RedRamage

I disagree that with Cousins they're the worst team in the division. The Vikings started out poorly, but were really starting to play well when Cousins went down. Now, obviously this is a major simplification and there's a LOT more to a QB and just the numbers alone, but if we compare Cousins (crudely estimating 17 games played) and Goff merely looking at these stats, the two are similar. I think Cousins could have lead them to the playoffs.

I hate to see him leave, but I would not have wanted to pay that much. He's declined a bit lately and battle injuries last year missing 5 games.

Obviously it all depends on the picks and the veteran, but generally yeah... I agree. Now, if it's a young enough player, then I'd be more inclined to give up some picks for him, but I don't want to give up high draft capital for a guy who's on the downside of his career.

Here's my "hot take" on this... Going from college to the pros is hard. MOST players will not become stars in the NFL. Most draft picks will be "just okay" or worse. So yeah... anytime a class is touted as rich in position 'X,' most of those players will not amount to much.

You know what... I actually love that idea. The "danger" on kick offs was always that you have the kicking team running down the field at full speed while the receiving team was either stopped or even running back towards the other team. On punts the two teams are lined up on the line of scrimmage so you don't have down field collision (expect for the ball carrier). This is why punts are considered safer than kickoffs. Now, "punt-offs" would still be subject to potentially a high number of fair catches, so you would still have a decent number of kicks that ended in a "boring" way, but it brings back the chance of a onside "punt-off" which I like, so that's a good thing.

On a side note (not an onside note mind you), if the NFL had a relationship with the UFL, this would be one of those things where they could have the UFL "play test" the rule change and see how fans like it, how it worked on the field, and how teams game planned around it.

I agree that that's the most to dislike about it. But, given the what they're trying to do, I'm not sure what the alternative is. My understand is that they're trying to: A.) Minimize injuries as much as possible (the biggest injuries being when you have someone running "down hill" for 30 yards slamming into someone who's just turning to start blocking or possibly even running 20 yards "up hill") B) Encourage more (safe) returns instead of touchbacks or fair catches, both of which are pretty boring plays. I think the proposed new rules does accomplish both of those things, at the cost of no real way to do an onside kick with the alignment. I don't love that part, but I do think it will make all non-onside kick kickoffs much more interesting. IF they adopt this change I'd prefer they just turn the onside kick into a 4th and 15, and allow it at any time during the game. A 4th and 15 is gonna be safer than an onside kick I would think, plus it has a built in easy ability to adjust it if the NFL thinks its too successful or not successful enough... just adjust how many yards... make it 4th and 18 or 4th and 13. Single and easy for officials and players to understand without having to make more and more complicated rules surrounding who can be on what side, how far the ball needs to go, etc.

I think this was discussed in a different thread, but I think it might be a big enough topic for it's won thread. I found this video from Pat McAfee where he diagrams things a big and explains the proposed new rule: There's some things I like about it. I think it does a very good job of eliminating the most dangerous part of returns: The coverage guys running down the field and slamming into the return defenders while also encouraging returns. In a lot of ways it's turning kickoffs into a form of a running play... the "defense" (coverage guys) are lined up opposite the "offense" (return defenders) and they have to stay in position until the play starts (punt returner catches the ball) then they try to go tackle the running back (punt returner). I DO think this will lead to more returns and I do think this is a good thing try to create. There are a few things I don't like though... I'm not a fan of a touchback going out to the 35, but that seems to just be for kicks that reach the end zone on the fly. I'm not sure what the rule would be for a kick that bounces in the "landing zone" (0-20 yards out) and then bounces into the end zone. If that was a lot shorter (even to just the 20 yard line) I'd be happier. The 40 yard penalty for a kick that goes out of bounds will apparently also be applied for a kick that doesn't make to the landing zone (0-20) on the fly. I'm okay with that (though I'd simplify it and make it the same yardage as landing in the end zone) IF they get rid of the rule that if the returner touches the ball while being out of bounds and the ball isn't out of bounds then it's considered out of bounds. If you're asking the kicker to land the ball in a small area you can't make that area 10 feet smaller on all edges with this loophole. I also don't like the onside kick rule. At least according to Pat a team has to declare they are doing an onside kick, and then it reverts back to the old rules for the onsides try. Further, onsides can ONLY be done in the 4th Qtr, and can ONLY be done by the trailing team. I don't love that because I do like the threat of a "trick play" for onsides at anytime, but I also don't know how you'd reasonably have an onsides scenario with the new rules.

Yeah, that might have a huge impact on if teams are willing to take a flier on him. I mean from a cash stand point it makes sense, but if he's disrupting the locker room it may not be worth it.

That's kinda how the Pistons won in 2004, wasn't it?

Based on the story it sounds like he's a fit for the Lions... has the love of football, has the mentality the Lions want. And as a side note, he fits in a position that the Lions need. It's exceedingly apparent that this really is a side note for Holmes so I'm not be sarcastic about that. With the exception of one outlier, Mock Draft Database shows most mock having him going mid-20s to end of first round.

Schedule: March 30 Saturday vs the St. Louis Battlehawks at 4 p.m. April 7 Sunday vs the Birmingham Stallions at noon April 14 Sunday vs the Houston Roughnecks at noon April 20 Saturday at the San Antonio Brahmas at 7 p.m. April 28 Sunday at the Memphis Showboats at 3 p.m. May 5 Sunday vs the Arlington Renegades at 1 p.m. May 12 Sunday at the D.C. Defenders at noon May 18 Saturday vs the Memphis Showboats at 4 p.m. May 26 Sunday at the Houston Roughnecks at 2:30 p.m. June 1 Saturday at the Birmingham Stallions at noon It's too bad the UFL didn't schedule a game in Detroit on April 28th, Draft Weekend. I think some of the NFL fans in the city for the event might have be lured into attending a UFL game after the draft. But I don't know if Ford Field is being used extensively for any draft festivities and if so maybe they didn't think they'd have time to prepare it for a game on Sunday. I supposed it's also possible that the NFL didn't want any UFL stuff going on in Detroit even the day after their big draft event.

Yeah, I was a bit disappointed that they glossed over the lows. It think it's important to acknowledge that there are ups and downs even in great season. There was a very slight nod to the 49ers loss at the end when they talked about not being perfect at the end (25:45), but I would have preferred to see more of the lows touched on.

We're very much navigating into political talk here. Let's leave that for the political forum please.

Never! If he takes a big jump he'll probably injury his back when he lands. Seriously though, I don't think he's going to be amounting to much, but I think it's more injury related than skill related.

Pretty much my feeling exactly. On the good news side... he won't have to learn a new team name, so his learning curve will be slightly lower. 😉

Have you tried Locked on Tigers?

Sorry, but if this was scripted the NFL needs to better script writers.

Fame is fleeting! Funny how he got the record and then lost it just a few periods later. I mean, at least he can say he once held it, but not to even hold it for a full game is funny (to an outsider).

Stop it y'all... you're BOTH pretty! You don't need to fight. Seriously though, I think you're both sides here are arguing extremes and you don't need to. In any play there's gonna be some level of luck and some level of skill. The doink off the face mask is a perfect example. If the Vildor was a more skilled player, maybe he catches that instead of it going right through his hands. If Aiyuk is a little less skilled, maybe he isn't able to track the ball as it doinked off Vildor's mask and he isn't able to make the catch. So yeah, CLEARLY there is skill involved. But, there's a dozens different ways the ball could have bounced off Vildor's mask and only a few put the ball in an area that Aiyuk could catch it. So CLEARLY there is luck involved as well. I think the 49ers probably are a bit more skilled as a team and this played a part in them being able to come back and win the game. I also think they got some lucky bounces and this played a part in them being able to come back and win. I think it's unlikely that skill alone would have been enough. I'm quite certain that the lucky bounces they got alone would not have been enough.

https://www.mlive.com/lions/2024/02/lions-will-give-all-pro-offensive-lineman-time-space-to-mull-his-future.html?utm_campaign=grandrapidspress_sf&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook Not too much new stuff other than the fact that his toe is "inoperable." I wasn't aware of that. I kinda wonder if we did make the SB and win it all if that might not have prompted him to retire on a high note.

I don't remember anyone acting like Glenn is a genius. Most of us understand that he hasn't been given the same level of talent as the offense, but at the same time I don't think any of us are ready to call him genius or laud him as a great coordinator.

I'm just thrilled that it's the very end of January before we even starting looking at draft stuff.

That's very offensive.