[quote]Broncoandy wrote:
Foles for Bradford is a bit of a head scratcher for the Eagles. [/quote]
Word is that this is part of a much bigger deal to move up in the draft for the Eagles to take Mariotta. I’m not sure why Bradford would have significantly more trade value than Foles considering his $15M price tag and injury riddled career, but maybe the Jets are more interested in Bradford than Foles and maybe Chip knows this.
This most certainly can’t be for Bradford to start for the Eagles next year.
I really wanted Brady to get one for the thumb. Not for me, but for my uncle and the 7 foot Bulgarian dude I met last month. Two of the most die hard fans I’ve ever known.
EDIT: Just saw the details… Shame on the fucking Pats for not beating that. It’s a 3 year deal FFS.
I really wanted Brady to get one for the thumb. Not for me, but for my uncle and the 7 foot Bulgarian dude I met last month. Two of the most die hard fans I’ve ever known.
EDIT: Just saw the details… Shame on the fucking Pats for not beating that. It’s a 3 year deal FFS. [/quote]
He’s getting paid more than Brady for the next 3 years.
I regret not buying a Revis jersey at Metlife when it was half price. He’s getting paid like a guy in his prime. He deserves it but it’s a wee bit late in his career to put up that much money guaranteed.
I really wanted Brady to get one for the thumb. Not for me, but for my uncle and the 7 foot Bulgarian dude I met last month. Two of the most die hard fans I’ve ever known.
EDIT: Just saw the details… Shame on the fucking Pats for not beating that. It’s a 3 year deal FFS. [/quote]
He’s getting paid more than Brady for the next 3 years.[/quote]
Yeah, my understanding is the pat’s couldn’t have floated the cap hit anyway.
I mean… I’m rip shit fucking pissed, but they sign browner and trade for some young stud from Cleveland or some other minor league (ownership) squad and we’ll be okay.
It’s just everyone in that division got exponentially better on paper and the Pats only got worse, in real life. The McCordy deal looks like a god send right now.
I really wanted Brady to get one for the thumb. Not for me, but for my uncle and the 7 foot Bulgarian dude I met last month. Two of the most die hard fans I’ve ever known.
EDIT: Just saw the details… Shame on the fucking Pats for not beating that. It’s a 3 year deal FFS. [/quote]
He’s getting paid more than Brady for the next 3 years.[/quote]
Yeah, my understanding is the pat’s couldn’t have floated the cap hit anyway.
I mean… I’m rip shit fucking pissed, but they sign browner and trade for some young stud from Cleveland or some other minor league (ownership) squad and we’ll be okay.
It’s just everyone in that division got exponentially better on paper and the Pats only got worse, in real life. The McCordy deal looks like a god send right now. [/quote]
In real life, the Dolphins still have a wide out playing QB, the Jets still have Geno, and apart from a handful of half back option plays from McCoy to Watkins the Bills won’t be throwing at all this year (I won’t be surprised if their starting “Quarter back” is Anthony Dixon so McCoy can have more blocks).
In any event September needs to hurry the fuck up. AFC east gonna be some good football.
Saints homer here. My Saints are in salary-cap hell. In essence, they signed one of those balloon mortgages to go all-in on last year’s squad, gambling that it would be a SB contender. The balloon payments are now coming due, and very tough decisions have to be made.
But trade Pro-Bowl TE Graham? It actually makes sense. The team is built around Brees (obv), and making him effective is the key to our success. Brees is a classic midline QB–he drops straight back, and deals with pressure by climbing back up the pocket. For this reason, he is not particularly vulnerable to an edge rush, but is utterly done in by pressure up the gut. So, the Saints require outstanding center-guard play (along with a smart RB capable of picking up A-gap pressure) to be successful. This is why the Saints pay their guards tackle money, and their tackles guard money. (In Jahri Evans and Carl Nicks, the Saints had the best guard duo in the league during their SB run.) Our O-line play was subpar last year, but especially so at the center spot, where two vets (Goodwin and de la Puente) well past their respective primes just couldn’t get it done. For the Saints, bad center play–>ineffective Brees play–>losing. Hence our willingness to pay a premium for a proven high-caliber center like Unger.
Note also that while Graham is a potent weapon (when healthy) in the passing game, he is an utter liability in the run game–maybe the worst run-blocking TE in the league. When you consider the Saints jettisoned Pierre Thomas in favor of Mark Ingram (a between-the-tackles back whose productivity is dependent on effective zone blocking across the entire line, including from the TE spot), JG became a luxury item the cash-strapped Saints could ill afford, and thus the perfect piece to swap for Unger.
[quote]EyeDentist wrote:
Saints homer here. My Saints are in salary-cap hell. In essence, they signed one of those balloon mortgages to go all-in on last year’s squad, gambling that it would be a SB contender. The balloon payments are now coming due, and very tough decisions have to be made.
But trade Pro-Bowl TE Graham? It actually makes sense. The team is built around Brees (obv), and making him effective is the key to our success. Brees is a classic midline QB–he drops straight back, and deals with pressure by climbing back up the pocket. For this reason, he is not particularly vulnerable to an edge rush, but is utterly done in by pressure up the gut. So, the Saints require outstanding center-guard play (along with a smart RB capable of picking up A-gap pressure) to be successful. This is why the Saints pay their guards tackle money, and their tackles guard money. (In Jahri Evans and Carl Nicks, the Saints had the best guard duo in the league during their SB run.) Our O-line play was subpar last year, but especially so at the center spot, where two vets (Goodwin and de la Puente) well past their respective primes just couldn’t get it done. For the Saints, bad center play–>ineffective Brees play–>losing. Hence our willingness to pay a premium for a proven high-caliber center like Unger.
Note also that while Graham is a potent weapon (when healthy) in the passing game, he is an utter liability in the run game–maybe the worst run-blocking TE in the league. When you consider the Saints jettisoned Pierre Thomas in favor of Mark Ingram (a between-the-tackles back whose productivity is dependent on effective zone blocking across the entire line, including from the TE spot), JG became a luxury item the cash-strapped Saints could ill afford, and thus the perfect piece to swap for Unger.[/quote]
Easily the most blockbuster of all deals this offseason. And I honestly don’t see Jimmy being even remotely as productive as he was in NO. In fantasy, I’m sure as hell not touching him unless he falls to 3rd/4th round…
Seriously whats there not to get? Revis is a mercenary and I cant say I blame him. Am I happy hes back on the Jets and will hopefully be there for the rest of his career, of course. He’s betting on himself and using the NFLs system to work for him. Guy gets a SB ring and now goes back to the team that drafted and every Jet fan is giving him a hero’s welcome, genius move 39mil guaranteed wow.
The AFC east looks like its gonna be a blood bath. Im not hating on the Pats, but they have taken serious hits on both sides of the ball, but its not gonna matter they will be there in the end, as much as I hate them they can stick me out there and I would be productive.
I have no issue with guys being mercenaries. Especially in the NFL where contracts are re-negotiated and not guaranteed. Take every dime left. Jake Locker, has backup QB written all over him. Why would he retire? I’d carry a clipboard for $ 1M a year.
Good luck Revis and I mean it.
That being said, as a Patriot fan, I’m pretty frustrated. You cut your nose guard who had a great year, and your two cornerbacks. What’s kept the Patriots from winning until this past year was, a hot garbage D that couldn’t stop anyone.
Finally, they get two maulers, win and let them go. Name one CB the Patriots have developed since Asante Samuel? Yes McCourty, but he was such great CB, he’s now a safety.
Kyle Arrington should have been cut at halftime of the super bowl along with Logan Ryan. I know they’ll pick guys up in free agency and the draft, but still, they don’t even pay Tom Brady top QB money. They could have paid Revis like a top QB. The Krafts are cheap.
Great trade by the Seahawks yesterday. Jimmy Graham is a difference maker and Russell Wilson will be better for it.
Shane Vereen to the Giants, meh. Sam Bradford to the Eagles, meh.
^ My early 2015 prediction is Dolphins vs. Colts in the AFC title game. I think Suh, while way overpaid, will give the Dolphins the boost they need to win the East and make a run. The Colts needed a running game and damn did they get one. I admittedly don’t know what’s going on with their offensive line. Every team in the AFC North has taken a step backwards at this point and my guess is the team with the strongest draft will take the division, but little else. Denver will once again win the west with KC & San Diego blowing it per usual.
[quote]BCFlynn wrote:
Yes McCourty, but he was such great CB, he’s now a safety.[/quote]
You keep saying this as if he isn’t a top tier Safety lol.
I really don’t understand how “hey, you are a top 10 (if not higher) player in this league if you move to Safety. But, that means you suck because you didn’t stay at position you were drafted at.”
Yes, let’s forget everything else he has done well the last couple years because he was over matched for one half of a big game.
Using this logic the entire D should have been cut after week 4…