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

Why are ye pissing off Rodgers already with best wide receiver and tight end on the board and ye draft a olb. GM Rodgers will not be happy.

Thing is the scouts, for the most part, aren't much better.

Like I'm no expert but I've called some which seemed pretty clear to me over the years and they weren't picked in the first round.

For instance at QB the first thing I look at is what a QB does under pressure. If a guy is holding onto the ball running backwards regularly I'll draw a line through him. If he's looking to throw it away and going down taking the sack if it's not on that's a real good sign I think. After you see all that then you look at awareness, check down speed and obviously accuracy, arm strength, throwing motion and footwork.

For me though if you are the type who panics under pressure or want to be a hero on every play you have no hope of making it in the NFL.

I love receivers who move around to make it easier for the QB to complete the pass but a lot of scouts put speed first ahead of hands and iq. Justin Jefferson had incredible hands and that ability to move around and make it easier for his QB to complete a pass. He was the fourth receiver taken behind Ruggs, Jeudy and Lamb. I loved Lamb too and again his movement was incredible but I had him and Jefferson as the top two in that draft class.

When you look at all the top receivers in the NFL and I'm talking Jefferson, Kupp, Hopkins, Adams, Hill, Chase and AJ Brown, they all have that ability to make it easier for the QB.

Look at first round picks who haven't been as good like Cooks, Agholor, Dorset and Watkins and they don't have that. There's plenty of total busts as well but I'm sticking with players who are still playing.

There are always smokescreens but this year it made even more sense to do it given quality not being good this year.

There was basically no top tier talent that didn't have some kind of negative.

So many teams could see players different ways so it made sense to leak as most things were believable.

Also you just never use the Browns as a comparison. They have some of the worst contracts in the NFL with Watson, Amari Cooper and Denzel Ward.

They overpay a lot.

Definitely positive, they basically took the top players on the draft analysts boards when their picks came, two guys who 'fell'.

Kind of similar to last year where their picks were hailed after the first two nights of the draft but then all ended up all being rotation guys or backups.

Not sure if they're immediately that much better than this time yesterday, as they were additions in spots where they were already strong, but the guys they picked could end up being great long term.

Looks like you've jumped so quickly to disagree with me that you didn't even read the previous post and see that Itssoeasy was talking specifically about the Eagles, nothing to do with the Jets.

I don't know how I made that mistake. ☺️ My apologies.

Solid enough draft for the Chiefs with a few needs addressed, keen to see how Rice goes in the WR room. Apparently he was catching balls from Mahomes in Texas a couple of weeks ago.

Taking Donovan Smith to beef up the OL could be a nice move, one-year deal for plenty of experience.

International games are out:

Dolphins v Chiefs - The most anticipated game! Not only by me, but other people have been waiting for it.

The Schedule for the season will be released tonight but included in the five international games which have been announced. The dolphins and the jets will be on Black Friday the day after thanksgiving. The giants and the eagles play on Christmas Day, and the chiefs and chargers play on New Year’s Eve. The season opener has been announced when the chiefs will hoist the banner and its live on NBC Thursday before the first Sunday, and the NFL have decided its going to the **** Detroit lions. Did NBC lose a coin flip ?

RIP to a great

Jim brown is one of the all time greats. Damn that’s sad news.

I'm a massive fan of the man, his football was incredible and he did so many great things outside the game.

RIP legend.

Some new 'Global Marketing' assignations were announced yesterday. Ireland have been assigned Pittsburgh and Jacksonville.

I don't know what it means in reality - presumably there might be an appearance/workshop by coaches/players at some stage. And I guess if ever they expand the international series to include Ireland then Steelers & Jags will be most likely to be a participant. Though suspect that's a few decades away.

NFL on Twitter: "Announcing the expansion of the NFL’s Global Markets Program! 21 teams across 14 markets now have access to grow their fan bases around the world in long-term strategic effort to enable clubs to build their brands globally. https://t.co/8GNbM0Ph7B" / Twitter