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markn said:
Quality QBs are such a rare commodity that I'm sure someone will take a punt on him, but I just can't get past the 5'10" height. Can he really be a success in the NFL?
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He's done it college and could very well do it in the NFL if he gets picked by the right team. Jags could be a good fit.
 
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disaacks3 said:
I'm waiting to see if Dennison follows suit as well. Lord knows we could use an OC like him back here.
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That wouldn't surprise me at all. The difference of "philosophy" that caused Kubiak to pull out of his "new" deal with the Broncos was that Kubiak wanted the Broncos to hire Dennison and one of his other old coaches................Elway said that he wasn't going to rehire coaches that he had already fired.
 
It's January 17th, and I haven't gotten my Texans season tickets invoice. I received my invoice last year on January 12th, and I want to know how much the price increased this year. Yep, I will still renew, but it's always been my Texans unwelcome to the new year.
 
Luck has been named PFWA's NFL Comeback Player of the Year.

He has indeed had a remarkable comeback. I re-watched Luck's last game that I taped. As good as he played up to that game, the main reason he appeared to play so poorly was not because of the D alone. His accuracy (52% completion) was out of character poor. He was throwing passes into the ground and he was arching long ducks. These are the same issues you see with a QB with shoulder problems when shoulder range of motion is blunted, and the power and motion is transferred more from the elbow than the shoulder. This could just be an isolated game issue...........or it could be that Luck's shoulder was seeing the effects of a long season which saw him throw ~700 times. I was already beginning to notice these same patterns in the Texans game where he only managed 59% completion...........but our pass rush and secondary coverage was so poor that it was easy to overlook.
 
Congratulations to Jim Kelly who continues to be a walking miracle. After 2 recurrences of an aggressive jaw cancer that he has been dealing with since 2014, although he still maintains a risk of recurrent disease...............his MRI is clear, and at this time, he is free of any detectable malignancy.
 
Report: NFL No Longer Has General Liability Insurance Covering Head Trauma

By Jenna West
January 17, 2019
Changes in the insurance market are creating a problem for the NFL as it looks to protect players from head trauma, according to Steve Fainaru and Mark Fainaru-Wada for ESPN's Outside the Lines.

ESPN reports the league is dealing with "an evaporating insurance market that is fundamentally altering the economics of the sport, squeezing and even killing off programs faced with higher costs and a scarcity of available coverage." Multiple sources told ESPN that the NFL no longer has general liability insurance covering head trauma.

In 2013, the NFL settled a class-action lawsuit with thousands of former players that provided up to $5 million per retirees for serious medical conditions associated with head trauma. Prior to that, there were "at least a dozen" insurance carriers in the market that could coffer coverage to professional football teams. Now, only one carrier, Berkley Entertainment & Sports, remains, reports ESPN.

The NFL has implemented several rule changes over recent years to try to decrease head injuries. Before the start of this season, the league instituted a new rule to reduce targeting. The rule states that players cannot lower their heads to initiate and make contact with opponents, and players who do will receive a 15-yard penalty.

ESPN reports that changes in the insurance market are affecting helmet manufactuers and football at all levels. Youth, high school and college programs are also facing issues with insurance coverage but don't have the amount of money the NFL does.

"Basically, the world has left the marketplace," Alex Fairly, CEO of the risk management firm Fairly Group, told ESPN. "If you're football, hockey or soccer, the insurance business doesn't want you."

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Health nsurance coverage for plain Jane and 6 pack Joe is hard enough to find, and once found borderline or non affordable. Soon, the only alternative for continued NFL survival will be self-insuring.................and that could ultimately make for the non viability of NFL football as we know it today.
 
It sucks watching a coach with less tenure than O'Brien (or Kubiak for that matter) in a championship game. I hope we don't see the Rams in the SuperBowl.
 
PapaL said:
KC over NE
Rams over Saints.

Y’all?
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Rooting for either a Brees vs Mahomes (MVP vs MVP) or a Brees/Payton vs Brady/Belichick (HoF'ers everywhere) SB.

Chiefs/Rams could be pretty cool too in a fresh battle of the new blood.

Even Rams/Pats wouldn't be a terrible SB (McVay vs Belichick in a bit of possible torch passing), just the least intriguing of the bunch.
 
Mollywhopper said:
Rooting for either a Brees vs Mahomes (MVP vs MVP) or a Brees/Payton vs Brady/Belichick (HoF'ers everywhere) SB.

Chiefs/Rams could be pretty cool too in a fresh battle of the new blood.

Even Rams/Pats wouldn't be a terrible SB (McVay vs Belichick in a bit of possible torch passing), just the least intriguing of the bunch.
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Whichever gets us closer to Belichick & Brady calling it a day & riding off to that HOF sunset is what I'm rooting for.
 
thunderkyss said:
I'd be happy if Reid wins a Superb Owl
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I don't really care who wins, as long as their QB isn't Mahomes or Brady. I'm tired of listening to the hyping broadcasters, announcers, and football pundits about Mahomes and Brady. I don't even know if I'll watch the game anyway. LOL
 
Man that Belichick is a dumb coach. They been running the ball all game. Why throw it on the goal line.




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ATXtexanfan said:
Has there ever been a more blatant PI lol

I mean all this work for everyone but the refs to see a PI

We dont know what a catch is and yet the refs done know what a PI is
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Another exmple of the NFL being rigged.

It's so blatant that it would be funny if it weren't true.
 
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