2019 NFL Season Thread

[dissentowner]

Originally Posted by Weitz

So who thinks A. Brown actually plays a few games with the Patriots?

I either see the league preventing him or them cutting him before his first game because he is crazy and they don't need him.

He will play every game for the Pats going forward and he will be totally behaved. This is exactly what he and the Patriots conspired to achieve to get him out of Oakland after they tried trading with the Steelers and were turned down. The Patriots are the dirtiest greasiest team in NFL history. They might have the most SB but it is kind of like Barry Bonds with the HR record, not really.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by dissentowner

He will play every game for the Pats going forward and he will be totally behaved. This is exactly what he and the Patriots conspired to achieve to get him out of Oakland after they tried trading with the Steelers and were turned down. The Patriots are the dirtiest greasiest team in NFL history. They might have the most SB but it is kind of like Barry Bonds with the HR record, not really.

All bets are off IMO when it comes down to predicting Brown's behaviour going forward. I would not be surprised if he conforms if only because he's playing for next season's contract but the running backs and slot receivers see the most balls in that offense and what's left over will have to be split with Gordon who's also pretty good. I can't see him getting close to the amount of targets he got in Pittsburgh or what he would have seen in Oakland. Can he handle that? Is he going to be able to keep his mouth shut after a game where he maybe gets 3 receptions for 50 yards? Time will tell as it's hard to tell how much of his behaviour over the past year was really him being crazy or just manufactured to force the Steelers to trade him and Raiders to release him.

[Sylvanfan]

Yeah, put me down for the AB plays every game, keeps quiet and the Patriots keep winning camp. Even if they don't use him as much as he would like, he won't say boo, and they probably win 19 games by 10 plus points.

It looks like this is what he wanted, and he went out and made it happen. Him and Ben obviously had their rifts, and after the loss to the Saints AB had made up his mind that he wanted out. Pittsburgh tried to put him away from New England, but AB knew there were other ways to make it happen.

In a way, it does show that although the players have nothing guaranteed to them, if they really want, they can go out and force their way to play where they want. Essentially they can make these non-guaranteed contracts work in their favor if they end up in a place that they don't want to be. This won't work for your rank and file, but for star type players who can write their ticket...yeah, if Bill wants you it can happen.

I wonder how this will play out in the next round of Labour wars. NFL owners won't like this...but they probably like the idea of guaranteeing contracts a lot worse. As we know these negotiations do tend to result in the owners getting everything. So it will be interesting to see how hard players fight back here. Want us to honor contracts..guarantee them.

[Iggy_12]

Originally Posted by dissentowner

The Patriots, forever known as the home of cheaters and persons of low character. Some things never change.

Originally Posted by devo22

huh? Never. We all know the Patriots are a beacon of fairness and sportsmanship.

Originally Posted by rubecube

I think it's completely fair to wish lupus on Tom Brady, sportsmanship be dammed.

Originally Posted by Sylvanfan

When the Devil comes to collect Brady and Bellichicks souls the fallout will be epic.

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Separating the Raiders from the equation as a general football fan, this just sucks. For organizations that fancied themselves as Super Bowl contenders and their fans, this just sucks. Maybe it's the tin foil hat but there's just something not right about how this all went down. Seems like a gift from heaven in what could be Brady's last season.

Of all the flavors, y'all choose to be so salty

[Johnny Makarov]

Hey question for guys with DAZN. Can you log into more than 1 comp with it?

[Slava]

Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov

Hey question for guys with DAZN. Can you log into more than 1 comp with it?

Yeah I think you get two at once?

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by Slava

Yeah I think you get two at once?

I can confirm I had it on my computer and Xbox at the same time.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Bill O'Brien with possibly the worst challenge ever there. Doesn't matter in the end, but that was brutal.

[Nsd1]

Watson took a shot to the knee on that touchdown

[troutman]

Watson is really exciting, but I worry he risks injury too much. Already in the tent once tonight.

[transplant99]

Strange ruling there at the end...replay official buzzes the game dead to look at something...they get it right...then it costs the Saints 10 seconds?

Terrible rule.

[Erick Estrada]

Watson is having a hell of a game.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by transplant99

Strange ruling there at the end...replay official buzzes the game dead to look at something...they get it right...then it costs the Saints 10 seconds?

Terrible rule.

It makes sense though as the Saints player was down in bounds so the clock would have kept running. The Saints had the option to use their time out to save the 10 seconds. If the Saints didn't have a timeout it would have been essentially a bonus timeout for them which is why they do the 10 second run off to prevent offensive teams gaining an advantage from a replay review regardless of the outcome of the review. This issue never comes into effect in the CFL because in the last 3 minutes of halves they stop the clock between every play and whistle it in.

[Strange Brew]

Some huge 3rd down conversions by the Texans. Giving Saints all they can handle on the road.

[The Big Chill]

Unfortunately the Oline still sucks.

[dino7c]

Ballsy call

[Weitz]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

It makes sense though as the Saints player was down in bounds so the clock would have kept running. The Saints had the option to use their time out to save the 10 seconds. If the Saints didn't have a timeout it would have been essentially a bonus timeout for them which is why they do the 10 second run off to prevent offensive teams gaining an advantage from a replay review regardless of the outcome of the review. This issue never comes into effect in the CFL because in the last 3 minutes of halves they stop the clock between every play and whistle it in.

They got it wrong. Admitted on the broadcast. Should have went down from when the play ended.

[Weitz]

Wow.

[CRXguy]

What a game.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Somehow scored too fast.