2023 NFL Thread

[utee94]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avRHH9uAL4Q

[rook119]

Its funny of the last 10 SB. 6 have been won by Brady and Mahomes. Brady has always played on a below market contract. Mahomes was on a rookie contract for 2 of 3 SBs he's been. 

The others have been won by rookie contract (Wilson), Manning (passenger and renegoiated his contract), a career backup, and a very solid vet QB Stafford. 

maybe the narrative should be stop paying QBs so much freaking money. 

[FearlessF]

Amen

Examples, Kirk Cousins and Rogers

[CatsbyAZ]

30 years with two HOF QBs and they only won two Super Bowls in that time...

Sounds like underachieving to me.

Watching now:

[FearlessF]

certainly wouldn't call him a legend

[Mdot21]

Its funny of the last 10 SB. 6 have been won by Brady and Mahomes. Brady has always played on a below market contract. Mahomes was on a rookie contract for 2 of 3 SBs he's been.

The others have been won by rookie contract (Wilson), Manning (passenger and renegoiated his contract), a career backup, and a very solid vet QB Stafford.

maybe the narrative should be stop paying QBs so much freaking money.

100%. Dallas just paid Dak like $45 million a year and all they've gotten for that over 2 full seasons was 1 wild card playoff win. Doubtful they'll get much more than that.

[Mdot21]

I'm very thankful too Hutch.....very thankful too. Kinda crazy but the two best young 2nd year defensive players by far in the NFL- both born and raised in Detroit area.....NY Jets CB Sauce Gardner and Detroit Lions EDGE Aidan Hutchinson. Hutchinson was a top 100 national recruit (#88 player in 247 and #1 in MI), Gardner was the #1,605 player in the 247Composite, #154 CB, and #40 player in MI. Yikes. How did so many get that one so wrong?

Only two defensive rookies from '22 made the NFL Top 100 2023 list as voted on by players, Aidan Hutchinson at #88 and Sauce Gardner at #23. Gardner was also the highest rated CB on the list. Only 3 rookies made the list total. NY Jets had two of them, with WR Garrett Wilson also making the list at #74.


https://twitter.com/AroundTheNFL/status/1692296494575976775?s=20

[Mdot21]

Jets sign RB Dalvin Cook. 

yeah, they are going to be really good this year. 

[847badgerfan]

I'm very thankful too Hutch.....very thankful too. Kinda crazy but the two best young 2nd year defensive players by far in the NFL- both born and raised in Detroit area.....NY Jets CB Sauce Gardner and Detroit Lions EDGE Aidan Hutchinson. Hutchinson was a top 100 national recruit (#88 player in 247 and #1 in MI), Gardner was the #1,605 player in the 247Composite, #154 CB, and #40 player in MI. Yikes. How did so many get that one so wrong?

Only two defensive rookies from '22 made the NFL Top 100 2023 list as voted on by players, Aidan Hutchinson at #88 and Sauce Gardner at #23. Gardner was also the highest rated CB on the list. Only 3 rookies made the list total. NY Jets had two of them, with WR Garrett Wilson also making the list at #74.


https://twitter.com/AroundTheNFL/status/1692296494575976775?s=20

Developed at Cincy by the UW coaching staff.

[Cincydawg]

I watched some "analysis" of Stetson Bennett's first preseason effort, it was interesting.  He started with about four AWFUL plays in a row, and then did pretty well.  I guess he'll back up their other guy for a while.  Anyway, it was somewhat amusing, to me.

[Mdot21]

Developed at Cincy by the UW coaching staff.

no doubt that Fickell can identify and develop defensive talent with the best of them. Wisconsin going to get a lot of gems like that going forward. 

[Mdot21]

I watched some "analysis" of Stetson Bennett's first preseason effort, it was interesting.  He started with about four AWFUL plays in a row, and then did pretty well.  I guess he'll back up their other guy for a while.  Anyway, it was somewhat amusing, to me.

Stetson has been making waves all pre-season with the Rams. EVERY one in cfb slept on him his entire career- even his own coaches at UGA- and he just turned out to be maybe the greatest QB that UGA has ever had. Going to be very interesting to see how UGA does without him. 

[Mdot21]

son of Michigan legend Tyrone Wheatley Sr., and former Michigan TE Tyrone Whealtey Jr getting some run in the NFL right now at OT- listed at 6'6, 320.

Huge what if....kid refused to move to OL in college despite coming to Michigan at 6'6+, 270. He's only year 2 into his OT experiment- after bouncing around The Spring League (an NFL minors of sorts) and Chicago Bears practice squad after going undrafted in 2020 after transferring to Stony Brook College from Michigan in 2018 and then from Stony Brook College to Morgan State in 2019.

Dude might've developed into a high NFL draft pick at OT had he bought in to making the switch as a true frosh in 2015.


https://twitter.com/nickbaumgardner/status/1692895758461092121?s=20

[OrangeAfroMan]

Great job of backside blocking - keeping up with it for the whole play.  A coach can really work with that effort and athleticism.  
Looks like he has to learn how to turn into a tree stump 2-3 steps into the pass-blocking engagement, though.