Official 2018 Other NFL News

[QBME]

Other than the six or seven times he's let the Browns down with drug use and suspensions, no, there's nothing else to the story. Second chances are fine. Sixth and Seventh chances and you lose the team, and when you're already a totally losing team, do you really want to crash further? You can't find a single player on the Browns who will say this wasn't a good decision.* Heard this on multiple local reports.








* (well, there's always one)

Well stated. On the flip side of the coin Belichick has a history of taking troubled players and making them worthwhile.

[NewsBruin]

Well stated. On the flip side of the coin Belichick has a history of taking troubled players and making them worthwhile.

But he still cuts them a year too early rather than a year too late. Moss and Ochocinco didn't stick around on their own terms.

I'm eternally rooting for Josh Gordon, but I don't see him being a lifer Patriot, and I don't see him ever getting paid what his talent is worth. Cleveland ate $100K for his signing, and the Patriots are only on the hook for about 7/8ths of $700K this year.

[Joemailman]

Eric Reid signed by Panthers.

[pbmax]

Eric Reid signed by Panthers.

Just a complete missed opportunity.

[Bretsky]

Just a complete missed opportunity.

We have some serious manlove for a failing safety

Hopefully they are right

[yetisnowman]

We have some serious manlove for a failing safety

Hopefully they are right

Failing? Oh you mean blackballed. He's better than any safety the Packers have. Was never gonna fly in ol' white bread Wisco though. Too bad, if would have been hilarious to see a good chunk of the fan base melt about it.

[pbmax]

Failing? Oh you mean blackballed. He's better than any safety the Packers have. Was never gonna fly in ol' white bread Wisco though. Too bad, if would have been hilarious to see a good chunk of the fan base melt about it.

I think he means Brice. Or maybe Jones. And the they is probably the Packers.

[yetisnowman]

I think he means Brice. Or maybe Jones. And the they is probably the Packers.

My mistake. Out of context, I thought he was talking about manlove for Reid.

[mraynrand]

Failing? Oh you mean blackballed. He's better than any safety the Packers have. Was never gonna fly in ol' white bread Wisco though. Too bad, if would have been hilarious to see a good chunk of the fan base melt about it.

yawn

[pbmax]

Packer fans don't dislike the Broncos more than Al Davis did:

Josh Dubow @JoshDubowAP
On Mike Shanahan: "Shanahan had success. But Shanahan has an asterisk next to those two Super Bowls, because they were caught cheating."

https://twitter.com/JoshDubowAP/status/1046413853200801792

[pbmax]

Millennials are soft department:

Zak Keefer @zkeefer
Backstory on Matt Slauson's scary injury: Broke 2 vertebrae in his spine early 3Q Thursday, then played through it. Only later he learned he was one play away from serious damage -- could have been paralyzed. "I had no idea how close I was to changing my family's life," he said.

[mraynrand]

Vikings' Mike Hughes is out for the season w/ ACL tear

[pbmax]

Pigskin Books @Pigskin_Books
In 1920s football, moving the ball was so difficult that field position was vital. In one game, the Packers punted five times on first down! (From The Pro Football Chronicle, 1990, by Daly and O'Donnell.)
#PigskinBooks #FootballBooks

World War 1 was a terrible model for professional football.

[hoosier]

Yikes, punting on first down. Where would you have to be to want to do that? At your own 15 is too far; you might move the ball. Inside your own ten is too close to the goalline: need to get some yardage to give the punter more room. Punting on first down isn't even a good idea in Canadian football.

[Cheesehead Craig]

Yikes, punting on first down. Where would you have to be to want to do that? At your own 15 is too far; you might move the ball. Inside your own ten is too close to the goalline: need to get some yardage to give the punter more room. Punting on first down isn't even a good idea in Canadian football.

Well, they did win 3-0, so the strategy worked. Lambeau was a genius!