Bears decline Trubiskys 5th year option. Now 4 of the top 5 picks had the option declined (Trubisky, Thomas, Fournette, Davis).
And all those teams passed on a guy who's on track to be the greatest QB ever. It's still preferable to be picking at the top than at #10, but it just shows how bad most GMs are at evaluating talent.
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Always a fan of the guy, crazy scary injury. Awesome to see his progress, odds seem to be against him but cheering for him.
EDIT: Kinda graphic obviously.
I have nothing but respect for Alex Smith. He is the definition of a professional. The odds are pretty steep but he is one of the few tough enough to face them. I hope he can get back on the field one day.
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It's so sad to think back about how garbage the dolphins have been for 20 years now, with the exception lone bright years being watching Ricky Williams.
Prior to that Shula and the Dolphins were such a great team/franchise. Perhaps another Super Bowl had they ever built out any kind of respectable running game during the Marino era.
Never occurred to me that he was 90 years old...than again 1985 was 35 years ago...which is something I have trouble coming to grips with.
When I was like 8-9 years old and first watching the NFL the Dolphins and Marino were my favorite team. Still remember that December Monday night game where they handed Ditka his only loss of the season. At that point he's 16 years into his tenure with the Dolphins. Than to think Coach Shula had a nice run in Baltimore prior to that.
Sad news, RIP to a legend.
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Marshawn Lynch could be back with the Seattle Seahawks next season.
After unretiring for a second time to join the Seahawks late last season, Lynch said his agent has been in discussions with the Seahawks about a potential return.
"Well, it's almost on that 'expect the unexpected,'" Lynch told ESPN's Scott Van Pelt. "My agent has been in talks with Seattle, so like I said, we'll see what happens. If it works out and I get back up there, it is what it is."
Dalton to the Cowboys. Does that mean Prescott's days in Dallas are numbered?
Dallas will have a hard time putting a winning team around a guy like DAK if they choose to pay him 35M a year which is likley what Prescott thinks he is worth. that kind of elite money needs to go to QB's like Mahomes, and Rodgers who can carry teams. Dak isnt that guy. Good signing getting Dalton. Dalton is getting far less than Taysom Hill. Weird
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I don't think so. Marshawn is not going to be an every down back and make people put the ball in his hands. If Favre was happy to play a few snaps and not insist on being the starter especially when Rodgers was waiting to take his spot I don't think people would have been as "upset".
NFL star Earl Thomas is lucky to be alive after cops say his wife held a loaded gun less than a foot from his head ... after she allegedly caught him cheating with another woman.
It's all spelled out in court documents obtained by TMZ Sports ... detailing a violent April 13 altercation involving the Baltimore Ravens player, Nina Thomas and several other people.
The Austin Police Dept. responded to a home in the Austin, Texas area at 3:41 a.m. after getting a call about a disturbance.
When cops arrived, they say "we observed that a black female wearing an orange sweater with a knife in her hand, later identified as Nina Thomas, was chasing a shirtless black male, later identified as Earl Thomas, with a pistol in his hand around a vehicle."
Cops drew their weapons and ordered both Nina and Earl to the ground -- and they complied without incident. That's when the investigation began and things got WILD.
Here's Nina's story, according to court docs ...
Nina claims Earl, 30, left their home earlier in the day after an argument over the NFL player's drinking. She claims Earl's brother, Seth Thomas, picked him up.
But, a short time later, she decided to check on his whereabouts by logging into his Snapchat account -- and that's when she says she found video of Earl with another woman.
Nina says she used Earl's Snapchat account to track his location to a nearby Airbnb rental home ... and says she called up two other women to help her confront Earl at the pad. Nina also claims she grabbed Earl's pistol, a 9mm Berreta, in the process with the intention to "scare him."
When the women arrived at the house, they "discovered Earl and Seth naked in bed with other women."
That's when Nina admits she pulled out the gun and put it to Earl's head -- stating "that she took out the magazine thinking that the gun could not fire." But, cops say Nina was "unaware that the gun had a round in the chamber."
Cops say one of the women in the house shot cell phone video of the incident ... which they say shows Nina pointing the gun at Earl's head "from less than a foot away and it can clearly be seen that Nina's finger was on the trigger and the safety is disengaged."
Fortunately for Earl, cops say the Ravens defensive back was able to wrestle the gun away from her.
Cops say the cell phone video also shows Nina striking Earl in the nose before it ends.
Cops also spoke with Earl, who essentially corroborated the story ... adding that Nina repeatedly hit him while he attempted to take the firearm away.
In an interview with Earl's alleged mistress at the scene, she claimed Nina also threatened her and the other woman in the house -- pointing the gun at them and yelling "I got something for all you hoes!"
The woman claims one of Nina's other friends was carrying a knife and swinging it aggressively during the altercation as well.
