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I just feel like he downed tools for the off season and we were fortunate the defence did enough to get us to the SB. Anyone willing to let personal distractions get in the way of the ultimate prize should be jettisoned in my opinion. Especially a guy turning 33 with legal issues and recent...

14 catches for 110 yards in the four post-season games. Whether he was sulking because he found out he was leaving the team, distracted by off-field stuff, or just not performing, I don't know. Yes there were O-line issues but we needed Diggs to step up and he disappeared. If we are spending...

If an OT is going to sit for a season, why not just draft one next year? Or draft a more raw prospect in the later rounds, given that you can spend a year developing them before they're actually needed. Edge for me as it's the more immediate need (assuming we are getting Brown so don't need to...

Maybe let the greatest coach of all time know that he needs to work on the spacing for his verts route? He could learn a lot from you.

Let's say we got three years out of him: Year 1 - Stafford and a FA (I'm presuming Stidham is a bust given BB wouldn't start him even in meaningless games) Year 2 - Stafford and we draft a QB with our first. The drafted player gets a year to learn the trade. Year 3 - Stafford and the drafted QB...

Can anyone confirm the whereabouts of Ray Lewis at the time? ;)

Really Long Kick at Goal Run Left, Kenyon at Goalline

Hey, UK based fan trying to learn a bit more about the game. Sorry if this seems a daft question to more experienced domestic fans! I've been watching all the old seasons of 'Hard Knocks', and I got to the Bengals in 2009, and rather than getting the players who they are cutting in a room and...

Hi all, Any advice on how to watch the pre-season games from the UK? I have Sky Sports but they only show regular season games. Paying for a full year of NFL Network seems a waste when I'll have Sky Sports during the regular season

I'm learning a lot, thanks everybody! I'm surprised players tend to just accept where they are drafted. I suppose a player may prefer to spend his first year starting at the Browns rather than warming the bench at the Pats. Do the worse teams therefore tend to get a succession of good draftees...

Hi all, casual fan looking to learn a bit more about the draft system. I understand the basic premise, but what happens if a player doesn't want to sign for a particular team? For example a top player from Los Angeles presumably wouldn't be ecstatic if the Browns selected him first pick given...

I don't think they all do, but some definitely do. You can often see them attached to the facemask by a bendy bit of plastic. From personal experience, they can be uncomfortable to wear when you are breathing hard, and obviously hinder communication. The players have facemasks anyway which...

Thanks for all the responses, seems like a welcoming, knowledgable forum! On the subject of players who didn't make it, anyone get cut from the Pats and come back to bite them? I'd love to see 'Hard Knocks' come to New England, guessing BB wouldn't like the distraction......

Academy is similar, the top teams sign players at around 15/16 from amateur clubs and play them in their own league up to under 19s. Not really any razzle dazzle about it until the final though, just a development league. These players are also first team eligible and will be called in if they...

Wow that's really informative, thanks!

I'm from the UK so know nothing about baseball. My experience is more rugby based, for example a player named Luke Gale was released at academy level, so he went semi pro, impressed, got signed up by a top division side, and was voted man of steel this year (best player in the top division...

It's almost impressive how often the Browns are down there despite the salary cap, draft system, the fact there is no such thing as relegation, and you only need to finish top/second of a four team division to make the play offs. Seems like it would be difficult to be so consistently bad!

Hi all, casual UK based fan, new to the forum, so apologies in advance if this is a stupid question or should be in a different sub-forum. On a lot of the college American Football films, the coach tends to say 'many of you will never play this game again' or similar. Is amateur or semi-pro...

I'm surprised this doesn't happen more. Pat Richards, for example, is done as a rugby player but surely would offer loads to an NFL team as a kicker. Ok it would be a new sport to him, but he has the experience of kicking match winning goals under pressure in front of big crowds, and can tackle...

Casual NFL/Pats fan here. It always surprises me that they leave him in for the whole game when it is won. He's 40 years old playing in the key position in the team. Would it not make sense to give him a rest for the 4th quarter, for example, of games that are effectively over as a contest? This...