Doesn't matter. Football's football. The fact is that players are getting injured in record numbers in a 16 game schedule. I'm sure that roster numbers would have to expand which makes it easier to keep backup players in key positions. The extra two games would be key in that injured players may not be rushed back into action as fast as that seems to be all too common in the short 16 game season where every game counts.
You can argue that teams like the Steelers, Patriots, Colts, Eagles, Packers have been playing 17/18 game seasons for the last decade and those teams come back the next year and continue to make the playoffs.
Your last couple posts remind me of people in phoenix trying to explain hockey to me. Cfl is rec league sandlot football compared to the NFL. The collisions are smaller and far less frequent in the cdn game.
An 18 game league can only decrease the quality of ball and saying it's ok by using the cfl as a proxy makes zero sense
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No surprises here, what with him constantly battling nagging injuries, and the emergence of rookie TE Jimmy Graham, who essentially had replaced him as the starter last year.
I'll never forget him catching the winning TD in SB44 last year, for that he will forever be in Saints lore.
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I expect Bush to be let go next, unless he can somehow re-structure his contract with the Saints.
I'd love to see him come back at a reduced price (somewhere in the neighbourhood of $3-4 million, tops), as I think he plays a key role on our team in adding a different dimension not a lot of teams can say they have. The amount of 3rd and longs on underneath routes I've seen that guy convert over the past few years that he had no business making is ridiculous, and its by having a skillset I think only a handful of NFL players have, the guy is a freak athlete (just an undersized one for this league, hence the injuries). He already said he'd be willing to take a paycut as well (just depends on how low he's willing to go).
I'm not overly confident it will get done though, and after this season I think some desperate GM is going to overpay for him. Even though he's clearly not what he was hyped to be back in '06, he's still a good player (when he can stay on the field), and I think a few GM's will still see that "Reggie Bush" name and want to take a chance. I think he's got one year left in N.O. at the very most, although I'd love to be wrong if its at the right price.
Broncos sign Champ Bailey, per John Elway's Twitter
Great news. This guy brings it every game. He has spent the last 4 years playing on a wrecked defense and has done nothing but make plays, often in places he shouldn't even see on the play.
I think the guy is still an elite CB...and he is absolutely a complete CB.
Even with Bailey signed, I'm starting to lean toward Patrick Peterson as my choice for that 2nd pick. Who better to mentor a young franchise CB?
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So former Bears great Dave Duerson committed suicide last week...and all because he wanted his brain to be analyzed afterwards.
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A heartbreaking story developed over the weekend following the death of former Chicago Bears safety Dave Duerson. The incident that took his life last week was ruled a suicide, and The New York Times reported Duerson asked family members via text messages to have his brain examined for a disease that has been found in other deceased football players.
Duerson, in fact, shot himself in the chest rather than the head to keep his brain intact. He reportedly believed he might have chronic traumatic encephalopathy, which has been tied to depression, dementia and occasionally suicide in former NFL players.
Over the next months, his brain will be studied at The Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy at Boston University.
To this point, players who have died with this disease were not aware of their condition. Duerson knew about the disease partly because of his role on an NFL Players Association committee that helped determine disability payouts to members.
It's terrifying to think that Duerson killed himself believing he might have a disease that he had seen lead to mental issues for other former players.
I don't like the idea of Reggie leaving, but they HAVE to do something with that number, he's due over $11 million this year.
ya closer to twelve if I remember right. We would not have spent the season talking about how much we miss Reggie if we had a better compliment of backs. Reggie has a place on this team but no where near the $11 he has coming to him. He creates nice matchups but you can get all kinds of goodies for 12 mil. We need to add a couple of backs with or without Reggie. I kept reading that NO was high on Gerhart who appears to be a slightly bigger Lynel Hamilton, whom I like. So maybe he can Hamilton can add 5 - 10 lbs, a healthy Pierre and pick up back known for durability and we can get by with out him. I think bigger needs are a deep threat with hands, and a stable of Linebackers.
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ya closer to twelve if I remember right. We would not have spent the season talking about how much we miss Reggie if we had a better compliment of backs. Reggie has a place on this team but no where near the $11 he has coming to him. He creates nice matchups but you can get all kinds of goodies for 12 mil. We need to add a couple of backs with or without Reggie. I kept reading that NO was high on Gerhart who appears to be a slightly bigger Lynel Hamilton, whom I like. So maybe he can Hamilton can add 5 - 10 lbs, a healthy Pierre and pick up back known for durability and we can get by with out him. I think bigger needs are a deep threat with hands, and a stable of Linebackers.
Agreed on the RB part. Whenever I'm on the Saints board it amazes me that, if we lose Bush and/or PT, how many people feel comfortable with Hamilton(untested & coming off season ending injury), Hill(see Hamilton), JJ(fumble machine & average back), and Ivory(machine when he's on but he gets injured pretty much every game). IMO the Saints answer at RB is not on the roster right now. Priority should definitely be on upgrading the front 7 on D, but if an elite back for some reason slips to us in the 1st round, I may take it if I'm Payton/Loomis. At the very least you need to add an established vet in FA. In hindsight, LT would've looked very nice in a Saints jersey last year.
Over-all though, the draft needs to focus on the front 7. We need to get more pressure on the QB without having to send the house at him every play. The only offensive positions they should spend any time on besides RB is OT. Our interior line is so strong but IMO both tackles need to go, I'm sick of having to use extra blockers because Bushrod/Stinch can't do it alone. Hopefully Charles Brown is ready to start next season.
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Chiefs broadcaster Bill Grigsby has passed away. Legendary voice. RIP.
Will always remember his Price Chopper spots in between plays.
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BREAKING NEWS: Doty reverses special master Burbank. "Holds that the NFL breached the SSA as to those (TV) contracts."
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The playing field in the NFL's labor negotiations just changed. Doty's ruling means the league won't have immediate access to the $4 billion
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Look for the NFL to appeal the ruling.
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Why's it important? Because owners who have HUGE debts service on stadia--Snyder in Wash, McNair in Hou, i.e.--can't tap into big TV dough.
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For fb fans, Doty's ruling that NFL can't use $4B in TV money for '11 expenses during lockout is gd news. Could push sides to legit talks.
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Eagles officially sign QB Michael Vick to a one-year contract. He was designated as the team's franchise player on Feb 15. 4 minutes ago via ÜberSocial Retweeted by Fan960Slater and 19 others
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