2020 NFL Draft/Offseason thread

[ELA]

Vaughn is an intriguing pass catching RB.

Honestly though ELA, what do you think? Do you really think Jones is better than Fournette? I've watched plenty of both of them, and Fournette is wayyyyyy more talented. He jumps out on the screen to me when he plays. Every once in awhile Fournette does something that makes you go WHOA- THAT DUDE AIN'T HUMAN. Jones is just an OK back imo. Fournette hasn't had that breakthrough dominant season but he's also been nicked up and played on a SHIT organization with zero help around him on offense.

No, we had our draft prior to that move.

[betarhoalphadelta]

Vaughn is an intriguing pass catching RB.

Honestly though ELA, what do you think? Do you really think Jones is better than Fournette? I've watched plenty of both of them, and Fournette is wayyyyyy more talented. He jumps out on the screen to me when he plays. Every once in awhile Fournette does something that makes you go WHOA- THAT DUDE AIN'T HUMAN. Jones is just an OK back imo. Fournette hasn't had that breakthrough dominant season but he's also been nicked up and played on a SHIT organization with zero help around him on offense.

Yeah, as a fantasy football guy [not this year, but for the last several] I've avoided Fournette because he's been nicked up constantly. Dude has trouble staying on the field. When he's healthy, though, he looks really f'ing good. 

What might have given me pause before 2019 was that Fournette hadn't shown a lot of receiving out of the backfield in Jax. However he really picked that up last year. I think that's good for Tampa because he can make defenses respect the run, while Brady will make them respect the pass, and if he's a receiving threat out of the backfield he won't necessarily telegraph offensive intent to run by being on the field. 

[CatsbyAZ]

NFL starts up tonight

Texans at Chiefs on NBC

Watched the first three quarters which went a long way to justify the distrust and criticisms Texans fans have for Bill O'Brien. Through most of the third quarter, down 17-7 & 24-7 O'Brien's playcalling took the ball from Watson's arm and put it in the hands of RB David Johnson, almost as though to force good reasons why Hopkins was traded. And boy was Hopkins missed last night - such an underwhelming performance. Nothing about last night's game indicated a good or even decent Texans team, and I don't see how O'Brien isn't shown the door by Thanksgiving.

[MaximumSam]

NFL football - would like to watch my Bungles today but instead I get bullriding.  Guess I'll see how the Browns look this year.  Odell is on my fantasy team, I was somewhat surprised to learn I had a fantasy team this year but here we are.

[MrNubbz]

Did they even get together for a draft or was that all online

[FearlessF]

off to the golf course wearing purple

SKOL Vikes!!!

recording the game

[MaximumSam]

Did they even get together for a draft or was that all online

I think they did it online. I agreed to join the league then forgot about it when they emailed me my team. Go Matt Ryan!

[bayareabadger]

NFL football - would like to watch my Bungles today but instead I get bullriding.  Guess I'll see how the Browns look this year.  Odell is on my fantasy team, I was somewhat surprised to learn I had a fantasy team this year but here we are.

This sparked an interesting thought for me.

CFB is more regional than national, but paradoxically, it is a more national television product first because of ESPN in the mid-20s and then because the conference networks knocked the local Fox Sports Networks out (plus those got conglomerated on apps).

The NFL is this enormous national interest, but its television remains excessively regionalized. Like, you in the middle of Ohio cannot guarantee seeing both games played by in-state teams, but I can guarantee watching Wisconsin games from the bay to the atlantic to the one other midwestern state I lived in.