NFL

[nzzp]

13 picks into the draft, 6 QB in the top 12 (!) and not one defensive player selected yet.

Shows how the comp is going - it's offense all the way

[mariner4life]

biggest story so far

The Falcons trading for Kirk Cousins
The Falcons drafting a QB in the first round.

[nzzp]

@mariner4life said in NFL:

biggest story so far

The Falcons trading for Kirk Cousins
The Falcons drafting a QB in the first round.

Falcons paying Kirk big time ($180M, 4 years) THEN drafting. Remarkable.

[mariner4life]

some defensive steals going now.

Draft just showing what we already knew about the most important pieces in constructing a team
QB play
O-line to protect them
Difference making receivers.

Then edge rushers and smothering corners.

[mariner4life]

and the Chiefs trade up to get a freak speedster receiver for Mahomes to play with

fuck

[Canes4life]

@mariner4life intersting aswell that they've also signed up LRZ as a pet project.

[barbarian]

Falcons are an embarrassment of a franchise. Just egregious behavior.

[Bovidae]

I have read that Atlanta could lose their 1st round pick next year due to allegations of tampering (ironically for Cousins) so it could be a case of getting a better QB now. Cousins and Penix are confused though.

[Cyclops]

I thought that Cousins had signed a 3 year deal, so at first thought this was just the Packers move - draft in the first round, and sit them for three years while they develop. But nope, Cousins blocks the whole rookie deal (there is an option for the 5th year, but that's a much less significant discount and has to be exercised at the start of year 4.

Ultimately picks are judged by what they do on the field, so if he's good all this will be forgotten.

[KiwiMurph]

@barbarian said in NFL:

Falcons are an embarrassment of a franchise. Just egregious behavior.

This comes days after they were crowing that Bill Bellichick didn't make their top 3 coaching finalists

What a clown show.