The Official other Teams and General NFL News (includes) Management and Coaching moves.

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Where good sense goes to die: https://operations.nfl.com/the-rules..._source=Direct

Narrated by Rich Eisen.

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Scott Kacsmar @ScottKacsmar
If the Patriots allow fewer than 10 points to the Jets this week, they will rank in the top 3 (possibly #1) in PA thru 3 games since 1940.

2019 NE - 3 PA in 2 games
1962 GB - 7 PA in 3 games
1940 DET - 10 PA in 3 games


To be fair, the technology did not exist in 1940 to inflate the ball with air to 13 psi. It was filled with Absinthe through a funnel. Much harder to throw.

[RashanGary]

To be fair, the technology did not exist in 1940 to inflate the ball with air to 13 psi. It was filled with Absinthe through a funnel. Much harder to throw.

They didn’t have a hired goon to deflate it to 11psi either.

[Fritz]

Lions fans holding on to hope with their team 1 - 0 - 1. Undefeated!

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A Jon Kitna/Calvin Johnson/Detroit Lions joint:

BUM CHILLUPS @edsbs
how bad is it if Jon Kitna sees the blueprints and goes "y'all we ain't winning a game with this" https://si.com/nfl/2019/09/20/calvin...terview…





BUM CHILLUPS @edsbs
Jon Kitna had years of pre-Pete Carroll Seahawks and pure Bengals in his bloodstream and he saw the 2008 Detroit Lions and was like oh no, now this, this is what's really bad

[mraynrand]

BUM CHILLUPS @edsbs
Jon Kitna had years of pre-Pete Carroll Seahawks and pure Bengals in his bloodstream and he saw the 2008 Detroit Lions and was like oh no, now this, this is what's really bad

Kitna's seen the absolute worst:

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Jake Trotter @Jake_Trotter
Baker on Rex Ryan saying he’s “overrated as hell”: “it’s whatever. ... if you don’t wear orange and brown you don’t matter, and Rex Ryan doesn’t have any colors right now for a reason.”

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I will miss seeing Melvin Gordon the rest of this year.

@RapSheet
#Chargers coach Anthony Lynn says RB Melvin Gordon may play on Sunday after all, thanks in part to depth issues in the backfield (Justin Jackson has a calf strain that could keep him out a few weeks). More on LA’s decision: https://t.co/JJ4Jzquc9Z?amp=1

[mraynrand]

Gardner Minshew:


Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Gardner Minshew gets endorsement offer from porn company
https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/n...235233222.html

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He looks like a porn company's exec.

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This account has to be run by someone I grew up with.

Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports
There was always that one kid at lunch whose mom somehow went into beast mode and screwed the thermos lid on tighter than Shaq shooting free throws in a tie game. And whoever got that fucker open was hailed as a hero.




But the real bear was a hot liquid in that Thermos. It would cool before lunch, and then you are fighting a vacuum.

[mraynrand]

He looks like a porn company's exec.

[mraynrand]

nm

[Joemailman]

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...ing-resolution

NFL owners and player leadership are expected to resume formal bargaining talks within the next few weeks, with hopes of finalizing a new collective bargaining agreement before the league's 100th season ends -- though a lot of work remains.

According to sources involved in the process, there have been multiple staff meetings this month that have yielded additional progress on secondary issues. But the standoff on the most important issue hasn't substantively changed: owners want to add regular-season games while preserving their share of revenue, and players want to increase their share of revenue without adding regular-season games.

Ideally, the league would approach networks by December about extending the league's TV deals. So, a promise of labor peace for years to come at that point would be valuable and creates a logical target for trying to strike a deal.

The Athletic reported last week that owners were informed in recent committee meetings that their side will pursue an expansion from a 16-game regular season to 17 games, not 18. But as NFL.com reported last month, expanding the playoff field from 12 to 14 teams remains more likely than regular-season expansion, offsetting revenue lost by shortening the preseason from four games to three or even two.

Players are opposed to regular-season expansion, absent significant economic concessions. And as one person with knowledge of the players' thinking said, the deeper into the season that bargaining talks go, the harder it will be to get the players on board with playing an even longer slate of regular-season games.

Sources say there also are tentative agreements on issues involving benefits, raising minimum salaries, improving former player healthcare, workplace rules, how grievances are handled, health and safety, etc. One non-economic issue that owners and player leadership have discussed in bargaining sessions is marijuana, with both sides on board with making the jointly negotiated policy less punitive, sources say.

There is no firm timeline or deadline for agreeing to a new CBA, though there are some key benchmarks ahead. That includes a March election for the NFLPA executive committee, with respected president Eric Winston -- the 12-year veteran tackle who is now retired and will be ineligible to run for a fourth term, barring a surprise comeback -- among those due to cycle off under the union's constitution because he's not playing this season.

If I were the players, I'd say no to a 17th game unless they agree to get rid of the Thursday Night games (except maybe for Thanksgiving).

[Radagast]

As for a new CBA with the players, too far off right now, but discussing the issues is ok.

Expect for the Thanksgiving games (traditional), I would prefer that they stop the Thursday games.

I would be fine with expanding to a 17 game season provided that (1) preseason is shortened to 2 games and (2) open the training camps 10 days earlier than they currently have been. The additional game should be added to the beginning of the season so that the finish of the season and the playoffs would remain as they have been ending with an early February SB finale.

Playing the Pro-Bowl game between the Conference championships and the SB game is fine, but go back to a permanent Hawaii location. A player/family bonus that pro bowl players, IMO, have earned.