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It's to bad Neanderthals aren't alive today, they'd have made fantastic RBs being short and incredibly muscled up and heavy. Their bones show a lot of injuries and trauma due to their close up hunting techniques, which would make them perfect for the Texans. :)
 
Thorn said:
It's to bad Neanderthals aren't alive today, they'd have made fantastic RBs being short and incredibly muscled up and heavy. Their bones show a lot of injuries and trauma due to their close up hunting techniques, which would make them perfect for the Texans. :)
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NFL’s distinction between replay assist for fouls called and not called makes no sense
By Mike Florio
Published March 26, 2025 08:32 PM

As most movies inevitably have a character proclaim in a moment where the audience is possibly growing confused, “Let me get this straight.”

So let me get this straight. The Competition Committee supports using replay assist for penalties called — but not for penalties not called.

For example, if a facemask foul is called but clear and obvious evidence shows it didn’t happen, the flag can be picked up via replay assist. If, however, a facemask foul is not called but clear and obvious evidence shows it did happen, a flag cannot be dropped. That’s not changing this year, if the Competition Committee has its way.

“The idea was that the game being officiated from [the replay booth] changes pretty much everything and takes away the judgment that we give to officials on the field and would require substantial rework of the rules,” Competition Committee chairman Rich McKay told reporters on Wednesday, via Kevin Seifert of ESPN.com. “So, I think everybody is kind of universal in saying we want the game officiated on the field, but we want replay assist to be able to step in when there is a clear miss of an objective element of a foul and fix it.”

Executive V.P. of football operations Troy Vincent added that the ability to use replay assist to throw a flag is a “non-starter.”

But there’s no difference. The game will be officiated from the booth if a flag is thrown when it shouldn’t be. Why shouldn’t the game be officiated from the booth if a flag isn’t thrown when it should be?

Moreover, replay already has the power to put a flag on the field if video evidence shows that a 12th player failed to get off the field before the snap. In other words, the supposed non-starter has already started. Years ago.

Here’s what it means, as a practical matter, for 2025. There will be more missed facemask fouls, and they still won’t be fixed by replay review. Even if that’s the only foul that can be called by replay assist, that’s the one the owners should demand be available to be called.

And here’s where it’s up to the owners to take charge of their sport. Yes, sometimes, the true stewards of the game need to show the salaried employees how it’s done. This is one of those instances where the folks capable of assessing the situation from 30,000 feet can and should clunk heads together and cast at least 24 ballots for a no-brainer rule change.
 
NFL moves to ban CeeDee Lamb’s “nose wipe” celebration
By Charean Williams

Published March 26, 2025 09:41 PM











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Deshaun Watson used this same celebration since 2018..................I guess Watson was considered a privileged untouchable by the NFL.

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NFL moves to ban CeeDee Lamb’s “nose wipe” celebration
By Charean Williams
Published March 26, 2025 09:41 PM

Cowboys receiver CeeDee Lamb is about to have a rule named for him.

The NFL sent the full rules report to its 32 teams this week and included is an addition to the unsportsmanlike conduct rule. In Rule 12, Section 3, Article 1(d) the NFL has made the “nose wipe” celebration illegal.

The nose wipe is a gang sign associated with the Bloods, indicating someone is untrustworthy.
Lamb has used the “nose wipe” as a celebration since he entered the league in 2020.

Beginning next season, it will become a 15-yard penalty.

The Pro Bowl receiver replied on social media Wednesday night, writing, “smh [shaking my head], i have plenty in mind” with an unamused face emoji.
 
With the Texans, Stevens was terrible and known for his whiffs. However no one was happy when he sustained his devastating injury. Matt was a fighter, may he RIP!

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Patriots Super Bowl Winner Matt Stevens Dies at 51​

Patriots Super Bowl Champion Matt Stevens has passed away at the age of 51.​

Mar 27, 2025 at 06:44 PM
Mike Dussault
Patriots.com Writer


Former Patriots safety Matt Stevens, part of the 2001 Super Bowl championship team, passed away on March 20, 2025, at the age of 51.

Stevens attended Chapel Hill High School, graduating in 1991, then enrolling at Appalachian State University. At Appalachian State, Stevens was a two-time All-American safety and played a key role in leading the Mountaineers to a Southern Conference Championship in 1995.

Stevens entered the NFL when the Buffalo Bills selected him in the third round of the 1996 draft. Over his eight-year professional career, he played for several teams, including the Patriots, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins, and Houston Texans. His most notable achievement came during the 2001 season with the Pats, where he contributed to the team's successful run to a Super Bowl XXXVI victory over the St. Louis Rams. He appeared in every game but one that season, registering 43 tackles in 15 regular season games, then adding six more in the three playoff victories.

Throughout his NFL tenure, Stevens appeared in 108 games, amassing 301 tackles, 13 interceptions, and one sack.
In 2007, Stevens faced a life-altering event when a motorcycle accident resulted in a spinal cord injury, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. He participated in clinical trials for the ReWalk device in 2011, a wearable exoskeleton that enabled him to regain mobility with the assistance of special leg braces.

Matt Stevens's legacy is marked by his contributions to professional football, his determination to overcome personal adversity, and the inspiration he provided to many through his resilience and dedication.
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
"Ahead of schedule" has become a scary statement. By studies, WR ACLs typically result in significantly compromised performance upon return. Buyer beware.

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Stefon Diggs reportedly running full speed, ahead of schedule five months after ACL tear
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Very interesting when you get into the details............not all is as it appears.

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Inside the new Stefon Diggs deal
Published March 29, 2025 07:15 AM

It was reported as a three-year, $69 million deal with $26 million guaranteed. It is not.

The new Stefon Diggs contract falls short on both counts, based on the details reported by Albert Breer of SI.com.

Here they are:

1. Signing bonus: $12 million.

2. 2025 workout bonus: $200,000.

3. 2025 base salary: $2.9 million, fully guaranteed.

4. 2025 per-game roster bonus: $3.4 million total.

5. 2026 workout bonus: $200,000.

6. 2026 base salary: $20.6 million, $1.7 million of which is fully guaranteed and $6 million of which is guaranteed for injury at signing and becomes fully-guaranteed in March 2026.

7. 2026 per-game roster bonus: $1.7 million total.

8. 2027 roster bonus: $200,000.

9. 2027 base salary: $20.6 million.

10. 2027 roster bonus: $1.7 million total.

The contract has $4 million in 2025 incentives, with $500,000 unlocked at 70 catches, 80 catches, 90 catches, 100 catches, 1,000 yard, 1,100 yards, 1,200 yards, and 1,300 yards.

There’s also an annual $500,000 Pro Bowl incentive.

The base value of the deal is $63.5 million, NOT $69 million. To get to $69 million, Diggs needs to make the Pro Bowl every year and catch 100 passes for 1,300 yards in 2025.

The guarantee at signing is $16.6 million. The total guarantee is $22.6 million, NOT $26 million.

Apparently, the initial reports included the $3.4 million in per-game roster bonuses in the guarantee. Even if they are, they still must be earned. And Diggs — who suffered a torn ACL last season — will lose $200,000 for each game his misses.

It’s basically a one-year, $18.5 million deal that includes very high per-game roster bonuses. It can be $23 million, if he hits all incentives for 2025.

The Patriots can escape the deal by next March, with only $1.7 million (subject to offset) owed for 2026.

Obviously, an effort was made to make the Diggs deal look better than it is. It’s not worth $23 million per year over three. It doesn’t pay $26 million guaranteed. It has one year of security, with a team option as to whether it will continue for 2026 and then for 2027.
 
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Dogfighting evidence against LeShon Johnson includes photos, recorded call
Earlier this week, former NFL running back LeShon Johnson was indicted on 21 counts related to dogfighting, several months after 190 dogs were seized from his possession.

On Thursday, a summary of the evidence against Johnson was filed in court.

Via Joe Mussatto of the Oklahoman, the evidence includes an electronic device seized from Johnson. It allegedly shows photos of dead and maimed dogs, and a photo of a dog on a treadmill.

The evidence against Johnson also includes a recorded phone conversation with an informant. On the call, Johnson allegedly refers to a specific dog bloodline as “nice and nasty.”

Johnson allegedly bred “champion” and “grand champion” fighting dogs. He allegedly developed dogfighting bloodlines for years — “and in some cases decades.” He previously pleaded guilty to dogfighting charges in 2005.
 
I always wondered why NFL players are required to wear high stockings.

1945: Commissioner Elmer Layden, apparently with way too much time on his hands, decides that NFL players have unsightly legs and decrees that all players must wear long stockings. This rule, still on the books, is why NFL players wear high socks while so many NCAA teams still play bare-legged.
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LINK [this link has some other interesting historic facts]
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
Very interesting when you get into the details............not all is as it appears.

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Inside the new Stefon Diggs deal
Published March 29, 2025 07:15 AM

It was reported as a three-year, $69 million deal with $26 million guaranteed. It is not.

The new Stefon Diggs contract falls short on both counts, based on the details reported by Albert Breer of SI.com.

Here they are:

1. Signing bonus: $12 million.

2. 2025 workout bonus: $200,000.

3. 2025 base salary: $2.9 million, fully guaranteed.

4. 2025 per-game roster bonus: $3.4 million total.

5. 2026 workout bonus: $200,000.

6. 2026 base salary: $20.6 million, $1.7 million of which is fully guaranteed and $6 million of which is guaranteed for injury at signing and becomes fully-guaranteed in March 2026.

7. 2026 per-game roster bonus: $1.7 million total.

8. 2027 roster bonus: $200,000.

9. 2027 base salary: $20.6 million.

10. 2027 roster bonus: $1.7 million total.

The contract has $4 million in 2025 incentives, with $500,000 unlocked at 70 catches, 80 catches, 90 catches, 100 catches, 1,000 yard, 1,100 yards, 1,200 yards, and 1,300 yards.

There’s also an annual $500,000 Pro Bowl incentive.

The base value of the deal is $63.5 million, NOT $69 million. To get to $69 million, Diggs needs to make the Pro Bowl every year and catch 100 passes for 1,300 yards in 2025.

The guarantee at signing is $16.6 million. The total guarantee is $22.6 million, NOT $26 million.

Apparently, the initial reports included the $3.4 million in per-game roster bonuses in the guarantee. Even if they are, they still must be earned. And Diggs — who suffered a torn ACL last season — will lose $200,000 for each game his misses.

It’s basically a one-year, $18.5 million deal that includes very high per-game roster bonuses. It can be $23 million, if he hits all incentives for 2025.

The Patriots can escape the deal by next March, with only $1.7 million (subject to offset) owed for 2026.

Obviously, an effort was made to make the Diggs deal look better than it is. It’s not worth $23 million per year over three. It doesn’t pay $26 million guaranteed. It has one year of security, with a team option as to whether it will continue for 2026 and then for 2027.
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Good deal for the Pats. I think it shows how cold his market was… I’d expect him to sign an incentive laden contract with a contender. But not a rebuilding team like the Patriots. But if it’s the best or only offer…

He basically has to perform like all pro Bills Diggs to make all of that money. And he was past that point even before the ACL. I think 1000-1100 yards receiving is his ceiling and not sure what he’ll look like post ACL.
 
TheRealJoker V2 said:
Good deal for the Pats. I think it shows how cold his market was… I’d expect him to sign an incentive laden contract with a contender. But not a rebuilding team like the Patriots. But if it’s the best or only offer…

He basically has to perform like all pro Bills Diggs to make all of that money. And he was past that point even before the ACL. I think 1000-1100 yards receiving is his ceiling and not sure what he’ll look like post ACL.
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History of WR post ACL is not on his side.
 

NFL considers moving Sunday games to Thursday night with only three weeks’ notice​


The NFL is considering switching games from Sunday to Thursday with only three weeks’ notice.

Owners will vote today on a measure that would change the league’s flexible scheduling rules, according to Ben Fischer of Sports Business Journal. If the measure passes, a game could be moved from Sunday to Thursday only 21 days in advance. Currently games must be moved 28 days in advance.

The league originally passed a rule in 2023 that would allow one or two games to be moved from Sunday to Thursday in Weeks 13-17, as long as the announcement was made 28 days in advance. That year, no games were flexed. In 2024 the league kept the rule in place and flexed one Thursday night, swapping out the originally scheduled Bengals-Browns game in Week 16 for a better Broncos-Chargers game.

Flexible scheduling is a great deal for Amazon’s Prime Video, the league’s TV partner for Thursday Night Football, which gets a better game to show. It’s also good for fans who want a better game in prime time. But it’s a lousy deal for ticket holders, many of whom plan travel around supporting their favorite teams only to have their travel plans ruined because the NFL changes the date of the game.

The scheduling rule will only change if 24 teams vote to change it.
 
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Source: Tush push ban has support in committee

At the league meetings this week in West Palm Beach, Florida, a source with direct knowledge told ESPN that the Green Bay Packers' proposal to ban the push sneak, popularly known as the tush push, has support within the NFL's competition committee.
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Another source with direct knowledge of competition committee thinking said the proposal would be "hotly contested" among the coaches, general managers and owners as they gather for league meetings this week.

After the competition committee session ended Sunday, Dallas Cowboys co-owner Stephen Jones explained the committee's view on examining the play, and the Packers proposal.

"We're looking for consistency as a committee, and we don't allow pushing," Jones said. "We don't allow the linebackers to push the defensive linemen on extra points and we're just trying to be consistent. These quarterbacks, I'm sure they would be wildly successful whether you're pushed or not. I'm sure [Jalen Hurts] he'll make first downs at a high rate, whether someone's pushing him or not, because he's an inordinately strong special athlete. So we're just trying to be consistent with the rule. Green Bay really brought something to our attention that we felt like certainly needs to be vetted in the meeting room and amongst the owners and see where we come out on it."
 
Several other articles clarify that this included sports events. It's about time that the scalpers get scalped!

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Trump targets ticket scalpers and high live event fees over price-gouging​

 
CloakNNNdagger said:
Several other articles clarify that this included sports events. It's about time that the scalpers get scalped!

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Trump targets ticket scalpers and high live event fees over price-gouging​

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Next somebody needs to target parking. Saw it as high as $80 for Astros opening day.
 
NFL approves expansion of replay assist
By Josh Alper
Published April 1, 2025 09:44 AM

The NFL’s replay assist system will cover more plays during the 2025 season.

League owners approved a proposal to expand the use of replay assist in a vote at the league meetings in Palm Beach on Tuesday. The proposal called for adding fouls for hits on a defenseless player, grabbing the facemask, performing a horse-collar tackle, tripping, and running into or roughing the kicker to be covered by the process.

Replay assist will now be able to be used to pick up flags thrown for those infractions as long as there is clear evidence on video that on-field officials erred by calling the penalties.

The change does not allow for flags to be thrown, so similarly clear evidence of an uncalled facemask or horse-collar tackle will not result in a penalty.
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
League owners approved a proposal to expand the use of replay assist in a vote at the league meetings in Palm Beach on Tuesday. The proposal called for adding fouls for hits on a defenseless player, grabbing the facemask, performing a horse-collar tackle, tripping, and running into or roughing the kicker to be covered by the process.
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I don't see late hit personal fouls, like the bogus calls in the KC playoff game, on this list. These changes are meaningless.
 

NFL changes kickoff rule to spot ball at 35-yard line after touchbacks​


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NFL changes kickoff rule to spot ball at 35-yard line after touchbacks

The league is hoping to increase the number of kickoff returns by encouraging teams not to kick the ball into the end zone.
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Kickoff returns are likely to increase this season after the NFL just incentivized kickers not to boot the ball into the end zone.

A rule change passed today will spot the ball on the 35-yard line after kickoffs into the end zone. Last year, the first season of the “dynamic” kickoff, touchbacks were spotted at the 30-yard line.

In 2024 about one-third of kickoffs were returned, with most going into the end zone for touchbacks. This year the NFL is projecting that about two-thirds of kickoffs will be returned, as teams decide giving their opponents better field position isn’t worth booting the ball into the end zone.
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