# NFL Training Camp & Preseason 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-nfl\ **Created:** [July 23, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-training-camp-preseason-2024/1004691 "2024-07-23T16:14:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [July 27, 2024, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-training-camp-preseason-2024/1004691/21 "2024-07-27T04:51:25Z")
Also, as per this article from the Green Bay Press-Gazette, there have been a spate of huge contracts signed by quarterbacks in the past year-plus. > [@](#): > > Love’s deal is the product of a booming quarterback market in which teams are paying top dollar to prevent their starter from getting close to entering free agency. Love is the fifth quarterback to receive a contract with an average yearly salary in the $50 million range since the start of the year. > > Earlier in the day, Miami’s Tua Tagovailoa agreed to a four-year contract extension worth a reported $212 million. > > Prior to that, Atlanta’s Kirk Cousins ($45 million per year), Detroit’s Jared Goff ($53 million per year) and Jacksonville’s Trevor Lawrence ($55 million per year) had inked new deals during the off-season. Cousins’ was a free-agent signing and Goff and Lawerence were contract extensions. > > Dating to the 2023 season, Cincinnati’s Burrow ($55 million), Los Angeles Chargers’ Justin Herbert ($52.5 million), Philadelphia’s Jalen Hurts ($51 million) and Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson ($52 million) also inked $50-million-plus deals. > **[Packers sign quarterback Jordan Love to four-year, $220 million contract...](https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/sports/nfl/packers/2024/07/26/packers-quarterback-jordan-love-reach-four-year-220-million-extension/72628783007/)** > > Packers quarterback Jordan Love will end his practice holdout Saturday after agreeing to a four-year $220 million contract extension. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-training-camp-preseason-2024/1004691/22 "2024-07-27T13:05:00Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > **None** of them have won a Super Bowl. Indeed, as the linked article displays, none of the top 11 highest-paid qbs have won a Super Bowl. The 12th-highest paid qb is Patrick Mahomes, with whom you may be familiar. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-training-camp-preseason-2024/1004691/23 "2024-07-27T15:43:31Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > The 12th-highest paid qb is Patrick Mahomes, with whom you may be familiar. Who’s contract was absolutely ridiculous when he signed it, with a $50m AAV for a decade. ---
**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 27, 2024, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-training-camp-preseason-2024/1004691/24 "2024-07-27T18:36:51Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > _Jordan Love_ is now the highest-paid QB in NFL history? It makes perfect sense once you realize that the way it works in the NFL is that it doesn’t matter who’s best, it matters whose turn it is. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-training-camp-preseason-2024/1004691/25 "2024-07-29T23:38:48Z")
The Colts have lost DE [Samson Ebukam](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/40673858/source-colts-lose-23-sacks-leader-samson-ebukam-torn-achilles) for the season with a torn Achilles tendon. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2024, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-training-camp-preseason-2024/1004691/26 "2024-07-31T04:02:53Z")
This one seems like it came out of left field a bit. > **[WR Moore lands largest extension in Bears history](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/40685363/chicago-bears-dj-moore-agree-4-year-extension)** > > Wide receiver DJ Moore and the Bears reached agreement on a four-year, $110 million extension, his agents told ESPN's Adam Schefter on Tuesday. He was under contract through 2025 but the Bears got ahead of the game on his extension. A big old pile of guaranteed money and a AAV that makes him the 7th highest paid WR (likely to drop to 8th when CeeDee Lamb signs a deal). ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-training-camp-preseason-2024/1004691/27 "2024-08-02T23:27:48Z")
Mahomes is practicing at training camp with a blindfold after spinning around. > This, of course, will come in handy for every time Mahomes takes a snap, spins in place four times then tries to find Travis Kelce on a deep cross. [https://www.si.com/nfl/patrick-mahomes-ridiculous-pass-chiefs-training-camp](https://www.si.com/nfl/patrick-mahomes-ridiculous-pass-chiefs-training-camp) ---
**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, 2024, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-training-camp-preseason-2024/1004691/28 "2024-08-05T00:25:43Z")
Are they also going to deploy a drone that shoots little lasers at him? [![](https://i.makeagif.com/media/4-27-2017/BWxh7H.gif) ](https://i.makeagif.com/media/4-27-2017/BWxh7H.gif) ---
**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 13, 2024, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-training-camp-preseason-2024/1004691/29 "2024-08-13T18:09:22Z")
Vikings rookie QB J.J. McCarthy, who has been competing with Sam Darnold in training camp for the starting role, has been diagnosed with a torn meniscus in his left knee. It’s not clear when the injury occurred: he played well in last weekend’s pre-season game, was not pulled from the game early, and didn’t report the issue to the team’s medical staff until yesterday. He’s scheduled to undergo surgery on it later this week; until the surgery is actually performed, it’s not clear if it’ll be just a minor surgery, allowing him to return to action soon, or if he’ll need a full repair, which would likely mean missing the entire season. > **[Vikings rookie QB McCarthy needs knee surgery](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/40847323/vikings-rookie-qb-jj-mccarthy-undergo-knee-surgery)** > > Vikings rookie QB J.J. McCarthy will undergo surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee. ---
**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 13, 2024, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-training-camp-preseason-2024/1004691/30 "2024-08-13T18:59:53Z")
Ouch, that suuuuuuuuucks for the Vikings. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-training-camp-preseason-2024/1004691/31 "2024-08-13T19:55:39Z")
Marquise (Hollywood) Brown, acquired by KC in the offseason to be the speedy deep threat that they lacked last season, suffered a sternoclavicular injury in their first preseason game. He is expected to miss 4-6 weeks. ---
**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 13, 2024, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-training-camp-preseason-2024/1004691/32 "2024-08-13T23:24:07Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > It’s not clear when the injury occurred: he played well in last weekend’s pre-season game, was not pulled from the game early, and didn’t report the issue to the team’s medical staff until yesterday. Just as a general piece of advice, do not play _Dance Dance Revolution_ to celebrate a good preseason game. (I have no idea what actually happened but that’s where my imagination went.) ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-training-camp-preseason-2024/1004691/33 "2024-08-13T23:31:39Z")
I wonder if the soon-to-be 18th game will be a new out-of-the-us game. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-training-camp-preseason-2024/1004691/34 "2024-08-14T02:18:47Z")
> [@ShadowFacts](#): > > Ouch, that suuuuuuuuucks for the Vikings. The offseason has NOT been kind to Minnesota. ---
**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 14, 2024, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-training-camp-preseason-2024/1004691/35 "2024-08-14T23:44:08Z")
Confirmed earlier today, out for the season. Tannehill is still floating around out there, just saying. Could do a lot worse. They have Darnold, but we know what he is, and it’s not great. ---
**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 15, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-training-camp-preseason-2024/1004691/36 "2024-08-15T16:05:07Z")
[Patriots trade Matthew Judon to the Falcons for a 2025 third round pick](https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/08/14/sports/matthew-judon-trade-falcons-patriots/). Definitely some pros and cons to this trade for the Pats, but it shows that they are … well, let’s say they’re not “aiming high” in 2024. Judon was one of the best players on the team - possibly the best. I understand why they didn’t want to sign him for huge $$ given the injury history and tendency to fade toward the end of every season, not to mention him flapping his gums about his contract and causing problems. But they are also without DT Christain Barmore indefinitely due to blood clots, so the strategy of “use your excellent defense to keep you in the game and let Jacoby Brissett manage the game just enough to eke out some wins” doesn’t work so well when your defense is not elite. I had some hope that the Patriots would be a little better than expected (a low bar), maybe stealing enough wins to go 7-10 or so, but now it looks like they’ll definitely be in the bottom 5, grabbing some more high draft picks and starting the rebound next season. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-training-camp-preseason-2024/1004691/37 "2024-08-15T18:16:13Z")
> [@ShadowFacts](#): > > but now it looks like they’ll definitely be in the bottom 5 Heh. My buddies and I were picking our ‘bottom feeders’ this morning, and the Pats were high (low?) on that list. ---
**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 15, 2024, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-training-camp-preseason-2024/1004691/38 "2024-08-15T18:34:04Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Heh. My buddies and I were picking our ‘bottom feeders’ this morning, and the Pats were high (low?) on that list. Yeah, a lot of punditry predictions had them as ending with one of the worst records in the league, but I had been a little more optimistic based on the strength of the defense + what I expect to be average QB play from Brissett (as opposed to the dumpster fire QB situation last year) + the addition of some young WR talent that could add some spice to the throwing game. Alas, it does look like I should just get excited about next year’s draft 🙂 ---
**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 16, 2024, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-training-camp-preseason-2024/1004691/39 "2024-08-16T21:29:08Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Confirmed earlier today, out for the season. > > Tannehill is still floating around out there, just saying. Could do a lot worse. They have Darnold, but we know what he is, and it’s not great. They’ll probably be fine with Darnold. I actually think Darnold would have given them a better chance to win in 2024 than a healthy JJ. Will be interesting to see how O’Connell’s offense looks without Kirk. If Darnold plays well it will be quite the feather in his cap. I’m not ruling that out. ---
**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 17, 2024, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-training-camp-preseason-2024/1004691/40 "2024-08-17T18:20:39Z")
Vikings pick up Matt Corral, who’s been playing in the UFL. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-training-camp-preseason-2024/1004691.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-training-camp-preseason-2024/1004691.md?page=3)