NFL 2020

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It's a Corona mustache... IT filters the air If you breathe through the mouth.
 
I’m surprised they didn’t push division games towards the back end of the season in case early games have to be cancelled. It might show they’re confident in kicking off on time, or maybe the logistics were just too complicated.

The logistics behind the college game are much more difficult. I’ve no idea what’s going to happen there.
 
After my first few forays into UFC I have no doubt whatsoever that Bud Light is the perfect beer for whatever happens
 
New MNF team incoming:


Some of the reddit comments are great:
Booger can’t announce the game cause he won’t be the announcer
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"You see I don't like that play call. It's fourth down, you can either punt or go for it. It's fourth down if you throw it into the ground the other team gets the ball. If I were the coach I would want 1st downs instead of 4th downs. But that's just me"

*Chuckles at his bad joke with forehead mouth
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(Tried to link to reddit thread instead of twitter but it looked weird.)
 
Organic Potatoes said:
I’m surprised they didn’t push division games towards the back end of the season in case early games have to be cancelled. It might show they’re confident in kicking off on time, or maybe the logistics were just too complicated.
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I read that they can simply push back the Super Bowl (and/or eliminate the bye week before the SB) in order to facilitate a late start, i.e. starting at Week 5 would just push Week 1-4 to Week 17-20 on the schedule. I like how they've done it tbh, I was fearing that there wouldn't be any rival games at the start of the season but luckily that's not the case.

They could even push the SB back as far as the end of April, or so I heard on a podcast.
 
Organic Potatoes said:
New MNF team incoming:


Some of the reddit comments are great:


(Tried to link to reddit thread instead of twitter but it looked weird.)
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Just glad it's both going, not just Booger. Tessitore's constant shouting was more unbearable than Booger's stupidity.
 
Just seen a video on Facebook of the Rams players reacting to their new uniform. If anyone sees any reveals on Twitter please share them here. You know it’s desperate when you start looking forward to seeing uniform reveals!
 
Organic Potatoes said:
New MNF team incoming:


Some of the reddit comments are great:


(Tried to link to reddit thread instead of twitter but it looked weird.)
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:lol: That 4th down commentary

I don't mind Steve Levy, hope he gets it. Orlovsky or even Riddick, while not big names, would be a huge upgrade on Booger.
 
A quick google says those guys are on $10 million contracts.

Why in the name of feck are they committing robberies?
 
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https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/...ck-incentives-for-minority-hiring-per-report/

NFL to propose Rooney Rule change that includes draft-pick incentives for minority hiring, per report
The league is looking to incentivize teams to hire minorities in coaching and front office pipeline positions

Unsatisfied with the number of coaching and front offices vacancies that have been filled by minorities in recent years, the NFL is preparing to propose changes to the Rooney Rule. According to a report from NFL.com's Jim Trotter, the league will propose those changes during the virtual owners meeting that is scheduled to take place next week.
At the moment, the Rooney Rule (named after former Steelers owner Dan Rooney) requires NFL teams to interview at least one minority candidate for any head coach or senior football operations position. Its purpose is ostensibly to ensure that minorities receive consideration for coaching and front office positions, but in the current NFL -- which is more than 70 percent non-white -- there are only four non-white head coaches and two non-white general managers. Additionally, three of the most recent 20 head coaching vacancies have been filled by coaches of color, including one of five during the 2020 offseason.
To incentivize teams to interview and hire more minority coaches and front offices members, the league is set to propose the following changes, per Trotter's report:
  • Double the number of candidate interviews required to fulfill the Rooney Rule. (i.e. teams must interview at least two minority candidates for any coaching or senior front office position.)
  • Require the Rooney Rule to also apply to coordinator positions, in addition to the head coaching position.
  • From the end of the regular season through March 1, disallow teams from blocking assistant coaches from interviewing with other teams for "bona fide" coordinator positions (i.e. offensive/defensive/special teams coordinator). Any dispute regarding the bona fides of such a position would be settled by Commissioner Roger Goodell.
  • Award a fifth-round compensatory pick to any team whose minority assistant leaves to become a coordinator for another team.
  • Award a third-round compensatory pick to any team minority coach or front office member leaves to become a head coach or general manager for another team.
  • Award a fourth-round compensatory pick to any team that hires a person of color as its quarterbacks coach, if it retains that coach beyond one season.
  • Any team that hires a minority head coach would move up six spots from its allocated third-round pick during the draft prior to that coach's second season.
  • Any team that hires a person of color as its senior football executive (i.e. general manager or president of football operations) would move up 10 spots in the third round during the draft prior to that executive's second season.
  • If the aforementioned coach and/or executive remains with the team for a third season, that team would move up five spots in the fourth round during the draft prior to that third season.
These changes are designed to allow more coaches and executives of color to flow into the pipelines from which recent NFL hires have come. NFL teams have tended to look at offensive coordinators and quarterbacks coaches for head coaching jobs, for example, and there are simply not very many minorities in those positions at the moment. (There are currently only two non-white offensive coordinators and two non-white quarterbacks coaches.) Incentivizing teams to interview and hire minorities at those positions would deepen the candidate pool for head coaching positions in the future, and the same is true of football operations.

These changes would mark a major departure from the way the Rooney Rule has operated since its adoption in 2003, but major changes are needed because the rule has not been working as intended in recent seasons.
 
Yeah, not in agreement at all. You're giving teams/people preferential treatment for the very thing that has held back the very people you're trying to help out?
 


The plot thickens. Gonna cling to this as much as possible since the alternative is watching Tre Flowers start again.
 
Trying to take any positives I can from covid. At least the 7 month NFL off season hasn’t quite seemed as painful this year.

I know health comes first, but still.
 
Hoof The Ball said:
How does this still happen? I know athletes aren't the brightest bunch, but NFL athletes are the worst. Murder, armed robbery, assault, drug dealing, you name it. I'm never surprised when I read that an NFL athlete has done something dumb.
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Many factors but one of them definitely being repeated knocks to the head making players prone to violence.
 
Dak has declined a 5-year, $175m contract. 1) he’s deluded 2) he’s not worth that.

If he waits until Mahomes and Watson get paid next year, he’ll realize he’s made a mistake.
 
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