NFL - NEWS & NOTES

For once Jean, we are in agreement

 

sounds pretty good to me Jean.

 

It would suck, because that means my Steelers aren't there.

 

Laurinaitis retires after 8 seasons in NFL...

Jaguars trade DE Smith to Bengals...

 

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU8lseGUVHQ[/video]

my first time seeing Gronkowski live in the 2010 preseason. i know this is unfair and Laurinaitis was pretty good but this is all i think about when i see his name. the introduction of Gronk.

 

Adrian Peterson leaves Saints visit without deal; sides talking...

 

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/n...-sherman-to-patriots-in-wild-three-way-trade/

crazy trade scenario with seahawns, pats and browns.

browns get their QB.

Pats get Sherman!

Seahawks get picks!

 

So, he thinks the Browns give up #12 AND #33 for Jimmy freaking Garoppolo????!!!!


*CRAZY*

Have another one Will Brinson!!!

*DRINK*

It's on me,

*ROFL*

 

Johnathan Hankins, Colts agree to three-year contract

After languishing on the open market for five weeks, former Giants defensive tackle Johnathan Hankins finally cashed in.

Hankins has agreed to terms with the Colts on a three-year contract worth up to $30 million, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported, via a source informed of the situation. The new pact includes $15.9 million guaranteed and $10.5 million in the first year.

The Giants were offering $28 million over four years, Paul Schwartz of the New York Post reported Wednesday. Hankins' agent originally sought $15 million annually, per Schwartz, but quickly dropped that figure to $10 million once it became clear that the market wasn't there.

The 2014 second-round draft pick left without a deal when he visited Indianapolis earlier this week. Once the Colts reached his asking price, Hankins was willing to leave the Giants' offer behind.

 

Dan Rooney has passed. RIP.

 

Titans are releasing Jason McCourty

 

Walkiegate and now this

http://nypost.com/2017/04/13/heres-proof-eli-manning-was-in-on-giants-memorabilia-scheme/

NFL needs to hit the Giants hard for repeat unrelated offenses. 4 games for Eli and a first round pick sound fair?

 

NFL VP Dean Blandino resigning to take network job

Dean Blandino, the NFL's senior vice president of officiating and a longtime operative in the league's instant replay department, is leaving his post for a network television position, according to a league memo obtained by NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport and NFL Network's Aditi Kinkhabwala.

There has been no official announcement yet on Blandino's replacement, though Blandino will remain with the league office until May 31. The league informed all 32 NFL teams of the matter Friday morning.

"Dean has done an outstanding job leading our officiating staff," Troy Vincent, NFL executive vice president of football operations, said in a statement provided to all 32 NFL teams Friday. "He has been a trusted colleague and friend to so many of us around the league. Dean's knowledge of the playing rules, his tireless commitment to improving the quality of NFL officiating and his unquestioned dedication to his job has earned him the respect of the entire football community."

Blandino rose from the ranks of intern, having joined the company in 1994. As an early leader in the implementation of instant replay, Blandino oversaw a pair of Super Bowls and conference championship games and served under long-time NFL officiating head Mike Pereira. But like Pereira, the desire to broadcast football came calling.

Blandino leaves the game at an important stage. The NFL this March approved fully centralized replay review at the Annual League Meeting, which will allow the league office to overtake replay situations in an effort to streamline the pace of play and provide a more consistent approach to plays in question. Over the last few seasons, the NFL has made sweeping changes to its officiating department, including clarifications to the catch rule, the implementation of a two-strike rule for personal fouls and this year, an adaptation of the NCAA football targeting rule which ejects a player for one flagrant hit.

Given the new centralized replay system, the hiring of Blandino's successor will be crucial. As Kinkhabwala noted on Good Morning Football, two current referees said they would be interested in the job, though not as its "currently configured." The incredible weight of all major officiating decisions could be a burden too big to bear for some, though Vincent told Kinkhabwala that he already has had multiple people reach out.

 

***BREAKING NEWS***


AARON HERNANDEZ FOUND NOT GUILTY...

 

for the 2012 murder...still gonna have to use the lube for the one he DID do in 2013

 

But is it that high a price for a guy that could be your franchise's best? Is drafting a qb really something that Browns fans are comfortable with?
I'm not trying to provoke Cleveland fans but the history of picks since they've come back hasn't produced anything. Take a kid that started a season at UNC and throw him on the youngest team in the league or a guy that isn't too much older that's won 2 SBs, having actually been a part of one of those and has 3 years in the league with Brady and Belichick?
Garappolo is a unique situation and possible opportunity. Theres never been a backup to Brady with this skill set and in a situation like this. Guys like Cassel and Hoyer are not comparables. Plain as day watching Garappolo that he has an extremely high ceiling. Unless you love a specific qb in this draft I don't see how you don't give up a ransom for him. I believe the reports that Belichick plans on keeping him and franchising/ trading him next year so I don't think he's likely to be moved anyway.

 

I can't believe Hernandez got off on these 2. It's terrible, those families get no closure because he can afford that legal team.

 

No offense, but that is the mentality that would keep the Browns perpetually losing for another decade.

This team has not, in 20 years of rebirth, been built from the inside out.

Sticking lipstick (high draft picks) on a pig (whether that is one of the 2017 QB draftees or the viewed by some lessor of two evils, Jimmy Garoppolo) won't present a beauty queen.

This team has an opportunity over the next two seasons, or more if they continue to add high draft picks this year and next into future years, to build a team that can possibly be immune to needing a "franchise QB".

A) Do I believe any of the prospects are franchise quality? No...I believe there are several that could develop into quality starters worthy of leading a well built roster.

B) Do I believe Jimmy Garoppolo is a franchise QB? No, I believe he could also lead a well built roster..

So, having 5 of the top 65 picks in 2017 (#'s 1, 12, 33, 52, 65) and another (4) of the top 65 in 2018 [(1) first and (3) seconds]. They have a unique opportunity to completely overhaul a really bad roster over the course of (3) years...I believe they started in 2016 with Jamie Collins.

That's 9 picks added to last year's crop that includes promising players in Corey Coleman and Emmanuel Ogbah...I also include in this list a QB that could also possibly control an offense of a well built roster, in Cody Kessler.


There isn't a QB that can transcend a bad roster and make the Browns a contender...They need to use these picks to transcend their roster as a whole with players that can help make any QB look good.

Where are the Colts now, taking Andrew Luck #1?

It's going to take a movement...and that movement is not going to start by giving up future draft picks for a QB that may not be any better than the guy you already have on your roster.

Giving up #52 for someone like Nate Peterman, makes a helluva lot more sense to me, than giving up a first rounder on any other name that has been spoken these past several weeks...including Jimmy Garoppolo.

 

I can buy that.
If you don't want to spend on the qb that's one thing, if you don't think you're in position to is another. adequate qbs almost never win titles, bad rosters never do.

Whether it's Garappolo, Trubisky, Watson, or whoever, someone will reach because they think they're getting the guy that's gonna put them where they want to be.

 

He's in prison for life anyways, I can't put myself in their shoes but, I'm not sure if it matters that much to be honest. Unless there's someway Hernandez can get out of his other charge, I mean there's noway to bring those people back. Truly a tragedy what this man did to these people.