NFL Thread v2: The 2020 NFL Season!

[Luminesa]

The strained relationship between the Steelers and ex-LB James Harrison just got a whole lot more interesting.

Harrison claims that HC Mike Tomlin handed him an envelope after he was fined $75k for a hit on Browns WR Mohamed Massaquoi in 2010 (Source).

Predictably, Art Rooney II denied the allegation and said there was no basis for believing the claim.

Less predictably and perhaps more interestingly, Harrison's longtime agent Bill Parise says it "never happened" and "I would have known that."

Harrison's beef with the Steelers and Tomlin is well known, but Tomlin has also been shady at points in his career and I wouldn't put a stunt like this past him. I think it's Parise that tips the scales for me and leads me to believe Harrison is making things up. Regardless, it's an embarrassing development for a franchise that's already been drowning in drama for the past couple of years.

You’d think losing 3 games in a row at the end of the season, and losing what should have been indisputable playoff status, would have been a wake-up call for them to stop the nonsense.

[Maineiacs]

The strained relationship between the Steelers and ex-LB James Harrison just got a whole lot more interesting.

Harrison claims that HC Mike Tomlin handed him an envelope after he was fined $75k for a hit on Browns WR Mohamed Massaquoi in 2010 (Source).

Predictably, Art Rooney II denied the allegation and said there was no basis for believing the claim.

Less predictably and perhaps more interestingly, Harrison's longtime agent Bill Parise says it "never happened" and "I would have known that."

Harrison's beef with the Steelers and Tomlin is well known, but Tomlin has also been shady at points in his career and I wouldn't put a stunt like this past him. I think it's Parise that tips the scales for me and leads me to believe Harrison is making things up. Regardless, it's an embarrassing development for a franchise that's already been drowning in drama for the past couple of years.

"Days of Our Steelers" as UT calls it.

[Jerzylvania]

Share those drugs with me Ran.

Haha ouch. I don’t think it’s too far fetched.

That's why we know those drugs are CIA stash grade. Come on, you can share! I wanna see the Orioles, lol, win the World Series.

Sounds like another season of McCaffrey being their entire offense.

Word around the leagues is that all the offensive guys on their board got taken before their picks. Also, it isn't like Carolina's offseason wasn't shored up at all, they got Robby Anderson

Not the offensive guys the Ravens picked. They were steals.

The strained relationship between the Steelers and ex-LB James Harrison just got a whole lot more interesting.

Harrison claims that HC Mike Tomlin handed him an envelope after he was fined $75k for a hit on Browns WR Mohamed Massaquoi in 2010 (Source).

Predictably, Art Rooney II denied the allegation and said there was no basis for believing the claim.

Less predictably and perhaps more interestingly, Harrison's longtime agent Bill Parise says it "never happened" and "I would have known that."

Harrison's beef with the Steelers and Tomlin is well known, but Tomlin has also been shady at points in his career and I wouldn't put a stunt like this past him. I think it's Parise that tips the scales for me and leads me to believe Harrison is making things up. Regardless, it's an embarrassing development for a franchise that's already been drowning in drama for the past couple of years.

Tomlin's the kind of guy that turns his back on the play as he stares at the play on the stadium's big screen. Mike then gets in the way of an opponent's kick returner heading for a sure TD during a prime time night game. Never seen another coach pull a stunt like that in 55 years of watching football. So I wouldn't be at all surprised if Harrison's story is true.

[Luminesa]

The strained relationship between the Steelers and ex-LB James Harrison just got a whole lot more interesting.

Harrison claims that HC Mike Tomlin handed him an envelope after he was fined $75k for a hit on Browns WR Mohamed Massaquoi in 2010 (Source).

Predictably, Art Rooney II denied the allegation and said there was no basis for believing the claim.

Less predictably and perhaps more interestingly, Harrison's longtime agent Bill Parise says it "never happened" and "I would have known that."

Harrison's beef with the Steelers and Tomlin is well known, but Tomlin has also been shady at points in his career and I wouldn't put a stunt like this past him. I think it's Parise that tips the scales for me and leads me to believe Harrison is making things up. Regardless, it's an embarrassing development for a franchise that's already been drowning in drama for the past couple of years.

"Days of Our Steelers" as UT calls it.

The soap opera we never know we need until he makes new episodes.

[Balaslandia]

Welp.
Bad year for texans fans.
Cowboys too

[Shazbotdom]

So, I know this would most likely go into the College Football Thread, but on the ESPN App there is a video (roughly 20 minutes long) where Coach Saban breaks down Joe Burrow's performance in the CFB Championship Game. At the end of the video he says that Joe will have a hell of a career in the NFL.

For a coach who is normally an asshole, it was great for him to give Joe Burrow that much respect.

[Ranoria]

So, I know this would most likely go into the College Football Thread, but on the ESPN App there is a video (roughly 20 minutes long) where Coach Saban breaks down Joe Burrow's performance in the CFB Championship Game. At the end of the video he says that Joe will have a hell of a career in the NFL.

For a coach who is normally an asshole, it was great for him to give Joe Burrow that much respect.

That's fine for here, Joe Burrow is an NFL Quarterback. Could you share a link if you have it, actually?

Saban's word definitely carries weight. Joe Burrow thrashing Clemson, Oklahoma, and the rest of the SEC is what sold me on him. Dude looked like he was playing on rookie difficulty in madden during the playoff+championship.

[Shazbotdom]

So, I know this would most likely go into the College Football Thread, but on the ESPN App there is a video (roughly 20 minutes long) where Coach Saban breaks down Joe Burrow's performance in the CFB Championship Game. At the end of the video he says that Joe will have a hell of a career in the NFL.

For a coach who is normally an asshole, it was great for him to give Joe Burrow that much respect.

That's fine for here, Joe Burrow is an NFL Quarterback. Could you share a link if you have it, actually?

Saban's word definitely carries weight. Joe Burrow thrashing Clemson, Oklahoma, and the rest of the SEC is what sold me on him. Dude looked like he was playing on rookie difficulty in madden during the playoff+championship.

It's a video, let me see If I can do it or not. Give me a few.


EDIT:
IT's an ESPN+ thing. Here's the link, but if you don't have ESPN+, you can't watch it.
https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/ ... 5a6c9d648c

[Tombradyonia]

So, I know this would most likely go into the College Football Thread, but on the ESPN App there is a video (roughly 20 minutes long) where Coach Saban breaks down Joe Burrow's performance in the CFB Championship Game. At the end of the video he says that Joe will have a hell of a career in the NFL.

For a coach who is normally an asshole, it was great for him to give Joe Burrow that much respect.

That's fine for here, Joe Burrow is an NFL Quarterback. Could you share a link if you have it, actually?

Saban's word definitely carries weight. Joe Burrow thrashing Clemson, Oklahoma, and the rest of the SEC is what sold me on him. Dude looked like he was playing on rookie difficulty in madden during the playoff+championship.

The overpaid one forgot the flaw in this plan. Burrow is in Cincy. Cincy's owner is Mike Brown.

[Jerzylvania]

Some interesting data on Lamar Jackson.

[The Two Jerseys]

Any of you Ravens fans want to buy a Ravens tailgate van? I know where you can find one.

[Luminesa]

Any of you Ravens fans want to buy a Ravens tailgate van? I know where you can find one.

Can I re-decorate it into a Saints tailgate van?

[The Two Jerseys]

Any of you Ravens fans want to buy a Ravens tailgate van? I know where you can find one.

Can I re-decorate it into a Saints tailgate van?

You can sacrifice it to Bigfoot and Grave Digger for all I care, I don't have any stake in it.

[Jerzylvania]

Ravens' GM Eric Decosta named Sporting News NFL Executive of the Year

[Ameriganastan]

Ravens' GM Eric Decosta named Sporting News NFL Executive of the Year

...Yay?

[Shazbotdom]

So,

Apparently DeAndre Hopkins thinks that he's the best Wideout in the NFL. Is it me, or does that sound like a load of bullshit?

[The Two Jerseys]

So,

Apparently DeAndre Hopkins thinks that he's the best Wideout in the NFL. Is it me, or does that sound like a load of bullshit?

It's not you.

Everyone knows that T.O. is the best wide receiver in history. Now give T.O. more money.

[Jerzylvania]

Ravens' GM Eric Decosta named Sporting News NFL Executive of the Year

...Yay?

Yay!

[Ameriganastan]

Gordon out here already shit-talking his old team. He's gonna fit in with the Broncos just fine.

[Ranoria]

So,

Apparently DeAndre Hopkins thinks that he's the best Wideout in the NFL. Is it me, or does that sound like a load of bullshit?

I wouldn’t say bullshit, because there’s definitely an argument to be made. Him and Julio, maybe you could work Michael Thomas into the conversation too, but I don’t think he [thomas] is quite there yet. If AB was still playing he’d be in that. Hopkins is a beast. In 2018 the dude set the record for catches without a drop (115), and only 105 of those catches were considered catchable. Yet he had 0 drops. He’s stupid good. I think I’d still take Julio, but not by much and Hopkins blows him away with scoring production.

Gordon out here already shit-talking his old team. He's gonna fit in with the Broncos just fine.

I wouldn’t even call that trashing them, it’s the truth. The media talks about it constantly. He didn’t dog any players and he said himself that he loves them still, but no Chargers fans are EVER at those games.

[Oxes Republic]

Gordon out here already shit-talking his old team. He's gonna fit in with the Broncos just fine.

I mean playing in a stadium of no fans is better than a stadium of opposing team fans.

But hey, the Chargers didn't have to cover any seats last year! Baby steps

[Idzequitch]

So,

Apparently DeAndre Hopkins thinks that he's the best Wideout in the NFL. Is it me, or does that sound like a load of bullshit?

I wouldn’t say bullshit, because there’s definitely an argument to be made. Him and Julio, maybe you could work Michael Thomas into the conversation too, but I don’t think he [thomas] is quite there yet. If AB was still playing he’d be in that. Hopkins is a beast. In 2018 the dude set the record for catches without a drop (115), and only 105 of those catches were considered catchable. Yet he had 0 drops. He’s stupid good. I think I’d still take Julio, but not by much and Hopkins blows him away with scoring production.

Gordon out here already shit-talking his old team. He's gonna fit in with the Broncos just fine.

I wouldn’t even call that trashing them, it’s the truth. The media talks about it constantly. He didn’t dog any players and he said himself that he loves them still, but no Chargers fans are EVER at those games.

Charger fans, by and large, are among the least devoted fans in the NFL, largely because the Chargers organization seems to constantly betray and screw over their fans.

[Luminesa]

I wouldn’t say bullshit, because there’s definitely an argument to be made. Him and Julio, maybe you could work Michael Thomas into the conversation too, but I don’t think he [thomas] is quite there yet. If AB was still playing he’d be in that. Hopkins is a beast. In 2018 the dude set the record for catches without a drop (115), and only 105 of those catches were considered catchable. Yet he had 0 drops. He’s stupid good. I think I’d still take Julio, but not by much and Hopkins blows him away with scoring production.



I wouldn’t even call that trashing them, it’s the truth. The media talks about it constantly. He didn’t dog any players and he said himself that he loves them still, but no Chargers fans are EVER at those games.

Charger fans, by and large, are among the least devoted fans in the NFL, largely because the Chargers organization seems to constantly betray and screw over their fans.

Agreed. Like any company, it’s hard to have love for your job and your employers when they constantly make you play with some of the most miserable conditions in the organization. No fans, they’ve been moved out of their city, they share a stadium with two other teams, even their uniforms are uninspiring and bland. And unlike the Rams and Raiders, they’re not currently being promised a shiny new stadium. And now they just lost Philip Rivers. They’re gonna be this way for a while, probably until their ownership and upper management remembers they exist again.

[Luminesa]

So,

Apparently DeAndre Hopkins thinks that he's the best Wideout in the NFL. Is it me, or does that sound like a load of bullshit?

Michael Thomas or bust!

[Tombradyonia]

"You have cowards, you have mega-cowards and then you have Roger Goodell"

Long story short, there was a charity auction where the winning bid would get you to watch MNF with Roger Goodell at his house. It was 'won' (highest bid) by Barstool Sport's Dave Portnoy but the NFL have decided to block him from 'winning'.

Portnoy and Barstool Sports certainly don't enjoy a universally beloved reputation and have done some 'edgy' stuff, but nevertheless are widely liked by Pats fans for their long standing feud with Goodell and, admittedly, for Portnoy having created the (in)famous Goodell clown nose image on merchandising (even handing towels and shirts out for free at Pats games).