By Muk
Bill Polian has made headlines today for saying that former Heisman Trophy winning QB Lamar Jackson should move to WR, siting that Jackson is "too short" to play the quarterback position in the NFL..
What? Too short? The man is 6'3. The average height for NFL quarterback's is just over 6'3. So to Bill Polian, the majority of the QB's in the NFL are too short to be playing their position. Polian has really lost it.
Bill Polian's absurd comments aside, Lamar Jackson should absolutely expect to play QB at the professional level. I think the kid is that good. I understand that players with his skill set are often considered risky and that their game doesn't transition well to the NFL. But it doesn't matter to me when it comes to Jackson, I truly think he is going to adapt.
Lamar Jackson showed growth as a quarterback in each of his three seasons at Louisville, improving his ability as a pocket-passer, and also improving on his accuracy and decision making. Jackson obviously has unteachable ability with his feet, totaling 50 rushing touchdowns and 4,132 yards in his three seasons. But his arm was nothing to be trifled with either, and as I said, he showed improvement as a passer each season, and finished with a completion % of 57, 9,043 yards, and 69 TD's and only 27 int's. Is Jackson a risk? Absolutely. As is every QB in this draft. But personally, I truly believe that he will prove to be a starting NFL QB.
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By DjackThe big question after the Super Bowl was why did Malcolm Butler get benched. Days later rumors came out that he was smoking weed, was late to curfew, and got into a dispute with the coaches. Well, Devin McCourty put all those rumors to bed when he said the team knew all week that Butler wasn’t going to play and no one was shocked by the decision. Didn’t seem like Butler knew or Eric Rowe, but who knows, I guess we’ll never know the full truth of the matter. McCourty insisted it wasn’t an off the field character issue that got him benched and that he didn’t want those rumors to deter teams from signing Butler in free agency.
Unfortunately, Butler would’ve been better off if it was an off the field issue that got him benched because the reality is much worse. It didn’t take me long to find why Butler was benched after it was revealed that it wasn’t off the field related. Turns out Belichick actually thought Butler was a detriment to the team and that’s why he was benched. Don’t believe that’s possible? Well, maybe this article will help convince you other wise. http://boston.cbslocal.com/2018/02/16/one-football-reason-why-malcolm-butler-didnt-play-patriots-super-bowl-lii/amp/?__twitter_impression=true Pretty compelling stuff, looks like Belichick did have reasoning behind his hypothesis. Unfortunately, the experiment didn’t go as planned, and the hypothesis failed miserably. I don’t care how Butler played, Eric Rowe is never the solution to any problem. Congratulations Bill, you played yourself. As for Butler, I’m sure he won’t be back in New England next season. Where he lands, I have no idea, although after seeing that article I’d be hesistant to pay him big DB money. If he was able to hit the market last offseason he would’ve been paid top 5 DB money, but now I’m not so sure. Amazing how he went from Super Bowl hero to Super Bowl zero in a few short years. By Muk
With NFL Free Agency rapidly approaching, there are many QB questions that will need to be answered. As it stands right now, Kirk Cousins will likely be the most the highest paid quarterback of them all.
Cousins will become a free agent, as long as he isn’t franchise tagged by the Redskins (which he has already said he will file a grievance if that happens), and he will draw attention from a wide range of teams.
Franchises like the Jets, Broncos, Browns, and Vikings are in dire need of a quarterback, and one of Cousins’ talent could take them to the next level. The Jets have no long-term answer at QB, with all their young draft picks crashing and burning, and their past starters like Josh McCown and Ryan Fitzpatrick getting so old that it might not even be worth it to bring them in for one season. The Jets have talent elsewhere, and while McCown did he best to help this team do much more than they were expected too, but someone like Cousins could help those pieces fall further into place. Of course, the Jets will probably screw this up, and Cousins will go elsewhere, and Christian Hackenburg will start week one and the Jets will go 3-13. By MukThe Houston Texans have released their longtime inside linebacker, Brian Cushing, after 9-seasons with the team. Cushing was drafted 15th overall in the 2009 NFL draft, by the Texans, and won the Defensive ROY Award in his first season. However, things have gone south for Cushing in recent years, most notably his 10-game PED suspension this past season. He failed his first test during his rookie year, and the subsequent suspension brought him negative attention, and almost had his DROY award revoked. At 30-years old, Cushing should be able to find himself a new home, with many teams in need of help on the defensive side of the ball. Throughout his 9-year career, Cushing has recorded 664 tackles in 104 games, adding 13.5 sacks, 8 interceptions and 9 forced fumbles. Cusing has earned the reputation as a crazy person, and he demonstrated that during Hard Knocks and his infamous mic'ed up game. By MukIn recent days, AJ McCarron’s name has started to circulate in NFL Free Agency talks, and he has most recently been linked to the Minnesota Vikings.
AJ McCarron will officially become a free agent on March 14th, the first day of the new league year, after spending 4 seasons in Cincinnati with the Bengals. McCarron didn’t see much playing time in Cincy, but his limited game time has been enough for teams around the league to believe there is a chance he has starter potential. It seems that the Vikings main goal is to resign Case Keenum, and they may also make a run at Kirk Cousins, but it seems that if they truly believe in McCarron, signing him could make the most fiscal sense. The future of the Vikings QB position is definitely up in the air, but luckily for them, it seems as if they’ll at least end up with someone competent under center, as they look to make another Super Bowl run. By Muk
Let’s go! Finally, Johnny Football is gaining some real traction in his NFL comeback dream.
The 2012 Heisman Trophy winner has had a long and hard fall from grace. After being drafted 22nd overall in the 2014 NFL draft, Manziel’s NFL career never took off, due to lack of effort and dedication, and his off the field antics. However, in my unbiased opinion, Manziel has paid his dues for his past failures, with his name and legacy being dragged through the mud and disgraced, and he has now opened up about realizing his mistakes and attempting to turn it all around. In his interview with our good friends over on Pardon My Take, he opened up about his struggles with depression and bipolar disorder, and how he used alcohol to self-medicate. While some cynics claim his opening up on Good Morning America and PMT is just a PR stunt to help his “Comeback SZN” gain some steam, but hey, I believe the kid. To me, Johnny Manziel’s failed NFL career can be boiled down to what he didn’t do, not what he truly couldn’t do. While his skill set is certainly one that has still proven to be difficult to transition to the NFL speed and style of play, I don’t think that we can say with 100% certainty that he wasn’t cut out – physically; mentally, was and still is the question mark surrounding Manziel. The Browns didn’t give Johnny Football a fair chance to see the field in my opinion, but that ultimately can be attributed to Johnny Football not giving them a chance to help him develop and grow. Will Manziel make it all the way back from the brink of extinction to the NFL? That, will be the multimillion dollar question folks, but I for one, and hoping that he will. #COMEBACKSZN 10/2/2017 'We Need to Win a Damn Game' - New York Giants Fall to 0-4 Start After Another Gut Wrenching LossRead NowBy Djack"We need to win a damn game." No truer words have ever been spoken. Normally, I'd say Ben McAdoo is an idiot, he's got no clue what he's doing, however when he let those words rip it resonated with me. The Giants need to just win a damn game. Everyone is so worried about if we can still somehow make the playoffs, but we just need to focusing on winning one game before we try to win enough to make the playoffs. This team was trying to win the Super Bowl in week one before they even got a first down. Everyone is way too far ahead of themselves and it's time to pull back. The Giants are 0-4, that's bad, that's real bad actually, but you know what is worse, 0-5. Time to get rid of that doughnut in the win column, time to get that winning feeling back, and a home game against the San Diego Chargers is the perfect way to get back on track. The Giants NEED to get a win this week. I don't care what happened in September, I don't care what is going to happen in November, December, and January, all I care about is what is going to happen October 7th at 1:00pm in MetLife stadium. Giants winning that game is all that matters at this point. Cant focus on the odds of winning 10 in a row, no we can only focus on beating San Diego on Sunday, and that's what we're going to do. The game plan stays basically the same, the execution just needs improvement. I know it doesn't look like it's working because the Giants are 0-4, but that's solely because the game plan hasn't been executed. The first two weeks the game plan was awful, adjustments were made, and the Giants have found themselves with the lead late in ball games. The reason we haven't won is because the lack of execution for 60 minutes. Receivers dropping passes has to stop, Odell I don't care how many highlight reel plays you make, if you can't make the simple plays you aren't a fucking superstar. The running game is pathetic, however it seemed to have found some life when Wayne Gallman stepped into the role. Other than that I really have no complaints with the offense, the o-line has been better, mostly because Eli gets the ball out in 2 seconds, but that's the game plan now, and Eli has been excelling in this game plan. As for the defense, what the fuck happened. The pass rush is just non existent whatsoever. I hear about how great our defensive line is but don't see the results, honestly. Not once this season have they taken over a game by just completely disrupting the quarterback with constant pressure for 4 quarters. The secondary has been mostly fine besides for Eli Apple, who seems to be stuck in college with the way he only plays the receiver and not the ball. Kid has all the talent and tools to be a shutdown corner, he just can't seem to get his head turned around to the ball, though. The linebackers have been saving the defenses bacon, who would've thought they'd be our strength. Yeah the run defense has been awful, mostly due to the lack of penetration up front, not due to our linebackers missing tackles. B.J. Goodson is shaping into a leader on this defense, making play after play, flying all over the field, all the while directing traffic. The special teams has been atrocious and has cost us games in back to back weeks to be completely honest. The defense and offense haven't executed to level we need them to, however if the special teams did their job we'd be 2-2 right now. A punt return touchdown, a missed field goal, and two shanked punts away from 2-2. Hindsight is 20/20 though, it's tough to win games in this league regardless of who you play, but I know this Giants team can beat anyone. That's why I'm not nervous whatsoever still. We just need to win a damn game and that's what we're going to do this week against San Diego. We'll worry about everything else later for now we just gotta win a damn game. That's the motto moving forward. Buy a shirt. This is the mantra going forward in the McAdoo era.
By DjackGood news Cowboy fans, Ezekiel Elliott will avoid suspension until his case is heard in court. This means Ezekiel Elliott will probably be able to play the entire season unless by some minor miracle the US court system does something quickly for the first time ever. Essentially, this is what Tom Brady did when he was suspended for deflating footballs back in 2015. It allowed him to play all of the 2015 season, however he still ended up having to serve his suspension the following year. All Ezekiel Elliott is doing is postponing the inevitable. I guess this is the right course of action, especially if he's actually innocent, but judging by what happened last time, Elliott won't get off scotch free.
The Cowboys must be going for it this year if they don't want to lose Zeke this badly. I mean Dak and Zeke are going to be better players next year, barring any collapse in talent, so why not just take it on the chin now, and next year when both players are a little more experienced and ready for a championship run have the whole band together. Instead, Elliott will miss 6 games next season, effecting the chances of the Cowboys making the playoffs drastically. I guess it's not really the Cowboys decision, it's the NFLPA's and Elliott's, however I'm sure Jerry Jones could've made things happen if he wanted to. What am I saying, Jerry Jones believes the Cowboys are going to win the Super Bowl every year, so he definitley wants Elliott to play this year despite the fact he'll just end up having to serve the suspension next year. Jerry wants another ring ASAP, in his head he thinks that's happening this year, I guess clueless to the fact that he has no defense. I don't know if Zeke is actually guilty or not, no one really does, besides him and the female involved, obviously. The thing I don't get is why we have the commissioner make these rulings, which he was given full power to do so by the players when they agreed to the CBA, if the players can just bring it to court every time, and drag the whole thing out for months if not years. Honestly, it's total bullshit in my opinion, the US court system shouldn't even waste their time hearing these cases. Nonsense that they have to, but that's the nature of the situation. I'm glad Zeke is playing because now I won't hear the excuses that Zeke missed games and that's why the Cowboys didn't win the division. You're lucky Cowboy fans, Zeke is free for now, that still isn't going to save you from the can of whoop-ass the Giants are going to unleash on you Sunday night. By DjackFootball season is back and oh boy did the season opener not disappoint. What looked like an early Patriots blowout, turned into a game of back forth scores, until the Chiefs took over the game in the 4th quarter. The Patriots were moving the ball early and often, they scored on their opening drive, something they've become notorious for doing. Then, on the Chiefs first play from scrimmage rookie running back Kareem Hunt fumbles the ball and the Pats recover. Mind you that this guy had over 800 carries in college, never fumbled once. Patriots were drooling over their wounded opponent ready to go for the early kill. Tom Brady threw what looked like a TD pass to Gronk, but after further review it was ruled a drop, and the Patriots had to settle for a field goal. Big break for the Chiefs, ultimately what I believe stopped them from being totally massacred in this game.
After that the Chiefs offense got rolling, Kareem Hunt settled in, and ended up having the best debut possible. Alex Smith, who has been a glorified game manager most of his career, looked like an absolute stud, and his weapons aka Tyreke Hill and Travis Kelce looked phenomenal. The Chiefs offense was giving the Patriots defense all sorts of trouble. Early on it wasn't too bad, then Donta Hightower went down with an injury, and the Chiefs basically did whatever they wanted offensively from there on out. Kareem Hunt, who was playing his first ever game ran for 150 yards, tacked on 100 reciving yards to go with it, and 3 touchdowns. Talk about a good first impression. His night might've started off shitty with a fumble on his first carry, but boy did he make up for it in a big way. This guy was making defenders miss constantly, as it turns out the Chiefs might actually have something with this guy. Either Hunt is the real deal or the Patriots defense is just atrocious. Honestly, I'd lean more towards the Patriots defense being atrocious. The pass rush was basically non existent. I believe they had 3 sacks on the night, although that would be giving the pass rush too much credit, on one of the plays Alex Smith just kinda fell on his own, and they just touched him down. Trey Flowers did have one or two good rushes, but that was about it. Other than that Alex Smith had ample time to find open receivers and he did it with ease. Smith had an awesome night completing 80% of his passes, throwing for over 300 yards, and throwing for 2 touchdowns. I expected the Patriots secondary to be a lot better, there was a few blown coverages, but they also can't guard their men for 6-8 seconds every snap, and that's on the pass rush. Patriots defense needs to improve drastically or it's going to be a rough season for them, something that fan base is certainly not accustomed to. The offense will be just fine, Danny Amendola going down was a big loss, however I'm sure he'll be back on the field in no time. His presence, especially since Julian Edelman is out for the season is huge, Brady needs that security blanket, and Amendola was just that reeling in 6 catches for 100 yards before going down with a concussion. Gronk looked very mediocre, he wasn't creating much separation, he wasn't making the big plays down the field, and he was a non factor in the red zone. I'm sure that'll change as the season goes on, however if he doesn't return to the Gronk of the past the Pats might actually be in trouble. Brady will be just fine for all those people overreacting. He was throwing a nice ball last night, the Chiefs defense just had a great scheme going, and their secondary is filled with talent. Offense is nothing to worry about going forward, the health of Amendola, and the production of Gronk might be concerns, but as long as TB12 is under center the Patriots will be able to produce points. Chiefs just out played the Patriots and Andy Reid out coached Bill Belichick. It doesn't happen very often, but it does happen, and last night was the purest example of that. Usually Belichick goes into halftime, makes the necessary adjustments, and squashes teams in the second half. Well, this time it was Andy Reid that did that to Belichick. Week 1 of the NFL season is always an anamoly, don't read too much into the nonsense you'll see today. Wait until week 2 or 3 before you start panicking Patriot fans and as for you Chief fans I wouldn't get too far ahead of youselves just yet, remember, it's a long season. By DjackThe Browns #1 overall pick in the 2017 NFL draft might be out for week 1 against the Steelers due to a sprained ankle. Today at practice Garrett tweaked his ankle and now it looks as if he might miss the first game of the season. Does it ever get better for these poor Browns fans? They already have next to nothing to look forward to, they've accepted the fact that they're going to have their 100th losing season in a row, however they were looking forward to watching their young star show what he's capable of. Now, that might even get taken away from them. What a miserable team to root for. Honestly, if I'm a member of the Browns organization I sit out Myles Garrett for week 1. What's the point of sending him out there if he's not at full strength. It's a situation that can only end badly.
Best case scenario, Myles Garrett says he feels fine, but clearly isn't at 100% because his ankle can't just magically heal in 3 days. He goes out has a solid effort, does what he is supposed to, and doesn't get hurt. That would be the ideal situation for Brown fans. Now, let's look at the worst case scenario. Garrett plays on the bum ankle, injures it even more, and has to miss more time cutting into valuable developmental time early in his young career. Another scenario that can play out is he plays on the bum ankle, continues to re-aggravate it to the point where he can still play on it, but it slows down the healing process. Then, his production isn't what it's supposed to be because he's playing through an injury, and now he's hurting his own confidence as a football player and the fans along with the local media get the bust talk rolling. Let's be honest, it's only going to take a few bad games for bust talk to start gaining traction in Cleveland. That franchises fan base is so accustomed to let downs and bad breaks that they probably have already prepared themselves and are anticipating him to be the next great bust. There's few reasons to play Garrett and a whole lot of reasons not to, so I hope the Browns make the right decision. Knowing them though, they'll play Garrett anyways because they need something to use as a selling point to draw a crowd, although I feel like their fan base is loyal enough and smart enough to know rushing him onto the field is the wrong move. We'll just have to wait and see what the Browns decide to do. Then, I can rip into them after they make their next awful decision hurting the franchise in typical Browns fashion. If they end up by some miracle doing the right thing, that'll be a great sign for Brown fans because it'll mean the culture is finally changing in Cleveland. Let's not get ahead of ourselves now, so let's just wait and see. |
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