I’m not going to enjoy this one bit.
Anyone else watching Hard Knocks, or as I like to call it: how much blowing Josh Allen is too much?
The last time I tried to watch Hard Knocks, it was about the Jets. And I’m not exaggerating when I say that half of the episode was showing Aaron Rodgers in slow motion while “sexy music” played.
I had to stop watching to prevent myself from throwing up. The scenes that didn’t show Rodgers were people talking about Rodgers.
The show sucks.
Hard Knocks used to be must see TV. But ever since they stripped every single shred of reality from their reality show, I can barely stand it. I remember the Jets season when we learned about Cromartie’s 13 kids from 12 women or whatever it was, that shit was peak. Or when Dave Campo basically lit his coaching career on fire by being Dave Campo on TV. You’d actually see some guys legitimately come in and make a name for themsevles on the practice field and go on to have meaningful careers. Now, they just focus on like 5 guys who will be lucky to make a practice squad, and then glaze one star player in the least interesting possible ways.
The only season I tried to watch was the Colts season. I’m a diehard Indianapolis fan, but that was the Carson Wentz season, and it just wasn’t compelling without Luck or any other franchise QB.
I’m over my consecutive post limit in the jokes thread so here it it comes.
In case of a tornado warning, head immediately to Cowboys’ stadium. There’s no chance of a touchdown there.
Anybody watch any preseason games this weekend? Patriots’ starters looked pretty good against the Vikings’ back-ups 
I watched maybe five minutes of 49ers Raiders. The Brock Purdy to Ricky Pearsall connection looks strong. I didn’t see it live, but embattled kicker Jake Moody had a good day.
It wasn’t this weekend, but last Friday the Chiefs-Seahawks game was pretty enjoyable. We got to see what Seattle looks like with Sam Darnold for just one series (promising), a couple of young RBs on the Seattle roster were fantastic, the run game overall is looking good, and Jake Bobo reminds everyone why he’s still on the roster with a couple of touchdowns and a bunch of key plays.
From the Chiefs side, they had one really nice punt return for a TD.
(Obligatory disclaimer that this is the preseason and you can’t judge any team on anything you’re seeing right now.)
As a Hawks fan it was quite enjoyable though. And Jason Myers didn’t miss any extra points this time.
Giants looking halfway decent in preseason. Jaxson Dart looks like he has potential, and in fact all four quarterbacks are looking competent. Although I’m having trouble imagining a world where Tommy DeVito makes the team. But still.
Offensive line is playing well (which is why the QBs have been looking good) and perennial injury LT Andrew Thomas hasn’t even been in there yet. But of course it’s preseason; who knows how they’ll hold up against schemed rushes. Still, it’s nice to see in the stripped down “beat your man straight up” preseason they’ve been holding up well.
I might almost be optimistic but their hardest schedule in the league opens up at Washington and Dallas then hosting Kansas City and San Diego. Very easy to start 0-4 and then get into the whole “here we go again” mindset.
He was a good pick. Whether he lives up to his potential is another story, as we’ve seen so many really good college QBs be mediocre to bad in the NFL that it has become a cliche. But this was a good gamble.
What standard do you use to decide if something is “a good pick” if it is unrelated to a player’s actual performance and instead based on perceived “potential”? Was Daniel Jones a “good pick”? How about Ryan Leaf/Jamarcus Russell/Zach Wilson? Almost everyone thought they had a ton of “potential”. If they drafted Sheduer Sanders instead of Dart?
They also all got picked at the beginning of the draft unlike Dart.
It was a first round pick. Technically, it was picks 34, 99, and a 2026 third rounder., but why quibble.
Johnny Manziel. Will Levis. Jimmy Clausen. Or Tom Brady. Bart Starr. Roger Staubach.
To be fair, Staubach is an odd outlier in that list. Yes, he wasn’t drafted until the 10th round in 1964, but he’d just won the Heisman Trophy; the reason he wasn’t drafted much higher wasn’t that teams didn’t think he was capable of being a star professional player, but because he was attending the Naval Academy, and had to serve a four-year commitment as a naval officer before he could play in the NFL. He didn’t join the Cowboys as a player until 1969, when he was, effectively, a 27-year-old rookie.
The Colts have named Daniel Jones as their Opening Day starting QB.
I think that effectively closes the door on Anthony Richardson as a valuable commodity in Indianapolis. Unless Jones struggles mightily, or gets injured (neither of those options out of the realm of possibility, granted), I just can’t see Richardson being given much of a chance this season.
Anyone know how the 2026 QB draft class looks like? I know a team that needs to kick the tires on a few.
And the Browns have named 57-year-old* Joe Flacco as their starter, at least for now, beating out journeyman Kenny Pickett, and rookies Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders. Pickett and Gabriel have been sidelined with hamstring injuries during camp.
*- Not really, but he is 40.
HEY! Brady, Rodgers, Blanda, all won Super Bowls at or after age 40!
Wait, what?? 
I was watching some highlights from the Bengals/Commanders preseason game and this was the title card. I didn’t realize that the Commanders were no longer in Washington. 
Commanders is a nice place to visit, but I wouldn’t want to live there.