2022 NFL Thread

[FearlessF]

Some of you guys who really pay attention to the league may know the answer to a question I have. 

Bengals have a RT named Lael Collins who I know about only because he fits my only interest in the NFL, which is spotting former Tigers and rooting for them to have a good game.  He did play LT at LSU for his final two seasons, but we were always lead to believe he projected as a guard in the pros.  He was taken by the Cowboys and iirc originally played LG for them, where he was an absolute beast.  Next thing I knew, they moved him to RT where he was "okay" but also good for a couple costly false starts per game.  Now he's been traded to the Bengals--still playing RT--where in the admittedly infrequent looks I get of him, he looks dismal. 

This may not be the board for Dallas fans who would know such a thing, but my question is why was he ever put at tackle when he was such a monster at guard?  Doesn't look like tackle suits him OR the teams employing him. 

obviously not enough suitable tackles in the NFL, right side or left side

Perhaps edge rushers are just evolving at a better pace

O-line play is down as a whole in the NFL and I think the NCAA

[MrNubbz]

perhaps Jalen Hurts has been coached up and has worked on his craft

he does seem much more accurate with the ball than he did in college

He has an arm to can get it down field so they have to play him honest.Thought the Ravens would be much better this season,they beat the Browns but then again most do.Not sure what to make of lamar

[CatsbyAZ]

Fast-forward to 2019, he faced a somewhat lesser Tiger defense in the playoffs, and when his OU linemen couldn't overwhelm everybody, he was who I thought he was--a guy who can do some nice things when everybody around him is better than the other team. 

Textbook definition of Dak Prescott

[FearlessF]

I'd go with Cooper Rush and unload the salary cap

[Mdot21]

yeah they really F'd up giving Dak that big a deal. He ain't Mahomes or Josh Allen- he's not even close to those guys and he got that kind of money. 

[Mdot21]

Colts have benched Matt Ryan for the rest of the season for.....Sam Ellingher. Matt Ryan is making $30 mil this year. 

[FearlessF]

maybe Ellingher can run for his life

Matty leading the league in sacks and INTs

6th in yards/game, 5th in Comp%,  aren't the problem

[ELA]

Justin Fields was on one tonight

[MrNubbz]

EFFIN' !*&@#^%$! Bears knocked me out of a survivor pool.Lose 3 straight and score 7 last week vs Washington......Washington,DaFuq.Would it have killed Fields/Bears to wait one more week to wake up?sheesh

[Mdot21]

Justin Fields was on one tonight

he looked great. really flashed. finally. it’s about time he and that offense put it together. And it was vs a really good D and Belichik, which is even more impressive.

hope it’s a sign of things to come for him. he’s WAY too freaking talented to become a bust. He’s basically a “build a QB in a lab” type QB. He’s 6’3+, has a strong arm, and runs 4.4. Not many QBs like that out there. The only QB faster is Lamar. But Fields is bigger and stronger.

Speaking QBs and this game- New England, seems to have a QB controversy going on right now.

[847badgerfan]

They let him play with his legs for the first time. Maybe they will learn from this.

[GopherRock]

They won't. This is the Bears were talking about. Any QB drafted early by the Bears is highly likely to end up a bust. 

[MrNubbz]

Prolly because a marginal at best supporting cast

[FearlessF]

that's fo sho