NFL Week 4 thread

[Bob Cook]

No way any team is giving up a first-rounder for a veteran with his running style.

Nobody even wants to draft a running back in the first round anymore.

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/75312442/nfl-draft-college-football-running-back-value-todd-gurley-melvin-gordon-mike-davis

 

[Songbird]

Giants-Redskins: Cousins outduels Eli.

I think the Giants finally got some mojo and will carry it over. NY by 2 TDs.

 

[3_Octave_Fart]

If I'm remembering right, Texans-Bengals were forced to take an early bye a few years back after Reliant Stadium was damaged. Week 2 maybe.

Patriots-Dolphins season opener in 1992 was postponed due to Hurricane Andrew.

 

[outofplace]

No way any team is giving up a first-rounder for a veteran with his running style.

Nobody even wants to draft a running back in the first round anymore.

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/75312442/nfl-draft-college-football-running-back-value-todd-gurley-melvin-gordon-mike-davis

Teams are having too much success finding quality running backs later in the draft. It wasn't much of a secret that the Steelers really liked Le'Veon Bell last year, but they were able to wait until the second round. He made an impact as a rookie and he is currently second in the league in rushing. Eddie Lacy was the back most people thought would go first, but the Packers got him late in the second and he has been an impact player.

 

[Morris816]

Bill Barnwell writes about the top 10 players taken in the 2011 NFL draft.

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-2012-nfl-draft/

If it wasn't for Andrew Luck and Luke Kuechly, we might have a candidate for worst top 10 of a draft ever.

 

[JC]

No way any team is giving up a first-rounder for a veteran with his running style.

Seahawks would jump all over that.

This will be his last year in Seattle

 

[Bob Cook]

Bill Barnwell writes about the top 10 players taken in the 2011 NFL draft.

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-2012-nfl-draft/

If it wasn't for Andrew Luck and Luke Kuechly, we might have a candidate for worst top 10 of a draft ever.

The image: Trent Richardson. Of course.

 

[Steak Snabler]

Bill Barnwell writes about the top 10 players taken in the 2011 NFL draft.

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-2012-nfl-draft/

If it wasn't for Andrew Luck and Luke Kuechly, we might have a candidate for worst top 10 of a draft ever.

1984 was pretty bad, with the caveat that that was the year the USFL had pilfered many of the guys who would have gone in the Top 10 (Reggie White, Steve Young, Herschel Walker, Gary Zimmerman, etc.).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_NFL_draft

Still, not a single Hall of Famer from the regular draft.

 

[outofplace]

Bill Barnwell writes about the top 10 players taken in the 2011 NFL draft.

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-2012-nfl-draft/

If it wasn't for Andrew Luck and Luke Kuechly, we might have a candidate for worst top 10 of a draft ever.

1984 was pretty bad, with the caveat that that was the year the USFL had pilfered many of the guys who would have gone in the Top 10 (Reggie White, Steve Young, Herschel Walker, Gary Zimmerman, etc.).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_NFL_draft

Still, not a single Hall of Famer from the regular draft.

As you said, the losses to the USFL watered down the top of that draft. Still some damn good players in the first round, including Irving Fryar, Carl Banks and Wilber Marshall.

 

[3_Octave_Fart]

A little warm milk and a soft couch and Barnwell's writing will put you out like a light.

 

[outofplace]

Maybe this belongs on the Ray Rice video thread, but we addressed the Steelers' decision to re-sign James Harrison on the running thread, so I'll post it here. Just a reminder of how badly the Steelers handled the domestic violence accusation against Harrison in 2008.

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/steelers/2014/09/25/James-Harrison-s-return-to-Steelers-comes-amid-heightened-attention-to-domestic-violence/stories/201409250218

 

[RecoveringJournalist]

C'mon, if it happened before 2014 and wasn't on video, it couldn't have been that bad.

 

[Batman]

The first two Thursday night pregame shows focused heavily on the domestic violence issue. Tonight, they start off by talking about the Redskins nickname controversy.
Can we please just get some ****ing football with our football games!?
When did the NFL Today become the Social Justice Hour with James Brown and Deion Sanders?

 

[heyabbott]

The first two Thursday night pregame shows focused heavily on the domestic violence issue. Tonight, they start off by talking about the Redskins nickname controversy.
Can we please just get some ****ing football with our football games!?
When did the NFL Today become the Social Justice Hour with James Brown and Deion Sanders?

i would prefer Cris Carter and Michael Irvin discussing crack and whores

 

[heyabbott]

Lots of ***** personal foul calls in the NFL, it's a weak league

 

[LongTimeListener]

What the ****, Cousins?

But this might make things more fun. A clean decision to snub RG3 wouldn't cause much trouble except in his house. A messy decision is going to make for full Snyderama.

 

[FileNotFound]

Observation: These Thursday games have provided a lot of really bad football so far this season.

 

[Mr. Sunshine]

What the ****, Cousins?

But this might make things more fun. A clean decision to snub RG3 wouldn't cause much trouble except in his house. A messy decision is going to make for full Snyderama.

Cousins has been disowned by Redskins fans on social media. The reality is that neither one is THE ANSWER. But the rest of us get at least a couple more years of enjoyable drama. Maybe the Redskins go 2-14, get the first pick and trade it because they're tied to the RG3 albatross.

 

[LongTimeListener]

The next game is against Seattle, with Jon Gruden in the house.

That's going to be a tire fire.

 

[Mr. Sunshine]

The next game is against Seattle, with Jon Gruden in the house.

That's going to be a tire fire.

Tennessee-Dallas-Minnesota-Tampa Bay coming up. If Cousins is still struggling then, his run as Super Backup is over.