~2018 NFL Thread~

[ELA]

Oh my


https://twitter.com/NYGDaily/status/1027694873472913409?s=19

[MarqHusker]

I saw an Oh My play from Josh Allen tonight.  Should lead any blooper reel.

[ELA]

I never got what people saw there.

[Mdot21]

yeah Josh Allen sucks. I don't get that at all.

Shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that Barkley looked like that. Haven't been more sure of a RB coming into the NFL since Adrian Peterson. Barkley is simply awesome. Some people for some crazy reason were down on him because at times his rushing numbers stalled out. Wasn't really his fault imo. Penn State's OL was mediocre. He did a lot on his own.

Baker Mayfield looked scary good. Pre-season caveats apply. But his command, footwork, pocket awareness, confidence, accuracy, and ball placement all looked years beyond what you'd expect from a rookie. Baker looks NFL ready to me. Browns made the right pick. Mayfield is winning that job before the season starts imo. Tyrod Taylor has never been anything but average.

[ELA]

yeah Josh Allen sucks. I don't get that at all.

Shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that Barkley looked like that. Haven't been more sure of a RB coming into the NFL since Adrian Peterson. Barkley is simply awesome. Some people for some crazy reason were down on him because at times his rushing numbers stalled out. Wasn't really his fault imo. Penn State's OL was mediocre. He did a lot on his own.

Bell is the first back, give or take Faulk, I've seen do in tight space what Barry did, since Barry.  Bell is a better pass catcher than Barry was, but backs weren't asked to do that nearly as much when Barry played, so who knows if he could have.  Bell doesn't have nearly Barry's speed though.  Barkley has it all, he has those tight moves, Bell's pass catching abilty, and Barry's speed.  He's insane.  He doesn't have AP's size

[rook119]

yeah Josh Allen sucks. I don't get that at all.

Shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that Barkley looked like that. Haven't been more sure of a RB coming into the NFL since Adrian Peterson. Barkley is simply awesome. Some people for some crazy reason were down on him because at times his rushing numbers stalled out. Wasn't really his fault imo. Penn State's OL was mediocre. He did a lot on his own.

Baker Mayfield looked scary good. Pre-season caveats apply. But his command, footwork, pocket awareness, confidence, accuracy, and ball placement all looked years beyond what you'd expect from a rookie. Baker looks NFL ready to me. Browns made the right pick. Mayfield is winning that job before the season starts imo. Tyrod Taylor has never been anything but average.

Often it seemed like Franklin forgot Barkley was on the football field and PSU would go long stretches w/o using him. On the other hand Franklin probably added a season or 2 onto his NFL prime by never running him into the ground. 
The best explaination I heard about Josh Allen was that he was the hill that old school scouts are going to plant their flag on. 

[FearlessF]

Skol Vikes!!!

[ELA]

Just pull the plug and make it 7 on 7s


https://twitter.com/KDPomp/status/1031147160908308482?s=19

[bayareabadger]

The level of bad targeting penalties is telling me one of two things:
1. NFL refs are much worse than I thought
2. They're way overcompensating to make a point in the preseason 

[ELA]

The level of bad targeting penalties is telling me one of two things:
1. NFL refs are much worse than I thought
2. They're way overcompensating to make a point in the preseason

I'm really hoping for #2.  They've done that before, overcompensating to try and force the guys to change how they play.  But if they call the regular season like this, I'll have a lot of free Sundays...and I doing college is far behind.

[Mdot21]

Aaron Rodgers signs the richest deal ever in NFL history with the Packers.

4 year, $134 million extension. $103 million fully guaranteed.

Edit: oops my bad. The extension is for $134 million and 4 years. He still had 2 years left on his current deal. So now it's a 6 year contract worth $176 million with $4 million in incentives that could make the deal worth $180 million.

My guess? He sees every dime of that money. He's only 34 and I don't see him slowing down any time soon.

[FearlessF]

well, unless Anthony Barr body slams Rodgers on Sept 16th

[Mdot21]

Raiders have a deal with the Chicago Bears in place to trade All-Pro LB/DE Khalil Mack. Raiders are stupid as hell. You don't give up a pass rusher like that this early in his career.

Bears defense just got a whole lot better.

[ELA]

Raiders have a deal with the Chicago Bears in place to trade All-Pro LB/DE Khalil Mack. Raiders are stupid as hell. You don't give up a pass rusher like that this early in his career.

Bears defense just got a whole lot better.

The Chiefs starting RT was celebrating on Twitter, haha.
Lions couldn't win the division last year when Packers and Vikings lost their QBs, and the Bears were resetting with Trubisky.  Now Rodgers is back, Vikings added Cousins, and Bears have a more experienced Trubsiky, and just added the best rush LB in the league.  Oh and Patricia made a ton of terrible game management decisions in the preseason that have me thinking he the next rotten apple off the Belicheck tree.  Should be fun.