NFL 2021 Off-season and Free Agency Discussion

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Report: Fourth-and-15 onside kick alternative unlikely to pass

The Eagles have proposed an onside kick alternative for a second consecutive offseason. This one appears headed where the last one ended up. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that the fourth-and-1…

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Two concerns about the proposal surfaced...

First, if the kicking team recovers an onside kick, it cannot advance it beyond the spot of the recovery. The fourth-and-15 alternative, as a scrimmage play, would not be limited to the line to gain or the spot of the catch or anything other than where the play ends — up to and including a touchdown.

Second, the fourth-and-15 play puts extra pressure on officials to throw a flag for defensive holding, illegal contact or pass interference. Whether officials call those fouls like they would on a normal play or take a “push the flag deeper in the pocket” approach, the situation will result in much more scrutiny being applied to the officials on those plays.

 

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An attorney for Aaron Donald said Donald didn't start the altercation that resulted in a Pittsburgh man suffering multiple injuries.
The attorney, according to The Athletic's Jordan Rodrigue, said Donald "actually prevented the man" -- DeVincent Spriggs -- "from further injury by intervening" in the fight. A complaint has been filed by Spriggs alleging assault by Donald. The Rams acknowledged they are aware of the incident, and the NFL is sure to keep a close eye on the legal developments here.
SOURCE: The Athletic
Apr 16, 2021, 11:37 AM ET

Thats a good angle to take , lucky i stepped to beat you up and break your arm otherwise it could have been worse

 

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Thats a good angle to take , lucky i stepped to beat you up and break your arm otherwise it could have been worse

Aaron Donald Surveillance Video Shows NFL Star Pulling Mob Off Alleged Attacker

Donald's attorney is already starting to release clips of the surveillance footage.

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Two concerns about the proposal surfaced...

First, if the kicking team recovers an onside kick, it cannot advance it beyond the spot of the recovery. The fourth-and-15 alternative, as a scrimmage play, would not be limited to the line to gain or the spot of the catch or anything other than where the play ends — up to and including a touchdown.

Second, the fourth-and-15 play puts extra pressure on officials to throw a flag for defensive holding, illegal contact or pass interference. Whether officials call those fouls like they would on a normal play or take a “push the flag deeper in the pocket” approach, the situation will result in much more scrutiny being applied to the officials on those plays.

Plus it’s unfair to teams who depend more on run game. It’s garbage proposal. What’s the big deal in making onside kicks not achievable? It should be difficult

 

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Sam Darnold deal: More details on trade between Panthers, Jets
Tim Weaver
Fri, April 16, 2021, 2:00 AM·2 min rea

There are some… interesting rumors circulating regarding Sam Darnold and what the New York Jets might or might not have done leading up to last week’s trade with the Carolina Panthers. The truth is far too much fun to ignore in any case and the details for this deal are fascinating enough.

Albert Breer at Sports Illustrated is one of several journalists who have dug deep on how the trade developed between these franchises. The negotiations began with an awkward SNL joke over the phone and culminated with the Panthers sending three draft picks to the Jets for their starting QB.

Apparently, Carolina felt it was important to hang on to their first three picks in the 2021 NFL draft. Here’s how they worked out a compromise with New York, per Breer’s report.

“For the Panthers, based on how their draft board sets up and their needs, it was important to hold onto their slotted picks in the first (No. 8), second (No. 39) and third (No. 73) rounds. So the compromise, with the Jets asking for “a second-rounder plus,” was to have the two come in 2022. And initially, the concept Carolina was working off was to have two later 2021 picks as part of the deal, but the sides couldn’t quite make the terms work under those parameters. So Carolina moved the sixth-rounder it was offering this year down (Carolina has three sixth-rounders and gave the Jets the last one), and the 2021 fifth-rounder they were offering up to a fourth-rounder and into next year.”

Interesting stuff. Does this mean the Panthers are unwilling to part with those picks no matter what they get offered when they’re on the clock?
Time will tell and anything can happen once the draft begins. Clearly the franchise has a plan going in that they want to stick to

 

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lol easy to apologise now that there is video evidence that Donald didn't do it

 

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Aaron Donald Surveillance Video Shows NFL Star Pulling Mob Off Alleged Attacker

Donald's attorney is already starting to release clips of the surveillance footage.

www.tmz.com

Nice of Donald to do that for a bloke who attacked him.

Spriggs is a POS who was looking for a payout.

 

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Did he fail 8 times? Looks like a man

 

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Did he fail 8 times? Looks like a man

Says university of el paso, probably not HS

 

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Players opting out of OTA's, rightly so.

 

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Great Wall of Text about Gase and the EP off system....

 

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Raiders signed CB Rasul Douglas.
Philadelphia's third-round selection in the 2017 draft, Douglas compiled 180 tackles, five interceptions and 34 passes defensed across 60 games (and 29 starts) with the Eagles and Carolina, where he most recently recorded a career-high 62 tackles as an 11-game starter. He's a strong option to open as Las Vegas' nickel corner in Week 1.
SOURCE: Las Vegas Raiders on Twitter
Apr 19, 2021, 3:10 PM ET