2016 NFL Thread

[The Solution]

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have been awarded wide receiver Jonathan Krause off of waivers from the Eagles. A 2014 free agent out of Vanderbilt, Krause spent time with the Browns and Patriots. The team also waived offensive lineman Dominique Robertson

Hot off the press on ESPN

 

[AntM1564]

And the Bell news gets even better...he didn't miss A drug test, but rather multiple drug tests. What a bum.

 

[rtmilburn]

And the Bell news gets even better...he didn't miss A drug test, but rather multiple drug tests. What a bum.

Man thats almost as dumb as when blount was smoking weed while driving and his response was i didnt realize it was illegal

 

[RugbyBaller91]

He has yet to play a full season.

Exactly

 

[RugbyBaller91]

True!!! I want to see him play a full season, as he is always the leading rushing(or close to it) until hes injured/suspended. He average 4.9 yards a carry last year before he was out, thats just ludicrous!

I dont know if he is innocent or not, you cant just not show for drug test. I mean come on if it was that easy i think no one would ever show up for them. So if you dont show you up they assume you guilty and slap on a 4 game suspension. Idiot!!!

Im glad though as it means my steelers are more likely to keep him.


Anyone else think tampa could be pretty solid this year? Doug martin was #2 rusher last year. Winston is getting better and they said their line has improved a lot; over the offseason. I still dont think theyll make it to the playoffs but i think they be a solid team now.

I think Tampa will be dangerous as far as there rushing goes they have a great duo

 

[rtmilburn]

The Solution since your the OP i wanted to make sure i asked you, are you wanting this thread to be about only NFL or can we include college?

 

[The Solution]

The Solution since your the OP i wanted to make sure i asked you, are you wanting this thread to be about only NFL or can we include college?

It is called "The NFL Thread"

i don't need headaches about my fighting irish already.. its too early for that

 

[rtmilburn]

It is called "The NFL Thread"

i don't need headaches about my fighting irish already.. its too early for that

Thats what i thought and thats why i asked

 

[RugbyBaller91]

It is called "The NFL Thread"

i don't need headaches about my fighting irish already.. its too early for that

Hahaha I don't even watch college but them boys play hard

 

[The Solution]

Hahaha I don't even watch college but them boys play hard

I am more of a diehard college football fan.
I prefer it over NFL , but again both are great. Best time of the damn year.. about the only time i watch TV and sports center. watching baseball is like watching paint dry.

Can't wait for the season to start.

 

[rtmilburn]

I am more of a diehard college football fan.
I prefer it over NFL , but again both are great. Best time of the damn year.. about the only time i watch TV and sports center. watching baseball is like watching paint dry.

Can't wait for the season to start.

Agreed, i cant even watch basketball. Dont get me wrong i love basketball and especially baseball, played both, and love watching games at the stadium. I just cant watch them on tv only sport i can watch on tv is football!

 

[RugbyBaller91]

Agreed, i cant even watch basketball. Dont get me wrong i love basketball and especially baseball, played both, and love watching games at the stadium. I just cant watch them on tv only sport i can watch on tv is football!

Basketball has become way to dramatic for me

 

[The Solution]

Basketball has become way to dramatic for me

stand around
toss your arms up
complain to the refs
flop on fouls

hey bro.. still getting paid

 

[Woody]

 

[rtmilburn]

View attachment 138259

Nice you at the game? I love going to baseball games!

 

[Woody]

Nice you at the game? I love going to baseball games!

Yessir. Same here. Baseball games are always a good time. 7-2 Astros

 

[jimbuick]

Yessir. Same here. Baseball games are always a good time. 7-2 Astros

I love going to watch them play at Minute Maid, but can only watch high stakes games on TV (playoffs, rivalry games, etc.)

 

[The Solution]

Michael Bennett: If Seahawks don't appreciate value, 'get rid of me'

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/17132358/de-michael-bennett-stokes-fire-contract-seattle-seahawks

Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett has never tried to hide his discontent with his current contract situation. But he has always said he wants to continue his career in Seattle.

Bennett's comments in a recent Huffington Post interview, however, suggest his frustrations could be boiling over.

"It is never-ending," Bennett said. "Especially when people are getting new contracts every day. You sit there and you're like, 'Damn, really?' I'm just to the point where it's kind of like, if you don't think I'm valuable, then just get rid of me."

 

[The Solution]

Drew Brees: No contract talks with Saints in last 3 months
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/17130253/drew-brees-new-orleans-saints-not-resumed-contract-talks-last-3-months

METAIRIE, La. -- Drew Brees won't have a new contract in place before the New Orleans Saints kick off training camp, unless something changes drastically in the next few days.

Even though other quarterbacks like Andrew Luck and Joe Flacco have gotten long-term extensions done this offseason, Brees said Saturday that he and the Saints haven't even resumed negotiations in the last three months.

"Not sure why things have not progressed," said Brees, who is heading into the final year of his contract. "They made an offer in March, we made an offer shortly thereafter. And besides the Josh Norman deal [when the Saints approached Brees about restructuring his contract to try to fit the star cornerback under their salary cap], there has been no talk about a contract since."

 

[RugbyBaller91]

stand around
toss your arms up
complain to the refs
flop on fouls

hey bro.. still getting paid

Exactly lol

 

[The Solution]

#Eagles to add another QB to their training camp roster: McLeod Bethel-Thompson is expected to re-sign, source said.
From ESPN

 

[The Solution]

Darnell Dockett to announce retirement Monday

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/17135249/darnell-dockett-former-arizona-cardinals-defensive-tackle-announce-retirement

TEMPE, Ariz. -- One of the most outspoken players in Arizona Cardinals history will hang it up Monday.

Defensive tackle Darnell Dockett is expected to retire Monday, sources told ESPN.

Dockett was cut by the Cardinals in February 2015, seven months after tearing his ACL during training camp in 2014. He signed with the San Francisco 49ers but was released before the regular season.

The 35-year-old Dockett will retire as one of the best pass-rushers in Cardinals history. His 40.5 sacks are seventh all time in the Cardinals' record book. He set a career high for sacks in a season with nine in 2007 and tied a Super Bowl record with three sacks in Super Bowl XLIII.

 

[AntM1564]

I think Tampa will be dangerous as far as there rushing goes they have a great duo

That's if Martin can stay healthy. I think last season was his first ever fully healthy season.

 

[AntM1564]

Basketball has become way to dramatic for me

Might as well not have a regular season. There is no point to it.

Michael Bennett: If Seahawks don't appreciate value, 'get rid of me'

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/17132358/de-michael-bennett-stokes-fire-contract-seattle-seahawks

Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett has never tried to hide his discontent with his current contract situation. But he has always said he wants to continue his career in Seattle.

Bennett's comments in a recent Huffington Post interview, however, suggest his frustrations could be boiling over.

"It is never-ending," Bennett said. "Especially when people are getting new contracts every day. You sit there and you're like, 'Damn, really?' I'm just to the point where it's kind of like, if you don't think I'm valuable, then just get rid of me."

I swear this is an annual thing from Bennett. I would love to see what he could do on a defense where he did not have a great pass rsuh and great corners/safeties around him. I think his success is more because of the system rather than his play

 

[The Solution]

Patriots announce the signing of safety Vinnie Sunseri, a 2015 fifth-round draft choice of the Saints. He played nine games last year before landing on IR. Released by Saints on April 25. Patriots now have 1 open roster spot.

 

[Chiefsnation23]

Edit:responded to an old post. Don't mind me. Go Chiefs!!!!

 

[The Solution]

Former Dolphins WR Tyler Davis and former Packers WR Larry Pinkard are both trying out for the Lions tomorrow along with QB Jimmy Clausen.

 

[herderdude]

Patriots announce the signing of safety Vinnie Sunseri, a 2015 fifth-round draft choice of the Saints. He played nine games last year before landing on IR. Released by Saints on April 25. Patriots now have 1 open roster spot.

All I know about Vincent is that his older brother caused me a lot of heartache as a football fan.

 

[The Solution]

Dallas Cowboys bus involved in deadly crash with van in Arizona
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/17137197/dallas-cowboys-bus-involved-fatal-crash-arizona
INGMAN, Ariz. -- Four people were killed Sunday when a bus carrying Dallas Cowboys staffers but no players collided with a van on a northwestern Arizona highway.

The fatalities were passengers in the van, Arizona Department of Public Safety spokesman Quentin Mehr said. But the bus occupants emerged uninjured.

"All on the bus came through OK with some bumps and bruises," Cowboys spokesman Rich Dalrymple said in an email.
Dalrymple said the bus was only carrying members of the franchise's staff but would not say how many. There were no players on board.

Among those on board the team bus were DallasCowboys.com columnist Mickey Spagnola, a team mascot and a team videographer.

 

[The Solution]

Seahawks agree to extension with GM John Schneider
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/17137347/seattle-seahawks-agree-contract-extension-gm-john-schneider
The Seattle Seahawks and general manager John Schneider have reached agreement on a contract extension, the team announced Sunday night via a tweet from owner Paul Allen.

The new deal is for five years and is expected to make Schneider among the highest-paid GMs in the NFL, a source told ESPN's John Clayton.

Schneider's contract was set to expire at the end of 2016, his sixth season at the helm of the Seahawks after a stint in the Packers front office.

 

[The Solution]

Phil Loadholt to retire after meeting with Vikings officials, per sources

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/17138401/phil-loadholt-minnesota-vikings-expected-retire

Minnesota Vikings right tackle Phil Loadholt is expected to retire pending his meeting with team officials Monday, sources told ESPN.

Sources said Loadholt is leaning toward retirement due to soreness in his surgically repaired Achilles tendon as well as other aches and pains. Loadholt's injuries have taken a toll on a player who signed a $25 million extension in 2013.

Should Loadholt decide to end his career after Monday's meeting, he will become the 14th NFL player 30 years of age or younger to retire this year.

Loadholt, 30, missed the entire 2015 season due to a torn Achilles tendon, which he suffered during the second preseason game. His last regular-season game as a Viking was on Nov. 23, 2014. He missed the final five games of that season due to a torn pectoral muscle.

 

[The Solution]

Source: NFL to investigate Aldon Smith in wake of online video

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/17138859/nfl-investigate-aldon-smith-oakland-raiders-wake-online-video

The NFL will investigate whether Oakland Raiders linebacker Aldon Smith has violated the protocols required of a suspended player seeking reinstatement to the league following a violation of the substance abuse policy, a league source told ESPN's Ed Werder.

The league will conduct the investigation following the circulation of an online video that shows an unidentified man and woman talking about a hand-rolled cigarette.

The video is archived in a Periscope account that Smith has used on multiple occasions over the last two months.

Neither Smith nor the woman appear in the video, titled "Fire up session," although Smith appears in several other videos under the Periscope account "ravenga."

At one point in the video, the woman tells the man that he "shouldn't even be posting that" and that he is "hella stupid" as the man holds the lit cigarette.

The video cuts off immediately after the man says, "They don't know it's me. It's not like I put 'Aldon Smith.'"

 

[jimbuick]

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/17139406/nfl-concludes-peyton-manning-use-hgh-other-peds

 

[Woody]

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/17139406/nfl-concludes-peyton-manning-use-hgh-other-peds

I like how the link leaves "did not" out until you click on it

 

[jimbuick]

I like how the link leaves "did not" out until you click on it

Lol, I tried to post the article but copying it from my phone was a huge PITA.

 

[The Solution]

NFL reinstates Josh Gordon; he can be with Browns during 4-game ban
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/17140776/nfl-reinstates-josh-gordon-cleveland-browns-indefinite-suspension-conditional-basis

Cleveland Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon has been reinstated on a conditional basis from his indefinite suspension for multiple drug violations.

The NFL announced Gordon's reinstatement Monday, saying he will be suspended for the first four games of the regular season. He will be allowed to join the Browns at their training camp, which starts Thursday, and can participate in all team meetings and activities.

 

[The Solution]

Free agent linebacker/defensive end Dwight Freeney is not an option for the Redskins, a source said. With Junior Galette lost again for the season after tearing his right Achilles Sunday the Redskins could use more rush help. But they won't turn to the 36-year old Freeney, who had nine sacks with Arizona last season.

 

[The Solution]

The Packers also waived RB Don Jackson (non-football injury) and DE B.J. McBryde, which puts them at 88 on the roster.

 

[The Solution]

Colts suspended DL Art Jones said he did a "piss-poor job" of checking what was in the supplements he took. Also said he apologized to the organization. Jones is suspended the first four games of the season

 

[jswain34]

Colts suspended DL Art Jones said he did a "piss-poor job" of checking what was in the supplements he took. Also said he apologized to the organization. Jones is suspended the first four games of the season

Damn it. I don't understand how these pro athletes take supplements with ingredients that are on the banned list. With all the money they make how fuggin hard can it be to have someone look at them for $. Jackasses.

 

[RugbyBaller91]

Free agent linebacker/defensive end Dwight Freeney is not an option for the Redskins, a source said. With Junior Galette lost again for the season after tearing his right Achilles Sunday the Redskins could use more rush help. But they won't turn to the 36-year old Freeney, who had nine sacks with Arizona last season.

I'd love to have him

 

[The Solution]

Falcons release star kick returner Devin Hester
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/17145704/devin-hester-released-atlanta-falcons

The Atlanta Falcons announced Tuesday they have released veteran receiver Devin Hester, the most accomplished return man in NFL history.

Hester missed the first 11 games of the 2015 season as a result of a toe injury, for which he had surgery in January. He did not participate in any offseason activities while recovering.

In May, Hester told ESPN he wouldn't be surprised if the team released him.

"At the end of the day, I feel like it's going to come down to how my toe feels," Hester said. "If my toe isn't ready, then I can't fault them for letting me go because it's a business. I can't go around thinking I'm safe if I'm not playing. I do understand that."

 

[Woody]

At the end of the day, I feel like it's going to come down to how my toe feels," Hester said. "If my toe isn't ready, then I can't fault them for letting me go because it's a business. I can't go around thinking I'm safe if I'm not playing. I do understand that."

Classy

 

[rtmilburn]

Colts suspended DL Art Jones said he did a "piss-poor job" of checking what was in the supplements he took. Also said he apologized to the organization. Jones is suspended the first four games of the season

I wonder what he was taking

 

[The Solution]

Randy Gregory faces longer ban due to another drug policy violation

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/17147265/randy-gregory-dallas-cowboys-faces-longer-suspension

Dallas Cowboys defensive end Randy Gregory is facing a longer suspension due to another violation of the NFL's substance abuse policy, according to multiple sources.

Already handed a four-game suspension earlier in the offseason, Gregory would miss the first 10 games for at least his fourth misstep in the substance abuse policy. It is not clear if Gregory failed another test or missed a test.

According to the policy rules, a missed test is treated the same as a failed test.

Gregory has entered an undisclosed treatment facility and is not expected to report to training camp this week with the team, a league source told ESPN's Ed Werder. Whether he participates at all is uncertain.



Sources: Lions planning to sign WR Anquan Boldin to 1-year deal
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/17147263/detroit-lions-sign-wr-anquan-boldin-1-year-deal

The Detroit Lions are planning to sign veteran wide receiver Anquan Boldin to a one-year deal, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

Boldin and the Lions, who need depth at receiver in the wake of Calvin Johnson's retirement, were finalizing the deal Tuesday, sources told Schefter.

Detroit had brought Boldin in for a workout last month but did not sign him at the time. After working out some younger receivers Monday, the Lions decided to make a move with the veteran.

 

[AntM1564]

Free agent linebacker/defensive end Dwight Freeney is not an option for the Redskins, a source said. With Junior Galette lost again for the season after tearing his right Achilles Sunday the Redskins could use more rush help. But they won't turn to the 36-year old Freeney, who had nine sacks with Arizona last season.

But you know who is an option? Greg Hardy. Knowing Dan Gilbert's past, he'll sign Hardy.

 

[The Solution]

Panthers safety Kurt Coleman has agreed to a three-year extension that he will sign on Wednesday, a league source confirmed. The NFL Network first reported the extension of the 28-year-old Coleman, who had a career-best seven interceptions in 2015. Coleman and the Panthers report to training camp at Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina on Wednesday.

 

[The Solution]

Pete Carroll, Seahawks agree to contract extension through 2019

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/17150906/pete-carroll-seattle-seahawks-agree-contract-extension

The Seattle Seahawks have reached an agreement with head coach Pete Carroll on an extension through 2019, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

Carroll's deal comes on the heels of an extension for Seattle general manager John Schneider. Schneider's new deal is for five years and is expected to place him among the highest-paid GMs in the NFL, a source told ESPN's John Clayton.

The contracts of both Carroll and Schneider were expected to expire at the end of the upcoming NFL season.

 

[The Solution]

Jets C Nick Mangold will earn a $2.4M reporting bonus by showing up to camp today, the largest such bonus in the NFL.

 

[The Solution]

Eagles placed RB Ryan Mathews on Active/Non-Football Injury List. Ankle injury last week.

Rams granted QB Nick Foles' request to be released, per source. Now a free agent.

Darron Lee. The Jets have agreed to terms with Lee, as Adam Schefter reported. It's a four-year, $10.2 million contract. They got it done in time for the former Ohio State star to participate in the first practice tomorrow. He was one of three unsigned first rounders.

Cowboys face fine of at least $250K for having three suspended players
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/17156415/dallas-cowboys-face-stiff-fine-having-three-suspended-players

With at least three players suspended for part of the 2016 season, the Dallas Cowboys will be subject to a fine in the range of $250,000, based on last year's club remittance policy.

The league still is formulating this year's fine schedule, which is based on the number of players suspended on a single team. Last year, any team with three players suspended -- the position the Cowboys are in this year with linebacker Rolando McClain and defensive ends DeMarcus Lawrence and Randy Gregory -- had to pay a fine up to $250,000.

The fines are not expected to decrease this season under the new schedule.

McClain, Lawrence and Gregory were suspended for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy. McClain will miss the season's first 10 games and Lawrence will miss the first four. Gregory also received a four-game ban but now faces a longer suspension after another violation, according to multiple sources.