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aujeff11 6,243 Posted March 13, 2019 Author Share Posted March 13, 2019 3 minutes ago, Maverick.AU said: That would be a steal by the Niners. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR 2,408 Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Josina Anderson of ESPN says source told her 49ers will give Ford a contract in the range of 5 yrs $87.5 mil. Not sure how much of that is guaranteed but sounds like he will be richly rewarded for the trade. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aujeff11 6,243 Posted March 16, 2019 Author Share Posted March 16, 2019 https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/cam-newton-goes-vegan-wants-to-slim-down-to-235/ar-BBUPfF0?ocid=spartandhp Cam goes vegan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auburn Kev 1,653 Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 (edited) Edited March 28, 2019 by Auburn Kev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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McLoofus 35,182 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Auburn Kev said: What a story. My dude will finish his career having made probably $5 million or more exclusively playing special teams. He's going to have a nest egg and he's probably going to leave the game with enough tread left on the tires to enjoy it. Very happy for him! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Auburn Kev 1,653 Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 (edited) NFL 2019: Can Lions' run-oriented offense be successful enough to save Matt Patricia's job? Quote Can building an NFL offense around the run game -- and staying dedicated to it -- work well against smaller defensive fronts recently constructed to defend the pass? The Detroit Lions want to find out. Detroit has made its offensive priority abundantly clear this offseason, and they hired long-time Vikings and Seahawks offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell to steer the run-oriented ship in 2019. Let's examine whether or not this counter idea could actually be successful in Detroit this season. Lions head coach Matt Patricia spent nearly two decades watching Tom Brady dice secondaries through the air, but even the casual football fan knows how rare Brady is as a quarterback. Can't bank on Brady-type production in the passing game without Brady. Patricia was also around for New England's quietly awesome run game, an easy-to-overlook team strength the Patriots have been able to lean on, especially in the past 5-10 years and occasionally in the playoffs. And Bevell, who was out of football in 2018, is the ideal coordinator to deploy an effective run-heavy offense. Let's compare the ground-attack efficiency of the Seahawks under Bevell, the Patriots when Patricia was there, and the Lions, starting in 2011, Bevell's first season as Seattle's offensive coordinator, using Football Outsiders' Run Offense DVOA Rank: 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Lions 16th 12th 27th 29th 27th 25th 30th Patriots 4th 4th 6th 14th 12th 15th 4th Seahawks 14th 1st 7th 1st 3rd 22nd 23rd At the Seahawks' peak, while not discussed nearly as much as the Legion of Boom, Seattle's Beast Mode-led run game had quite an impressive stretch of its own from 2012 to 2015 as the team when 48-12 in the regular season, advanced to a pair of Super Bowls and won a title. During that sparkling, four-year reign as an elite rushing unit, Seattle's offensive line received a grand total of three Pro Bowl nods (Max Unger, 2012 and 2013, and Russell Okung, 2012) and one All-Pro distinction (Unger, 2012). So it's not as if Marshawn Lynch and Co. ran behind a blocking unit loaded with tremendous talents. As for the Patriots, well, I told you. Sure, the threat of Brady throwing the football likely helped New England's run game, but Patricia saw an assortment of early picks, mid-round selections, and UDFA blockers come in and out of Foxboro over that span. Didn't matter though. The Patriots always ran it well. As for the Lions. Woof. Matthew Stafford pieced together a run of seven-consecutive 4,200-plus yard passing seasons from 2011 to 2017, which included a 5,000-yard, 40-plus touchdown campaign in 2011, but altogether, Detroit could not run the football. Over that span, the Lions went 57-55, made the playoffs three times but never won in the postseason. You're starting to see how this run-happy idea could've been sparked in the minds of Patricia and Bevell, right? The caveat In simplest terms, running is not as efficient as passing; that is, unless your team has a horrendously inefficient quarterback and an outstanding running game. But in general, when it comes to gaining yards, passing gets the job done more efficiently, and that's not up for argument. Last year, net yards per attempt (NYPA) for quarterbacks -- yards per attempt with sacks and sack yards factored in -- ranged from 4.47 yards (Josh Rosen) all the way up to 8.80 yards (Ryan Fitzpatrick). The average NYPA among qualifying quarterbacks was 6.54 yards. Meanwhile, team rushing offenses ranged from 3.8 yards per carry (Cardinals) to 5.1 yards (Panthers). Those are all important reminders before I go any further. At a macro level, the Lions' idea is foolish. Then again, being a run-heavy doesn't necessarily -- nor is likely to -- mean Detroit wants to or will pass more than it throws. Nor does it mean Patricia wants an offense than averages more yards per carry than Stafford's net yards per pass attempt. It's just an offensive mindset, an identity, the core element of the 2019 Lions that Patricia probably wants to be able to rely on in any situation, in any stadium, at any time, in any weather, against any defense. Detroit's personnel Even with a run-minded head coach and a coordinator with a rather impressive run-game resume, does Detroit have the horsepower (pun intended) to actually field the stellar rushing attack that's eluded the team for a while? Stafford's NYPA was 5.91 last season. As a team, the Lions averaged 4.1 yards per rush, so they have a ways to go in terms of boosting their run-game efficiency. Up front, the offensive line is set to feature four of the same five starters from the beginning of the 2018 campaign, so there will be continuity. Last year's first-round pick Frank Ragnow moving to center, his collegiate position in which he was a human steamroller at Arkansas, will help the blocking efforts. Graham Glasgow emerged as a top-end road-grader last season on the interior. Both tackles, Taylor Decker and Ricky Wagner, are more known for their pass blocking, but certainly play with noticeable mean streaks and can consistently move people on running plays. It seems like a middle-of-the-pack group that, when it perfect rhythm, and with Bevell's guidance, could play as a top-third unit. Kerryon Johnson is the bell cow. And a very talented one at that. Before getting drafted by the Lions in the second round of the 2018 Draft, I compared him to Carlos Hyde and wrote the following summary about his game: The balance Johnson displayed during his brief time in the SEC was extremely impressive, and Hyde can stay on his feet while absorbing hits unlike the vast majority of the bigger backs in the NFL. Neither is a home-run hitter. Both get stronger as the game progresses as their strong-willed running style seems to wear down opposing defenses. Johnson ran for nearly 1,400 yards at a 4.9 yards-per-carry clip in the SEC as a 20 year old in 2017 at Auburn and was averaging a hefty 5.4 yards per rush on 118 attempts last season for the Lions before a knee sprain ended his rookie year after 10 games. A vertical jump in the 93rd percentile at the position, and a broad jump in the 91st percentile indicate, the 5-foot-11, 206-pound runner is very explosive. He has the talent to be a legit star in the backfield, and the Lions clearly want to give him the football often. Probably a good value pick in fantasy drafts this summer, he just needs to prove he can stay healthy. After Johnson, Detroit is surprisingly thin at running back position in terms of established contributors. Zach Zenner's long been a fan favorite and after averaging under 4.0 yards per carry in each of his first three seasons in Motown, his average jumped to 4.8 in 2018. In May, I listed Ty Johnson, the Lions' 2019 sixth-round selection, as a Day 3 pick who can be an instant impact player mostly due to his ridiculous acceleration and blistering long speed. He averaged 7.6 yards per carry on 348 career rushes at Maryland. The tight ends The largest splash the Lions made on offense in free agency was the acquisition of former Steelers tight end Jesse James, a reliable short-to-intermediate level receiver, who, at 6-7 and 260-ish pounds, can hold his own in-line as a blocker. That signing didn't stop Detroit from picking tight end T.J. Hockenson at No. 8 overall in the draft, someone I called a "destroyer of worlds" pre-draft because of his blocking prowess. He's a gifted receiver thanks to a large catch radius and the ability to separate. Dave Birkett of The Detroit Free Press noted some three tight end looks at minicamp, and even under the safe assumption that two tight end sets will be more frequent, the Lions have significantly more top-end talent at the position than they did in 2018. Per Sports Info Solutions, the Lions carried the football 119 times for 359 yards (3.01 yards per) when in a two tight end set last season, the sixth-lowest average in the NFL. Now, with Hockenson and James in the fold, the run-game efficiency from two tight end looks should improve. Given the receiving steadiness of James and the explosive skills of Hockenson, that formation has the makings of a versatile personnel grouping that keeps defenses guessing all season. Conclusion In theory, the Lions should focus on sharpening the passing game -- Stafford's 6.8 yards-per-attempt average in 2018 was his lowest since 2018. However, with a solid offensive line, a young, skilled runner, two capable blockers at the tight end position, and Bevell as the offensive coordinator, this year's iteration of the Lions has the makeup to run the football more effectively than they have in a long time. Edited June 13, 2019 by Auburn Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auburn Kev 1,653 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Report: Rodney Peete Being Sued by Ex-NFL CB Carlos Rogers over Alleged Scam PAUL KASABIANJUNE 21, 2019 Former NFL cornerback Carlos Rogersis suing ex-NFL quarterback Rodney Peete after alleging Peete failed to pay him back $350,000 in an investment scam involving efforts to keep the Raiders in Oakland. TMZ Sports obtained court documents and reported Rogers' claims. Of note, Rogers said Peete brought him on board "to invest in a group that would provide financing for football facilities" that would prevent a Raiders move. Rogers gave Peete $350,000 as part of the investment and said Peete promised that he would be reimbursed if the Raiders left town. The Silver and Black are headed to Las Vegas in 2020, but Rogers claimed he was not paid back. He's suing for his original investment plus an additional $100,000 in punitive damages. Rogers is alleging fraud on Peete's part and says that he "repeatedly stalled and came up with excuses" when pressed about his initial investment, per TMZ Sports. The cornerback played one season in Oakland, suiting up seven times for the Raiders in 2014 before capping off a 10-year career with the Washington Redskins and San Francisco 49ers as well. He made one Pro Bowl. Peete, who was in the NFL for 16 years, played one season in Oakland (2001). He was the Heisman Trophy runner-up behind Oklahoma State running back Barry Sanders in 1988. The two became teammates for the Detroit Lions from 1989-1993. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auburn Kev 1,653 Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 (edited) Darius Slayton is Giants' most intriguing project player By Dan Benton | 12 hours ago New York Giants wide receiver Darius Slayton, a fifth-round pick out of Auburn, experienced the extreme highs and lows of the NFL over the course of his first-ever offseason. Giants head coach Pat Shurmur labeled Slayton as the team’s most improved player this offseason — rightfully so — and now Brent Sobleski of Bleacher Report has his pegged as the team’s most intriguing project player. The composition of the New York Giants wide receiver corps is quite odd. Golden Tate and Sterling Shepard are the team’s top two options, but both are more effective working out of the slot than they are outside the numbers. Furthermore, tight end Evan Engram is basically an oversized slot receiver. The Giants must find a target who consistently threatens defenses on the outside as a vertical threat. This year’s second fifth-round draft selection, Darius Slayton, has the size (6’1″, 190 lbs) and speed (4.39-second 40-yard dash) to serve as the unit’s X-receiver. Slayton already earned first-team reps during organized team activities. “He’s done a really good job,” head coach Pat Shurmur told reporters. “I think we were all here during rookie minicamp when he had the yips, drops and whatnot. He’s really smoothed it out and has been making plays.” Slayton provides another option to a group that’s still trying to define its roles. The analysis on Golden Tate, Sterling Shepard and the “oversized slot receiver” Evan Engram aside, there’s little doubt that Slayton is the Giants’ most intriguing project player. The rookie could very well play a substantial role for the Giants in 2019, and how he performs in training camp will go a long way in determining the back-end of the team’s receiver corps. Edited June 24, 2019 by Auburn Kev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McLoofus 35,182 Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 11 hours ago, Auburn Kev said: Darius Slayton is Giants' most intriguing project player By Dan Benton | 12 hours ago Glad he finally remembered all the skills he acquired at WRU! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auburn Kev 1,653 Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 Braden Smith The ‘Best-Kept Secret In The NFL’ At Right Tackle Andrew Walker COLTS.COM WRITER INDIANAPOLIS — Morocco Brown had an inkling that Braden Smith could be a solid NFL tackle before he ever became a member of the Indianapolis Colts. Five weeks into the 2018 regular season, Brown — the Colts’ Director of College Scouting — was proven right. A second-round pick in last year’s draft out of Auburn, the initial plan was to give Smith an opportunity to develop behind veteran Matt Slauson as the Colts’ right guard of the future, but circumstances would lead to Smith getting the start at right tackle Week 5 against the New England Patriots. And he hasn’t budged from that spot ever since. A people-mover in the run game who continued to show great strides in pass protection, Smith now is enjoying an entire offseason of work at the right tackle position, where he can settle in and really start to fine-tune his craft heading into his second NFL season in 2019. “(I just have) a good understanding of the offense now,” Smith said. “Instead of focusing on the big picture, you can focus on the finer details now with more technique and smaller things.” Smith excelled at the right guard position at Auburn, where he appeared in 54 games with 41 consecutive starts from 2014-17. He was an AP/CBS/SB Nation First-Team All-American in 2017, and winner of the SEC’s Jacobs Blocking Trophy. Though he did have some experience sliding over to tackle early in his college career, the 6-foot-6, 315-pound Smith was viewed as a promising guard prospect in the NFL by Colts general manager Chris Ballard, despite the fact Brown was constantly in his ear about Smith’s possibilities as a tackle. Indy would select Smith with the 37th-overall pick in the second round of the 2018 NFL Draft. “During the draft process Morocco Brown kept (saying), ‘Man, I’m telling you this guy can be a tackle. He can absolutely be a tackle,’” Ballard recalled earlier this year. “‘Rock, no man. He’s a guard. This guy is going to be a great guard.’” Bitten by the injury bug at tackle throughout training camp, however, the Colts gave Smith some summer practice reps on the outside, and he even started the team’s second preseason game against the Baltimore Ravens at right tackle. But the plan remained in place that Smith would continue to learn behind Slauson before eventually taking over at right guard. But then, Week 1 against the Cincinnati Bengals, starting right tackle J’Marcus Webb went down with a season-ending hamstring injury. Two weeks later, Joe Haeg, who had taken over at right tackle, suffered an ankle injury and was placed on injured reserve. A little more than a week after that, Denzelle Good, the Colts’ third starter at right tackle in four weeks, was excused from the team to be with his family after the tragic shooting death of his brother, Overton, in South Carolina. Now facing a short week and going on the road to take on the defending AFC champion New England Patriots on Thursday Night Football, the Colts finally turned to Smith to take over at right tackle. In 83 snaps that night, Smith would allow just one quarterback pressure; his 80.1 Pro Football Focus grade that night was Indy’s second best offensive mark, and tops among all offensive linemen. “Honestly, I felt pretty comfortable at it, surprisingly,” Smith said of his first regular-season action at right tackle last year. “I mean, the first New England game, the first game I really played a full game, that was the Thursday night game, so hadn’t quite had any live practice; it was all walkthroughs. So I was kind of like, ‘Alright, let’s see what happens.’ And then you get those first few plays down and then you’re like, ‘Alright. I’m good to go.’” The Colts’ offensive line — and the offense in general — really started to click the following week, as starting left tackle Anthony Castonzo returned after missing the first five games of the season with a hamstring injury. With a lineup primarily consisting of Castonzo, left guard Quenton Nelson, center Ryan Kelly, right guard Mark Glowinski (who took over for an injured Slauson) and Smith, the Colts by the end of the season had one of the best offensive lines in football, having allowed just 18 sacks, the fewest in the NFL. Indy also had back-to-back 200-yard rushing performances in Weeks 7 and 8, while running back Marlon Mack ran for a franchise playoff record 148 yards in the team’s Divisional Round victory over the Houston Texans. Smith continued to improve with each week. By the end of the regular season, he was rated by PFF as the second-best rookie offensive tackle, as he allowed just 28 pressures over 520 pass protection snaps. He was named to the Pro Football Writers of America, PFF and NFL.com All-Rookie Teams. “I don’t know if we could ever have thought that he could have been this successful this early,” Colts offensive coordinator Nick Sirianni said of Smith late last year. “What he gives you in the run game is he’s just a powerful man. One of the main reasons why I think the run game really got going was because when he stepped in there – because he can just really move people in there. He does it differently than a lot of tackles that I have ever been around. He just moves guys and gets guys displaced from their area. So it opens up holes for the back. Then he has really held his own in pass protection.” With Nelson earning First-Team All-Pro and Pro Bowl honors over at left guard, head coach Frank Reich said Smith was “the best-kept secret in the NFL” last season. “This guy – rightly so Quenton has gotten a lot of attention — (but) Braden has played lights out,” Reich said. “When we moved him we knew we had a great run blocker. I mean, you just watch his college tape, you knew he was a great run blocker. When he got here you knew the pass blocking needed some work, but he worked hard at that. So that was going to be the big question moving him out to right tackle, ‘How would he handle it?’ He’s just continued to get better and better.” "As the season went on he just kept getting better," Ballard said of Smith. "I kind of giggle — I love Quenton and Quenton knows I love him — but the world was ignoring Braden Smith. Quenton Nelson is playing his tail off, but Braden Smith is playing good football, too." With all five starters along the offensive line returning in 2019, Smith can now focus solely on the right tackle position. He has new offensive line coaches in Chris Strausser and Klayton Adams — as well as the legendary Howard Mudd, who has returned to be the Colts’ senior offensive assistant — working with him every day on refining his techniques so that he can be even stronger moving forward. “You can tell in Braden’s demeanor, the confidence that he has,” Reich said. “The whole beginning of the year last year he had to be … questioning, ‘Can I really do this? Can I play this position at this level?’ I think what he did last year just really set him and us up where we got the confidence in him, he has got the confidence in himself. He works extremely hard and I just think is going to continue to get better.” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steeleagle 2,945 Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 I always thought Smith had the body type for a tackle, and didn't understand why he wasn't groomed that way at Auburn. I felt he could have been a first rounder if he had learned his craft as a tackle in college.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auburn Kev 1,653 Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 Deshaun Davis contract breakdown with Bengals Davis figures to have a great shot at a 53-man roster spot. By Jason Marcum@marcum89 Jun 24, 2019, 12:01pm EDT Linebacker remains the Bengals’ biggest question mark, which is great news for Deshaun Davis. The former Auburn Tigers linebacker was selected in the sixth round of this year’s NFL Draft in hopes of bolstering a dangerously thin linebacker group in Cincinnati. Last season, Davis led the Tigers in tackles (116) en route to First-Team All-SEC honors. Now, Davis will look to fight for one of the final linebacker spots on the Bengals’ 53-man roster. According to Over The Cap, Davis’ deal is for a total of $2,647,840 over four years. If the Bengals wind up cutting Davis, they will owe him almost $130K this year. If he plays all four years in Cincinnati, he’ll make a little under $800K in his final season before hitting free agency. While Davis was picked in Round 6, where players are far from assured of a 53-man roster spot, he’s got a good chance of making it just because the Bengals are still thin at the position. He’ll probably end up fighting Hardy Nickerson, Chris Worley and Malik Jefferson for the final linebacker spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GwillMac6 20,526 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 OUR GUY!!!WOOOO!!!! WAR DAMN JAMEL DEAN!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McLoofus 35,182 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 1 hour ago, GwillMac6 said: OUR GUY!!!WOOOO!!!! WAR DAMN JAMEL DEAN!! Happy for Dean but damn if the Bucs and Panthers don't get a lot of AU guys while the Falcons get none. Well, except for a long snapper and the occasional cameo from Therezie for a minute there. At least the Aints aren't snatching our guys up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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