Official Non NFC North NFL News 2014 (Unofficial Johnny Manziel)

[Striker]

Can't see him getting it. There are too many other guys who need to get paid, and although he's played very well for them, he's more fungible than the others.

I agree, but I'm certainly for anything that causes a distraction for Seattle.

[Fritz]

Possible big Super Bowl hangover coming to Seattle? No Golden "Shower" Tate, possibly no Marshawn Lynch? If he doesn't play for them, the "Is Russel Wilson a truly great QB" debate will get resolved quickly.

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ProFootballTalk @ProFootballTalk 1m
Ben Roethlisberger emphasized fitness, arm strength in offseason http://wp.me/p14QSB-9wDG


Now that he is married, he spends less time on assault.

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Baltimore Ravens @Ravens 44m
CB Aaron Ross (Achilles) has been officially placed on Injured Reserve.

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Ian Rapoport @RapSheet 5h
Rex Ryan speaking here, saying that rookie S Calvin Pryor had a head injury during practice. May be a concussion

#winning

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Things going sideways for Pro Football Talk again.

ProFootballTalk @ProFootballTalk 5h
Elephant in the NFL media room: There's very little if any direct mention of the photo of Manziel tightly rolling up a bill in a bathroom.

ProFootballTalk @ProFootballTalk · 4h
In two press conferences and counting, no one has asked Manziel about the photo of the rolled-up bill http://wp.me/p14QSB-9wDq

ProFootballTalk @ProFootballTalk · 3h
To clarify, Manziel was asked one question about the rolled up bill and the transcript was edited by the team to not mention it.

ProFootballTalk @ProFootballTalk · 3h
Manziel's answer was evasive, and the question of what Manziel was doing with the rolled-up bill remains unanswered, probably for good.


That folks, is going in a circle in a hurry.

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Matt Maiocco @MaioccoCSN 7h
49ers confirm Kendall Hunter tore his ACL in yesterday's practice.

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Ed Bouchette @EdBouchette 7h
Just sat down with Steelers Ben Roethlisberger. Interesting. His relationship with OC Todd Haley has reached point he calls him a "friend.''

[Zool]

To me, Chip Kelly makes a lot of sense in this article. People expect every player drafted to be a 15 year starter and constant all-pro but that's not reality. Half of them suck their first day on the job. Most of the other half take time to develop before they are at best marginal starters.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...or-draft-hype/

[Joemailman]

To me, Chip Kelly makes a lot of sense in this article. People expect every player drafted to be a 15 year starter and constant all-pro but that's not reality. Half of them suck their first day on the job. Most of the other half take time to develop before they are at best marginal starters.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...or-draft-hype/

Kelly is right. What he doesn't mention though is that The NFL is a big part of the hype that he disdains. What used to be an event that only football junkies watched on ESPN is now a prime time three-night show on the NFL Network. And not even ESPN spends as much time on pre-draft coverage as the NFL Network does.

[pbmax]

Tell Chip Kelly if he can manage to remove the salary cap and kill the 3 years after high school rule, then people will pay as much attention to the NFL Draft as they do the MLB draft.

Every GM in the League values it more than George Allen did for a reason.

[Zool]

I was speaking more from a armchair GM standpoint where people freak out about draft picks not panning out then call for a GM's head. Amateur GM guy who clearly knows more than anyone else on building a team. I could name names but that might be rude.

[Joemailman]

49ers DT Glenn Dorsey out for season with torn biceps. http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/11...o-49ers-season

Perhaps Pickett or Jolly will end up there.

[Guiness]

Houston's draft picks not exactly panning out.

Clowney had the sports hernia, and now it sitting out 'with a leg', or more specifically(!) a right leg. Louis Nix, who many of us here were clamoring for as a Raji replacement as he slipped, is on the PUP after offseason knee surgery.

We moan about the Packers medical staff, but heads should be rolling over that mess.

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Ian Rapoport @RapSheet 8m
#Bengals are finalizing a deal with QB Andy Dalton on a 6-year extension, source confirms. Pays him more than Kaepernick (ESPN 1st reported)

Ian Rapoport @RapSheet 5m
Will be curious to see final details of Andy Dalton’s contract. Early word was more fully guaranteed than Kaepernick’s $12.3M.

Jason La Canfora @JasonLaCanfora 3m
There are 6 new years on the Dalton deal, beyond him already signed in 2014. So Bengals have his rights thru 2020

NFL on ESPN @ESPNNFL 30m
BREAKING: Bengals + QB Andy Dalton reach agreement on 6-year, $115M contract ext


Breathtakingly dumb, unless it truly is like Kaepernick's deal.