NFL Offseason transactions. Week l337

[Mizango]

Its going to happen now. :D

Packing my bags... afk

[Rem]

Packing my bags... afk

LOL.

You'll still be in NC and you'll be at the ceremony when they hand him the keys to the city.

[tyven]

Dwill and Stew will eat them alive. Ringer is going to take fat asses job anyway.

ringer takes fat boys job and fat boy becomes the next michael turner if he can keep the pounds off

[Gadritan]

This VY to CAR talk hurts my head so hard idk what to say.

Whenever I get down in the dumps about Clutch, I just think of VY and remember that it could be worse. Don't take that away from me...

[Weltall]

Where @?

[Deejay]

i wish the giants drafted ringer, he trampled my school for like 200+ yards last season and I loved every second of it.

[tyven]

CLEVELAND LOL

[Diamicles]

Ronnie Brown man. Dude is always in the MVP race for the first 8 games of the season then he gets hurt.

ftfy

[Plow]

To more productive discussion! With the teams that "exploded" onto the scene last year (in terms of making the playoffs or during the playoffs), which of the 3 teams do you think has the highest chance to repeat?

Atlanta
Arizona
Miami


Atlanta went out and got all-everything TE Gonzalez, has a solid line, and a dynamic offense. Serious questions on defense, but there's enough firepower to keep them in games if they fall behind. When I say "serious questions on defense," I mean your starting cornerbacks are very young, your safeties are not very talented, and your best player plays only a handful of games because of injury (Abraham).

Arizona has the best trio-of-receivers in the game, and a QB deserving of a trip to Canton once his career is over. Which shouldn't be too long. Their offensive line has flaws, but is decent. The Cards can't afford Hightower to have a 2.4 ypc, nor can they seemingly rely on a healthy Chris Wells. Their defense has tremendous talent but is very enigmatic. Biggest question in my book is how they fare having lost both OC Todd Haley and DC Clancy Pendergast, who both went to KC.

The NFL Network, among others, has talked up "the wildcat" as though it has become the primary formation in which teams run their offense. I'd love to see it, but I'm just not sure if it's going to be the new thing in the NFL. Very possible, I just think it might be exposed with a year's worth of footage and an offseason to prepare. Unfortunately, that was the bread-and-butter of the Dolphins last year. The team has an offense that greatly overachieves and relies very heavily on Ronnie Brown, who has only mustered to stay healthy in one of his four NFL seasons. Their defense produces a leader in sacks virtually every year, so they'll get to the quarterback. They'll have to to mask their weaknesses in the backfield. Too much depends on rookie Vontae Davis.


In my opinion, the Cardinals are in the best position of the three to make it back to the playoffs. They easily play in the weakest division, and have the most weapons on both sides of the ball. If they can produce a running game, I think they can make the playoffs again this year. Atlanta's schedule is the toughest of the three, as they face the East divisions while the Dolphins were handed the AFC West and South. I don't see a reason to believe Atlanta not producing points, but their defense on paper looks abysmal. Miami is more balanced, so as long as they can produce offense from formations that don't rhyme with "mildpat," they can maybe, just maybe, contend.

Honestly, I think all 3 are fairly decent picks.

Miami probably has the hardest road to the playoffs, AFC wildcard spots are going to be reeeeal tight this year.

Arizona should have the "easiest" path, if they don't make the playoffs I'll be really shocked. It's possible that the niners finally get it together, and there's no wild card spots left considering how easy the North's non-division setup is this year. But the Cards are clearly the better team on paper, I just don't want to fully rule out a team whose running game absolutely blows theirs out of the water, and one of the best defensive head coaches in football.

The falcons "should" make it as well. Yeah, NO will be better than they were last year. (Tampa will surprise some people this year too) But the thing a lot of people don't fully realize about Atlanta is just how damn good their lines are, on both sides. Those guys are naaaaaasty with and against the run. And they've got the secondary and the passing games to really open things up for both lines to go nuts. Don't disregard how big of a boost Gonzo is for the running game, too, not just the passing. He was just as much a part of one of the best O-lines in history as anybody else on it was. Atlanta is an extremely well put-together team, if they don't make the playoffs it'll be a huge disappointment.


If I were a betting man, I'd take Arizona first just because of where they play, followed by Atlanta, and I wouldn't want to bet on Miami unless I was getting pretty good odds.


Miami will definitely still be the most fun to watch of the 3, at least for those of us that prefer seeing teams get run into the ground to the replacing half your runs with short passes stuff.


And Ronnie + Ricky is still a ridiculously badass pair. Mix in Cobbs, a couple speed demons like White and a maturing Ginn, and I don't care how much film you have, you aren't gonna know where the ball is going and that shit is going to be hard as hell to stop.



Also, VY still starts by week 8 or 9 and gets his first super bowl.

[Headspace]

Miz, when is this kid going to break out?

Spoiler: show

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[Weltall]

Well, Cleveland sticks out as the team needing a RB the most.... they will probably offer Lendale 1.5-2.5 million more than the Titans will, and he will take it like a fool.

He will put a pounding on his body, talk a lot of stupid shit in the media, alienate half his team (who wouldn't want to in Cleveland), and get stuffed at the line countless times.

Lendale....I have set your future for you.

[recuperi]

One More Columnist Boldly Proclaims That Vince Young Is Not A Good NFL Player - Vince Young - Deadspin

Roy Williams needed nearly 10 seconds to figure out a way to describe his former teammate's career.

First, Williams smiled. Then he paused. Then he shrugged. Then he looked upward.

Then he smiled awkwardly. Again.

Finally, Williams spoke.

"I wish the best of luck to the guy," he said. "We all know he can play and we all know the things he can do when his head is on right."

That quote got me to laugh pretty hard lol.

[tyven]

Well, Cleveland sticks out as the team needing a RB the most.... they will probably offer Lendale 1.5-2.5 million more than the Titans will, and he will take it like a fool.

He will put a pounding on his body, talk a lot of stupid shit in the media, alienate half his team (who wouldn't want to in Cleveland), and get stuffed at the line countless times.

Lendale....I have set your future for you.

this is probably spot on. i bet he is a big week 1 and 2 though

[Mizango]

Miz, when is this kid going to break out?

Spoiler: show

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2009/0822...impson_800.jpg

Done.

20 TDs this season. You heard it here first.

[Zilla]

Wow E. James signs with seahawks lol. And Miz do have orton throwing 1 handed pics with the panthers lol

[Plow]

Holy shit, biggest offseason action yet:

Ed Reed grew a neckbeard.

Ravens are officially the best defense in the history of any sport.

[Zilla]

HAHA welcome to the league Sanchez

[Akiyama]

I lol'd at that. Great stuff, Ravens D. Love em.

[Akiyama]

So is this game the Leon Washington show or something? Seriously. Wow.

[Weltall]

The Jets QB situation is BAD, lol.