# 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:** 17\ **Page:** 25
**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:** [August 5, 2022, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634/481 "2022-08-05T03:34:04Z")
Oof. Each year I forget just how ugly preseason football can be. With preseason down to 3 games and the limitations on padded practices, it takes awhile for teams to show their best. I’m intrigued to see how different teams handle their rosters in preseason. Personally, I have no need to see veterans play in the preseason, but I do think those reps can be valuable for younger players or players with new systems. I’d want to see Trevor Lawrence and Travis Etienne out there for a couple of quarters, or to see how well Justin Fields can run a new offense. YMMV ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634/482 "2022-08-05T12:19:47Z")
Not exactly the greatest matchup. Even the NFL knows the Hall of Fame Game is a throwaway. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634/483 "2022-08-05T15:46:33Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Not exactly the greatest matchup. The Raiders are a decent team and the Jaguars are a dumpster fire. And then Jacksonville plays their 3rd string QB Jake Luton (the 2020 6th round pick who has started 3 times in his career, all losses, and has a 2/6 TD/Int ratio). Luton, by the way, was the backup to C.J. Beathard. I’m surprised this game was as close as it was. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634/484 "2022-08-05T17:39:46Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > Imagine a tech company wants to target a smaller competitor by poaching their best talent. If they make a significantly better offer, I do not fault the talent being poached in any way. I do not consider them morally or ethically compromised for accepting a better job to advance their career. The company that poached them, however, I would consider scummy. > > Adultery from the perspective of the person who isn’t married is a pretty good counter-argument. Not sure my response to that. It is clear that we look at this differently and are unlikely to ever agree. To my mind and to use your analogy with modifications: Imagine a tech company wants to target a competitor by poaching their best talent. But these companies and their employees _have an agreement that poaching talent during the term of an employee’s contract is not permissible_. Once the contract is up, then anyone is fair game, but not until then. In that case, I do blame both parties for the poaching, because everyone agreed not to do it. Now, I will agree that the company in these analogies is more scummy than the employee and they do not share _equal_ blame. Atamasama’s analogy about adultery is spot on in my opinion, but he undersells it a little: in the case of Miami and Brady, I think it’s worse than just generic adultery because Miami was (and is) a division rival. That’s like having an affair with your best friend’s wife, not just some random married woman. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634/485 "2022-08-05T20:10:03Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > Oof. Each year I forget just how ugly preseason football can be. With preseason down to 3 games and the limitations on padded practices, it takes awhile for teams to show their best. I say this pretty much every time it comes up, but football is like pizza. Even when it’s bad, it’s still pretty good and I will consume it. I’ll watch terrible football 10 times out of 10 over some crap reality TV show, dumb scripted shows made for Boomers, or whatever disposable junk is on deep cable this week. Certainly preseason games can be vanilla and occasionally sloppy, but the 3rd and 4th stringers on these teams are still usually incredible athletes and fun stuff happens. When people demoan bad football, that usually means a QB hitting 40% of his passes instead of 60%…so like 5 more incompletions or drops a game. Or a defense that simply doesn’t blitz and plays mostly base coverage. The difference between “bad” and “good” football is pretty slim in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634/486 "2022-08-05T20:44:36Z")
The annual bitch fest about preseason has always seemed odd, unless you’re a season ticket holder and still getting charged full price for the games since I think that’s unique for the NFL. I’ve got the NFL network now and it’s always on at the sports bars I go to. It’s not like preseason football is preempting other, more interesting programming. August is a pretty slim month on the North American sports calendar, and even for MLB, it’s past the trade deadline so you’re seeing plenty of teams just playing out the season now. There’s a reason the Little League World Series gets so much ESPN coverage because they just don’t have much more until the US Open (tennis) ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634/487 "2022-08-05T21:55:38Z")
> [@ShadowFacts](#): > > It is clear that we look at this differently and are unlikely to ever agree. Agreed. I found our back and forth fascinating, in that it’s interesting to see a reasonable, rational, and yet completely contrary viewpoint. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634/488 "2022-08-06T00:22:30Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > August is a pretty slim month on the North American sports calendar, and even for MLB, it’s past the trade deadline so you’re seeing plenty of teams just playing out the season now. It’s the heart of the season for CFL football, which often gets carried here on ESPN now. Alas, there’s not a game on at the moment. (Also, I know I’m in the distinct minority, as a US-based CFL fan. 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634/489 "2022-08-06T01:20:58Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > It’s the heart of the season for CFL football, which often gets carried here on ESPN now. Alas, there’s not a game on at the moment. (Also, I know I’m in the distinct minority, as a US-based CFL fan. 🙂 ) I’m sitting at a sports bar with just the Sky and the White Sox tonight as there’s basically nothing else to fill up the rest of the TVs. A CFL game would be fun. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634/490 "2022-08-06T01:39:04Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > I’m sitting at a sports bar with just the Sky and the White Sox tonight as there’s basically nothing else to fill up the rest of the TVs. A CFL game would be fun. ESPN2 is showing Air Guitar tonight, damn, it’s a brutal time in sports here. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2022, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634/491 "2022-08-07T23:04:23Z")
what no log rolling … darts, billiards, world strongman semi-trailer pulling? Or hell even old pro-wrestling? ---
**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:** [August 7, 2022, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634/492 "2022-08-07T23:30:23Z")
[Live curling from Japan](https://www.curlingzone.com/television.php) was on this weekend. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634/493 "2022-08-09T20:54:13Z")
Marshawn Lynch arrested for DUI in Las Vegas. I know I’m assuming, but I think it’s reasonable that Las Vegas Metro PD has seen a lot of DUIs in their case history. > **[Ex-NFL RB Lynch arrested on suspicion of DUI](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34375242/former-nfl-rb-marshawn-lynch-arrested-suspicion-dui-las-vegas)** > > Former NFL running back Marshawn Lynch was arrested Tuesday morning in Las Vegas on suspicion of driving impaired. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634/494 "2022-08-09T21:54:12Z")
Sooooo…this is not great. > I’m pretty close to being 100% out on this new GM and front office before the first snap of the season. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634/495 "2022-08-09T23:38:41Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > Marshawn Lynch arrested for DUI in Las Vegas. Beast Mode had a previous legal issue as a driver, but I don’t believe there was evidence of impairment back then. > **[Bills' Lynch fined, license revoked in hit-and-run](https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=3463965)** > > Bills RB Marshawn Lynch had his driver's license revoked in traffic court on Friday. He was just announced as a “special correspondent” for Seattle this year, I think that may now be in jeopardy. > **[Marshawn Lynch to serve as 'special correspondent' for Seahawks](https://news.yahoo.com/marshawn-lynch-serve-special-correspondent-120023527.html)** > > Suffice to say it will be appointment viewing. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634/496 "2022-08-10T20:15:41Z")
The off-season is dead. Long live the pre-season. > [@NFL Preseason 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-preseason-2022/969388): > > This past weekend saw the annual Hall of Fame game in Canton between two of the 10 first-year head coaches. This weekend the rest of the league will be taking the field for the first time in 2022, so lots of rookies and fringe starters getting action. This new omnibus thread can continue the discussion taking place here: Just for the sake of continuity and my own self-flagellation, here’s the last post from that thread. I think we can safely assume that there will be plenty more player/c… ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634/497 "2022-08-10T20:15:46Z")
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