ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?

[pbmax]

What's this where the players want money they didn't get in benefits in the uncapped year? How is that "owed" to them? It wasn't a part of the last CBA and it apparently isn't a part of the newly proposed one...

You make a good point. However, if the owners insist on it, then the players will insist on the award and damages from the TV deal/lockout insurance lawsuit they won in Federal Court. So it might be wise to agree to a sum and then dump the lawsuit. The insurance money was $320 million. The league revenue from the TV lockout insurance was $4 billion. Part of that $4 bil was a loan, the rest would be used to calculate the money left on the table by the owners when they were essentially buying insurance.

Some negotiated portion of $320 mil might seem a small price to pay to keep this year's entire TV revenue pie, rather than have to split 59.6 percent off of it.

[Iron Mike]

Awwww, c'mon.....let's get back in the mix!!!!!!!!

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[pbmax]

I wonder if Justin has staked out his seat for his first practice yet?

[swede]

My goodness Derek Sherrod has outstanding feet! I don't know how he anticipates the defenders 2nd move so well--it's a little spooky. I was so busy watching him and admiring his footwork in pass pro that it surprised me to see him hit the deck and take a defender down with him. I rolled it back to look again and it was a running play, something like a delayed handoff/draw. If Sherrod doesn't go low and dump the defender, the defender would roll off the feigned pass block and cut off the running lane.

He's going to be good.

Thanks for the football-related welcome to the new season meet the new kids post Iron Mike.

[Iron Mike]

LMAO at the JS this morning....somebody's comment:

"Will be nice to see the Packers catching passes from Aaron Rodgers and Jay Cutler real soon."