NFL 2017
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@sneakdefreak Was a good learning for the Jags - sounds like the 49ers knew going in that the Jags were an emotional team and tried to get the Jags to overstep the mark - which they did. Jags need to take the lessons into the playoffs otherwise they'll be toast.
I think the 49ers could use a really big target with a large catching radius (either WR or TE) to help them in the redzone and to offer something different from their other receivers to win jump balls etc - that's probably something they are missing at the moment.
Will be interesting to see what the 49ers do in free agency as not only do they have a lot of cap space (even after paying Jimmy G) all of a sudden they are a hot destination to go to. I'd be happy to see Hyde come back if he's not chasing a huge deal - if he's chasing the $ then best to let him go.
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@kiwimurph Agree re: the big target. Sammy Watkins would be a smart choice as he's not going to stay with the Rams where Woods and Kupp are WR1 and WR2. He's also a big redzone target which Garcon and Goodwin are not (nor are they WR1 calibre).
Jags WR Allen Robinson would be another choice - he's 6'3 and can post big numbers when he has a competent QB (and when he's not injured).
Other options are Green Bay WR Davante Adams and Miami WR Javris Landry but I think both will stay where they are.I would like to see the 49ers target in free agency:
WR: Sammy Watkins or Allen Robinson
RB: Jeremy Hill or Rex Burkhead (to share duties with Matt Breida)
TE: Tyler Eifert (but I'm fine with Kittle and Celek)I'm not going to pretend that I know who the best OL and DB options are for the team.
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Patriots pick up James Harrison.. I know the Pats have a thing for vet players, but this is another level..
Everyone thinks its so Harrison can give them intel on the Steelers, who the Pats will probably bump into on the road to the Superbowl. Problem is, according to one of the Steelers rookies, Harrison wasn't really turning up to practice and video sessions so it's unlikely he knows what is going on.
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The 49ers finish their season with a 34-13 win over a (mostly) second unit LA Rams side. Jimmy G still undefeated as a starting QB, the young players look the goods and the 49ers have gone from being one of the worst teams in the NFL to one of the best, if not the best, to be outside the playoffs.
If the front office manages another good draft and free agency the 49ers will be back in the playoffs next season.
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Also, congratulations to the Cleveland Browns on going 0-16. A great achievement for the organisation and I can see why they have kept the head coach (he'll get fired soon enough). Cleveland has the first pick in the draft but also the fourth pick (via Houston). They'll fuck it up though.
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@sneakdefreak they'll take Johnny football mk2
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@rocky-rockbottom said in NFL 2017:
Cam Newton with another pea-hearted show pony effort vs the Falcons. Him and Olsen running routes like it was the first day of training camp instead of the final tune-up for the playoffs. Newton with a couple of lethargic handoff fumbles to his RB then its sook time like its their fault.
Hope the levee breaks for them vs N.O Saints next week
In all fairness, Olsen is playing on a broken foot and the Panthers traded away Newton's only other receiver of note halfway through the season. But New Orleans will slaughter them next week.
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Yeh, the rookies for the Saints have been awesome.. and they look good for the next 3-4 years..
@sneakdefreak said in NFL 2017:
Also, congratulations to the Cleveland Browns on going 0-16. A great achievement for the organisation and I can see why they have kept the head coach (he'll get fired soon enough). Cleveland has the first pick in the draft but also the fourth pick (via Houston). They'll fuck it up though.
One has to wonder how Caldwell (18-14 in the last two seasons with a playoff appearance) gets let go, and Jackson (1-31 in the last two seasons) still keeps his job.
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Raiders fire their coach Jack Del Rio.
It sounds like Jon Gruden is going to be the new coach of the Raiders.
He's been linked with job openings in the NFL and college every offseason but this time it looks like the real deal. It is certainly a positive PR move for a franchise going into the last year in a city before relocating.
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@kiwimurph said in NFL 2017:
Raiders fire their coach Jack Del Rio.
It sounds like Jon Gruden is going to be the new coach of the Raiders.
He's been linked with job openings in the NFL and college every offseason but this time it looks like the real deal. It is certainly a positive PR move for a franchise going into the last year in a city before relocating.
That's probably what it is: Gruden in 2018 and 2019 and then a young understudy takes over. Gruden gets offered a job in the Raiders front office for life.
I expect a lot of teams will try and copy San Franciso and LA Rams and go for young first-time head coaches. I expect a lot of teams to fail badly.
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@sneakdefreak I agree - last year seemed like a much stronger crop of coaches (Shanahan, McVay, McDermott and Marrone)
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Bills fans are awesome
Bills fans by the thousands are expressing their thanks to the Cincinnati Bengals for helping end Buffalo’s 17-year playoff drought by together donating more than $170,000 so far to the charitable cause of Cincinnati QB Andy Dalton. -
For Kraft, Brady and Belichick, is this the beginning of the end?
Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and Robert Kraft are aiming for a sixth Lombardi trophy. But friction between the coach and star QB could put the future of a dynasty in doubt.
True or not it's an interesting tale about the most successful franchise of this generation
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@kiwimurph said in NFL 2017:
@canefan brilliant read. There was something very strange about the Jimmy G trade. SOMETHING has gone down.
It's like Beli has decided 'fark it I'm out of here' and sold his prized QB successor under duress for what amounts to a pittance
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I'm just glad he chose the 9ers as the recipient of his charity!
I don't think they had any other choice..
You cant trade to anyone in the AFC.. So you transfer him to a team in the NFC where you will only meet them once every 4 years, or in the Superbowl
Most NFC teams have their QB.. And with the 9ers with a poor start, Pats were looking at a high 2nd round pick.. But Jimmy GQ put a stop to that -
It's probably the first trade in the Brady era where the Pats, in the long term, will regret they ever made it.... but the Pats are aiming for this season and next, we all know that. Then Brady will retire and I assume so will Beli. And then the Pats will suck for a long time. And then the rest of the AFC East will be finally free.
Bills fans by the thousands donate to Andy Dalton’s charity foundation
