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Meaning he was inept or he lied when he cleared him. Multiple former players have said that Tua was cleared to fast and there was no way they could have done the proper protocols in the time it took for him to return in the Bills game.

 

What it means is the NFL is already quick to blame someone else instead of sticking with the back injury story. Someone, NFL, Dolphins or Doc screwed up.

 

He was fired by the players association so, while I understand your point, this feels more like the union came out against this guy because of how the week went down.

The league probably won't take any action until there is a complete investigation.

 

I don't know how I missed the PA part. It was an option. So, it could mean ecerything going forward or completely nothing depending on if cause is involved at all.

 

This is interesting... Per; PFT

A high-profile NFL controversy will attract the attention of a wide number of people. Inevitably, members of Congress will become involved.

Bill Pascrell, Jr., a Democratic member of the House of Representatives from New Jersey and the head of the Brain Injury Task Force sent a letter on Friday to Commissioner Roger Goodell and Dolphins owner Stephen Ross regarding the controversy arising from the Sunday and Thursday incidents involving Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa.



“I want to know how the hell he was on the field last night,” Pascrell tweeted on Friday, while posting his September 30 letter to social media.

The letter poses multiple questions to Goodell and Ross. Several of the questions, quite frankly, reflect a fundamental misunderstanding of the league’s policies and procedures. For example, Pascrell asks whether the league will cooperate with the NFL Players Association’s investigation regarding Tua’s return to play on Sunday. The investigation, by rule, occurs jointly.

Regardless, the situation has the attention of Congress — as it should. As Pascrell writes, the incident “raises grave questions about the progress that the NFL and its teams purported to have made on this issue and how seriously the NFL is taking its commitment to player safety.”

Pascrell concludes his letter with another accurate statement: “This moment demands answers — and actions.”

Indeed it does. As explained in Playmakers, the NFL is notoriously reactive, not proactive. In this case, the NFL luckily avoided a worst-case scenario. The question now becomes whether affirmative steps will be taken to ensure that there won’t be another situation that features obvious evidence of cognitive harm followed by the inexplicable decision to allow the player to return to action in the same game — and to play again four days later.

The easiest fix is to remove the loophole that allows players to return to a game despite showing gross motor instability. We’ve asked the league whether that change will immediately be made. We’re still waiting for an answer.

 

More of a thought than an opinion.. But after 4 weeks are in the books, it looks like the league has more parity than ever.

Only 1 undefeated team left, only 1 winless team left (though they have a tie, so they won't be the first 17 game loser)

6 of the 8 divisions have 3rd place teams at .500 or better. In fact only ten teams are below .500 and that could go to 9 if the 49ers win tonight.

The league leading scorer has scored 140 points, or 35 points per game....and sit in 4th place in their division at 1-3.
The league leading defense has only allowed 37 points, or 12.3 points per game... and sit in 4th place in their division at 1-2 (obviously this is the 49ers and they have played 3 games, not 4, but they would have to give up 21 points tonight to lose that league leading crown after 4 weeks. I'm not saying it will be easy, but the Rams are only averaging 20.3 points per game against the Bills, Falcons and Cardinals, the latter 2 are in the bottom 1/4 of the league in defense. To be fair, the 49ers have faced the Seahawks, Broncos and Bears, the latter 2 of which are in the bottom 1/4 in offense.)

Regardless, the best team isn't the highest scorer and the best team isn't giving up the least points. Although, if the trend continues and the 49ers find a way to win tonight, they will go from 4th in their division to 1st by midnight tonight.

There are teams that were expected to be vying for a top 5 pick at the top of their division.. I'm looking at you Jaguars and Falcons, still early, but nearly a quarter of the season is over. Schedule Gods probably have more to do with this than anything.

It's just fun to sit back and evaluate the first quarter, then the first half, then get ready for the playoff push...

 

And the Lions are also by far the team with the most points allowed. That defense is almost inexcusably bad. Dan Campbell just said they need to do 2 things:
1. Move around personnel. i.e. some guys are getting benched while other take on new roles
2. Simplifying schematically. i.e. the defenders on out team aren't intelligent.

 

That offense though. As a Steelers fan, I'd kill for it.

 

That defense would kill you as a Steelers fan.

 

I've been a little bored lately so put together a "Power Ranking" with a twist. Rather than pull 32 teams out of the NFL bucket, I ranked them by the conference they play in.

(Data used is through week 4)


Fire away !!!

 

Good job Lyman. Steelers are a bit too high.

 

Absolutely beautiful, Lyman! Good job, im impressed.



* I expect this every week, lol.

 

I dont think the target on the rams back is as big of a problem as their beat up oline. Stafford catching a lot of flak for going to only two guys but when you dont have a lot of time you throw to who you know. Beckham being gone gets all the press but the bigger hurter is the Loss of Woods and the injury to Van Jefferson

 

That's a fair and probably more accurate take on the Rams.

 

The broncos need to step up and be the first team to fire its head coach.

 

He needs to go. They even hired someone to help him manage the clock better. He's out of his league.

 

Hackett cant hack it... and Rhule cant rule.

Pretty good race there to see who's seat gets so hot they have to bail. Both teams are in shambles.

 

I know the Steelers offense is bad but that game was just painful to watch.

 

The Broncos and Colts both got QBs to make their offenses better and both seemed to have gotten worse.