2022-2023 NFL Thread

[Logwyn]

It's some real sicko shit to watch Lions vs. Falcons pre-season....


...it me. I am that sicko. I just watched Desmond Ritter throw a pass.

I know it was players who won't make the 53-man roster vs the same 53. It was an entertaining and competitive game from both sides.

[Pendulous]

Cowboys committed about 50 penalties, so we've already seen the main reason they're gonna disappoint this season.

[draynay]

It's some real sicko shit to watch Lions vs. Falcons pre-season....


...it me. I am that sicko. I just watched Desmond Ritter throw a pass.

I'm waiting for hard knocks

[Northern Goblin]

Raiders still keeping most of their starters on both sides of the ball benched.

There's still a good wealth of talent on display. Nice to see actual squad depth.

[Hugo88]

Hoping Lamar gets his contract sorted soon.

Otherwise "Franchise Tag" next year maybe.

Ravens vs NY Jets and Flacco.. Sept 11 .. Should be interesting

[Vetali]

Patriots Panthers preseason game might be as exciting as preseason football gets. Its been non stop fights the past two days. Got really heated yesterday and multiple hits and fights today.

https://twitter.com/markdanielspj/st...12833348943877

[xskarma]

Patriots Panthers preseason game might be as exciting as preseason football gets. Its been non stop fights the past two days. Got really heated yesterday and multiple hits and fights today.

https://twitter.com/markdanielspj/st...12833348943877

Pretty sure these pre-season games with the Panthers have been lined up for several years in advance and Belichick couldn't get out of them, cause I have a hard time believing that he would willing set up practices with Matt Rhule as the opposing coach.

Can almost guarantee that this will be the last season we have the Panthers on the schedule in preseason, cause it's been the Panthers starting these fights on both days (once when a Patriots receiver ended up on their sideline after a play and was pushed out of there by a coach, and then today when that same reciever got seriously hurt on a play and his opponent stood over him taunting.)

So yeah, I think next year the Patriots will have the Giants on the schedule and the Raiders and some other team, and not the Panthers.

[ProphetFlume]

What’s the connection between Rhule and Belichick aside from being the Giants O-Coach for a year?

[draynay]

Our joint practices are boring because who cares about beating up on the Packers in preseason when we already beat up on them in the regular season.

[Kyanion]

Our joint practices are boring because who cares about beating up on the Packers in preseason when we already beat up on them in the regular season.

I like how there is next to no information about the Saints on ESPN or the Athletic, the athletic I can understand as it feels like they're going under and have no beat writer, but ESPN supposedly has one (from the Athletic) but there is hardly anything posted. So it is pretty sad.

[draynay]

11 games for Watson

He wants everyone to know he is sorry and that he is also innocent

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

11 games for Watson

He wants everyone to know he is sorry and that he is also innocent

$5 million fine as well.

Eh, it's at least over half the season and hopefully that ensures the Browns don't make the playoffs. That's really all I want. Don't reward the Browns for signing this creep.

[Espo]

$5 million fine as well.

Eh, it's at least over half the season and hopefully that ensures the Browns don't make the playoffs. That's really all I want. Don't reward the Browns for signing this creep.

He's still on the roster--they rewarded the Browns for signing him. That's on top of them only suspending him for 11 games, so he gets to play 6 games and get full credit for a season played so his contract matures a year. If anything--this entire thing says "great job betting on that one, Browns organization--you called it that he'd get nothing more than a slap on the wrist".

Properly not rewarding the Browns would be to suspend him indefinitely/into next year and/or ban him from the league entirely. Sacrificing one season to get an all-pro QB, who is only 26, isn't punishment at all. It's the equivalent of tanking for a draft pick to secure your franchise QB for the next 7-10 years.

This whole situation stinks. After Goodell comes out and says the situation warrants a minimum year suspension, he puts his tail between his legs and settles with a scumbag--and one who had no bargaining chip to settle with.

Playing a professional sport and making hundreds of millions is a privilege--and Watson doesn't deserve either. Yet all he got was a baby suspension and a fine equivalent to 2% of his contract. I'm pretty sure if anyone here were in a similar position--they'd be fired immediately and not have the best time getting employed anywhere else.

[Logwyn]

Bucs can't seem to find Shady....

Is someone else going to be their main dawg now?

[xskarma]

What’s the connection between Rhule and Belichick aside from being the Giants O-Coach for a year?

Belichick usually works with coaches he has a high opinion on. Can;t imagine that's the case with Rhule, is all.

I like how there is next to no information about the Saints on ESPN or the Athletic, the athletic I can understand as it feels like they're going under and have no beat writer, but ESPN supposedly has one (from the Athletic) but there is hardly anything posted. So it is pretty sad.

There's a guy, Nick Underhill, who used to be a beatwriter in New England, got a better job offer to cover the Saints, came back to New England after a few years but only lasted 1 year cause he wanted to go back to New Orleans, which he did.

He set up his own site, New Orleans Football, which is basically him and a couple of others exclusively following and reporting on Saints stuff. He was brilliant as a beatwriter in NE, and from what I can tell from the stuff he still tweets for free, that has not changed at all. Very insightful, analyzed and reported stuff, on top of the usual reporting on transactions etc.

This is his twitter, if you care to check him out: https://twitter.com/nick_underhill/s...52455925399557

[Kyanion]

There's a guy, Nick Underhill, who used to be a beatwriter in New England, got a better job offer to cover the Saints, came back to New England after a few years but only lasted 1 year cause he wanted to go back to New Orleans, which he did.

He set up his own site, New Orleans Football, which is basically him and a couple of others exclusively following and reporting on Saints stuff. He was brilliant as a beatwriter in NE, and from what I can tell from the stuff he still tweets for free, that has not changed at all. Very insightful, analyzed and reported stuff, on top of the usual reporting on transactions etc.

This is his twitter, if you care to check him out: https://twitter.com/nick_underhill/s...52455925399557

Thank you very much, even if it is just twitter I am curious what the team is doing in preseason. I'm just shocked that the lack of information out there on ESPN of all places, usually they have someone giving daily news reports on how it is going, but this time around? Jack Squat.

[Vetali]

Our joint practices are boring because who cares about beating up on the Packers in preseason when we already beat up on them in the regular season.

I am happy Pete still refuses to do joint practices. Plus geography makes it somewhat more difficult than the least coast.

11 games for Watson

He wants everyone to know he is sorry and that he is also innocent

I thought they were pushing for a full year...

[draynay]

Sorry I thought we all knew about Underhill.

I thought they were pushing for a full year...

Guess they didn't push too hard.

[xskarma]

Guess they didn't push too hard.

They gave him just enough games so he can come back in time to not have his contract toll AND to return for his revenge game against the Texans.

With some luck though he'll be rusty like hell and get walloped by the frisky and underrated Texans. A win for the Texans that week would make them a LOT of fans and admirers.


For the rest, all we can hope for is that treatment and counciling actually works on him, but given his reactions so far, I have a hard time believing it will.

[ProphetFlume]

They gave him just enough games so he can come back in time to not have his contract toll AND to return for his revenge game against the Texans.

With some luck though he'll be rusty like hell and get walloped by the frisky and underrated Texans. A win for the Texans that week would make them a LOT of fans and admirers.


For the rest, all we can hope for is that treatment and counciling actually works on him, but given his reactions so far, I have a hard time believing it will.

Meh. I wish Texans wouldn’t get let off the hook for hiding this shit for years and only releasing it like revenge porn when it became clear he would never play for them again. Texans are far worse than the Browns imo, and from what I’ve seen most players support watson so I’ll pass on supporting anything from that game.

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Belichick usually works with coaches he has a high opinion on. Can;t imagine that's the case with Rhule, is all.

Oh I didn’t know they were coordinated, thought the league assigned it.