2015 NFL Off Season Thread

[gunnar hendershow]

I'd love to see guys get injured in games that matter personally.

[jrhodes]

I'm a lot less optimistic about the Bears season after last night...

[gunnar hendershow]

Preseason means nothing, you barely see enough of the 1st team to even get an idea of how they'll perform in a full 4-quarter game.

Seattle, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Green Bay and Dallas have all looked bad and they'll almost all make the playoffs.

[jrhodes]

True, and the Bears were without their top four WRs.

[Maxx]

The Raiders are on national TV!   Amari Cooper is gonna be gooood.

[TheSqauredCircleMessiah]

Does Quinn just really not like Yates or Renfree?  Neither lit the world on fire in the preseason, but surely they're both cheaper than Grossman?

What if I don't want a fucking dragon on my team?!

The Falcons' offensive coordinator is Kyle Shanahan and Grossman has been with Shanahan every season since 2008, except for 2014 with Cleveland. (Even then, he spent two weeks in training camp with the Browns). Grossman knows Shanahan's system and could step in to play without having to practice much. He's  a security blanket.

[jrhodes]

Sexy Rexy isn't a security blanket.

He's more of an erotic Snuggie. 

[Liam]

Considering two of the games were against the Ravens and Patriots (...I'm assuming they are still decent teams), should I be worried that the Saints are 0-3 in Preseason?

Doing my usual 'vague following of football to give me an excuse for a beer or two on a Sunday night'....

[Maxx]

Julius Thomas to miss 4-5 weeks 

[TCO]

Considering two of the games were against the Ravens and Patriots (...I'm assuming they are still decent teams), should I be worried that the Saints are 0-3 in Preseason?

Doing my usual 'vague following of football to give me an excuse for a beer or two on a Sunday night'....

Pre-season means less than nothing. The only thing that should be worrying during the pre-season is starters going down with injuries.

[Thrilla]

Trent Richardson has been cut by the Raiders

Considering two of the games were against the Ravens and Patriots (...I'm assuming they are still decent teams), should I be worried that the Saints are 0-3 in Preseason?

Doing my usual 'vague following of football to give me an excuse for a beer or two on a Sunday night'....

Pre-season means less than nothing. The only thing that should be worrying during the pre-season is starters going down with injuries.

Main thing to take out of it is that the Brees/Cooks combo looks like it should be fairly explosive.

[Chris2K]

Trent is done. When the Raiders cut you, you're done.

 

Good news for all UK fans, except maybe his family - the 49ers have cut Lawrence Okoye (at last) so we don't have to listen to Sky rattle on about how there's a Brit on the 49ers roster every bloody week.

 

And I was devastated when I found out about no Channel 4 coverage, or more importantly no Carlson coverage. They guy is a great analyst and a really nice guy that needs to be on TV for more than just the Super Bowl.

Edited August 31, 2015 by Chris2K

[Thrilla]

I expect Okoye to be resigned to the practise squad if he makes it through waivers, just like last year

[HC]

I remember when the Richardson trade went down and we all wrote it off as a typical lol Cleveland fail, but there was one Browns fan on here that defended it, and we all shit on him. Dude was actually right in hindsight.  

[Maxx]

The Browns are no better without him though.

[HC]

Oh yeah, they're still a dumpster fire for sure and went on to waste the pick on Manziel, but in a vacuum it was a rare good move for them.

[Plubby]

I remember when the Richardson trade went down and we all wrote it off as a typical lol Cleveland fail, but there was one Browns fan on here that defended it, and we all shit on him. Dude was actually right in hindsight.  

We shit on the Colts :\

[Maxx]

No we shit on the Browns.

[Plubby]

...For getting a first round pick for Trent Richardson? That was highway robbery :S

[Maxx]

He was the third overall pick a year before, coming off an 11 TD season.  The Colts 1st seemed like a fair price at the time, considering it was probably going to be in the later half of the draft.