Is it too early to call the Jaguars done, and Lawrence's future in shambles? Just saw some headlines on how camp's gone for the Jags, and.....yeesh.
Link? I haven't seen a lot to speak of, and given that it's a training camp with a rookie QB... it's unlikely that most of it means anything. But I'm always up for some juicy, "this team sucks" gossip.
Also, you should read this: https://defector.com/why-your-team-sucks-2021-seattle-seahawks/ Just to learn about what crazy rich people do. The chairwoman of the Seahawks is having giraffe bones and penguin skulls smuggled back to the US by ex-special forces soldiers.
See, the terrorists won. I remember before 9-11 you could just bring your penguin skulls in your carry-on.
From the article you linked. "I’m beginning to think that the lack of protection is not a front office decision, but instead a request by our quarterback due to his Christianity and subsequent aversion to prophylactics." Heh.
Tua, Jalen and Mac were all at Alabama at the same time and are now all three starting QBs in the NFL. That's kind of amazing.
Yeah, but of the three....I think Mac stands the best chance to make it past year 3 as a starter based on where he is. Also, anyone else think it's weird the NFL is playing 17 games, but didn't allow for more players? Same old 53 man roster. I can imagine between COVID and injuries, this is going to suck for some teams, and the quality of games will suffer. Also, holy shit did Pittsburgh fall hard. They won like 11 straight last year, and now it looks like they'll be bottom of the division in terms of talent, especially at QB. I kind of feel bad for Cam. Dude was a fun player to watch a few years ago, and he deserved another title run. That said, I'm kind of glad coaches are saying the vaccination status is a decision factor in cutting players.
I'm a Panthers fan. Cam has never had back-to-back winning seasons. It was like clockwork the whole time he was in Carolina. Decent one year, terrible the next, the whole time. Among my friends, we were wishing he'd get traded, even before his super bowl season.
It is odd they didn't do more to expand that in some way. But, they did bring back the IR call back rule for this year. Until last year, if you were placed on IR, you were done for the year. If your injury wasn't definitely season ending, but was worse than a paper cut, players and teams might get stuck in this weird roster spot holding pattern. Now, you can come back off IR after 3 games, so that gives them a little flexibility to move people off and on the practice squads.
Nathan Peterman looks like a God during every preseason. I'll be interested to see what Mac does during regular season games with non-vanilla coverages and complete starting lineups. Totally agree. I am/was against expanding the games as I think the players are already on the ragged edge towards the end of the season. I thought a reasonable compromise was to add an additional game, but also an additional bye. But the NFLPA is amazingly weak for a pro sports union. They were definitely the worst 11-0 team I'd ever seen. Some of those victories were close against terrible teams - they barely edged out the Drew Lock-led Broncos who won 4 games and were getting repeatedly blown out. Ben threw 3 picks to the Titans but the Titans didn't seem to want to win the game. Going to be interesting to see if Ben looks bad again this year, and what they do about it if he does.
I'm a Dolphins fan. Tua will be a damn good QB providing he can stay healthy. I hated that MAC fell to the Patriots. 49er fans are going to regret taking Lance instead of Mac. Shanahan reportedly wanted Mac but was talked out of it.
+1 That would have also given them some more wiggle room for potential reschedules from massive team-wide Covid decimation / infrastructure disasters / weather incidents.
On this 17 game season, did they eliminate one preseason game and add a regular season game? Also it looks like the teams get this weekend off before starting the season next weekend the 12th. I do not know and am asking. My personal thought is there should be 2 preseason games and 12 regular season games with two rounds of playoff games and the Superbowl the middle of January. The game is too punishing to be playing as many games as they do.
Yes. I think the tradeoff is silly - teams are allowed to have 90 player rosters on the preseason games, and typically don't play their starters all game. So the NFLPA "won" the elimination of a game that very little impact on the health and wellness of their 53 player rosters, but the tradeoff was an extra real game.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id...85-games-biggest-storylines-super-bowl-winner The SB winners are....the Bills. ESPN is forgetting a long history of almost but not quite.
It is just one simulation out of 20,000. I like Mel Kiper's Packers vs Browns Superbowl prediction. That's some outside the box thinking, right there.