NFL

I'm sure this will be unpopular... But what does tackling QBs add to the game? The competition for defenses takes place at the line. If they get to the QB to tackle them... The competition is already over. The defensive player is going to win just about every time.

The reality is QBs skill sets require them to be like a Ferrari. While the people trying to tackle them are like monster trucks. QBs are fragile and modern defensive rushers are athletic freaks of nature.

QBs getting hurt all the time makes the sport less fun to watch for everyone. We all want our star QBs out there.

And besides all that... Efforts to make the sport safe for QBs make it to where rushers don't even know what is allowed or not allowed. And defenses get flags all the time for touching a QB wrong.

Why don't they just admit that the QB position us unique and attach flags to them? It would protect QBs and remove the ambiguity for defenses.

Thoughts?

I see Richardson often lumped in with Stroud as rookie QBs who were balling out.

I disagree. Richardson showed some high end talent, but his Rams game was very ugly passing wise. He had 4 completion thru 53 minutes of the game

• Richardson ranked 33rd in passing grade by PFF.
• He had the 4th worst on target throws.
• The Colts ran a very simple pass offense
• He had the lowest pass yards per game.

Now coming off a shoulder surgery, it just doesn't seem like he is going to succeed.

I know the second bye seems to be constantly attached with the soon-to-be-planned expansion to 18 games, but I don't see how the NFL can continue to trot out 2nd and 3rd string Quarterbacks and have this inferior product damage their brand. It's beyond time to add a second bye week, one for each half of the season.

It would also solve the issue of Thursday Night Football for weeks 4 through 18ish where each team playing could be coming off their bye, thus no more "short weeks".

The Panthers traded a 1sts, 2 2nds, DJ Moore, a swapped a 1st to get Bryce Young.

And Bryce Young has been a bottom 3 QB in the NFL. To give up that much for a guy means you expect him to be a day 1 difference maker

At this point, the only was I could see Bryce becoming an Alex Smith level QB is with 3 great WRs, a top running game and a innovative Offensive HC. And at that point, it bears asking why you traded up so much for a guy that dependent on his surroundings

The Panthers have bungled this completely. Blame Reich, Blame the WRs, Blame the O-line all you want.

At some point Bryce is gonna need to play better. Simple as that

• Dolphins- Jeff Wilson- 3 Million average per year.

• Cheifs- Clyde Edwards-Helaire- 2.7 million average per year

• Ravens- Gus Edwards- 3.3 million average per year

• Jaguars- Travis Etienne- 3.2 million average per year

• Eagles- D'Andre Swift- 2.2 Million average per year

• 49ers- CMC-16 million average per year

• Lions- David Montgomery- 6 million average per year

• Saints- Alvin Kamara- 15 million average per year

Next years RB FA market is looking wild and I am really curious to see who gets paid what Derrick Henry, Saquan Barkley, Austin Eckler, Josh Jacobs, and Tony Pollard are all hitting the market and looking to get paid. Does anyone get over 10 mil a year for more than a 3 year contract?

I know people will say "We don't know how Stroud does on Bears" but you could say that for anyone. The next guy Bears draft you could say "We don't know how Williams/Maye does on Bears"

Reasons for:

• Stroud has elevated mid term WRs and gets the ball out fast.
• He passes eye test and is MVP contender as a rookie
• He is on a mid team overall so its kinda comparable to Bears situation

Case against doing it

• You have 2 top 3 picks.
• I guess you got an answer on Fields (though I already had one on Fields before this season

The Ravens end the season with @ Chargers, Rams, Jaguars, 49ers, Dolphins, Steelers.

The AFCN will likely either come down to Week 17.

I think it is fairly obvious that they hid the injury based on the way they took down the IG post about the wrist brace (or whatever you would like to call it). The NFL generally does not respond well to fraudulent injury reports. So how many picks do you think that this will cost Cincinnati?

Obviously Joe Burrow's injury is likely significant (At the minimum weeks) but if it is infact season ending, do the bengals dare to try and lure Brady out of retirement?

Tom has been adamant about not wanting to play at the start of the season, but given we are over the halfway point it might be enticing enough for him to consider it. The Bengals have a great supporting cast of receivers once higgins is back and I could easily see Tom stepping in and delivering.

I know there is a very slim chance of this realistically happening but I do wonder if they would even consider trying to lure him out. Thoughts?

There has to be stats out there that show injuries league wide per season. It feels like this season we have seen an insane amount of series injuries. Just curious how this compares to other seasons

Maybe someone smarter than me can interpret this, because I’m not understanding how they came to their conclusion. According to this study, the average number of injuries during Sunday games was 21.4 compared to Thursday games at 21.7 but the difference is “negligible”. I feel like they didn’t take into account the fact only one game is played on fewer Thursdays, as opposed to the majority of games taking place every Sunday.

Link to study: http://www.fortunejournals.com/articles/the-effect-of-thursday-night-football-on-injuries-in.pdf

He had huge red flags in terms of injuries (missing the end of 2018 and now will likely miss the rest of this season), and is making Jamarcus Russell’s deal look like a bargain.

Cincinnati could have been a SB contender with a decent QB and instead they gave their fans a 275m quarterback who can't stay healthy.

It's no secret that Myles Garret has been amazing this season. However when put into context his season only seems more impressive. He has had far fewer chances to sack the opposing quarterback than the other leading edge rushers.

Here you can see opposing teams only attempted 236 passes against Cleveland this season, which is by far the least in the league. The league average is about 319 attempts, but that includes teams that have played 10 games, while Cleveland has only played nine games so far. The league average is about 34 attempts per game, but Cleveland only sees about 26 attempts per game.

Added to this, Cleveland has managed to reduce the opposing teams time of possession under 25 minutes in 5 out of 9 games so far.

Williams was a first-round pick and was an All-Pro offensive tackle in his rookie season in 1994, but was suspended after testing positive for drugs. He never played in the NFL again, but the Eagles never released him, either - until yesterday.

The article goes on to note that Williams is now eligible to be claimed by any other NFL team.

I'm sure some statistician Redditors here could confirm/refute whether Williams is, technically, the longest-tenured player in Eagles history - and indeed in all of NFL history.