NFL: 2020 NFL off-season news & notes discussion thread (Cowboys & Texans players have COVID-19)

[Avs_19]

Reminds me of Vikings fans trying to talk ourselves back into Troy Williamson after he got his vision corrected. Unfortunately, it didn't help him catch any better and he was still a bust.

 

[Voight]

Yea so good luck getting him to coach

 

[tony d]

Romo's found quite the niche in sportscasting. In a couple short years I think he's at the top or near the top of football commentators.

 

[Say Hey Kid]

Who will be the Cowboys' QB?

 

[MoreOrr]

Don't know if this is being discussed anywhere here, but the idea of Tom Brady going to another team before he retires is so much the opposite of Raymond Bourque going to another team before he retired. Brady had his whole career with the Patriots and success beyond any other player in the League. There is no reason why he should ever want to be considered anything other than a New England Patriot. There's only one reason I think of that he would want to be on another team, and it's a purely disloyal reason, and that's to attempt to prove that he could have success elsewhere, not just on a team coached by Belichick.

 

[Troy McClure]

Don't know if this is being discussed anywhere here, but the idea of Tom Brady going to another team before he retires is so much the opposite of Raymond Bourque going to another team before he retired. Brady had his whole career with the Patriots and success beyond any other player in the League. There is no reason why he should ever want to be considered anything other than a New England Patriot. There's only one reason I think of that he would want to be on another team, and it's a purely disloyal reason, and that's to attempt to prove that he could have success elsewhere, not just on a team coached by Belichick.

How can you question a guy's loyalty when he's taken super team friendly contracts for the last decade to help the team win? How many tens of millions of dollars in cap room did he gift to the Patriots? He's been the most loyal player maybe in league history.

If he wants to play somewhere else for any reason, that shouldn't erase any of the proof of loyalty he's built up over the years. He's not demanding a trade. He's a free agent. Maybe he's tired of the weather or the commute. Maybe he wants to live closer to family. Maybe he wants to finally cash in the way he never asked the Patriots to do. He gave you 20 years, and that's not enough?

 

[MoreOrr]

How can you question a guy's loyalty when he's taken super team friendly contracts for the last decade to help the team win? How many tens of millions of dollars in cap room did he gift to the Patriots? He's been the most loyal player maybe in league history.

If he wants to play somewhere else for any reason, that shouldn't erase any of the proof of loyalty he's built up over the years. He's not demanding a trade. He's a free agent. Maybe he's tired of the weather or the commute. Maybe he wants to live closer to family. Maybe he wants to finally cash in the way he never asked the Patriots to do. He gave you 20 years, and that's not enough?

Ok, I'll concede a point. My post was the thoughts that I've had on this since learning that there was a potential that he would be going to another team, but OK, you make a good point that I hadn't considered,... that his loyalty for staying with the team for 20 years shouldn't be discounted when he could very well have moved on years ago. But still, gone seem to be the days when a player was proud to have spent his whole career with one team; that's where my thoughts were coming from.

 

[Troy McClure]

Ok, I'll concede a point. My post was the thoughts that I've had on this since learning that there was a potential that he would be going to another team, but OK, you make a good point that I hadn't considered,... that his loyalty for staying with the team for 20 years shouldn't be discounted when he could very well have moved on years ago. But still, gone seem to be the days when a player was proud to have spent his whole career with one team; that's where my thoughts were coming from.

Also keep in mind, most of the NFL guys you're thinking of were retiring in their early 30s. Brady has given two great careers worth of games to the Patriots.

 

[tony d]

Chargers running back Melvin Gordon seems to think Rivers goes to the Colts. As a Colts fan I'm not sure how to feel about that.

https://nypost.com/2020/02/17/forme...n-predicts-philip-rivers-will-join-the-colts/

 

[Cush]

 

[Canes]

Greg Olsen signs with the Seahawks. Still think he has something to give and I think he meshes well with Wilson.

 

[SupremeNachos]

Chargers running back Melvin Gordon seems to think Rivers goes to the Colts. As a Colts fan I'm not sure how to feel about that.

https://nypost.com/2020/02/17/forme...n-predicts-philip-rivers-will-join-the-colts/

As much as I love Rivers, he fell off a mountain last year.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

As much as I love Rivers, he fell off a mountain last year.

It hurts to watch him throw.

Or heave it, it looks like it takes every ounce of energy to just throw it.

 

[SupremeNachos]

It hurts to watch him throw.

Or heave it, it looks like it takes every ounce of energy to just throw it.

So many wobbly air balls. I think his football brain is still top notch, but his body has all but thrown in the towel. Time for him to settle into his position of Ruler of House Rivers.

 

[Big Poppa Puck]

Posted in wrong thread. Delete.

 

[Voight]

Don't know if this is being discussed anywhere here, but the idea of Tom Brady going to another team before he retires is so much the opposite of Raymond Bourque going to another team before he retired. Brady had his whole career with the Patriots and success beyond any other player in the League. There is no reason why he should ever want to be considered anything other than a New England Patriot. There's only one reason I think of that he would want to be on another team, and it's a purely disloyal reason, and that's to attempt to prove that he could have success elsewhere, not just on a team coached by Belichick.

I would just hate to see him Martin Brodeur his career and have a 20 years with the Pats..... then one with a random team. That extra year is pointless and is an eye sore

 

[DueDiligence]

Don't know if this is being discussed anywhere here, but the idea of Tom Brady going to another team before he retires is so much the opposite of Raymond Bourque going to another team before he retired. Brady had his whole career with the Patriots and success beyond any other player in the League. There is no reason why he should ever want to be considered anything other than a New England Patriot. There's only one reason I think of that he would want to be on another team, and it's a purely disloyal reason, and that's to attempt to prove that he could have success elsewhere, not just on a team coached by Belichick.

Brady has given his heart and soul to the Pats and always taken team friendly contracts. And in pay back the Pats, in most years, have given him a group of lower tier receivers topped off by that crappy group last year. Brady deserves better and BB gave him the middle finger.

 

[Say Hey Kid]

Owners approve proposed CBA; player vote next

 

[Voight]

Owners approve proposed CBA; player vote next

I’d be shocked if they accepted it.

Especially with that game 17 game cheque being capped at $250,000

 

[Say Hey Kid]

Sources: NFL CBA vote to go to full membership

 

[DougieSmash]

 

[Cush]

They should go back to their original logo (minus the colors)

 

[SupremeNachos]

Burfict reinstated. Another guy who has no business playing in the league.

 

[tony d]

Yeah, Burfict shouldn't be allowed to play again. I bet 1st game back he does something stupid and gets suspended again.

 

[Canes]

The NFL only plays lip service to player safety.