NFL: 2019 NFL off-season news & notes discussion thread

[rangerssharks414]

I mean, I get it since it's the 100th season, but I still wouldn't have done it.

My money is on KC, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's the Browns.

 

[tony d]

Probably the Browns. Be a good test for the Browns early in the year to see how good they really are.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

 

[Preds Partisan]

Appatently only Mike Brown of the Bungholes voted against expanded replay because he's an idiot. What a dinosaur.

 

[izlez]

I still can't believe ANYONE is in favor of more replays, let alone the vast majority of people. At this rate, I won't be a sports fan within a few years

 

[John Price]

I dno't see an issue with them reviewing PI. It should be revieawble in the first place. Maybe if these officials could actually get a call right once in a while they wouldn't need all this replay. I mean that play literally happened and nobody blew a whistle, how do you miss that

 

[YEM]

I still can't believe ANYONE is in favor of more replays, let alone the vast majority of people. At this rate, I won't be a sports fan within a few years

although I agree, it's never made sense that this play/flag/situation is reviewable and others are not
phantom PI calls are called way more often than the Saints situation where PI is missed, glad these can be reviewed

 

[John Price]

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whatever it takes

 

[Avs_19]

I'm glad there's something in place to get the obvious calls right. I just hope this doesn't become the NHL offside challenge where they're breaking down slow motion replays frame by frame to determine if a defender got there a fraction of a second early. Yes, technically that's a penalty according to the rules but I don't think we need to go to that level.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

^
That echo's my exact concerns

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

They have to be going back to their classic look considering the nothing fancy comment...

 

[rangerssharks414]

They better not go the college route where every play is reviewable.

Edit: I meant that every play in college is reviewable, even without a challenge.

 

[Albatros]

English soccer star Harry Kane wants to play in the NFL:

'The desire is real': Harry Kane says he wants to play in NFL

 

[Dominator13]

English soccer star Harry Kane wants to play in the NFL:

'The desire is real': Harry Kane says he wants to play in NFL

LOL. What? At what position? I love the player, but that is about as ridiculous as Ramsey saying he could play in the NHL.

 

[Albatros]

To be fair Janikowski did the same, although a bit younger, so maybe it's not completely hopeless.

 

[NJDevs26]

Ummm...didn't he JUST get there?!

(yep hired a month ago - strange, hope everything's okay)

 

[Voight]

 

[Voight]

English soccer star Harry Kane wants to play in the NFL:

'The desire is real': Harry Kane says he wants to play in NFL

does he not realize he'll make less and not all of it will be guaranteed?

 

[InjuredChoker]

does he not realize he'll make less and not all of it will be guaranteed?

“[The desire to play in the NFL] is real,” said the 25-year-old. “Something that in 10 or 12 years I definitely want to try.”
Kickers are among the lowest paid players in the NFL – although most still earn upwards of $1m a year – but Kane says the move would not be about money. “It goes back to that drive to be the best,” he said. “Even if I download a game on my phone, can I be the best in the world? … If you play in the Premier League and the World Cup and you then play in the NFL, would you then be considered one of the greatest sportsmen ever?”

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

They better not go the college route where every play is reviewable.

Edit: I meant that every play in college is reviewable, even without a challenge.

I would not be in favor of that either, but most plays that are reviewed have a decision rather quickly in college football.

 

[StreetHawk]

I would not be in favor of that either, but most plays that are reviewed have a decision rather quickly in college football.

As long as the coaches need to have a challenge flag then I’m fine with it. Glad that they allowed the Defense to challenge for OPI as well if they were going to make PI reviewable.

 

[Voight]

Ok, I thought he meant right away at first.

May as well make his money in Europe then come here in his mid 30s to try out for the NFL, at worse he can sign in the MLS.

 

[m9]

I still don't really get why they need to have coaches involved in challenges. Just run the whole game like they do with the ref in the box for the last two minutes, just make sure to limit it to major impact plays only.

 

[Terry Yake]

 

[Troy McClure]

Duke Johnson requests a trade.

Not a surprise. The Browns hardly use him. I like him a lot, but I kind of wonder if he'd be better off changing positions to be a slot WR.