The Weird, Wacky and Awesome World of the NFL - General Banter thread V3

As you can see from the picture on my profile I like him a lot. He's my favourite player.

Yes you've got it in one there. ST's is considered less important which is wrong in my opinion. If you were outstanding at your position then you should be in the hall without question.

Hester for me should have been first ballot. Matthew Slater is similar in a different way but he's not even retired yet.

Both multiple all-pro and probowl selections.

I think the Rams have given up on the season. Kupp, Donald, Stafford and Robinson all out now. It looks to me like when the season was done, they told the lads to rest and recuperate for next year.

They could be getting ready to do a rebuild, and looking to trade some of those guys to start getting some picks back. Injuries would do them no good on that front.

They've been incredibly lucky over the last few years when it comes to injuries to star players so they were due something like that happening.

4th vs 3rd placed schedule in the NFC isn't going to be significantly different enough to make you choose to tank. At this stage I'd probably argue the only difference making schedule is getting 1st in the AFC and having to come up against Mahomes/Allen/Burrow or Lamar.

He's not saying they're tanking (which suggests they're doing it for schedule/trade gain), he's saying they're resting starters to avoid reinjury and give them a full 9/10 months to recover.

Anyone have any idea why the lads at The Irish NFL Show have split out into two shows? There’s now The Irish NFL Show and then Michael has Pro Football Ireland. Hard to get the time to listen to both pods when I’ve soccer and Gaelic ones to listen to as well!

It'll be interesting to see how that goes. A lot of his teammates are apparently not very happy with him. He has a lot of work to do to get them back on his side.

Then there's the receivers, Elijah Moore praised White and he had 131 yards in three games with him compared to 28 the three weeks before that with Wilson.

Garrett Wilson had 219 yards in his last three weeks with Wilson and 335 in the three weeks with White.

Franco Harris the HOF RB of the Pittsburgh steelers and the player who scored the TD from the immaculate reception whose 50th anniversary is this Friday had died at the age of 72.

Any interview I’ve seen of his, he came across as a very nice guy who didn’t seem fed up with him being defined by one play. It’s a play that can be said launched a dynasty.

Carr looks gone then. The window for them to find a trade is very narrow before a bunch more money becomes guaranteed - right after the Super Bowl.

Will be interesting whether they'll be able to find a partner in that small window, one that Carr will waive his no trade clause for. Might end up just getting cut.

Adams will then be in a weird spot having left to play for Carr (one reason he gave anyway).

Carr has had seven head coaches. I agree that he's a decent QB with a good head on his shoulders and if he goes I'd expect to see him find a nice contract and starting job elsewhere.

Somebody mentioned Devante Adams earlier. Carr being there was a huge reason he signed with them, they are great friends and played together in college at Fresno State.

Imo this isn't the year to be drafting a QB either if that's the plan, and McDaniels has always been a believer of building through the draft.

Next year, '24, is a stacked QB class. The fact that Bryce Young is considered by most as the top QB in the '23 class says it all really. I don't think Young will be successful in the NFL. Personally the only one I'd consider in this class is Michael Penix.

You are basically giving up $4 million extra against the cap to keep Carr through '23. That's not a huge penalty.

Where are you getting $4m from?

If they trade or cut him before the new guarantees kick in it will cost them only around $6m, but if they keep Carr through '23 it is going to cost more than $40m. It isn't like their owner is cash rich to keep a QB on that salary if they don't see a future.

Not sure on the cap but benching him feels like they want him healthy for a trade. Whether or not the go with a bridge QB or get a young QB this year is a different story. Carr hasn't had his best year but is unquestionably better than Stidham and has left the team to not be a distraction so isn't even on the bench. That isn't trying to put your best team on the field.

Yeah a good shout. If Brady retires the Bucs would be another nice landing spot. The Saints don't have anyone either, actually the whole NFC South could do with an upgrade at the position. Then you've got the Colts, the Texans and the Titans who could all do with signing someone.

There's lots of openings.