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Man. I can believe it. Sherman got all the press but Earl was easily the craziest member of the LOB. He was also the *best*, but he's one of those people who can never drop the intensity level.
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Thomas is 1 year into a 4/$55m contract and he played very well last year on an elite defense. He immediately goes to the Cowboys for dirt money if he’s cut.
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# ? Aug 22, 2020 14:51 |
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Chase Claypool is now on my dynasty team so I'm sorry to say that he'll sit for two years and then get kicked off the team, apologies to the yinzers for cursing him
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Diva Cupcake posted:Thomas is 1 year into a 4/$55m contract and he played very well last year on an elite defense. He immediately goes to the Cowboys for dirt money if he’s cut. Given his “come get me” to the cowboys years ago it’s not out of the realm of possibility that this was his plan
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# ? Aug 22, 2020 15:41 |
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Earl Thomas is going to end up with the Eagles if he gets cut city of brotherly love
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# ? Aug 22, 2020 15:51 |
Twitter rumor had it that ET punched Clark. All the reporters really could say is something happened and it didn't look like your normal training camp squabble.
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kiimo posted:Chase Claypool is now on my dynasty team so I'm sorry to say that he'll sit for two years and then get kicked off the team, apologies to the yinzers for cursing him He will get a million red zone targets due to being 6'4" with a 44' vertical jump, even if he sucks at every other aspect of WR
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# ? Aug 22, 2020 16:07 |
If you haven't heard, the Packers decided to throttle media coverage of their training camp and practices. Here's an article reacting to that that I thought made a bunch of good points, and on top of that revealed certain things about how teams actually engage with sports journalism despite pretty much every single front office openly scoffing at the idea. https://www.acmepackingcompany.com/2020/8/20/21378012/packers-gm-brian-gutekunst-defends-reporting-restrictions-as-practical quote:No one is being oppressed or having their freedoms overridden because poor old beat reporters can’t breathlessly tweet out precious practice information. In fact, the actionable information NFL teams might actually find valuable — who is playing well and who is struggling — will still show up in Twitter timelines, columns, and stories. But when Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst defended new restrictions on media reporting as practical on Thursday, he missed the crucial reason it’s so troubling. Are there any other teams taking similar actions? From this article, I know the Browns aren't
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That's a lot of blue in frame. https://twitter.com/AroundTheNFL/status/1297174183063904256?s=19
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# ? Aug 22, 2020 16:20 |
Reminder that it's Jason La Canfora, so Earl Thomas will probably be the owner of the Ravens by the end of the weekend. https://twitter.com/Connor_J_Hughes/status/1297192611921440770 sharknado slashfic fucked around with this message at 16:31 on Aug 22, 2020 |
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SKULL.GIF posted:If you haven't heard, the Packers decided to throttle media coverage of their training camp and practices. Here's an article reacting to that that I thought made a bunch of good points, and on top of that revealed certain things about how teams actually engage with sports journalism despite pretty much every single front office openly scoffing at the idea. I enjoy reading about the fourth estate in my football news.
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# ? Aug 22, 2020 16:47 |
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ET is still good and I hope he stops being a weird rear end in a top hat and they don’t cut him
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# ? Aug 22, 2020 17:24 |
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SKULL.GIF posted:If you haven't heard, the Packers decided to throttle media coverage of their training camp and practices. Here's an article reacting to that that I thought made a bunch of good points, and on top of that revealed certain things about how teams actually engage with sports journalism despite pretty much every single front office openly scoffing at the idea. It's an NFL rule, but teams are implementing and interpreting it differently. The Dolphins are also taking a hard line, and it's been really loving stupid. They're training a guard to play center and some his snaps were rough and it was clearly obvious the guy was playing the position but they had to describe how he was in a "new role" and that it somehow caused issues with the snap. Then several times the players have said stuff(like a Center talking about lining up next to a rookie RG) which the media couldn't actually seemingly say even after the media.
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# ? Aug 22, 2020 18:14 |
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The Patriots won’t allow the press to report on who is returning punts.
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# ? Aug 22, 2020 18:26 |
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:The Patriots won’t allow the press to report on who is returning punts. Twist: It’s Stidham.
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# ? Aug 22, 2020 18:33 |
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Yeah what exactly is the rationale behind tighter reporting restrictions for beat writers this season? Best I understand it, the teams had some leverage to bar reporters from covering the teams at all because of Covid, so they instead wielded said leverage to reach a "compromise" where reporters can still attend practices but can't report on anything but the most superficial details. Which, you know, now means getting the drawback of an increased chance of Covid exposure for the teams, but without any tangible benefit of meaningful reporting.
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# ? Aug 22, 2020 19:20 |
I'm beginning to think Earl Thomas doesn't have good decision making skills
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# ? Aug 22, 2020 20:44 |
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fsif posted:Yeah what exactly is the rationale behind tighter reporting restrictions for beat writers this season? I can't really find anything but I was under the impression that because they're cutting down on the amount of media in attendance(largely to the detriment of some of the smaller outfits), they're restricting the reporting to not "favor" the organizations that do have access. Seems like a bit of an excuse to cut back in general though.
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# ? Aug 22, 2020 20:47 |
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sharknado slashfic posted:I'm beginning to think Earl Thomas doesn't have good decision making skills In an interpersonal sense, I suppose. On a football field? He's top notch. Hm. This may be a problem after he retires.
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# ? Aug 22, 2020 21:33 |
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:The Patriots won’t allow the press to report on who is returning punts. The Dolphins local press has gotten around it by saying that a player "has been given every opportunity" to earn a starting job rather than saying that they're starting.
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# ? Aug 22, 2020 21:33 |
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https://twitter.com/sgellison/status/1297217589920374789?s=19 I'm the helmet
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# ? Aug 22, 2020 22:32 |
He also had to pull it becaaaaaaaause https://twitter.com/jamisonhensley/status/1297245846539567104
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# ? Aug 22, 2020 22:40 |
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imagine the Ravens actually signing Antonio Brown and Marcus Peters & Earl Thomas covering him in practice :fireemoji:
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# ? Aug 22, 2020 22:41 |
Per the Athleticquote:When the Ravens went to Seattle and beat his old team in Week 7, Thomas was given a game ball by Harbaugh. Afterward, Thomas spoke about how much it meant to him to have his new team play so well to make sure his return home resulted in a victory. Thomas, however, didn’t return home with the Ravens. He started his bye week early and went on vacation, missing a team meeting that Monday that Harbaugh had set up heading into the bye, sources said. Thomas then returned from the bye week, a day later than players were scheduled to be back. If the hitpieces are starting to roll out, he's probably toast. I guess, uh, Tony Jefferson is available?
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# ? Aug 22, 2020 22:50 |
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Mystic Stylez posted:imagine the Ravens actually signing Antonio Brown and Marcus Peters & Earl Thomas covering him in practice :fireemoji: AB has owned Marcus Peters over his career
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# ? Aug 22, 2020 22:55 |
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I've seen a few teams try and switch des to te, what's up with that?
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Eifert Posting posted:I've seen a few teams try and switch des to te, what's up with that? It's rare to find the right combination of strength, size, and speed to make a Gronk or a Kittle, and DEs are the position group that typically comes closest to the measurables you're looking for. If you have some DEs languishing on the bottom of the roster and you're hurting for TE help, you might as well try to convert them and see if they can also catch/block along with being big, tall, and fast.
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# ? Aug 22, 2020 23:16 |
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Kaufusi would be like DL9 and if he can catch maybe he hangs on as TE4 or practice squad. Probably just a business decision.
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sharknado slashfic posted:Per the Athletic I think they most likely would give Elliot a chance and resign Brandon Carr
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Diva Cupcake posted:Kaufusi would be like DL9 and if he can catch maybe he hangs on as TE4 or practice squad. Probably just a business decision. Kinda sucks for him given the Jets two deepest positions are probably DL and TE (now that Griffin and Brown are back).
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# ? Aug 22, 2020 23:51 |
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Thomas is for sure an rear end in a top hat coworker but he's still very good on a football field so hopefully things workout. That said if it comes down to Clark and team chemistry vs. Thomas, Earl has got to go. Barring injury Clark is going to make the Ravens look brilliant signing him to that cheap contract.
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# ? Aug 23, 2020 00:01 |
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I cant wait to go here one day https://twitter.com/LindseyThiry/status/1297301439434260480?s=19
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# ? Aug 23, 2020 00:08 |
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Oh Chad https://twitter.com/ochocinco/status/1297309617328984066
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Eifert Posting posted:I've seen a few teams try and switch des to te, what's up with that? Colleges aren't really producing enough traditional "Y" tight ends to meet demand anymore. A lot of guys don't learn to block worth a poo poo and college programs hide them with slot/H-back reps, and even the guys who have solid experience in-line generally seem to be pretty mediocre. Some of the inherent "mismatch" properties of the position in the passing game isn't just being 6'5" or whatever, it comes from creating a gap in the run game- forcing the defender in coverage to also defend the gap in the run game, and all of the different ways you can then leverage being in conflict against the run and the pass. Some of the stuff you get by virtue of showing up- but if a guy can block it's better and more effective. DE makes sense because a lot of the guys who would be playing the position 20 years ago are probably getting slotted as a DE by colleges now. Some of the basic physicality probably translates well- they know how to square up with guys in their weight class, and the emphasis on explosion off of the LOS(and the pass rush moves) seem like they might translate pretty well to in-line TE releases. The learning curve is probably still steep enough that you're going to end up with like an Anthony Fasano or Dan Campbell or whatever rather than the next Gronk or Witten, but those guys are still kinda rare as it stands. I don't know why the NFL doesn't go back to playing more with four true wide receivers anymore and just don't loving worry about the extra gap. A 4th CB is probably a pretty good target for a mismatch, and it worked pretty well in the 80's and 90's in the NFL. Hamhandler fucked around with this message at 00:29 on Aug 23, 2020 |
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Bengals seem poised to go that way. They have like 5 guys behind Boyd and Green who would be above average 3rd wrs.
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# ? Aug 23, 2020 00:44 |
Catfish Noodlin posted:I don't know why the NFL doesn't go back to playing more with four true wide receivers anymore and just don't loving worry about the extra gap. A 4th CB is probably a pretty good target for a mismatch, and it worked pretty well in the 80's and 90's in the NFL. Pre-snap scheming. A TE can block or catch, a 4th WR can't really. If you have 4 WRs on the field, the defense knows pretty much what's coming and can adjust for it.
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# ? Aug 23, 2020 00:52 |
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How many established quarterbacks have the line and the skill right now to make 4 reads?
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Eifert Posting posted:How many established quarterbacks have the line and the skill right now to make 4 reads? Philip
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# ? Aug 23, 2020 00:59 |
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one of the all-pro names of the league is making noise https://twitter.com/FalconsKelsey/status/1296902919778967555?s=20
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Koo got himself at least 5 more years in the league with the like 3 successful onside kicks in one game last year
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