NFL - NEWS & NOTES

get over what? what dramatics? you guys came out with pitchforks. i don't give a shit. the season is over. we all lost except for the patriots.

are you over the bears loss yet ?

 

Nobody chases Joe out... LAOJoe is the Show... he'll be back, just wanted to encourage him.

 

Dramatics: Blaming Bears fans and some personal upset you had for numerous happenings around here. "Joe hasn't been around? The Bears fans did it!".

You clearly "give a shit". Knock it off.

And no, Catfish, I don't want to go back and forth over this. Let it go, and we'll all be better for it.

 

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/...todd-gurleys-knee-regresses-during-offseason/

stem cell ? ouch. not good for the Rams or Gurley ?

 

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/...ree-years-into-five-year-85-million-contract/

just 3 yrs in ? not good. G-men are a hot mess right now !! On the QB front - would they want Nick Foles to replace Eli short-term ??

 

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/...tion-a-growing-trend-plus-more-insider-notes/

lots of smoke of trades etc brewing at the combine...

 

I'm just busy as hell. I've peeked in most days and just some posts here and there.

 

I've been partial to chili flake maple syrup lately. Dip popcorn chicken in that

 

The 2019 salary cap will be $188.2 million...

The 2019 league year starts in less than two weeks and teams now know the exact salary cap figure they’ll be working with in free agency.

The NFL has officially set this year’s cap at $188.2 millions, via Ian Rapoport of NFL Media. The league had projected a cap figure “in the range of $187.0 million to $191.1 million” late last year.

In 2018, NFL teams had $177.2 million at their disposal and this is the sixth straight year that the cap number has risen by at least $10 million. In all, the cap has risen over $68 million since it was set at $120 million for the 2011 season.

That flood of money has made for a flurry of deals in the early hours of free agency in recent years and Friday’s word of another big jump should lead to the same come March 13. (PFT)

 

David Irving suspended indefinitely...

There was word this week that Cowboys defensive lineman David Irving was under evaluation for a suspension for a violation of the NFL’s substance abuse policy and a decision came down on Friday.

Irving has been suspended for an indefinite period of time. He previously served a four-game suspension for violating that policy and he’s also served a four-game suspension for violating the performance-enhancing drug policy.

Irving is the second Cowboys defensive lineman to land an indefinite suspension this week. Defensive end Randy Gregory landed the same ban.

Unlike Gregory, Irving will not be under contract with the Cowboys once the new league year gets underway on March 13. Irving has shown flashes of talent when healthy and eligible to play, but chances to show that talent in the future may be hard to come by due to his apparent embrace of being something less than a “model citizen” during his NFL career. (PFT)

 

Alex Collins faces handgun and marijuana charges...

Former Ravens running back Alex Collins is facing weapons and marijuana charges after an arrest in Baltimore on Friday.

Baltimore County Police announced that Collins is charged with possession with intent to distribute, possession of marijuana in excess of 10 grams, and possessing a handgun in a vehicle.

Police say they responded to a 911 call of a car crashed into a tree to find Collins sleeping at the wheel. Police say they could smell marijuana, and searched the car to find approximately 5 ounces of marijuana and a handgun. Neither Collins nor his passenger was injured.

Collins told police he also had marijuana and guns in his home, and police executed a search warrant and seized marijuana, two rifles and ammunition.

Collins was released from jail on a $7,500 bond about 15 hours after he was arrested. The Ravens waived Collins while he was still in jail.

Although Collins has shown enough promise in his three-year NFL career that some team would likely be interested in him, these charges are going to make it harder for him to catch on elsewhere. He is probably facing an NFL suspension before he plays again. (PFT)

 

never heard of that, but it does sound interesting. chili flake maple syrup? hm. and popcorn chicken goes with anything. nice to see you back LAOJOE. Eagles resign Graham. Hope Howie is moving that FA money around. Still near cap ceiling.

 

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/...-by-running-the-40-faster-than-odell-beckham/

WOW THAT'S DAMN FAST !!!!

 

If he could just get his head on straight, he'd be devastating. But I don't think that's ever going to happen.

 

Sadly you are correct the Giants are a mess right now. Part of that is the current GM's refusal to admit the last GM could do literally anything correctly. Reese lost his job for not being good enough but Gettleman walked in and basically threw the baby out with the bath water moving on from every player of worth other than Beckham (it looks like they are going to let Landon Collins test the Free Agency waters) and trading away good / promising players for mid round picks. The players Gettleman let walk or traded away account for more sacks than the entire Giants defense. He traded for Ogletree's embarrassingly bad deal and then restructured him to make it work. So he basically gave Collins money and a 4th round pick to acquire Alec Ogletree... while letting cheap productive pass rushers play else where so he can bring in over the hill vets who failed to do much of anything.

The GM and coach also seem to refuse to believe that Eli isn't the same player he was in 2011. Don't get me wrong here, Eli has had a pretty rough deal the past few seasons but he isn't carrying this team anywhere any longer... They are trying to both blow up most of the roster but also pretend they have a winning roster. They are elongating pain so they can be a 6 win team instead of a 4 win team and I have a hard time believing they have a vision for the future they can pull off...

I honestly am struggling with Gettleman. He was a comfort hire for the owner who was simply too afraid to blow this thing up.

 

Dean Blandino: AAF’s Sky Judge provides template for NFL...

The NFL’s Competition Committee is studying the idea of adding a video official to each officiating crew. To see how it would work in action, all the NFL has to do is look to the Alliance of American Football.

On an incompletion during the third quarter of Sunday’s game between the San Antonio Commanders and the Birmingham Iron, Commanders defensive back Duke Thomas’ shoulder connected with Birmingham receiver Tobias Palmer’s head. Officials didn’t throw a flag, but the Sky Judge intervened, ordering a penalty on Thomas for hitting a defenseless receiver.

“The theory is a person who has access to the video feed can run the plays back and forth and if they see something safety-related or something late in the game that could be critical to the outcome to the game, and it’s a clear mistake on the field, then the Sky Judge can correct it,” AAF rules analyst and officiating consultant Dean Blandino told PFT. “That’s what happened in the game yesterday in Birmingham. In that instance, it worked as intended. We were able to communicate directly to the referee, and it was seamless. There wasn’t a lot of discussion.”

The NFL, prompted by the missed pass interference and hit on a defenseless receiver calls late in the NFC Championship Game, received seven rules change proposals from teams related to expanding instant replay. Adding a video official to each crew was the idea that received the “most interest” from the Competition Committee during their meetings in Indianapolis.

It would take 24 of 32 NFL owners to pass any new rule.

“It’s definitely something they’re talking about, and obviously what happened in the NFC Championship Game was really a driver for this conversation, but this had been discussed before,” said Blandino, the NFL’s former head of officiating. “I think it’s an opportunity for the NFL to look and see what the Alliance is doing and take from it. I know they’re going to have a lot conversations coming up with their Competition Committee meetings and their league meetings, and I know this will be a part of it.”

Troy Vincent, the NFL’s executive vice president of football operations, said last week that the Competition Committee will have to answer several questions before presenting the idea to ownership. Among them are: How do you find competent Sky Judges, and what penalties is the Sky Judge limited to correcting or at what point in the game?

Blandino agreed finding that many qualified officials with a technical background is “not easy” and one of the “biggest challenges” of implementing the idea.

The AAF’s Sky Judge can implement a penalty for anything safety-related at any point during the game. But for obvious pass interference or any other rules violation that impacts the game, the video official is limited to ordering a penalty or overturning a penalty only in the final five minutes.

“I think in order to not negatively impact the flow of the game, I think it has to be limited,” said Blandino, “whether that’s limited by what the Sky Judge can review or when they can review it. I think those are things you have to make sure it’s narrow in scope.”

Blandino has consulted with The Alliance since last summer, and contrary to recent rumors, he said he has no plans to take on a similar consulting role with other spring leagues. (pft)

 

Hit play, stop, play, forward, backward comeon how hard is it even Gibbs on ncis can do that much

 

Prolonging surgery? That doesn't sound like the best idea. This can't go well for anyone...