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The Curious Case of Nick Folk's Resurgence

The Curious Case of Nick Folk’s Resurgence

Over the years, fans of the New England Patriots have been incredibly spoiled in the kicking department, with just 3 kickers signed in total from 1996 through October 2, 2019. The first 10 seasons of that span were Adam Vinatieri, then Stephen Gostkowski from 2006-2019. There was an 8-game stint that required the assistance of Shayne Graham in 2010 when Gostkowski’s season was cut short with a…

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Sonic Characters’ Favorite Gridiron Football Moments (part of the sports AU)

Sonic: DeSean Jackson’s 65-yard punt return TD, 2010 Week 15

Tails: Adam Vinatieri’s game-winning field goal, Super Bowl XXXVI

Knuckles: Sheldon Brown bulldozes Reggie Bush, 2006 NFC Divisional Round

Shadow: Case Keenum’s game-winning TD pass, 2018 NFC Divisional Round

Rouge: Odell Beckham Jr.’s ridiculous TD reception, 2014 Week 12

Amy: Santonio Holmes’ game-winning TD reception, Super Bowl XLIII

Cream: Johnny Hekker’s 65-yard punt, Super Bowl LIII

Big: William Perry’s 1-yard TD run, Super Bowl XX

Vector: Golden Tate’s block on Sean Lee, 2012 Week 2

Espio: Jerome Simpson hurdles a defender, 2011 Week 16

Charmy: Julio Jones’ 70-yard TD reception over Luke Kuechly, 2015 Week 16

Silver: David Tyree’s helmet catch, Super Bowl XLII

Blaze: Mike Jones’ game-saving tackle on Kevin Dyson, Super Bowl XXXIV

Infinite: Malcolm Butler's game-saving goal line interception, Super Bowl XLIX

Ray: Devin Hester’s 92-yard opening kickoff TD return, Super Bowl XLI

Mighty: Gary Reasons blocks Bobby Humphrey at the goal line, 1989 Week 14

Jet: Marshawn Lynch’s 67-yard TD rush, 2011 NFC Wild Card

Wave: Richard Sherman swats away TD pass, 2013 NFC Championship Game

Storm: LaMarr Woodley strip-sacks Kurt Warner for the win, Super Bowl XLIII

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Even as the House of Representatives laid the groundwork Monday for a second impeachment of President Donald Trump, one of his supporters, Jessica Martinez, took heavy political fire 3,000 miles away in her role as a member the Whittier City Council.

Martinez was in Washington D.C. last week when Trump supporters broke into the U.S. Capitol in the hope of upending the recent presidential election. Now, many in the city of 86,000 want her to step down from the council.

She’s hardly alone. From local teachers to attorneys to students to business owners, people from all parts of Southern California who attended the D.C. insurrection — some as participants in the breach of the Capitol buildings, some as instigators of the violence that left five people dead, and others, like Martinez, who say they were on hand simply to express an opinion — are facing a swarm of public shaming.

“As Americans, we have the right to free speech as long it’s exercised peacefully,” Martinez said Friday, as she condemned the violence. “That’s what I was doing.”

But as locals react to Internet evidence of who did what during the insurrection, a debate is emerging over free speech rights, their limits, and their consequences.

Exposed

Like the insurrection itself — shown live on television and re-shown by many participants on social media video — the consequences of having a role in taking over the Capitol are playing out in public.

At least 161 faculty members and trustees at Chapman University in Orange have signed a publicly circulated petition calling for the removal of law professor John Eastman. They say Eastman, who spoke to the marchers before they broached the Capitol, helped to incite the violence.

In Los Angeles, a Cal State Northridge student, James McMillan, drew focus in the college paper, The Sun Dial, which reported his “Storm Congress, baby!” posted to social media outside the Capitol.

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In the Inland Empire, Jim Riley, owner of Riley’s Farm, drew a “false information” warning from Facebook over his posting “What I Saw at the Insurrection.” By late Monday, the Oak Glen company’s page was at risk of being unpublished.

Related links

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Huntington Beach far-right activist contrite after fiery video about Capitol attack goes viral

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Sources: Democrats will pursue impeachment on Monday

In south Orange County, elementary school teacher Kristine Hostetter is facing an investigation by officials at Capistrano Unified School District after parents flooded district offices with complaints that she’d been seen in social media posts marching toward the Capitol with people who said they were planning to storm the building. Hostetter didn’t respond to requests for comment.

Also in Orange County, a Huntington Beach hairdresser and conservative activist said he felt threatened after publicly praising the insurrectionists as “patriots.”

On Monday, some who were in D.C. were trying to distance themselves from the event.

On the day of the insurrection, Jan. 6, Michelle Stauder Peterson, the lead organizer for the Huntington Beach chapter of the “Recall Gavin Newsom” effort, posted a video on Facebook showing herself and a friend joining a crush of protesters entering a door into the U.S. Capitol. Her video captures people yelling expletives at police officers who are trying to hold back the mob.

But within hours of sharing the video, Peterson, a tax preparer, took it down and also apparently deleted her Facebook account.

Reached by phone, Peterson said, “I have no comment. Thank you.”

Others, however, remained strident.

Leigh Dundas, an Orange County attorney, delivered a speech to Trump supporters on Jan. 5, a day before the insurrection, telling the crowd that if Vice President Mike Pence didn’t vote to throw out Electoral College results Americans would have to choose to live as “slaves” or to “rise up” just as they did during the American Revolution.

“Any alleged American who acted in a turncoat fashion and sold us out and committed treason, we would be well without our rights to take ‘em out back and shoot ‘em or hang ‘em,” Dundas said in a video shared to her social media page.

Dundas — who made headlines over the summer for doxxing Orange County’s health officer Nichole Quick for implementing a mask mandate — could not be reached for comment on her involvement in last week’s event. But in another Facebook post, she said she was in the crowd outside the Capitol that got tear gassed. She also defended videos that showed her shouting profanities at Capitol Police, arguing that police were the aggressors and repeating the unfounded claim that outside agitators — not Trump supporters — were the actual participants in the Capitol building violence.

Speech protected; so is criticism

Legal experts say protesters who argue they shouldn’t be punished for expressing a political viewpoint are correct — up to a point.

“The First Amendment is broadly protective of speech, even if that speech is abhorrent to a majority of Americans,” said David Snyder, executive director of the First Amendment coalition.

But, he added, the right doesn’t protect people from criticism or some forms of punishment.

“Just because people have the right to speak freely under the First Amendment, does not mean they are insulated from any criticisms of that speech, or any political consequences for engaging in that speech,” Snyder said.

Other experts pointed out that while protections for speech don’t extend to defamation and criminal behavior. However, they noted, speech alone can’t cause a person to lose their employment.

“If someone just wants to denounce someone somewhere, that’s an expression of their own First Amendment rights,” said Eugene Volokh, a free speech expert and law professor at UCLA. He pointed out that in California, like many other states, it’s illegal to fire someone for expressing political speech.

That’s the needle Whittier council member Martinez hopes to thread.

On Friday, after images emerged online showing her in D.C., she denounced the breach at the Capitol.

“I detest violence and the fact that people were hurt, injured and killed,” she said. “I think it’s horrible and that should never occur.”

Martinez, a Trump supporters who claims, without evidence, that the November election was hacked, added: “I wanted to stand as a citizen concerned about our election integrity and to ask them to review the evidence.”

But on social media, critics emerged.

“Nah, doesn’t work that way,” read one post on Twitter. “You posted on your social media pgs. You supported an insurrection against the government… you’re a traitor….”

Whittier Mayor Joe Vinatieri said that since Martinez didn’t take part in the violence at the Capitol building, there’s no reason for her to be removed from the City Council.

“Everyone has their First Amendment right to protest, whether you’re on the left of the right, that’s your right,” he said. “She chose to utilize her right.”

Others, however, suggest that participating in this particular protest — which ended America’s streak of handing over national power without violence — disqualifies people from holding a political position.

Democrats for Justice, a Whittier-based political group, said it has already gathered garnered more than 5,000 signatures calling for Martinez to be removed from office. The petition says Martinez was part of an “armed coup” and that she is a “domestic terrorist.”

Stakes are high

Marching into the Capitol building wasn’t speech, and people who participated in the protest in that fashion are starting to face criminal prosecution and public punishment. Reuters, among others, has reported that some who stormed the Capitol have been fired after their identities were publicized online.

Those punishments figure to expand.

On Monday, newly elected State Sen. Dave Min, D-Irvine, called for California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer to work with federal authorities to prosecute any local residents who were involved in the insurrection.

He also asked that they pursue criminal felony charges under California’s conspiracy law.

“It seems nearly certain that Californians, including some residing in Orange County and the 37th Senate District I represent, took part in the planning of these crimes,” Min said in the letter, citing media reports of locals involved in Wednesday’s events.

Min also asked for a private briefing on the status of state and local investigations into any role locals played in the insurrection.

Doubling down

Even in the face of video evidence, some who went to D.C. question news accounts of what happened. Like Martinez, they claim liberal agitators, not Trump supporters, were at the front edge of the violence.

“I hear NO stories of anyone actually making it to the house chamber, which leads me to believe that the people who actually got to the chamber were Antifa cowards waiting to do their thing,” wrote Riley, owner of the Riley’s Farm apple orchard, in a Facebook post that drew the label “false information.”

Riley, in an interview, said there was no excuse for the violence. And in his view, he added, Trump did not push for it.

“What he was doing was saying ‘be passionate about voter fraud,’” Riley said.

By Monday, in anticipation of being shut down by Facebook, Riley was referring followers to MeWe, another social networking site.

Eastman, once the dean of Chapman’s law school, before making an unsuccessful run for California Attorney General, decried violence and chalked up the unrest to a few bad apples. A day after the insurrection, Eastman said “it was a wonderful rally.”

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7 winners and 6 losers from Day 3 of the 2020 NFL Draft

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After the final day of the draft, the Cowboys and Ravens should be smiling. The rest of us shouldn’t, because we’re not Antonio Gandy-Golden.

The 2020 NFL Draft is in the books.

The Miami Dolphins and Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady were among the big winners of the first round. The Baltimore Ravens and Broncos quarterback Drew Lock had a solid second day. But the third day is a little tougher to gauge.

In Rounds 4-7, NFL teams are searching for players who can make the roster and have an impact. Only a handful of players picked in Day 3 will emerge as stars and it’s anyone’s guess who that’ll be. There were still some big winners and losers, though.

Here’s who stood out, both positively and negatively, on the last day of the 2020 NFL Draft:

Winner: The 49ers for getting Trent Williams without a huge extension

Part of the reason it was so difficult for Washington to trade Williams was because he reportedly wanted a contract that averaged at least $20 million per year. While a deal with the Vikings almost got done, Williams’ desire for a massive extension led Minnesota to draft Ezra Cleveland in the second round instead.

But Williams isn’t making the same demand in San Francisco. For the cost of a 2020 fifth-round pick and 2021 third-rounder, the 49ers got a seven-time Pro Bowler who — at least for now — seems fine playing on his current contract.

Williams isn’t exactly cheap with a $12.5 million cap hit, but that’s way more affordable than the alternative. With Joe Staley retiring, the 49ers set themselves up for a smooth 2020 by landing Williams.

Loser: Leonard Fournette

About a week before the draft, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Fournette was on the trading block. It makes sense for the Jaguars, who have already traded away Calais Campbell, A.J. Bouye, and Nick Foles as part of their 2020 teardown.

There doesn’t much of a market for Fournette, though. Jacksonville tried to send him to the Buccaneers, but they drafted Vanderbilt running back Ke’Shawn Vaughn instead. The Jaguars reportedly had discussions with the Dolphins too, before Miami traded for Matt Breida.

Now Fournette is still on the roster of a team that clearly doesn’t really want him. Awkward.

Winner: Eric DeCosta

Baltimore general manager Eric DeCosta was already acing the draft before Day 3. In the first round, the Ravens drafted linebacker Patrick Queen, a perfect fit for their defense and a player who fills a major need. In the second round, they landed the No. 1 RB on their board (J.K. Dobbins) to improve their already scary ground game, and added three more college stars with potential to be big-time contributors in the NFL (Justin Madubuike, Devin Duvernay, and Malik Harrison).

On Saturday, they picked up right where they left off with a couple of late-round steals, including Mississippi State OL Tyre Phillips, SMU wide receiver James Proche, and Iowa safety Geno Stone.

In all, DeCosta took his 14-win roster and added these players:

Ravens 2020 NFL Draft Class: Rd 1: 28- LB P. Queen Rd 2: 55- RB J.K. Dobbins Rd 3: 71- DT J. Madubuike Rd 3: 92- WR D. Duvernay Rd 3: 98- LB M. Harrison Rd 3: 106- OL T. Phillips Rd 4: 143- OL B. Bredeson Rd 5: 170- DT B. Washington Rd 6: 201- WR J Proche Rd. 7: 219- S G. Stone

— Baltimore Beatdown (@BmoreBeatdown) April 25, 2020

Expect to see the Ravens bring home a straight-A report card from draft experts.

Winner: Special teams players

Day 3 was these guys’ time to shine. Look at all these specialists drafted on Saturday:

Marshall K Justin Rohrwasser, taken by the Patriots at No. 159 in the fifth round

LSU long snapper Blake Ferguson taken by the Dolphins at No. 185 overall in the sixth round

Georgia Southern K Tyler Bass, taken by the Bills at No. 188 in the sixth round

Texas A&M P Braden Mann, taken by the Jets at No. 191 in the sixth round

Syracuse P Sterling Hofrichter, taken by the Falcons at No. 228 in the seventh round

Miami (Ohio) K Sam Sloman, taken by the Rams at No. 248 in the seventh round

Somehow, Georgia kicker and Lou Groza winner Rodrigo Blankenship wasn’t drafted, but it didn’t take long for “Hot Rod” to sign a UDFA contract with the Colts:

Rodrigo Blankenship is going to the Colts! The Georgia kicker might be 47-year-old Adam Vinatieri's replacement. Big shoes to fill. pic.twitter.com/WlOq4M4Kza

— SB Nation (@SBNation) April 25, 2020

Loser: Aaron Rodgers, for a third effin’ day

After trading up to draft Jordan Love in the first round and collecting several non-wide receivers after that, surely the Packers would end up with at least one new weapon for Rodgers in the passing game, right?

Nope.

Two kickers and a long snapper now gone before the Packers took a WR. What a wild time to be alive

— Bucs Nation (@Bucs_Nation) April 25, 2020

The Packers’ final count: 1 QB, 1 RB, 1 TE, 1 LB, 3 OL, 1 DB, 1 Edge, zero WR.

Loser: The Jets’ sad QB draft history

It’s not really a surprise the Jets took a quarterback in the draft. The depth chart after Sam Darnold is David Fales and Mike White, who have combined to throw exactly zero passes in New York.

In the fourth round, the Jets selected Florida International’s James Morgan, who has a strong arm but some accuracy issues (he completed just 58 percent of his passes in 2019). Basically, he’s the most Jets pick possible:

James Morgan is the 10th QB taken by the Jets in the last 15 years, most by any team. He's the 2nd FIU QB drafted in the past 3 years (Alex McGough - 7th round, 2018). FIU is now 1 of just 4 schools to have multiple QBs drafted since 2018 (Oklahoma, LSU, Washington St). pic.twitter.com/CYNUyeuWU7

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) April 25, 2020

Darnold still has a chance to be a high-level starter — especially now that the Jets have spent the offseason getting him protection — but Morgan is not joining elite company here. The other QBs the Jets have drafted in recent years include Christian Hackenberg (never appeared in a game), Bryce Petty (4:10 TD:INT ratio), Geno Smith (punched in the face), and Mark Sanchez (buttfumble).

Morgan will need some time to develop if he’s going to stick in the league, but he’ll probably get thrown into the fire immediately when Darnold adds, like, gout to his list of weird injuries.

Winner: The Raiders, who basically drafted every player from the Clemson-Bama national championship games

Clemson and Alabama faced off in the national championship game three times in four seasons: 2015, 2016, and 2018. Jon Gruden and Mike Mayock must have liked what they saw. The Raiders have selected eight Bama and Clemson players who played in both of the last two title game matchups.

Raiders select another former Clemson Tiger, this time guard John Simpson. Raiders now have eight players on their current roster from the Clemson-Alabama National Title game. https://t.co/1IfEh7wvqU

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) April 25, 2020

There are obviously more Tigers than Tide players on this list, so it’s pretty fitting that the Raiders garnered the nickname “Clemson West” this draft cycle.

Loser: Joe Brady

Brady, the Panthers’ new OC, spent last season as the architect of LSU’s historically great offense. He saw seven of his former players from that Tigers offense drafted this year. Unfortunately for him, he won’t get a reunion in Carolina because the Panthers didn’t draft any of them. Or any offensive players whatsoever:

The Panthers have used up all their picks in the 2020 draft, so let’s look back at all seven players they drafted and grade the overall draft class. They went 7-for-7 on defensive players, which hasn’t happened in modern NFL history, so that’s neat. https://t.co/F0y7SqGj5l pic.twitter.com/xJAgelonw5

— Cat Scratch Reader (@CatScratchReadr) April 25, 2020

To be fair, the Panthers REALLY needed reinforcements on a defense that ranked just 25th in DVOA last year, allowed 29.4 points per game, AND just lost Luke Kuechly, Gerald McCoy, and Dontari Poe this offseason.

But sheesh, at least throw Brady a bone!

Winner: Jarrett Stidham

The Patriots didn’t trade up in the first round to find a franchise quarterback. They didn’t pick one in Day 2, either. That extended to Day 3, when they chose a kicker instead of Georgia’s Jake Fromm in the fifth round and then opted to take three offensive linemen and one linebacker to close out their draft class.

That means the starting job is still Stidham’s to lose. He’s likely to beat out Brian Hoyer, although there’s still a chance New England goes after a veteran — Cam Newton, Jameis Winston, Jacoby Brissett, and Andy Dalton are all possibilities — to take over.

For now though, Stidham is in position to be the Patriots’ long-term solution at quarterback. At the very least, he’s going to get a shot.

Winner: The Cowboys, who stuck with tradition at center

Travis Frederick was an All-American center at Wisconsin before the Cowboys drafted him to anchor the center of their offensive line in 2013. He retired in 2020 after battling Guillain-Barre Syndrome, so Jerry Jones replaced him with ... an All-American center from Wisconsin.

Tyler Biadasz is roughly as Wisconsin as they come. He came out of the womb eating cheese curds and shunting aside Iowa linemen:

Dallas swung a trade with arch-rival Philadelphia to target Biadasz, who slid from a possible Day 2 pick despite winning the Rimington Award — college football’s top center — in 2019. He’s a player who can immediately step into the Cowboys’ starting lineup and make himself anonymous. That’s exactly what you want from a high-level interior lineman.

Loser: The Eagles (and everyone in the NFC East not named the Cowboys)

The Eagles had weird draft. They went with receiver Jalen Reagor in the first round, which addressed a need but was a little higher than he was expected to go. Then they surprised everyone by grabbing quarterback Jalen Hurts in the second. Linebacker Davion Taylor in the third round was a bit of a reach, and they didn’t draft a cornerback.

But where they’re really screwed is in the NFC East. The Cowboys had an incredible draft, and as their top competition in the division, the Eagles need to keep pace with them. But the Cowboys lucked into top-talent players like CeeDee Lamb and Trevon Diggs, and are building what looks like one of the elite teams. They even replaced their best offensive lineman with one of the draft’s best offensive linemen in the fourth round.

The NFC East has been a division in flux for the better part of a decade, and it’s just been begging for someone to step up and take control. It looked like the Eagles would be that team after they won a Super Bowl two years ago, but since then have only seemed to make lateral moves at best.

Bonus: the Cowboys got rid of Jason Garrett, so they should be firmly favored to be the top team in the NFC East next season.

Loser: All of us who ain’t shit compared to Antonio Gandy-Golden

Gandy-Golden can solve a Rubik’s Cube, juggle, do backflips, once bowled a perfect game, has raised sheep and chickens, and he’s spent his time in quarantine learning guitar while the rest of are proud of ourselves for changing our underwear today.

Meet Antonio Gandy-Golden. The Liberty receiver’s first sport was gymnastics. He bowled a 300 game two months after picking up the sport. He is the most interesting player in this year’s draft, and this Rubik’s Cube never stood a chance. https://t.co/qOUJT4IwtJ pic.twitter.com/kMRUZGhnXv

— Andy Staples (@Andy_Staples) February 25, 2020

Oh, and he’s a really damn good receiver too. Washington selected Gandy-Golden in the fourth round. After three straight years of 1,000+ yards receiving and 10 touchdowns in college (if you even consider Liberty a real college), Gandy-Golden was a popular sleeper pick this draft season. He’ll give Dwayne Haskins another big receiver to target on Sundays, while he learns a new language, composes a symphony, and works toward his PhD in medieval architecture the other days of the week.

Winner: The all-name team

The final day of the draft isn’t just filled with “who the hell is Ben DiNucci?” players and special teamers. It’s also the time for the all-name to step into the spotlight.

This year, we chose one player per position to represent the all-name team. That ended up including three seventh-round picks, almost in rapid succession:

QB Cole McDonald (No. 224, Titans)

G Arlington Hambright (No. 226, Bears)

LB Casey Toohill (No. 233, Eagles)

And several others who just missed the cut:

G Lachavious Simmons (No. 227, Bears)

P Sterling Hofrichter (No. 228, Falcons)

CB Bopete Keyes (No. 237, Chiefs)

That’s quite the run of A+ names. It’s also a good thing Roger Goodell stopped announcing picks after Day 2, because he would’ve butchered every single one of them.

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Best signings of 2020 NFL free agency

Most deals signed in NFL free agency turn out to be disappointing. Teams pay players expecting the best seasons from their past, but it rarely works out that way. As a result, most of my grades tend to be a C+ or below. Call me a tough grader, but ask the Jets how their massive free-agent haul from last offseason turned out.

Of the more than 100 grades I’ve handed out for free agents this offseason, just nine earned a grade of B+ or better. Here are my favorite free-agent signings so far:

The deal: Two years, $50 million Grade: A

For two decades, Bill Belichick has put the New England Patriots ahead of any single player on the roster. Virtually every veteran who contributed to the greatest dynasty in modern sports has been shipped out or allowed to leave once he was no longer useful or willing to contribute at the right price. Mike Vrabel was traded to the Chiefs. Randy Moss was shipped to the Vikings. Vince Wilfork finished up with the Texans. Adam Vinatieri had a whole second career with the Colts.

If there were to be one exception to that rule, I always figured it would be star quarterback Tom Brady. Nobody ever referred to the Patriots dynasty as Belichick and Vinatieri or Belichick and McDaniels. Belichick and Brady were equals as (arguably) the best head coach and quarterback of all time. They were the two pillars of the Patriots dynasty, the two centerpieces everyone counted out before they came together for a legendary run in New England. The six championships the Patriots won belong equally to both of them.

Barnwell had more to say about Brady signing with Tampa Bay. Read the full grade on the two-year contract. »

Last week, it became clear that the rules weren’t different after all. After years of being lauded for taking less than market value to help the Patriots win, in August 2019, Brady decided it was time for a raise. The Patriots boosted his compensation from $15 million to $23 million and lowered his cap hit by $5.5 million. In the process, Brady got the Patriots to agree that they wouldn’t franchise him in 2020.

The threat of the franchise tag would have limited Brady’s leverage and likely led the Patriots to keep the best player in team history for at least one more season. Instead, when the two sides started to negotiate an extension, it appears that Belichick got that familiar feeling. Brady had an offer of $30 million per season on the table, and by all accounts, the Patriots weren’t willing to compete. This moment was always going to come if Brady didn’t retire after a Super Bowl victory, but when it did, I figured Belichick or Brady would blink. In the end, neither did.

Now, Brady is a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a combination that would have seemed impossible even a few months ago. There will be a time to discuss Brady’s legacy, how it is impacted by the move and how the Patriots will account for his absence. This is about Brady’s new opportunity and what comes next for the new pairing of Brady and Bruce Arians.

Was Brady foolish to pick the Buccaneers? Should Tampa have gone for one of the other quarterbacks? Can he be competitive with his new team and even compete for a Super Bowl? Let’s run through what we know about this new marriage and get a sense of what to expect for Brady in Florida.

The deal: Two years, $50 million Grade: A-

I’m admittedly not always the easiest grader, but it’s hard to find much wrong with bringing back a Hall of Fame quarterback on a below-market deal. This is more likely to be a one-year commitment with a voidable year to help create short-term cap space, which is just fine when you’re making space for a franchise quarterback.

Brees didn’t let his slow end to 2018 carry over and was excellent yet again in 2019. There’s always going to be a chance that the 41-year-old will drop off in a way similar to how Tom Brady did in 2019, but the Saints rightfully are going to take another shot at a Super Bowl with Brees in the fold.

The deal: One year, $5 million Grade: A-

Non-tendered by the Falcons last offseason, Poole responded by turning into something truly rare by 2019 standards: a bright spot for the Jets. With Poole serving as their primary slot corner, the Jets allowed a passer rating of 87.7 to wideouts who came out of the slot or out of a tight split, according to NFL Next Gen Stats, the third-best mark in football. By comparison, they ranked 22nd in the league in passer rating on throws to receivers who were split out wide.

Brian Poole signed a new one-year deal with the Jets after playing well in 2019. Photo by Steven Ryan/Getty Images

This is a deep draft class for competent cornerbacks (without many great ones available), but the logical entry point for Poole was going to be something close to the four-year, $36 million deal Justin Coleman signed with the Lions last season. Instead, I’m shocked that the 27-year-old Poole wasn’t able to attract a significant multiyear offer. The cornerback market has been stagnant, but this is a great deal for the Jets, who get back one of the few positive contributors for another campaign on a modest deal.

The deal: One year, $8 million Grade: A-

Although Suh has seemed content to wander the league on a series of one-year deals since he left the Dolphins after the 2017 season, the Bucs saw enough from the five-time Pro Bowler last season to keep him around for another season. Suh didn’t dominate as a pass-rusher, but his alliance with wildly underrated tackle Vita Vea was the biggest reason the Bucs improved from 31st in rush defense DVOA in 2018 to the league’s top rush defense this past campaign.

Suh also brings an underrated asset to the table: availability. The 33-year-old has never missed a game due to injury and has appeared on the injury report only three times in 10 seasons. The Bucs can feel confident that Suh is going to show up and play about 875 defensive snaps at a high level, which is not the case for a majority of free-agent signings. Tampa still has about $16 million in cap room to play with and should continue to attract veterans who want to get one final run with Tom Brady.

The deal: Three years, $30 million Grade: B+

The best case for Bulaga’s indirect value has been observing what happens to Aaron Rodgers when Bulaga isn’t on the field. In 2019, when the right tackle played 16 games for only the third time in 10 pro seasons, he missed most of two games and parts of six others. Unsurprisingly, Rodgers’ numbers fell off: The quarterback’s passer rating dropped from 96.6 with Bulaga on the field to 83.8 across 101 dropbacks without him. Rodgers’ sack rate was actually worse with Bulaga on the field, but he went from averaging 7.2 yards per attempt with him on the field to just 5.8 yards per throw without him. Rodgers is no fool: When Bulaga wasn’t protecting him, he got the ball out more quickly.

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Those seven other pro seasons are the most plausible reason the Chargers might regret this deal. Bulaga has missed 45 games in his career, including all of 2013 because of a torn ACL. He has another 13 games in which he was active and in the lineup but failed to play more than 50% of the offensive snaps, often owing to injuries prematurely ending his night. Bulaga turns 31 next week, so it’s tough to imagine him getting dramatically healthier over the course of this deal, though he has missed only two full games the past two seasons.

Even given those injury concerns, though, the Chargers have to be happy with this contract. George Fant got three years and $30 million from the Jets, and he barely has 16 games’ worth of experience as an NFL lineman. This is an easy win for the Chargers and a major upgrade on what was a dismal right tackle situation for Anthony Lynn’s team in 2019.

The deal: Two years, $12 million Grade: B+

Nobody can accuse the Steelers of ignoring the tight end position. After trading for Vance McDonald in 2017 and Nick Vannett last year, Pittsburgh is replacing the latter by handing Ebron a two-year deal. A healthy Ebron is an upgrade on both McDonald and Vannett as a receiver, so this is a nice under-the-radar move for Pittsburgh in a rare foray into free agency.

Steelers fans looking up Ebron’s stat line from 2018 and eyeing those 13 touchdowns are too optimistic. That touchdown rate was out of line with both Ebron’s history and the broader history of tight ends in football, given that he turned just 66 catches into 13 scores. The Colts made Ebron a focal point of their offense under Andrew Luck that year with 110 targets, but Ebron’s numbers fell across the board last season. He disagreed with the organization about undergoing ankle surgery in December, which led to his departure this offseason.

Eric Ebron had 16 touchdowns in two seasons with the Colts, though 13 of those came in 2018. AP Photo/Michael Conroy

A healthy Ebron gives the returning Ben Roethlisberger an upper-echelon athlete with a large catch radius. The Steelers can move Ebron all over the formation to try to create mismatches, which should allow them to leave McDonald in line when they work out of 12 personnel. Drops have been a problem for Ebron in the past, which might bring back ugly memories of Donte Moncrief‘s disastrous September with the Steelers. But if Ebron were consistently healthy and didn’t have the occasional drop, he would be looking at Austin Hooper money.

This is a good risk/reward opportunity for the Steelers, and it’s shocking that tight end-needy teams such as the Patriots didn’t compete here.

The deal: Two years, $23 million Grade: B+

While there were rumors that one of the organizations stocked with former Patriots coaches and executives would make a run at McCourty, the presence of twin brother Jason and coach Bill Belichick made it more likely that the 10-year veteran would return to his only professional home. The two-time Pro Bowler was one of the best safeties in football a year ago, picking off five passes for the first time since 2012 while allowing a passer rating of just 50.6 as the nearest defender in coverage. This is hardly top-of-the-market money for a safety, so while McCourty is likely to have most or all of this deal guaranteed up front, it’s a logical win-win for both sides.

One other subtle thing about this deal is the structure. McCourty was New England’s second-most-pressing free agent behind Tom Brady and the only other player the team was likely to consider signing to a deal north of $10 million per year. If the Pats were desperately concerned about their cap space, they would have given McCourty a longer deal with a big signing bonus to try to create short-term cap room. (Note: This deal was agreed to before Tom Brady signed with the Bucs.)

The deal: One year, $25 million Grade: B+

If Tom Brady leaving the Patriots for Tampa Bay isn’t weird enough, get ready for Rivers in silver and blue. I wondered whether the post-Brady Patriots might try to hijack Rivers’ long-rumored move to the Colts, but the reunion between Rivers and former Chargers offensive coordinator Frank Reich just made too much sense for all parties involved. I’m a little surprised that this isn’t more than a one-year pact, even if future years weren’t guaranteed, but Indianapolis has the cap space to absorb a one-year deal and shouldn’t have much trouble bringing Rivers back if things work out.

I’m optimistic that we’ll see a better Rivers in 2020 than we did in 2019, in part because he is going from one of the league’s worst offensive lines to what might arguably be one of its best. The Chargers ranked 19th in ESPN’s pass block win rate metric last season, and even that was likely a product of Rivers’ ability to read defenses and put his linemen in the right place. Anthony Lynn’s offense was overcome by injuries up front, with veterans Russell Okung and Mike Pouncey missing a combined 21 games and never playing a snap together during the season. The Chargers had what was likely the worst tackle situation in football with Sam Tevi and Trent Scott in key roles.

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The Colts ranked third in pass block win rate and did a solid job of protecting Jacoby Brissett, whose sack rate in his second run as Colts starter was nearly half of what it was the first time around. With steady, competent protection, expect Rivers to do a better job of protecting himself pre-snap and have fewer plays in which he gets blown up by a failed block attempt immediately afterward. Indy already brought back Anthony Castonzo, which should provide Rivers with one of the league’s best left tackles on his blind side.

Rivers’ interception rate spiked last season, but as I mentioned in my column about possible Brady replacements, a league-high seven of his 20 picks came in the final five minutes of games while his team was trailing. Those are moments when he typically had to try to put the ball into tight windows to try to make something happen. The previous season, playing on a Chargers team that often had leads in the final five minutes, Rivers threw just one pick in the final five minutes of games.

I’d also count on him playing better in front of fans who actually want to root for his team. With the Chargers forced to resort to silent counts in front of rabid fans who were cheering for the opposition in Carson, California, Rivers was 25th in passer rating at home in 2019. He was 13th in the same category on the road. In 2018, Rivers was ninth in passer rating at home and fourth on the road. I wouldn’t usually put much stock in a two-year sample of home/road splits, but few teams have faced the sort of home-field disadvantage the Chargers were up against.

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This move isn’t without risk, of course. Rivers turns 39 in December, and you can’t chalk all of his interceptions up to desperate decisions. The Chargers’ offense wasn’t moving the ball effectively early in games, which is why they were often trailing in the fourth quarter. It’s hardly as if the Rivers-Reich partnership was a roaring success the first time around; Reich was fired after a 4-12 season in which the Chargers ranked 26th in points per game and 15th in offensive DVOA. The Colts also don’t have the sort of weapons the Chargers had for Rivers and need to add at least one wide receiver to work alongside T.Y. Hilton and second-year wideout Parris Campbell.

Even given those concerns, Rivers was the best quarterback the Colts could have targeted in free agency. He should be an upgrade on Brissett. With the Jaguars rebuilding, the Titans likely to see some sort of regression from Ryan Tannehill and the Texans seemingly undergoing an existential crisis, the Colts are well-positioned to make a run at the division title if they can get their draft right.

The deal: One year, $1 million Grade: B+

Robey-Coleman is always going to be synonymous with that play against the Saints, but he has been an above-average slot cornerback in his time with the Bills and Rams. Los Angeles declined his option in order to create cap space, but at this price, I’m surprised the Rams weren’t able to bring him back for another season.

This is an easy victory for the Eagles, who have upgraded two of their three cornerback slots by signing Robey-Coleman and trading for Darius Slay. The slot cornerback market seemed to take off in 2019, when guys such as Bryce Callahan, Justin Coleman and Tavon Young were able to sign significant multiyear deals, but with Brian Poole and Robey-Coleman each taking a one-year deal for modest money, things appear to have swung in the other direction.

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Congratulations KC- you now have won two Super Bowls- now we on the other hand have won 6- let me repeat that 6

February 3, 2002,

On February 3, 2002, the New England Patriots shock football fans everywhere by defeating the heavily favored St. Louis Rams, 20-17, to take home their first Super Bowl victory. Pats’ kicker Adam Vinatieri made a 48-yard field goal to win the game just as the clock expired.

Super Bowl XXXVI took place at the Superdome in New Orleans with a crowd of almost 73,000 in attendance. In the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on America, the game was played amidst intense security and included a tribute to the 9/11 victims. Former President George H.W. Bush conducted the coin toss, the first president to ever do so in person. Mariah Carey sang the National Anthem and U2 performed during the halftime show.

The NFC champion Rams were coached by Mike Martz, who joined the team in 1999 as offensive coordinator and became head coach in 2000. The team’s offense–nicknamed “The Greatest Show on Turf”–was believed to be one of the best in football history. Kurt Warner, a two-time NFL MVP, quarterbacked the Rams, who had won their first Super Bowl in 2000. The American Football Conference champion Patriots were coached by Bill Belichick, who joined the team in 2000, the same year quarterback Tom Brady was drafted. Brady took over for Pats’ starting quarterback Drew Bledsoe after he was injured early in the 2001-2002 season, and Belichick made the decision to stay with the younger quarterback even after Bledsoe recovered, a call that initially met with controversy. (Bledsoe did play in the AFC Championship game, after Brady was forced to leave with an injury.)

Going into the Super Bowl on February 3, the Rams’ high-powered offense and Super Bowl experience combined to make them 14-point favorites. True to form, the Rams scored first, but by halftime, the underdog Patriots had stifled the Rams offense, and capitalized on two St. Louis turnovers to pull ahead, 14-3.

The Pats converted another Rams turnover into a 17-3 lead in the third quarter before the Rams finally seemed to come alive. Warner ran in a touchdown and then connected with wide receiver Ricky Proehl with just one minute, 30 seconds remaining to tie the score. In the end, though, it proved too little, too late: Brady deftly led the Pats on a 53-yard drive and into field goal range, and with seven seconds left on the clock, Adam Vinatieri kicked a 48-yard field goal to give the Pats the victory, 20-17. It was the first time a Super Bowl had ever been won with a team scoring as the game clock expired. (Colts kicker Jim O'Brien kicked a game-winner in Super Bowl V, but there were five seconds left in the game.)

OH by the way- the man on the left has 1 MVP- the man on the right has 4

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The Den Fantasy League Recap: Week Two

Fellas, 

I believe we can all agree that the first few weeks of Fantasy can be weird. Players are still figuring out their roles with their teams, defenses are game-planning players differently, etc. However, we’re starting to see some teams in our league establish themselves at the top or bottom of our league. With that being said, let’s not count anyone out just yet. Like we saw, last year E started 0-7 and rallied back to claim his title. Good luck to everyone in week three. On to the recap. 

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Fire Jarn v. Debbie Rowe

A tale as old as time: Robbie comes out hot and then plummets at the end of the season. We’ve all seen it. But here we are again and Robbie is back to 2-0. Robbie has been the enemy of the state this week with his single-handed responsibility of the Cats losing, contributing to Jane’s already rough weekend. Rob came out hot again this week with another big week from Brady. The HOF was aided by big games from Kerryon, Boyd, Godwin, and Vance-Will-Make-Em-Dance. The question mark for Rob would be: does Kamara thrive or plummet with the absence of Brees in NO? Jake’s rough weekend continued into Sunday with a pretty lackluster game all around but it started on Thursday night. CMC started the week off with 5.3 points. Yeah, the guy who had 32.9 points came out with a dud in a 27+-point drop. Add that in with Evans’s 6.1 points add to the disappointment. Aaron Jones, Kupp, and even Eifert Zone were good plays but the production across the board wasn’t there. Even Deshaun (absent his one TD run) didn’t bring much to the table. Both teams have interesting matchups next week. 

VP v. Wilmore Cinderella

In the battle of two teams that find themselves at the bottom of the point scorers, we saw Vinny and JP square off in a yuck-bowl. Vinny is trending like his Dolphins and that is not a good thing. In Vinny’s defense, he struggled with the injury bug this week. Vinny’s holding on to AB before his potential suspension and big games from Gould and Sanders helped him out. The bad news: his franchise Quarterback is out for several weeks moving forward. On top of that, Damien got hurt in their game. Those two combined with rough week two games from Jones and Hopkins don’t help. JP was on the bottom-half of point scorers this week but found enough change in the couch to get him the win. The top half of JP’s team comes with a lot of question marks: 

Cam is STRUGGLING

Conner got hurt

Thomas did enough but what will he look like without Brees?

Can Diggs be good when Cousins sucks? 

Two teams with serious question marks going into week three. 

Team Timshel v. Virginia Kuppcakes

Going from two teams with question marks to another that is arguably the worst team in the league at this point (PVO). Money Bags Mike spent his coin on a handcuff that he didn’t need this week. Dak was back along with good plays with Gurley, Breida, Keenan, AP, and J-Tuck (duh). Mike’s team looks like one that if they put everything together, has a chance for a sneaky run. The sad part about this: Mike scored less than 100 points and still almost doubled up Al. Al’s team STINKS (PVO) right now. Sloppy is out for the year, DJ struggled outside of his one TD, same with James, Thielen can’t be counted on right now because Kirk sucks, OJ has combined for 1.2 points in two weeks (1.2!!!!), Mixon is hurt (and the Bengals stink), and even Gostkowski missed a field gold and two extra points. Now, let’s take a step back and take a deep breath. There were some positives: Cooks had a solid showing and there were some positives on his bench: Kirk (11.4), Penny (12.5), Fitz (10.4), Gore (14.3), and Josh Allen (22.2). There might be hope for Al yet but he’s going to need to step it up or soon he’ll be game-planning for Cabana day. 

El Commish v. The Perfect Ten

Look, I’m happy to have won but are we worried about E starting 0-2? Personally, I don’t care because I was a force to be reckoned with this week. My top scoring performance was a big turnaround from last week’s disappointing start. Yes, it was good to see good games from Henry, Kelce, and even DJ Moore set the tone early on TNF but, in the words of E: “Pats d… Wtf jarn.” The aforementioned disgusting Dolphins were huge for me in my defensive effort giving up 4 picks (4!!!!!!!), two of those being pick-sixes (Fitzmagic is trash!), and seven sacks all without surpassing 200 total yards and zero points. For those following along at home, that equals 35(!!!) points from my defense. I mean, how bad could you possibly be? Finally, my Falcons stepped up on SNF to seal my victory with bounce-back games from Matty Ice (19.1), Julio (22.6) and Matt Bryant (7). Although it wasn’t a ton of points, either way, E didn’t really stand a chance. E had some bright spots this week with OBJ having himself a game (22.1 points) and guys surpassing their projections for the week: Stafford (of course), Sony, Ekeler, and Ridley helped give E the bulk of his points. The question for E right now is: should he be concerned with the absence of Tyreek? If OBJ and Ridley continue the points from this week, no. However, he should be concerned if the production doesn’t stay and if he needs to make some changes down the stretch. Finally, I’m not too concerned for his Matt Prater -2. That’s likely an anomaly but could be an issue if it turns into an Adam Vinatieri collapse.

Kalabar’s Revenge v. Stick With Us PVO 

The game everyone was looking at on Monday night pitted Spooky G v. Dylan and his Browns. There were a couple of questions for both teams going into the primetime game: Could G continue his hot streak with the Chiefs offense? Could Dylan avoid the Browns-win-Dylan-lose (and vice versa) correlation? Both of those questions proved vital to both teams. G’s team secured the win this week with another massive game from Mahomes and double-digit games from Le’Veon, and Singletary. The problem was only one other player hit their projection for this week: Rams D. He did have some good points on their bench but this may be something that he needs to keep an eye on. From Dylan’s end, he spent a lot of money on players he didn’t even play this week and, like G, had a good amount of points on his bench. For Dyl, he had four players in double figures but five in total who failed to reach their projections this week. I’ll be interested to see if Dylan shakes things up a bit (does he bench Baker?) or just hope that this week was a fluke? Either way, I’m not counting either of these teams out nor am I crowning them early. 

Hank Mardukas v. Mr. Magorium 

Speaking of spooky, how should Gabe feel right about now? We’ll hear from him shortly regarding the Kurse but I know I’m grateful I don’t have that burden on me. In regards to the matchup, Scott put on a show this week following up from last week’s victory. Huge games from Lamar, Dalvin, and Golladay almost had enough to surpass Gabe alone. Scott only had two players not reach double figures in his dominant effort. Scott’s always been full of question marks so we’ll see if he can sustain this production from his superstars. For Gabe, his top three flourished. Great games from Goff, Zeke, and Chubb, who all exceeded their projections, was really the only bright spot for Gabe this week. In fact, not a single other player hit their projection this week and it wasn’t really close. Woods and Gordon took a backseat to other WRs on their respective rosters, Vernon and Carson couldn’t repeat last week’s performance, and even his D and kicker came up short. I’m not sure if Gabe should be concerned just yet as there is a lot of potential on his team but he has to do something to get on the good side of G. With that, let’s hear from the man himself. 

The Biggest Loser (PVO)

This was a Biggest Loser for the ages. We had Gabe and Scott on to talk about their matchup with a special guest. We talk spirits, lineups, and Gabe makes a lot of claims about other teams, including a guarantee. 

Week 3 Matchups

Debbie Rowe (1-1) v. El Commish (1-1)

***The Perfect Ten (0-2) v. Mr. Magorium (0-2)*** GAME OF THE WEEK

Fire Jarn (2-0) v. Hank Mardukas (2-0)

Wilmore Cinderella (1-1) v. Virginia Kuppcakes (0-2)

Stick With Us PVO (1-1) v. VP (0-2)

Kalabar’s Revenge (2-0) v. Team Timshel (2-0)

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Best of luck this week, gentlemen. As always, set your lineup accordingly. 

Your beloved Commissioner, 

Jared R. Mosqueda

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Week Eight injury report roundup

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Week Eight of the 2018 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a Texans win and it continues with 12 more games on Sunday, which means that the 24 teams in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday.

Questionable players are uncertain to play, doubtful players are unlikely to play and out should be self-explanatory. Players who are on active rosters and don’t appear below should be considered healthy enough to play barring any announcements on Saturday. The teams playing on Monday night won’t release their injury reports until Saturday and are not listed here.

With that housekeeping out of the way, here are all the injury reports for Sunday.

Jaguars vs. Eagles (in London)

The Jaguars ruled out cornerbacks A.J. Bouye (calf) and Tyler Patmon (neck) before leaving for London and then added RB Leonard Fournette (hamstring) and TE James O'Shaughnessy (hip) to the list on Friday. CB D.J. Hayden (toe) is listed as doubtful.

The Eagles also ruled out some players before traveling this week. RB Darren Sproles (hamstring), CB Sidney Jones (hamstring) and LB Nathan Gerry (ankle, knee) stayed behind while S Corey Graham (hamstring) was ruled out on Friday. DT Haloti Ngata (calf) could play after being listed as questionable.

Jets at Bears

The Jets ruled WR Quincy Enunwa (ankle) out earlier this week. WR Robby Anderson (ankle) and CB Trumaine Johnson (quad) are expected to miss the game after drawing doubtful tags. C Spencer Long (finger, knee) was initially listed as doubtful, but got upgraded to questionable before the final report was issued. T Kelvin Beachum (back), CB Morris Claiborne (shoulder, foot), S Marcus Maye (thumb) and LB Kevin Pierre-Louis (foot) are also listed as questionable.

LB Khalil Mack (ankle) and WR Allen Robinson (groin) are questionable to play for the Bears. G Eric Kush (neck) has been ruled out.

Broncos at Chiefs

The Broncos listed LB Von Miller (ankle) as questionable, but head coach Vance Joseph ended any suspense by saying that he’ll play. T Jared Veldheer (knee), S Darian Stewart (neck), WR DaeSean Hamilton (knee) and RB Royce Freeman (ankle) have all been ruled out. OL Nico Falah (concussion) and LB Brandon Marshall (knee) join Miller in the questionable category with LB Shane Ray (ankle, wrist) as the only doubtful player.

C Mitch Morse (concussion) is the only player ruled out for the Chiefs, but you can bet on S Eric Berry (heel) and LB Justin Houston (hamstring) missing the game as well. They are listed as doubtful and have missed multiple games after receiving the same tag.

Browns at Steelers

Browns WR Rashard Higgins (knee), LB Joe Schobert (hamstring) and DB E.J. Gaines (concussion) will all miss Sunday’s game. C JC Tretter (ankle) and DB Damarious Randall (groin, ankle) are questionable after returning to practice on Friday.

The Steelers did not issue any injury designations as they return from the bye week without injury issues.

Buccaneers at Bengals

Buccaneers DT Gerald McCoy (calf) and DE Vinny Curry (ankle) will both miss their second straight game. They are the only players on the final injury report of the week.

The Bengals ruled out six players on Friday. LB Vontaze Burfict (hip), RB Giovani Bernard (knee), TE Tyler Kroft (foot), CB Darqueze Dennard (sternoclavicular), WR John Ross (groin) and LB Nick Vigil (knee) make up that group. C Billy Price (foot) is getting closer to a return, but a doubtful listing means it is unlikely to happen this weekend.

Seahawks at Lions

CB Neiko Thorpe (groin) and G Jordan Simmons (calf) are out for the Seahawks. DE Rasheem Green (ankle) is listed as questionable.

The Lions listed DE Ziggy Ansah (shoulder) as questionable again this week. He’s missed the last five games. RB Theo Riddick (knee) is out for the second straight week and LB Jarrad Davis (calf) joins Ansah in the questionable group.

Ravens at Panthers

CB Marlon Humphrey (thigh) and T James Hurst (back) are both out again for the Ravens. G Alex Lewis (neck) is set to miss a second straight game as well after being listed as doubtful. G Bradley Bozeman (calf), DB Anthony Levine (hamstring), CB Jimmy Smith (groin) and CB Anthony Averett (hamstring) are listed as questionable.

The Panthers ruled out WR Torrey Smith (knee) and LB Andrew Smith (hamstring). S Rashaan Gaulden (ankle) is considered doubtful to play on Sunday.

Washington at Giants

The Giants traded two defensive starters this week and will be down a third after ruling out LB Alec Ogletree (hamstring). WR Jawill Davis (concussion) has been ruled out as well.

RB Chris Thompson (ribs/knee), WR Paul Richarson (shoulder/knee) and CB Quinton Dunbar are listed as questionable for Washington. WR Jamison Crowder (ankle) will miss another game.

Colts at Raiders

The Colts have ruled out WR Ryan Grant (ankle), S Malik Hooker (hip), TE Erik Swoope (knee) and RB Robert Turbin (shoulder). S Clayton Geathers (neck), RB Marlon Mack (ankle), WR Zach Pascal (head), DE Jabaal Sheard (abdomen) and K Adam Vinatieri (groin) are listed as questionable.

Raiders G Kelechi Osemele (knee) returned to practice Friday and is listed as questionable. CB Daryl Worley (ankle) popped up on the injury report Friday and drew the same tag.

49ers at Cardinals

WR Pierre Garçon (shoulder, knee) is listed as doubtful to play for the 49ers this weekend.  RB Matt Breida (ankle), C Weston Richburg (knee) and CB Richard Sherman (calf) make up the questionable contingent.

The Cardinals will play without S Tre Boston (shoulder, ribs) and G Jeremy Vujnovich (hamstring) for the second straight week. K Phil Dawson (right hip), TE Jermaine Gresham (heel), G Mike Iupati (back), DT Corey Peters (ankle) and G Justin Pugh (hand) are listed as questionable.

Packers at Rams

WR Geronimo Allison (hamstring) is off the Packers injury report, but WR Randall Cobb (hamstring) is listed as questionable. Head coach Mike McCarthy said this week that Cobb is expected to play. WR Equanimeous St. Brown (knee) and T Jason Spriggs (ankle) are also listed as questionable.

WR Cooper Kupp (knee) was listed as doubtful and is expected to sit out for the Rams. LB Trevon Young (back) joins him in that category.

Saints at Vikings

DL Mitchell Loewen (neck) will miss the game for the Saints, but he’s the only player with an injury designation this weekend.

The Vikings have more injury concerns. RB Dalvin Cook (hamstring), S Andrew Sendejo (groin), G Tom Compton (knee), and LB Anthony Barr (hamstring) have been ruled out and T Riley Reiff (foot) is listed as doubtful. There’s a better chance for CB Xavier Rhodes (ankle) and DT Linval Joseph (ankle, knee) after they were listed as questionable.

Source: https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/10/26/week-eight-injury-report-roundup-6/

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Kickers an afterthought, but key to Super Bowl success

An NFL-record 73 games were decided by three points or fewer this season. In this season’s NFL playoffs, the Chicago Bears’ season ended on a kick by Cody Parkey that bounced off the upright.

But a kicker has also been the source of other fans’ euphoria, like when Los Angeles Rams kicker Greg Zuerlein made a 57-yarder in overtime against the New Orleans Saints to reach Super Bowl LIII. It was the longest game-winning field goal in postseason history. Zuerlein also converted a game-tying 48-yard field goal in the fourth quarter.

“We wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for him,” Rams head coach Sean McVay said.

They aren’t the league’s highest paid players. In fact, many make close to the league minimum, but there’s a chance that the hero — or the failure — of Super Bowl LIII on Sunday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium could be New England Patriots kicker Stephen Gostkowski or Zuerlein.

Both kickers in this Sunday’s Super Bowl agree that kicking is more cerebral than anything.

“Probably 90-10 I would say mental to physical,” Zuerlein said. “I think a lot of kickers have the mental and physical abilities. It’s just that upper, upper top percent, whatever that may be, that separates college kickers from NFL kickers.”

Said Gostkowski: “I mean, obviously you need the physical tools to do it. If you can’t kick, you can’t kick. But once you have those done, it’s 95 percent mental for sure.”

The first two Super Bowl wins for Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and head coach Bill Belichick came on field goals from their kicker at the time, Adam Vinatieri, in the final seconds: in 2002 against the then-St. Louis Rams and 2004 against the Carolina Panthers.

Their kicker for the past 13 seasons is a guy who is about as steady as they come in Gostkowski. He’s played for the Patriots since 2006, helping them win two Super Bowls. This will be his sixth appearance, tying Mike Lodish for second-most Super Bowl appearances in NFL history behind Brady, who is heading into his ninth.

Gostkowski is second all-time in postseason points with 198, behind Vinatieri’s 238. His 37 career postseason field goals are tied for the third most in the postseason.

“To me I like to be in the games where they’re close, and I just think it makes it easy to focus when the kicks really matter,” Gostkowski said.

But even he is vulnerable to the rare miss. Last year, early in the second quarter in Super Bowl LII in Minneapolis, Gostkowski missed a 26-yard field goal. Even though it came from a low and bobbled snap, the miss was surprising. He also missed an extra point in that loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.

According to Thursday’s pool report, Zuerlein did not kick in practice, which was held at the Atlanta Falcons practice facility in Flowery Branch, Georgia. He was a full participant on Friday. The Rams had been cautious with him this week, as he previously had suffered a strain in his left foot, which is his plant foot.

McVay previously has said that he doesn’t anticipate it would be anything that would prevent him from being able to play Sunday. The injury, which occurred while warming up at halftime of the NFC title game, has healed.

“He felt good,” McVay said Friday. “He hit the ball well. He hit the kickoffs and his field goals really well. That’s kind of what we expected; that’s what we hoped, and he’ll be ready to go.”

Meanwhile, the Patriots reviewed all the kicking situations — field goal, kickoff and punt — in between the periods when the offense and defense were working Thursday at the team’s practice at Georgia Tech. Per the pool report, specialists did not kick in the walk-through. They kicked Wednesday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, and were scheduled to do so Friday as well.

This Super Bowl could come down to the leg of either Zuerlein or Gostkowski, and as Rams special teams coordinator John Fassel puts it: “When you got a big kick, you gotta make it.”

“You go out there, you don’t get another chance,” Zuerlein said.

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5 fringe playoff teams we’re rooting for to close out the NFL season

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These teams are currently on the outside of the playoff picture, and some have really bad odds to make the postseason. But we’re still holding out hope.

Only three teams in the NFL have been assured playoff spots through 14 weeks of the regular season — the Saints, Chiefs, and Ravens. The Patriots, 49ers, Seahawks, Bills, and Packers appear destined to join them in the days ahead.

That leaves four playoff spots looming for 12 other not-yet-eliminated franchises. The NFC East and AFC South are both primed to come down to the wire as they sort out their 2019 division champion. The final wild card spots in each conference are also up for grabs. Teams like the Vikings, Titans, and Steelers all have decent odds to break brief playoff droughts. For others like the Bears, Browns, Rams, Colts, and Broncos, the path to the postseason features far more detours.

So which fringe contenders are we backing as they conclude their runs to either postseason glory or January vacations? These are the most compelling teams in the NFL this December ... who’ll probably fall short of a playoff bid.

Cleveland Browns

The 2019 Browns have been a tragedy. The league’s most cursed franchise came into the year as AFC North favorites thanks to Baker Mayfield’s MVP-caliber run through a 5-3 finish to 2018 and the offseason addition of players like Olivier Vernon, Sheldon Richardson, Morgan Burnett, and Odell Beckham Jr. If all went according to plan, Cleveland would cut a path to its first division title since the 1980s.

All did not go according to plan. Beckham has played hurt and Mayfield has dealt with some severe sophomore struggles. A defense packed with young talent has been consistently mediocre (and then lost its best player when Myles Garrett, uh, clubbed a rival with his own helmet). As a result, the Browns ran through the first half of the season with a worse record (2-6) than the one that got Hue Jackson fired a year before (2-5-1).

And yet, the team can still cling to a shred of postseason hope. Mayfield has nearly justified the 50,000 insurance commercials he’s been featured in by slowly turning around a lost season. Over his last five games — a stretch in which Cleveland has gone 4-1 and claimed the unofficial Rust Belt crown by beating Cincinnati, Buffalo, and Pittsburgh — he’s got an 8:4 touchdown-to-interception rate and an 88.4 passer rating. Those are mediocre numbers for sure, but still significantly better than the Brandon Weeden cosplay he put together in the first half of the season.

Unfortunately for the Browns, they need to win out while hoping for bad things to happen to the Steelers and either the Titans or Texans. Games against the Cardinals and Bengals are certainly winnable, but sandwiched between those games is a return date against the Ravens. Baltimore represents Cleveland’s best win of the season (a 40-25 drubbing), but it also represents the last time Lamar Jackson’s Ravens looked like anything less than a contender. Jackson will likely be out for revenge when he brings his team west for the rematch.

But the Browns have the most interesting punter in the game. That’s worth something, right? — Christian D’Andrea

Oakland Raiders

Remember back in mid-November when the Raiders looked like they might actually pull it off? A three-game winning streak had Oakland at 6-4 and right on the bubble for the second AFC Wild Card berth. (sigh) Those were the days.

Even when things were going well, it wasn’t like everyone was picking the Raiders to win the Super Bowl. Just the idea of coach-turned-commentator-turned-coach Jon Gruden leading a ragtag group of rookies and castoffs to the postseason was fun enough. It sounded like a perfect way to send the Raiders out of the Bay Area in their last season in Oakland.

Then, the Raiders were blown out in back-to-back-to-back weeks — including an inexplicable 34-3 loss to the Jets.

Now Oakland needs a miracle to get into the playoffs. The team will almost certainly need to win out and finish 9-7, then hope it can catch the Steelers and either the Texans or Titans.

Fortunately, that pursuit begins with a home game against the Jaguars — losers of five straight games by at least 17 points. Then the Raiders end the season with back-to-back road games against the 5-8 Chargers and 5-8 Broncos. Those are all winnable games, so long as Oakland doesn’t lay another Jets-sized egg.

Las Vegas is inheriting an intriguing team with a lot of promise. Boy would it be fun if the Raiders could leave Oakland with an odds-defying run at the playoffs, though. — Adam Stites

Philadelphia Eagles

There isn’t much about the current Eagles that I find all that interesting, but I do have a very good reason for rooting for Philadelphia: It’s pitiful how bad the Cowboys are under Jason Garrett.

Now, as a 49ers fan, I’m supposed to hate the Cowboys — and I do. But my love of young, exciting players like Dak Prescott, Amari Cooper and DeMarcus Lawrence override that hatred, just a little bit. I don’t want to see those guys in the playoffs this year on the off chance that they screw up and save Garrett’s job for another year.

The NFL is more fun when every division has something to offer. Right now, the combined might of the NFC East might be enough to win a playoff game, but separately they’re all a mess. The best thing that can come out of this mess in the immediate future is a spark for Dallas in the form of a change at the head coaching position.

I truly don’t know what Jerry Jones is waiting for at this point. Garrett hasn’t said or done anything to upset me, but his Cowboys have looked completely lifeless off and on for several years now.

Put a merciful end to this reign, Eagles. Even if it means you might be making the Cowboys stronger in the future. — James Brady

Tennessee Titans

By Week 9, it looked like the Titans were nowhere near playoff contention, sitting at 4-5, with conference losses to the Colts, Jaguars, Bills, and Broncos. But this team majorly turned a corner at the midway point of the season. One of the biggest reasons? It looks like the quarterback change Mike Vrabel made from Marcus Mariota to Ryan Tannehill has paid off, as Tennessee is 6-1 with Tannehill as the starter under center.

Tannehill has been improving with each and every week, and he’s coming off his best performance of the season against the Raiders, throwing for 391 yards and three touchdowns with a passer rating of 140. Running back Derrick Henry has found his stride in recent weeks, too. In the last four games, he’s averaging 150 yards, and he’s scored seven touchdowns.

Look, everybody loves an underdog, and the Titans coming out of pretty much nowhere during the backend of the season to make the playoffs would be a lot of fun. The only tricky part for the Titans is their remaining schedule, featuring two games against the Texans with one against the 10-3 Saints in between. If Tennessee can pull out two out of those three, it has about a 78 percent chance to make the playoffs as a wild card, per the New York Times. It’s a tall order for sure, but I think it’d be pretty cool to see them make it in. — Morgan Moriarty

Indianapolis Colts

It’s hard not to root for a team that has had such a string of bad ... don’t say it don’t say it don’t say it ... luck. (Sigh, there’s really no avoiding that pun here.)

Big things were expected out of the Colts in 2019 after their late-season surge got them all the way to the Divisional Round last year. Then Andrew Luck unexpectedly retired in August, leaving the team’s uncertain future in the hands of Jacoby Brissett.

The Colts silenced the doubters early in the season when they jumped out to a 5-2 start. Then it all came crashing down. Indianapolis has now dropped five of its last six games.

It all started when Brissett went down with a knee injury and sat out for a game and half, both of which were losses. Since his return, he hasn’t been the same player who threw for nearly 1,600 yards in the first seven games. Injuries to other key players — including Brissett’s top two targets, T.Y. Hilton and tight end Eric Ebron — have hamstrung the offense as well. Recently, kicker Adam Vinatieri, in the midst of the worst season in his GOAT career, was shut down for the season as well. That brought the number of Colts on injured reserve, fittingly, to unlucky 13.

Their current skid doesn’t show their resiliency, however. It takes a strong, confident locker room to not bat an eye when your franchise quarterback retires before he hits 30. Yet that’s what the Colts did. They got straight to work, at least until the injuries started taking their toll.

Not that everyone’s letting that stop them:

Frank Reich on TY Hilton's comments yesterday that he was refusing to shut it down, even with the playoffs looking like a long shot at this point: "When I saw what he said, it made me smile."

— Zak Keefer (@zkeefer) December 12, 2019

It’ll take a lot to get the Colts to the playoffs. Not only do they have to win out (at Saints, vs. Panthers, at Jaguars), but they also need a lot of help. Their best bet is probably for the Titans and Texans to each go 1-2 and split their season series, leaving all three teams tied at 9-7 atop the AFC South. In that case, the Colts, with the better divisional record, would win the tiebreaker.

So yeah, it’s a long shot — like a 2 percent long shot. Then again, not many thought the 1-5 Colts would get to the postseason in 2018, and that’s exactly what they did. — Sarah Hardy

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Rams face Patriots in Super Bowl Rematch

The New England Patriots are heading back to the Super Bowl for the ninth time in the Bill Belichick-Tom Brady era. The incredible run for coach and quarterback started all the way back in the 2001 season, when Brady took over for an injured Drew Bledsoe during the second game of the regular season, led the Pats to an 11-3 record in 14 starts then led the team to three consecutive playoff victories (with a little help from Bledsoe in the AFC title game) to capture the Patriots' first Super Bowl title.

The opponent in that incredible 2002 Super Bowl victory was the St. Louis Rams, who boasted an offense that was better than any in the league. Kurt Warner. Marshall Faulk. Isaac Bruce. Torry Holt. They were damn near unstoppable. They were the Greatest Show on Turf. And the Patriots beat them, 20-17, on a last-second field goal by Adam Vinatieri.

In the ensuing years, the Patriots have become the greatest dynasty in football history. Since 2001, the Patriots have won 220 regular-season games -- 32 more than any other team in the league. They have outscored their regular season opponents by 2,645 points -- nearly twice as many as the next-closest team. They have won the AFC East an incredible 16 times, including a completely preposterous (and still active) streak of 10 in a row.

They have also had unparalleled playoff success during that time. New England is 29-10 in playoff games since 2001, which is the equivalent of being a 12-win team while playing another playoff team every single week of the season. They have almost twice as many playoff wins as the next closest team (the Steelers, at 15). The Patriots have won five Super Bowls during the Brady-Belichick era, the most recent of them just two years ago. They've lost three. No other team has even been to the Super Bowl more than three times during the same stretch since 2001.

On Feb. 3 in Atlanta, the Patriots will try once again for ring No. 6. And they'll do it against the team that started the run in the first place: the Rams. They've moved from St. Louis to Los Angeles and not a single player or coach is left in the organization from the first time around, but it feels perfect to have Brady and Belichick still at the top of their respective games and taking on the same team that sent them on this ride in the first place.

They have to deal with a different, but still potent, Rams offense this time around. It's once again led by a genius offensive coach, with Sean McVay now playing the role of Mike Martz. It once again features an incredibly talented running back (or two), with Todd Gurley and C.J. Anderson stepping in for Marshall Faulk. They have terrific receivers like Brandin Cooks and Robert Woods filling the roles of Bruce and Holt. And they have stars on defense like Aaron Donald and Ndamukong Suh and Aqib Talib and Marcus Peters and more.

This one should be a whole lot of fun.

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Camisetas Indianapolis Colts Replicas

A los 46 años, la jubilación podría esperar un poco más a Adam Vinatieri.

Según Mike Chappell de CBS4 Sports, los Colts de Indianápolis estarían interesados ​​en ofrecer un nuevo acuerdo al lanzador. Esta Camisetas Indianapolis Colts Replicas le dará una experiencia perfecta, recepción a comprar esta Camisetas Nfl ! Quien haya soplado 46 velas el 28 de diciembre, jugaría para la temporada 24 en la NFL. No ha cerrado la puerta a un regreso, pero quiere tomarse un poco de tiempo para pensar en su futuro.

"Si ellos quieren, no me veo negándome a seguir jugando", dijo. Todavía no he tomado una decisión. Esperaré una o dos semanas y veré dónde estoy. "

Vinatieri ha ganado el Super Bowl en cuatro ocasiones y ha sido nombrado para el Pro Bowl tres veces durante su carrera con los Patriotas y Colts de Nueva Inglaterra.

Terminó la última campaña con 23 intentos exitosos de 27 intentos y mantuvo un índice de eficiencia del 93.6% en transformaciones de un punto. Fue un juego difícil en los playoffs cuando se perdió una colocación y una conversión en el duelo de los Kansas City Chiefs y los Colts perdieron 31-13.

La temporada pasada, al pateador le pagaron $ 3.6 millones.

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