NFL 2018
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Fucking Denver
Defense good enough to get two interceptions and a fumble off the Chargers. The offense good enough to turn those into 1 field goal.
Games going to seed at the moment, no change to playoff teams
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Wait, Vikings out, Eagles in.
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Mahomes throws 50 TDs..huge favourite for MVP..
Mahomes is in good company with Brady and Manning.Mayfield's breaks the rookie TD passing record too..
Future looks bright with a few of the QB legends of the game retiring in the next year or so..
Mahomes has to be the MVP - definitely shouldn't be Phillip Rivers (maybe Drew Brees).
Baker Mayfield proved many wrong after the Browns took him number one overall. Their interim coach looks set to be ditched as head coach for next season despite doing a pretty great job (considering it is the Browns after all).
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Bunch of head coach firings today. Some were obvious like Tampa Bay (Dirk Koetter), NY Jets (Todd Bowles) and Denver (Vance Joseph). Others were a surprise like Miami (Adam Gase) and Arizona (Steve Wilks) where Wilks had only one season in the role.
The big one is the firing of Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis. Many felt he should have been fired years ago as the Bengals struggled in the playoffs but anyone who remembers the Bengals before Lewis will probably know why they hanged onto him for so long.
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@Sneakdefreak Lewis recommended his friend Hue Jackson for the HC role. Only if they've taken leave of their senses should they consider him
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God bless twitter! For all its toxicity it sometimes helps a brother out especially if that brother supports the 49ers.
So with rumours swirling that WR Antonio Brown wants out of Pittsburgh, 49ers star TE George Kittle sends an innocent tweet to Brown to which he replies:
So now the entire sports media is speculating that Brown is heading to the 49ers, which helps the 49ers' chances in acquiring him. Thanks twitter!
The 49ers also get the 2nd overall pick in this year's draft (Arizona has the first overall pick) which is a highlight on an injury-plagued season. Their receiving corps is pretty good going forward with the best TE in the game in Kittle, rookie Dante Pettis appears to be a legitimate WR1 in the making and Marquise Goodwin has a good rapport with Jimmy G. Adding former Central Michigan star Antonio Brown to the mix would strengthen it of course.
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@Sneakdefreak said in NFL 2018:
Bunch of head coach firings today. Some were obvious like Tampa Bay (Dirk Koetter), NY Jets (Todd Bowles) and Denver (Vance Joseph). Others were a surprise like Miami (Adam Gase) and Arizona (Steve Wilks) where Wilks had only one season in the role.
The big one is the firing of Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis. Many felt he should have been fired years ago as the Bengals struggled in the playoffs but anyone who remembers the Bengals before Lewis will probably know why they hanged onto him for so long.
Lewis and the Bengals apparently was a mutual decision. Eric Bieniemy apparently would choose Bengals over any other vacancy so that might be a factor here.
Todd Monken looks like the strongest HC candidate for my money.
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@Sneakdefreak from what i read, it might cost the Steelers too much to trade him out.
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@mariner4life They might not have a choice, he's just unfollowed them on instagram. That's like, oh mi god, like ya know, a big deal.
Something is definitely rotten within the Steelers organisation when their star RB and now star WR want out for good.
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Mike Mayock (NFL Network draft guru) is the new GM of the Raiders.
It kind of sucks from a fan point of view as he won't be doing the NFL Draft coverage/analysis anymore but it will be fascinating to watch.
You'd have to think the Raiders will be favourites to be on Hard Knocks - Gruden, Vegas, Mayock, 3 x first round picks.
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@Sneakdefreak said in NFL 2018:
@mariner4life They might not have a choice, he's just unfollowed them on instagram. That's like, oh mi god, like ya know, a big deal.
Something is definitely rotten within the Steelers organisation when their star RB and now star WR want out for good.
Hate to see the talent leave but happy to see the divas go - WRs and RBs are replaceable - especially in the NFL unlike NBA - half the NFL is com[posed of undrafted players and many of the gun players were not high draft picks anyway
Steelers need to clean house - they can get away with some high maintenance players but AB and LeVB were just too much and symptomatic of a problem that was a fair while coming - Martavis Bryant, Leveon, Antonio, Big Ben, - way too many high maintenance players
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@SynicBast said in NFL 2018:
@Sneakdefreak said in NFL 2018:
@mariner4life They might not have a choice, he's just unfollowed them on instagram. That's like, oh mi god, like ya know, a big deal.
Something is definitely rotten within the Steelers organisation when their star RB and now star WR want out for good.
Hate to see the talent leave but happy to see the divas go - WRs and RBs are replaceable - especially in the NFL unlike NBA - half the NFL is com[posed of undrafted players and many of the gun players were not high draft picks anyway
Steelers need to clean house - they can get away with some high maintenance players but AB and LeVB were just too much and symptomatic of a problem that was a fair while coming - Martavis Bryant, Leveon, Antonio, Big Ben, - way too many high maintenance players
at what point does Tomlin have to take some responsibility for the mess?
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at what point does Tomlin have to take some responsibility for the mess?
Tomlin has to take some blame in that he has let some of this develop by passively condoning behaviour however in ABs case, the threshold looks to have been reached - the issue is that Tomlin doesn't construct the contracts for players and some of the issue lays with the perception that the divas can go to management over the heads of the coach.
Hence the need to draw a line in the sand - They got rid of Leveon Bell - multiple drug test failures, high cap hit, lots of miles on the clock, great player but...
Now it looks like they can get rid of AB - who also has major issues - some of which are actually more debilitating to the team - not showing to practices, only cares about personal stats, not team outcomes, off-field incidents that could have been way worse, great on field player and work ethic (when he's showing up).
Roethlisberger only has 3 years at most left - he's the last of the Gunslingers -a long and porud tradition but he's also high maintenance - however he is a HoF talent at a position that is the central point in a team - and while he's not the most popular guy in the team - he has not held the team to ransom salary wise - Steelers were only able to get some of the overall talent they have because he took a lower salary package than the market would have expected.I think the Steelers have to start looking at getting a new QB (Dobbs is not the answer at this stage) and Tomlin has to change the team locker room culture for the 2019 season or he will probably get released - Steelers don't change coaches for the sake of it but Tomlin may need to go sadly if the culture cannot be fixed or Steelers are facing a very scary Ravens, resurgent Cleveland Browns plus so many of the non-AFC North teams are getting stronger
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Well, wild card weekend was a mixed bag. Just finished the bears-eagles game.
Spoilers below...
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Eagles win after last seconds field goal hits the upright! Iced by Doug Pedersen - he called his final timeout and iced teh kicker. Good fun game to watch, good defences going at it
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Well, wild card weekend was a mixed bag. Just finished the bears-eagles game.
Spoilers below...
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Eagles win after last seconds field goal hits the upright! Iced by Doug Pedersen - he called his final timeout and iced teh kicker. Good fun game to watch, good defences going at it
Sounds like the Eagles are coming right at the perfect time
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Well, wild card weekend was a mixed bag. Just finished the bears-eagles game.
Spoilers below...
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Eagles win after last seconds field goal hits the upright! Iced by Doug Pedersen - he called his final timeout and iced teh kicker. Good fun game to watch, good defences going at it
Sounds like the Eagles are coming right at the perfect time
Foles, eh
Was a deflating way to end a good game. Both sides played well down the stretch - just not sure why that kicker muffed it; everything lokoed good on the hold and snap, and range wasn't a huge problem. Poor bloody bears though, it's a real bummer after the season they ahve had.
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I'm going to go Stephen A Smith right now and state that Nick Foles WILL be the starting Quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles next season and it will be Carson Wentz who is traded for a swag of picks - most likely from a desperate AFC team like Jacksonville or Denver.
Philadelphia is in the business of winning now and Nick Foles allows them to do that. Plus Carson Wentz has had too many serious injuries for the Eagles to think of him as a long term franchise QB.
