2016 Training Camp and Pre-Season

celticdb15

Hall of Famer
Joined
Jul 24, 2007
Messages
8,469
The Miami DWF's are out in full force calling for Jordan Cameron to be cut after one drop in a meaningless preseason game. The DWF's want Dion Sims to start due to his "upside" Never mind the fact that Sims has never been able to get separation, nor has he ever shown great hands. Cameron on the other hand didn't have a single drop all last season. Yep, no double standard here. Our teams TE position is really up in the air right now. We cut Jake Stoneburner (I don't know why. He showed some ability last year.... I guess he didn't possess the mythical "upside") and while I like Thomas Duarte (not white, but Filipino I believe) The move to cut Stoneburner made no sense.

Really hoping Tannehill and Cameron can get on the same page. About all there is to cheer for on this dark Dolphins team besides Alonso and Vigil at LB. Dwfs honestly think Dion Sims is a better option at TE then they don't know Jack ****! Really surprised Stoneburner can't stick around In the NFL. He's another guy who has a WR body but was forced to bulk up to play TE in the league...

Not that it matters as he's not white, but I thought Duarte was Filipino as well but apprently he's half Japanese half Mexican.

PS Tannehill will be run out of Miami after he is single handedly blamed for Dolphins sucking this year. When realistically their all sumo OL Will get him destroyed. They deserve the ridicule..
 

celticdb15

Hall of Famer
Joined
Jul 24, 2007
Messages
8,469
Semian is getting the start this week. I hope he does well. Obviously Lynch is the future but if Semian plays well he can parlay this oppourtunity into a starting job elsewhere down the road.

Good for him. Really surprised he was drafted last year in 7th rd and the progress he's made challenging Mr Butt Fumble for starting job. No disrespect to him but after watching him at Northwestern I considered him a looooonnngg shot at making the league.
 

Tannehill17

Mentor
Joined
Dec 29, 2012
Messages
1,403
Location
Miami FL
PS Tannehill will be run out of Miami after he is single handedly blamed for Dolphins sucking this year. When realistically their all sumo OL Will get him destroyed. They deserve the ridicule..

The question I have for the DWF's is this. If Tannehill is run out of town then who do you replace him with? No other QB coming out of the draft will fare any better than Tannehill behind the same line. In fact, I suspect they would fare worse. None of the DWF's seem to have an answer for this
 

FootballDad

Hall of Famer
Joined
Oct 19, 2009
Messages
5,462
Location
Somewhere near Kansas City, MO
Fins DWFs so badly want their very own Jameez. They are very jealous of the Blackeneers!
 

celticdb15

Hall of Famer
Joined
Jul 24, 2007
Messages
8,469
Fins fans probably want Watson haha.
 

celticdb15

Hall of Famer
Joined
Jul 24, 2007
Messages
8,469

Leonardfan

Hall of Famer
Joined
Jul 30, 2006
Messages
24,272
Alex Erickson again working to prove himself! Forced to walk-on after stellar HS career (94tds) . Went on to star at Wisconsin. Good size 6'0 190 and elite speed 4.44.. Even with elite production, measurables, and ideal size white athletes are forced to work for everything they get!

http://www.buckys5thquarter.com/201...-erickson-cincinnati-bengals-roster-receivers

His performance has been largely ignored by the media. Like many white players who have stellar preseasons but are unceremoniously cut during the annual white purge. Whites who excel in the preseason seem to often be given the excuse that "it's just preseason". However the Cowboys black quarterback who has had a good preseason is being hyped up so much even though it is only the preseason. I hear no one bringing that up in the media that his performance is good but it's just preseason. That excuse is only given to downgrade white players who destroy the preconceived notions about white athletes when they play and outproduce their black counterparts or destroy black players with superior performances.

I would argue that Erickson is better than boyd who they picked in the 2nd or 3rd round. I am rooting for Alex, he was one of the more screwed over wrs of the 2016 draft.
 

Don Wassall

Administrator
Staff member
Joined
Sep 30, 2004
Messages
31,360
Location
Pennsylvania
The latest Bears depth chart has Mariani and Braverman listed jointly as second stringers behind starter Alshon Jeffery. Eddie Royal is listed behind starter Kevin White.

Royal presumably is the team's leading slot receiver, but he's injury prone and has already been dealing with a concussion in training camp. Since his rookie season when he had 91 catches and 980 yards, Royal has managed just 284 receptions total in the seven years since. He's a below average receiver who's still living off what he did as a rookie back in '08.

Kevin White missed all of his rookie season with an injury and still is coming along very slowly in his second NFL season. "Raw" is the best word describe him. I'd say there's a pretty good chance he's going to be a bust despite his "lip smacking measurables and upside."

Bottom line is the Bears receiving corps could be interesting to watch this year as there's nothing there in the way of affletes after Jeffery, White and Royal. Braverman may actually get to play a fair amount as a rookie in the slot, or maybe Mariani will. Mariani could be a very good outside receiver but using him there even if White's injured again would be expecting a lot from the Bears.
 

Thrashen

Hall of Famer
Joined
Jun 4, 2007
Messages
5,706
Location
Pennsylvania
The latest Bears depth chart has Mariani and Braverman listed jointly as second stringers behind starter Alshon Jeffery. Eddie Royal is listed behind starter Kevin White.

Royal presumably is the team's leading slot receiver, but he's injury prone and has already been dealing with a concussion in training camp. Since his rookie season when he had 91 catches and 980 yards, Royal has managed just 284 receptions total in the seven years since. He's a below average receiver who's still living off what he did as a rookie back in '08.

Kevin White missed all of his rookie season with an injury and still is coming along very slowly in his second NFL season. "Raw" is the best word describe him. I'd say there's a pretty good chance he's going to be a bust despite his "lip smacking measurables and upside."

Bottom line is the Bears receiving corps could be interesting to watch this year as there's nothing there in the way of affletes after Jeffery, White and Royal. Braverman may actually get to play a fair amount as a rookie in the slot, or maybe Mariani will. Mariani could be a very good outside receiver but using him there even if White's injured again would be expecting a lot from the Bears.

Also, with Martellus Bennett gone, TE Zach Miller is now the anointed starter. Miller and Cutler had a fantastic rapport at the end of last season and I think he could be one of the best TE's in 2016.
 

Leonardfan

Hall of Famer
Joined
Jul 30, 2006
Messages
24,272
Sounds like the Eagles are going to cut or trade Taylor Hart. Hopefully he ends up back with Kelly in San Francisco.

Dcoordinator and wigger Jim Schwartz is no friend to white players.
 

Freethinker

Hall of Famer
Joined
Oct 3, 2008
Messages
7,529
Location
Suffolk County, NY
Sounds like the Eagles are going to cut or trade Taylor Hart. Hopefully he ends up back with Kelly in San Francisco.

Dcoordinator and wigger Jim Schwartz is no friend to white players.
Jim Schwarz sure is a black promoting, foul mouthed, short tempered, wigger fool. He'll always be best known for trying to fight his equally buffoonish doppelgänger, Jim Harbaugh, during his embarrassing tenure as Lion HC. It's amazing a clown like this gets chance after chance but those who toe the line of roster caste demographics get greatly rewarded.
 

Don Wassall

Administrator
Staff member
Joined
Sep 30, 2004
Messages
31,360
Location
Pennsylvania
Potentially great news for Zenner:

Lions released RB Stevan Ridley. The writing was on the wall after Ridley played behind Zach Zenner, George Winn, and rookie Dwayne Washington this preseason. By releasing him now, the Lions have at least given Ridley a shot to latch on somewhere else -- and perhaps offset some of the $250,000 guaranteed they owe him -- but he has not proven to be an effective back since shredding his knee in 2014. The 27-year-old could be nearing the end. With Ridley gone, Zenner is now locked in as the big-back complement to Ameer Abdullah.
 

Thrashen

Hall of Famer
Joined
Jun 4, 2007
Messages
5,706
Location
Pennsylvania
Potentially great news for Zenner:

Lions released RB Stevan Ridley. The writing was on the wall after Ridley played behind Zach Zenner, George Winn, and rookie Dwayne Washington this preseason. By releasing him now, the Lions have at least given Ridley a shot to latch on somewhere else -- and perhaps offset some of the $250,000 guaranteed they owe him -- but he has not proven to be an effective back since shredding his knee in 2014. The 27-year-old could be nearing the end. With Ridley gone, Zenner is now locked in as the big-back complement to Ameer Abdullah.

Abdullah was putrid as a rookie and the starting 3rd down back, Theo Riddick (who has talent in the receiving game), isn't an effective rusher between the tackles.

Zach "2K" Zenner is one injury away from getting major playing time. Great to see!

image.jpg
 
Last edited:

Leonardfan

Hall of Famer
Joined
Jul 30, 2006
Messages
24,272
The pats just traded a draft pick for Browns bust barkeviois mingo. I have to shake my head at some of the moves the patriots make. The sumos drafted, trading for sumo Cooper, trading stork, drafting a black quarterback. All really stupid moves. It looks like Karras and Thuney will be good olinemen at least.
 

Don Wassall

Administrator
Staff member
Joined
Sep 30, 2004
Messages
31,360
Location
Pennsylvania
Here's an example of the ever present racial politics that always work in favor of black players and against White ones, as the locker room is "demanding" that a tiny black receiver make the team:

Saints undrafted rookie WR Tommylee Lewis is expected to make the 53-man roster. One source told Larry Holder of the New Orleans Time-Picayune that "there would be a mutiny" if Lewis didn't make the squad. The pint-sized -- 5'7/168 -- receiver out of Northern Illinois is expected to get some run with the first-team offense in the third preseason game against the Steelers.
 
Last edited:

Don Wassall

Administrator
Staff member
Joined
Sep 30, 2004
Messages
31,360
Location
Pennsylvania
The Further Adventures of this year's Great Black Hope, following accusations of regularly beating his girlfriend. Weenieworld of course makes excuses for him. But gotta love his ever present room brightening smile:

After Ezekiel Elliott reportedly visited a marijuana dispensary in Seattle prior to Thursday night's preseason game, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones deemed Elliott's decision "not good." TMZ reported Elliott visited a weed shop named "Herban Legends" just "hours" prior to the game. Although recreational marijuana use is legal in Seattle, marijuana remains a banned substance by the NFL. The website's sources did say Elliott "didn't buy or smoke anything in the store." It sounds like Elliott was being a typical tourist. "Well, I think that in and of itself the reason we are talking about is in a way part of the learning process," Jones said of Elliott's decision to visit the weed shop. "But it's not good. It's just not good. It's just not good."
 

Leonardfan

Hall of Famer
Joined
Jul 30, 2006
Messages
24,272
Watched some of the Cowboys game and Prescott led them to 10 pts (the TD catch by Witten was great) while playing 2+ quarters. I think that the media can press the brakes a little on the hype train now as he was not as good as his other performances when asked to play against the 1st team for a whole half after Romo left with an injury.

Tannehill also looked pretty good running the offense, I hope Gase has a little more sense than Philbin did. Tannenbaum and his black GM puppet has done Tannehill no favors with that bad oline. Dysert also looked pretty good in relief. Not sure what has gotten into Matt Ryan but he did not look that impressive last night, hopefully he will return to his high level of play during the season.
 

Don Wassall

Administrator
Staff member
Joined
Sep 30, 2004
Messages
31,360
Location
Pennsylvania
The worrisome thing about the Cowboys is that Romo, playing for the first time since his serious injury last year, hurt his back on just the third play of the game. It's fair at this point of his career to say he seems brittle. At 36 he's getting up there for a QB. Not all White quarterbacks excel into their late 30s. Hopefully he'll be fine and have a great 2016 and a couple seasons after that, but it's also possible he's nearing the end of the line.
 

Leonardfan

Hall of Famer
Joined
Jul 30, 2006
Messages
24,272
The worrisome thing about the Cowboys is that Romo, playing for the first time since his serious injury last year, hurt his back on just the third play of the game. It's fair at this point of his career to say he seems brittle. At 36 he's getting up there for a QB. Not all White quarterbacks excel into their late 30s. Hopefully he'll be fine and have a great 2016 and a couple seasons after that, but it's also possible he's nearing the end of the line.

Yea I think Romo is nearing the end. I won't be surprised if he misses more games this year. If he does I hope Jerrah's black quarterback experiment blows up in his face once again. The Cowboys actually do not look like a good team. They had a bad draft and did not address needs on the defense. The defense is going to be one of the worst terrible d-line, mediocre LBs outside of Sean Lee and a bad secondary (which Jones hilariously acknowledged during the broadcast of last night's game when a safety got beat on a deep ball).
 

The Hock

Master
Joined
Mar 16, 2008
Messages
3,876
Location
Northern California
Romo is 36? Wow I haven't been paying attention to the calendar. Seems not that long ago he was a rookie sensation.

Good thing they have Prescott in the wings.;)
 

celticdb15

Hall of Famer
Joined
Jul 24, 2007
Messages
8,469
Nice punt return TD by Adam Humphries!!
 
Top