Don’t like the Eagles moving up to get a guy with 7 career sacks, but acquiring AJ Brown who will be opposite DeVonta Smith is exciting as hell, even if it cost a lot.
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The New York teams both had great drafts. The draft fell perfectly for the Giants and they didn't make the Micah Parsons mistake and picked Kayvon Thibodeaux, the top edge and still were able to get their RT at 7 with Evan Neal. Meanwhile, the Jets picked 3 top 10-15 players with Sauce Gardner at 4, Garret Wilson at 10 and a trade back into the 1st round to get edge, Jermaine Johnson. Of course all these players have to work out but I don't remember both teams having this good start to the draft.
He only has a year left on his contract, right? Why would you trade fa first or second round pick or a guy with only a year on his contract and then have to negotiate with him and sell the farm to keep him?
He only has a year left on his contract, right? Why would you trade fa first or second round pick or a guy with only a year on his contract and then have to negotiate with him and sell the farm to keep him?
agreed.
but i thought they would at least get a 3rd or 4th round pick for him, and still have to pay part of his contract.
looks like it is going to get a wee bit ugly in cleveland before it is all over.
you just know he ain't reporting to any spring camps........at all.
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browns get 4th or 5th round pick in 2024 (based on playing time) and browns eat some salary, not all.
so the browns basically get something for nothing, as mayfield was not going to play them this year at all.
and it raises the question: what do the browns know about the deshaun watson decision that no one else does?
The Browns are still paying Baker most of his contract.
"NFL Network reports that the Browns are picking up $10.5 million of Mayfield’s contract. The Panthers are paying the signal caller about $5 million, and Mayfield agreed to cut the remaining $3.5 million off his 2022 deal. He is slated to be a free agent at the end of the season."
Carolina now has the #1 and #3 pick of the 2018 NFL Draft with Mayfield and Darnold. The Jets trading Darnold 2 years ago looks like genius now as they got great picks back for him.
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Carolina now has the #1 and #3 pick of the 2018 NFL Draft with Mayfield and Darnold. The Jets trading Darnold 2 years ago looks like genius now as they got great picks back for him.
The Jets did way better than the Browns, who really had no choice.
Carolina now has the #1 and #3 pick of the 2018 NFL Draft with Mayfield and Darnold. The Jets trading Darnold 2 years ago looks like genius now as they got great picks back for him.
The Jets did way better than the Browns, who really had no choice.
agreed.
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This is a phenomenal article if you're interested in offensive systems.
Quote:
The Intertwined Evolutions of Kyle Shanahan and Sean McVay
The two coaches have been linked since their days in Washington and have employed similar offenses across their careers. But recently, their philosophies have diverged—and the NFC championship game won’t be decided by their similarities, but their differences.
That small difference between McVay and Shanahan is now a big difference. McVay’s adjustments were insufficient to sustain the Goff offense, so he traded for Stafford. But when defenses are given time to study his offense, the patterns still become clear. Stafford is better out of structure, which raises the floor for McVay’s Rams—but opposing teams can still eliminate his bread and butter.
But Shanahan? His bread and butter remains untouched. He is always able to scheme up a running game and has a wider variety of running schemes than any other offense in the league. He is always able to open the middle of the field for Garoppolo, who remains his starter even as rookie quarterback Trey Lance sits on the bench. The 49ers were 3-5, riddled with offensive injuries, and Shanahan just plucked Deebo Samuel from the wide receiver room and dropped him at running back. Presto! They had the third-best offense by EPA per play from Week 8 through the end of the regular season, with a single personnel grouping more versatile than anything McVay cooked up in the glory days of 2018. McVay merely adopted the dark; Shanahan, quite literally, was born in it.
The Shanahan and McVay offenses have never been further apart than they are now. Wipe the narratives of the past five years from memory, and no viewer of this Sunday’s game would know all that they once shared. Accordingly, this game is an inflection point and arguably the most important game for either man outside of the Super Bowls each has lost in the past three seasons. With a loss, McVay drops to 0-7 against Shanahan through the past three years … and that’s with three separate defensive coordinators and two separate quarterbacks. The common thread in the losses will be undeniable: McVay himself.
Great article! Even though he is PukeGreen Bay's coach Matt LaFleur isn't to bad designing offenses himself.
Here's two videos breaking down his running and passing schemes. Fingers crossed Luke Getsy can bring this level of wizardry to Chicago, as their new OC.
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_________________ I'm forever blowing bubbles,
pretty bubbles in the air,
they fly so high,
nearly reach the sky,
then like my dreams,
they fade and die.
Fortune's always hiding,
I've looked everywhere,
I'm forever blowing bubbles,
pretty bubbles in the air.
UNITED! UNITED!
West Ham United fight song.
I'm definitely excited. I feel like the Colts have upgraded at all the problematic positions last season -- quarterback, edge rusher, safety, and possibly WR (depending on how their draft picks turn out). But what looks good on paper doesn't always translate and injuries are a thing, so I'm interested in seeing what happens.
I'm very curious to see how Matt Ryan does in Frank Reich's offense since most QBs usually see a nice uptick in efficiency when coming to hs scheme. I know it's impossible to project, but if we use averages from the previous three QBs under him, he should have a nice year --
Beyond the Colts, there's so many interesting storylines -- Russ Wilson on the Broncos, how competitive that division will be this year, Baker Mayfield on the Panthers, Carson Wentz in DC, Aaron Rodgers without Davante Adams, etc. Should be fun!
Baker Mayfield Could Be Good for Carolina—or Too Little, Too Late
The Mayfield trade looks decent in a vacuum. But when combined with the Panthers’ recent history of reclamation projects at QB, it only exposes the franchise’s lack of a plan.
None of the Panthers’ salvage jobs were egregious on their own. But combined, they’ve been costly: The $25.3 million owed to Carolina’s passers collectively this year is 10th most in the league, according to Sportac. And that doesn’t factor in the draft capital the team had to give up to put this … underwhelming group together.
On top of that, Mayfield’s play outside of those two stretches has been brutal. His footwork has regressed since his rookie season, which has led to inaccuracy, and his inability to execute traditional dropback passing concepts makes it hard to design an offense around him. Funnily enough, Carolina had to work around similar issues a season ago due to Darnold’s own limitations, which aren’t all that different from Mayfield’s. Then–offensive coordinator Joe Brady leaned heavily on simple play-action concepts that moved Darnold outside of the pocket, cut the field in half, and cleared up his reads. Brady also spammed option concepts that required Darnold to look at just one receiver—usually Christian McCaffrey—rather than going through a real progression. That simplistic approach worked pretty well for about a month: The Panthers started the season 3-0 and Darnold was putting up career-best numbers. Eventually, though, McCaffrey got hurt, the whole thing fell apart, and Rhule fired Brady in December.
Kraft Heinz decided not to renew naming rights for the Steelers stadium, so starting this fall, it will be...Acrisure Stadium. A name that just screams, "Pittsburgh", don't it?
Acrisure is a Michigan-based insurance company with ties to Thomas Tull, a minority owner of the Steelers.
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Beyond the Colts, there's so many interesting storylines -- Russ Wilson on the Broncos, how competitive that division will be this year, Baker Mayfield on the Panthers, Carson Wentz in DC, Aaron Rodgers without Davante Adams, etc. Should be fun!
The Vikes don't get any love here. Probably because many of you are east coasters and different divisions, etc. But how about them this year? New coach, new offensive system, blah, blah, blah.
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