# NFL 2023 Off-Season Thread
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-off-season-thread/979801
**Category:** The Game Room
**Tags:** football-nfl
**Created:** [February 14, 2023, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-off-season-thread/979801 "2023-02-14T21:26:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 25
### Author:  [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-off-season-thread/979801/481 "2023-06-17T16:35:23Z")
Hall of Fame cornerback Deion Sanders, who is now head coach of the University of Colorado’s football team, may need to have his left foot amputated, due to circulation issues.
Doctors had amputated two of his toes in 2021, but the issues have continued, and Sanders reports that he has no feeling on the bottom of that foot. He also indicates that, if the procedure is necessary, he wants to have it done right away, prior to this fall’s football season.
> **[Coach Prime might need left foot amputated](https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/37865663/colorado-coach-deion-sanders-need-left-foot-amputated)**
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> Deion Sanders might lose his left foot as a result of circulation issues that forced him to have two toes amputated in 2021.
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### Author:  [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2023, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-off-season-thread/979801/482 "2023-06-18T14:33:26Z")
Patriots 2nd year cornerback Jack Jones was [arrested at Logan airport with two loaded handguns in his carryon.](https://www.wcvb.com/article/patriots-player-jack-jones-arrested-at-logan-airport-security-police-say/44228582). One of the charges is unlawful possession of a firearm, which means he didn’t have the required license for the guns either. So his career with the Pats is done, possibly done in the NFL altogether.
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### Author:  [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-off-season-thread/979801/483 "2023-06-25T15:38:02Z")
There is one ex-NFL player who I actually despise with every fiber of my being. He ticks every single box of “things Hamlet hates”. He’s a cheater. He’s a dirty player. He’s a racist asshole. He’s a horrible teammate. He’s deliberately tried to injure/end careers, of other players. The only thing missing is he never played for the Bears.
Now, he’s being sued by the IRS for $15.3 million dollars for tax evasion. Just a little pile of turd on top of the shit sundae that is Bill Romanowski.
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### Author:  [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2023, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-off-season-thread/979801/484 "2023-06-25T16:12:51Z")
> [@Hamlet](#):
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> The only thing missing is he never played for the Bears.
From your description i immediately thought, someone like that probably played for the Cowboys or Raiders.
I looked him up… Raiders. 😃
(His last season, probably when nobody else would take him.)
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### Author:  [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-off-season-thread/979801/485 "2023-06-25T22:20:50Z")
It takes a bit extra for me to hate a player who plays for “my” team. Romo had no problem blowing past that threshold.
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### Author:  [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2023, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-off-season-thread/979801/486 "2023-06-26T03:09:06Z")
> [@Hamlet](#):
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> There is one ex-NFL player who I actually despise with every fiber of my being. He ticks every single box of “things Hamlet hates”. He’s a cheater. He’s a dirty player. He’s a racist asshole. He’s a horrible teammate. He’s deliberately tried to injure/end careers, of other players. The only thing missing is he never played for the Bears.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uInGU2nKYhE)
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### Author:  [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-off-season-thread/979801/487 "2023-06-26T19:30:20Z")
> [@Atamasama](#):
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> I looked him up… Raiders. 😃
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> (His last season, probably when nobody else would take him.)
There used to be a saying: No one’s NFL career is over until the Raiders say it’s over.
And that was back when they were one of league’s best franchises, not one of its worst.
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### Author:  [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2023, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-off-season-thread/979801/488 "2023-06-29T22:10:34Z")
Suspension day in the NFL:
- Four players have been suspended for violating the league’s gambling rules. Three are suspended indefinitely, as they bet on NFL games, while the fourth will be serving a six-game suspension for betting on other sports while at a team facility.
- Jaguars OT Cam Robinson has been suspended for the first four games of the regular season, for PED usage.
> **[NFL suspends 4 players for gambling violations](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/37934061/nfl-suspends-four-players-gambling-violations)**
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> The NFL suspended four players -- three for at least the 2023 season -- for violations of the league's gambling policy.
> **[Jags LT Robinson suspended 4 games for PEDs](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/37935128/source-jaguars-lt-cam-robinson-suspended-4-games-nfl)**
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> Jaguars left tackle Cam Robinson has been suspended four games by the NFL for violating the league's performance-enhancing drug policy.
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### Author:  [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2023, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-off-season-thread/979801/489 "2023-06-30T17:34:28Z")
> **[NFL Players Suspended For Violating DraftKings Terms Of Use](https://www.theonion.com/nfl-players-suspended-for-violating-draftkings-terms-of-1850592792)**
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> NEW YORK—As the league sought to crack down on players involved in gambling, the NFL announced this week the suspension of four players for violating the DraftKings terms of use. “The players in question are receiving indefinite suspensions for...
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### Author:  [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-off-season-thread/979801/490 "2023-06-30T18:30:28Z")
How sad that the story seems both plausible and doesn’t seem too far from the truth.
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### Author:  [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-off-season-thread/979801/491 "2023-06-30T21:10:36Z")
The two Indianapolis players, CB Isaiah Rodgers and DE Rashod Berry, have been waived by the team.
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### Author:  [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-off-season-thread/979801/492 "2023-07-12T15:07:23Z")
The Jets get picked for Hard Knocks duty. Guess Hard Knocks isn’t dead yet.
> **[Report: Jets, Aaron Rodgers will be focus of the latest 'Hard Knocks'](https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/report-jets-aaron-rodgers-will-be-focus-of-the-latest-hard-knocks-143019856.html)**
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> The long-running HBO series digging into NFL training camp reportedly claims a rich subject for 2023: Aaron Rodgers and the New York Jets.
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### Author:  [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-off-season-thread/979801/493 "2023-07-12T16:01:56Z")
They don’t know who did it, but this [ESPN story on the leaked Gruden emails](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/37965420/the-secret-history-dan-snyder-demise-washington-commanders-owner) is still a pretty juicy inside look at the soap operas inside league circles.
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### Author:  [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-off-season-thread/979801/494 "2023-07-12T16:06:37Z")
Given what we now know about the Dan Snyder organization, it’s no wonder he fought tooth and nail against the team ever being on Hard Knocks.
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### Author:  [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2023, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-off-season-thread/979801/495 "2023-07-19T02:20:07Z")
Cleveland Browns to use white helmets? Ugh
> **[Cleveland Browns unveil white alternate helmet to be worn three times during...](https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/nfl/browns/cleveland-browns-unveil-white-alternate-helmet/95-b03d0fa8-b71b-45ec-badb-c0eb96db9879)**
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> For the first time since 1951, the Cleveland Browns will wear helmets a color other than orange.
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### Author:  [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2023, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-off-season-thread/979801/496 "2023-07-19T03:26:37Z")
Leave it to the Browns organization to somehow find a helmet design worse than what they normally have.
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### Author:  [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2023, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-off-season-thread/979801/497 "2023-07-19T05:01:55Z")
I finished watching ‘Quarterback’ on NetFlix tonight. If you’re a Chiefs fan, like me, you’ll like the focus on Mahomes. But I also thought they they did a good job of telling the stories of Cousins and Mariota.
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### Author:  [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2023, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-off-season-thread/979801/498 "2023-07-20T21:38:50Z")
The NFL owners unanimously approved the sale of the Washington Commanders today. Fuck off, Snyder!
> **[NFL owners approve $6.05B sale of Commanders](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/38043528/nfl-owners-approve-605b-sale-commanders-harris-group)**
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> NFL owners voted during a special session to approve the sale of the Commanders from Dan Snyder and his family to a group led by Josh Harris.
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### Author:  [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-off-season-thread/979801/499 "2023-07-20T22:01:27Z")
🥳👏 👏 👏 🎉 👏 👏 👏
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### Author:  [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2023, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-off-season-thread/979801/500 "2023-07-21T07:05:21Z")
I like that there are rumblings of another name change just to further erase the shit-stain “legacy” of the prior owner.
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