairs, died unexpectedly Saturday. The team announced his death during halftime of the team’s game against the Eagles.
Jenkins was 47.
“It is with profound sadness that I share the news that Jason Jenkins, Dolphins SVP of communications and community affairs, has passed away,” Tom Garfinkel, the team president and CEO, said in a statement. “Our hearts are broken and grieving the loss of a man who was a dear friend and beloved by so many people. Jason faithfully served the Dolphins organization for 14 years, was a beacon in the community, a trailblazer and champion for others, and above all, treated people with a kindness and dignity that left a lasting mark on everyone he met. Our deepest condolences and our unwavering support go out to his wife Elizabeth, and his three children.”
He served as owner Stephen Ross’ confidant and represented the organization in its outreach efforts.
Jenkins received the Corporate Pillar Award this summer during the city’s 20th annual Pillar Awards.
Jenkins, a Houston native, earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Texas Tech in 1997. In 2017, his alma mater honored him as an Outstanding Alumni Award winner, and he served as a commencement speaker a year later.
Jenkins is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, and their children Liya, Aiden and Sloane.
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That really is sad to see someone with a family pass away in his prime . RIP | 2022-08-28T01:19:38Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Dolphins senior VP of communications Jason Jenkins dies at 47 - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/27/dolphins-senior-vp-of-communications-jason-jenkins-dies-at-47/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/27/dolphins-senior-vp-of-communications-jason-jenkins-dies-at-47/ |
Kevin O’Connell: Bisi Johnson knee injury “doesn’t look good”
Vikings receiver Bisi Johnson missed all of 2021 with a knee injury suffered in a training-camp practice. He now has another one.
After Saturday night’s preseason finale at Denver, coach Kevin O’Connell told reporters that Johnson’s latest knee injury “doesn’t look good.” O’Connell said the team will evaluate it further.
Johnson had been battling for the fourth spot on the depth chart, with Ihmir Smith-Marsette. The 2019 seventh-rounder had 31 catches and three touchdowns in 16 games as a rookie, and 14 receptions with far fewer targets in 2020.
The injury come as the Vikings, along with the other teams, close in on the deadline for cutting the roster from 80 to 53. If Johnson will miss extended time, it will improve the chances of others on the depth chart making the team. | 2022-08-28T05:50:03Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Kevin O'Connell: Bisi Johnson knee injury "doesn't look good" - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/28/kevin-oconnell-bisi-johnson-knee-injury-doesnt-look-good/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/28/kevin-oconnell-bisi-johnson-knee-injury-doesnt-look-good/ |
The Dolphins opened Saturday night’s preseason game with a play that Miami fans hope to see plenty of times this year: Tua Tagovailoa throwing the ball deep to Tyreek Hill.
After a quick play-action fake, Tua fired the ball to Hill for a 51-yard gain. After the game, Tagovailoa talked about the play.
“It was good,” Tagovailoa told reporters. “Knowing that Tyreek was playing, he wanted a ‘go’ ball. We gave him a shot. The throw wasn’t to my liking. That whole spiel. If it was a better ball, if it was probably more in front of Tyreek, you know, we could have scored on the first play probably. You know, I think it’s a credit to the practices that we’ve had with the Eagles and how hard our guys have been working. Not just this week but all training camp and OTAs. It’s really good that people finally can see the hard work that we’ve all been putting in together.”
Tagovailoa said that, when the play was called, there wasn’t a specific direction to pick the deep option to one of the fastest players in football, if not the fastest.
“Mike [McDaniel] didn’t necessarily tell me who to go to with the ball, but for me it was one of those deals that if we got a specific coverage from their defense that regardless of who was on Tyreek or not, we wanted to take that shot,” Tagovailoa said. “And so we got the premier look of what the play consisted of and that’s why we took the shot.”
McDaniel, who spoke at length about the sudden passing of team executive Jason Jenkins at the outset of the press conference (we’ll be posting something on that later this morning), said he was “just happy for those two individuals because they’ve invested a lot.” McDaniel added that he was “happy for the team and the organization really because they’ve invested a lot,” and “let’s just say it was cool to see them not blink and do what they love doing.”
McDaniel was asked whether the play was intended to send a message to the rest of the league.
“We’re really just trying to work on our craft,” the first-year coach said. “You don’t know what defense they’re going to run out there. You have to execute the play, and I was happy that it was a tough look, but Tua is making that decision to throw to him while at the same time his back is to the defense. It takes a lot of training, but we were pretty confident that if we got the right look that, they would execute it. That’s why they are who they are, and that’s why we all believe in them so much.”
Tua said it himself. The throw wasn’t ideal. But with a talent like Hill, it doesn’t have to be. | 2022-08-28T05:50:09Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Tua Tagovailoa, Tyreek Hill connect deep on first play of game - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/28/tua-tagovailoa-tyreek-hill-connect-deep-on-first-play-of-game/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/28/tua-tagovailoa-tyreek-hill-connect-deep-on-first-play-of-game/ |
Jacoby Brissett took his first turn running the Browns offense in a game on Saturday night and the quarterback’s line would have been better with a better performance from wide receiver Anthony Schwartz.
Schwartz dropped three passes from Brissett, which continued a preseason trend that has seen Schwartz fail to catch the ball when given the opportunity. After the game, Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski called Schwartz “very accountable” and said he’s going to work hard to improve. Stefanski also responded to a question about whether Schwartz was in danger of being cut.
Brissett said he kept looking Schwartz’s way because of the confidence he has in the receiver and that he will “just continue to feed him and continue to give him opportunities.” Schwartz, who was a third-round pick last year, will have to make more of them for the Browns to continue to stand behind him. | 2022-08-28T13:06:53Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Kevin Stefanski: Anthony Schwartz isn't in danger of being cut after dropped passes - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/28/kevin-stefanski-anthony-schwartz-isnt-in-danger-of-being-cut-after-dropped-passes/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/28/kevin-stefanski-anthony-schwartz-isnt-in-danger-of-being-cut-after-dropped-passes/ |
Saints first-round pick Trevor Penning is set to miss a chunk of his rookie season.
Penning left Friday night’s game with a foot injury that was called a bad case of turf toe. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that an MRI has shown he has a torn ligament in his foot and that he will require surgery to repair the injury.
As a result of that diagnosis, Penning is out indefinitely.
The Saints will likely go with James Hurst at left tackle now that Penning is out of the picture. Hurst has also been dealing with a foot injury, but Saints head coach Dennis Allen indicated he should be good to go for the start of the regular season. | 2022-08-28T13:06:59Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Trevor Penning to have surgery, out indefinitely - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/28/trevor-penning-to-have-surgery-out-indefinitely/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/28/trevor-penning-to-have-surgery-out-indefinitely/ |
The Dolphins suddenly lost Jason Jenkins on Saturday. He was only 47.
The team then had to find a way to play a preseason game. After it, coach Mike McDaniel paid tribute to the long-time Dolphins executive.
“I’m sure you guys have heard that we lost a dear member of the Miami Dolphins organization, Jason Jenkins, Senior Vice President of Communications and Community Affairs,” McDaniel told reporters. “We’re just going through the process in grieving with the team. I just told [the players] about it. Right now football pales in comparison to all the people that were really affected. The list is long from Jason and his walk of life and his wife, Elizabeth, and his children, Liya, Aiden, and Sloane. I haven’t been here that long, but his investment into the team and the community, it didn’t take long to see the great work he did. I mean, I didn’t see a day that — there wasn’t a time — there wasn’t a day that passed that I saw him that he just didn’t light up the room. Like I just told the team, it’s important for those who loved him and were touched by him and all the members of our team to lean on each other. That’s what we’re going to try to do. Our hearts are heavy, as they should be, for an unquestioned professional that’s made his mark on not only the team but the National Football League. Like I told the team, I thought their effort today reflected what would bring him joy as best we could. This was unexpected and very hard. Thoughts and prayers just go with his family. I’m not really sure what I do after this.”
McDaniel handled a difficult situation eloquently, paying tribute to Jason Jenkins while recognizing the gaping hole his departure creates, for his family and for the franchise.
“As consistent as I have ever seen, from his wardrobe to his spirit,” McDaniel said, as to the impression Jenkins made. “He was the nines. That’s why it makes it so tough. This is a healthy, healthy guy that just brought it every day. He worked at the stadium. I’m not sure how many people that I feel like I know from the stadium. I would love to know more, but on a day-to-day I don’t get to interact with all the people as much as I would like. For him to make such an impact, it was obvious. You can’t make that impression. You get to talk to them maybe once a week, but the impression that he made, there’s no fooling that. You could see the relationships, the eye contact, how people looked at him, how he embraced others. He was the consummate professional. I know for guys that have been around here for a while, they knew him like a family member, and I think it’s incredibly impressive, and it just speaks to the human being and his impact on all of us where I could see that in my brief time around him. I mean, he was a force of positivity. The organization has been through some stuff, and it was very impactful to me just how many people in the organization were passionate about doing their jobs well and about the Dolphins, and he was the top of the list. He was just full of life. That’s the hardest part. There’s no words to describe. He had a great family. His wife is awesome and his children, and it’s just tough. It’s a tough one to swallow, and he will be missed, but he will not be forgotten.”
Well said by Mike McDaniel. We join Jason’s family and the Dolphins in mourning his passing. | 2022-08-28T15:04:08Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Mike McDaniel: Jason Jenkins "will not be forgotten" - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/28/mike-mcdaniel-jason-jenkins-will-not-be-forgotten/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/28/mike-mcdaniel-jason-jenkins-will-not-be-forgotten/ |
The suddenly chatty Aaron Rodgers (maybe we can get him on PFT Live) appeared recently on the podcast hosted by the man whose name Rodgers invoked when Rodgers finally admitted last year, after contracting COVID, that he didn’t get the COVID vaccination.
While it all feels very stale at this point, given that the world has moved on from COVID, (spoiler: COVID hasn’t moved on from the world), Rodgers offers a thorough and detailed explanation to Joe Rogan about why Rodgers did what he did and, more importantly, why he didn’t do the one thing that the NFL and NFL Players Association decided that all players should do — get vaccinated.
Right or wrong, the league and the union developed a protocol that tied availability to play to vaccination. Rodgers used the proper channels to attempt to get an exemption. Rodgers said that he has an allergy to one of the ingredient in the mRNA vaccines (Pfizer and Moderna), and that he refused to take the Johnson & Johnson vaccine due to blood-clotting risks. (His immunization process involved, as he explained it, diluted strand of the virus. As Rogan asked, “How are they getting a diluted strand of the virus?” As Rodgers replied, “I don’t know that exactly or want to get into that exactly, I don’t think.”) The protocol developed by the league and the union resulted in the rejection of his effort to utilize his proposed homeopathic immunization process.
His explanation in the safe space of the Rogan podcast seems extremely fair and reasonable. Rogan gave him a wide berth and a sympathetic ear. Rodgers is right, the NFL (and NFLPA) were wrong, and that’s that.
Although Rodgers did make some very good points about the joint process to which the league and union agreed, he was never confronted with specific, pointed questions about why he did what he did after his request for an exemption was rejected. He deliberately chose to act, at least in public, as if he were vaccinated. Specifically, he routinely entered a media room for press conferences without a mask, including the notorious session in August 2021, during which he uttered the words he should tattoo on the inside of his right forearm.
“Yeah, I’ve been immunized.”
Rodgers admits that he deliberately misled the media with that phrase, playing a game of chess/checkers that would force them to: (1) notice the disconnect between vaccination and immunization; and (2) be willing to potentially rock the boat with the most powerful and sensitive individual employed by the team they cover by pressing him on his wordplay swordplay.
Here’s how Rodgers explained it to Rogan: “I’d been ready the entire time for this question, and had thought about how I wanted to answer it. And I had come to the conclusion I’m gonna say, ‘I’ve been immunized.’ And if there’s a follow-up, then talk about my process. But, [I] thought there’s a possibility that I say ‘I’m immunized,’ maybe they understand what that means, maybe they don’t. Maybe they follow up. They didn’t follow up. So then I go the season them thinking, some of them, that I was vaccinated. The only follow up they asked was basically asking me to rip on my teammates. . . . But I knew at some point if I contracted COVID or if word got out, because it’s the NFL and there’s leaks everywhere, it was possible I’d have to answer the questions. And then sure enough, I contract COVID in the beginning of November, end of October. And that’s when the shit storm hit, because now I’m a liar, I’m endangering the community, my teammates, all these people. And the, you know, attempted takedown of me and, you know, my word and my integrity began.”
That’s one hell of a verbal pretzel that Rodgers twisted for himself. He admitted that he duped reporters with semantics, and then he got pissy because people questioned “my word and my integrity” once the truth came out.
What did he expect? He forfeited his integrity (which can be forfeited only once) by creating the impression he was vaccinated. If he’d simply told his story then, airing the various grievances he rattled off to Rogan, Rodgers would have been telling the truth, and his word and integrity would be intact. Instead, he cooked up a way to tiptoe around the truth, because he didn’t want the blowback that inevitably came in early November, when he had to finally acknowledge his decision not to be vaccinated — and when he was exposed as not having impeccable word or integrity.
Again, he makes good points. He could have made them last year. The NFL and the NFLPA worked together to pressure guys to get vaccinated. They did. But they weren’t doing it to boost their shares of Pfizer or Moderna. Their doctors had come together and decided that this was the best strategy for dealing with the pandemic in the 2021 season. And, yes, the rules created a huge incentive to get the vaccination. Michael Irvin railed on players who refused to do it, since it fundamentally affected their availability to play.
It also affected their ability to move normally within the building, and beyond it. Rodgers, with the team letting him do it, didn’t wear a mask when meeting with reporters, in an effort to further hide his true status. He went out in public, in defiance of the rules developed by the NFL and the NFLPA. He ultimately was fined for attending the team’s Halloween party.
Were the rules stupid? A good argument can be made that they were. But the NFL has plenty of stupid rules that players must follow, whether in the official rulebook or in the various policies that apply to substance abuse, PEDs, and/or personal conduct. Stupid or not, the rules need to be followed.
Rodgers tried to carve for himself a very narrow path of concealed non-compliance. He played a cat-and-mouse game with reporters who didn’t think (or dare) to ask the follow up that he hoped they wouldn’t ask. Why would they, in that moment? After all, he was in the press room without a mask. Surely, the Packers wouldn’t have let him do that if he weren’t vaccinated.
Yes, this is all old news. But Rodgers has now admitted in the most candid terms possible that he lied to everyone about his status, even if he resents being called a liar for it. And he also has provided an objectively persuasive explanation of the very great pains he took to avoid putting anything at all in his body that may be potentially toxic or harmful.
While he sat there the whole time smoking a cigar, of course.
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What a total loser. | 2022-08-28T15:12:52Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Aaron Rodgers delves into last year's vaccination controversy, admits duping media with "immunized" - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/28/aaron-rodgers-delves-into-last-years-vaccination-controversy-admits-duping-media-with-immunized/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/28/aaron-rodgers-delves-into-last-years-vaccination-controversy-admits-duping-media-with-immunized/ |
Deadlines are deadlines until they are no longer deadlines.
For the Bills, there was a September 1 deadline for finalizing the team’s plans for a new stadium in Buffalo. Via the Associated Press, a joint announcement from all interested parties changed the deadline.
The new deadline comes 45 days later. No reason was given for the shift.
The statement said that the parties are “making positive progress.” The plan remains in place to break ground next year.
The Bills will get a record $850 million in public money for the $1.4 billion venue. But, like all deals, this one won’t be done until it’s done.
And it won’t be done by September 1. Instead, there’s a new deadline for getting it done. Maybe, in 45 days, there will be another new deadline for getting it done.
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Billionaire owners getting almost a billion in public money. What an absolute joke! | 2022-08-28T18:14:44Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Deadline to finalize Bills' new stadium is pushed back by 45 days - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/28/deadline-to-finalize-bills-new-stadium-is-pushed-back-by-45-days/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/28/deadline-to-finalize-bills-new-stadium-is-pushed-back-by-45-days/ |
Jets head coach Robert Saleh said on Friday that he wasn’t willing to say wide receiver Denzel Mims had reached the end of his time with the team despite Mims’ trade request and his message wasn’t any different after Sunday’s preseason finale.
Mims caught seven passes for 102 yards and a touchdown in what Saleh called a “gritty” performance in a 31-27 win over the Giants. He said the 2020 second-round pick “fought all the way through” the game and was able to “showcase” his ability to make plays as a result.
Saleh went on to say that General Manager Joe Douglas will have a say in how the team handles Mims moving forward, but that he sees the wideout as part of this year’s team.
“Like I’ve said, he’s one of our six best receivers and he’s gonna be here as far as I’m concerned,” Saleh said in his postgame press conference.
Douglas said on Friday that he’d gotten a couple of calls on Mims and there will certainly be more discussions as teams finalize their 53-man roster plans over the next two days. If no offer blows the Jets away in that stretch, Saleh’s comments suggest Mims will likely be sticking around. | 2022-08-28T20:48:53Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Robert Saleh: As far as I'm concerned, Denzel Mims will be here - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/28/robert-saleh-as-far-as-im-concerned-denzel-mims-will-be-here/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/28/robert-saleh-as-far-as-im-concerned-denzel-mims-will-be-here/ |
Commanders officials are with Brian Robinson at the hospital
Commanders rookie running back Brian Robinson Jr. is being treated in a local hospital for two gunshot wounds to his lower extremities.
He was shot during an attempted carjacking or armed robbery in Washington, D.C., the team confirmed in a statement Sunday night.
“We have been made aware that Brian Robinson Jr. was the victim of an attempted armed robbery or carjacking in Washington, D.C.,” the statement reads. “He sustained non-life-threatening injuries and is currently being treated at the hospital, where team officials are on-site with him. We ask that you please respect Brian’s privacy at this time.”
Coach Ron Rivera, owners Dan and Tanya Snyder, president Jason Wright, General Manager Martin Mayhew, chief medical officer Tony Casolaro and director of mental wellness Barbara Roberts are at the hospital, Nicki Jhabvala of The Washington Post reports.
The suspects tried to take Robinson’s Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat, prompting a scuffle, authorities told NBCWashington.com.
Police said they recovered a gun at the site of the shooting, but two male suspects remain at large. | 2022-08-29T02:01:09Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Commanders officials are with Brian Robinson at the hospital - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/28/commanders-officials-are-on-site-with-brian-robinson-at-the-hospital/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/28/commanders-officials-are-on-site-with-brian-robinson-at-the-hospital/ |
The Dolphins know they are keeping two quarterbacks on their 53-man roster this season, but they face a tough call about whether to keep a third.
Seventh-round pick Skylar Thompson wrapped up a strong preseason by going 7-of-10 for 103 yards and three touchdowns on Saturday. Thompson was 36-of-48 for 450 yards and five touchdowns overall this summer, which makes a strong case for keeping him on the roster behind Tua Tagovailoa and Teddy Bridgewater.
On Sunday, head coach Mike McDaniel called Thompson’s play “really exciting” and that he’s done “quite literally everything you can to be a part of this team,” but stopped short of saying that Thompson would avoid the waiver wire this week.
“I think he’s opened eyes with the way he’s played and you know, it’s made that situation very tricky in terms of whether or not you can try to have them on practice squad or keep them on the 53,” McDaniel said, via Hal Habib of the Palm Beach Post.
There are teams with less settled backup quarterback situations than the Dolphins and it seems likely that one of them would put in a claim on Thompson given how well he’s played over the last few weeks. We’ll know on Tuesday if Miami is willing to take that risk in order to free up a roster spot at another position or if they make sure Thompson sticks around by keeping him on the roster. | 2022-08-29T11:52:07Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Mike McDaniel: "Very tricky" decision to make on Skylar Thompson - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/29/mike-mcdaniel-very-tricky-decision-to-make-on-skylar-thompson/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/29/mike-mcdaniel-very-tricky-decision-to-make-on-skylar-thompson/ |
After Tom Brady retired in February, the ball that ended up being his final touchdown pass sold at auction for $518,000. Then, Brady came back. The buyer, who apparently was exempt from the phrase “buyer beware,” got a pass.
But it’s back. Lelands is offering the ball that would have been Brady’s final touchdown pass, if he has indeed retired.
The bidding for the ball caught by receiver Mike Evans and thrown into the stands starts at $25,000. And someone has already put $25,000 on the table. The auction remains open until September 17.
So if you’re not 45 and don’t have a lot of shit going on, explore the possibility of getting the ball that ended up being Brady’s last touchdown pass, until his next one.
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He can pay me $25k to take it. | 2022-08-29T14:42:06Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Tom Brady's not-final touchdown pass is up for sale, again - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/29/tom-bradys-not-final-touchdown-pass-is-up-for-sale-again/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/29/tom-bradys-not-final-touchdown-pass-is-up-for-sale-again/ |
Ron Rivera: Brian Robinson doing well, no timeline for return
Commanders head coach Ron Rivera tweeted that running back Brian Robinson was in good spirits after visiting the rookie in the hospital on Sunday and he offered another update on Robinson’s condition Monday.
Robinson was shot twice in his lower extremities and suffered non-life-threatening injuries during an attempted robbery on Sunday evening. Rivera told reporters on Monday that all the news from doctors and Robinson has been positive and that it is too soon to start thinking about when he might be able to resume his playing career.
“I can’t get into specifics of it other than to say he’s doing well. I had an opportunity to visit with him last night, which was really a relief and kind of cool because he was in a really good place,” Rivera said, via Ben Standig of TheAthletic.com. “The doctors were very positive with him and he was very positive as well. He’s very fortunate, it’s a very unfortunate situation. He’s doing well, it’s just gonna be a matter of time before he’s back out here. There is no timeline, but, as I said, everything’s been very positive.”
Robinson was a third-round pick this year and was slated for a role in the backfield alongside Antonio Gibson and J.D. McKissic in his rookie season.
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Get yourself fixed up and win that job back BR. Everyone knows you’re the starter.
Best of luck dude.
Speedy recovery!
Low rent lives bring with them the low rent attributes. If you drafted character along with talent, you’d not have to worry about things like this. But Washington has made it a practice of drafting questionable men of questionable character.
Get well man!
It’s doubtful he sees the field this season. If he’s still in a hospital those gunshot wounds damaged some important muscle groups necessary to play ball.
Just saw a report,.. he was hit in the buttocks and calf of his leg. | 2022-08-29T16:39:06Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Ron Rivera: Brian Robinson doing well, no timeline for return - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/29/ron-rivera-brian-robinson-doing-well-no-timeline-for-return/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/29/ron-rivera-brian-robinson-doing-well-no-timeline-for-return/ |
The last two seasons have ended poorly for quarterback Carson Wentz, who’s been traded each of the last two years.
But with the 2022 preseason over, hope springs eternal for Washington’s QB1.
“It’s exciting,” Wentz said, via NBCSportsWashington.com. “Obviously, we’ve put some good, some bad, some ugly out on tape. And it’s not been perfect. But I think I like where we’re at. I like the mindset. I like the makeup. Definitely not perfect, and we’ll be building and growing as a team every week — really, every time you step on the field. But the body of work we’ve had from OTAs, the summer, training camp, and then preseason games, I really like where we’re at and I’m optimistic.”
Coincidentally, Wentz and the Commanders will take on the Jaguars to start the season. Wentz’s last game with the Colts in 2021 was a bitterly disappointing 26-11 loss in Jacksonville. Wentz was only 17-of-29 for 185 yards with a touchdown, an interception, and a lost fumble. Plus, he took six sacks.
“It’s a new team — their coach, everybody’s new down there,” Wentz said. “I try not to put too much stock into that. It’s Week One. It’s at home. There’s obviously a lot of emotions everybody will be feeling. I try to put that all behind me.”
But that coach is Doug Pederson, who Wentz played under in Philadelphia.
There will be plenty of storylines between the Commanders and Jaguars over the next couple of weeks. But how Wentz fares in his new spot against his old coach will be an intriguing aspect to follow during Week One. | 2022-08-29T18:09:44Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Carson Wentz: I really like where we're at and I'm optimistic - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/29/carson-wentz-i-really-like-where-were-at-and-im-optimistic/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/29/carson-wentz-i-really-like-where-were-at-and-im-optimistic/ |
The Vikings may be ready to trade backup running back Alexander Mattison.
At least 12 teams have spoken to the Vikings about the possibility of trading for Mattison, according to Chris Tomasson of the Pioneer Press.
Mattison, who is heading into the final year of his rookie contract, wants to be a starting running back, according to the report. That’s not going to happen as long as the Vikings have Dalvin Cook.
It’s unclear what the Vikings could get for Mattison, the report says they’d want a third- or fourth-round pick, but that’s a lot to ask for a running back who will soon be a free agent and undoubtedly wants a new contract with a significant raise over the $965,000 he’s scheduled to make this season.
Last year Mattison played in 16 games, with four starts in the four games Cook missed. Mattison totaled 134 carries for 491 yards and three touchdowns, plus 32 catches for 228 yards and one touchdown. | 2022-08-29T18:29:56Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Vikings discussing Alexander Mattison trade - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/29/vikings-discussing-alexander-mattison-trade/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/29/vikings-discussing-alexander-mattison-trade/ |
It was only 10 days ago that P.J. Walker was the fourth quarterback on the Panthers’ roster and looking to be the odd-quarterback out. The Panthers traded for Sam Darnold in 2021. They drafted Matt Corral in April. They traded for Baker Mayfield in July.
Walker admits his future with the Panthers crossed his mind.
But injuries happen.
Corral injured his foot in the Aug. 19 preseason game and is on injured reserve and out for the season. Darnold injured his ankle Saturday night and is expected to miss “at least” four weeks.
Just like that, the Panthers are down to Mayfield and Walker.
“It happened pretty quick, but over the process of training camp and OTAs, I’ve always been preparing and always (been) ready,” Walker said Monday, via video from the team. “That’s the way you’ve got to approach it. Being in a backup role, you have to be ready no matter what. You never know when your number is going to be called.”
The Panthers have not told Walker whether he will enter the season as the backup to Mayfield, but he believes he “absolutely” has earned the job.
“I think I’ve got great knowledge of his offense,” Walker said. “I think I’m doing a great with the offense, communicating and things like that. I honestly think so, yeah.”
The Panthers likely add a quarterback either on the 53-player roster or the practice squad through a trade or cuts. Will Grier, whom the Panthers cut a year ago, might be a possibility if the Cowboys move on from him.
But it’s doubtful another quarterback can get up to speed on the team’s offense by the season opener, which will leave Walker as the team’s No. 2.
He has played nine games with two starts the past two seasons, throwing two touchdowns and eight interceptions. | 2022-08-29T20:19:34Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | P.J. Walker says he "absolutely" should go into season as Panthers' No. 2 QB - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/29/p-j-walker-says-he-absolutely-should-go-into-season-as-panthers-no-2-qb/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/29/p-j-walker-says-he-absolutely-should-go-into-season-as-panthers-no-2-qb/ |
A day after cutting cornerback Ka'dar Hollman, the 49ers have done the same with cornerback Ken Crawley, Matt Barrows of TheAthletic.com reports.
Crawley was not at Monday morning’s practice.
The 49ers signed Crawley on Aug. 10.
He spent most of his career with the Saints, signing with New Orleans as an undrafted free agent in 2016. The Saints cut him in 2019. He spent some time with Miami, Las Vegas and Arizona before going back to the Saints in 2020 and playing for the club again through last season.
Crawley has appeared in 55 games with 25 starts. He has a pair of interceptions and 32 passes defensed in his career. He’s also played plenty of special teams, with the majority of his snaps in the past two seasons with New Orleans coming on that unit. | 2022-08-29T20:49:07Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Report: 49ers cut Ken Crawley - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/29/report-49ers-cut-ken-crawley/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/29/report-49ers-cut-ken-crawley/ |
The Vikings have announced the first set of roster moves they’ll make to pare their roster down to 53 players.
The team announced that wide receiver Bisi Johnson and defensive lineman T.Y. McGill have been placed on injured reserve. Reports earlier in the day indicated that McGill would be released, so the move is likely a precursor to letting him go with an injury settlement.
Johnson tore his ACL and will miss the entire season. It’s the second straight year that Johnson has lost to a torn ACL.
The Vikings also announced that they have released cornerback Tye Smith. Smith played in five games for the Vikings last year, but spent most of the season on the practice squad.
Tackle Timon Parris and wide receiver Myron Mitchell have been waived, which leaves the Vikings with 75 players. They’ll need to make 22 more moves by 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday. | 2022-08-29T20:49:19Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Vikings put Bisi Johnson on IR, release Tye Smith - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/29/vikings-put-bisi-johnson-on-ir-release-tye-smith/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/29/vikings-put-bisi-johnson-on-ir-release-tye-smith/ |
As the Ravens and quarterback Lamar Jackson close in on his Week One deadline for doing a long-term deal, Jackson has peeled back the curtain, a bit, on social media.
Responding to Twitter users who made comments about his status, Jackson dropped a few hints about what he may be looking for. And he seems to be looking for a Deshaun Watson-style fully-guaranteed deal.
After one user said the Ravens should give Jackson $250 million guaranteed and another responded by saying that “they already offered that” and Jackson wants more, Jackson said this: “No they didn’t.”
Then, after another user said, “As much as I love Lamar, a fully guaranteed deal would be bad business,” Jackson replied, “You don’t love Lamar.”
Clearly, the Ravens haven’t offered $250 million fully guaranteed to Jackson. The Browns gave $230 million to Watson, and that was enough to get Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti to publicly grouse about the development.
Although Jackson didn’t come out and say it, his two tweets strongly imply that, to Bisciotti’s dismay, Jackson wants a fully-guaranteed contract.
Frankly, he should. Although contracts for franchise quarterbacks rarely are ripped up prematurely, Jackson plays the position in a more dangerous way than other quarterbacks. The physical risk for him is real. Without guarantees, he’s at risk of being released.
And while the Ravens can try to dismiss the Watson deal as an aberration, it also can be called a new high-water mark. Which is what groundbreaking contracts typically are. The people pulling the purse strings always want to disregard a market-changing contract as an accident, not a trend. Because of course they do. And the Ravens may be inclined to hold firm with Jackson because the Cardinals successfully did it with Kyler Murray.
Lamar has every right to push for a fully-guaranteed deal, if he’s willing to assume the risk of walking away from whatever the Ravens are willing to do and play for $23 million this year with no guarantees for 2023 and beyond. And if he’s willing to do that, there will be no new contract this year, or possibly ever, in Baltimore.
Eventually, that contract could come from another team. In response to a comment thatLamar, who grew up in South Florida, possibly wants to play for the Dolphins the same way a Baltimore native would want to play for the Ravens, Jackson said, “I grew up a Dallas fan but Dolphins were second no doubt.”
He could have said something like, “I’m a Raven for life.” He didn’t. And all that that possibly implies. | 2022-08-30T00:43:48Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Lamar Jackson chimes in on contract negotiations with Ravens - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/29/lamar-jackson-chimes-in-on-contract-negotiations-with-ravens/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/29/lamar-jackson-chimes-in-on-contract-negotiations-with-ravens/ |
The Titans have acquired offensive lineman Dennis Daley in a trade with the Panthers, the team announced Monday night.
Tennessee received Daley and a seventh-round selection in the 2024 draft from Carolina in exchange for a fifth-round selection in the 2024 draft.
The Panthers made Daley a sixth-round draft pick in 2019, and he has appeared in 34 career games with 21 starts. Daley has seen action at left tackle (13 games), left guard (seven games) and right guard (one).
Daley played 15 games in 2021, including nine starts. Daley started five games at left guard and four games at left tackle a year ago.
He played 31 snaps at guard for the Panthers in the team’s preseason finale against the Bills on Friday night.
In college, Daley played two seasons at South Carolina after transferring from Georgia Military College. He started 23 of the final 24 games while playing left tackle in 2018 and second half of 2017 after beginning the season at guard. | 2022-08-30T01:28:37Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Titans acquire Dennis Daley in trade with Panthers - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/29/titans-acquire-dennis-daley-in-trade-with-panthers/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/29/titans-acquire-dennis-daley-in-trade-with-panthers/ |
The Jets are releasing running back La'Mical Perine, Brian Costello of the New York Post reports.
The team made Perine a fourth-round draft selection in 2020.
He was listed behind Michael Carter, Tevin Coleman and Breece Hall on the depth chart and competing with Ty Johnson and Zonovan Knight. The Jets added Carter and Hall in the past two drafts.
Perine played 14 games in two seasons, rushing for 263 yards and two touchdowns on 64 rushes and catching 11 passes for 63 yards.
He appeared in only four games last season and saw just eight carries for 31 yards. | 2022-08-30T02:59:59Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Report: Jets are cutting La'Mical Perine - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/29/report-jets-are-cutting-lamical-perine/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/29/report-jets-are-cutting-lamical-perine/ |
In the four days since news broke of a civil lawsuit alleging gang rape by former Bills punter Matt Araiza and two others, plenty has happened.
Most recently, his parents issued a lengthy statement to KUSI in San Diego. PFT has confirmed that the message, attributed to “Mr. and Mrs. Araiza, parents of Matt Araiza,” is legitimate.
“The rule of law is innocent until proven guilty. That is not our experience. There has been war waged on our son. He has been tried and convicted in the media based on information released solely from the alleged victim and her attorney, much of it through social media. People have taken this information as factual, when it is not.
Obviously, threats of violence or death directed to Matt Araiza and any members of his family are wrong. They are illegal. Action should be taken to hold the appropriate persons responsible.
As Bills G.M. Brandon Beane explained it on Saturday night during the press conference announcing the team’s decision to move on from Araiza, the situation is complicated. There are different versions. Although the truth may be that the Bills decided that, given the position he plays, it’s not worth the headache and distraction to keep him on the team, there’s a basic truth in the reality that Matt Araiza should focus his efforts on resolving these issues appropriately, both as to the civil lawsuit and the pending criminal investigation.
Regarding the notion that Matt Araiza has been the lone subject of “vitriol,” he’s the only one of the three defendants in the civil lawsuit who was firmly in the public eye as a player on an NFL team. His situation naturally became a greater subject for scrutiny and attention, given that the Bills had to decide what to do about the situation. Now that they have, the uproar (at least the portion of it that arose from his status as the Bills’ punter) should subside.
Ultimately, the truth hopefully will come out, whether through the criminal process or the civil litigation. That’s the best thing for Araiza and his family to focus on.
It’s a sad situation for everyone involved. It’s important at this point for everyone to allow the legal processes to play out. But it’s definitely not “extortion” for the alleged victim to pursue justice in the form of compensation via a potential settlement of her civil claims. Araiza has the right to refuse to settle those claims and to fight them in court. All of his Constitutional protections remain in place. It will be for his lawyers to ensure that those protections are honored, every step of the way.
Whether the statement quoted above is the best approach for trying to undo the damage done in the court of public opinion remains to be seen. In his only comments regarding the matter, Araiza said, “The facts of the incident are not what they are portrayed in the lawsuit or in the press. I look forward to quickly setting the record straight.”
There’s a balance to be struck between getting the public to accept that the facts aren’t what the alleged victim has claimed them to be in her lawsuit, or in her other statements made to the relevant authorities, and avoiding any harm to his ability to defend himself in court. In this specific case, the allegations made by the alleged victim have not been rebutted in any meaningful way that would allow the public or the media to advance Araiza’s case.
It will be for Araiza and his representatives to navigate this situation in the best possible way. If Araiza truly is innocent, he’ll need a P.R. strategy that entails something more than broad denials and/or complaints about the natural consequences of not reacting with a specific and persuasive public response that would cause people to believe him.
Calling it a “money grab,” as his lawyer did last week, doesn’t work. Attacking the alleged victim doesn’t work. Shouting innocence from the rooftops and commencing the process of demonstrating it becomes the best way — indeed, the only way — to convince the many jurors in the court of public opinion that he is wrongly and falsely accused. So far, any such efforts have been incomplete and ineffective.
Whether that changes or not, he still can defend himself within the confines of both branches of the legal system, civil and criminal. His rights in those two contexts have not changed, and to date have not been undermined, in any way. Whether that eventually happens remains to be seen. | 2022-08-30T04:40:36Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Matt Araiza's family issues statement: "We have all been canceled" - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/30/matt-araizas-family-issues-statement-we-have-all-been-canceled/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/30/matt-araizas-family-issues-statement-we-have-all-been-canceled/ |
Man gets three years in prison for fraudulent sales of Tom Brady Super Bowl rings
Fraudulent sales of Tom Brady Super Bowl rings have landed a man in prison for three years.
Scott V. Spina Jr. was sentenced to 36 months in federal prison for posing as a former Patriots player and using his identity to buy replica Super Bowl rings that players are allowed to purchase as gifts to friends and family. The Patriots player Spina pretended to be has not been named, and he also was a victim, as Spina bought that player’s ring with a check that bounced.
Players who receive Super Bowl rings also receive a login and password to a site that allows them to buy replicas for friends and family. Spina then used the player’s login and password to purchase three replica rings, which look similar to the rings players receive, and had “Brady” inscribed on the replicas. Spina, posing as a teammate, claimed he was buying them as gifts to give to Brady’s children.
Spina then sold the replicas to a memorabilia dealer who sold one of the rings at auction for more than $337,000.
This is the 25-year-old Spina’s second offense; in 2018 he was sentenced to 35 months in federal prison for failing to deliver goods his business sold to customers, stealing his customers’ credit card information and falsely claiming that purchases on his own account were fraudulent. | 2022-08-30T10:12:35Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Man gets three years in prison for fraudulent sales of Tom Brady Super Bowl rings - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/30/man-gets-three-years-in-prison-for-fraudulent-sales-of-tom-brady-super-bowl-rings/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/30/man-gets-three-years-in-prison-for-fraudulent-sales-of-tom-brady-super-bowl-rings/ |
Some were surprised when the Patriots picked offensive lineman Cole Strange with the 29th overall pick in this year’s draft — including Strange himself.
But the rookie has apparently acquitted himself well throughout his first offseason program and training camp with New England. Now Strange appears set to head into the regular season as New England’s starting left guard.
Head coach Bill Belichick was asked about Strange on Tuesday and had some positive things to say about the rookie’s progression.
“Cole has been out there every day. He’s taken a lot of snaps, a lot of reps, which he needs. He has learned from them and improved fundamentally and in a lot of areas,” Belichick said, via Mike Reiss of ESPN. “Still has a ways to go. He’s seeing a different level of player than what he saw in college from a talent standpoint. In addition, there are more looks, more identification, more things that the defenses do to cause the offense problems. We’ve seen that in the preseason games from New York, Carolina, to Vegas, and the practices against Vegas and Carolina. The multiplicity of things that those teams did — more in practice than in the games, but some of it showed up in the games as well so the wheels are turning. Like they are for all rookies.
“Cole has done a good job of learning from situations, improving his techniques, improving his fundamentals, improving his communication. Still a long way to go. But very much moving in the right direction.”
The Patriots offensive line is one of the team’s question marks in 2022, its first season under the direction of Matt Patricia. But Strange seems to be on the up and up for the team as the Week One matchup with Miami draws closer.
2 responses to “Bill Belichick: Cole Strange is very much moving in the right direction”
youhaveavaxxvidbrain says:
Cole Strange > The Raiders entire OL roster
“Cole has been out there every day. He’s taken a lot of snaps, a lot of reps, which he needs.”
If the most positive things BB can say about you is that, he’s obviously realized already drafting Cole was a big mistake. | 2022-08-30T14:26:08Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Bill Belichick: Cole Strange is very much moving in the right direction - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/30/bill-belichick-cole-strange-is-very-much-moving-in-the-right-direction/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/30/bill-belichick-cole-strange-is-very-much-moving-in-the-right-direction/ |
Commanders running back Brian Robinson is set to be back at the team’s facility on Tuesday.
Robinson was shot twice as the target of an attempted armed robbery on Sunday and John Keim of ESPN.com reports that Robinson was released from the hospital on Monday. He is set to meet with team doctors as he puts together a plan for his rehabilitation and return to the football field.
Commanders head coach Ron Rivera said on Monday that there is no timeline for that return, but that there’s no sign that Robinson will have to miss the entire season.
The meeting with doctors will likely determine whether the Commanders make a roster move with Robinson on Tuesday. Placing him on the non-football injury list would leave him unable to play for the first four games of the season.
3 responses to “Brian Robinson out of hospital, meeting with team doctors Tuesday”
Wow. That was fast. Maybe he will play this year…?
rypsrifle11 says:
Comeback player of the year if he plays this year… Get well, young man. Hopefully they catch the cowards that assaulted you.
What a horrible thing to happen to him… he’s lucky to be alive. But reports are that he fought them, got the gun away from one and they fled. They didn’t expect that. Imagine what linebackers will have to deal with when he’s fully-healthy again! | 2022-08-30T14:26:14Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Brian Robinson out of hospital, meeting with team doctors Tuesday - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/30/brian-robinson-out-of-hospital-meeting-with-team-doctors-tuesday/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/30/brian-robinson-out-of-hospital-meeting-with-team-doctors-tuesday/ |
The Colts are moving on from one of their veteran running backs.
Indianapolis has released Phillip Lindsay, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Media.
Lindsay signed a one-year deal with the Colts in May. He spent 10 games with the Texans last season before he was released in November. He then played four games with the Dolphins. In all, he rushed for 249 yards with one touchdown and caught four passes for 45 yards in 2021.
Lindsay played his first three seasons with the Broncos, rushing for 1,000 yards in each of his first two seasons. He was a Pro Bowler as an undrafted rookie in 2018.
Lindsay recorded 16 carries for 55 yards in this year’s preseason.
The Colts have Jonathan Taylor and Nyheim Hines at the top of their running backs group.
1 responses to “Colts release Phillip Lindsay”
Denver, Texans, Dolphins, & Colts, 4 teams in the last 2 years, doesn’t look good for Lindsey. | 2022-08-30T14:26:20Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Colts release Phillip Lindsay - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/30/colts-release-phillip-lindsay/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/30/colts-release-phillip-lindsay/ |
The Vikings will be parting ways with a member of their 2021 draft class on Tuesday.
Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the team will waive linebacker Janarius Robinson en route to setting their 53-man roster.
Robinson could return to the practice squad, but if he moves on he will do so without ever playing in a regular season game for the team. He missed his entire rookie season while on injured reserve. He had five tackles and a half-sack in the team’s preseason games.
The Vikings moved five players off the active roster on Monday and Robinson’s departure leaves them with 21 more cuts to make before Tuesday afternoon’s deadline. | 2022-08-30T14:26:38Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Vikings cut 2021 fourth-rounder Janarius Robinson - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/30/vikings-cut-2021-fourth-rounder-janarius-robinson/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/30/vikings-cut-2021-fourth-rounder-janarius-robinson/ |
With a crowded receivers room, the Buccaneers are moving on from one of their significant contributors over the past two seasons.
Tampa Bay is waiving Tyler Johnson, according to multiple reports.
A 2020 fifth-round pick, Johnson appeared in all 17 games last season with three starts. He caught 36 passes for 360 yards. He was on the field for 52 percent of the Bucs’ offensive snaps and 19 percent of special teams snaps.
As a rookie, Johnson caught 12 passes for 169 yards with two touchdowns.
The Buccaneers have Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, Russell Gage, and Julio Jones at the top of their receiver depth chart. Moving on from Johnson means Scotty Miller or Deven Thompkins may end up on the initial 53-man roster.
1 responses to “Buccaneers to waive Tyler Johnson”
thought he had potential but they are stacked at receiver | 2022-08-30T15:11:37Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Buccaneers to waive Tyler Johnson - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/30/buccaneers-to-waive-tyler-johnson/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/30/buccaneers-to-waive-tyler-johnson/ |
The Bears are moving on from one of their veteran defensive players.
Chicago is releasing defensive lineman Mario Edwards, a league source told PFT on Tuesday.
Edwards had signed a three-year deal with the Bears in March 2021, albeit under the team’s previous regime. He appeared in 12 games with one start in 2021, recording 2.0 sacks, a tackle for loss, five quarterback hits, and one pass defensed.
Edwards was a Raiders second-round pick in the 2015 draft. He played three seasons with Oakland before the club cut him in 2018 and he was claimed off waivers by the Giants. He then spent a season with New Orleans before signing with the Bears at the start of the 2020 season.
In 86 career games with 25 starts, Edwards has 16.5 career sacks, 19 tackles for loss, and 35 quarterback hits.
1 responses to “Bears to release Mario Edwards”
He made some good plays under Nagy last year but also had some really boneheaded penalties. To be honest I had even forgotten he was on the team but from what I saw of him last year I’m not surprised that Poles & Eberflus didn’t consider him a fit. | 2022-08-30T16:20:11Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Bears to release Mario Edwards - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/30/bears-to-release-mario-edwards/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/30/bears-to-release-mario-edwards/ |
Falcons receiver Calvin Ridley, who is currently serving a minimum suspension of one year for violating the league’s gambling policy, has had a very different issue to deal with.
Via ESPN.com, a new indictment alleges that a violent street gang targeted Ridley and other entertainers and athletes in Atlanta.
In all, 26 people were charged for violating Georgia’s anti-gang and racketeering laws. The specific misconduct allegedly includes carjacking, kidnapping, armed robbery, home invasions and more. The Drug Rich gang allegedly targeted celebrities and social-media influencers.
The homes of Ridley, singer Mariah Carey, Atlanta United goalkeeper Brad Guzan, and Marlo Hampton of The Real Housewives of Atlanta were broken into, per the indictment.
“What they do is target people who show their wealth on social media,” Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said. “So I do have a message for the public: Where it is kind of fun to put your things on social media and show off, unfortunately these gangs are becoming more savvy, more sophisticated in the way that they target you.”
Willis has made it clear that she will be aggressive in her efforts to enforce the law.
“I am not going to negotiate with gang members,” Willis said. “I am not going to allow pleas. We are going to find you, we are going to convict you and we’re going to send you to the prison for the rest of your days, and I’m not apologizing for that.”
Good. At a time when law and order seems more like a punchline than a basic truth to which our society adheres, it’s a strong reminder that there are indeed consequences when basic standards are violated.
5 responses to “Calvin Ridley was allegedly targeted by a “violent street gang””
Good to hear the DA is getting justice for the rich…
Social media….when you just gotta BRAG about what you got and how much fun you are having.
Too bad she wasn’t in charge of the Deshaun Watson case.
It’s one thing to say it, it’s another to do it. Let’s really see if they let them plea out, n just get a slap on the wrist
aristotle says:
Criminal justice “reform” has been a disaster for our society. | 2022-08-30T17:21:51Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Calvin Ridley was allegedly targeted by a "violent street gang" - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/30/calvin-ridley-was-allegedly-targeted-by-a-violent-street-gang/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/30/calvin-ridley-was-allegedly-targeted-by-a-violent-street-gang/ |
Trace McSorley has not made the cut to 53 players in Arizona.
Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that McSorley is among the players the Cardinals are letting go as they set their initial roster for the 2022 season. Kyler Murray and Colt McCoy are the other quarterbacks with the NFC West team.
McSorley signed with the Cardinals while he was on the Ravens practice squad last year. He did not appear in any games with Arizona, but did make three appearances in two seasons with the Ravens. He was 3-of-10 for 90 yards and a touchdown in those games.
The Cardinals could bring McSorley back to the practice squad as a third quarterback with knowledge of their offense. | 2022-08-30T17:21:58Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Cardinals cut Trace McSorley - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/30/cardinals-cut-trace-mcsorley/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/30/cardinals-cut-trace-mcsorley/ |
Devon Allen‘s attempt to jump from the Olympics to the NFL has hit a setback.
Allen, one of the best hurdlers in the world, is being released today as the Eagles get down to 53 players on their roster.
Although Allen showed promise as a receiver and special teamer, and his speed is dangerous for any opponent, the Eagles ultimately decided he’s not ready to play at an NFL level right now, six years after he last played football at Oregon.
Allen will now hit waivers, and if he clears it he’d be a good option to end up on a practice squad, either in Philadelphia or elsewhere. The raw talent is there, and in time Allen might just be ready to play in the NFL.
1 responses to “Eagles cut Olympic hurdler Devon Allen”
CFL or one of the spring leagues if not practice squad. | 2022-08-30T17:22:10Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Eagles cut Olympic hurdler Devon Allen - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/30/eagles-cut-olympic-hurdler-devon-allen/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/30/eagles-cut-olympic-hurdler-devon-allen/ |
The Bears are rolling with Trevor Siemian as their backup to Justin Fields.
Chicago is releasing quarterback Nathan Peterman, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Media. But the Bears do intend to bring Peterman back for their practice squad as their third quarterback.
Peterman signed with the Bears in May after being with the Raiders since 2018. He appeared in two games for Las Vegas between 2020 and 2021. He was 14-of-24 in the 2022 preseason for 178 yards with no touchdowns and no interceptions.
Peterman was a Bills fifth-round pick in 2017. He was 1-3 in his four starts, throwing three touchdowns to 12 interceptions.
Siemian signed a two-year deal with Chicago in March.
2 responses to “Bears to release Nathan Peterman”
Back to the Raiders! They need him!!
I didn’t even know he was on the Bears. I was expecting him to be starting for the Raiders by week 4 after their 0-3 start from Derek Carr’s mistakes. | 2022-08-30T18:13:22Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Bears to release Nathan Peterman - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/30/bears-to-release-nathan-peterman/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/30/bears-to-release-nathan-peterman/ |
With a new regime, the Raiders are moving on from last year’s first-round pick.
Las Vegas is waiving offensive lineman Alex Leatherwood, according to multiple reports.
A recent report from Vinny Bonsignore of the Las Vegas Review-Journal indicated all options were on the table with Leatherwood — including moving him to guard, trading him, or releasing him. NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport noted the Raiders tried to trade Leatherwood to every team but all they heard back was no.
The 17th overall pick of the 2021 draft, Leatherwood was drafted to bookend Kolton Miller as the team’s right tackle. But he was moved to guard during the season after struggling on the outside.
With Josh McDaniels as head coach in 2022, the Raiders had moved Leatherwood around the offensive line during the offseason program and training camp. But he didn’t stick at any position and now Las Vegas has elected to cut ties and move on.
Leatherwood is the latest in a string of failed first-round picks by the previous regime of head coach Jon Gruden and General Manager Mike Mayock. Receiver Henry Ruggs and cornerback Damon Arnette were both waived last season after serious off-the-field incidents. The trio of 2019 first-round picks — defensive end Clelin Ferrell, safety Johnathan Abram, and running back Josh Jacobs — all remain with the team. But all three had their fifth-year options declined in the spring. Ferrell, the No. 4 overall pick that year, has not been a starter since 2020.
Miller, a 2018 first-round pick, was selected by Gruden and previous General Manager Reggie McKenzie. He signed an extension through the 2025 season in April 2021. | 2022-08-30T19:24:54Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Raiders to waive Alex Leatherwood - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/30/raiders-to-waive-alex-leatherwood/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/30/raiders-to-waive-alex-leatherwood/ |
The Vikings’ website still lists Armon Watts as a starter along their defensive line. But Watts won’t start.
The Vikings made the surprising decision to waive Watts on Tuesday, Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports.
Watts, a sixth-round selection in 2019, was the only first-team player to play in the second preseason game. He played 12 defensive snaps.
In his three seasons in Minnesota, Watts played 40 games with 10 starts. He totaled 90 tackles, seven sacks and three forced fumbles. Five of his sacks came in 17 games last season when he saw 670 snaps. | 2022-08-30T19:25:19Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Vikings waive Armon Watts - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/30/vikings-waive-armon-watts/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/30/vikings-waive-armon-watts/ |
Under his prior contract, 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo would have made $25.62 million in 2022. Now, he’ll make at least $6.5 million — a drop of $19.12 million.
He can make nearly $9 million of it back. Mike Garafolo of NFL Media has posted the full breakdown of Garoppolo’s roster bonuses and incentives.
He gets an extra $29,000 for each game that he’s in uniform, on the active roster. That’s a total of $500,000.
He gets $250,000 for each game in which he takes at least 25 percent of the snaps. That equates to a maximum of $4.25 million. He gets another $100,000 for each one of those games that ends in a win. That equates to a high end of $1.7 million.
He gets more in the postseason. If he plays at least 50 percent of the snaps in one playoff game below the conference championship, he gets $500,000.
For 50 percent or more of the snaps in the conference championship game, he gets another $500,000 — plus another $500,000 if it’s a victory.
Finally, he gets an extra $1 million for taking at least 50 percent of the snaps in the Super Bowl.
To earn the full amount of the $8.95 million package, he needs to play at least 25 percent of each game, the 49ers need to go 17-0, he needs to play at least 50 percent of the divisional round game, he needs to play at least 50 percent of the conference title game, and he needs to play at least 50 percent of the Super Bowl. In other words, he won’t be earning the full $8.95 million.
However, if Garoppolo cashes in on any of the postseason incentives, he’ll likely cash in even more in free agency.
5 responses to “Jimmy Garoppolo’s incentives hinge on playing time and team success”
Smart play on Jimmy’s part. I bet he ends up earning at least a bunch of those incentives.
I have no idea why he took this massive payout. Either he doesn’t believe in his worth or he was worried he would get traded to a really bad team.
arkadyrenko says:
Career earnings = $114M. I think Jimmy will be ok.
I’m no head coach in the NFL, and don’t claim to be as smart as one, but if you’ve got a player who has taken you to two championship games and another guy who’s thrown maybe 400 passes total since high school, and you think your roster has championship talent right now, why would you even think of tossing the keys to the neophyte player who’s basically a rookie?
Since Garappolo came to San Fran he has led them to a greater percentage of victories than Aaron Rodgers has led the Packers.
a year on a bad team for 20 million is worth wayyyyyyyyy less than this contract even if its taxed in Cali. He gets to basically rest for a year after a surgery and get paid and if it goes sideways he cashes in regardless and his career path is now known. Versus going to a terrible team and getting absolutely man handled in the pocket. | 2022-08-30T21:42:43Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Jimmy Garoppolo's incentives hinge on playing time and team success - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/30/jimmy-garoppolos-incentives-hinge-on-playing-time-and-team-success/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/30/jimmy-garoppolos-incentives-hinge-on-playing-time-and-team-success/ |
6 responses to “Eagles explain decision to keep Jalen Reagor”
His career will be better when Minshew finally takes the job.
Wow… someone give me what he’s having! 🙄
bmorepositive123 says:
With Brown, Smith, and Goedart, you would think if he’s going to make an impact in this league now is the time. Even Quez being the #3 should help reagor get open. When he’s on the field he’ll be covered by the 4th choice DB. If you can’t beat the #4 guy, you won’t stay in the league
Anything to admit your mistake eh Howie
The reality is that most 21 year olds don’t come into a league of grown professionals and set it on fire. Jalen Reagor was a multi-purpose athlete in college and then was asked to run refined timing routes and understand defensive alignments on the fly. It takes time. He’s still the youngest WR on the Eagles, and at 23, would be a rookie this year if he finished school. Devonta Smith came out a year after him and is still older than Jalen. Eagles are smart to let him grow and see how he develops over time. He has demonstrated a lot of maturity by taking the Philly fan criticism and channeling it into work to improve his game. He’s shown a lot of character. I’m rooting for him and I hope others will as well.
If the reports are correct, the Eagles were offered nothing more than a 6th round pick for him. I’m fine with them not taking that and seeing if he can develop into some kind of role this year instead. | 2022-08-31T01:00:47Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Eagles explain decision to keep Jalen Reagor - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/30/eagles-explain-decision-to-keep-jalen-reagor/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/30/eagles-explain-decision-to-keep-jalen-reagor/ |
2 responses to “Jimmy Garoppolo will be the No. 2 quarterback in the 49ers’ regular-season opener”
Nothing could be more open and above board than hearing firsthand the dialog that went on. Because of the openness, all effective parties being on the same page, and understanding their respective roles, the team should have a cohesive locker room. If they do, they should have a productive season.
Trey Lance never sees the 4th quarter, book it. | 2022-08-31T01:00:59Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Jimmy Garoppolo will be the No. 2 quarterback in the 49ers' regular-season opener - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/30/jimmy-garoppolo-will-be-the-no-2-quarterback-in-the-49ers-regular-season-opener/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/30/jimmy-garoppolo-will-be-the-no-2-quarterback-in-the-49ers-regular-season-opener/ |
Chris Grier: We never made any calls about trading Mike Gesicki
A recent story suggested that the Dolphins were talking to other teams about trading tight end Mike Gesicki. Coach Mike McDaniel previously called such talk “misleading.” G.M. Chris Grier provided a more specific explanation in a Tuesday press conference.
“For us, we did not make any calls on Mike,” Grier said. “We had calls from two teams that reached out to us about Mike. We never made any phone calls about him. We were always — Mike was going to be here. I think everyone made a big deal about him being on the field, but Mike’s a competitive kid. He has been challenged to do some things he hadn’t been asked to do before and he stepped up. We were talking about the other day how the last couple of weeks he’s made some great strides in that area. So for us, it was never about moving him or us trying to. Teams called asking because he’s a good player. And so for us, you guys have heard me say it for years, I’ll always listen. It doesn’t mean we’ll do anything. I think it’s negligent if we don’t [answer the phone], because you never know what kind of deal someone’s going to offer you on someone.”
There was a perception that Gesicki, who is operating under a one-year franchise tag, wouldn’t fit cleanly into the McDaniel offense, since it requires the tight end to be more of a blocker. Gesicki is more of a pass catcher, routinely lining up in the slot.
“The coolest thing too is there was noise that he is alluding to, and one of the cooler parts of training camp for me in general,” McDaniel said Tuesday, “I made a point to the team the other day, was that do you know what Mike worried about in all that? About getting better at blocking and catching. Each and every day, he’s doing one or two things better to his standard of the way he wants his football to look. And that’s all you can ask for. That’s a guy that teammates and coaches and everyone respect — the ones that can ignore the noise and just try to get better.”
Some players act like they don’t hear the noise from the media, which most of the time is crap from a bull. They all hear it. The question is whether they let it affect them. According to McDaniel, Gesicki did not.
And he shouldn’t. He’s in another contract year, and he could be headed for the open market in 2023. It’s in his best interests to have a big year. It’s in the team’s best interests for that to happen, too.
It’s also in the interests of a team that possibly wants to trade for Gesicki to disrupt the relationship between Gesicki and the Dolphins by leaking to reporters that the Dolphins may be trying to trade him. It sounds as if, in this case, the leak did not undermine the relationship between player and team. | 2022-08-31T10:44:03Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Chris Grier: We never made any calls about trading Mike Gesicki - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/31/chris-grier-we-never-made-any-calls-about-trading-mike-gesicki/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/31/chris-grier-we-never-made-any-calls-about-trading-mike-gesicki/ |
There were a number of trades before Tuesday’s deadline to cut rosters to 53 players and the most impactful of them might have been the one that sent defensive back Chauncey Gardner-Johnson from the Saints to the Eagles.
While Gardner-Johnson was looking for a new contract as he entered the final year of his current deal, there was no sign that the Saints were planning to trade him before word of the deal broke on Tuesday and the compensation — a fifth- and sixth-round pick with a seventh-rounder going back to Philly — didn’t knock the socks off of most people. Saints head coach Dennis Allen wouldn’t comment on Gardner-Johnson’s contract demands when discussing a trade that he said was “not an easy decision” for the team to make.
“I love the player,” Allen said, via Luke Johnson of NOLA.com. “These moves are not easy. But it was something we felt like was going to be a good move for us.”
The Saints are confident that Marcus Maye, Tyrann Mathieu, P.J. Williams, Marshon Lattimore, and Paulson Adebo give them all they need in the secondary this season. The results of that bet will weigh heavily on the NFC South race this season. | 2022-08-31T12:02:18Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Dennis Allen: "Not an easy decision" to trade Chauncey Gardner-Johnson - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/31/dennis-allen-not-an-easy-decision-to-trade-chauncey-gardner-johnson/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/31/dennis-allen-not-an-easy-decision-to-trade-chauncey-gardner-johnson/ |
Chris Grier, Mike McDaniel rave about Tyreek Hill
The Dolphins made a bold and brash move in the offseason, trading for Chiefs receiver Tyreek Hill. And while the folks who made the decision to give up five draft picks and a giant pile of money for Hill have every reason to claim that they nailed it, it’s still interesting to hear what they have to say, fewer than two weeks before his official debut.
“Obviously, the on-the-field stuff, we saw it the other night too, what he can do,” G.M. Chris Grier told reporters on Tuesday. “But it’s behind the scenes which has been even better than we thought. We had heard a lot of good things from people and friends and coaches that we know in Kansas City. But being around here, he’s got an infectious attitude, he’s a competitor, great teammate with the guys. You guys see him out there, and you see him, he’s 100 percent, 100 miles an hour in everything he does and always encouraging people and stuff. So it’s been really fun watching him behind the scenes, take leadership with the team and help guide the guys in terms of pushing everyone to be great.”
That’s fine, but the reality is (as Hill himself has admitted it) that he was unhappy last year with his lack of targets and touches, even though he had a career-high in each category, with 159 and 111, respectively.
“We don’t really concern ourselves with anything but since he’s been here, but one thing I will say is, it was obvious that he recognized the opportunity to where he is — I mean, shoot, he’s been a Pro Bowl player every year of his career and [he] came to a very young team,” coach Mike McDaniel added. “There was an opportunity for him to take his game to another level in terms of leadership and tone-setting and all those things. I’m sure he could feel that his teammates were like, ‘Wow, this is Tyreek Hill.’ When he doesn’t make it an option to go full speed — it is like, if you’re on the field, you’re full speed. It changes the teammates for the better and I think he’s really embracing that. Like Chris said, it’s been really cool. That’s been the most fun part with all of it.”
It’ll be even more fun if Hill is running rings around opposing defenses. It won’t be fun if he thinks he’s not getting the ball enough, and if he starts saying so. Like he did last year.
Enough was said this summer on his It Needed to Be Said podcast to make it clear that Hill’s departure arose at least in part from the fact that, in Kansas City, Hill was second fiddle to Patrick Mahomes. In Miami, Hill is the main man. As long as he’s fed the ball accordingly, everything will be just fine.
If not, things will be just fine in the sense of sipping coffee in a room gradually engulfed in flames. | 2022-08-31T14:51:12Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Chris Grier, Mike McDaniel rave about Tyreek Hill - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/31/chris-grier-mike-mcdaniel-rave-about-tyreek-hill/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/31/chris-grier-mike-mcdaniel-rave-about-tyreek-hill/ |
Receiver Josh Gordon joined the Chiefs last September after he was reinstated from another lengthy suspension.
While there was some excitement about his potential contributions to Kansas City’s offense, that never really came to fruition. He caught only five passes for 32 yards with one touchdown. He appeared in 12 games and made five starts but received only 14 targets on his 219 offensive plays.
The Chiefs brought him back for the 2022 offseason and he made a 10-yard catch during the preseason. But ultimately he did not make Kansas City’s 53-man roster and was released this week.
“Listen, I’m proud of Josh for all that he did. [It was] a real pleasure to have him here,” head coach Andy Reid said in his Tuesday press conference. “There’s a chance that he potentially is back here and if it doesn’t work out somewhere else, but just from a football standpoint but also even the bigger picture of things, he really did a heck of a job.”
Teams will have 16-man practice squads, so there is a chance Gordon’s time with the club isn’t quite over. But the 31-year-old receiver — who led the league with 1,646 receiving yards back in 2013 — is free to sign with any team that may think it can make the most out of Gordon’s talents.
2 responses to “Andy Reid: I’m proud of Josh Gordon for all that he did”
What could have been he could have been a HOF’er ? but even saying that he’s still around and has made millions of dollars more then 99 % of us.
Yeah right. He did such a “heck of a job” that you cut him. | 2022-08-31T16:04:46Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Andy Reid: I'm proud of Josh Gordon for all that he did - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/31/andy-reid-im-proud-of-josh-gordon-for-all-that-he-did/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/31/andy-reid-im-proud-of-josh-gordon-for-all-that-he-did/ |
The Ravens added to their tight end room when they selected Isaiah Likely in the fourth round of this year’s draft.
After a strong preseason, it looks like that move could immediately pay off.
Likely led Baltimore with 12 receptions and 144 yards, despite not playing at all in the team’s final exhibition contest. He also had one touchdown.
Fellow tight end Mark Andrews said on Tuesday that Likely has “a natural football gift” that not many people possess.
“I try to tell you all, he’s just got that ‘it’ factor to him,” Andrews said in his press conference. “He’s going to be big for our offense, so I’m excited about him. He’s going to continue to grow, but his game is already very, very high. He doesn’t play like a rookie. It’s going to be great to have him in there, playing with him and making plays.”
Andrews noted that Likely has a great feel for the game already in that he can win one-on-one matchups, find holes in zone coverage, and is a willing blocker. Andrews sees all those factors as things Likely will continue to improve upon, while also potentially making things easier for the rest of Baltimore’s weapons.
“He is a guy that’s going to require attention, he’s going to make plays, and for me, that’s big — being able to find spots, get open, and have some other guys take attention,” Andrews said. “There’s him, but we have a really great receiving corps, so don’t sleep on those guys. Those guys are going to do their thing, and I’m excited about this offense, to be honest with you. We have everything going on — our line, tight ends, running backs, receivers, quarterbacks, obviously. This is going to be a fun, fun year, and I’m excited about it.”
But he’s especially juiced to see what Likely can do once the games count.
“In Baltimore, everybody knows him,” Andrews said, “but he’s going to shock the world.”
4 responses to “Mark Andrews: Isaiah Likely has that “it” factor to him”
That may be true but now he just needs a QB that can throw the ball. Good luck…
You have a great receiving corps? Ah, gotta love the pre-season bravado. However, the regular season harsh reality will soon set in that the receivers can’t catch a cold. Andrews can play, but good luck throwing to everyone else out there Lamar.
This kid is no joke. I watched him in preseason and he was impressive.
Likely story. | 2022-08-31T16:05:04Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Mark Andrews: Isaiah Likely has that "it" factor to him - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/31/mark-andrews-isaiah-likely-has-that-it-factor-to-him/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/31/mark-andrews-isaiah-likely-has-that-it-factor-to-him/ |
The Falcons have added an offensive lineman.
Per Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, Atlanta has claimed Chuma Edoga off waivers. He was recently cut by the Jets.
Edoga was a Jets third-round pick in 2019. He appeared in 24 games with 12 starts for New York over the last three seasons. In 2021, he appeared in just five games with no starts.
The Falcons have been holding a right tackle competition throughout the offseason. According to Rapoport, Edoga will figure into that competition. | 2022-08-31T16:43:54Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Falcons claim Chuma Edoga off waivers - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/31/falcons-claim-chuma-edoga-off-waivers/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/31/falcons-claim-chuma-edoga-off-waivers/ |
The cut to 53 players that went on around the league on Tuesday set initial rosters for all 32 teams, but there are going to be many changes between now and the start of the regular season.
With the first position in the waiver order, the Jaguars are positioned to make a number of changes as they sift through the discard pile created by cuts this week. They made use of that position to add a linebacker on Wednesday.
Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that the Jags have claimed Ty Summers after he was waived by the Packers this week. There’s no word on a corresponding move or any other claims at this point.
Summers was a 2019 seventh-round pick in Green Bay. He had 52 tackles and a fumble recovery while playing mostly on special teams.
1 responses to “Jaguars claim Ty Summers”
Good special teams player. Too slow for the GB ILB schemes. He has issues in coverage of TE’s and RB’s. | 2022-08-31T16:43:55Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Jaguars claim Ty Summers - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/31/jaguars-claim-ty-summers/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/31/jaguars-claim-ty-summers/ |
Kellen Mond will not be returning to the Vikings as a member of their practice squad.
The NFL announced that Mond has been claimed off of waivers by the Browns. Word earlier in the day is that the Vikings were planning to sign the 2021 third-round pick back to their practice squad after cutting him on Tuesday.
Mond played in one game for the Vikings last season, but their former head coach Mike Zimmer showed little interest in seeing him play at the end of the season. While Mond expressed excitement about the coaching change this offseason, things didn’t work out any better for him under Kevin O’Connell.
Now he will get a chance to play for Kevin Stefanski in Cleveland. The Browns cut Josh Rosen on Tuesday, which left them with Jacoby Brissett and Josh Dobbs on their 53-man roster. Deshaun Watson will be back after 11 games and that may be the window Mond has to show the Browns he’s worth keeping around. | 2022-08-31T16:43:57Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Kellen Mond lands with Browns as a waiver claim - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/31/kellen-mond-lands-with-browns-as-a-waiver-claim/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/31/kellen-mond-lands-with-browns-as-a-waiver-claim/ |
The Texans cut Marlon Mack yesterday, but he isn’t going anywhere.
Mack is staying in Houston and signing with the Texans’ practice squad, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN.
After five years with the Colts, Mack signed with the Texans in free agency and initially seemed likely to earn the starting running back job. But he was out-played in training camp and the preseason by rookie Dameon Pierce, who won the starting job.
Mack ran for 1,091 yards in 2019 but has gained a grand total of just 127 yards in the two seasons since then. Now he’ll just hope for an opportunity to get back on the field in Houston. | 2022-08-31T16:43:59Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Marlon Mack returning to Texans' practice squad - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/31/marlon-mack-returning-to-texans-practice-squad/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/31/marlon-mack-returning-to-texans-practice-squad/ |
Brian Flores, Ray Horton, Steve Wilks attack NFL’s “kangaroo court” arbitration system
From time to time, we’ve referred to the NFL’s in-house arbitration system as a secret, rigged kangaroo court. In the brief submitted on behalf of Brian Flores, Steve Wilks, and Ray Horton in their lawsuit against the NFL, the league’s arbitration is likewise described as a “kangaroo court.”
The 25-page filing was made earlier today, in response to the league’s effort to force the entire case to arbitration. From the outset of the brief, the plaintiffs attack the league’s arbitration procedure as something that “bear[s] no resemblance to a neutral judicial forum and fail[s] to comport with basic principles of fairness.” The strongest proof for that contention comes from the argument that the Commissioner, who oversees the internal arbitration process, cannot be objective when it comes to ruling on claims involving the entities who have hired him and who pay him.
This point resonates as well: “If the Court compels arbitration, scores of employers following this case, and those who learn of it, will undoubtedly change their arbitration clauses to permit the appointment of an obviously biased decision-maker.”
The various claims and various defendants complicate the process of determining which claims are even eligible for arbitration. The league claims that all of the legal theories advanced by all of the plaintiffs should be sent to arbitration — including claims against the NFL, even though the NFL wasn’t a party to any of the contracts containing the relevant arbitration clauses.
The plaintiffs argue that the arbitration agreements are unconscionable, by focusing on the Commissioner’s inherent bias. And that seems to be the strongest argument, by far.
Really, how can the Commissioner ever be expected to be fair when sitting in judgment on cases involving the interests of the teams owned by the people who employ him? No fair-minded person should even want to be put in the inherently difficult position of dispensing fair and neutral justice in a case involving one of his or her employers.
But that’s how the league manages to control the damage. This is something that predates the current occupant of the office. By loading up contracts with take-it-or-leave terminology that forces coaches and other non-players to submit to the league’s arbitration procedure, the NFL manages to keep all disputes out of the public eye — and it dumps them into an arena that is far more likely to lead to the outcome the NFL wants.
It’s hard to blame the NFL for trying. Anyone would want a justice system that is oblivious to the notion that justice should be blind. Anyone would want the scales to be tipped in their favor from the outset of the process.
That’s why it’s important for courts to step in, and to call out such efforts to get those who will sign anything to sacrifice any semblance of a fair and neutral process. That’s what the NFL expects coaches and other key team employees do. And if the folks who have been offered those jobs want to actually get those jobs, they’ll sign on the dotted line.
No one will ever decline to accept the league’s arbitration procedures because to do so would mean to sacrifice the opportunity. This will ever change only if the court system forces it to change. If the court system is concerned about ensuring true fairness and justice for all, it will.
3 responses to “Brian Flores, Ray Horton, Steve Wilks attack NFL’s “kangaroo court” arbitration system”
Where would any of those three be in the first place without the NFL? The arbitration system is what the unions and the NFL agreed to. Blame your union if you’re not satisfied with the dispute resolution system put in place.
Well if they do not like it then easy – find a different job. Not one person is forcing these guys to work for a job they do not like.
Snyder has no issue with the system. System allowed him to investigate himself. What’s the issue here? | 2022-08-31T17:58:02Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Brian Flores, Ray Horton, Steve Wilks attack NFL's "kangaroo court" arbitration system - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/31/brian-flores-ray-horton-steve-wilks-attack-nfls-kangaroo-court-arbitration-system/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/31/brian-flores-ray-horton-steve-wilks-attack-nfls-kangaroo-court-arbitration-system/ |
Head coach Josh McDaniels and General Manager Dave Ziegler were not with the Raiders when the franchise drafted offensive lineman Alex Leatherwood at No. 17 overall in 2021.
But the two men decided to move on from last year’s first-round pick with this week’s roster cuts, waiving him after efforts to trade him failed.
Leatherwood has since been claimed by the Bears, where he’ll get a fresh start. Head coach Josh McDaniels wished the offensive lineman the best when asked about the decision to cut him on Wednesday.
“We’ve talked about competition since we came here in every position group and trying to give every player an opportunity to earn his job, and to earn his role — whatever role that may be,” McDaniels said in his press conference. “Some are bigger than others. And we felt like we did that. We gave everybody an opportunity to go out there and play and really perform. So there’s a lot of tough decisions that you make across the roster. You hope you get them all right. We’re not perfect at that. So, hopefully, we did the best we could for our team and we tried to make the decisions we thought would help us going forward.
“So, wish Alex nothing but the best. He did everything he could here to try to earn his role here.”
Though Leatherwood was a first-round pick just last season, it wasn’t exactly a shock that the Raiders moved on. He started last season as a right tackle before moving inside to right guard. Las Vegas moved him around during the offseason program and training camp, but reports out of Las Vegas continually indicated that Leatherwood could not seem to find any sort of consistency in his performance.
It became clear in recent weeks that the Raiders were prepared to move on. | 2022-08-31T18:33:13Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Josh McDaniels on Alex Leatherwood: We gave everybody an opportunity to really perform - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/31/josh-mcdaniels-on-alex-leatherwood-we-gave-everybody-an-opportunity-to-really-perform/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/31/josh-mcdaniels-on-alex-leatherwood-we-gave-everybody-an-opportunity-to-really-perform/ |
Baker Mayfield: I never said I’m going to f—k Browns up
Panthers quarterback Baker Mayfield will be facing his former team in Week 1 and he’s admitted that the game means something extra because of how his time with the Browns came to an end.
Mayfield denies that extra emotion led him to tell Cynthia Frelund of NFL Media that he is going to “fuck them up” in the season opener. Frelund relayed the quote during a recent podcast appearance and it drew enough attention on Tuesday that Mayfield was asked about it on Wednesday.
Mayfield said he always wants to win, but that he never said what Frelund quoted him as saying.
“First, I didn’t say it,” Mayfield said, via Joe Person of TheAthletic.com. “Obviously everybody’s going to write whatever story they want, there’s history that I played there the last four years. I’m an extremely competitive person. Everybody knows that. If I wasn’t wanting to win then there would be a really big issue with me being the quarterback here. I want to win in everything I do. That’ll never change. That is not how I phrased it. It’s not even what I said.”
Browns defensive end Myles Garrett said “we’ll take it and we’ll use it” in reference to Mayfield’s purported quote about the matchup, but one imagines there wasn’t much need for extra motivation to kick off the season with a strong performance against the former Brown.
6 responses to “Baker Mayfield: I never said I’m going to f—k Browns up”
Talk is cheap. What matters is what happens between the lines.
Okay. If he did not say it then I withdraw my criticism of him for saying it.
Whether he said it or not, just the fact that he is denying it is a good sign.
Rooting for Baker in week one. I hope Deshaun enjoys watching from his couch at home.
Should’ve owned it, even if he didn’t actually say the words. It’s a good sentiment and something the NFL could actually use more of. Fans wants spirited contests.
baker being baker ..he just can’t keep his mouth shut…wonder how long the panthers will put up with this crap…
Mayfield may be telling the truth here. People think he hasn’t matured but I think the last 2 years he’s been much more professional and restrained than people give him credit for. He’s gone through a lot of crap the past year especially and done a good job of taking the high road through all of it.
And even if he did say that and was thinking he was off the record, then I still don’t blame him. | 2022-08-31T21:26:37Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Baker Mayfield: I never said I'm going to f—k Browns up - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/31/baker-mayfield-i-never-said-im-going-to-f-k-browns-up/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/31/baker-mayfield-i-never-said-im-going-to-f-k-browns-up/ |
Former Buccaneers receiver Tyler Johnson made some big catches during the 2020 Super Bowl run. But that was then and this is now. And as of now, Johnson is gone.
Johnson lost his spot due to the fact that the Bucs had too many talented receivers — and because his own talents were too narrow.
“We have a lot of receivers and when you get down to a fifth and sixth receiver — Jaelon [Darden] returns punts and kicks, [and] Tyler was the sixth receiver to dress on Sundays,” coach Todd Bowles told reporters on Wednesday. “You’ve got to be able to play special teams and contribute. [He is] a great pass receiver, very good catcher — he can catch the ball — [he’s] a very good player, but no special teams value. Once you get down past the top four and five, you’ve got to have more value then just catching the football because you won’t dress on Sundays. You know, that was a big reason behind it. We felt [Breshad Perriman] can do a lot of things on special teams, we feel Scotty [Miller] can do some things as well. So that’s what it came down to.”
Miller’s special-teams value comes from, as Bowles explained it, backup punt returner, backup kick returner, kickoff coverage, and gunner on the punt team.
Miller nevertheless spent Tuesday sweating it out.
“It was crazy,” Miller told reporters on Wednesday. “That final cut day is always wild. You never really know how it’s going to shake out, how it’s going to go. So I really just tried to get my mind prepared for whatever and I happened to stick on the team here and make the team. I’m just really excited to be here and be a part of something special. I’m just grateful.”
He shouldn’t be grateful. He’s the one who brings sufficiently significant value to the Bucs. If he didn’t, he wouldn’t be there. | 2022-08-31T23:04:43Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Todd Bowles: Lack of special-teams value cost Tyler Johnson his roster spot - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/31/todd-bowles-lack-of-special-teams-value-cost-tyler-johnson-his-roster-spot/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/31/todd-bowles-lack-of-special-teams-value-cost-tyler-johnson-his-roster-spot/ |
Posted by Mike Florio on August 31, 2022, 11:18 PM EDT
Six days after an incident that made Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald the talk of the league, Donald didn’t want to talk about the incident.
He did a media tour on Wednesday to promote a product. It’s a simple quid pro quo. The player submits to an interview, with the understanding that he’ll get a chance to promote his product.
Usually, there’s no effort to limit the subject matter of the interview portion of the questions. Sometimes there is. Sometimes the interviewer will comply. Sometimes the interviewer will politely explain that the questions must be asked. Sometimes the interviewer will simply cancel the interview because, frankly, it’s inappropriate for anyone who is being interviewed to attempt to apply restrictions on the topics to be discussed.
Here’s the relevant excerpt.
Gelb: “What happened last week in joint practices, because we all saw the video of you swinging helmets? And people were wondering what was going on there?”
Donald: “It was just a practice. Obviously, people got phones out and things like that. But I’m not gonna sit and talk about negative stuff that happened at a practice. My main focus is Buffalo.”
Gelb: “Was there any internal punishment?”
Donald: “We talked. We talked, so. . . .”
Gelb: “Were you thinking maybe you were going to get suspended or anything?”
P.R. person: “Hey Zach, we’re just gonna focus just here because Aaron’s here today to talk about [product we have no compulsion to mention]. So you do have two minutes left, if you want to pivot to your last question please.”
Gelb then tried, to his credit, to ask one more question about the incident. He asked what sparked the fight. Donald deftly twisted it into a pitch for his product. And that was that.
It’s unfortunate. Donald ultimately faced no real accountability for engaging in inherently dangerous conduct. The league inexplicably couldn’t suspend him, and the Rams predictably wouldn’t. Then, while on a paid media tour that included the ability to interview him in exchange for giving him the opportunity to sell the product, Donald didn’t want to answer simple questions about what caused him to blow a fuse so violently and shockingly.
He should have canceled or postponed the media tour. He surely doesn’t need the money. He definitely doesn’t need the headache.
Then again, neither did the guy who had football helmet violently slammed against the football helmet he was wearing last Thursday. | 2022-09-01T03:57:27Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Aaron Donald sponsored media appearance included effort by P.R. rep to block questions about helmet incident - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/31/aaron-donald-sponsored-media-appearance-included-effort-by-p-r-rep-to-block-questions-about-helmet-incident/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/31/aaron-donald-sponsored-media-appearance-included-effort-by-p-r-rep-to-block-questions-about-helmet-incident/ |
At one point, he was asked something very simple and clear. What is the plan?
“I think the easiest thing to do is to say, well, who are the stars right?” Schneider said. “I’m not going to mention names but, you know, look at the guys. It’s pretty easy to know who the big-time players are. I think it’s an exciting thing because the fans don’t know what’s coming and who’s going to step forward and I think there’s a bunch of opportunities for guys to step forward.
“When I have things on in the background and I see guys like DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett not mentioned in the NFL top 100 players, it blows my mind. Jordyn Brooks and what he did last year. I was listening to something while I was working and somebody’s talking about, ‘Oh they have nothing on defense’, they got Jamal Adams and that’s it. And I’m thinking to myself what about Quandre Diggs? There’s a lot of fun stuff that we have. Al Woods is an incredible leader.
‘This is the ultimate team sport and I think the cool thing about when you look back on our history in terms of messaging the fans from your 30,000-foot view, there weren’t a lot of people who knew who Richard Sherman was or Kam [Chancellor] or K..J. [Wright] and Bobby [Wagner] for that matter. All those guys. Russ was a third-round pick when Pete [Carroll] decided to start him as a rookie, so these guys come out of nowhere and there’s so many cool opportunities for these guys and the staff. I’ve been really impressed with their level of teaching, education, the time they spend with the guys. It’s important for them to develop people and I’m excited to see where it goes.”
It’s a fair assessment, along with a calculated risk. The team that came out of nowhere in 2012 and won the Super Bowl a year later is now completely gone. A decade later, the best the Seahawks can hope for is to have everyone (including themselves) learn that there are some great, young, no-name players who are ready to step in and step up. Until they do it, they haven’t done it.
Schneider was also asked whether people are sleeping on the Seahawks. He basically admitted that they are.
“I just think we’re chasing instead of being chased which I think is cool,” Schneider said. “I think it’s exciting. It’s kind of like right when we got here, we were chasing the San Francisco 49ers. L.A Rams, like it or not, are the world champions. Let’s go we got to compete with them every single day.”
That spirit of always competing is a throwback to the early days of the Carroll-Schneider regime. They’ve now come full circle. But the fact that it worked a decade ago doesn’t mean it will work now.
So it’s not an issue of people sleeping on the Seahawks. After so many years of the team being a known entity at so many key positions, no one knows what this team has. Especially since it no longer has Russell Wilson — and that it’s replacing him (for now) with a guy who hasn’t been a regular starter since the last time the Seahawks made it to the Super Bowl, and who has 34 career touchdown passes against 37 career interceptions. | 2022-09-01T11:35:58Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Seahawks G.M. John Schneider addresses team's prospects for 2022 - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/01/seahawks-g-m-john-schneider-addresses-teams-prospects-for-2022/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/01/seahawks-g-m-john-schneider-addresses-teams-prospects-for-2022/ |
Commanders will place Brian Robinson on non-football injury list
The Commanders have resisted setting any kind of timeline for when running back Brian Robinson will be ready to resume football activities after being shot twice last weekend, but a pending roster move gives some idea of the minimum amount of time that Robinson will miss.
According to multiple reports, the Commanders will put Robinson on the non-football injury list. Once he’s on the list, Robinson will be ineligible to play in the first four games of the season but could be activated at any point after that if he’s deemed ready to return to the field.
Robinson was the target of an armed robbery attempt and was shot in his glute and knee by his assailants. The third-round pick avoided any injury that would put his career at risk and was well enough to be released from the hospital a day after the incident.
Antonio Gibson, J.D. McKissic and Jonathan Williams are the other backs who made the cut to 53 players in Washington. They will have an open roster spot to fill once the Robinson move is made. | 2022-09-01T15:03:10Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Commanders will place Brian Robinson on non-football injury list - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/01/commanders-will-place-brian-robinson-on-non-football-injury-list/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/01/commanders-will-place-brian-robinson-on-non-football-injury-list/ |
The Titans have suffered a significant blow to their defense before the start of the regular season.
Outside linebacker Harold Landry tore his ACL during Wednesday’s practice, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN.
A second-round pick in 2018, Landry has become one of Tennessee’s key defensive players over the last few years. He was selected to his first Pro Bowl last season after recording a career-high 12.0 sacks, 14 tackles for loss, and 22 quarterback hits.
With his rookie contract coming to an end after the 2021 season, the Titans signed Landry to a five-year, $87.5 million extension with $52.5 million guaranteed in March.
Landry has started every game for the Titans since 2019. He’s registered 31.0 sacks, 41 tackles for loss, and 66 quarterback hits in his career.
Aside from Landry, the Titans currently have Bud Dupree, Ola Adeniyi, and Rashad Weaver on their 53-man roster at outside linebacker.
7 responses to “Harold Landry tore ACL during Wednesday practice”
Bud Dupree. lol
Like I said on a previous post, this team will be lucky to win 9 games.
Call the Bears & trade for Roquan Smith
Just brutal…not the way to start the season….Willis will be starting by week 8
So much for players getting hurt in preseason games. Seems a lot get hurt in practice.
Karma for not playing starters in games and making people pay for them.
bird2urmother says:
I feel bad for the kid, but I’m very happy to see that he already got a new contract before this happened. He’ll be fine and I’m sure he’ll be as good as ever once he returns. | 2022-09-01T20:19:47Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Harold Landry tore ACL during Wednesday practice - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/01/harold-landry-tore-acl-during-wednesday-practice/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/01/harold-landry-tore-acl-during-wednesday-practice/ |
The Lions made a big move in the first round of the 2022 NFL draft, trading up to No. 12 overall to select Jameson Williams, even though Williams had torn his ACL playing for Alabama in the 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship game. Williams won’t play at the start of the season, but the Lions are still very satisfied with their decision.
Lions General Manager Brad Holmes isn’t offering a precise date for when Williams will return, but Holmes said Williams is making good progress in his recovery, and that the Lions see Williams as a player who’s going to contribute for a lot more than just his rookie year.
“He is on track, again, I’m not going to put out a hard date, but I will say, the weeks and weeks he’s strung together with his rehab, and he’s so gifted from a genetic standpoint,” Holmes said, via MLive.com. “Once he keeps that consistency going, it actually could accelerate that return that we’re thinking. You got to be a little bit conservative and on the safer side when it comes to forecasts and those returns to play. But hopefully, he stays on track, and hopefully it’s sooner than later, but we’re going to continue to be smart with him. We’ve always said that from Day 1. . . . We’ve got to be smart because we didn’t make that move for him just for Year 1. This is a long-term investment.”
The most likely scenario appears to be that the Lions get Williams on the field somewhere around mid-season. But when they traded up for him, they were really thinking of 2023 and beyond. | 2022-09-02T08:57:59Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Jameson Williams "on track" in ACL recovery, but Lions view him as "long-term investment" - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/02/jameson-williams-on-track-in-acl-recovery-but-lions-view-him-as-long-term-investment/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/02/jameson-williams-on-track-in-acl-recovery-but-lions-view-him-as-long-term-investment/ |
Giants wide receiver Kadarius Toney has missed time with a hamstring injury recently, but he is expected to be on the field against the Titans for the start of the regular season.
Assuming that’s the case, it will be the first chance for Toney to start writing a better story than the one he turned in after being picked in the first round last year. Toney showed flashes of the playmaking ability that excited the Giants, but was invisible at other times and missed seven games with injuries.
On Thursday, Toney said that last season is “already behind me” and that he’s looking forward to putting on a better display this time around.
The regime that picked Toney last year is gone and the hamstring injury hasn’t allowed him much time to impress the new bosses on the field this summer. That will make it all the more important that he hit the ground running in the regular season to maintain a big role in the offense. | 2022-09-02T13:10:50Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Kadarius Toney: I've got a lot to prove this year - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/02/kadarius-toney-ive-got-a-lot-to-prove-this-year/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/02/kadarius-toney-ive-got-a-lot-to-prove-this-year/ |
News emerged on Thursday afternoon regarding the arrest of Saints safety Marcus Maye for aggravated assault with a firearm. More details have surfaced since then.
The alleged crime happened within the context of a road-rage incident that occurred on Monday in Metairie, Louisiana, via Katherine Terrell of ESPN.com. Maye was released on $30,000 bond.
Said the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office: “Maye was identified as the driver of a black SUV that was involved in an incident in which he is accused of pointing a firearm at another vehicle that was occupied by several juvenile females.”
“Marcus vehemently denies the allegation from a motor vehicle incident, and looks forward to defending himself when all the facts come out,” Maye’s lawyer said in a statement issued to NFL Network.
The Saints made the perfunctory “we’re aware of it but we have no further comment since it’s a pending legal situation” comment.
For Maye, it’s pending legal situation No. 2. As noted by Terrell, Maye was arrested earlier this year for DUI, DUI/damage to property and person, leaving the scene of a crash, and careless driving. He’s due in court on November 16. | 2022-09-02T15:04:53Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Marcus Maye denies wrongdoing in connection with road-rage arrest - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/02/marcus-maye-denies-wrongdoing-in-connection-with-road-rage-arrest/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/02/marcus-maye-denies-wrongdoing-in-connection-with-road-rage-arrest/ |
New Giants General Manager Joe Schoen isn’t committing to the quarterback he inherited, Daniel Jones. To get a commitment, Jones will need to step up in the regular season.
“I’m not going to get into expectations, but I’m happy where he is. I think you guys saw the two preseason games he played in; I think he played well. You guys were here for the Jets practice. I think he performed well in the Jets practice,” Schoen said of Jones, via NorthJersey.com. “So, again, I know some people were getting on him early on. And it’s [against Wink Martindale’s] defense, and he’s sending people from left field, and we’re not game planning for that, while he’s also trying to be on the same page with some of the receivers. So, I think Daniel’s in a good place. I’m happy where he is. But again, we all know everybody’s got to go perform on Sundays, and that’s when the evaluations will really start.”
The Giants didn’t pick up Jones’ fifth-year option, which means he becomes a free agent in March. The Giants would love to see Jones have the kind of season that makes them pay him a lot of money on a long-term extension. But he’ll need to play better than he has through three seasons if he wants to convince the Giants to commit to him.
2 responses to “Joe Schoen: Daniel Jones played well in preseason, but it’s regular season he’s evaluated on”
Daniel Jones is an elite young QB. When you have a different offensive coordinator every year, that means nobody in the huddle is familiar with their assignment. As soon as they start to get comfortable enough to go full speed and run the correct routes, they make another change, and press re-start again. When you change head coaches the same thing happens on both sides of the ball. Also, it takes time for all the new coaches to get familiar with their new players. And of course, they all want to change half the roster. Compare that to the Steelers. They hire a new coach every 15-20 years, and they all win Super Bowls and end up HOFers. I’m surprised more owners haven’t been paying attention.
PhinsJunkie says:
If Brian Daboll can get Daniel Jones to perform in a way he reached 55% of Josh Allen’s productivity…I think the Giants will take that as progress and trending in the right direction. This is not a slight on Jones or the Giant. By 55% I’m thinking 20 TD passes, fewer than 10 INTs and 330 rushing yards and 6TDs on the ground. This would be a career year for him, compared to his stats last year. The question is, will that stat line be enough to convince Schoen that Jones deserve a longer term year. I would say “no”, but it’s good enough to Franchise tag him and have him prove he can do it again. This is the Kirk Cousins model…which also made Cousins very wealthy, by the way. | 2022-09-02T16:09:38Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Joe Schoen: Daniel Jones played well in preseason, but it's regular season he's evaluated on - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/02/joe-schoen-daniel-jones-played-well-in-preseason-but-its-regular-season-hes-evaluated-on/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/02/joe-schoen-daniel-jones-played-well-in-preseason-but-its-regular-season-hes-evaluated-on/ |
Cardinals, Jalen Thompson agree to contract extension through 2025
The Cardinals have locked up one of their young defensive backs.
Arizona announced on Friday that the team has agreed to a contract extension with safety Jalen Thompson through the 2025 season.
Selected in the fifth round of the supplemental draft in 2019, Thompson was entering the final year of his rookie contract.
Thompson was a key piece of Arizona’s defense last year, playing 91 percent of the unit’s snaps. He appeared in all 17 games with 12 starts. Thompson also played 26 percent of the Cardinals special teams snaps.
Thompson recorded 121 total tackles with three tackles for loss, two QB hits, seven passes defensed, and three interceptions.
All told, he’s recorded four picks and 11 passes defensed in 37 games with 25 starts. | 2022-09-02T20:06:45Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Cardinals, Jalen Thompson agree to contract extension through 2025 - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/02/cardinals-jalen-thompson-agree-to-contract-extension-through-2025/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/02/cardinals-jalen-thompson-agree-to-contract-extension-through-2025/ |
Omission of 17th game check trims new-money average of Russell Wilson deal to $48.52 million
It’s been a great week for Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson. But just a hair less great than it could have been.
He still has a new seven-year, $296 million contract with the Broncos; that hasn’t changed. However, as it relates to where he lands on the much-ballyhooed new-money average rankings, he’s not quite as close to $50 million per year as believed.
Per a league source, Wilson’s new contract did not reflect the value of the 17th game checks to which he was entitled for the remaining two years of his contract. His base salary of $19 million for 2022 was actually $20,117,647, given that he would have gotten one more game check in the amount of $1,117,647 under his prior deal. In 2023, he would have gotten not $22 million (his adjusted base given an escalator he earned) but $23,294,117.
The 2020 CBA, which expanded the regular season from 16 to 17 games, gives players with pre-existing contract an extra weekly game check, in the amount of 1/17th of their prior salary — since in a 16-game season they received 17 checks (16 games and one bye-week check).
So instead of having old-money in the amount of $41 million in base salaries, Wilson actually had $43,411,764. This reduces the new money under the deal from $245 million to $242,588,236. Which reduces the new-money average from $49 million to $48.517 million.
Again, it doesn’t change the full payout of $296 million over seven years. But it definitely changes the manner in which the highest-paid quarterbacks should be listed by annual new-money average, with the gap between Aaron Rodgers and Wilson nearly $500,000 more per year than it was thought to be.
2 responses to “Omission of 17th game check trims new-money average of Russell Wilson deal to $48.52 million”
How will he feed his family?
Well that’s not going to sit well with Wilson. How is he going to put food on the table for his family? | 2022-09-02T21:56:47Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Omission of 17th game check trims new-money average of Russell Wilson deal to $48.52 million - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/02/omission-of-17th-game-check-trims-new-money-average-of-russell-wilson-deal-to-48-52-million/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/02/omission-of-17th-game-check-trims-new-money-average-of-russell-wilson-deal-to-48-52-million/ |
The Texans have cut wide receiver Chris Conley for the second time this week.
Conley was one of the players released on Tuesday as the Texans made their way to 53 players, but he re-signed on Thursday after several members of the team went on injured reserve. Conley’s stay lasted just a day, however.
The Texans announced that they have released Conley to make space for tight end O.J. Howard. Howard visited with the team on Thursday and agreed to a contract that he officially signed on Friday.
Conley started 10 of the 16 games he played for Houston last season. He caught 22 passes for 323 yards and two touchdowns.
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Given the state of the Bears receiver corp, I wouldn’t be surprised to see them take a look-see at this kid, he’s caught a pass in the NFL after all. | 2022-09-02T21:57:06Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Texans cut Chris Conley to make room for O.J. Howard - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/02/texans-cut-chris-conley-to-make-room-for-o-j-howard/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/02/texans-cut-chris-conley-to-make-room-for-o-j-howard/ |
Yes, former Vikings coach Mike Zimmer has done it before. Specifically, on the night in March that the Vikings gave quarterback Kirk Cousins his latest new contract. Zimmer accused me of trying to get him fired. He said I started the “ground swell” that resulted in Zimmer losing his job. (I didn’t realize I had so much power. Then again, maybe I do.)
The exchange went downhill from there.
It was a glimpse of Zimmer’s old-school cantankerous nature. I didn’t write about it at the time (he never used the magic words “off the record”), but it’s relevant tonight, as the Vikings inch toward their first regular-season game without Zimmer as the head coach since the end of the 2013 season.
Tyler Dunne of GoLongTD.com takes a close look at the dramatic change in culture as the Vikings pivot from Zimmer to Kevin O’Connell. The whole article is worth a read. Certain aspects stand out.
Most significant are the on-the-record comments from former Vikings cornerback Terence Newman, who worked on Zimmer’s staff after his playing career ended.
The problem was simple. Zimmer was always pissed off.
“He was never in a good mood,” Newman told Dunne. “People sense that stuff. You come in and you have an attitude. What the fuck are you mad about? There’s this dude over here playing with a bum knee giving it everything he’s got. Could’ve sat out. But he said, ‘You know what? I want to be there for my boys. I want to go out. I want to push myself. I want to do what I can for my team.’ And then this guy’s over here grumpy about possibly getting fired and still making however [much] money he’s going to make next year because he’s got a guaranteed contract. Tell me how that’s fair.”
Newman explained that, “when you try to intimidate, you get guys who are scared to make mistakes.”
“You do your job, but you don’t do your job the best you can do it because you’re afraid of the repercussions and the consequences,” Newman said. “You get embarrassed in front of everybody in the meeting room, and that does nothing for anybody. There’s no positivity that comes from that. . . . It was an atmosphere that became very toxic. Young guys didn’t want to play for the guy.”
Frankly, it doesn’t sound all that different than the approach used over the years by Patriots coach Bill Belichick. The difference is that Belichick has won. Zimmer didn’t. At least, not enough.
“If you’re a coach who coached in the 90s — and you haven’t adapted to what you’re doing — you’re making a huge, egregious mistake,” Newman told Dunne. “You can’t just run your players into the dirt. You can’t go Bill Parcells, two-a-days, live, goal-line, live red zone plays. You can’t do that anymore. I mean, you’ve got guys who are beat up just from practice. They’ve got to go play a game on Sunday. And we literally beat the shit out of each other on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.”
Newman said the environment became “toxic.” And while we typically shy away from sharing opinions shared to the media on an off-the-record basis, an unnamed former coordinator provided a blunt and simple explanation for why he thinks the 2022 Vikings will thrive.
“Because the devil’s gone,” the unnamed former Vikings coordinator told Dunne. “Satan is out of the building.”
That’s harsh. And it may be a little over the top. Regardless, Zimmer was a little over the top, too. And hopefully I won’t be getting any over-the-top text messages later tonight. | 2022-09-02T23:38:22Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | With Mike Zimmer out and Kevin O'Connell in, the Vikings could be much, much better - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/02/with-mike-zimmer-out-and-kevin-oconnell-in-the-vikings-could-be-much-much-better/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/02/with-mike-zimmer-out-and-kevin-oconnell-in-the-vikings-could-be-much-much-better/ |
Rams cornerback Jalen Ramsey after the conclusion of the offseason program. He was a candidate for the Physically Unable to Perform list, but the team decided to keep him on the active roster at the outset of training camp.
With the first game of the season five days away, will Ramsey’s shoulder allow him to play without restrictions?
“He’s feeling good,” McVay told reporters on Friday. “He sure looks good out here and so he’s feeling good and he’s going to be ready to roll on the 8th.”
There was some chatter early in camp about Ramsey, who makes $20 million per year, possibly getting a new contract. McVay downplayed the subject when asked about it in late July.
“When the time is right,” Ramsey said that same day regarding a possible new deal. “That’s what I say about everything that’s going on. When the time is right. Things will happen in due time. I let the people who need to handle those things handle them, but I got to handle what I got to handle. You know what I mean? And right now for me, that’s being a good teammate, getting this shoulder right, getting this rehab right, so I can go have another good season and help this team in as many ways as possible.”
Like McVay said, Ramsey will be ready to roll on the 8th. It remains to be seen when the Rams are ready to roll some more dough Ramsey’s way. He’s signed through 2025, at base salaries of $15 million, $17 million, $14.5 million, and $15,5 million.
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Allen is about to show Ramsey where the trash dump really is. | 2022-09-03T17:40:07Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Jalen Ramsey will be "ready to roll" on Thursday night - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/03/jalen-ramsey-will-be-ready-to-roll-on-thursday-night/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/03/jalen-ramsey-will-be-ready-to-roll-on-thursday-night/ |
Dawson Knox posts tribute to his late brother, Luke
Luke Dawson, the younger brother of Bills tight end Dawson Knox, died last month. Dawson Knox has posted on social media a tribute to his brother.
“There’s no words to describe these last few weeks,” Dawson Knox said in an Instagram message that included a photo of Dawson and Luke. “All I know is that I am beyond grateful for the outpouring of love and support for my family. Luke is not lost, because we know exactly where he is. God’s got him, and I know I’ll be seeing him again one day. Luke’s legacy will continue [to] live on through all the lives he’s impacted in incredible ways. This isn’t a goodbye, it’s just a see you later. I love you Luke.”
The Bills start the season on Thursday night in L.A. Via the Buffalo News, Knox is scheduled to meet with reporters on Monday.
Bills fans expressed their condolences and showed their support for Dawson Knox and his family by making contributions to P.U.N.T. Pediatric Cancer. If you haven’t and would like to, here’s the link.
1 responses to “Dawson Knox posts tribute to his late brother, Luke”
God bless the Knox family. I lost my brother 15 years ago and it has been the hardest loss for my family. | 2022-09-04T16:05:44Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Dawson Knox posts tribute to his late brother, Luke - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/04/dawson-knox-posts-tribute-to-his-late-brother-luke/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/04/dawson-knox-posts-tribute-to-his-late-brother-luke/ |
If you don’t like Kevin Burkhardt, he doesn’t care (in stronger terms than that)
Next week, Kevin Burkhardt officially debuts as the new No. 1 NFL play-by-play announcer at Fox. He’ll work the biggest games. He’ll handle the NFC Championship. He’ll call two of the next three Super Bowls.
He’ll potentially become a social-media pin cushion. He realizes that it goes with the territory.
“[T]here’s always somebody who’s going to be sour no matter what I do,” Burkhardt told Jon Hoefling of Deadspin. “If they don’t like me, I don’t give a fuck. I can’t let it affect how I do my job.”
That’s the right attitude. It’s the only attitude he can have, if he wants to survive in that job.
In today’s world, anyone and everyone can grab a social-media megaphone. Howard Cosell, one of the greatest to ever do it, would have been relentlessly harassed on social media. And it would have been great to hear how he would have handled it. Because he definitely would have. Burkhardt has done so, preemptively.
“Look, everyone wants to be loved, right?” Burkhardt said. “That’s the goal, but at the same time if people on Twitter are going to criticize me then it’s like, ‘You try being on TV uncensored for three-and-a-half hours live.’ There’s no delete button. For everyone that says they could do it better, I don’t go into a hospital and critique a heart surgeon on his procedure. The odds are they can’t do it better.”
Not many of the trolls even try to claim they could do it better. That doesn’t stop them from complaining about the guy who is doing it. They want someone else doing it, so they can complain about the next one.
Starting next week, Burkhardt will be hearing about it. At some level, he should be happy about that. In today’s online world, only those who have little or no relevance have little or no online enemies.
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He’s alright. Joe Buck on the other hand is objectively terrible | 2022-09-04T18:04:45Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | If you don't like Kevin Burkhardt, he doesn't care (in stronger terms than that) - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/04/if-you-dont-like-kevin-burkhardt-he-doesnt-care-in-stronger-terms-than-that/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/04/if-you-dont-like-kevin-burkhardt-he-doesnt-care-in-stronger-terms-than-that/ |
Whether it’s Josh McDaniels, Matt Patricia, Joe Judge, or someone else calling the plays, there’s only one person calling the shots in New England. Same as it ever was.
Coach Bill Belichick has reiterated the reality that he runs the show in New England.
Indeed we will. It’s one of the biggest questions for the 2022 Patriots. Who will control the offense, and will the offense work?
Reporters are nevertheless concerned, as they should be, about certain details. Such as who sets the script?
“Script what?” Belichick said. “What are you talking about?” (Never change, Bill. Not that you would.)
Scripting of plays. You know, planning in advance what will be called, especially in specific situations.
“[G]enerally if you were to talk about a situation like that, you talk to the entire staff there and say, ‘Okay, first third-and-one here’s what we practiced, what are we thinking?’ Somebody might say, ‘Let’s do that,’ or ‘This will be a real good time to do that and then come back with that one the second third-and-one.’ Those suggestions, those ideas, can come from everybody and anybody. And I’d say that’s the way it’s always been.”
“Anybody and everybody” is a little broad, especially for a team that continues to rely on the “do your job” mantra.
And that’s really what he means. The suggestions and ideas can come from anybody and everybody whose job it is to make those suggestions and offer those ideas. Good luck knowing who those people may be.
Ultimately, however, it’s Belichick responsibility. But we already knew, even with McDaniels gone, the new boss would be the same as the old boss.
5 responses to “Bill Belichick reiterates: “Ultimately, I have responsibility for everything””
AntowainSmooth says:
It’s really pretty simple. The “do your job” thing is not just a slogan. It’s a protective mindset — do YOUR job, don’t try to do everyone else’s, whether you’re a free safety or assistant coach. BB believes dealing with the media and taking responsibility for failures is his job (note how when they have success, he always spreads around responsibility for success upon the players). This whole “Who’s calling the plays?” thing is nothing more than BB insulating the team from scrutiny, in other words, doing HIS job.
donaldputin says:
Ultimately, no one cares and hopes you and your ego get crushed this season. Google “Andy Reid’s last year in Philadelphia.”
“Ultimately, I have responsibility for everything”, I am sure Kraft made that crystal clear at the start of camp. I can see NE hiring a GTM next year, whether Bill hangs around will be determined.
This is perfect actually.
If no one knows who is calling the plays, the opponent will have a harder time gameplanning against the OC, as we all know OCs tend to have tendencies that could be exploited.
(note how when they have success, he always spreads around responsibility for success upon the players).
His yacht of 7 bowls.
He is a master of taking credits he didn’t deserve. He should realize that without Bill Parcel’s offense (39 min against 49er in NFCCG and 40.5 minutes against Bills), his game plans would have failed. | 2022-09-05T01:15:49Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Bill Belichick reiterates: "Ultimately, I have responsibility for everything" - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/04/bill-belichick-reiterates-ultimately-i-have-responsibility-for-everything/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/04/bill-belichick-reiterates-ultimately-i-have-responsibility-for-everything/ |
As he begins a new chapter of his career in Las Vegas, Davante Adams is thinking about his legacy.
Adams, who spent the first eight seasons of his career in Green Bay and was a first-team All-Pro wide receiver the last two seasons, said he wants to do things with the Raiders that are legendary.
“At this point, my motivation is my kids, my family, my legacy, stuff like that,” Adams said, via the Las Vegas Review-Journal. “I want a uniform feeling that Davante Adams is ultimately wanting to be a legend, or going to be a legend, or when they look back on it, he was a legend. So that’s what I’m looking about doing. And you got to win a lot to do that, and you got to go out there and stack a pretty decent resume. So, I’m still going.”
Adams is 29 years old and still should have some good years ahead of him in Las Vegas. One thing he doesn’t have is a Super Bowl ring. Bringing a championship to Las Vegas would be legendary. | 2022-09-05T09:16:21Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Davante Adams wants people to look back and say he was a legend - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/05/davante-adams-wants-people-to-look-back-and-say-he-was-a-legend/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/05/davante-adams-wants-people-to-look-back-and-say-he-was-a-legend/ |
Ryan Kerrigan is returning to Washington.
Kerrigan, the longtime Washington defensive end who retired over the summer, has been hired as the Commanders’ new assistant defensive line coach. Kerrigan had been on the sideline with the Commanders’ coaching staff during the preseason, but until today there had been no official announcement that he had joined the coaching staff.
The 34-year-old Kerrigan was a four-time Pro Bowler and is Washington’s all-time leader with 95.5 career sacks and 26 career forced fumbles.
After 10 seasons in Washington, Kerrigan signed a one-year contract last year with Philadelphia, where he played one final season. Kerrigan became a free agent in March and there were no reports that he ever came close to signing with any team. Theoretically, if the Commanders were to suffer an injury on the defensive line, he could come out of retirement and play for them, but from all appearances he sees playing as his past and coaching as his future. | 2022-09-05T15:17:31Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Commanders add Ryan Kerrigan to coaching staff - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/05/commanders-add-ryan-kerrigan-to-coaching-staff/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/05/commanders-add-ryan-kerrigan-to-coaching-staff/ |
The 41-year-old coached quarterbacks in Carolina from 2013 through 2017. He then pivoted to college, where he worked as assistant A.D. at Florida International University, a somewhat surprising career change for a guy in his mid-30s. One year later, his Carolina relationships with the likes of Sean McDermott and Brandon Beane helped get Dorsey to Buffalo, as the quarterbacks coach for a quarterback room that was led by untested and unproven rookie Josh Allen.
Dorsey added the duties of passing game coordinator last year, an apparent acknowledgment that, if the team kept thriving, Daboll eventually would be gone.
Dorsey may be great in his new job. (It helps to have great players; Dick Vermeil said at his Hall of Fame speech last month that he became a much smarter coach once he got Marshall Faulk.) At this point, we just don’t know.
The expectations remain high, for the Bills and for Dorsey. A new item, for example, the team’s website doesn’t even entertain the possibility that the offense under Dorsey will be anything but as explosive as it was under Daboll.
“Aggressive and ultra-competitive,” the headline declares, “Ken Dorsey poised to lift Buffalo’s offense higher.” (Daboll may like a word or two about that assertion.)
Many have questions regarding whether the high expectations for the Bills are justified, or fair. Chris Mortensen of ESPN made a great point on Sunday regarding the challenges the Bills will be facing.
“I saw a site where the Bills had best percentage chance of winning Super Bowl at 6.1%,” Mortensen tweeted. “Not great at math but it meant the Bills had 93.9% chance of not winning it.”
Still, someone has to be the frontrunner. And the Bills have earned that distinction — even if it could still be more curse than blessing as the Bills try to get back to the Super Bowl for the first time in nearly 30 years, and to win it for the first time ever.
The first test is only three nights away. If you haven’t heard. In L.A. Against the defending champions.
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Dorsey will have one thing going for himself for the first half of the season: there isn’t a book on his play-calling tendencies yet.
I don’t expect there to be any meaningful difference. Josh Allen is effectively their offense anyway.
Every non-Josh Allen led offense Daboll has run at the pro level to this point has left a lot to be desired.
Somehow I am always tied up every time the Rams are on national TV. But for this one, my schedule will be cleared. This will be one monster of a game.
Bills will be 11-6 at best, not winning the AFC. | 2022-09-05T15:17:49Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Switch to Ken Dorsey from Brian Daboll at offensive coordinator is the great unknown for the Bills - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/05/switch-to-ken-dorsey-from-brian-daboll-at-offensive-coordinator-is-the-great-unknown-for-the-bills/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/05/switch-to-ken-dorsey-from-brian-daboll-at-offensive-coordinator-is-the-great-unknown-for-the-bills/ |
Runinng back Marlon Mack‘s been released by the Texans for the second time in a week.
Mack was one of the cuts the team made in order to reach the 53-man limit last Tuesday, but he was back in the organization as a member of the practice squad a day later. Mack’s time on that roster turned out to be a brief one, however.
According to multiple reports, the Texans cut Mack from the practice squad on Monday. Veteran wideout Chris Conley, who has also been cut a couple of times as part of Houston’s roster machinations, has taken his place.
Mack’s release from the active roster solidified Dameon Pierce‘s spot as the top back in Houston this season. Rex Burkhead, Dare Ogunbowale, and Royce Freeman join him on the depth chart. | 2022-09-05T15:17:55Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Texans cut Marlon Mack from practice squad - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/05/texans-cut-marlon-mack-from-practice-squad/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/05/texans-cut-marlon-mack-from-practice-squad/ |
Lions head coach Dan Campbell called the team’s offensive plays for the second half of the 2021 season and he’s not ready to say if he’ll be continuing in the role this year.
The Lions hired Ben Johnson as their new offensive coordinator after parting ways with Anthony Lynn and he called the plays this preseason and Campbell said Monday that he feels Johnson is ready to do in the regular season as well. Campbell added that he feels the same way about himself and “we’ll find out” what the team decides to do when they face the Eagles in Week 1.
“I mean, maybe, maybe not, I don’t know,” Campbell said, via Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press. “I’ll be honest with you, I’m just not quite there yet. I mean, I still have this eagerness to want to call it myself and so I’m just — man, it’s going to be. I don’t know. Pretty good.”
The Lions were 25th in points scored during the 2021 season and any improvement on that front will be a welcome part of the effort to improve in the standings as well. | 2022-09-05T18:43:59Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Dan Campbell has "eagerness" to call Lions offensive plays, but hasn't decided to do it - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/05/dan-campbell-has-eagerness-to-call-lions-offensive-plays-but-hasnt-decided-to-do-it/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/05/dan-campbell-has-eagerness-to-call-lions-offensive-plays-but-hasnt-decided-to-do-it/ |
At first blush, it made no sense. A league source initially suggested that the development may have something to do with the team’s ability to protect up to four practice-squad players per week from being signed elsewhere. However, for 2022, that device is gone.
The only added flexibility for the player comes from the ability to work out for other teams. Also, the rules still prevent a practice-squad player from signing with the active roster of his current team’s next opponent within six days before the game. The price for Harris, obviously, is his weekly practice-squad salary.
Even if there is limited benefit to Harris in getting the contract terminated, it’s no small thing for a team to just give up its rights. Maybe more franchises are adopting Mike Tomlin’s we want volunteers not hostages mantra. If the Eagles are in that club, it shows that they’ve come a verylong way from the days of their stubborn refusal to trade or cut a disgruntled Terrell Owens.
1 responses to “Eagles, Anthony Harris “mutually agree” to terminate practice-squad contract”
Classy move to let him pursue other opportunities, and keeping a player around, who doesn’t want to be there, usually isn’t a great idea. | 2022-09-05T18:44:05Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Eagles, Anthony Harris "mutually agree" to terminate practice-squad contract - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/05/eagles-anthony-harris-mutually-agree-to-terminate-practice-squad-contract/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/05/eagles-anthony-harris-mutually-agree-to-terminate-practice-squad-contract/ |
Commanders tight end Logan Thomas came off the physically unable to perform list before the cut to 53 players last week and that move suggests confidence that his knee is well enough for him to play in the first four weeks of the regular season.
Thomas may not be ready to go in Week 1 against the Jaguars, however. Thomas told reporters on Monday that he’s not sure if he’ll be in the lineup for the first game of the regular season, but that he expects to be cleared for game action “this week or next” because he is already playing without limitations.
“Still feel things here and there, but not anything that affects the way I play,” Thomas said, via John Keim of ESPN.com.
Thomas missed six games with a hamstring injury last year and then injured his knee in his second game back. He had 18 catches for 196 yards and three touchdowns when he was healthy enough to play. | 2022-09-05T18:44:17Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Logan Thomas unsure if he'll play Week 1 - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/05/logan-thomas-unsure-if-hell-play-week-1/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/05/logan-thomas-unsure-if-hell-play-week-1/ |
Jaguars running back James Robinson said a couple of weeks ago that he felt “so close” to being ready to play in the season opener and it appears he’s covered whatever ground remained in his return from a torn Achilles.
The Jags don’t need to release a practice report for their game against the Commanders until Wednesday, but head coach Doug Pederson ended the suspense on Monday. He was asked at his press conference if Robinson will be playing this weekend and he said that the veteran is set to be in the lineup.
Assuming nothing happens to either player in the next few days, that will set the Jaguars up to have Robinson and Travis Etienne in the lineup at the same time for the first time. Etienne missed all of last season with a foot injury.
Robinson has spent the last two seasons in Jacksonville and has 404 carries for 1,837 yards and 15 touchdowns. He’s also caught 80 passes for 566 yards and three scores. | 2022-09-05T20:23:59Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | James Robinson will play for Jaguars in Week 1 - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/05/james-robinson-will-play-for-jaguars-in-week-1/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/05/james-robinson-will-play-for-jaguars-in-week-1/ |
Some teams had out jersey Cs like party favors. The Seahawks are a little more stingy with the patches.
After having only three captains for 2021, the Seahawks have expanded slightly to four for 2022.
The new captains are receiver Tyler Lockett (offense), safety Quandre Diggs and defensive tackle Al Woods (defense), and linebacker/fullback Nick Bellore (special teams).
Last year, it was quarterback Russell Wilson, linebacker Bobby Wagner, and Bellore.
Coach Pete Carroll called the selection of Lockett to succeed Wilson “a beautiful recognition for a guy that’s always been a leader in this program and always been at the front of it.”
“He’s got the wisdom, and they recognize it and they really listen to him,” Carroll added. “He’s always been that guy. He’s always done everything that you would want him to do in all ways, and he’s been a great football player. I said to him already today, ‘You don’t have to do anything different because you’ve been chosen captain, because you already lead. You’ve been a leader and for years around here.’ I don’t want him to think that that changes anything, because it doesn’t. He’s been a marvelous Seahawk. He’s been rewarded for that, and he’s rewarded us with tremendous play forever. So we’re really lucky, really lucky to have him on our team and have him be recognized by the team. It’s a good statement in both directions that he’s the captain and then they realize he should be.”
Lockett is one of the elder statesmen for a team that has undergone plenty of transition. The 29-year-old is in his eighth season with the team. Only five players on the team have been in the league longer, but none have spent more time with the Seahawks. | 2022-09-06T01:17:56Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Tyler Lockett succeeds Russell Wilson as offensive captain in Seattle - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/05/tyler-lockett-succeeds-russell-wilson-as-offensive-captain-in-seattle/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/05/tyler-lockett-succeeds-russell-wilson-as-offensive-captain-in-seattle/ |
Things had gotten eerily quiet regarding the Congressional investigation of the Washington Commanders in the weeks since owner Daniel Snyder gave more than 10 hours of deposition testimony in late July. The quiet ends today.
Former Washington executive Bruce Allen will testify before the House Oversight Committee at 11:30 a.m., via Mark Maske of the Washington Post.
“The Committee is continuing to investigate the decades-long workplace misconduct at the Washington Commanders and the NFL’s failure to address it,” a spokesperson explained, per Maske. “Mr. Allen served in senior roles under team owner Dan Snyder for many years, so his testimony is important for the Committee to fully understand these serious issues and advance reforms to protect workers in the future.”
Surprisingly, there was no bluster or leaks from the Committee regarding Snyder’s testimony, no public squabbles over whether he complied or told the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. It’s still not known what he said.
Allen has managed to avoid much if any scrutiny for years of dysfunction within the organization. Snyder quite possibly blamed, while testifying, plenty of the issues on Allen. If so, it would make plenty of sense for the Committee to hear from Allen. Especially since he may tell a very different story than Snyder did.
The clock continues to tick on the Committee’s investigation. An election is coming. All seats in the House of Representatives are up for grabs. If the Republican retake control of the chamber, the investigation ends.
But it’s not ending today. And Allen’s testimony could potentially give the probe even more fuel, especially if Allen contradicts his former boss on one or more key points. | 2022-09-06T13:32:16Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Bruce Allen will testify before the House Oversight Committee on Tuesday - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/06/bruce-allen-will-testify-before-the-house-oversight-committee-on-tuesday/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/06/bruce-allen-will-testify-before-the-house-oversight-committee-on-tuesday/ |
Now that Week One is here, there will only be more talk about Panthers quarterback Baker Mayfield facing his old team to begin the 2022 season.
Browns safety John Johnson was Mayfield’s teammate in 2021 and said on Monday that the quarterback appears to have regained some of the confidence he may have lost last year.
While the Browns obviously want to win the game to start the season 1-0, Johnson noted there aren’t really any lingering hard feelings toward Mayfield in the locker room, noting the team has had months to get rid of those.
“We’ve been out here, we had OTAs without him and stuff like that,” Johnson said. “So I think now we’re at a point where we’re locked in, we’re laser-focused on beating Carolina.
“I’ve said this so many times — it’s a business. I feel like I understand that. Maybe young guys don’t really understand the dynamic yet, but guys come and go. You’ll forever be judged when you go out there on the field. So it’s a business and we had to make some decisions.”
Moreover, Johnson said the Browns didn’t blame Mayfield for a drop-off in performance that had Cleveland finish 27th in passing last season.
“We never blame anyone, let alone one person. It’s a collective effort,” Johnson said. “We could have been better on special teams, we could have been better on defense, could have been better on offense as a whole.”
The Browns finished 8-9 last year after going 11-5 and winning a playoff game in 2020. Carolina and Cleveland will continue a week of trying not to provide bulletin-board material to the other team before settling things between the lines on Sunday. | 2022-09-06T14:46:37Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | John Johnson: Baker Mayfield looks confident, healthy, and like he's whipping the ball - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/06/john-johnson-baker-mayfield-looks-confident-healthy-and-like-hes-whipping-the-ball/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/06/john-johnson-baker-mayfield-looks-confident-healthy-and-like-hes-whipping-the-ball/ |
None of that would have affected Martin, except that he declined to take a pay cut, which led the Broncos to go with the younger and cheaper Corliss Waitman. That left Martin needing a job, and the Bills were the team with an opening.
The 32-year-old Martin said he knows punters always need to be ready for change.
One major change for Martin is that he’ll be punting in windy Buffalo, often an unforgiving environment for a punter. Martin’s nine-year career so far has consisted of seven seasons in a dome in Detroit, and two seasons at the altitude of Denver, which boosts punters’ stats. Now Martin says he’s ready for the challenges of the elements.
“Obviously, it’s something you think about when you come here, especially as a punter,” he said. “It’s one of those things – it is a challenge. You’ve just got to accept it and treat it as an opportunity. Anything like that, it’s perception. It’s not easy, it’s not going to be easy, but I look at it as a challenge. I’m up for it. I’m excited about it. If you can punt in Buffalo, really you can punt anywhere. Rather than being concerned about it, you’ve got to almost get excited about it and get excited about conquering it.”
The Araiza fiasco left the Bills with egg on their faces, but they’re hoping that Martin can play well and give them stability at a position that became a distraction this preseason. | 2022-09-06T15:43:03Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Cut by Broncos and signed by Bills, Sam Martin knows punters have to stay ready - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/06/cut-by-broncos-and-signed-by-bills-sam-martin-knows-punters-have-to-stay-ready/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/06/cut-by-broncos-and-signed-by-bills-sam-martin-knows-punters-have-to-stay-ready/ |
As Tom Brady prepares to embark on his third campaign with the Bucs, it’s his only his second without Rob Gronkowski since Gronk entered the league in 2010. In the second-season debut episode of Let’s Go!, Brady commented on the tight-end position, post-Gronk.
Brady said nothing about the possibility of Gronk returning at some point during the season. Gronk has insisted that he’s done. His agent, Drew Rosenhaus, has suggested on multiple occasions that Gronk could be back.
As a free agent, Gronk can return at any time, regular season or postseason, with no deadlines at all. He could, in theory, join the Bucs for the Super Bowl, if they make it. He could also sign with any other team, if he wants.
For now, he doesn’t. Whether that changes will be one of the lingering mysteries of the 2022 season. | 2022-09-06T15:43:21Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Tom Brady on tight end position post-Gronk: We'll work hard to get it right - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/06/tom-brady-on-tight-end-position-post-gronk-well-work-hard-to-get-it-right/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/06/tom-brady-on-tight-end-position-post-gronk-well-work-hard-to-get-it-right/ |
“They’ve told me,” Johnson said. “I’m not making this up. . . . After every game, head coaches, quarterbacks, receivers will say, ‘Hey, bro, I respect your game.’ It’s not just something that I think I have.”
1 responses to “Bears’ Jaylon Johnson: I’m already one of the top cornerbacks in the NFL”
Keep on playing, and the league will notice. | 2022-09-06T17:32:25Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Bears' Jaylon Johnson: I'm already one of the top cornerbacks in the NFL - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/06/bears-jaylon-johnson-im-already-one-of-the-top-cornerbacks-in-the-nfl/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/06/bears-jaylon-johnson-im-already-one-of-the-top-cornerbacks-in-the-nfl/ |
Zac Taylor on Jessie Bates: We expect him to be out there on every down
Bengals safety Jessie Bates did not sign his franchise tender and return to the team until August 23. But as the regular season starts, Bates doesn’t look like someone who didn’t participate in the offseason program and much of training camp.
That’s according to head coach Zac Taylor, who addressed the safety when speaking to the media on Monday.
“I forget that he missed time to be honest with you,” Taylor said, via Geoff Hobson of the team’s website. “I think he did a really good job taking care of himself. We wanted to be cautious as we integrated him back into what we were doing. He’s a got a great understanding of what we’re doing and he’s up to speed on any tweaks that we made and we expect him to be out there every down.”
That’s been the case for Bates since he entered the league, as he’s played nearly every defensive snap in each season for the Bengals since they selected him in the second round of the 2018 draft.
Last year, Bates finished the season with 88 total tackles, four passes defensed, a fumble recovery, and an interception in 15 games.
Bates will make $12.9 million on his franchise tender in 2022. | 2022-09-06T17:33:01Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Zac Taylor on Jessie Bates: We expect him to be out there on every down - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/06/zac-taylor-on-jessie-bates-we-expect-him-to-be-out-there-on-every-down/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/06/zac-taylor-on-jessie-bates-we-expect-him-to-be-out-there-on-every-down/ |
2 responses to “Darius Slayton excused from Giants practice Tuesday”
Unfortunately they think Pimpleton is an adequate replacement because he returns/muffs kickoffs like they think Calitro is an adequate replacement for pro bowler Martinez and they think top corner Bradbury is easily replaceable with Aaron Robinson. News flash they’re wrong.
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Not even close. Pro Bowler Martinez is coming of major knee surgery, and had 2 tackles this preseason. Bradbury wasn’t cut for ability. He was cut because their prior GM left them in cap hell, and he was the easiest player to reduce to be able to sign their draft picks. IF the Giants had a better cap situation Bradbury would still be on the team. Pimpleton was signed to the practice squad. Slayton doesnt play special teams, and has regressed during his time in the league. But other than that – great analysis. | 2022-09-06T19:42:29Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Darius Slayton excused from Giants practice Tuesday - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/06/darius-slayton-excused-from-giants-practice-thursday/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/06/darius-slayton-excused-from-giants-practice-thursday/ |
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