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2015 NFL Regular Season Chatter

  • hasbeen
    sleeper;1773687 wrote:I doubt he will just outright retire when some team out there will overpay him to heavily under perform at the tail end of his career. See Dwayne Bowe.
    If the Lions don't trade/release him, I could see him retiring. He's already rich and he's not sure he wants to keep getting hurt playing for a shitty team. I absolutely believe he'd sign on to play for a contender.
    BR1986FB;1773737 wrote:Kind of odd there. Sounds like the front office may have wanted him to dump some defensive coaches yet Lovie stayed loyal to them. Plus, the timing (10pm?) was weird. Maybe there's a coordinator out there they are hot on and don't want to miss the boat?
    Tampa Bay is just stupid.
  • Heretic
    hasbeen;1774082 wrote:Why would Gruden want to go to the Eagles?
    Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the Eagles where he made his name as a hot HC prospect while a coordinator?

    I mean, I usually laugh at any report saying that Gruden might be interested in a coaching job (especially when Foot was trying to say that he'd go to Cleveland because of Manziel), since he got a ring and currently has the definition of a cushy job (calls games, gets to all-out praise any QB he wants), so why would he want to take job to try to turn around a meh team, while working those 20-hour days people were saying he pulled back in the day? But if he has nostalgia for his coaching roots, I could at least give him a 15-20% chance of deciding to roll the dice with this job.
  • hasbeen
    Heretic;1774088 wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the Eagles where he made his name as a hot HC prospect while a coordinator?

    I mean, I usually laugh at any report saying that Gruden might be interested in a coaching job (especially when Foot was trying to say that he'd go to Cleveland because of Manziel), since he got a ring and currently has the definition of a cushy job (calls games, gets to all-out praise any QB he wants), so why would he want to take job to try to turn around a meh team, while working those 20-hour days people were saying he pulled back in the day? But if he has nostalgia for his coaching roots, I could at least give him a 15-20% chance of deciding to roll the dice with this job.
    I feel like he'd want to take over a team with a proven QB or at least a good young QB.
  • gerb131
    Lynch out for playoff game vs Minn.
  • friendfromlowry
    Khalil Mack was named all-pro at OLB and DE. First time in history.
  • Ironman92
    friendfromlowry;1774229 wrote:Khalil Mack was named all-pro at OLB and DE. First time in history.
    Special player....why was he considered both?
  • GOONx19
    Rams and Chargers both approved for relocation per ESPN ticker.
  • Sonofanump
    GOONx19;1775217 wrote:Rams and Chargers both approved for relocation per ESPN ticker.
    Interesting, Chargers have to wait a year, but if they don't take the offer, Raiders can jut in if Chargers don't.
    Wonder if it is the same location/stadium for both teams.
  • GOONx19
    Sonofanump;1775219 wrote:Interesting, Chargers have to wait a year, but if they don't take the offer, Raiders can jut in if Chargers don't.
    Wonder if it is the same location/stadium for both teams.
    I believe both will be playing out of the new Inglewood stadium.
  • ts1227
    Chargers don't have to wait a year, they've just been given a year to work out a lease agreement with the Rams. If they agree tomorrow the Chargers can play in LA in 2016 too.

    The issue becomes where the teams go in LA for the next 3 seasons (Inglewood won't be done til 2019) because it's currently written in the Coliseum/USC contract that 1 pro team can be there in addition to USC
  • sleeper
    SO 3 teams in LA? WTF?
  • ts1227
    sleeper;1775227 wrote:SO 3 teams in LA? WTF?
    Only 2. Raiders can only go to LA if the Chargers don't commit to it within the next year (at which point SD loses their right to relocate)
  • like_that
    It's a joke they have 1 let alone 2. LA does not deserve a football team. If they have 2 years of sucking it will be a complete failure. There is no real sports loyalty in that city, this is part of why they failed 3 times hosting a NFL team.
  • Ironman92
    like_that;1775232 wrote:It's a joke they have 1 let alone 2. LA does not deserve a football team. If they have 2 years of sucking it will be a complete failure. There is no real sports loyalty in that city, this is part of why they failed 3 times hosting a NFL team.
    I don't see the Rams or Chargers holding any interest. The Raiders were unbelievable with some of their teams there and they could withstand the culture makeup of that city.
  • Ironman92
    Raiders won a SB and made playoffs 7x in 12 years and had HOF names and guys to root for...Marcus Allen, Bo Jackson, Howie Long, Tim Brown...even their damn punter was a sight to watch.
  • Al Bundy
    Ironman92;1775235 wrote:Raiders won a SB and made playoffs 7x in 12 years and had HOF names and guys to root for...Marcus Allen, Bo Jackson, Howie Long, Tim Brown...even their damn punter was a sight to watch.
    And they still couldn't get fan support. They used to cover sections to avoid blackout rule.
  • BR1986FB
    Didn't see who the two "no" votes were from but I hope one was Haslam.
  • sleeper
    like_that;1775232 wrote:It's a joke they have 1 let alone 2. LA does not deserve a football team. If they have 2 years of sucking it will be a complete failure. There is no real sports loyalty in that city, this is part of why they failed 3 times hosting a NFL team.
    Pretty much this. What happened to Lakers fans? Yes there are still Kobe fans but once he's gone do they relocate the Lakers?
  • Azubuike24
    Yeah, move the Lakers to Seattle.
  • sleeper
    Azubuike24;1775316 wrote:Yeah, move the Lakers to Seattle.
    I know this comment is tongue in cheek, but honestly after Kobe retires the Lakers attendance will plummet.
  • sleeper
    And yes, I think its both retarded that LA gets 2 NBA teams AND 2 NFL AND 2 MLB teams.
  • Heretic
    Take with a grain of salt due to it being speculation, but Deadspin says that one "no" was Mark Davis (makes sense, he wanted to move there, not watch other teams move there) and the other could have been Mike Brown. Why? Because the owners in general love the moves because of the LA revenue and if revenue rises, salaries rise and he doesn't want to have to pay more money to players.

    http://deadspin.com/my-god-mike-brown-might-be-the-worst-owner-in-sports-1752714012

    If true, that might be the most darkly hilarious aspect of what is a shitty day in NFL history.
  • Sonofanump
    sleeper;1775320 wrote:I know this comment is tongue in cheek, but honestly after Kobe retires the Lakers attendance will plummet.
    Unless the NBA is rigged and they get Ben Simmons.
  • Heretic
    Sonofanump;1775329 wrote:Unless the NBA is rigged and they get Ben Simmons.
    If it comes down to, say, them or Philly, the NBA will rig it for the Lakers. Maybe partially because it's the Lakers, but mainly because it's Philly, once again in a position where they can be clowned for their multi-year, indefinitely-lasting tank plan.
  • sleeper
    Sonofanump;1775329 wrote:Unless the NBA is rigged and they get Ben Simmons.
    I'd rather him go to Philly honestly. That team is so bad.