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Post #16 » by **LyricalRico** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 9:01 pm

Wow, next Sunday shaping up to have meaningful games all day. Not sure I can remember such an interesting week 17.

Post #17 » by **LyricalRico** » Sat Dec 28, 2013 12:27 am

This Sunday may actually be the closest I ever come to rooting for Dallas. The thought of Orton leading them to the playoffs instead of Tony "anti-clutch" Romo would be hilarious.

Post #18 » by **LyricalRico** » Mon Dec 30, 2013 4:20 pm

The perfect end to a season? Orton channeling his inner Romo!

:lol:

Post #19 » by **LyricalRico** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 2:23 am

Wow, Bowman might be done. That was pretty nasty. Had to turn away after the first replay.

verbal8 · Post #20 » by **verbal8** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 6:53 pm

London Fletcher among most admired:

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutd ... --nfl.html

Post #21 » by **LyricalRico** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 2:24 pm

The latest on ex-Redskin Colt Brennan:

Quarterback Colt Brennan, signed by the Los Angeles Kiss of the Arena Football League, said he has been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury, jeopardizing his playing career.

http://msn.foxsports.com/west/story/col ... ury-030714

Apparently he was in a car accident a couple years ago, but is just now being diagnosed with this particular injury. Here's hoping he puts his health before football and enjoys a good quality of life.

Post #22 » by **LyricalRico** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 5:05 pm

Wow! DeSean Jackson cut outright! They would rather let a guy who is in his prime and coming off possibly his best season go for nothing in return (not to mention eating $6M in dead cap money) than try to make it work or wait it out to see if they can get something for him. Alleged gang ties aside, that dude must be a COMPLETE jerk.

Edited to add: Forget everything I said - welcome to DC!

Post #23 » by **LyricalRico** » Thu Jun 5, 2014 2:28 pm

Jeez, Kaepernick getting WAY overpaid on his new reported deal. But maybe not?

This year, the salary cap went up by $10 million per team. Next year, it could go up even more. Ditto for the following year. The upper limit of the quarterback market, already at $20 million when the cap was $123 million per year, also will go up as the cap increases.

Soon, the high-water mark will be $25 million per year. Eventually, it will be $30 million. By next year or 2016 at the latest, Kaepernick’s deal (whatever the truth is) could be viewed as a bargain for the 49ers.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/20 ... en-higher/

Kind of scares me about what Danny Boy's gonna give RG3...maybe first $200M deal?

verbal8 · Post #24 » by **verbal8** » Mon Jun 9, 2014 2:02 pm

LyricalRico wrote:Jeez, Kaepernick getting WAY overpaid on his new reported deal. But maybe not?

This year, the salary cap went up by $10 million per team. Next year, it could go up even more. Ditto for the following year. The upper limit of the quarterback market, already at $20 million when the cap was $123 million per year, also will go up as the cap increases.

Soon, the high-water mark will be $25 million per year. Eventually, it will be $30 million. By next year or 2016 at the latest, Kaepernick’s deal (whatever the truth is) could be viewed as a bargain for the 49ers.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/20 ... en-higher/

Kind of scares me about what Danny Boy's gonna give RG3...maybe first $200M deal?

The Kaepernick deal actually is a pretty good model for what RG3 should get. A lot of money, but very little of it guarranteed. The Kaepernick deal is basically set-up so the team can walk away from it at any point.

Post #25 » by **LyricalRico** » Wed Jun 11, 2014 1:07 pm

verbal8 wrote:
LyricalRico wrote:Jeez, Kaepernick getting WAY overpaid on his new reported deal. But maybe not?

This year, the salary cap went up by $10 million per team. Next year, it could go up even more. Ditto for the following year. The upper limit of the quarterback market, already at $20 million when the cap was $123 million per year, also will go up as the cap increases.

Soon, the high-water mark will be $25 million per year. Eventually, it will be $30 million. By next year or 2016 at the latest, Kaepernick’s deal (whatever the truth is) could be viewed as a bargain for the 49ers.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/20 ... en-higher/

Kind of scares me about what Danny Boy's gonna give RG3...maybe first $200M deal?

The Kaepernick deal actually is a pretty good model for what RG3 should get. A lot of money, but very little of it guarranteed. The Kaepernick deal is basically set-up so the team can walk away from it at any point.

Yeah, as the structure has come out, it looks better and better.

Post #26 » by **LyricalRico** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 9:25 pm

From WireTap:

The New England Patriots have traded Logan Mankins to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for a draft pick and Tim Wright.

Mankins is a six-time Pro Bowler at guard.

Mankins will count $4 million against the Patriots' salary cap in 2014 and another $4 million in 2015.

The Buccaneers have been searching for an upgrade at left guard.

At first I was like "man, couldn't the Skins have gotten in on that"? But then I remember it's the Patriots, and if they're eating an $8M total cap hit to move the guy, then he might be done.

Post #27 » by **LyricalRico** » Fri Sep 5, 2014 4:11 pm

Bump for the new season.

Umm...Seattle? Yeah, they're still really good.

They may actually be the ones to break the streak of Super Bowl winners not winning playoff games the following year, and could possibly repeat if they keep playing like they did last night.

Post #28 » by **LyricalRico** » Mon Sep 8, 2014 6:33 pm

After months of backing, it only took a few hours of backlash from the video of Ray Rice punching his wife in the face for them to draw the line.

The Ravens announced they had terminated the contract of the star running back, who still had one game of suspension left.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/20 ... ?cid=Yahoo

Can't say I disagree.

FreeBalling · Post #29 » by **FreeBalling** » Sat Sep 13, 2014 7:11 pm

Looks like social media is going to start running our country. AP can't even whip his sons ass.

Btw, a switch will leave a mark, that's the point of the whipping. I've never seen a switch whipping NOT leave a mark.

Maybe, just maybe, wars one day will be fought on social media sites because there are a lot of pussies hiding behind keyboards in 2014.

Food for thought. What are the odds of landing in jail if a person grows up with only one parent.

When it's broke down into stats and reviewed there's the answer.

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Post #30 » by **LyricalRico** » Sat Oct 4, 2014 12:06 am

Broncos release Prater.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/11634 ... att-prater

The skins need to schedule him for a tryout first thing Tuesday IMO.

Post #31 » by **LyricalRico** » Fri Feb 6, 2015 5:59 pm

So Seattle's defense now has lost it's coordinator, and their top 3 defensive backs (Chancellor, Thomas, and Sherman) all will have major injuries to return from. Will they still be elite next season?

Post #32 » by **LyricalRico** » Mon May 11, 2015 11:20 pm

Holy cow, 4 games for Brady?!?! I was thinking one or two. Gotta think it goes down on appeal.

Post #33 » by **Ruzious** » Tue May 12, 2015 5:19 pm

LyricalRico wrote:Holy cow, 4 games for Brady?!?! I was thinking one or two. Gotta think it goes down on appeal.

Not to mention they lose their 2016 1st round draft choice. The cover-up was worse than the crime. If he had come clean from the start, he wouldn't have gotten more than a game penalty - maybe just a fine, imo. Heck, Aaron Rogers admitted he has his over-inflated, and nobody blinked.

Post #34 » by **LyricalRico** » Tue May 12, 2015 5:32 pm

Ruzious wrote:
LyricalRico wrote:Holy cow, 4 games for Brady?!?! I was thinking one or two. Gotta think it goes down on appeal.

Not to mention they lose their 2016 1st round draft choice. The cover-up was worse than the crime. If he had come clean from the start, he wouldn't have gotten more than a game penalty - maybe just a fine, imo. Heck, Aaron Rogers admitted he has his over-inflated, and nobody blinked.

Yeah, probably right. Also the fact that the Pats have broken rules before.

Post #35 » by **Ruzious** » Tue May 12, 2015 6:12 pm

LyricalRico wrote:
Ruzious wrote:
LyricalRico wrote:Holy cow, 4 games for Brady?!?! I was thinking one or two. Gotta think it goes down on appeal.

Not to mention they lose their 2016 1st round draft choice. The cover-up was worse than the crime. If he had come clean from the start, he wouldn't have gotten more than a game penalty - maybe just a fine, imo. Heck, Aaron Rogers admitted he has his over-inflated, and nobody blinked.

Yeah, probably right. Also the fact that the Pats have broken rules before.

Spy-gate seems recent, but it was 8 years ago. Then again, they still have the same cast of characters, so I guess it is still relevant. Not to mention that Pats fans are mostly annoying.