2019 NFL miscellaneous news

[yourout]

The problem with replay is not that it exists. The problem is they keep screwing it up.

 

I suspect they would rather make replay officials look bad rather than on the field ones.

But all they accomplish is making them all look bad.

 

And baseball might be the worst of the bunch as far as replay screwups.

[pacopete4]

Clay Matthews who was having a great year (6 sacks), is out 4-6 weeks with a broken jaw.

[docduany]

Clay out...well no one saw that coming. It's a rough sport and he has played it at a Hall of Fame level but he can't stay healthy for the life of him. Productivity and availability were the reasons I was happy to see him move onto a new team. That being said, I personally have been surprised by his extremely impressive sack totals to start the season.

[HiAndTight]

Clay out...well no one saw that coming. It's a rough sport and he has played it at a Hall of Fame level but he can't stay healthy for the life of him. Productivity and availability were the reasons I was happy to see him move onto a new team. That being said, I personally have been surprised by his extremely impressive sack totals to start the season.

 

 

It's-a-broken-jaw.

[nodakfan17]

If I were the commissioner, I’d implement the following replay changes:

 

1) Eliminate automatic challenges (scoring, turnovers, <2 minutes).

 

2) Give coaches a maximum of 2 challenges.

 

3) Allow just about anything to be challenged.

 

4) Throw out the call on the field. What do the two dozen HD views show?

 

Replay should only allow egregious calls or non-calls to be corrected (like Jerry Rice fumbling in a playoff game).

[nodakfan17]

In defense of Clay, he played in 143 out of a possible 160 regular season games. That’s 14.3 games per year or 89% of all games. He was hurt a lot, but he played hurt. Great Packer.

[HiAndTight]

In defense of Clay, he played in 143 out of a possible 160 regular season games. That’s 14.3 games per year or 89% of all games. He was hurt a lot, but he played hurt. Great Packer.

 

 

And it's Football. I assume quite a few people here played Football at some level. It's a physical sport. Just just turn the speed up by a factor of 10 and put giant 340 pound tackles that Clay's constantly gotta bang into and yeah, guys will get hurt!

 

 

What bothers me more are the constant soft tissue injuries as some of those can be avoided by preparation...but even then, once you really pull one, they can haunt you. I remember I was playing intramural football(flag). Just screwing around, had some guys on my team playing. I pulled my Hammy and I felt like I'd gotten shot. 21, first time it ever happened. I had about 6 hours of therapy a day on it. Rested it, didn't start trying to work out again for 6 whole weeks. Wanted to make sure it was completely healthy. And....almost immediately into my first workout back, after going to the trainer for 60 minutes before hand to get it lose and I still pulled it again. The whole back of my leg was just black and blue from the knee up to the hip. Brutal injury.

 

 

But once that started, I did Yoga and things like that. Jonathan Taylor seems like a guy who really understands at a young age how to take care of his body. I think some of these soft tissue injuries can just be immaturity if you have a hammy one week, a groin the next, the other hammy the next. You have to take care of your body better.

 

Clay's issues were mainly hamstring...same one from his rookie year that kept coming back, he had that broken hand and then at the end of one year he hurt his shoulder on a cheap shot, but I don't think it cost him a game. That's a Warrior to me. Now a broken jaw? LOL..that's not his fault. It's not him just not "toughing it out," it's a broken jaw. A RIDIUCOUSLY large human being hit him with a ton of force and literally broke his face.

 

 

I know most people on here understand this, but there are always a few fans who seem to get just to angry AT players who get injured. Like..they're the ones laying on the field after having gotten blindsided by Lane Johnson or whoever it may be.

[nodakfan17]

Still a pretty weak season, in my opinion. Lots of good teams. Lots of bad teams. Few compelling matchups.

[adambr2]

They've got to dump reviewing PI next year. It's so, so bad. It's incredible that the NCAA can review a variety of subjective calls in so many more games without it being a complete freak show and the NFL can't get through one game without it being a mess.

[homer]

Colts look pretty good.

[wildcat83]

Colts look pretty good.

 

Been a long time since I seen an NFL game where OL consistently moved DL literally 4-5 yards. The DT/NG in the NFL are so big, a stalemate is typically a win for an OL. The Colts OL were road grading people. Was an impressive performance.

[yourout]

NFC North is the only division with everyone above .500

[nodakfan17]

Suppose Gardner Minshew becomes an above average NFL starting QB. The Jaguars will still be paying Nick Foles while Minshew is on his rookie contract. What a bummer.

[nate82]

Suppose Gardner Minshew becomes an above average NFL starting QB. The Jaguars will still be paying Nick Foles while Minshew is on his rookie contract. What a bummer.

 

Foles could be traded they will have to add a pick to trade him but he is tradeable.

 

I wouldn't be surprised if the Bears traded for him. Long for Foles and a 2nd or 3rd sounds about right. Haven't looked at the cap numbers but I think it would fit for Chicago with Long being the guy traded to clear cap space

[nodakfan17]

Suppose Gardner Minshew becomes an above average NFL starting QB. The Jaguars will still be paying Nick Foles while Minshew is on his rookie contract. What a bummer.

 

Foles could be traded they will have to add a pick to trade him but he is tradeable.

 

I wouldn't be surprised if the Bears traded for him. Long for Foles and a 2nd or 3rd sounds about right. Haven't looked at the cap numbers but I think it would fit for Chicago with Long being the guy traded to clear cap space

You’re right. I could see Foles making sense for a team like the Bears. But then the Bears will have went from a Pro Bowl QB on a rookie contract (Trubisky made the Pro Powl last year) to paying a proven, but average QB at the market rate. The Bears basically have to pay an extra $15 million per year for something they already thought they had with no guarantee of improved performance. That’s a tough spot.

[GAME05]

Plenty of teams who are kinda-good and would take Foles as an upgrade. Cam Newton is owed $20M next year but I don't know how many people view him as a SB QB anymore. And I don't think Indianapolis views Brisette as that, either. And Washington's new management has no loyalty toward Haskins.

 

I haven't seen any analysis of his play, but if Jacksonville is rebuilding, I wonder how they view Minchew, if he's the next great thing or if they think he's more a placeholder for someone better.

[lcbj68c]

They've got to dump reviewing PI next year. It's so, so bad. It's incredible that the NCAA can review a variety of subjective calls in so many more games without it being a complete freak show and the NFL can't get through one game without it being a mess.

 

I like the option, in case of the over the top missed call in the NFCCG last season, however coaches need to have better discretion of when to use it. It must be 100% clear and compelling. Very rare that you will see one of those missed.

[nate82]

They've got to dump reviewing PI next year. It's so, so bad. It's incredible that the NCAA can review a variety of subjective calls in so many more games without it being a complete freak show and the NFL can't get through one game without it being a mess.

 

I like the option, in case of the over the top missed call in the NFCCG last season, however coaches need to have better discretion of when to use it. It must be 100% clear and compelling. Very rare that you will see one of those missed.

 

It should come from a replay booth or whatever you want to call it.

[jerichoholicninja]

They've got to dump reviewing PI next year. It's so, so bad. It's incredible that the NCAA can review a variety of subjective calls in so many more games without it being a complete freak show and the NFL can't get through one game without it being a mess.

 

I like the option, in case of the over the top missed call in the NFCCG last season, however coaches need to have better discretion of when to use it. It must be 100% clear and compelling. Very rare that you will see one of those missed.

 

It should come from a replay booth or whatever you want to call it.

 

All replay should come from a 3rd party. However, the claims of leagues pre-determining winners and losers will get even louder.

[HiAndTight]

Suppose Gardner Minshew becomes an above average NFL starting QB. The Jaguars will still be paying Nick Foles while Minshew is on his rookie contract. What a bummer.

 

Foles could be traded they will have to add a pick to trade him but he is tradeable.

 

I wouldn't be surprised if the Bears traded for him. Long for Foles and a 2nd or 3rd sounds about right. Haven't looked at the cap numbers but I think it would fit for Chicago with Long being the guy traded to clear cap space

 

I think the Jags cap hit would be almost as much as Foles contract, so I don't think he's going anywhere.

[nodakfan17]

Suppose Gardner Minshew becomes an above average NFL starting QB. The Jaguars will still be paying Nick Foles while Minshew is on his rookie contract. What a bummer.

 

Foles could be traded they will have to add a pick to trade him but he is tradeable.

 

I wouldn't be surprised if the Bears traded for him. Long for Foles and a 2nd or 3rd sounds about right. Haven't looked at the cap numbers but I think it would fit for Chicago with Long being the guy traded to clear cap space

 

I think the Jags cap hit would be almost as much as Foles contract, so I don't think he's going anywhere.

I think they may still be paying Blake Bortles this year, as well.

 

When he was released, the prorated portion of his $27 million signing bonus would have accelerated into the current year. Since he only played one year into his three-year contract, that meant 2/3 of Bortles’ signing bonus hit the Jaguars’ cap this year.

 

Between Foles’ $22 million and Bortles’ $18 million, the Jaguars might be spending more on the QB position than any other team this year ... and neither guy is taking snaps for them right now.

[stoutdude04]

Whoever is announcing the Eagles Vikings game is... not smart.

 

That, or he just doesnt know the rules of the game.

[nate82]

 

I think the Jags cap hit would be almost as much as Foles contract, so I don't think he's going anywhere.

 

Is that really going to matter if you are going to be rebuilding? It is going to take at least 2-3 years for them to rebuild. By the time they are ready to be competitive his cap hit won't even be a factor.

[RollieTime]

Once again, in the Texans and Chiefs game, a Houston CB started tackling the Chiefs’ receiver wayyy before the ball was there. But somehow, pass interference wasn’t called even after the review. And now 2 plays later after the Chiefs punted, the Chiefs’ CB got called for pass interference with way less contact. I know I’m beating a dead horse, but this is completely asinine. Goodell is completely ruining the NFL.

 

And that doesn’t include a flag that they somehow picked up on a third down when Kelce was held when Mahomes still had the ball and was then thrown to the ground when the ball was in the air, but the ball was thrown to a different receiver. The pass was intercepted. They then reviewed the penalty, decided to pick up the flag, and said that there can’t be holding since the ball was supposedly already thrown and the ball wasn’t thrown to Kelce. Pass interference was also not called. I haven’t read through the NFL rules, but I’ve never heard that you can’t call holding on a play just because the ball wasn’t thrown to that receiver. These refs are completely making up rules as they go along. Looks like there can no longer be holding called on a play on a CB as long as that receiver isn’t the intended target. Just start throwing guys to the ground to take them out of the play.

[MrTPlush]

It was a great pickup of the flag. Once the ball is in the air the only thing that can be called is pass interference. Being away from the play they obviously aren’t going to call a pass interference on him because he didn’t interfere with the pass.