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Barring an unforeseen trade that would bring a huge contract to the roster, I do not understand the Browns renegotiating Watson's contract. I do not see any free agents that would benefit them that much.
 
TheRealJoker V2 said:
3rd round pick in 2023, former teammate of Will Anderson…

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Raiders Waive DT Byron Young

The Raiders moved on from a recent draft pick today. Per NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, the team has waived 2023 …
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Being the Texans have a need at DT, I wouldn’t mind seeing Ryans push to add Byron Young (Bama/Raiders). It seems as though the Raiders lost patience with him and sent him packing. Ryans might be able to get his talent to show up on the field. Again, a cheap signing with potential.
 
Xopher said:
From what I read they are going to roll it over to next year which gives them 60 something million in cap space.
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Reading Lucky's comment after your post, it seems like they will have $6 million in cap space after balancing the rest out.
 
OptimisticTexan said:
Being the Texans have a need at DT, I wouldn’t mind seeing Ryans push to add Byron Young (Bama/Raiders). It seems as though the Raiders lost patience with him and sent him packing. Ryans might be able to get his talent to show up on the field. Again, a cheap signing with potential.
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Eagles got him:

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Eagles Claim DT Byron Young

One of two Byron Youngs chosen in the 2023 third round, the defensive tackle is on the move. After the …
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NFL spotted two hip-drop tackles through the first two weeks of the preseason
By Mike Florio
Published August 29, 2024 09:40 PM

The NFL outlawed the hip-drop tackle this year. Through two weeks of the preseason, the illegal tactic didn’t happen many times.

During a media conference call on Thursday, NFL executive V.P. Jeff Miller said that the league spotted two hip-drop tackles through two weeks of the preseason. He said that the review of game footage from Week 3 of the preseason has not yet been completed.

Neither hip-drop tackle was flagged. The league isn’t dismayed by that. The NFL largely expects it.

“It really wasn’t the expectation when we went into the hip-drop tackle rule change. Rather, the goal was to get rid of that behavior.”

The league determined that the injury rate is roughly 20 times higher, and the injuries are more serious, when hip-drop tackles happen.

The hip-drop ban was accomplished through the addition of this language to the official rulebook: “It is a foul if a player uses the following technique to bring a runner to the ground: 1. grabs the runner with both hands or wraps the runner with both arms; and 2. unweights himself by swiveling and dropping his hips and/or lower body, landing on and trapping the runner’s leg(s) at or below the knee.”

The key factors are the “unweighting” by the tackler, and landing on the runner’s leg(s). If the defensive player drops his weight but doesn’t land on one or both of the ball carrier’s legs, it’s not a foul. If a tackler lands on the players legs without unweighting himself, it’s also not a foul.

Obviously, that might be hard to discern in real time, with the naked eye.

“If the officials don’t see very clearly on field the elements of the tackle, they’re not going to call it,” Miller said. “But instead our . . . football operations group is going to take a look at it after the fact in an effort to try to remove that through warnings, educations, maybe fines at the end of the day.”

That’s fine, and it makes sense. The problem potentially arises when a flag suddenly flies for a hip-drop tackle in a key moment of a key game. It might be better to make it something that can be fined but not flagged, unless and until there’s a high degree of confidence that the foul will be called consistently.

The league’s apparently acceptance that the flags will be inconsistent opens the door for the tin-foil hat crowd, especially if/when a foul for a hip-drop tackles extends a critical drive, late in a game.
 
Chargers Joey Bosa broke his left hand in an Aug. 4 joint practice with the Rams. He has been wearing a club to practice ever since his repair surgery.
 
I hate to hear this type of story! Multiple recurrences are prognostically worrisome. Prayers for him doing well.

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Jim Donovan, longtime voice of the Browns, retires to focus on his battle with cancer
By Michael David Smith
Published August 29, 2024 06:32 PM

Jim Donovan, who has been the Browns’ radio voice since the team resumed playing in Cleveland in 1999, is retiring because his health has taken a turn for the worse amid a decades-long battle with cancer.

“I have called my last Browns game,” Donovan wrote in a letter to fans. “As many of you know I have been dealing with cancer for many years. I’ve gone through every treatment imaginable. But my cancer is a defiant opponent and has returned and very aggressively. This will require me to devote everything I have in me to continue the fight and my family and I are committed to doing that. I have called Browns games for 25 years. Not a day has gone by when I haven’t paused and been so proud to be ‘The Voice of the Browns.’”

Donovan was first diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia in 2000, and he announced in May 2023 that he had a relapse of the leukemia and needed more aggressive treatment. He missed several games last season because of cancer treatment.

The 68-year-old Donovan also called national NFL games and Olympics broadcasts for NBC in the 1980s and 1990s.
 
Dak Prescott doesn’t care whether he gets extension before season opener
By Charean Williams
Published August 29, 2024 04:50 PM

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said he does not expect to sign Dak Prescott to an extension before the opener, but that does not preclude the team from continuing to negotiate into the season. In the end, though, it’s the quarterback’s decision.

He holds all the leverage with no-trade and no-tag clauses.

Prescott can choose to hit free agency in March, beginning a bidding war for his services.

The Cowboys’ only hope of signing him before then is by offering him a yearly average of $60 million or more, and even that might not get it done.

Prescott said Thursday he doesn’t necessarily need a deal before the season, but. . .

“I think it says a lot if it is or isn’t [done],” Prescott said, via Schuyler Dixon of the Associated Press. “But that doesn’t really matter to me, to be honest with you.”

Prescott was asked what it says if it isn’t done and said, “Just how people feel.” He answered, “I don’t know,” with a smile when asked “what people?”

Prescott bet on himself previously, waiting through two years of negotiations to sign a four-year, $160 million deal despite coming off a gruesome ankle injury. That’s why he didn’t hold out or hold in and instead will play out his contract if the Cowboys don’t come up with an offer that would make him the highest-paid player in NFL history.

He and the entire coaching staff, including Mike McCarthy, are among those entering the final year of their contracts, something that Prescott said he embraces.

“I’m blessed to play this game,” said Prescott, who counts $55 million against the team’s cap this season. “I’m getting paid a lot of money to do it. I’ve already got paid. To get paid again, that’s just part of it. I’m due up for that whether it’s signing here or whether it’s somewhere else that I don’t care to think about at this moment. It’s all part of it. For me, it’s like I said, it’s about controlling what I can and being the best version of myself, best leader and make sure all these guys in here understand that we’re on a mission. It’s not about next year right now. It’s not about my contract. It’s not about anything but getting ready for Game 1 against the Browns. Simple as that.”

Prescott is only 2-5 in the postseason, failing to take the Cowboys where so many other quarterbacks have since Troy Aikman. Tony Romo was 2-4 in the playoffs.

Jones was asked this week about committing to Prescott long term despite seeing the playoff success and said negotiations are more about the Cowboys than Prescott.

“You could easily say, if you haven’t seen it by now, you haven’t seen it,” Jones said. “I’m such a fan of Dak. And I appreciate all of the great things that we all know are there. And I appreciate his work ethic probably more than anything. I can’t tell you how proud I am that we’ve got him this year to start this campaign. . . . Dak’s situation, right now for me, has more to do with our situation than it does with the merits of Dak Prescott being the quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys.”

Prescott sounds as if he’s heard enough of Jones to last a career.

“Yeah, I understand that. That’s the business and the nature of this game that we play,” Prescott said. “Yeah, I mean, I stopped, honestly, listening to things that he says to the media a long time ago. Doesn’t really hold weight with me.”
 
Sweech said:
Allegedly we haven't put in any waiver claims for any players yet.

Wonder if they did have interest in him though.
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And meanwhile the Titans are churning their roster upgrading from the scrap heap:

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Titans Claim CB Darrell Baker Jr.

As they transitioned from Stephon Gilmore's one-and-done, they trotted out an unproven cornerback group save for slot ace Kenny Moore. …
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It was just last year when Caserio would do the same thing. But now the team is in the next stage of their development. There is no rebuilding, the window is now.

The Texans are contenders and barring significant injuries there simply aren’t upgrades from the scrap heap that can take someone else’s job on this roster. At least in the eyes of the decision makers. We can argue about certain positions but bottom line is we know Caserio would make a move if he felt he had to do so…. and he doesn’t feel that way right now.
 
TheRealJoker V2 said:
And meanwhile the Titans are churning their roster upgrading from the scrap heap:

www.profootballrumors.com

Titans Claim CB Darrell Baker Jr.

As they transitioned from Stephon Gilmore's one-and-done, they trotted out an unproven cornerback group save for slot ace Kenny Moore. …
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It was just last year when Caserio would do the same thing. But now the team is in the next stage of their development. There is no rebuilding, the window is now.

The Texans are contenders and barring significant injuries there simply aren’t upgrades from the scrap heap that can take someone else’s job on this roster. At least in the eyes of the decision makers. We can argue about certain positions but bottom line is we know Caserio would make a move if he felt he had to do so…. and he doesn’t feel that way right now.
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The Titans is a strange one because a lot of that rosters' core is fairly old making their win now window pretty small. They also still have arguably the worst o-line in the league and are really hoping the new coach is somehow able to pull off a miracle with it. Going off of preseason I remain unconvinced.
 
badboy said:
Reading Lucky's comment after your post, it seems like they will have $6 million in cap space after balancing the rest out.
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Sorry. I meant they have that much to roll over. Not that they will have that much next year.

"Cleveland converted $44.79 million of Watson's $46 million 2024 base salary into a signing bonus, the source told Yates. The move gives the Browns more than $62 million in cap space, the most in the NFL."
 

NFL Holding Off on Potential Rashee Rice Suspension – What's Next for Chiefs WR?​

There's a new development with the Rashee Rice situation, but everyone is still playing the waiting game regarding a potential suspension.

Jordan Foote | Aug 29, 2024​

Throughout the last several months, those in Kansas City Chiefs circles have spent plenty of time trying to analyze every angle of wide receiver Rashee Rice's offseason. Following a multi-vehicle accident in March that Rice was involved in, some expected the NFL to potentially suspend the former second-round pick ahead of the season, while others hypothesized that no discipline would be coming down in 2024.

According to a Wednesday night report from Mark Maske of The Washington Post, the league "is not expected" to put Rice on the Commissioner's Exempt List. Additionally, a final call on any sort of suspension will be made "once the legal process plays out," according to Maske. That, in turn, suggests Rice figures to be free to play out the 2024-25 campaign in the interim.

Maske obtained a brief statement from the NFL regarding its timeline for a decision:

“We continue to closely monitor all developments in the matter which remains under review," the statement began. "We will let the legal process play out before making any decisions.”

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What's next for the Chiefs and Rashee Rice?​


On the same day as Maske's report, a new trial date for a civil lawsuit against Rice and SMU football player Theodore Knox was set. Edvard Petrovskiy and Irina Gromova are seeking damages in their lawsuit, as we already knew, but the report of a trial start date on June 23, 2025, is new. That's without considering preexisting details on a separate lawsuit Rice was named in, which had its trial date of December 9, 2024, set back in May. Kamlesh Desai is seeking over $1 million.

The trickiest part of a potential suspension call is that the NFL appears far more interested in the results of Rice's criminal trial rather than his civil one(s). The second-year player is facing multiple felony charges stemming from the aforementioned crash, but there isn't any public knowledge of a date for that trial even being established. Without that handled, the league is choosing to play the waiting game.

When asked about his situation during training camp, Rice repeatedly mentioned his legal "team" handling the situation. He later expanded on continuing to evolve and learn from this experience, citing the need to have better influences around him.
"Just continue to surround myself with people that I want to be like," Rice said. "Continue to surround myself with people that are going to allow me to grow."

So what's next for everyone involved? Rice is still set to go to trial for the civil matters, he's going to play Week 1 against the Baltimore Ravens, and while the NFL waits on standby, he isn't out of the woods just yet. Despite a relatively cut-and-dried sequence of events on March 30 and considerable time passing since the incident, the league appears set to wait for a criminal trial to be narrowed down before passing judgment.
 
IDEXAN said:
FYI our guy (Delta RJ pilot DB Cooper) has recorded a faster 100 meter time than Hollywood,
so IMO no big loss for the Chiefs.
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Lol

You a funny man!

Yeah, but I’d always lose the 40.

And the shuttle.

Flat out speed isn’t everything.
 
Crooked judges are unchecked..........

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NFL seeks $389,715 reimbursement from Sunday Ticket plaintiffs
By Mike Florio
Published August 30, 2024 07:47 PM

After losing the verdict, the NFL won the judgment in the Sunday Ticket case. And to the victor go the spoils.

Via A.J. Perez of FrontOfficeSports.com, the NFL has formally sought reimbursement of litigation costs from the plaintiffs in the antitrust action. The amount requested, per the league’s filing, is $389,715.61.

That amount represents out-of-pocket costs, not legal fees. The league seeks compensation for witness depositions, travel, copying, and other hard expenses incurred in defending the case.

In the American system of civil justice, each side pays its own legal fees, with certain exceptions. In most jurisdictions, the losing party can be required to pay the winning side’s litigation costs.

It’s a matter falling within the discretion of the judge. In this case, it’s kind of a jerk move by the NFL to seek the money — and it would be the ultimate jerk move for Judge Philip Gutierrez to order the payment.

The plaintiffs won the case. They proved that the NFL’s Sunday Ticket package violates antitrust law. The plaintiffs ultimately lost only because the judge, in a different kind of jerk move, allowed the plaintiffs’ expert witnesses to testify about damages before deciding after the verdict was returned that the testimony wasn’t good enough. To make matters worse, the judge later refused to order the NFL to disband Sunday Ticket in its current form, even though he also found that the evidence supported the jury’s conclusion that it violates federal antitrust laws.

Yes, the league has every right to seek the money. Yes, it also makes the league look petty and vindictive for doing so.

Although the cash won’t come from the pockets of Sunday Ticket customers, the effort to force the lawyers representing those customers to pay nearly $400,000 becomes a warning to any other lawyers who might dare to help other Sunday Ticket customers prove that the out-of-market package violates federal law.
But, hey, football is family.
 
Xopher said:
Sorry. I meant they have that much to roll over. Not that they will have that much next year.

"Cleveland converted $44.79 million of Watson's $46 million 2024 base salary into a signing bonus, the source told Yates. The move gives the Browns more than $62 million in cap space, the most in the NFL."
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Watson named a Captain again. I thought you had to actually get on the field to be a captain?
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Deshaun Watson, Myles Garrett highlight Browns 2024 captains

It's team captain season in the NFL.
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It's team captain season in the NFL.
 
steelbtexan said:
^^^^
This

He's competing with McCaffery/Brown for the WR 2-3 spot. If healthy he's going to win one of those spots.
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That’s the rub. If he could stay healthy he would have stuck on this roster. Last year he missed 7 games, plus both playoff games. This year he missed OTA’s, came. Ack early in camp…then injured again. He’s going to be sitting on a couch looking in the want ads in pretty short order.
 
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