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

The problem with trading for Fields is that he is entering into the 4th season. Nobody is going to trigger the 5th season if they traded for him. And if he is successful for a period, what contract could you sign him to? The value that the Bears got is about what could be expected.

They don’t need to give Fields the fifth year option they can just see how this year goes and extent him if they want him back for 2025. Wilson will likely have moved on if that happens and Fields would have no reason not to re-sign

The Steelers methodology of patience and stability appears to have been tossed out under the new front office. It’ll be interesting to see how this works out for them

I like the new kick-offs idea they were gone stale. Shame nothing being done about QBs fake sliding and making defenders give up on tackles.

Chiefs sign Welsh rugby union & Lions player Louis Rees-Zammit

Rees-Zammit signed a three-year contract with the Chiefs - typifying the faith shown in the Welshman by Andy Reid's team as IPP players aren't guaranteed any length of contract. He has also been given a guaranteed salary in addition to a signing bonus. He has targeted a hybrid role playing at both wide receiver and running back, and his next task will be to try to earn a regular-season roster spot.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/american-football/68686340

Highly unlikely he will be making the active roster as a wide receiver.

If he does make it it will likely be as a return specialist.

No draft thread.

Please Patriots do not join the Jags, Jets and 49ers drafting a QB at three. Those QBs were Bortles, Darnold and Lance. No other QB has been drafted at three in the last ten years.

I think Penix is the best QB prospect in this draft.

Blank is a clown, I've said that many times.

Belichick saying he likes him a lot. He didn't like all the top rated QBs.

This is funny

I'd say the LasVegas and Denver are fuming with Atlanta taking Penix.

With them and Minnesota needing a QB, and Minnesota already expected to take McCarthy there would be only Nix left when it came around to Denver at 11 and LV at 12.

So Denver had to take Nix even though he was said to be the lowest prospect of the top six QBs, and Las Vegas were left without any of the top six QBs.

Chicago did well getting Oduze.

Oh, Falcons. Could have gone in for Lamar, instead are now paying similar money for Cousins and spending a top 10 pick on his replacement due to his age and injury.

Really like Morris but the whole thing is a mess.

Cousins four year contract is strongly front-loaded that it will be easier for the Falcons to move on from Cousins following year 2 but otherwise Atlanta's pick of Penix at number 8 looks to me as the most idiotic waste of a round one pick that I can remember since I have been properly following the draft over the past decade and pissing off your expensive newly signed veteran QB without giving him a heads up tops it all off

I agree its in all likelihood a bad decision but would I be totally in a minority of one here to say Id be apprehensive to have Bill Belichick as a head coach...

I just think his way of doing things increasingly wont fly and I dont see him as a guy that will change much from the blueprint that gave him success previously....imo he needs to have absolute power and thats something takes a while to establish...I think another NFL job now = failure unless he takes over the worst team in the league where they are almost grateful to him for just showing up, is given complete control, budget and 3 seasons to develop them....his way....hard to get that....+ players better not have any delusions of granduer etc

In fairness I probably have to accept that point!

Well you obviously wouldn't have taken Andy Reid either after a couple of bad drafts and a 4-12 season.

As regards the Falcons, I believe it was Belichick and not Blank who pulled the plug on that.

BB has a fantastic resume but it is inextricably linked with Brady and it fell apart after Brady left.

No idea how a team could entrust a rookie QB to BB after what he did to Jones.

For a team rebuilding with a QB, last time he had cap space to spend he absolutely squandered it.

For any other team, The Patriot/BB Way hasn't worked anywhere when Brady wasn't the QB and BB had plenty of opportunity to bring in fresh ideas into his set-up over the last few years but instead chose rethread after rethread of his former coaches who had been fired elsewhere, former players, and his kids.

Cherry on top, is his age. How long will he be willing/able to coach. Turning down a shot at the young, collaborative guys for a guy who might throw in the towel at any point.

Understand why his name and record would entice certain owners to sign up but in no way surprised that he struggled this year.