2018 NFL Off-Season Thread

[Meacon Keaton]

Good move by the Giants. He's easily worth a 3rd rounder. He'd likely have gone in the 2nd round next year if he had ended up staying, maybe higher depending on how he played. He's the real deal. 

[The Buscher]

Confirmed:  FOX hires Jeff Fisher as a commentator
Also confirmed:  FOX to go 8-8 on the season

[Pooker]

They'll be lucky to go 7-9 with the team that they got.

[Pooker]

DeMarco Murray has announced his retirement at the age of 30.

[Lineker]

Detroit Lions franchise-tagged defensive end Ziggy Ansah will not reach a deal by Monday's 4 p.m. ET deadline to sign franchise players, league sources said Sunday.

Defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence is unlikely to reach a deal with the Dallas Cowboys by Monday's 4 p.m. ET deadline to sign franchised players, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter. 

No long-term deal is expected between the Los Angeles Rams and franchised safety Lamarcus Joyner by Monday's 4 p.m. ET deadline, though the two sides continue talking, a league source told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

 

If no deals are reached, all three would be scheduled to become free agents after this season. No word yet on Le'Veon Bell.

 

Elsewhere, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reports that Chicago Bears first-round linebacker Roquan Smith is not with the team as rookies report, per sources informed of the situation. Smith currently hasn't signed his rookie contract and is staying away until a deal is done. And Darren Sproles is retiring after this coming season.

[The Buscher]

Darren Sproles has very quietly amassed the 8th most all-purpose yards in NFL history.  The top 10 includes seven Hall of Famers (Rice, Payton, Emmitt Smith, Tim Brown, Faulk, Tomlinson, Sanders) and a future Hall of Famer (Steve Smith).

Dude could very well go to the Hall of Fame.  But it's worth noting that the only outlier is Brian Mitchell, who ranks #2 on the list but got most of his yards on returns.

[The Lusophone]

This is the Raiders stadium in Vegas, so far $285 million has been spent on it, according to ⁦@mickakers⁩. pic.twitter.com/BTEKjbgb5k

— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) July 17, 2018

[VerbalPuke]

I can see my old house. 

[Lineker]

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TEMPE, Ariz. -- Cardinals tight end Ricky Seals-Jones was arrested on three charges Saturday night after a scuffle ensued when he was denied entrance to the W Scottsdale to use a bathroom, according to Scottsdale police. Seals-Jones was charged with assault, disorderly conduct and third-degree criminal trespassing after he pushed a member of the hotel's security team who was working at the front entrance of the hotel.

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TEMPE, Ariz. -- The Arizona Cardinals suspended general manager Steve Keim for five weeks and fined him $200,000 after he pleaded guilty to extreme DUI on Tuesday, according to the team. The NFL announced it would not impose additional punishment.

The Los Angeles Rams have signed Brandin Cooks to a five-year contract extension, the team announced Tuesday. The deal is worth $80 million, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

[Adam]

Bad fucking day for the Cardinals.

[The Buscher]

That team would probably win at least a dozen games.

[Meacon Keaton]

They wouldn't lose many, that's for damn sure. 

[Maxx]

I always forget about the incredible numbers Barkley has put up in his NFL career so far.  What a worthy inclusion.

[The Buscher]

It's still a good representation of how much quality young talent there is in the league.  But yeah, I don't agree with putting rookies in there at all.  As it is my head has been done in with the number of Giants fans I've seen just assuming the team's gonna transform into a playoff team all because of Barkley.  I guess the bad O-line and lack of a pass rush aren't red flags for them.

[VerbalPuke]

2 hours ago, Maxx said:

I always forget about the incredible numbers Barkley has put up in his NFL career so far.  What a worthy inclusion.

I saw his name and thought “wonder how he did last year” then realized he’s a rookie.

[The Buscher]

Earl Thomas has asked the Seahawks to trade him if they aren't going to give him a contract extension.

With Sherman going to the Niners and Kam Chancellor retiring, that could be all three core Legion of Boom members departing in the same offseason.

[Lineker]

The thing that just won't die.

[Meacon Keaton]

4 minutes ago, Lineker said:

The thing that just won't die.

Donald Trump?

[Lineker]

Read it how you like.

[Chris2K]

Nothing more unpatriotic than kneeling for the national anthem.

Except perhaps believing the word of a foreign despot than America's own security service.