NFL News, Rumors and Musings

[Leonardfan]

[PFF] Evan Engram has 21 career drops Most by a TE since 2017

Nice find!

 

[Leonardfan]

Beckham done with a torn ACL. Mayfield looked alot better when he wasn't on the field. Addition by subtraction.

 

[Bucky]

Beckham done with a torn ACL. Mayfield looked alot better when he wasn't on the field. Addition by subtraction.

Nice no more ramen head for the rest of the season! Small win. As mentioned should help Baker have a more balanced approach.

 

[Leonardfan]

Nice no more ramen head for the rest of the season! Small win. As mentioned should help Baker have a more balanced approach.

Browns WR corps is thin too with Switzer on the PS. With so many black scrub WRs in the ranks it would be great to see Switzer get called up and get playing time. Also saw that DeDe Westbrook tore his ACL - his fumble changed the momentum of the game yesterday and the Jags ended up losing. Michael Walker is still available as a FA and was the return man for the Jags last year. They could also call up Trey Quinn - hell get them both on the roster because the Jags WRs have terrible body language and drop the ball too much!

 

[wile]

I dislike the military flyovers, the 200 foot American flags draped on the field, and the emphasis on the national anthem, which I don't think should even be played before sporting events. If there has to be music I'd rather hear the teams' fight songs.

But it certainly doesn't mean I'm not patriotic because I am, actually more than ever this year as so much of what is dear to our history and traditional way of life is under direct, revolutionary attack from above and below. I just think it's inappropriate unless the teams playing are representing their respective countries and it's an international match, akin to how the national anthem of the gold medal winners is played at Olympic Games. Otherwise we don't need the national anthem any more than we need all the fans to stand up and also recite the Pledge of Allegiance.

Well said, all I can add is that the stupid conservative notion that the nation exists to serve the military has to end. FTR I served and was discharged honorably from the USMC I have favorable opinions of the services I don't worship them or serve them.

 

[wile]

Supposedly a Ferrari driving Deandre Hopkins drove by some Trump supporters and gave them the finger before the game on Sunday. I've seen the photo on twitter, probably is especially if he drives a dark colored Ferrari. Karma is in ten years he is looking for minimum wage work.

Speaking of black privilege rumor has it that the Bostic guy is not facing any suspension, so we will see how that goes.

 

[Leonardfan]

Now the rumor is the Giants are not trying to shop Engram...how dumb can you get? You can probably fetch a 2nd/3rd round pick on a guy that you should not re-sign to a second contract. Get yourself a white TE in the draft and pick up some o-line help!

 

[aalin]

Now the rumor is the Giants are not trying to shop Engram...how dumb can you get? You can probably fetch a 2nd/3rd round pick on a guy that you should not re-sign to a second contract. Get yourself a white TE in the draft and pick up some o-line help!

They already picked up OL "help" in this last draft. Picked a sumo 4th overall, and the sumo has been a huge bust so far.

https://giantswire.usatoday.com/202...s-andrew-thomas-bust-ereck-flowers-nfl-draft/
Thomas was the most ‘pro-ready’ prospect of all of the talented tackles in the draft class they said.

Thomas has gone from potential Pro Bowl prospect to becoming a colossal bust. To say he has been beaten like drum from his very first game on would be putting it lightly.

Giants ESPN beat reporter Jordan Raanan: “LT Andrew Thomas played all 55 offensive snaps vs. Eagles after a benching last week for being late to a team meeting. Finished with a 43.8% pass block win rate. League average for OTs is somewhere in the 87% range. Another really rough evening for the rookie.”

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So the most "pro-ready" prospect is actually a huge bust in the NFL. Continuing the great tradition of sumo busts like Ereck Flowers, Greg Robinson, Jason Smith and who knows how many other sumo busts.
While White players have almost been banned from playing Tackle in the NFL.

 

[Don Wassall]

It's amusing how often the "pro ready" label turns out to be the opposite.

 

[aalin]

43,2 win rate means 56,8 FAIL rate. So almost 60% of his passes Daniel Jones was on the run because of the sumo bust. But wait. there's more. At RT there is another sumo who is not much better. (White players cannot play OT anymore apparently. Only sumos can.) Then there's the TE bust Engram, who can't block, can't catch.

 

[Shadowlight]

there's the TE bust Engram, who can't block, can't catch.

Engram is the poster child for modern day NFL scouting. He perfectly fits into being what I call a Spandex Wonder. We know the drill. A black athlete kills the workouts at the combine and every sniveling drooling scout fool climb all over themselves trying to top one another in superlatives. As a tall 230 pound "wide receiver" out of the SEC, (black players out of the SEC give scouts woodies) he was listed as a TE and ran a 4.42 40 at the combine After that the media fell in complete love. And the expected media howling started. First round draft pick of course.

Turns out he is injury prone, can't block worth a shite and has an aversion to catching passes.

Will the combined scouting establishment take a step back from their spandex playbook? I doubt it.

 

[The Hock]

I like flyovers. Don't care about the politics of them or the economics. They're just cool. Although my job in the military was to shoot them down.

I always hit the mute when they play the National Anthem for the same reason I don't listen to Classic Radio. Those songs are played out. I don't wish to hear "The Star Spangled Banner" any more than I care to hear "Bad Moon Rising" or "Whole Lotta Love." Just ear fatigue. They play it too much for it to be special any more.

"That won't happen with a Biden Harris ticket." Aikmen's got that right. They're more likely to start having rainbow balloon releases before the games if those two win.

 

[ximasa]

Nice find!

He can't block too.
He owes Eli and Chad Kelly some ligaments

 

[Shadowlight]

I have my updated chart through seven weeks on the receiving stats. About 25 players. Some teams like the Vikings have only played six games. Even so we may be looking at a season where no white wide receiver will reach that magic number 1,000 yards. Cole Beasley is coming off a great game and is having a good season. Thielen in my mind has the best chance followed by Kupp but right now they aren't shoe ins at all. Not having a 1,000 yard white WR would be a reversal of the trend in recent times. I wouldn't like that at all.

We could see say Kittle and Kelce climb over 1,000 yards. But you really can't put anything in the bank at this point. 50-50 I say on them.

For the seventh week I added two new tight ends to my chart. Both rookies with huge upsides who made some noise this week. Harrison Bryant (12-126-3) and Cole Kmet (5-85-1). Nagy won't play Kmet over the turtle Jimmy Graham. Speaking of tight ends I was very high on Hockenson when he was drafted and I was taken aback at how mediocre his rookie season turned out ( injuries derailed things too). But his talent is beginning to shine now and he had the big last second winning TD for the Lions over the helpless Falcons Sunday.

The Andy Isabella situation is making me physically ill. But Scotty Miller made perhaps the catch of the day on his TD. That isn't the first time he has grabbed a very difficult over the head pass. I just hope the addition of Antonio Brown in a couple of weeks doesn't derail Scotty's terrific progress?

 

[Leonardfan]

Cardinals DL Zach Allen to injured reserve with an ankle injury.

Redskins have demoted Apke - they are putting a 7th rounder into the starting role and promoted another no name black safety. Caste system in a nutshell for any of you lurkers. Black Jack is a despicable caste prick.

 

[Bucky]

Cardinals DL Zach Allen to injured reserve with an ankle injury.

Redskins have demoted Apke - they are putting a 7th rounder into the starting role and promoted another no name black safety. Caste system in a nutshell for any of you lurkers. Black Jack is a despicable caste prick.

I'd like to give Black Jack a Black Eye. Apke with a leash made for a chihuahua, beyond short. If only he had some melanin then the media would give him another 3years to reach his potential upside.

That said I'll be cheering for Losses the rest of the year for these PC Clowns. Let's hope someone has eyes on Kerrigan and he can get the hell outta the swamp and onto a playoff contender!

 

[Don Wassall]

Note the wording here: ILB Kamal Martin (GB) - With Krys Barnes re-injuring his shoulder and Ty Summers getting benched due to a blown coverage, Martin took over as the Packers main linebacker in one LB sets. The 5th round rookie racked up 6 solo tackles on limited snaps and figures to be a strong LB2-LB2+ play if Barnes and Christian Kirksey are out next week.

Summers wasn't benched for "blown coverages," he was benched for a single blown coverage according to the above. More confirmation that White defensive players, especially young unknown ones getting an opportunity, need to be damn near perfect otherwise the howls begin from the media and DWFs for them to be benched, followed all too often by coaches doing exactly that.

 

[Shadowlight]

It appears CM is back but at least so far it looks like he might not play Thursday night against the Falcons. Without him that game looks like one of the worst matchups possible. Bedtime at halftime type of game.

Leonardfan might be rubbing off on his "pen pal" Peter King. Ha. King the other day went out of his way to hype edge Ryan Kerrigan. The Seahawks were cited as the frontrunners but as usual they reverted to their old pattern and picked up DE Carlos Dunlap of the Bengals instead. I have to give Seattle some credit. In a world that is often hard to read they are repulsively reliable.

Speaking of the Bengals they can't get rid of WR John Ross fast enough. The 49ers dumped Tavon Austin so he is free to join another team. No thanks to either one of these media heroes. I have a particular distaste for hyped up black speedsters.

Eagles TE Dallas Goedert should be back as they play beat up Dallas in the Sunday night game. If they win all of a sudden they will be the frontrunners to win the NFC East. And perhaps some of the Wentz bashing will subside. Sure.

As for Kerrigan hard to say? If it is the Patriots he would cut into Winovich's already reduced playing time. Last thing we need is honkies knocking each other off roster spots. The 49ers would be better with Nick Bosa shelved. One thing is for sure. If Kerrigan wants to make some noise his final two or three years he needs to bolt Washington as quickly as possible.

 

[Shadowlight]

Summers wasn't benched for "blown coverages," he was benched for a single blown coverage according to the above

Cripes too bad Broadway is down. The "Ty Summers Blew Coverage" musical would have made a great follow up to the smash hit "Nate Gerry Missed A Tackle."

 

[Don Wassall]

Cripes too bad Broadway is down. The "Ty Summers Blew Coverage" musical would have made a great follow up to the smash hit "Nate Gerry Missed A Tackle."

Haha, I was thinking of the Gerry musical myself. Another sure smash hit would be "Chase Winovich Was Called For a Penalty."

 

[Shadowlight]

Another sure smash hit would be "Chase Winovich Was Called For a Penalty."

Good one.

 

[Bucky]

Pettine is really a piece of ****. As others mentioned why even draft a pale face if you have zero attention of allowing them to succeed? Packers are lucky they have Rodgers, be perennial bottom dwellers without him.

They will be exposed yet again come end of the year. Another Packer team sliding by winning, but is not very good! I'm hoping for a few more immediate Losses..Can't stand Gutenkunt or Petty

 

[Red Raider]

Chris Finke is back with the 49ers on their practice squad where he joins River Cracraft.

 

[Johnny Tightlips]

Giants WR Alex Bachman is C-blocked yet again as they bring back Shepard off the injury list. It looked like for a moment they would have to call him up. When was the last time the Giants played a white wide receiver? Perhaps back up special teamer Phil McConkey for a few years in the 1980's?

I believe it was Brandon Stokley either in 11 or 12 he only played a couple of games before being put on season ending IR

 

[Shadowlight]

Chris Finke is back with the 49ers on their practice squad where he joins River Cracraft.

Finke is a real curio. He was originally released because of an injury. And his 40 time (4.57) at the NFL combine is bogus because he ran it with a bad hamstring. How bad was his hamstring? Well he skipped the short shuttle and didn't even participate in the on field work outs. But he did manage an explosive 40" vertical.

I believe it was Brandon Stokley either in 11 or 12 he only played a couple of games before being put on season ending IR

I just looked it up. Stokely was targeted just 3 times in 2011 with the Giants. He was barely there. He too is another curio. After he was traded to the Colts in 2004 he had his break out season with a standout 68-1077-10 stat line. And he wasn't really a full time starter either. But the following year his usage precipitously dropped and as he bounced around the league he never went over 700 yards ever again. I partially remember that breakout season thinking he was the NFL's next star. One could make an argument apart from that season he was woefully underused his entire career. I do remember early on in his career he tore his ACL I believe be recovered nicely from that. I also remember him catching a TD in the Raven's Super Bowl win over the Giants and Jason Sehorn. I was rooting for the Giants because of Sehorn but they got slaughtered.