@Thunderbird posted:Good riddance from the NFC North. I don't recall him being a factor when playing the Bores, but it was probably just a matter of time.
He was a factor in the first game when Rodgers hurt his knee.
@YATittle posted:Kahlil Mack to the Chargers for draft picks.
For the Chargers this is a really good move. They have other horses on the DL.
Dammit, I really wish Ryan Pace would have stuck around.
Trade two 1st round picks (plus) to get Khalil Mack
— Ken Ingalls - Packers Cap 💰 (@KenIngalls) March 10, 2022
Pay $91M over 4 years
Win zero playoff games
Trade away for next season 2nd & 6th round picks
Eat $24M dead cap charge on the way out
Not exactly an ideal payoff for the Chicago Bears with their Khalil Mack investment. Yikes.
@Pikes Peak posted:Bosa…..Mack.
Nice duo
I hope we don't play them this year.
Hackett gets to deal with them twice a year. With DangerRuss at QB.
There are rumors the Raiders want to deal Carr knowing his ceiling is borderline top ten in a division with Mahomes, Herbert and Wilson.
The Bills are re-signing wide receiver Jake Kumerow to a one-year deal, Katherine Fitzgerald of the Buffalo Newsreports.
Kumerow played a career-high 15 games last year, though the bulk of his work came on special teams. He was on the field for 11% of snaps on offense and for 69% of special teams snaps.
Still, with the Bills' wide receiver room shifting, he'll add some stability there, on top of his special teams play.
Kumerow, 30, signed with the Bills practice squad in 2020. He entered the league in 2015 as an undrafted free agent with the Bengals, and he spent time with the Patriots and the Packers as well. He made his debut in 2018 with the Packers against the Cardinals, with one 11-yard catch, and was a favorite of Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
Kumerow was waived by the Bills in December 2020, had a brief stint with the Saints, and then returned to Buffalo in 2021.
https://www.theredzone.org/Blo...row-to-one-year-deal
@Tschmack posted:When you look at GBs schedule, it’s pretty damn favorable.
Sure, the game at Buffalo looks tough, and at Minnesota can be tricky, but they get the Rams, Cowboys, Pats, and Titans at home. If any of those games are late in the year (cold) the Packers should have an advantage.
Even if they trip up against MN in MN and at Buffalo and split the 4 games mentioned above that’s a 13-4 record. Factor in one surprise loss and it’s 12-5.
Assuming Brady doesn’t go to SF you have to figure the Packers toughest competition in the NFC is the Rams. Yet they play SF twice, AZ twice, at KC, Denver, the Chargers, the Raiders, Buffalo and Dallas. That’s not an easy path by any stretch and of course they will have a hangover effect from winning the SB.
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Yeah, um, we better win the SB this year. Not winning the SB would not only be disappointing, it's then we'll REALLY be reminded of what we gave up for another post season failure.
I think at a minimum they need to win the NFC and at least get to the Super Bowl.
Assuming injuries don’t ravage the team this year there is NO reason why they shouldn’t be heavily favored.
The Russell Wilson grade is really weird to evaluate. Schneider and Carroll had made so many poor moves the last 6 years that they left this team completely void of talent. Outside of Metcalf and Lockett, there isn't a whole lot there. And like the Lions with Stafford, there is no reason to have a 33 year old franchise QB if your roster is that bad. Plus, Wilson has two years left on his deal meaning he needs to be resigned in the next 12 months. That deal will likely average $50m per year and again, if you have no talent on your roster, you really can't pay a 33 year old QB $50m. May as well scrap it all and rebuild.
Still, it was an awful deal by the Seahawks. Only way to defend the trade is by saying the Seahawks were so sh**ty they had to trade him. Well being that sh**ty is an indictment on the front office, not a defense. 2 first round picks are nice, except look at Schneider's recent first round picks - beyond awful.
Regarding Wilson though, his career is hard to define. The first 3 years of his career have really defined him. That's unusual for a HoF QB. He won a Super Bowl largely behind the LOB. He got to another with the LOB, only to blow it at the goal line (seriously, he does not get ripped hard enough for throwing that pick and losing the Super Bowl - most meaningful worst play in Super Bowl history). Just weird.
Still, it's a hell of a deal for Denver. They've had so many starting QBs these last 6 years that this deal was a no brainer.
I think it was a good deal for Seattle, and think Denver gave up way to much for Wilson. I think he's still a good QB, but not worth what Seattle got.
I agree. I think Seattle got a huge amount of material to start the rebuild.
And ad infinitum references to the players GB could have drafted had they dealt AR. Oh yay.
I think it was a deal that made sense on both sides. Denver has walked into the last 6 seasons with 5 different QBs (only Trevor Siemian was a starter on two opening days). It's been so pathetic that 2 first and 2 seconds wasn't that bad. It's water in the desert to that team.
And same for Seattle - it just made sense. It was like the Lions trading Stafford. Why have an expensive QB when the team sucks around him?
But I also think this trade doesn't get either to where they want to go. This doesn't make Denver a Super Bowl contender (no matter what they say). And Carroll and Schneider are either quitting or getting fired in 2 years. So the trade seems like huge news but doesn't really change the NFL landscape.
@DH13 posted:And ad infinitum references to the players GB could have drafted had they dealt AR. Oh yay.
Book it, Denver is going to draft someone from Wisconsin with one of those picks and he will be the next WATT.
Yes I can only imagine what GB was offered for 12. Wilson is ok but outside of his years with the best defense in the NFL what has he accomplished. The inability to pass from the pocket is problematic and his aging legs and nimbleness have faded making him much less dangerous on the move. The TD bomb or punt is exciting but not especially practical when playing teams with better defenses.
I think he makes Denver the 3rd best club in the AFC West but no more than that!
in the last 25 years, 26 different NFL franchises have made the Conference Championships
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) March 12, 2022
the Dallas Cowboys are 1 of 6 to never make the Conference Championships
in those 25 years, Dallas has won a grand total of 3 playoff games
only 3 franchise have won fewer
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@RapSheet: Source: The #Browns are trading for #Cowboys WR Amari Cooper.
It’s a 5th rounder going to Dallas and the two teams are swapping 6 rounders.
Not much of a return on investment for the Cowboys.
X Packer re-elected NFL players association union president:
Browns center JC Tretter, who navigated the NFL Players Association through difficult and contentious COVID-19 protocols the past two seasons, has been re-elected for a second two-year term as union president, Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.
Tretter, who earned a degree in labor and industrial relations from Cornell University, helped the union and NFL negotiate the COVID-19 protocols that enabled the league to play a full 17-game season and crown a Super Bowl winner without interruption last season.
He fielded numerous calls from players about the disparity in testing between vaccinated and unvaccinated players, and dealt with the fallout of many fully vaccinated players testing positive, including himself and many of his Browns teammates.
@ilcuqui posted:@RapSheet: Source: The #Browns are trading for #Cowboys WR Amari Cooper.
It’s a 5th rounder going to Dallas and the two teams are swapping 6 rounders.
Good trade for the Cowboys. Don’t pay WRs.
It's funny, with the Rams winning the Super Bowl after trading day one and two picks for Miller, Ramsey, and Stafford, we're really hearing the peanut gallery push for teams to use those high draft picks for proven veterans instead of unproven rookies. They all but ignore the trades for Mack, Cooper, Jamal Adams, etc. which is more likely what's going to happen, ie: give up potentially cheap starters for aging ones who then get paid a lot of money leading to cutting other players from your team due to cap restraints then still having to release the player you traded for early due to backloaded cap costs.
@Pack88 posted:Yes I can only imagine what GB was offered for 12. Wilson is ok but outside of his years with the best defense in the NFL what has he accomplished. The inability to pass from the pocket is problematic and his aging legs and nimbleness have faded making him much less dangerous on the move. The TD bomb or punt is exciting but not especially practical when playing teams with better defenses.
I think he makes Denver the 3rd best club in the AFC West but no more than that!
Until last year with the thumb injury, wasn't he consistently in the MVP running for like the last 5 years?
Per NFLN, Brady is coming back for another season with the Bucs!
BREAKING: Tom Brady announces he is unretiring and will return to the NFL for his 23rd season WOW.
@Bleacher report
With the crap the NFC has to offer for QBs, it’s no surprise he wants to play another season.
Did I hear correctly that Tom Brady has ended his retirement? I won’t deny, I really don’t want to play against that guy ever again.
Edit: Never mind. I see someone else beat me to posting the news.
and oh my, let the Bert Favor talk begin eh?? 🤬 🤬 🤬
sweet. and skol
@TomPelissero: The #Vikings are signing Pro Bowl QB Kirk Cousins to a one-year, $35 million fully guaranteed extension that puts him under contract through 2023, per sources.
Cousins gets a raise to $40 million in 2022, $55 million payable by next March and a no-trade clause.
@DH13 posted:Until last year with the thumb injury, wasn't he consistently in the MVP running for like the last 5 years?
Just saying, in the past 6 years except for the shanked FG game against Minnesota has Wilson won a P/O game against a real football team
@ilcuqui posted:sweet. and skol
@TomPelissero: The #Vikings are signing Pro Bowl QB Kirk Cousins to a one-year, $35 million fully guaranteed extension that puts him under contract through 2023, per sources.
Cousins gets a raise to $40 million in 2022, $55 million payable by next March and a no-trade clause.
Is there a HOF for agents? Cuz Cousins' agent is first ballot.
Postseason football is highly overrated. It’s the regular season that matters most. September games in particular.