2018 NFL Football

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Jordy Nelson?

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Jordy Nelson?

how excited are you rn?

Meh. I understand they wanted to move on from Crabtree and he's one of the best options they had so I'm ok with it. Doug Martin is a pretty nice compliment to Lynch too. Whitehead was the under rated signing of the day.

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Meh. I understand they wanted to move on from Crabtree and he's one of the best options they had so I'm ok with it

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Cowboys, Vikings, Saints, Rams, 49ers, Eagles
Patriots, Steelers, Jags, Raiders, Texans, Chiefs

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Watch the Browns take both Darnold and Mayfield lol

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I've heard that a handful of times.

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Who's ready for the Jets to fuck it up and take Josh Allen?

I think they're getting Darnold. It's funny because that's what I predicted in the preseason. But I thought they'd have the number one pick, not the three after trading up from six and still be able to get him.

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Rams 13-3
49ers 10-6
Seahawks 6-10
Cardinals 3-13

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This fool out here editing post after I say he's wrong.

Lol

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I'll own it when I disagree. Hell I'll own it when I turn out to be wrong.

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Someone let me know when this thread is about football again

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Someone let me know when this thread is about football again

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Like remember the idiot jock bullies from high school? Those are the people who become cops. Good, smart people do better things with their lives.

We need to stop glorifying police. They are systemically rotten and full of rotten individuals

You're making it hard for me to bite my tongue but I don't want to get banned. So instead I'll comment on Brandon Marshall going to Seattle. It's hard to see that being a good fit.

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I'm pretty sure no one shoots anyone 'for shits and giggles'. At least not 99% of people. That's just an ignorant statement.

There's no point on this site. You're more likely to get banned than change anyone's mind. That's why I stay out of political threads and post in sports ones.

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It's probably because they missed out on some key WRs In free agency, still needed help at the position, and grabbed whoever they could. But with Dez, Maclin, and Decker still out there, they had better options so it's an interesting choice.

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I also have no clue why Seattle signed Marshall. Maybe to sell tickets but I don't think it makes a ton of football sense.

Seriously?

Seattle FO Dude #1: We need to reinvent this team by dumping the aging veterans. What should we do in free agency?

Seattle FO Dude #2: Sign Brandon Marshall

Brandon Marshall will play for all 30 teams before retiring.

Is that supposed to mean all or 30?

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I'll be rooting for Houston's offense for sure. Got Watson and Hopkins in the auction league.

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I heard the bandwagon fans are going to the 49ers this year.

Edit: Realized after hitting submit what my avatar is lol

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I don't see the Jets winning 8 games.

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True, their schedule is soft. Just, they aren't a very good team themselves. I think the Browns beat them. I think the Bears and Colts have a chance. I could see the Miami games going either way. So if they can beat Denver and Miami once, they only have to steal a couple more games. He'll, Buffalo

could

be a win. I only expect two or three wins by the bye week, but I do agree with you that it's not exactly shocking if they manage to beat some of those other teams.

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Bortles is a god.

r u ok

Well, everyone seems to believe the NFL is all about QBs so by that logic...Bortles got to the AFC Championship game last year. He's better than Watson, Jimmy G, and Luck.

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If you listen to Chris Simms, there are 69 quarterbacks in the league better than Bortles!

Wow

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If you listen to Chris Simms, there are 69 quarterbacks in the league better than Bortles!

Wow

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Hundley, Colt McCoy, and Geno being better than Eli is hilarious.

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I actually agree

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The local station lost their FM station and I'm too lazy to switch to AM most of the time.

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Allen Hurns

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I thought Tavon Austin was considered a RB now

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Tyrod should start Week 1

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I'm a Yankees/Raiders/Lakers fan. I don't think it's possible to hate Boston sports more. Lol

Oh hey that's all my teams.

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Oops

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Lol at the loyalty comment. If I was a bandwagoner you'd think I'd ditch a team that went 4-12 for almost 15 years lol

Well loyalty doesn't mean you have to blindly root for the team closest to you.

I got my teams from an uncle I was close to while growing up. I've been fans of all of them for about as long as I can remember.

And fuck yeah I'm a Lakers fan. I live in Sacramento - what, am I supposed to root for the Kings?

I always wondered what it would be like to have a local team. I mean the city 5-10 minutes away recently got an AHL team and a pro indoor soccer team. But like a top level pro team....would be awesome.

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My blind loyalty to this team has broken my heart far more often than not

Yep. So many years of thinking players are going to end up being something and then watching them fall on their faces. So many blowout losses. Then finally a good year in 2016 ended by injuries and be followed up by whatever the hell last year was. It's been rough.

I'm planning on going to a home game this year. Just need to figure out which one is best with my work schedule.

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Ah, the index card game. Ugh.

That KC ending was fun to watch. Funny how many chances they got.

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*opens computer*
*sees news*
*cries*

I'm going back to bed.

Fuck football. I hope the Bears go 0-16 for the next two years.

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I wouldn't be shocked if the Jets surprised people this year. Not in a "Omg Darnold is taking them to the Super Bowl" kind of way. But more like the Bills last year where they quietly snuck into the playoffs, lost in the first round, and people are forgetting they were even there.

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Was wondering if anyone else would notice that. I went back and watched it again right after it happened

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Because Jacksonville is possibly the best team in the AFC

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Because Jacksonville is possibly the best team in the AFC

They're good, but let's not go too far.

How many AFC teams do you think are better?

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The Bengals look better than I expected but I'm far from ready to call them better than the Jags, Chiefs, and Pats. The Broncos, no. I know they are 2-0 but they aren't a good team. They're not finishing above .500.

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Lol the Jets lost to the Browns.

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Assuming you count the two and a half games he sat on the bench, yes he's played three games.

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Darnold’s

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Yeah, KC is #1 in the AFC at the moment.

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Yeah the Chiefs had pretty much already run away with that.

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Bengals/Chiefs just got moved to primetime for Week 7 instead of Rams/49ers

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Ravens/Saints announcers: Tucker has never missed an extra point in his career.
Me: Really? You have to say that? Way to jinx him.
Tucker: misses extra point

As soon as he said it everyone had to see it coming. They always do that. Lol.

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I got called an idiot who doesn't know football for saying the Raiders are tanking.

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Yeah Dez signing and a Bell trade are probably non stories at the moment.

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for a receiver who'd try to catch a cold and fucking drop it.

like why can't this just be the reason that he was traded?

Gruden brings an intensity to practice that is meant to get the most out of his players. He looks for players who match that energy, feed off of it, and use it to make themselves better. Cooper is laid back. That started the rumor that he doesn't have passion for the game. He and Gruden don't work well together so they floated the idea of trading him for a 1st round pick. Then Dallas... actually did it.

There's also the whole "fresh start" idea with the Vegas move. Gruden wants his own team. His own guys. He wants to have full credit for what happens in Vegas (phrasing intentional). It's why they have more new players on the roster this season than any team other than Cleveland. When everyone thought they couldn't do anything in free agency because they have to pay Mack and Cooper, Gruden was active in free agency. You can't pay the guys that are already there now. So they get traded for first round picks, the team gets worse, and you hope they are set up for success once Gruden gets his team together in the new city.

So basically you end up with the perfect tanking recipe even if the intent wasn't necessarily play poorly to get better later. It's more Gruden's ego and desire for control blowing up the current team so he can put his own together.

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*shrug*

His drops for sure are a big deal. But he's a pretty ok route runner. He's fast. He's definitely a big play threat. Whether he's a true #1 is debatable and really depends on his fit in any given team. I think he'll do ok in Dallas and is one of the best bets they could have found to fill Dez's shoes. I don't think Dallas was dumb to trade for him. I just was surprised they met Oakland's asking price.

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How are the Raiders this bad?

10 years of jon gruden.

The guy just got there.

Like what the hell happened to Carr?

His line is battling injuries and he's getting sacked almost as much as his brother did. His confidence is shot.

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Agree with Zito. Strongly disagree with BRO.

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Yet in 2016 he might have been League MVP if not for the injury...

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Is he still only willing to sign as a starter? I haven't heard much about his plans recently.

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but let's not act like he was Andrew Luck or something.

Literally nobody is doing this.

Nobody here is, but I do hear that a lot. There's a lot of rhetoric out there that he led a team to the Super Bowl and was playing great and the 49ers only dropped him because of politics and it's insane that teams with bad quarterbacks aren't giving such a proven guy a chance to suddenly lead them to a Super Bowl.

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Can I ask how many teams Colin or his agent approached about a QB job and which teams, so I can be sure they went with a worse guy? If the alternative was of similar skill to Colin's most recent season, or remained of similar skill then its a maybe. If the alternative was trash and stayed trash in their position, then Colin has a case

Redskins have signed Mark Sanchez since Alex Smith is headed to IR. I thought Redskins were playoff bound, but now that division is up for grabs

I only know of Baltimore and Seattle. They were looking for a backup and he wanted starter money.

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College is meant to prepare you for a career. If their career is football, I don't see why we care so much about the classes. A kid should be able to just major in football. For those good enough to do it, it's a great career path financially speaking. With that mindset, the scholarship that allows them to attend for free is compensation.

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Yes to Frank Gore

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I'm actually surprised Washington chose Johnson over Kaepernick.

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The halftime show is for non football fans. They know if you like football you are watching anyway. They are trying to draw in the people who are only watching for the halftime show.

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Denver's pretty bad too

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Baltimore 11-5
Clevand 9-7
Pittsburgh 7-9
Cincinnati 5-11