NFL Thread 2019-2020

[cheebs09]

Seems like it could be a pretty wild trade deadline.

[dgies9156]

Pack also drafted Rich (sucks) Campbell back in the day, hey?

And Jerry Tagge
And David Whitehurst
And the Magic Man
And Randy Wright (yuck, yuck, yuck)

In fact, Aaron Rodgers was the first great quarterback they drafted since Bart Starr in 1956.

As to the criticism of Packer/Bear, the Packers at least knew something special when it hit them in the nose. The Bears had a choice of three quarterbacks and they picked the one with the weakest resume up to that time.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

And Jerry Tagge
And David Whitehurst
And the Magic Man
And Randy Wright (yuck, yuck, yuck)

In fact, Aaron Rodgers was the first great quarterback they drafted since Bart Starr in 1956.

As to the criticism of Packer/Bear, the Packers at least knew something special when it hit them in the nose. The Bears had a choice of three quarterbacks and they picked the one with the weakest resume up to that time.

Tagge was the 11th pick overall and threw a grand total of 3 TDs (and 17 interceptions) in the NFL.  Ouch.

[The Sultan]

Tagge was the 11th pick overall and threw a grand total of 3 TDs (and 17 interceptions) in the NFL.  Ouch.

And drafted primarily because he was a Green Bay native.

[Dish]

Trade dudline.

[cheebs09]

Seems like it could be a pretty wild trade deadline.

It was not wild.

[MU82]

Trade dudline.

This is the case most years. Much anticipation and then ... less than meh.

Baseball, basketball and hockey trading deadlines are a lot more fun!

[GB Warrior]

Itll never be the other leagues, but there was more traffic this year than most.

[Uncle Rico]

Pack also drafted Rich (sucks) Campbell back in the day, hey?

In his autobiography, Bart Starr tells the story of how his west coast scout warned everyone Campbell didn't have an NFL arm.  Starr wanted Ronnie Lott.  Welp

[Pakuni]

In his autobiography, Bart Starr tells the story of how his west coast scout warned everyone Campbell didn't have an NFL arm.  Starr wanted Ronnie Lott.  Welp

And Hue Jackson says he wanted Carson Wentz, Deshaun Watson and Patrick Mahomes.

[Anti-Dentite]

And Jerry Tagge
And David Whitehurst
And the Magic Man
And Randy Wright (yuck, yuck, yuck)

In fact, Aaron Rodgers was the first great quarterback they drafted since Bart Starr in 1956.

As to the criticism of Packer/Bear, the Packers at least knew something special when it hit them in the nose. The Bears had a choice of three quarterbacks and they picked the one with the weakest resume up to that time.

The low point of my Packer fandom was when Randy Wright fainted under center against the Vikings in what I remember being about a 61-7 thrashing.

[Spotcheck Billy]

SKOL
Mike Zimmer "very, very ticked off" about Jayron Kearse arrestThe Vikings released a statement saying they were aware of safety Jayron Kearse's arrest early on Sunday morning and head coach Mike Zimmer made his first comments about it on Wednesday.
Kearse was pulled over by police and arrested after failing field sobriety tests. He has been charged with carrying and possessing a pistol without a permit (a gross misdemeanor), carrying a pistol while under the influence of alcohol, operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, operating a motor vehicle with an alcohol concentration of .08 or above within two hours and careless driving.
Cornerback Mike Hughes was a passenger in the car and the police report said he was throwing up outside the vehicle "due to his level of intoxication." Zimmer referenced both players in a response that made his displeasure with the incident quite obvious.


"I'm very, very ticked off," Zimmer said, via Chris Tomasson of the Pioneer Press. "Since I've been here the last six years, I've worked extremely hard to clean up the reputation of this organization, this team off the field. We've put in a lot of resources for them to not have these kind of issues, and for them to do that is really idiotic."
Zimmer said any discipline for Kearse is a league matter, although the legal process will likely play out before the NFL takes any action.

[wadesworld]

Baker has some growing up to do.  I wasn't too worried about his "antics" coming out of college.  If you don't want to shake the guy's hand at a captain meeting, and your program has stunk for decades, be prepared for the Heisman candidate to light you up and show you up.

But his schtick is getting old.  At this point in his career he's a below average starting quarterback who still gets the opponent coming in with bad intentions because he likes to run his mouth.  He's not good enough to put a target on his own back and still be successful.

[MU82]

Baker has some growing up to do.  I wasn't too worried about his "antics" coming out of college.  If you don't want to shake the guy's hand at a captain meeting, and your program has stunk for decades, be prepared for the Heisman candidate to light you up and show you up.

But his schtick is getting old.  At this point in his career he's a below average starting quarterback who still gets the opponent coming in with bad intentions because he likes to run his mouth.  He's not good enough to put a target on his own back and still be successful.

Yep yep.

Your favorite QB ran up against much the same thing -- he was demonstrative, he liked to trash talk, he was self-centered, etc. But Newton was a much better QB even before he started winning a lot, then he won a lot, then he matured. I had Panther-fan friends who whined about opponents mocking Cam's first-down points and Superman schtick, but I'd say: "If you're gonna do that stuff, you're gonna get mocked when things go bad."

Mayfield needs to grow up. The problem is, we still don't know if he's gonna be much more than an average NFL QB. Right now, he's little more than an a-hole version of Ryan Tannehill.

[MU82]

Well, this sucks:

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nfl/carolina-panthers/article236901303.html?

The gist: Newton's foot injury has not progressed much at all, and he's now going to Green Bay to see Dr. Robert Anderson, a well-known specialist.

Obviously, we'll know nothing until after there is a diagnosis (and until after it's made public, if and when that happens), but it's looking more and more like he might be done for the season. And that very well could mean he's done in Carolina.

He got here less than a year after I moved here, so I have gotten to see him improve as a QB and mature as a young man. He had some outstanding years, and 2015 was an incredible time to be a football fan in Charlotte. There never has been a QB quite like him in NFL history, and I liked watching him play. If this is it here, it's sad that he will have finished with a long stretch of losses, because his play gave Panthers fans a lot of success to enjoy.

But hey ... with a few notable exceptions, this is the way it is in sports. The athletes come and go, and we fans adjust and find new players to root for.

[The Sultan]

These games the NFL sends to London are really something.

[jsglow]

I don't mean to upset my Chicago brothers.  But your football team sucks.  Really, really sucks.

[Pakuni]

I don't mean to upset my Chicago brothers.  But your football team sucks.  Really, really sucks.

Has a reigning NFL Coach of the Year ever been fired?
I know there's a lot of season left to play, but Matt Nagy is caught in a death spiral, mostly of his own making.

[GB Warrior]

This Bears offense leaves something (yards, points, prevelance of the forward pass) to be desired.

A nightmare match-up for the Bears - a defense with no cornerbacks to speak of, and Mitch Trubisky at quarterback.

[wadesworld]

This Bears offense leaves something (yards, points, prevelance of the forward pass) to be desired.

A nightmare match-up for the Bears - a defense with no cornerbacks to speak of, and Mitch Trubisky at quarterback.

It's Mitchell to you. (That was a giant red flag to me.)

[Dish]

I'm not joking, I could probably pick up 1 yard of offense in a half.

Bears at -11 yards.

[jsglow]

This Bears offense leaves something (yards, points, prevelance of the forward pass) to be desired.

A nightmare match-up for the Bears - a defense with no cornerbacks to speak of, and Mitch Trubisky at quarterback.

Understatement of the month.

[JWags85]

Has a reigning NFL Coach of the Year ever been fired?
I know there's a lot of season left to play, but Matt Nagy is caught in a death spiral, mostly of his own making.

Looks like a team that quit on the coach that openly admitted to having no faith in them last week

[Jockey]

Does anyone have Marc Trestman and Mark Sanchez' phone numbers to text to Pace?

[jsglow]

Now the D has given up.  Dagger.  Dare I say season?