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How do I put this...as an independent website, our engagement as a community has slowly been reduced to posts once a month, if that. Is it time that we perhaps let NFL Chatters, in it's current form, go, in favor of perhaps switching to a new model, something that doesn't require invite lists, or anything like that to engage the online community more?
Over the past year, I have found myself spending FAR more time on Discord. If we were to create an NFL Chatters Discord, would that be something you guys might be interested in? It would necessarily be less "article + comment" based than this site is, but would be open to all people, and be more fluid as far as commenting about current events go. I haven't discussed any of this with nhguy, I am just trying to gauge if there would be any interest in doing that, or if people would prefer to just keep everything the way it is currently... - Baltimore Ravens CB Marlon Humphrey is quite the jokester...In an early beta trailer for Madden 23, there is a video of Cleveland Browns RB Nick Chubb trucking over Humphrey. To which, Humphrey responded with
“Smh Take me out the game right now before I sue @EAMaddenNFL” He then posted a video clip later in the trailer, where he forces Chubb to fumble, and still wrote: “This makes me feel better. The lawsuit still going through though” Because it's impossible for a 227 lb. running back to bowl over a 197 lb. defensive back, apparently... - Colin Kaepernick had a tryout with the Las Vegas Raiders. No contract yet. - The Denver Broncos are going to be owned by Walmart...Bet Broncos fans are just THRILLED with that. - Drew Brees, we hardly knew ye...Drew Brees is out at NBC after only one year. Could a possible comeback to the NFL be on the horizon? - DeShaun Watson's lawyers are now arguing that it is totally okay that Watson got "happy endings", because he didn't pay extra for them. UH HUH. Also, it would seem that the Houston Texans not only secretly paid for private hotel suites for Watson and his...masseuses, but they also gave Watson non-disclosure agreements to give to each masseuse to keep them quiet about what was going on... - Aaron Donald is getting PAID. His contract got reworked. He will now be making 30+ million bucks a season. Not bad. - Aaron Rodgers now claims he intends to spend the rest of his career in Green Bay. I wonder if he will still be saying that halfway through next season, when the Packers are dead last in the NFC North, and Rodgers finds out just how much he truly misses Davante Adams... - Rams coach Sean McVay just got married. To a freaking SMOKESHOW. I don't care if he is a young, good looking already successful Super Bowl winning coach, she's still out of his freaking league, LOL - The Chicago Bears still suck. Making this rather generic, because it's not just NFL I was thinking about...
- Ok, first up, the NFL draft is over. As a Lions fan, I am ELATED at how the Lions did, I thought they had a damn good draft, and likely chose at least 3-4 starters out of it. Overall, I think they nailed it. How comfortable are you with how your own team did though? - The USFL isn't getting better. If it survives to see a 2nd season, something I am not very confident of at all, I would very much like to see a competition formed between the USFL and XFL 3.0. While the schedules don't align perfectly, with the XFL 3.0 scheduled to begin in February, and the USFL doesn't start until April, it would be interesting to be able to see the two leagues compete against each other for a few weekends head to head, just to give viewers the chance to compare the products. I've made no secret about the fact that I thought the XFL 2.0, cut short because of COVID lockdowns, was worlds above the quality of play from the AAF... - The CFL has made a few rule changes before the start of the 2022 season. Among them is moving the hash marks in by 4 yards on each side, so they are only 9 feet apart. That opens up more space on both sides for plays to happen, should help generate more offense after a lackluster 2021 season that saw lows in scoring totals. I like the idea. - The Chicago Bears have released QB Nick Foles. - The New Orleans Saints are doing everything they can to bring the Honey Badger back home to Louisiana. Tyrann Mathieu hasn't signed yet, but it's not for the Saints lack of trying... - Shame on Ed Marinaro, who instead of just announcing the Vikings 2nd round pick on Friday, decided to make the entire thing all about him...He talked so much about himself, that the NFL had to send someone out to tell him his time was up, and he needed to just read the pick... Or, as we call it in Michigan, our Super Bowl week...
Here is the current draft order, as of 11:41am EST, on Tuesday, April 26, 2022 (because let's be honest, anything can happen between now and the beginning of the draft)
I understand that the weather played a major part in the USFL's debut weekend, so I am trying to keep that in mind as I write this...especially since one of the games that was supposed to happen yesterday, got postponed due to rain until today.
I wasn't impressed overall by the QB play, except for Luis Perez. Perez, who had previously played in both the AAF (Birmingham Iron) and XFL 2.0 (New York Guardians) looked decent as the QB for the New Jersey Generals, and could find himself back on an NFL roster as a backup this fall. Nobody else really stood out for me as being one of those "that guy has a good chance at being signed somewhere..." However, the lack of quality play wasn't the biggest issue with the USFL's debut weekend though...and this is something my astute wife pointed out as we watched the Panthers and Gamblers play to an almost empty football stadium... They got the scheduling wrong. What kind of moron schedules a triple header on EASTER SUNDAY? They should have had the triple header on Saturday, and then saved the lone sunday game for Prime Time, after everyone has gone to church, after they've had their Easter dinners and spent time with their families, etc. You gotta check your calendars, and know your audience, man. By having three games on Easter Sunday, in Alabama no less, they pretty much guaranteed that almost nobody would attend. That made for a bad look/impression overall about what the popularity of this league could be. Hopefully next weekend's attendance figures cancel out my concerns about this weekend. - Bruce Arians called it a career so that Todd Bowles could take over a team that is likely to succeed. Arians seems like a standup guy overall.
- Browns sold their soul for Deshaun Watson. The optics revolving around the pending legal issues put additional pressure on Watson to succeed as the Browns need this to work. Like most non-AB type deals, this will come down to winning. People will overlook pretty much everything as long as you are winning, but if the Brown's don't then this is the type of issue that causes owners to sell the team. - Pittsburgh QB Dwayne Haskins died when he was struck by a vehicle. Haskins was "walking on a limited access facility (highway/expressway) for unknown reasons" attempting to cross the westbound lanes of Interstate 595 when he was struck by a dump truck, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report. Haskins was pronounced dead on the scene, per the report. I hate to speak bad of the dead, but what the hell was he thinking crossing that road during darkness? - Gronk will come back for the last week of the preseason. - USFL will use chips in the balls instead of down markers. - Buffalo Bills have been given $600 million from the state of New York for their stadium. This is great for the Bills because there was no way that Buffalo was going to be able to make that kind of deal to keep the team in Buffalo. The state of NY likes to throw away money, might as well throw it the Bills way. Offseason: Better - Bills. With all the quarterback moves occurring this offseason, it's easy to forget what the Bills accomplished. They made a huge splash move in free agency by signing Von Miller. They already had the No. 1 pressure rate last year, and now they're even going to have more success generating heat on the quarterback. The Bills made other acquisitions to bolster the trenches. They signed Rodger Saffold, who figures to help Josh Allen's protection. They also obtained some interior bodies to improve the run defense - Dolphins. It's all up to Tua Tagovailoa. The Dolphins have given their young quarterback so much talent. The big move was trading for Tyreek Hill. Miami gave up lots of draft capital to pay Hill tons of money, but the result this year is that Miami will have the best receiving duo we've seen in a very long time in Hill and Jaylen Waddle. And yet, it goes far beyond that. Miami also signed Cedrick Wilson, who should be a solid third option. The Dolphins also retained Mike Gesicki and added Chase Edmonds as a receiving threat out of the backfield. It would've been a huge mistake had the Dolphins added all these receiving threats without improving their dreadful offensive line. They managed to bolster their blocking with Terron Armstead and Connor Williams. Armstead is always a risk to get hurt, but he's one of the top left tackles in the NFL when healthy. Williams will be a big upgrade at guard. - Broncos. The Broncos had an outstanding offseason, worthy of an A+ grade. Of course, much of this has to do with the Russell Wilson trade. Denver had been starved for a Super Bowl-caliber quarterback ever since Peyton Manning retired seven years ago. The Broncos, at long last, found their man. Trading for Wilson was expensive, but it was well worth it because he gives Denver a good chance at another Lombardi Trophy. Denver obviously couldn't only trade for Wilson; it had to find some valuable pieces to put around him. The front office accomplished this feat by adding a couple of capable offensive linemen in Billy Turner and Tom Compton. Meanwhile, the defense received a huge lift via Randy Gregory and K'Waun Williams. Gregory is a devastating edge rusher who will fill Von Miller's shoes, while Williams will be the talented slot cornerback Bryce Callahan couldn't be because of constant injuries. Offseason: Worse - Cowboys. The Cowboys entered free agency in a poor cap situation, so it's not a surprise that they had to say goodbye to some key players. They began by trading Amari Cooper for late-round draft capital. Dak Prescott had better chemistry with CeeDee Lamb and Dalton Schultz, so if one of the top three weapons had to go, it was Cooper. The offensive line, meanwhile, took a much greater hit. The blocking unit lost two starters, La'el Collins and Connor Williams. Both will sorely be missed. Prescott hasn't played nearly as well when his offensive line has missed personnel, so it's safe to expect him to decline in 2022. -Washington. The Redskins always seem to make the wrong moves when a quarterback is involved, and this offseason was no different. They traded for Carson Wentz, surrendering too much draft capital for having to pay his entire salary. Wentz has been a shell of his former self since suffering a concussion from Jadeveon Clowney. If he couldn't succeed with his former coach, Frank Reich, why would he thrive in Washington? This offseason has to be deemed a failure. The Redskins seemed to have a chance to land Aaron Rodgers, Russell Wilson or even Deshaun Watson, yet they came away with a horrible alternative. Meanwhile, they did nothing to improve their miserable secondary and thin receiving corps. - Packers. They had a choice entering this offseason: Would they retain Aaron Rodgers and attempt to win a Super Bowl or two over the next three years, or would they trade their legendary quarterback to begin anew with No Cookie Jordan Love? Both options seemed viable despite how No Cookie Love looked against the Chiefs last year. The Packers opted to keep Rodgers, meaning they had to do everything in their power to win now. Except, they did the opposite. The Packers traded Davante Adams and then allowed Marquez Valdes-Scantling to walk. Rodgers lost his top two receivers, so his top option at the position right now is Allen Lazard. Rodgers can't be thrilled with this horrible strategy, which must be graded extremely poorly. Is there any interest in a NFL Draft breakdown? profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/04/03/if-allegations-of-withholding-payments-from-league-are-true-daniel-snyder-likely-will-be-done/
Ok, in a nutshell, if you don't feel like clicking on the article, Congress is investigating Dan Snyder and the Washington Commanders as to whether or not they were short-changing the collective visiting-team pool for revenue sharing. Basically, 40% of the gate from every game goes into a "visiting-team pool", that gets disbursed at the end of the season among the 32 teams. It's not paid out after every game. So, the accusations are, that Snyder and the Commanders have been depositing LESS than the 40% required. This is simple. If these allegations can be proven, the NFL will strip ownership of the Commanders from Dan Snyder. They have to. No way in hell he survives cheating all 31 other owners out of money that is legally theirs. And then? Maybe the NFL will stop protecting Snyder, and make the results of their investigation into misconduct public... |
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