# NFL Offseason 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-nfl\ **Created:** [March 7, 2022, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634 "2022-03-07T20:46:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634/401 "2022-07-10T16:22:38Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > “Bears reject …” The city going to have to bend over more. Nah, the Bears are gone. This isn’t a “threaten to move to LA” move anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634/402 "2022-07-10T17:16:52Z")
BINGO! I’ve long thought about making a bingo game about the utterly meaningless cliches that pop up in the NFL. Today’s winner is Dak Prescott with the ever-popular training camp cliche: He’s in the best shape of his career. > **[Cowboys QB Dak Prescott improved physique ahead of training camp: 'I'm in the...](https://www.nfl.com/news/cowboys-qb-dak-prescott-improved-physique-ahead-of-training-camp-i-m-in-the-best)** > > Speaking at his annual kids camp on Saturday, Cowboys QB Dak Prescott said he was able to get in the best shape of his life as he prepares for the 2022 season. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634/403 "2022-07-11T01:40:55Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > Nah, the Bears are gone. This isn’t a “threaten to move to LA” move anymore. I was saying the city wants them to stay at Soldier Field for reasons, not lose them to the suburbs. The idiots in charge would end up giving more in taxpayer dollars than they would receive in taxes and other revenue. “_But we’ll make it up in volume, the Mayor said._” ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634/404 "2022-07-11T07:18:09Z")
Pro Bowl LT Duane Brown, recently released by Seattle, was arrested for trying to bring a gun on a plane. > **[FA tackle Brown arrested at LAX on gun charge](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34221907/free-agent-offensive-tackle-duane-brown-arrested-lax-gun-charge)** > > Offensive tackle Duane Brown was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport on Saturday for allegedly possessing a concealed weapon. I’m disappointed. He always seemed very responsible and was a leader. I didn’t expect this sort of thing from him. It might be a case where he forgot it was there, but… Even if that’s true, how good is it to forget where you left a gun?! ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634/405 "2022-07-11T17:26:38Z")
Pour one (bottle of ketchup) out: > ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634/406 "2022-07-11T19:14:30Z")
Man, that’s one corporate renaming that’s going to be hard to get used to. I was going to ask if they are going to repaint the mustard yellow seats to Acrisure’s corporate colors, but of course that is one of the Steelers team colors as well. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2022, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634/407 "2022-07-13T13:21:31Z")
Objections to the new Pittsburgh stadium name on the basis of “tradition” are comical. The only reason to feel nostalgically attached to “Heinz Field” is on the basis of longevity; Acrisure is just another huge corporate entity\*, selling insurance and cyber services instead of ketchup, sauces and baby food. \*accused of [sleazy doings](https://deadspin.com/i-refuse-to-call-it-anything-but-heinz-field-1849170796) involving New Jersey politics. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2022, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634/408 "2022-07-13T14:41:49Z")
At least Heinz is headquartered it Pittsburgh, versus some corporate insurance company from Michigan. If I were President of Sports, I’d make it a rule that any company sponsoring a stadium must be headquartered in the same metro area. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634/409 "2022-07-14T02:49:34Z")
Matthew Berry, fantasy football commentator and host, is leaving ESPN. I assume ESPN will be spending more time on sports gambling and less time on fantasy. > ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634/410 "2022-07-14T16:26:48Z")
Fantasy football is gambling. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634/411 "2022-07-14T16:36:36Z")
He’s headed off to NBC. This isn’t about ESPN de-focusing fantasy (which is a silly idea in 2022) but an in-demand talent getting a better deal than ESPN would provide. I’m more surprised he didn’t end up at an online company like Fanduel or something. Surely, they’d blow 7 or 8 figures on something like this. But maybe he likes the (theoretic) legitimacy of sports news more. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634/412 "2022-07-15T03:58:58Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > Matthew Berry, fantasy football commentator and host, is leaving ESPN. I thought you meant this guy. [![](https://i2-prod.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/incoming/article12085157.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/JS101659677.jpg) ](https://i2-prod.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/incoming/article12085157.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/JS101659677.jpg) Watching Laszlo doing fantasy football would be awesome. ---
**Author:** ![OldManLogan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oldmanlogan/32/5237_2.png) [@OldManLogan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldManLogan)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634/413 "2022-07-19T16:05:15Z")
I am sure he would have great insight into the Superb Owl. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634/414 "2022-07-21T20:17:26Z")
It’s nice to hear good news about NFL players in the off season JJ Watt helping out to pay for a funeral, someone was selling their memorabilia to raise money for it. > > > Jennifer Simpson @JSimpson2014 ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634/415 "2022-07-21T20:31:02Z")
Kyler Murray and the Cardinals came to an agreement on an extension. 5 years, $230.5 mil with at least $105 million guaranteed. He’ll be the 2nd highest paid QB in the league and with the 2 years left on his current contract, he’ll be under contract for the next 7. > **[Source: Cards, QB Murray agree to $230.5M deal](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34275993/arizona-cardinals-star-kyler-murray-agrees-2305-million-deal-now-nfl-richest-qbs-source-says)** > > Cardinals star Kyler Murray has agreed to a five-year extension worth $230.5 million, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter, a deal that makes him one of the NFL's highest-paid quarterbacks. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634/416 "2022-07-21T20:36:20Z")
Well, _maybe_ the story is true. She also tried selling her jersey in '18 for another funeral. Stay tuned. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634/417 "2022-07-21T20:53:05Z")
Well, that’s interesting. Very Discworld. I think the Watch got 4 grandmothers’ funerals off a year. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634/418 "2022-07-21T21:06:06Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > I think the Watch got 4 grandmothers’ funerals off a year. Does she even _have_ four grand–…? _Ohhhhhhhhh._ ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634/419 "2022-07-24T18:04:08Z")
Texans WR John Metchie III diagnosed with leukaemia. > **[Texans WR Metchie diagnosed with leukemia](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34289700/houston-texans-wr-john-metchie-iii-diagnosed-leukemia)** > > Houston Texans rookie wide receiver John Metchie III announced Sunday that he has been diagnosed with a form of leukemia and likely will not play this season. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634/420 "2022-07-25T12:14:49Z")
Best of luck to Metchie. Hopefully he’ll join James Connor, Trent Williams, Eric Berry, and others as cancer survivors flourishing in the NFL. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634.md?page=22)