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A potential for a huge QB shift this season with Brady, Rivers, Brees, Tannehill, Newton, Smith, Winston, Bridgewater and others all possibly ending up on the free agent market.
Anyone else thinking Brady would be taking a risk going out on the market? I saw yesterday that the Raiders are going to go after him hard if he hits the market. If he goes and that turns into a mess, it will give the system quarterback naysayers fodder regardless of if it's accurate or not.
It's a risk. So is continuing to play at all at this point. He has nothing to gain by still putting his body through this. He should really just retire.
Also heard the Chargers are going to pursue him. Makes a lot of sense for them.
Post by Silver Surfer on Feb 3, 2020 8:49:51 GMT -5
I don't think Brady would want to play for such a terribly run organization in the Chargers. The raiders would make sense from a team perspective, but I doubt Giselle would want to live in Vegas with the kids.
The Chargers would make sense to pursue him. Either that or they are fully going to embrace rebuilding. I hope Rivers goes to a contender. Not saying he's the best QB ever, but I think he deserves a good solid run at the playoffs which he has never had with the Chargers.
You could also argue the Raiders are a garbage ran organization as well. Mark seems better than his dad was at the end, but he's no all star.
New season. New opportunities. New chance for Michael Thomas to get more records. Last we looked in on his dominating, record setting, Offensive Player of the Year getting, All Pro making 2019 season, he finished with an 80.5% catch percentage (the most by a long shot), the most catches in a season in history and the most catches and yards in any player's first 4 seasons (470 catches, 5,512 yards). That's an average of 117.5 catches and 1,378 yards a season. It doesn't get any better than that, because no one else has ever come close to that. The previous standing record was broken by 70 catches (17.5 more catches a year).
The record for receptions through 5 seasons belongs to Jarvis Landry with 481 who incidentally in those 5 years has 498 yards less than Thomas has in 4 years. With 11 catches to go for that record, Thomas wins it by Week #2 or Week #3 and probably goes over 550 for his career if he remains healthy.
Otherwise, the Saints are in a transitional year. Will Brees come back? If so, is it a 1 or 2 year deal? Bridgewater likely walks off into the sunset and gets an $18-22MM/year or more contract. Good for him regardless of what happens. We'll tender Taysom Hill as a first rounder (he's RFA) and either match what he gets on the market if he's truly the heir to Brees or let him walk and get another first rounder. I think we keep him and expand his role this year if Brees returns.
Post by potentpotables on Feb 3, 2020 12:51:33 GMT -5
Looking back at last year's predictions in the old thread, I really came close in the NFC. Had 3 of 4 divisions right, 1 of 2 wildcards right, but the other wildcard was the 9ers. My miss was the Rams to win the west and Seahawks not in the playoffs. Had Jacob Hollister gained another inch, I would have had both WCs right.
AFC wasn't as good - had 3 of 6 playoff teams, 2 division winners right. I did get the Chiefs and NFC West champ hosting championship games, and got Packers going to NFC West Champ right.
All of this is to say, I was trying to put down predictions (pre-draft and FA, obviously) just now. It's so hard imagining where the turnover comes.
12 playoff teams this year: AFC - NE, Bal, KC, Ten, Buf, Hou NFC - PHI, GB, MIN, NO, SF, SEA
With the turnover we normally see - pick six of those teams to miss, and pick six replacements. It's tough!
I'd go:
Phi - Dallas wins division GB - MIN wins division, think GB got a lot of luck this year MIN - wins division, replaced as WC by ATL BUF - replaced by PIT (call me a homer, but add competent QB play to that defense and they'll TEN/HOU - I can't pick one, but I don't think they'll both make it, and I also don't have a replacement; maybe Browns here.
Anyway, it's a tough exercise.
Already looking forward to Hard Knocks - Training Camp with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Peter King's favorite training camp stop in the home of Arnie Palmer, Latrobe, PA.
No. You'd think there must be, on your end (maybe not user defaults) that blocks things because if I'm on desktop at work where Twitter and Facebook are blocked, those posts show up as blank. Wouldn't have a clue as to how to suggest that displays out. Of course sometimes reading the political forum here and on other forums brings up random ads that have nothing to do with me "President ***** is on a roll! - blah blah blah."
(I'm assuming that the new labor agreement goes through and the field of playoff contenders is broadened to include 3 wild cards.)
This will be getting interesting (or already is). They need to come to a deal soon.
With 17 games, I'd think they'd start a week earlier - Labor Day weekend - but they love the Thursday night opener so much. Extending a week of the regular season, get rid of the week between championship games and Super Bowl? Push Super Bowl back a week?
With 3 wildcards, only 1 bye, I guess they'd basically go something like 1pm/4:30pm/8pm on Saturday and same on Sunday or maybe 12:30pm/4pm/7:30pm? Maybe a Friday night game?
Having the one seed with everyone else playing a wildcard weekend game creates a pretty distinct advantage that I don't think the NFL would take. It seems more possible they'd do 4 wildcards than 3, but I don't expect that either.
Having the one seed with everyone else playing a wildcard weekend game creates a pretty distinct advantage that I don't think the NFL would take. It seems more possible they'd do 4 wildcards than 3, but I don't expect that either.
AFC Patriots Ravens Chiefs Texans
NFC Saints Cowboys Packers 49ers
WC: Seattle, Minnesota, Buffalo & Las Vegas
the nfl playoffs are perfect the way they are, I hope they don't change the format
They were discussing the labor deal on my local sports radio and it sounds like the 17 games wouldn't start until the 2021-22 season but that the owners could make the playoff expansion this season.
I'd assume that they'd run a later season rather than starting earlier. I think that they started early like a decade ago, maybe longer, and it was not well received.
Having the one seed with everyone else playing a wildcard weekend game creates a pretty distinct advantage that I don't think the NFL would take. It seems more possible they'd do 4 wildcards than 3, but I don't expect that either.
AFC Patriots Ravens Chiefs Texans
NFC Saints Cowboys Packers 49ers
WC: Seattle, Minnesota, Buffalo & Las Vegas
the nfl playoffs are perfect the way they are, I hope they don't change the format
They're definitely changing it. It's too much revenue adding more playoff games.
That financial angle certainly makes sense. But I'd hate to see them go to some type of quasi NBA format where winning the division doesn't count for anything unless they changed up scheduling. It doesn't bother me that a 7-9 team would/could host a 12-4 or 13-3 team under the current format.
Post by potentpotables on Feb 4, 2020 12:24:08 GMT -5
All of you predicting next year's playoff teams are reshuffling the deck chairs on this year's playoff Titanic. There's way more turnover than you guys are predicting.
They were discussing the labor deal on my local sports radio and it sounds like the 17 games wouldn't start until the 2021-22 season but that the owners could make the playoff expansion this season.
I'd assume that they'd run a later season rather than starting earlier. I think that they started early like a decade ago, maybe longer, and it was not well received.
My recollection is that it always started Labor Day weekend, but in 2001, they cancelled a week of games and pushed everything back (moved the cancelled games to the end of the season). After that, the next year they opened with Pats at Steelers on Thursday night after Labor Day (2001 AFC Championship rematch), and they've been doing the Thursday after Labor Day, and Super Bowl first Sunday in February, ever since.
Having the one seed with everyone else playing a wildcard weekend game creates a pretty distinct advantage that I don't think the NFL would take. It seems more possible they'd do 4 wildcards than 3, but I don't expect that either.
AFC Patriots Ravens Chiefs Texans
NFC Saints Cowboys Packers 49ers
WC: Seattle, Minnesota, Buffalo & Las Vegas
One change in division winner - the obvious one, Dallas over Philly - and one different wild card. Need more imagination. You aren't going to win futures bets with these guesses!
All of you predicting next year's playoff teams are reshuffling the deck chairs on this year's playoff Titanic. There's way more turnover than you guys are predicting.
Not for the teams I'm predicting, at least not at QB.
I think that the Saints will keep either Brees or Bridgewater and can keep winning either way.
I think that the Pats will take a small step back either with Brady or his replacement but should still be in the post season with three wildcards.
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