NFL: 2018 NFL News & Notes discussion thread

[tony d]

Re: Flacco, guy was good when he wanted to be but the Ravens are Jackson's team now. Flacco's 33 now so he might get a chance with another team.

 

[StreetHawk]

Re: Flacco, guy was good when he wanted to be but the Ravens are Jackson's team now. Flacco's 33 now so he might get a chance with another team.

If he moves on he moves on. Ravens eat dead cap of around $16 million if they cut him. He’ll land somewhere else.

Jacksonville, Denver, Giants, Tampa Bay, should be in the market for one.

 

[Gene Parmesan]

Flacco has been one of the worst starting quarterbacks of the last 4 years. He has a negative influence on an offense.

 

[member 157595]

That 2001 UM team was ludicrous good. Crazy deep and super athletic everywhere.

 

[PanthersPens62]

That 2001 UM team was ludicrous good. Crazy deep and super athletic everywhere.

Yup, arguably the greatest college team in history

 

[Say Hey Kid]

Yup, arguably the greatest college team in history

In the last 20 years it's the 2005 Longhorns.

 

[m9]

Cutting Flacco means the Ravens can split the $16 million dead cap hit over 2019 and 2020, so they'll save over $18 million next year. He's gone.

I think he ends up going to whoever drafts Drew Lock and starts until he's ready. Jacksonville, Washington, etc.

 

[member 157595]

Yup, arguably the greatest college team in history

Them and 1995 Nebraska for me are the best teams I've ever seen, in no particular order.

 

[justafan22]

Cutting Flacco means the Ravens can split the $16 million dead cap hit over 2019 and 2020, so they'll save over $18 million next year. He's gone.

I think he ends up going to whoever drafts Drew Lock and starts until he's ready. Jacksonville, Washington, etc.

Washington can't afford him unless he takes a discount

 

[Voight]

If he moves on he moves on. Ravens eat dead cap of around $16 million if they cut him. He’ll land somewhere else.

Jacksonville, Denver, Giants, Tampa Bay, should be in the market for one.

TB and NY are sticking with their QBs. Flacco would be downgrade.

Washington can't afford him unless he takes a discount

Which he might, to stay in the Beltway area. How much can he really ask for tho?

 

[justafan22]

TB and NY are sticking with their QBs. Flacco would be downgrade.



Which he might, to stay in the Beltway area. How much can he really ask for tho?

12 mil? The skins are stuck with Smith's cap hit regardless

 

[m9]

I think around $10-12 million for Flacco, yeah.

I don't know the Redskins salary cap situation well enough to know for sure but they have a few guys who would be potential cuts or restructures to make it work.

If they bring back the same coaching staff it's probably more likely they just bring back McCoy & draft someone, though.

 

[Roboturner913]

Flacco gets talked about so much as being "overrated" that he's actually become underrated. Granted, he's probably still a bottom third QB at this point but he's starting quality and should have a job.

 

[tony d]

Watched the Saints game last night. They won, of course, but they don't look good at all now. For me, the Bears have to be the nfc favorites at this point.

 

[Roboturner913]

For years and years and years, ever since Payton/Brees came in, people have been dogging the Saints, saying they're finesse and one-dimensional and they can only win because of Brees and they don't have a defense and running game they can rely on so they can't win in December and the playoffs.

Now they're winning games by running for 150 yards and giving up 9 points and "they don't look good at all."

LOL. It's just December. This is the way the league works for everybody. When the 4th quarter came along what happened? 14 plays, 79 yards, touchdown. They held the ball for 14 of the final 17 minutes of the game. That's how you win late in the year.

 

[b1e9a8r5s]

Watched the Saints game last night. They won, of course, but they don't look good at all now. For me, the Bears have to be the nfc favorites at this point.

I'm a Bears fan, but Saints playing at home makes them the clear favorite. Not that the Bears couldn't win, but it's going to be really hard to win in NO.

 

[StreetHawk]

I'm a Bears fan, but Saints playing at home makes them the clear favorite. Not that the Bears couldn't win, but it's going to be really hard to win in NO.

Defensively the saints are going strong right now. So, if I’m betting between which of Brees or trubisky is capable of delivering on a drive in Q4 to win the game against a defense that is playing well I’m going to take Brees.

 

[Gene Parmesan]

Flacco gets talked about so much as being "overrated" that he's actually become underrated. Granted, he's probably still a bottom third QB at this point but he's starting quality and should have a job.

No he's not underrated at all. Is he better than Bortles? Yeah but that's a low f***ing bar.

 

[Bob Richards]

After this whole Eli Manning stuff of the past two years I'd be pretty f***ing pissed if they turned to Joe Flacco lol

 

[Roboturner913]

I'm not saying Flacco is anybody's "fix" at QB, I'm just saying you could do worse. The Lamar Jackson thing has been working because he'll pull the ball down and run, but they need him to do that because their skill position players on offense are trash. I think if you set Flacco up with a good WR and a decent running game he would be a lot better than people think he is.

 

[Gene Parmesan]

This is f***ing wild.

 

[Voight]

 

[Terry Yake]

Re: Flacco, guy was good when he wanted to be but the Ravens are Jackson's team now. Flacco's 33 now so he might get a chance with another team.

we thank flacco for 2012 but aside from that, its time to move on

he has not played anywhere near the level he should be after signing his extension a few years ago and has basically underachieved since the SB win outside of his 2014 season. he brings the offense down and even though jackson is far from earning my trust, the ravens play since he took over speaks for itself. they're a patrick mahomes miracle pass away from being undefeated in his starts. i hope jags fans are ready for flacco next season. get your alcohol ready

 

[rangerssharks414]

2019 Pro Bowl selections for every team: Full NFC, AFC rosters

The Pro Bowl rosters are usually the best out of all of the all-star games, but the game is obviously the worst of all of them.

 

[Roboturner913]

Fans shouldn't be allowed to vote, it's gotten so bad. Or at least count the fans as 20% of the vote where the other 80% is split between players/coaches and the upper echelon of beat writers or something like that.