Luckily for us, we play in a 3-4!!Dumervil is very overrated. He's actually a better fit at OLB in a 3-4 because he gets manhandled too much when he's a DE.
The salary cap is an easy way to limit players salaries so the owner can pocket more money. Do you think Peyton Manning is only bringing in $18 million in revenue for the Broncos? Maybe just in jersey sales...I think the salary cap is more to prevent accumulation of all-star talent on large market teams a la the Yankees. So it shouldn't really be creating more shuffling, but rather spreading that shuffling around more teams.
There has been a lot of misconception around the "helmet rule" because the media isn't doing a very good job describing it. The rule is only applied in the open field, and only for blatant and extreme use of the helmet as a weapon. Basically, if the ball carrier has multiple options in the open field and can choose not to use his helmet as a weapon, it's a penalty if he chooses to do so anyway.So they just passed a rule change that fundamentally alters the way a Running Back can move but all everyone can do is be butthurt about the Tuck Rule play. Seriously just watched 3 straight minutes of Tom Brady getting hit and the ref waving incomplete on SportsCenter. God damn I love this team
Flacco's contract is a non-issue. Kruger was too expensive to replace, Reed is way past his prime, and Ellerbe got offered too much money to move elsewhere. While the team will decline without them (sorry, Ravens fans, but it'll take a draft miracle to prevent this from happening), it was smart of their FO to let these guys go at the price tags they went for.the thing is flacco's contract this year doesn't even impact their FA game that much, only like 6 mill cap hit that grows towards the back end
*34th pick.49ers get the 33rd overall pick in this years draft for Smith... steal in my opinion for the 49ers if they don't fuck up w/ the draft like they did last year they will be even stronger -_-
while anything is possible, i'm fairly confident the Jags would be up for a trade. we're gutting and re-building through the draft, and the more picks the better.The Bills might have to move up to get Geno since Arizona might be picking him and we all know how bad the Cardinals need a QB.
i guffaw'd
i just want to point out the irony of this.Any notion that it's a scheming issue might have been true under our old offensive coordinator (there was a very, very good reason Mularkey got fired after one year with the Jags), but it's simply not the case with Dirk Koetter. Midgame adjustments have been an issue for both, though.
More like non-Patriots fansRaiders fans today: "We will never forget"
The Ravens and Steelers will be in the mix but I think the Bengals have the best team on paper. I think the Browns can contend for the division/wildcard if they can somehow get some good QB play. They have a decent O-line, Richardson and I love their defense. They also played the Bengals, Ravens and Steelers hard in their games last season. The NFC North will interesting to watch this year.I'm not so sure about that. The Ravens are fortunate in that the Steelers have lost a lot of players as well, so the competition for the division crown will not be as fierce as usual. I doubt the Bengals can take it so the Ravens still have a legit chance to make the playoffs as a division winner, or at least a wild card. Baltimore is the kind of organization that always seems to make things work and stay competitive, even when the outside world is going "wtf?". Mucho respecto to Ozzie for having the guts to do all this in the face of outcries from the fan base.
The Bengals aren't ready to win anything this year and you can't be serious about the Browns. It's still the Ravens to lose - I agree with what WaterBomb said!The Ravens and Steelers will be in the mix but I think the Bengals have the best team on paper. I think the Browns can contend for the division/wildcard if they can somehow get some good QB play. They have a decent O-line, Richardson and I love their defense. They also played the Bengals, Ravens and Steelers hard in their games last season. The NFC North will interesting to watch this year.
Why arent they ready? They have made the playoffs the last two years. They have won the division twice under Lewis. They are a young, improving team. You definitely have to give the Ravens the benefit of the doubt given their history under Harbaugh. But saying that theyre a lock for anything is pretty ignorant given that plenty of Super Bowl winners in the past (who had very little roster turnover) missed the playoffs the following year.The Bengals aren't ready to win anything this year and you can't be serious about the Browns. It's still the Ravens to lose - I agree with what WaterBomb said!
I dunno, I heard they were willing to start earlier but that the whole parking fiasco and rush hour with the Ravens' start time was another factor. But in all seriousness, rescheduling a baseball game (they only play what, 150+ of the fucking things over a season, waaay too many) is a lot easier than football...The Ravens will start the season away instead at home because the Orioles have a game on Thursday and didn't want to budge. I guess MLB is trying to stick it to the NFL.
Yeah the Browns need a #1 WR badly and they won't get it anytime soon. They missed their chance in free agency. With the new coach, he might be able to turn Weeden into an actual threat but with a below average WR corps, it will be tough.