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TheRealJoker said:
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Broncos Waiving RB Melvin Gordon

According to Ian Rapoport, the Broncos are waiving veteran RB Melvin Gordon on Monday. The team confirmed the news shortly afterward. https://twitter.com/Broncos/status/1594757813355483136 Gordon fumbled again in the loss to the Raiders and just has not
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Gordon's injury history since 2015 reads like a family's laundry list..............2 families' laundry lists.
 
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VIKINGS GOT TRICKED INTO PUTTING PORNSTAR TRIBUTE ON JUMBOTRON

Someone managed to pull one over on the Minnesota Vikings by getting them to offer #SkolSalute to pornstar Johnny Sins.

The Vikings’ #SkolSalute is a way of paying tribute to servicemen and women. While this is typically a great thing, someone snuck a picture of the pornstar through the Vikings’ social media team.

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Double Barrel said:
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VIKINGS GOT TRICKED INTO PUTTING PORNSTAR TRIBUTE ON JUMBOTRON

Someone managed to pull one over on the Minnesota Vikings by getting them to offer #SkolSalute to pornstar Johnny Sins.

The Vikings’ #SkolSalute is a way of paying tribute to servicemen and women. While this is typically a great thing, someone snuck a picture of the pornstar through the Vikings’ social media team.

Source

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NFLPA is reviewing medical reports regarding Matthew Stafford
Posted by Mike Florio on November 21, 2022, 7:09 PM EST

The NFL’s concussion protocol becomes best understood through its application. There’s a current application of the protocol that is very difficult to understand.
On Friday, Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford was cleared from the concussion protocol. On Sunday afternoon, Stafford was removed from a game against the Saints, to be evaluated or a concussion. Some 28 hours later, the

As explained last night, the NFLPA is monitoring the situation. Currently, the union is reviewing the medical reports.

It’s strange. It’s unusual. It’s arguably unprecedented. A player has a concussion, or he doesn’t. More specific to the NFL, he’s in the protocol, or he isn’t.
If there’s this much doubt, why not put him in the protocol, for his own good?

That’s what needs to happen. Whether the Rams are doing it deliberately or not, a bizarre loophole is being used regarding the absence of a time frame for making a decision. Maybe that’s because it’s a given a decision should be made within the time necessary to decide whether the player should or shouldn’t be in the protocol.
 
As promised, NFLPA files collusion claim over guaranteed contracts
Posted by Mike Florio on November 22, 2022, 11:04 AM EST


On October 18, NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith strongly hinted that a collusion claim was coming regarding the refusal of teams to give veteran players fully-guaranteed contracts. Within 48 hours after Smith’s remarks, the NFL made it known that the collusion bird had landed.

Kalyn Kahler of TheAthletic.com reports that, in a memo dated October 20, NFL general counsel Jeff Pash informed the league’s teams of the union’s formal allegation that the teams had agreed to not make fully-guaranteed contracts available to “certain quarterbacks” after the Browns gave Deshaun Watson a five-year, fully-guaranteed contract.

The collusion claim, based on Pash’s memo, contends that NFL owners and/or executives discussed at an August 9 ownership meeting not agreeing to additional player contracts with fully-guaranteed salaries. The union will need to prove that something along those lines happened; otherwise, the league will simply argue that the teams independently decided that they wouldn’t follow Cleveland’s lead.

The memo also notes that the NFLPA is not exercising its right to attempt to terminate the Collective Bargaining Agreement, if a violation is proven. (Former NFL player Sean Gilbert once ran for the position of executive director based in part on a plan to attempt to scrap the CBA based on collusion arising from the teams hiding behind the funding rule to refuse to give players fully-guaranteed deal.)

Since Watson signed his deal with the Browns, players like Kyler Murray of the Cardinals and Russell Wilson of the Broncos have gotten long-term deals that aren’t fully guaranteed. It didn’t seem to be a major sticking point for either of them. For Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, it has prevented a deal from being done.

Jackson wants a fully-guaranteed deal. The Ravens refuse to give it to him. The question in the collusion claim will be whether the teams and/or the league office have discouraged other teams from doing what the Browns did.

The union obviously believes there’s smoke. The challenge becomes finding the fire. In a later post, I’ll lay out some of the possible ways that the union may go about trying to prove it.
 
TheRealJoker said:
Wonder what happened?

Cardinals fire assistant coach Sean Kugler following alleged incident with woman in Mexico City

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Rumor is he was groping a woman or women in Mexico City.

He may be able to find a job for the Browns.

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Sources: Cards assistant fired for groping woman

Cardinals offensive line coach and running game coordinator Sean Kugler was fired after he allegedly groped a woman in Mexico City over the weekend, sources told ESPN.
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Just read that the nfl wants the people to donate their tickets to charity for the Christmas game of the rams against the broncos. They are afraid of the very low attendance


I had to kinda laugh not because of charity but nfl in general
 
Von Miller yesterday stated that he is going to try to return to play the week after this week, and play the rest of the season with a brace. If he tries to do so, I doubt we see him alternating right and left on the line. He will probably only be able to play on the left side. The brace will definitely limit his effectiveness and do little for the pain. I believe it is entirely unrealistic for him to play the rest of the season with his lateral meniscus injury. And if he tries to, further injury is probably in his future.
 
So, how long until the NFL adopts this technology? Sure would be better than obscured replays around the goal line. Maybe for first downs, too. The headline is the link to the full story

The World Cup's New High-Tech Ball Will Change Soccer Forever


Within every match ball is a device designed by KINEXON, a major player in the performance-tracking world across several sports. Per the company, this device weighs 14 grams (just under 0.5 ounces), and actually houses two separate sensors operating simultaneously:

  • Ultra-wideband (UWB) sensor: A type of technology that’s superior to GPS or Bluetooth for precise positional data, plus can transmit data in real time to constantly track the ball’s position.
  • Inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensor: A sensor meant to detect nuanced movements of an object in space.
“While the ultra-wideband helps me to have the position of an object, the IMU gives me the granular movement in three dimensions,” said Maximillian Schmidt, co-founder and managing director of KINEXON.
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Police still wait outside Antonio Brown’s house to arrest him
Posted by Mike Florio on December 1, 2022, 8:49 PM EST


Free-agent receiver Antonio Brown has made himself a prisoner in his own home.

Police officers are waiting outside his house in Tampa to arrest him on misdemeanor domestic violence charges. Brown apparently is inside the dwelling, and he won’t come out.

Via ABC Action News, police used a megaphone to urge Brown to give himself up. The authorities said they had spoken to Brown’s attorney. They continued to knock on the door and to call out for him.

“We’re not going anywhere,” the police said.

Brown apparently isn’t going anywhere, either.

Again, he’s only facing misdemeanor charges. The situation should be resolved simply and peacefully. Hopefully, that will happen sooner than later.
 
Random thought. Antonio Brown was a 6th round draft pick with 4.57 speed who worked his way to being an elite, deep threat NFL WR. By many accounts when he started his career, he was totally different from the way he behaves today. As his behavior has become more outrageous and erratic, I wonder if it's mental health issues or CTE from the hit he took from Burfict?

 
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Police still wait outside Antonio Brown’s house to arrest him
Posted by Mike Florio on December 1, 2022, 8:49 PM EST


Free-agent receiver Antonio Brown has made himself a prisoner in his own home.

Police officers are waiting outside his house in Tampa to arrest him on misdemeanor domestic violence charges. Brown apparently is inside the dwelling, and he won’t come out.

Via ABC Action News, police used a megaphone to urge Brown to give himself up. The authorities said they had spoken to Brown’s attorney. They continued to knock on the door and to call out for him.

“We’re not going anywhere,” the police said.

Brown apparently isn’t going anywhere, either.

Again, he’s only facing misdemeanor charges. The situation should be resolved simply and peacefully. Hopefully, that will happen sooner than later.
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Between this and Kanye praising Hitler, this has been a fun day for celebrities.
 
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TexansBull said:
At least AB can blame CTE for his behavior.

Kanye is just stupid.
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He's always been stupid. Moral of the story is people will put you on a pedestal if you entertain them, regardless of how dumb you are.

Then they'll knock you down when they realize that they've been celebrity worshiping a chump the whole time.
 
paycheck71 said:
So, how long until the NFL adopts this technology? Sure would be better than obscured replays around the goal line. Maybe for first downs, too. The headline is the link to the full story

The World Cup's New High-Tech Ball Will Change Soccer Forever
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Not to hijack this thread into any kind of soccer discussion at all, but merely as to the value in this technology, the sensors in the gameball showed in one of the most important moments of the tournament thus far that a goal was allowed to essentially knock a big name team out that would've have historically never been allowed.

This was the view as shown in tv replays on a ball that was considered by most everyone to be out of bounds, and that this particular play would lead directly to the game winning goal..

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When the tracking data showed a different aspect that aligned with the rule that states that the entirety of the ball must cross the line for the play to be considered out of bounds. An aerial view made later of the same play showed the data was correct, even if by the slightest of margins imaginable..

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Just goes to show how insanely precise this technology is and therefore it's obvious value.
 
Is there any technology like a radar gun type device that will measure a certain college football player's height prior to the combine in April?


Asking for a friend.
 
Mollywhopper said:
Not to hijack this thread into any kind of soccer discussion at all, but merely as to the value in this technology, the sensors in the gameball showed in one of the most important moments of the tournament thus far that a goal was allowed to essentially knock a big name team out that would've have historically never been allowed.

This was the view as shown in tv replays on a ball that was considered by most everyone to be out of bounds, and that this particular play would lead directly to the game winning goal..

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When the tracking data showed a different aspect that aligned with the rule that states that the entirety of the ball must cross the line for the play to be considered out of bounds. An aerial view made later of the same play showed the data was correct, even if by the slightest of margins imaginable..

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Just goes to show how insanely precise this technology is and therefore it's obvious value.
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I’m all for it, fire the plate umps! ️


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thunderkyss said:
… if it were ‘Mercia rules the line would be out of bounds & you can skip the funny doodads
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Bottom line, no matter if we're talking soccer rules or NFL rules, it all boils down to some point of the ball has to touch/cross some plane for it to be out of bounds, TD, goal, etc. So, we just need to know where the ball is at any given moment in time. FIFA and some leagues around the world have used the Hawk-Eye system (same as used in tennis) to figure out goal, no goal situations. With the sensors inside the ball, they now have way more data to determine the position and the behavior of the ball at any moment in time, with refresh rate of 500 times per second.

Here's a video of the use of the technology that has already been in use for a few years

With the new sensors, the positioning accuracy improves, but also gives you a better understanding of what is happening with the ball at any time, which is important for soccer when determining things like offside. I haven't even thought yet for all the different applications where this could help in football, but the goal line and first down situations are obvious. If you haven't watched any of the world cup, here's an offside example. And like Mollywhopper mentioned, this has already led to maybe one of the biggest decisions in this tournament that otherwise would be an endless controversy.
 
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