NFL - NEWS & NOTES

Gurley... $60M over 4 years.
(Just saw this on Reddit, sorry if it’s not news)

 

Try to keep up, Frank.

 

I’m not retired yet... like some people around here.

 

No, they were just trolling my beloved Steeler brethren.

 

Jags’ DT Malik Jackson just called “16-0” on their upcoming season. Stay tuned...

 

i saw this the other day and couldn't help to laugh. He looks like a chia pet ! hahahhahaha

 

Walter would have been 64 today...

 

Denzel Ward agrees to rookie contract with Browns...

 

Browns General Manager John Dorsey said on Wednesday that he “absolutely” expects to have wide receiver Josh Gordon in the lineup this season.

When Gordon, who did not report to training camp while dealing with reported “mental health and anxiety” issues, might be back is less clear, however. Dorsey didn’t answer whether he’s been assured that Gordon won’t be suspended and didn’t offer a timeline for the receiver’s return.

“It could mean many things, a month, 3, days, 10 days, 30 days….let’ see what it is,” Dorsey said, via Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com.

Dorsey also said that wideout Ricardo Louis is going to miss the year with a neck injury, so the team is talking about adding to the receiver group in the coming days. One of the names that Dorsey said is under consideration is former Cowboys wideout Dez Bryant, who was released by Dallas in April and has gone unsigned since passing on an offer from the Ravens.

Dorsey called Bryant “very passionate” and talented while adding that he is only one of the players that the team would consider adding to a group that includes Jarvis Landry, Corey Coleman, Rashard Higgins, Jeff Janis and fourth-round pick Antonio Callaway. (PFT)
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Dez Bryant in Cleveland would be interesting...

 

Julio Jones to report to Falcons camp as two sides agree on “adjustment” of contract...

Wide receiver Julio Jones will report to training camp with the rest of the Atlanta Falcons on Thursday after the two sides agreed on an “adjustment” to his current contract.

Falcons General Manager Thomas Dimitroff released a statement Wednesday night addressing the new arrangement with Jones and pledging to continue discussions after the upcoming season.

“We have had continued dialogue all offseason with Julio and his representation. We have come to an agreement with Julio, and we will re-address everything in 2019. I appreciate everyone’s hard work and communication on this,” Dimitroff said.

“This adjustment does not impede us from working on other extensions with other key members of our football team. We will continue to work on those contracts going forward.”

Jones had threatened to hold out from camp in search of new contract despite having three years remaining on his current deal. However, none of the three remaining years contained any guaranteed money. Jones was scheduled to make $10.5 million in base salary this season with the Falcons prior to any adjustment made with the team. (PFT)

 

Browns to try out Adam “Pacman” Jones...

Adam “Pacman” Jones may not be done in the NFL just yet.

Jones has a tryout with the Browns on Friday, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN.

The 34-year-old Jones is getting old to be an NFL cornerback, and he suffered a season-ending groin injury last year. He also has a long history of off-field problems, including a suspension to start last season, so it would be easy to understand if teams decide he’s not worth the trouble anymore.

But Jones was a starter for the Bengals before he got hurt last year, and he’s likely good enough to contribute to some secondary this year. That secondary may be in Cleveland. (PFT)
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Sign him!

… and WTF, tell Terence Newman he's too old.

 

If they sign him at least they will have something to talk about when the team falters again.

 

<looks to football gawdz that live in my bong>
Please let the Browns sign Pac-Man.

 

LeSean McCoy at Bills camp and “ready to roll”...

After news broke of a “targeted” home invasion at Bills running back LeSean McCoy‘s Georgia house that left his ex-girlfriend injured and suggesting McCoy had something to do with it, some wondered if McCoy might land on the commissioner’s exempt list while the matter worked itself out.

There’s been no such move, however, and word earlier this week was that McCoy would be reporting to Bills camp and working with the team this summer. On Thursday, Bills General Manager Brandon Beane said that’s just how things have played out.

“LeSean McCoy is here and we’re letting the investigators handle that,” Beane said. “LeSean is ready to roll for training camp.”

McCoy has denied any involvement in the home invasion, which took place after police made three other visits to his home due to disputes between the couple. (PFT)

 

RESPONSE FROM THE BONG FOOTBALL GAWDZ: "look man. serious shit! Look at me. LOOK AT ME!!! The Browns are for real dawg, and this ain't the funk talkin. With or without pac-man, Ya'll better watch out.....oh and YO! LeVeon wants you to fill this mug with the nasty, and pass it the fuck over.."

 

Shouldn't he be called grandpac-man?

 

That must have been a bad trip topdawg.

 

Turn those Gila-Copters off Baby! We will not be angry victims no more! We're gonna say... We're gonna say, "yeah". Turn 'em off, turn 'em off! Put down those machine guns, silence the church bells, fuck the sirens. We're gonna have a moment of silence now. (RevCo)
The gawdz have spoken. <puts down the bong>

 

Stephon Jones suggests players who violate Cowboys’ anthem policy will be cut...

The NFL’s Anthem Policy 2.0 currently has been tabled. The Dallas Cowboys’ Anthem Policy 1.0 apparently remains in effect, unchanged: Stand for the anthem, or else.

On Thursday, Cowboys executive Stephen Jones echoed the comments from Wednesday of his father, Jerry Jones. But Stephen, for perhaps the first time ever, was far more blunt than Jerry.

Via Lorenzo Reyes of USA Today, Stephen Jones was asked by KTCK 96.7 FN whether he thinks players will comply with the “be on the sidelines and stand” rule set forth by Jerry Jones, and Stephen Jones said, “If they want to be a Dallas Cowboy, yes.”

“We certainly are supportive of them when they have their personal issues or their personal things that they want to pursue,” Stephen Jones added. “And we’ll help them pursue them on Tuesdays. But when you’re wearing the Dallas Cowboy uniform and a Dallas Cowboy helmet and you’re working for the Dallas Cowboys, you check the ‘I’ and the ‘me’ at the door and you’re a part of a team. There’s bright lines in terms of our organization.”

The NFL has some bright lines, too. For now, the bright line (via Anthem Policy 1.0) is that players have the right to protest during the anthem. Even under Anthem Policy 2.0, teams can’t force them to be on the sideline and stand. Unless Anthem Policy 3.0, as negotiated with the union, results in an agreement that all players will be on the sideline and stand (it likely won’t), the Cowboys’ internal policy will constitute a violation of the NFL’s policy.

Meanwhile, the comments of both Jerry and Stephen Jones many constitute a violation of the NFL’s supposed gag order regarding the anthem policy. On Thursday, the NFL declined to comment on: (1) whether there is a policy; and (2) whether Jerry violated it on Wednesday. Even if the league gives the Cowboys a pass on this one, the NFL can’t be happy that the Joneses already have made it clear that they won’t honor whatever the ultimately anthem policy may be. (PFT)
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I personally don't see anything wrong with the stance and attitude and policy of the Jones's. Too bad PFT never seems to get it.

 

Redskins open three-way competition at running back...

It's a three-for-all at running back in D.C.

The Washington Redskins enter camp with a slew of questions on an offense full of new faces, but none is more pressing or presently unanswerable than who will start at tailback alongside dual-threat virtuoso Chris Thompson?
Jay Gruden doesn't have the answers yet, so the coach is letting rookie runner Derrius Guice, second-year back Samaje Perine and third-year option Robert Kelley battle it out this summer.

"It's a great three-way competition really with Guice, obviously 'Fat Rob' and Samaje," Gruden told reporters Thursday, per the Associated Press. "It's very, very important to let these guys play it out. They've all shown flashes of being good football players at the running back position."

Though Guice has been projected to win the job by the likes of NFL Network's Gregg Rosenthal and others, the LSU rook, who fell to Washington in April's draft due to character concerns, began training camp Thursday reportedly splitting first-team reps with Kelley and Perine.

Guice's competition is rebounding from a rough 2017. Kelley's production fell off from his 2016 rookie year to 2017 (4.2 to 3.1 YPA) before missing the back half of the season with multiple injuries. Perine was supposed to be a fantasy darling in his rookie campaign, but never quite took off despite all the injuries at the RB position (3.4 YPA, 785 yards from scrimmage, 2 total TDs).

Kelley, for one, is not ceding the job just yet, despite Washington's second-round investment in Guice.

"I've been there before," Kelley said, via the AP. "I came in as an undrafted guy. It ain't nothing new to me. It's just about overcoming it, man. I'm not the first guy it happened to, I'm not going to be the last guy it happens to, so just keep going."

With Thompson being brought back slowly from his broken fibula, Washington has three unproven backs in its RB room fighting for snaps, all with differing skill sets. This will be one of the most interesting non-QB position battles to watch in the coming weeks. (NFL.com)