Trade is for the #17 pick, #95 pick, and Jabrill Peppers.
The Giants traded OBJ for another year of Eli Manning.
The Steelers have lost AB and Bell, the Ravens have lost significant chunks of their defense, and the Bengals are.
Cleveland Browns 2019 AFC North Champions.
Congrats to Beef for the pickup. The Twitterverse has a few clips of Cleveland-Fan running around, yelling into his phone, and otherwise acting really excited about the trade. I hope it works out for you guys, especially since the Texans don’t play you this year.
FGIE, what do you think the Bengals are going to do about Michael Johnson hitting FA? The reason I ask is that I’m curious about possible landing spots for Jadaveon Clowney. I don’t think the Texans will sign him, or to be more accurate, I don’t think Clowney has any interest in playing for the franchise tag (and as a LB, not a rusher! How did that happen, when he played 80% of his snaps as a DE/edge rusher?!), and will probably hold out.
To forestall that, why not trade him to a team that was poor against the run (FO was pretty down on the Bengals in the run game, and Clowney is among the best in the NFL at stopping the run), has a bunch of cap space, runs a 4-3 defense, and has some decent draft picks upcoming? Of course, the same is true for the Raiders (Frostee Rucker is a FA, and is probably gone, being 35 and all).
EDIT: But trade Clowney to the Bengals, take pick #11 and a 3rd rounder, go draft Jonah Williams or DeAndre Baker with that pick, the other guy with the Texans 1st rounder, and call it a day.
The Browns are an organization that has had few winning seasons for decades.
Yet next year, if they aren’t AFC North Champions it’s going to be a disappointment. They have a ridiculously talented roster going into the season.
I don’t have any sort of animosity towards the Giants, but they sure are fucking up lately. Somehow they kept Eli to build around but got rid of OBJ. And it doesn’t even feel like their intent is to tank this year to get a better QB next year, although I can’t say that for sure.
Chiefs apparently getting rid of both of their pass rushers (Houston and Dee Ford) - the new DC is apparently cleaning house.
I think dumping OBJ for what you can get for him now is not a bad idea. Yeah he is damn talented, but for a guy who has a history of leg issues, and between the ears issues, with the way that contract was structured, I can guess that before the 2020 season will be a big drama hold-out.
Remember that scene from Shawshank where Andy crawls through the sewer pipe, breaks out a bar of soap and washes himself in the rain? That’s a bit like what Brown’s fans are feeling right now.
Now we have to finish cleaning up, get ready to head to the bank and look forward to a long top down drive where we hope we can cross that border we’ve dreamt about all these years.
Le’veon Bell to the Jets for 4 years, $52.5 million. Not as much as he was hoping for.
A colleague of mine was hoping Bell would sign with Indy. As a Colt fan, I’m kinda glad he didn’t. The running game is enough that I don’t think the benefit of adding him would have outweighed the price tag. I’d rather spend that money on defense and the O-line.
Yes, protect Luck for crying out loud!
And have now released Eric Berry. It is sad but probably a good move - I don’t think he is physically capable of doing the job anymore.
The Blake Bortles as a starter era is over. You’ll remember where you were when this happened.
Eric Berry is a great talent and an even greater person from what I’ve seen and heard, but he’s only been able to play 3 games the past two years. It’s the right move.
If he isn’t picked up by another team I’m sure he’s going to have many opportunities outside of football.
5 years. The Jags wasted 5 years with him, simply because they liked him enough to wayyyyyyy overdraft him. As a wise person once said in a discussion about the 2014 draft and potential busts: "Blake Bortles gets my early vote. Sure he’s got great size and is tough to tackle, but I’m absolutely amazed that he’s in the discussion as the #1 pick in the draft. His mechanics are sloppy, he’s played well against shitty teams, but against good defenses, he’s very hit or miss. He makes stupid throws way too often, lacks great accuracy, and seems to get confused by late changing defensive movement, something he’ll see a lot of in the NFL.
Physically, he’s what you want, but he’s nowhere near ready to play in the NFL, and if a team drafts him early and starts him right away, I think he’ll be a huge failure. He’s a developmental player at best."
As an aside, guess who has a lower passer rating in the playoffs than Blake Bortles.
Eli Manning. Bortles actually has a halfway respectable 91.0, while Eli is at 87.4
And he hasn’t won a playoff game since Obama’s first term.
Safety swap time - Bears sign Ha Ha Clinton Dix to a one year prove it deal.
Or maybe the Bears and Packers did a … wait for it … Safety Dance.
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Pretty much, though the Packers had actually traded Clinton-Dix to Washington halfway through last season.
You know, sometimes due to peculiar happenstance you may not get the reception you expect. When Darren Sharper played for the Packers he would appear on the morning radio show of a Milwaukee area rock station and that song was always his intro music. I’ve never even been a Packer fan and for me hearing that song has never quite been the same since he got into trouble. I’ll bet quite a few Packer fans wouldn’t dig that line like they would have years ago. They don’t miss Ha-Ha much though.
Packer fans don’t dance and if they don’t dance then they’re no fans of mine.