League meetings - comp picks, rules changes...

I actually like some of these from the Redskins.

Interesting… Competition Committee proposes increases game-day roster on games not on Sunday or Monday from 46 to 49.

 

I like this one

I like the Redskin's idea of expanding the IR 'designated to return' to more than one player.  Even if only one player is allowed to return from IR, at least let the teams designate some number of players (say 3) and then, later in the season,  pick from that pool which player they actually want to bring back to the active roster. 

Here's a quick article about the changes to roster IR rules.  They sound promising, but Seifert thinks the change will be slow....

 

http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnat...n-roster-flexibility

 

 

       
       


Agreed. Throw the rest of them in the trash.

Demovsky on the comp picks.

 

Philly.com predicts 3rd and a 6th comp picks for GBP.

 

 

 

 

Dream from heaven...an R3 for whiney malcontent leg humper Jennings

If we can find an athlete without a Sister......

@RapSheet

Belichick’s Patriots going all in on rules: Proposed extending crossbars up 5 ft, moving PATs back to 25, putting cameras on boundary lines

I'm sure he does.

 

Patriots cameras....

 

Hand signals...Down & Distance....Hand Signals....Down & Distance......Hand signals...Down & Distance....Hand Signals....Down & Distance......Hand signals...Down & Distance....Hand Signals....Down & Distance......

 

For each of the 31 teams

In all seriousness, the fact that there aren't cameras on every boundary line is ridiculous.

 

I read an article that this summer for the World Cup, that the refs will be wearing a watch, that will (ring, blink, buzz, ALERT) the ref when the ball crosses the goalline for a GOOD goal.  IF this technology works, I can't imagine that the NFL doesn't run with it, instead of having to go to the booth, to see if the ball crossed the line.  This could then be modified for all boundary plays.     

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I read an article that this summer for the World Cup, that the refs will be wearing a watch, that will (ring, blink, buzz, ALERT) the ref when the ball crosses the goalline for a GOOD goal.

In tennis tournaments played on clay, the ball leaves a mark when it hits the court.  When there's a disputed call, it's not uncommon for the chair umpire to get out of the chair and inspect the mark six or eight times a match, which mollifies both players 99% of the time.

Tennis' computerized line-guessing challenge system used in non-clay tournaments disagrees with the physical evidence of the mark left on the clay from time to time, and maddeningly, the commentators seem to think this proves the chair umpire got the call wrong.  As if the computerized system is infallible.   **** Pat McEnroe.

That Eagle Eye technology that they use at Wimbledon, US Open, Aussie Open, is one of the systems that FIFA (soccer) is reviewing for implementation.  

 

There is no question, that the technology or system can be wrong, but in this day in age, where you can tracked to within 1 ft of your location, having to go to the booth to see if the ball crossed the line is dumb.  

Wouldn't an issue be if the runner was down before stretching out the ball over the line?

Cheerleader outfits lined with GoPro cameras.

 

That's technology I can get behind.

What you do in your spare time is your business but in the future keep it in your closet.

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but in this day in age, where you can tracked to within 1 ft of your location

My foot (or at least my shoes) are about 12 inches long.  That's a mighty high level of inaccuracy to be judging TDs on.

Even Hawkeye only claims to be accurate to within a couple of millimeters, yet as I said, it's treated as though it's never wrong.  Early on when it was being used officially, there was a case where the pretty picture showed the ball one way, and the "in/out" indicator read the other.  If they can't get the pretty picture (which should be the easiest part) right, I tend to be skeptical of the couple of millimeters claim.

So, I guess we should not allow technology to help alleviate time consuming trips to the "booth".  If the technology works, and can be reproduced to a mm, then why not use it.  The human eyes have a hard time detecting a couple of mm difference, technology COULD help that.  

What a coincidence? Your foot is the same size as my p..., Errrr TMI? 

He should have stopped at couple of millimeters.

Fedya was subject to foot binding? Explains a lot.

My foot (or at least my shoes) are about 12 inches long.

 

That makes for some big ol' tube socks. Do you call 'em heavy dates?

What a coincidence? Your foot is the same size as my p..., Errrr TMI? 




I'm reminded of the old joke how, back in the cold war days, the Soviets and Americans were having nuclear arms control negotiations.  During one of the negotiations, the Soviets pointed out that American condoms were more robust than Soviet condoms, so they'd like the Americans to throw in a large supply of condoms for the Red Army soldiers.  To fit the Soviets, however, the negotiators said the condoms all had to be 12 inches long.

The Americans complied with a supply of 12-inch condoms -- with all the boxes marked "Extra Small".

 As a matter of fact, I do.

At times I think the NFL should take advantage of current technologies, if not be an innovator of them, and it should be appealing to both players and viewers.

Then I weigh that against the traditions of football and referees, and I'm not so sure there would be improvements from such technologies. I will reiterate the referees more often than not are positioned perfectly to make a call; it's their judgement or interpretations that are flawed, and I don't know that technology can cure that. I'm more in favor of making penalty calls subject to review.

I could see where sideline and endline calls could be bettered if there is a way to track them electronically (sensors in field and player's shoes?), but wouldn't be much help for some goalline calls, as mentioned above, or a fumble scrum in the middle of the field.

I always get a kick out of some of the proposed rule changes.  Belichek's still whining about the loss to Baltimore from a few years back on what he felt was a missed FG and it's ironic because he's one of the biggest frauds/cheaters out there.   Eff him.

 

I thing some of the roster expansion ideas make a lot of sense given how much injuries can impact and derail a team.  Personally, if it were me I'd just scrap the practice squad and also expand game day rosters.   The other thing I'd do is push out the trade deadline.   It's utterly ridiculous how the NFL handles that aspect and MLB and the NBA have figured out that the option can really help teams later in the season. 

I wear ankle socks which are more than accommoDating.

Did a quick check on compensatory picks since 2008, who was lost and who was picked:

 

2008  Lost Ahman Green and David Martin.  Awarded a 4th round pick.

         Picked Josh Sitton.  Definite gain.

 

2011  Lost Aaron Kampman.  Awarded a 4th round pick.

         Picked Davon House.  Incomplete, but i'd grade it a wash.  Kamp just didn't fit                                          in Capers system.

 

2012  Lost Darren Colledge, Korey Hall, Brandon Jackson, Jason Spitz, and Cullen              Jenkins.  Awarded a fourth, fourth, seventh and seventh.

         Picked Daniels(4), McMillian(4), Datko(7), B.J. Coleman(7).

         Daniels-Jenkins starting to look like a wash, other than that we swapped a 

         pile of crap for a mound of ****.  TThompson really failed on this draft.

 

2013  Lost Matt Flynn and Scott Wells.  Awarded a 5th round pick.

         Picked Josh Boyd.  Agree with the decision to let both players go and would 

         do the same again, but think this would have to be considered a overall

         downgrade.  Boyd certainly has time to change that opinion though and 

         looked to be coming on at the end last year.  It's just been a struggle to 

         fill the vacancies left by the departures of both players.

 

jasonjwilde Per #Packers spokesman, GM Ted Thompson will have to miss #NFLMeetings because of a personal matter. Would have arrived in Orlando today. 3/23/14, 8:16 AM

I wonder if TT's father is ok?

Why would he be in GB then?

to be on TV when he signs another Free Agent?

 

Where does it say he's in Green Bay?

It was in a tweet from Wilde at 11:05 AM on 3/23:

 

Thompson will also continue to monitor free agency from #Packers' @LambeauField offices. Now that I'm back, more moves to come, I'm sure.

 

Some day I'll learn to post a that stuff directly

Comp picks awarded today.  

The Packers get a 3rd and a 5th comp picks

http://nflcommunications.com/2...choices-to-13-clubs/

 

98 and 176

3rd rounder for Jennings and a 5th for Walden..  Not bad at all.

NICE!!!

 

Better than we thought!

 

PDF File explains

WOOT!

 

I was expecting a 3rd and a 6th, wouldn't have been surprised with a 4th and a 6th.

This is better.