2022 NFL Thread

[FearlessF]

[MarqHusker]

that was about as Harry High School as it gets.

[CatsbyAZ]

The Raiders win on an ending the inverse of Cal-Stanford.  Nuts.

Didn’t watch, but living in a Raiders affiliate city, had their hometown broadcast on:


https://twitter.com/announcerskeds/status/1604646768007819266

[Mdot21]

I'd cut Jakobi Meyers today if I was Belichik...this is...horrendous....

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mK1UTdhoEpI

[MikeDeTiger]

What's wrong with Tampa?  Did Brady finally get old or do they have other problems?  

Related:  As a guy with no real rooting interest who just likes to find former Tigers and root for them to have good games, I think Fournette has to be the most disappointing player in a long while.  He keeps a job, and he's not bad, but he was one of the best college backs I've ever seen with all the tools to be really good in the NFL, but he's just not, from what little I've seen of him.  When he arrived at LSU his vision was the last thing to come, and it took him a while.  When I watch him in the NFL, that's exactly what it looks like he lacks.  It's not his power, speed, blocking, pass catching, etc.....he just consistently doesn't find the best lane.  It's kinda baffling.  Like, how do you not see a big hole over there, but nah, I think I'll just hit this brick wall here in front of me?

[CatsbyAZ]

Fournette was never going to live up to the overhype unduly placed on him. It's one thing in college where vastly overpowering size and physical attributes can succeed against the 75% percent of the competition. In the NFL it obviously doesn't work, especially when it comes to the QB position, yet enough scouts and draft day war rooms fool themselves into physically superior players in a league where everybody is physically superior.

The list at QB is especially long - Christian Hackenburg, JaMarcus Russell, Logan Thomas, Ryan Leaf, Seneca Wallace, Vince Young, Tim Tebow, Akili Smith...No amount of arm strength, square jaws, collegiate/high school trophies, or height was ever going to overcome severe limitations, especially between the ears, that most of the rest of the NFL knew about after interviews or diving into the gametapes.

Always thought Fournette was the RB equivalent of the mistakes teams more readily make with QBs.

[rolltidefan]

sounds a lot like trent richardson. except, in college, he showed really good vision. but once in nfl, he was lost. really though he was going to be exceptional in nfl. missed big on that one.

[MikeDeTiger]

But the transition from college RB to NFL RB is not nearly so great as that of a QB.  

Physical tools are usually pretty much all you need in the NFL for a back, which he has.  And when he finds the right spot, he's still great.  I know in Jacksonville he was stuck behind a line that couldn't open a hole in a donut, but that's not what I see in Tampa.  He just can't find the spots like the best backs do.  

...or so says my amateur opinion.  

[MikeDeTiger]

sounds a lot like trent richardson. except, in college, he showed really good vision. but once in nfl, he was lost. really though he was going to be exceptional in nfl. missed big on that one.

I believe his knees were shot by the time he hit the NFL.  That was the reports on him anyway.  He probably would've been very good but his body didn't last as long as most.  

[FearlessF]

How unlikely was the 39-36 overtime triumph? Well at multiple times throughout the game, the Vikings had less than a 1% chance of winning.

That's according to NumberFire, which has broken down the odds of each team winning at various points of the game.


Interestingly, the worst odds for the Vikings to win didn't come in the 2nd quarter when they went in at half-time 33-0 down.

They started the 3rd quarter with a 1.28% chance of winning, which reduced to 0.73% as they commenced their first drive, with KJ Osborn eventually scoring a touchdown on Kirk Cousins' pass, at which point their chances rose to 2.32%.

But the Vikings' lowest chance of winning – 0.69% – came after this, when Chase McLaughlin kicked a 52-yard field goal to give the Colts a 36-7 lead with 4:59 left in the 3rd quarter.


Even after the Vikings scored two more touchdowns via CJ Ham and Justin Jefferson, making it 36-21 with 12:53 left in the game, their chances of winning were still just 3.4%. Adam Thielen's TD with 5:34 left only shifted them to 5.55%.

[Riffraft]

The Raiders win on an ending the inverse of Cal-Stanford.  Nuts.

It was pretty wild watching it in the stadium

[CatsbyAZ]

Two weeks ago the Rams running backs coach Ra’Shaad Samples accepted a job at Arizona State to become the Sun Devils’ wide receivers coach and pass game coordinator. This week the Rams OC Liam Coen accepts a job with the Kentucky Wildcats for the same position.

Two NFL coaches going to middling college programs? With not much of a promotion on the staff hierarchy?

Really looks like the Rams abandon ship alarm is sounding now that everybody won their Super Bowl rings last season.

[MrNubbz]

sounds a lot like trent richardson. except, in college, he showed really good vision. but once in nfl, he was lost. really though he was going to be exceptional in nfl. missed big on that one.

Ya me too but the Browns always seem to miss on the can't miss guys.Tim Couch and Courtney Brown come to mind both head/shoulders above the collegiate competition but just fizzled in The League

[FearlessF]

Two weeks ago the Rams running backs coach Ra’Shaad Samples accepted a job at Arizona State to become the Sun Devils’ wide receivers coach and pass game coordinator. This week the Rams OC Liam Coen accepts a job with the Kentucky Wildcats for the same position.

Two NFL coaches going to middling college programs? With not much of a promotion on the staff hierarchy?

Really looks like the Rams abandon ship alarm is sounding now that everybody won their Super Bowl rings last season.

resume was as good as it gets - sinking fast
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