Jones is overdosing on Viagra for AP.
IMO Dallas' hand gnashing over Murray/AP is a smoke screen in attempts to draft Melvin Gordon who is their very best play at RB behind that line for the next 4 years.
But that's giving Jerry a lot of credit.
Originally Posted by Boris:
Is that Favre? 
Which one? The one studying the booger on his finger.
I was thinking he was talking about the one taking a swig but that dude looks too young to be Fart
Today is franchise tag day. 4:00pm EST deadline.
@AdamSchefter: Game of tag is underway: Chiefs officially placed their franchise tag on LB Justin Houston, per team source.
@AdamSchefter: Broncos will place their franchise tag of WR Demaryius Thomas before today's 4 ET deadline.
@AlbertBreer: Lions announce they will not place the franchise tag on Ndamukong Suh. Bc of old-system rookie deal and restructures, would've cost $26.89M.
@AdamSchefter: So unless Detroit re-signs Ndamukong Suh by next Tuesday, he is free to leave Lions for highest bidder...
@SeifertESPN: #Lions met cap requirements for years by renegotiating deals, pushing out cap hits. Big impact: Made franchise tag too expensive for Suh.
Originally Posted by cuqui:
@SeifertESPN: #Lions met cap requirements for years by renegotiating deals, pushing out cap hits. Big impact: Made franchise tag too expensive for Suh.
Returning to doormat status in the North?
Kind of saddens me...
I would rather the Lions do well than the Vikings....
there's room at the bottom for bote o' dem.
At least the Lions do have some history, albeit, ancient...
I think they have actually won something, no?
The Vikings are just a wart on the humanity of pro football...
Maybe Herpes would be a better description?
@AdamSchefter: Cowboys officially have placed franchise tag on WR Dez Bryant, as @MikeGarafolo said. So DeMarco Murray will be allowed to test free agency.
fly eagles fly
@Eagles: #Eagles sign LB Brad Jones to a two-year contract.
who knows, maybe a change of scenery will do him good.
just glad he's not in GB anymore.
I guess Chip Kelly still hasnt learned you need to play defense in the NFL to win something. IMHO I think teams snap up players from more successful teams without looking at what they ummm have done.
Ditto. His performance in the opener against Seattle may have been the most pathetic single-game performance by a Packer starter in the last 20 years.
Originally Posted by The Heckler:
I guess Chip Kelly still hasnt learned you need to play defense in the NFL to win something. IMHO I think teams snap up players from more successful teams without looking at what they ummm have done.
if you're going to cook the food you should get to pick the groceries
I guess other peoples trash...
Man, shaking my head but glad he signed somewhere else. Eagles will be learning a hard lesson soon enough. Yikes
Originally Posted by cuqui:
Ditto. His performance in the opener against Seattle may have been the most pathetic single-game performance by a Packer starter in the last 20 years.
Buckley on thanksgiving against Dallass still tops that
Originally Posted by cuqui:
Ditto. His performance in the opener against Seattle may have been the most pathetic single-game performance by a Packer starter in the last 20 years.
Ahmad Carroll's game on opening day in Detroit back in 2005 ranks #1a, Brad Jones in the opener last year is #1b. Dishonorable mention also goes to any of the seven games Allen Barbre (also a member of the Philadelphia Eagles, LOL) started in 2009 and Tyrone Williams on MNF against the Vikings in '98.
Don't forget the opening game performance by Jarrett Bush in 2013 against the 49ers. Or maybe it was 2012. Either way, Bush started one of those games and just got abused, being relegated from opening day starter to #4/5 CB after 1 game. At least that's how I remember it.
Originally Posted by Tdog:
there's room at the bottom for bote o' dem.
More like all 3 of them! 
I also understand that 59 was not the only guy on the roster, but it really really seemed that whenever he was on the field, bad things happened, now i'm not superstitious or whatever, but it really seemed to be a pattern. so long, all the best there fella.
@PackerUpdate: PHI now needs 2 starting CBs. Will make a big run at SEA's Byron Maxwell and could show interest in Davon House if he hits the open market.
Holy ****.
@AdamSchefter: Filed to ESPN: Bills have notified LB Kiko Alonso he is going to be traded to Philadelphia for RB LeSean McCoy. Trade official next week.
@richarddeitsch: Rex Ryan just got one hell of a snack.
So after signing Brad Jones, the Eagles immediately panicked over their linebacker situation? Sounds about right.
Thinking about it, McCoy certainly slipped a bit last year. Plus there's this.
@adbrandt: Kiko Alonso has two years left on his contract at $746,000 and $942,000. LeSean McCoy has two years left on his contract at $6.9M and $7.6M.
EDIT: @adbrandt: Mentioned McCoy contract numbers of $6.9M and $7.6M, apologies, those are for 2016 and 2017. For 2015, number is $10.25 million.
Alonso played for Kelly at Oregon, too, IIRC.
And provided FYI:
@adbrandt: The official NFL trading period (and free agency period) does not open until Tuesday at 4pm. But trades can be agreed to before then.
Damn, that's a big trade. I wonder if the Iggles go after Gordon or Gurley now.
@JasonLaCanfora: McCoy and his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, will make noise about wanting an extension and/ or declining to report. Bills bracing for that already.
Ripple effects:
@mikerodak: C.J. Spiller on @nflnetwork says Bills just called him and thanked him for his service. The Spiller era is over.
Alonso blew a knee out in 2010 at Oregon as well.
Personally I think Chip Kelly is going to leave Philly a smoldering pile when he jumps back into college football in a couple years. He's got final say on personnel now.
Bills fans gotta be happy. I mean 3 down, sideline to sideline LBs are a dime a dozen.
Oh, wait, I meant injury prone RBs. Injury prone RBs are a dime a dozen.
McCoy is 2nd to Forte for touches by a RB over the past 5 years.
I'd say that's a positive looking back but a negative looking forward.
Seems like a terrible trade for the Bills. They get an aging, overused RB at a high salary who likely wants an extension and give up a young 3 down linebacker making less than a million per year. Unless they had concerns about his injury, no idea what they did this.
Bills have spent 3 first rounders on RBs since 2003 (McGahee, Lynch and Spiller) and had another stud RB in that time (Fred Jackson). They are the prime example as to why spending high draft picks on runningbacks is a fruitless venture.