NFL 2016

[01101010]

Great, so they have confirmed that Goodell has the authority to issue any punishments for any offense. I think the next CBA meetings are going to end in another strike after this.

[WayAbvPar]

As always, suck it Brady, suck it Belichick, and suck it Masshole Pats fans.

[HaemishM]

Great, so they have confirmed that Goodell has the authority to issue any punishments for any offense. I think the next CBA meetings are going to end in another strike after this.

While I am utterly ecstatic that Brady is getting the shaft, yeah, the next CBA is going to be a fucking bloodbath. If Goodell is still commish then, it's guaranteed we'll have a strike. The player's union/NFLPA really fucked itself so hard with this last CBA.

[Paelos]

If they don't strike they are stupid. The NFL careers are the shortest and compared to the NBA and the MLB their salary comparisons per year are a fucking joke. Whoever ran the players union before should be publicly flogged, and they should hire the MLB guys for all their further negotiations.

[TheWalrus]

I think they do ok. I could be wrong though.

[Velorath]

If they don't strike they are stupid. The NFL careers are the shortest and compared to the NBA and the MLB their salary comparisons per year are a fucking joke. Whoever ran the players union before should be publicly flogged, and they should hire the MLB guys for all their further negotiations.

They play a lot more games per season in the NBA and MLB though.

[Paelos]

Indeed they do. But the NFL still makes more money than them. And the player careers as I said are shorter. Along with the problems of lifetime injuries that are much worse in the NFL than in NBA or MLB.

[Velorath]

I don't know that the best way to offset the health issues is by giving players a bigger salary though (not that I think you're advocating that as the only solution).

[Paelos]

Not just salaries, no. The way to combat it is to have it set in the CBA that retirement benefits are better, and that there should be better care for players for longer after they get out of the league.

Also, they need to address the discipline issues, and the fact that the NFL wants to go to an 18 game schedule while also putting a team overseas. They need to address the arbitrary increases in the salary cap, and put in a standard cap increase that is a higher percentage of the overall revenue which includes the merchandising and advertising. They also need to push for bigger rosters to go along with that higher cap. Injuries and the concussion protocols are becoming such a big issue that carrying 53 guys simple isn't enough. I'd give up some on the league minimum to raise the roster limits and employ more players.

I think players would be willing to play the extra 2 real games if you shortened the preseason to 2 games, and fans would like it too, along with compensation levels for them. I'd want as a player to have better protocols on injuries that require third party doctors instead of team employed doctors, and I would also want checks and balances on the team doctor ability to provide drugs. There are too many players who get dangerous levels of painkillers because they are pressured by the job, and end up addicted.

I'd want a separate policy for marijuana drug tests, and lower penalties outside the normal substance policy for marijuana related offenses. It's moving that way in the courts and it should move that way in the league. Along with the fact that I think many players use it for pain killing purposes which I'd prefer over them using addictive pills.

[HaemishM]

Sam Bradford demands a trade - Eagles might be asking for more than a 2nd rounder for him

First off, BWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA at Bradford thinking he's good enough to demand a trade AND demand where he can be traded. He's apparently already vetoed any sort of move to the Jets or any team coached by Chip Kelly.

Second and even funnier is that Philly apparently wants and thinks they can get more than just a 2nd round pick for Sam Bradford. A guy who defined the word "mediocre" and "meh" in what should have in theory been a high-powered offense last year, and has never played 16 games in a season. Immediately shitcanning 2 of the teams that would likely overpay/overtrade for a mediocre QB is just ludicrous.

This should be a hilariously fun few weeks.

[WayAbvPar]

You can't blame the guy for trying to avoid Chip Kelly or the Jets. He shouldn't (and probably doesn't) have that kind of leverage, but his instincts are definitely on point 

[Rasix]

Did he actually think he was the "future" of the team when he signed that deal?  That was babysitting money. One year of pretending you still have the job and one year of clipboard/garbage duty.

[Paelos]

Did he actually think he was the "future" of the team when he signed that deal?  That was babysitting money. One year of pretending you still have the job and one year of clipboard/garbage duty.

He's part of the last generation of pro-rookie-scale QBs that were handed gobs of money for nothing, so yes, he did think that. He's believed ever since Oklahoma that his entitled ass is an elite player. But who is Sam Bradford really? Let's take a look.

For the sake of argument let's just throw out the ENTIRE season he missed in 2014, and the fact he only started 7 games in 2013, and only 10 games in 2011. I mean if we can get past the fact he's played exactly 2 full seasons in his life? Get past that part?

Well the numbers still suck. He's an 81 passer rating QB with 6.1 yards per attempt on his career and a TD/INT rate of 78-52. The dude's thrown FIFTY TWO picks in 63 games. He's a turnover machine on top of being blah average throwing it.

You know where those numbers would have landed him last year? Yeah he was between Brock Osweiler and Blaine Gabbert in passer rating. Woopdefuckingdoo my man.

You signed a 6 year $76M deal and have done jack shit.

[TheWalrus]

Where do I sign?

[01101010]

The Browns are cleaning up on draft picks this year and next. That will be the only good news out of Cleveland till 2020 though.

[WayAbvPar]

Pretty happy with day 1 for Seattle. Moved down a few spots, still got an OL they so desperately need, picked up a couple of extra picks for day 2, and cockblocked Arizona on Paxton Lynch. Good times.

[shiznitz]

Bradford should just shut up and count his money. He has been paid $65 million so far in his career for doing very little.

[HaemishM]

This tweet shows why Sam Bradford didn't get the trade he wanted.

Woogity.

[Paelos]

This tweet shows why Sam Bradford didn't get the trade he wanted.

Woogity.

I should work for ESPN since I made essentially the same post about a month ago here.

[Shannow]

Even congress says the NFL are a bunch of lying shits.

But hey Brady got 4 games so who cares..

[HaemishM]

I've come down on the side of agreeing with the Deflategate haters, but I still want to see Brady serve the 4-games. Because fuck Brady.

[Megrim]

You know they'll still go 2 for 2 at worst, right?

[HaemishM]

2 losses is better than none.

[Surlyboi]

They're going 0fer.

Unless they cheat.

Ok 2 for 2, you were right.

[Shannow]

Lol, I really don't care all that much, the Brady comment was a joke.

The NFL however is absolutely depending on your attitudes though 'oh who cares how dodgy it is. Fuck the Pats!' So keep being NFL stooges. :)

The concussion shit though is arrogance on another level that's risking people's lives.  I mean getting close to FIFA level shit.

[Paelos]

Atlanta just got the 2019 Super Bowl. I'm horrified. Last time we did this there was an ice storm and Ray Lewis killed a guy. This time I'm expecting the traffic Apocalypse followed by some sort of Ebola outbreak from the CDC.

[HaemishM]

I'm sure the Alien Rape Ships will come down and find very willing receptacles in that new goatse.cx stadium you guys are building there.

[Paelos]

I'm sure the Alien Rape Ships will come down and find very willing receptacles in that new goatse.cx stadium you guys are building there.

That's funny. I call it Atlanta's Anus.

[Sir T]

That's hardly fair. The Anus performs an important function in the body.

[Merusk]

As does an NFL stadium. It efficiently funnels money from rubes into the pockets of millionaires. 

[WayAbvPar]

I can see it now. "The Falcons played the Jaguars today and rectum." Jay and Dan will be thrilled!

[Surlyboi]

Damn near killed 'em.

[01101010]

Let the games begin:

http://deadspin.com/why-your-team-sucks-2016-tennessee-titans-1784250380

[HaemishM]

YES!!!! FEEL THE HATRED!

[Rasix]

Boring start.  But what can you expect with such a boring team?