2022-2023 NFL Season

[MUeng]

JJ Watt is a decent dude and very charitable, but I'm SHOCKED he took this retirement path and not a corny full year documentary, preferably with a Fort Minor soundtrack.

Incredible player at his peak, first ballot HOFer, but man JJ has always LOVED the JJ story and brand

I'm still recovering from the year-long coach K farewell tour

[MU82]

I wonder if Brady goes to Vegas next season.

Brady gets to play against a Panthers D on Sunday that just lost all-pro-level shutdown CB Jaycee Horn. They already were without starting CB Donte Jackson. Carolina will be trying to defend Godwin, Evans, Gage, Jones and Rudolph with a bunch of scrubs and/or guys playing out of position. Panthers even just dug 35-year-old Josh Norman out of mothballs -- he had been mopping floors in his mom's restaurant and hasn't played football in a year.

If Brady can't produce significant offense and a victory against that pathetic group of DBs, he should just effen retire.

[lawdog77]

Brady gets to play against a Panthers D on Sunday that just lost all-pro-level shutdown CB Jaycee Horn. They already were without starting CB Donte Jackson. Carolina will be trying to defend Godwin, Evans, Gage, Jones and Rudolph with a bunch of scrubs and/or guys playing out of position. Panthers even just dug 35-year-old Josh Norman out of mothballs -- he had been mopping floors in his mom's restaurant and hasn't played football in a year.

If Brady can't produce significant offense and a victory against that pathetic group of DBs, he should just effen retire.

He was actually working at his coffee shop.

[JWags85]

He was actually working at his coffee shop.

Yea, also not sure why the dig on a dude who made $70MM in his career who is actually being active and productive in an humble unglamorous fashion after leaving the league.

[MU82]

From the Charlotte Observer article after the signing:

Norman has gone from working at the Omni Coffee & Eggs restaurant his mother owns in Atlanta — where he has done everything from sweep the floors to make the coffee to meet with business partners — to signing with the Carolina franchise that made him a fifth-round draft pick in 2012 and turned him into a star during the Super Bowl season of 2015.

It was not meant as a "dig." It's a fact.

And every article I read called it his mother's coffee shop -- which is what it is, even if Norman bought it and gave it to her (I don't know if that's the case or not).

Norman was one of my favorite players on the 2015 Super Bowl team. He went on to less on-field success but he made a lot of money and he seems to still have a passion for football.

And yet I still think my take is valid:

The most accomplished QB in football history and a group of well-regarded receivers should be able to torch a secondary that's so depleted by injury that they were forced to bring back a guy who hasn't even taken part in an NFL practice for almost a full year.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Yea, also not sure why the dig on a dude who made $70MM in his career who is actually being active and productive in an humble unglamorous fashion after leaving the league.

Erin Andrews has entered the chat.

[JWags85]

From the Charlotte Observer article after the signing:

Norman has gone from working at the Omni Coffee & Eggs restaurant his mother owns in Atlanta — where he has done everything from sweep the floors to make the coffee to meet with business partners — to signing with the Carolina franchise that made him a fifth-round draft pick in 2012 and turned him into a star during the Super Bowl season of 2015.

It was not meant as a "dig." It's a fact.

And every article I read called it his mother's coffee shop -- which is what it is, even if Norman bought it and gave it to her (I don't know if that's the case or not).

Norman was one of my favorite players on the 2015 Super Bowl team. He went on to less on-field success but he made a lot of money and he seems to still have a passion for football.

And yet I still think my take is valid:

The most accomplished QB in football history and a group of well-regarded receivers should be able to torch a secondary that's so depleted by injury that they were forced to bring back a guy who hasn't even taken part in an NFL practice for almost a full year.

He open a coffee shop near Cam Newton's spot in ATL as well.  But even if you didn't mean it, highlighting the stereotypical lowest man on the totem pole grunt work instead of the fact that he was being a jack of all trades to help his mom while learning to open his new spot is just crappy phrasing.  If you cant see the difference between "working at his mom's restaurant" and "mopping the floors", then you're purposefully being stubborn.  Especially for someone who is supposedly one of your "favorites".  Maybe you're just still a bit bitter he took the big money to leave Carolina for DC.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Carr to Giants?

No.  They are sticking with Daniel Jones.

[Dish]

Kevin Warren would be a good hire by the Bears to be team president.

[MU82]

He open a coffee shop near Cam Newton's spot in ATL as well.  But even if you didn't mean it, highlighting the stereotypical lowest man on the totem pole grunt work instead of the fact that he was being a jack of all trades to help his mom while learning to open his new spot is just crappy phrasing.  If you cant see the difference between "working at his mom's restaurant" and "mopping the floors", then you're purposefully being stubborn.  Especially for someone who is supposedly one of your "favorites".  Maybe you're just still a bit bitter he took the big money to leave Carolina for DC.

I went from "sweep the floors" in that Observer article to "mopping floors." It wasn't meant as a slight on him as a person, only a way to say that he hadn't been footballing -- kind of like saying Kurt Warner went from stocking shelves to the NFL.

But yes, you're right, it was very poorly worded, and I wish I hadn't said it the way I had.

I have absolutely no bitterness toward Josh Norman, who was one of my favorites. The Panthers gave him the franchise tag, and he was willing to return, but then the GM blindsided Norman by rescinding the tag. I do have negative feelings about the GM, Dave Gettleman; that was the first of his many foolish moves that ended up hurting a championship-level team.

[The Sultan]

Kevin Warren would be a good hire by the Bears to be team president.

Agreed. Even though he did some good things there, I don't think the Big Ten and him were ever good fits.

[WhiteTrash]

No.  They are sticking with Daniel Jones.

Good.

I don't like the Giants.

[JWags85]

Kevin Warren would be a good hire by the Bears to be team president.

A well educated, experienced and seasoned sports executive with tons of FO experience?  Are we sure there isn't an accountant they could hire instead?

[tower912]

Do not start Fields next week.   The poor kid is going to get killed.

[Dish]

That last play of the first half was atrocious by both Fields and Pringle.

[GB Warrior]

I take back what I said about the Bears drafting Carter or Anderson. Trade down enough to draft an entire OL

[wadesworld]

Draft a QB at 2 and have your star RB be a RB.

[The Sultan]

After the way this season has...uh..."developed," I am not sure if this coaching staff is any good either.

[The Sultan]

Are the Colts going to seriously consider bringing Saturday back for the gig full time? They have been awful with him in place.

[Dish]

This is definitely a Cabo/Cancun game by the Bears, which doesn't speak well to the coaching staff. Losing is obviously fine, but some definite looks of giving up, which is no bueno.

[GB Warrior]

Imagine thinking Carson Wentz gives you a better shot at the playoffs

[Dish]

Imagine thinking Carson Wentz gives you a better shot at the playoffs

I've turned that game on the game mix channel 3 times today, each time has been a Wentz interception, including a second ago.

[CreightonWarrior]

Imagine thinking Carson Wentz gives you a better shot at the playoffs

Wasn't riverboat Ron mad earlier in the season for not getting enough credit for wanting Wentz? A laughably bad coaching decision.

[Uncle Rico]

This is definitely a Cabo/Cancun game by the Bears, which doesn't speak well to the coaching staff. Losing is obviously fine, but some definite looks of giving up, which is no bueno.

Lions have 500 yards of offense and the Bears offense is simply offensive

[The Sultan]

I know Heineke was going through a rough stretch but he had a way bigger upside.