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New report suggests Daniel Snyder possibly won’t sell the Commanders
Posted by Mike Florio on February 24, 2023, 11:26 PM EST


From the moment Commanders owner Daniel Snyder announced that he was exploring the possibility of selling the team, some wondered whether it was a ruse, a ploy, an effort to buy time. To take the heat out of the proverbial hot kitchen.

Those who thought that may have been onto something.

Only one day after the Washington Post reported that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has hired an investment firm to explore a potential bid for the team, the New York Post has published an item suggesting that Snyder may not be selling the team at all.

It’s not the headline. But it’s the unmistakable conclusion of the new report claiming that the top bids to buy the team fell “far short” of a $6 billion cutoff, and that Bezos has been “benched” from bidding on the team by Snyder.
And the body of the article eventually finishes the thought, noting that Snyder may decide to keep the team, given that he didn’t get the offer he wants.
“He’s an ass and he may not want to give it up,” an unnamed source “closely watching the sale” told the New York Post.

Reports regarding bids for the team have been all over the place. Forbes reported in December that Snyder has gotten multiple bids “well north” of $7 billion. The Washington Post then reported that the initial statements of interest came in with a maximum bid of $6.3 billion. Now, the New York Post says the number fell “far short” of $6 billion.

And why wouldn’t Snyder want Bezos in the bidding, if Bezos would potentially give Snyder what he wants?

What Snyder may want is a pretext to not sell. What he may then provoke is a potential fight with his business partners over whether he should be ousted. Snyder may be willing to welcome that fight.

Caught in the middle of everything is a long-suffering fan base that simply wants Snyder out. Maybe it’s time for them to make their voices heard, loudly, in order to ensure that Snyder doesn’t do what the New York Post item suggests he might do.

And maybe it’s time for the league to tell Mary Jo White to finish up her investigation of Snyder and the team, which seems to have been placed in mothballs ever since Snyder said he planned to sell the team.
 
Russell Wilson’s first year with Broncos: ‘Too much influence,’ too few wins in disorganized disaster
By Kalyn Kahler, Mike Sando and Jayson Jenks

Hours before his first regular-season game with the Denver Broncos last September, Russell Wilson made an unfamiliar walk down the visitor’s tunnel at Seattle’s Lumen Field.

He immediately saw familiar faces. In the end zone, Wilson hugged three members of the Seahawks’ strength-and-conditioning staff. Near midfield, he removed his headphones and put his arm around Carl Smith, his longtime position coach in Seattle. He embraced Sean Mannion, a quarterback on the practice squad, and Derin Lazuta, an assistant equipment manager.

In the pregame calm before his first start against his former team, Wilson shared moments with players, coaches and staff from his decorated 10-year Seahawks career. But Wilson and Pete Carroll — the quarterback and coach who won the only Super Bowl in franchise history, who turned the Seahawks into a decade-long winner — did not speak to each other on the field before the game. Their postgame embrace after a 17-16 Seahawks win was quick and awkward.

The reason was unknown to the millions of fans who made the game the most-watched Monday Night Football season-opener in more than a decade. Seven months earlier, in February 2022, Wilson punctuated his growing frustration with Carroll and general manager John Schneider by making the most fateful power play in the history of the franchise.

Wilson and Carroll had clashed in recent years over the quarterback’s role in the offense and the overall direction of a team that had gradually declined after back-to-back Super Bowl appearances. Convinced that Carroll and Schneider were inhibiting his quest to win additional Super Bowls and individual awards, Wilson asked Seahawks ownership to fire both of them, according to league sources who spoke to The Athletic on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the details. Wilson also had a preferred replacement in mind: Sean Payton, who had recently stepped down from the New Orleans Saints.
https://theathletic.com/2409212/2021/02/25/russell-wilson-trade-seahawks/
That request set in motion a wild 13 months kicked off by Wilson’s stunning trade to Denver and a first season with the Broncos so calamitous the team fired new head coach Nathaniel Hackett after just 15 games. A Broncos season that began with so much promise — new ownership, a coach who helped Aaron Rodgers win multiple MVPs and a quarterback who had played in multiple Super Bowls — cratered into a 5-12 disaster, arguably the most disappointing season in Broncos history.

A lawyer for Wilson wrote a letter to The Athletic characterizing the assertion that Wilson called for Carroll’s and Schneider’s firing as “entirely fabricated.” The Seahawks declined to comment for this story. Hackett and Broncos GM George Paton declined to comment through representatives.
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Reports intensify that Jeff Bezos has been blocked from buying Commanders
Posted by Mike Florio on February 25, 2023, 7:12 PM EST

Various publications are currently engaged in a game of one-up over whether the one presumed buyer of the Washington Commanders has been blocked from making a bid.
On Friday night, the New York Post reported that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has been “benched” from bidding on the team. On Saturday, TheAthletic.com reported that Bank of America (which is handling the sale) has informed Bezos that he’s out.

TheAthletic.com also reports that Bezos has been prevented from bidding on the team “for months.”

The problem continues to be that Bezos owns the Washington Post, which curiously has been silent on whether Bezos has been blocked from buying the team. Most recently, the Washington Post reported that Bezos has hired an investment firm to evaluate a potential bid. This implies that Bezos has not been told to not bother making a bid.

Commanders owner Daniel Snyder apparently hates the Post. So even if Bezos would bid more than anyone else could, Snyder supposedly doesn’t want Bezos’s money.
It’s stupid, in my opinion. It’s petty, in my opinion. It’s quite possibly a pretext for not selling the team at all, in my opinion.

And it’s entirely in character for Snyder, in my opinion.

If Snyder won’t sell to Bezos, Snyder isn’t serious about selling. If Snyder is getting out, who cares if he hates the Post or Bezos or anyone? Snyder is cashing out.

And if it’s true that Bezos has known for months that he has no chance to buy the team, Snyder — in my opinion — was never serious about selling. He just wanted, in my opinion, to reduce some of the pressure at a time when an effort to force him out seemed to be inching toward critical mass.

The question now becomes whether other owners (like Jim Irsay of the Colts) will once again ramp up efforts to bring Snyder’s fitness to continue to be a member of Club Oligarch up for a formal vote, if they believe that Snyder’s interest in selling was just a misdirection.
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
Despite what the media is saying about "likely" trades, Ravens are as likely to placed the exclusive tag. Teams would be limited by the trade requirements which is a Deshaun Watson comparable deal...............fully guaranteed gargantuan contract................3 1st round + picks. Plus, assuming Baltimore hits Jackson with an exclusive franchise tag, he would have a de facto no-trade clause until he signs the tender. If Lamar gets what he wants, Watson's experience will no longer be able to be pointed to as "THE EXCEPTION"...........and QBs henceforth will be demanding the same or more. Thank you Browns. NFL/owners you've gotten what you deserve........................Poor fans!
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True and if a team makes that trade they are dooming their franchise to mediocrity at best.

No cap space, no high draft picks, oft injured QB.
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
Reports intensify that Jeff Bezos has been blocked from buying Commanders
Posted by Mike Florio on February 25, 2023, 7:12 PM EST

Various publications are currently engaged in a game of one-up over whether the one presumed buyer of the Washington Commanders has been blocked from making a bid.
On Friday night, the New York Post reported that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has been “benched” from bidding on the team. On Saturday, TheAthletic.com reported that Bank of America (which is handling the sale) has informed Bezos that he’s out.

TheAthletic.com also reports that Bezos has been prevented from bidding on the team “for months.”

The problem continues to be that Bezos owns the Washington Post, which curiously has been silent on whether Bezos has been blocked from buying the team. Most recently, the Washington Post reported that Bezos has hired an investment firm to evaluate a potential bid. This implies that Bezos has not been told to not bother making a bid.

Commanders owner Daniel Snyder apparently hates the Post. So even if Bezos would bid more than anyone else could, Snyder supposedly doesn’t want Bezos’s money.
It’s stupid, in my opinion. It’s petty, in my opinion. It’s quite possibly a pretext for not selling the team at all, in my opinion.

And it’s entirely in character for Snyder, in my opinion.

If Snyder won’t sell to Bezos, Snyder isn’t serious about selling. If Snyder is getting out, who cares if he hates the Post or Bezos or anyone? Snyder is cashing out.

And if it’s true that Bezos has known for months that he has no chance to buy the team, Snyder — in my opinion — was never serious about selling. He just wanted, in my opinion, to reduce some of the pressure at a time when an effort to force him out seemed to be inching toward critical mass.

The question now becomes whether other owners (like Jim Irsay of the Colts) will once again ramp up efforts to bring Snyder’s fitness to continue to be a member of Club Oligarch up for a formal vote, if they believe that Snyder’s interest in selling was just a misdirection.
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Snyder can sell to whoever he wants to sell the team too, for as much or as little as he wants. He owns the team, it's his money and he can do whatever he wants. Something Florio fails to understand.

Shocking that a liberal would fail to understand this basic principle of business.
 
steelbtexan said:
Snyder can sell to whoever he wants to sell the team too, for as much or as little as he wants. He owns the team, it's his money and he can do whatever he wants. Something Florio fails to understand.

Shocking that a liberal would fail to understand this basic principle of business.
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You're correct on all counts. But it appears that Snyder is at very least trying to delay losing the franchise, not likely thumbing his nose at the NFL and Washington fans looking for a way to ultimately keep the franchise.
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
You're correct on all counts. But it appears that Snyder is at very least trying to delay losing the franchise, not likely thumbing his nose at the NFL and Washington fans looking for a way to ultimately keep the franchise.
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Can you blame him if you were shoes?
 
steelbtexan said:
Snyder can sell to whoever he wants to sell the team too, for as much or as little as he wants. He owns the team, it's his money and he can do whatever he wants. Something Florio fails to understand.
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All new owners must be approved by the league.
 
Lucky said:
All new owners must be approved by the league.
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True but Snyder doesn't have to sell to Bezos.

In fact if the owners really want Snyder out they would do well to agree to who he wants to sell the team too. If they dont approve then Snyder will just continue to own the team.
 
steelbtexan said:
True but Snyder doesn't have to sell to Bezos.

In fact if the owners really want Snyder out they would do well to agree to who he wants to sell the team too. If they dont approve then Snyder will just continue to own the team.
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In a surprise turn of events.

Elon Musk buys the team and returns the "Redskins" name to the franchise and charges 8 dollars if anyone wants to officially complain on Twitter about how offensive it is.
 
steelbtexan said:
True but Snyder doesn't have to sell to Bezos.

In fact if the owners really want Snyder out they would do well to agree to who he wants to sell the team too. If they dont approve then Snyder will just continue to own the team.
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The use of NFL franchises is not accidental. The other 31 can force Synder to sell. Daniel can be a prick about it (which he can and will, imo), but the Redskins, errr, commanders is not an independent business like you and others on this board own.
 
steelbtexan said:
I bet he's telling the truth though.

Bottom line is he covered up a rape.
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Ive asked you about this a few times, where is the link? Never read anything about him covering up a rape. BTW, Vance Joseph had some issues at Colorado and he's had a head coaching job and is a dc again.
 
leebigeztx said:
Ive asked you about this a few times, where is the link? Never read anything about him covering up a rape. BTW, Vance Joseph had some issues at Colorado and he's had a head coaching job and is a dc again.
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I've told you several times that CnD posted an article on this.
 
AcresHomesTexan said:
The use of NFL franchises is not accidental. The other 31 can force Synder to sell. Daniel can be a prick about it (which he can and will, imo), but the Redskins, errr, commanders is not an independent business like you and others on this board own.
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No doubt if other owners dont allow Snyder to sell his team to the buyer of his choice, that this is going to be tied up in court for a long time.

Snyder's that guy.
 
Unlikely to be ankle stable/supportive, but could complete the facade before sustaining a season-ending injury. :tiphat:

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Former NFL employee claims league labeled photos of women with 'sexually degrading remarks' in lawsuit
Yahoo Sports
TYLER GREENAWALT
February 28, 2023, 9:15 AM

A former NFL human resources employee alleged in an employment discrimination lawsuit filed earlier this year in New Jersey that NFL Flims — the league's production team — kept photos of women in its archive with sexually-charged descriptions, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Victoria Russell, the plaintiff, said in the lawsuit she found “a chat room log tracking timestamps on NFL footage and linking the timestamps to sexualized and offensive descriptions of women captured on that footage" during a 2018 audit of the HR system. Phrases included: “cheerleaders buttocks,” “cheerleaders rear end,” “female fan in bikini top,” “naughty camera work,” “close up of cheerleader’s breasts; cleavage shot,” “shot of endowed woman” and “random woman, cleavage shot.”

In total, Russell said there were around 14 pages of the chat room "of sexually degrading remarks about women."

NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy said those images were marked "sensitive" so they wouldn't be used in future productions. He added that the aforementioned descriptions were inaccurate, per the WSJ, but maintained that NFL Films keeps all its footage — including those which are deemed inappropriate for use.
“Those frames are logged as ‘sensitive’ so that they can be removed from circulation, meaning they will not be accessible to employees whose job it is to locate footage for productions,” McCarthy said. “Ms. Russell didn’t have credentials for the logging system, nor did any aspect of her responsibilities involve accessing footage.”
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This new claim is loosely related to the federal investigation into the league, the Washington Commanders and owner Dan Snyder over toxic workplace accusations from the past several years.

Russell's lawsuit, meanwhile, was filed after she alleges she was fired six months after being promoted while she was pregnant without any warnings about her performance. Russell, who is a Black woman, worked in HR for the league between 2018-2022.

She claims she was denied a dedicated workplace, pay raises and advancement opportunities, according to the WSJ. Her contract as a temporary employee through an agency wasn't renewed, per the WSJ.

The league denied any wrongdoing with regard to Russell's accusations.
 
TheRealJoker said:
John Johnson is an excellent “buy low” candidate. I could see him signing a one year “prove it” deal to re-establish his value in line with the contract he signed with the Browns. At 27 years old he is in his prime and would be a good fit next to Pitre in this defense.

Browns to release safety John Johnson III at the start of the new league year, per report

www.cbssports.com
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I doubt you get him that cheap and he will probably sign with a contender.
TheRealJoker said:
www.nfl.com

Eagles promote QB coach Brian Johnson to offensive coordinator, hire Sean Desai as defensive coordinator

The Philadelphia Eagles have promoted quarterbacks coach Brian Johnson to offensive coordinator and hired Sean Desai as defensive coordinator.
www.nfl.com www.nfl.com
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They didn't follow the Rooney Rule.

They're supposed to interview one outside the org minority candidate. Wonder if God'ell will fine them.
 
steelbtexan said:
I doubt you get him that cheap and he will probably sign with a contender.
They didn't follow the Rooney Rule.

They're supposed to interview one outside the org minority candidate. Wonder if God'ell will fine them.
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I don't think the Rooney rule applies to coordinators, but it doesn't matter. Brian Johnson is a minority... surely you knew that as you were interested in him for the Texans
 
Remember when Gannon was thought to be a top candidate because of his coaching tree and the assistants he could attract? Lots of youth I don’t recognize here:

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Cardinals Announce 2023 Coaching Staff

On Wednesday, the Arizona Cardinals officially announced their 2023 coaching staff under new HC Jonathan Gannon. The full staff consists of: Special teams coordinator Jeff Rodgers Offensive coordinator Drew Petzing Defensive coordinator Nick Rallis Passing
nfltraderumors.co nfltraderumors.co
 
steelbtexan said:
I doubt you get him that cheap and he will probably sign with a contender.
They didn't follow the Rooney Rule.

They're supposed to interview one outside the org minority candidate. Wonder if God'ell will fine them.
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JB said:
I don't think the Rooney rule applies to coordinators, but it doesn't matter. Brian Johnson is a minority... surely you knew that as you were interested in him for the Texans
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I knew this. But you still have to interview a minority from outside your org.
 
NFL acknowledges “limited” freeze on pay increases
Posted by Mike Florio on March 1, 2023, 9:23 PM EST

Despite a full recovery from the pandemic and the advent of unprecedented revenue levels, the NFL is keeping the belt tight.
Amid widespread chatter of no raises being implemented for league employees, the NFL has acknowledged a freeze in pay. The league says it is “limited to executives at a certain level.”

The league has declined to provide any further details.

When the pandemic began, the league eventually imposed layoffs. It becomes delicate, to say the least, to persuade employees who suffered through the bad times to not share in the good times, and by all appearances things are currently very good for the NFL.

On one hand, the NFL didn’t become so successful by giving money away. On the other hand, employees tend to expect periodic increases in their pay, if only to keep pace with the cost of living.

Again, the league calls it limited. But that could make it even more troublesome for the affected employees, since they may be confused as to how some qualified for raises and others didn’t.
 
You know that the NFL will come down hard on Jones...........:cool:

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Appeals court reinstates assault lawsuit filed against Jerry Jones
Posted by Mike Florio on March 2, 2023, 1:53 PM EST

Cowboys owner/G.M. Jerry Jones is rarely at a loss for words. A recent court development may have him saying very little at the Scouting Combine.

Earlier this week, a Texas appeals court ruled that a previously-dismissed personal injury lawsuit against Jones should proceed, via Lana Ferguson of the Dallas Morning News. The case had been thrown out by a lower court in February 2022.

The case flows from an alleged incident at AT&T Stadium on September 16, 2018. Jones allegedly kissed the plaintiff “on the mouth” and “forcibly grabbed her without her consent.”

The attorney for the plaintiff, who is proceeding under the initials J.G., expressed approval of the decision to reinstate the case.
“We always knew we were going to win because the law was on our side,” Thomas Daniel Bowers said. “A victim’s finally going to get her day in court, and that’s very important.”

As the litigation moves forward, Jones inevitably will be questioned under the oath, in a deposition.

A separate issue arises from whether the NFL will investigate and/or punish Jones under the Personal Conduct Policy. Some believe there’s a double standard when it comes to holding players and owners accountable; a section of Playmakers is dedicated to that dynamic.
 
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