NFL Offseason Thread: March 3, 2011. A date which will live in infamy.

[Gadritan]

Uh oh. PIT scrubs making Newt look like a pro-bowler!

[Sol-Blackguy]

Banks got lucky on that

[Tyche]

It's already been said but, no, what it shows is that if you don't have a feature back, you're paying 2, 3, 4 guys to do it.

You think NO drafted Ingram because they were happy with the performance they got out of what should have been the best platoon in the league (that matters, i.e. not carolina)?

You think the Jets wouldn't have liked to give LT the ball 300 times last year?

The Pats, while unwilling to go for an actual feature back, have been searching for at least a "factor" back for quite a while, and they may have found that... in a combination that takes up 3 roster spots for guys that flat out cannot be used in each others' roles. (well, ok, law firm could have taken Taylor's backup role lol...)

Roster spots and cap space both matter, and so does flexibility, power, home run ability, etc. etc. An elite back puts all those things on the field AT THE SAME TIME.

And guess what? You can have all the cap and roster space in the world, you can still only put 11 guys on the field.

Kind of a flawed argument because most teams carry 3 or 4 RBs on the 53 man roster. The Pats aren't carrying 7 just because they will actually use 3 situationally.

[Tyche]

I'd probably argue that the money is a wash as well, as when using a multi-back set, your investment isn't accumulating significant mileage.

[tyven]

Kind of a flawed argument because most teams carry 3 or 4 RBs on the 53 man roster. The Pats aren't carrying 7 just because they will actually use 3 situationally.

cold blooded, tyche

[Demosthenes11]

devin thomas carving up that pats scrub D

[Bregor]

devin thomas carving up that pats scrub D

It's like tyven knew you would post this and showed up to the thread early.

[tyven]

devin thomas carving up that pats scrub D

It's like tyven knew you would post this and showed up to the thread early.

JUST WAIT TILL SOME LUCKY TEAM PICKS UP MALCOLM KELLY. GAME OVER

[Xajii]

HOLY SHIT TYROD TAYLOR HURT HIS SHOULDER

[Tweek]

need a gif of VY eating shit from hammy while trying to make that pass in the endzone

[Gadritan]

So like, it looks like Clausen lost his #2 slot to Anderson, lol.

Omg, and he just went 1/1 INT, lolllllllllllllllllllll

[Demosthenes11]

So like, it looks like Clausen lost his #2 slot to Anderson, lol.

Omg, and he just went 1/1 INT, lolllllllllllllllllllll

[archibaldcrane]

Packers 3rd-stringers holding their own against the Chiefs starters lol.

[Chun Liroy]

Tyven:

DEMARCO MURRAY.

[Plow]

Packers 3rd-stringers holding their own against the Chiefs starters lol.

would be funny since the packers first stringers didn't hold their own against the Chiefs' starters, but yeah the Chiefs had pretty much all their starters out by midway through the 2nd quarter

[archibaldcrane]

would be funny since the packers first stringers didn't hold their own against the Chiefs' starters, but yeah the Chiefs had pretty much all their starters out by midway through the 2nd quarter

Rodgers 1 series, 1 TD. What else do you want?

Dwayne Bowe was catching passes in the 4th quarter...Jamaal Charles too. Cassel got pulled in the 2nd after he hurt his shoulder getting sacked by our backup nose tackle. Clay Matthews and the entire 1st-string secondary for the Packers didn't even play.

[Plow]

Rodgers doesn't count duh.

Charles and Bowe played 1 drive in the 3rd and each touched the ball once other than that after the 2nd quarter. Don't ask me why they even played that much lol.

[archibaldcrane]

4th Quarter: 1st-10, GB16 13:37 J. Charles rushed to the left for 4 yard loss

2nd-8, KC16 8:23 T. Palko passed to D. Bowe to the left for 8 yard gain

Just sayin.

oh that's what you meant by "other than that" - but yeah, they were playing forever. Wonder how fucked up Cassel's shoulder is.

[Plow]

Yeah... wish Yancey were still here, would be taking the chiefs to da super bowl fo sho if Cassel went out.

[Tweek]

Lance Briggs formally asks Bears to be Traded, lol

Lance Briggs(notes) has escalated his situation with the Chicago Bears at a difficult time for the franchise.

The six-time Pro Bowl linebacker has formally requested to be traded with nine days to go until the start of the regular season. Briggs is unhappy with his contract – a $36 million, six-year deal he is halfway through – and he wants out after a holding a meeting with general manager Jerry Angelo.

"The Bears made their decision, now I have to make mine," Briggs told Vaughn McClure of the Chicago Tribune. "It's just how the business works. It's not going to take away from what I do on the field. I'm 100 percent a Bear, until I'm not a Bear anymore."

Agent Drew Rosenhaus sent an email to contract negotiator Cliff Stein informing him of Briggs’ desire. He is scheduled to earn $3.65 million this season. His salary climbs to $3.75 million in 2012 and caps out at $6.25 million in 2013. The contract he has was frontloaded and now that the big money has been paid out, he’s scratching for more.

Briggs was going to wait until after the season to seek a trade until his meeting with Angelo. Something prompted him to speed things up. Now, like it or not, the Bears have a major distraction for their locker room.

dude is a beast be interesting where he turns up if he doesn't get paid