NFL - NEWS & NOTES

WE'RE GOING TO THE SUPERBOWL!!!!!!

 

Congrats M.I.A. !!!

Even though I was born in New England, you picked up this Browns fan for the Super Bowl.

[Disclaimer: you would have anyway regardless of the how the AFCCG went.]

 

Even that horrible #InBrotherhood hashtag couldn't stop me from picking the Falcons this playoffs.

 

Thanks, guys. The Pats will be tough but hopefully our guys can do it.

 

Will be interesting to see if only Seahawks or Steelers get punished...

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/01/23/did-steelers-conceal-leveon-bell-injury/

I wouldn't bet on the Steelers being the team singled out, just a hunch.

 

Redskins promote Manusky to DC, hire Tomsula

The Washington Redskins made official their hire of defensive coordinator Greg Manusky on Monday morning, and also announced the signing of a familiar face to run the defensive line.

Former 49ers head coach Jim Tomsula has re-emerged after a year off from coaching to take the vacant D-line position. Tomsula was the defensive line coach for seven years in San Francisco (2007-14) before being elevated to interim head coach and eventually, head coach.

 

Browns, Jamie Collins agree to 4-year, $50 million deal

Cleveland's front office is keeping impending free agent Jamie Collins off the open market.

The Browns have agreed to a four-year contract with Collins, the team announced. Collins' new deal is worth $50 million ($26 million in guarantees), a contract that eclipses the per-year salary of Panthers linebacker Luke Kuechly ($12.36 million), NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported, via a source informed of the process. The two sides have worked on hammering out the specifics of the deal since it was first reported Thursday.

Collins was acquired from the Patriots in exchange for a compensatory draft pick, stunning the football world at the trade deadline. Immediately featured as an every-down linebacker, Collins racked up 69 tackles and two sacks in eight games with Cleveland.

The Pats had offered Collins in excess of $10 million annually, Rapoport reported in late October, while Collins placed his own value among the highest-paid linebackers in the league.

Regardless of the price tag, keeping Collins in-house makes sense for an organization with a surfeit of salary-cap space and precious few Pro Bowl-caliber talents on the roster. He's a more natural fit in new defensive coordinator Gregg Williams' 4-3 scheme after moonlighting at outside linebacker in Ray Horton's 3-4 system in the season's final two months. (NFL.com)

 

Congratulations and beat those Patriots. I don't dislike the Pat's, I just want to see a good game and maybe some new blood.

Good Luck...

 

Ben Roethlisberger pondering retirement...?

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...evaluate-if-theres-going-to-be-a-next-season/

 

More drama like the walking boot a few weeks ago. He'll be back next season

 

I think he's just bummed after being fresh off of the AFC loss... I believe he will be back. Time heals wounds and the competitive edge will come out of him. Just my opinion.

 

well he's very banged up. at least he has 2 rings to retire on. don't know if he's bound for Canton or not, but he's done a lot in his career if he does retire.

 

Don't be so sure...

Players have been educating themselves more and more recently on the effects of CTE. Earlier this year, Ben self reported an injury which put him into concussion protocol.

I think early retirement could start becoming a more common theme, especially with a guy that has already earned upwards of around $70M and started a family a couple of years ago.

The competitive drive is really the ONLY thing left, if injuries are creeping into his head(no pun intended), that drive could wane fairly fast.

 

I know. Give him a year or two, and he'll be going full Favre on us.

 

i hope not. i can't see him playing for another team. he already has 2 SB rings. What does he have left to prove with being on a new team?

 

I meant that he was going to do the whole "Maybe I'll retire..." shtick for the next few years. I don't see him going anywhere else.

 

The Steelers need to address QB in the draft. Ben does have a serious history of concussions.

 

hopefully not kizer or watson.

wait Gid, Landry Jones or Zach Mettenberger isn't the heir apparent to Big Ben?

 

Jadeveon Clowney underwent another knee surgery.

The Houston Texans pass-rusher had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee after the season, NFL Network's James Palmer reported Thursday.

The Houston Chronicle's John McClain first reported the news.

Palmer noted that Clowney is fine after surgery.

The surgery is minor, but notable due to Clowney's injury history. As a rookie, he had microfracture on his right knee.
Injuries curtailed Clowney's production his first two seasons. He made the leap in 2016, becoming a dominant force after moving from outside linebacker to a defensive end focus.

The former No. 1 overall pick started 14 regular-season games and two playoff contests this season, compiling six sacks, 55 tackles, 10 passes defensed and an interception. Clowney destroyed the Oakland Raiders' game plan in the Texans' wild-card win.
With J.J. Watt expected to return in 2017, the Texans could boast the most dominant defensive front in the NFL. The combination of Clowney, Watt, and underrated Whitney Mercilus provide a versatile, destructive force that will keep quarterbacks and offensive coordinators up at night. (NFL.com)

 

Julio Jones averaged 100 yards a game for a record fourth straight?year

No player in NFL history had averaged 100 receiving yards a game in four different seasons, until Julio Jones came along.

Jones topped the 100 yards per game mark for the fourth consecutive season in 2016. Via Pro Football Reference, he?s not just the first player to average 100 yards a game for four consecutive seasons, but the first to do it in any four seasons of his career.
Calvin Johnson is the only other player who ever averaged 100 yards a season in three different seasons, doing it for the Lions each year from 2011 to 2013.

Jones has averaged 96.3 yards a game over the course of his career. Odell Beckham is the only player in NFL history who?s even close to that mark, at 95.9. Johnson is third in NFL history at 86.1 receiving yards per game.

Jones?s production is even better in the playoffs; he has 552 receiving yards in his five career playoff games, an average of 110.4 yards a game. (PFT.com)