2021-2022 NFL Season

[The Sultan]

They actually didn't play at LSU until later in the year.  Played a couple games in San Antonio as I recall.

Problem is these days is that all NFL stadiums have direct video access to the headquarters in New York, so they would prefer an NFL stadium.  And it doesn't sound like the Super Dome suffered great damage, so they may only need to be temporary for a game or two.

[Herman Cain]

Love ain't da ansir, hey?

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2947860-jordan-loves-preseason-shows-packers-need-to-commit-to-aaron-rodgers-past-2021

[Uncle Rico]

Rodgers has had a bit of success there too.

Couple that with being a stat padding regular season wonder, I would take the Packers and the points in Dallas

[MU82]

They actually didn't play at LSU until later in the year.  Played a couple games in San Antonio as I recall.

Problem is these days is that all NFL stadiums have direct video access to the headquarters in New York, so they would prefer an NFL stadium.  And it doesn't sound like the Super Dome suffered great damage, so they may only need to be temporary for a game or two.

This all sounds right.

I forgot about San Antonio. I know the Bears played em in Baton Rouge but that was later.

[Pakuni]

Carson Wentz on the COVID-19 list as a close contact, which means he's not vaccinated.
Sure will be something when a team loses its quarterback or another key player for a regular season game because he didn't get the shot.

[JWags85]

Knowing what we know about Wentz, not all that surprising

[Jockey]

Knowing what we know about Wentz, not all that surprising

Who would be the starting QB on the All-dbag team? Cousins or Wentz? Watson might only get honorable mention.

[jficke13]

Who would be the starting QB on the All-dbag team? Cousins or Wentz? Watson might only get honorable mention.

That's... well. I guess everyone's gotta have priorities.

[Herman Cain]

Couple of random NFL power rankings . One has the Packers 4th and the other has the Packers 5th. One has the Chiefs 1st and the other has the Bucs 1st.

https://www.profootballnetwork.com/nfl-power-rankings-2021-pw3/

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/nfl-power-rankings-2021-bills-49ers-steelers-cowboys-dolphins/kmuxb65qgbdczrbv4xq6op5p

[GB Warrior]

Who would be the starting QB on the All-dbag team? Cousins or Wentz? Watson might only get honorable mention.

Umm

[Herman Cain]

Would it be worth it for the Packers to sign free agent offensive lineman Mitchell Schwartz? He hurt his back and had surgery last year. The Chiefs released him and he is still unsigned. He may come in hand later in the season.

[Pakuni]

Patriots are releasing Cam Newton.

[Dish]

Cam got Covid cut.

[Pakuni]

Cam got Covid cut.

It didn't help, but his play had more to do with it. You won't see Lamar Jackson getting cut.

[Dish]

It didn't help, but his play had more to do with it. You won't see Lamar Jackson getting cut.

No argument here, but we both know the Pats were pissed at Cam for violating Covid protocol. That had to have played a role in some form here.

[Pakuni]

No argument here, but we both know the Pats were pissed at Cam for violating Covid protocol. That had to have played a role in some form here.

Oh, I agree 100%. I think once it was decided that Newton wasn't going to start, Belichick also decided all the other issue weren't worth dealing with for a backup.

[Dish]

Time will tell, and I say this hoping Fields is good, but the 2021 draft with the Lions/Panthers/Broncos passing consecutively on Fields & Jones will be interesting to follow for years to come.

[MU82]

It didn't help, but his play had more to do with it. You won't see Lamar Jackson getting cut.

Cam's previous game was very good. He was being praised not only by Belichick and his teammates but also by national pundits, and the belief was that he would be the starter at least early on this season. Then the Covid situation. Now the cut.

But it's possible that with or without the Covid deal, Belichick was looking for any excuse to start his rookie, and Cam was gonna get the ax unless he was great this preseason. Which he certainly wasn't.

Will be interesting to see if any team thinks Cam has anything left. If not, he had a great first 7 seasons and I'm glad for the incredible run he led the Panthers on in 2015. The most fun I've had as a sports fan since 2003.

Time will tell, and I say this hoping Fields is good, but the 2021 draft with the Lions/Panthers/Broncos passing consecutively on Fields & Jones will be interesting to follow for years to come.

Agree totally. This could set up as the classic woulda-coulda-shoulda, just like Mahomes or Marino. That's if either Fields or Jones can be half as good as Mahomes or Marino, of course!

I admit I wondered if Fields has what it takes to be a longtime NFL starting QB, and I was hoping the Panthers would pass on him. So far I'm very happy with the pick of CB Jaycee Horn, who is exactly what the team needed. If I turn out to be wrong about Fields, I'll eat crow. Hopefully somebody will pass the ketchup!

[Pakuni]

Cam's previous game was very good. He was being praised not only by Belichick and his teammates but also by national pundits, and the belief was that he would be the starter at least early on this season. Then the Covid situation. Now the cut.

So, do you believe Belichick determined Newton was his best option at QB, but cut him anyhow?
Anything's possible, but I find that unlikely. I think once they decided Jones would be the starter, Cam became expendable. If they believed Newton was their best option at QB, he'd still be there.

[The Sultan]

Yeah, performing well in a pre-season game isn't much of an indicator of anything.  Cam showed last year that his ceiling isn't very high and seems to be getting lower.  And if he is unvaccinated, that is a risky position to be for any player including a back up quarterback.  Jones showed that he could handle it, so he got the gig.

[MU82]

So, do you believe Belichick determined Newton was his best option at QB, but cut him anyhow?
Anything's possible, but I find that unlikely. I think once they decided Jones would be the starter, Cam became expendable. If they believed Newton was their best option at QB, he'd still be there.

I didn't say that. Belichick cut Newton because he thinks Jones is who the Pats need at QB. If I suggested otherwise, it wasn't what I meant.

Yeah, performing well in a pre-season game isn't much of an indicator of anything.  Cam showed last year that his ceiling isn't very high and seems to be getting lower.  And if he is unvaccinated, that is a risky position to be for any player including a back up quarterback.  Jones showed that he could handle it, so he got the gig.

Well, if you saw the highlights of that game, you would have seen that it was an indicator that Newton -- who had trouble throwing the ball 10 yards downfield the previous couple of seasons -- again had good zip and accuracy on 25-yard passes in game action. For a QB with a surgically repaired shoulder, that's not nothing.

Otherwise, I agree with what you say here.

It's Newton's fault he's not vaccinated, his fault he missed time he couldn't afford to miss. So if the competition was close -- and neither of us knows if it was or wasn't -- that very well could have pushed Jones over the top. That's all I was saying.

[GB Warrior]

Cam got Covid cut.

Bring him to Chicago and let him meet Virgina McCaskey. Thus begins the second golden age of Bears football.

[Silkk the Shaka]

Bring him to Chicago and let him meet Virgina McCaskey. Thus begins the second golden age of Bears football.

LOL

[Herman Cain]

Texans need Cam , given all that's going on with Watson

[Dish]

Texans need Cam , given all that's going on with Watson

Why would they want Cam? They're going to suck, they want to suck, and bringing in Cam wouldn't accomplish anything for them.