NFL (since 2016)

[crystal falace]

"Free agency started last night and was pretty crazy some huge money being spent. Osweiler getting £18m a year for the Texans, leaving the Broncos without a QB, Giants have spent a fortune on good but not great players, Oliver Vernon has more guaranteed money than JJ Watt. lots more deals but cant be bothered to list them all."

[southbankbornnbred]

"Donald was a superb player. Proper tough fucker, too. I see the QB merry-go-round has gone into overdrive. Wilson and Fields to the Steelers within 48 hours of eachother is interesting. Minshew to Raiders looks like a decent fit, if pricey for that talent (he's solid). Garoppolo to the Rams as backup to Stafford gives that side a strong QB room. Cousins over-priced again, but gives Atlanta solidity. Darnold is a risk for the Vikes, but there's a decent QB in there somewhere. And the Jets landed less-than-average Tyrod Taylor to back up four-minute Rodgers next year. Which means less-than-average Tyrod Tayor will be the Jets starting QB at some point next year! Out of the frying pan into the fire..."

[Takashi Miike]

the game lost another all time great with the retirement of aaron donald

[southbankbornnbred]

"I didn't think last season's ""four-play, four-minute, mega money injury""ù cameo by Aaron Rodgers could be topped as the most New York Jets moment of all time. But it seems he's working hard to beat it: by discussing become the vice presidential candidate and running mate to RFK Jnr's independent campaign! It won't happen, of course. He's got too much guaranteed money on the line this coming season. And any independent will be out of the presidential race within months. But there's a little part of me that wants it to happen, just to see how our already-irate and depressed fans will react. I suspect there would be little left of the Met Life."

[Joe C]

"Bobby Wagner to the Commanders. My favourite player. Getting on a bit but still got it. Great signing for them, gutting for me - but got to trust in the Macdonald rebuild"

[Takashi Miike]

adam peters excels himself again and delivers bobby wagner. unbelievable couple of days

[Far Cough]

"Anybody seen crystal falace recently, he went on the missing list since NE went a bit shit?"

[Joe C]

"The Rams **spits** have massively overpaid to get him, but bit gutted to see Colby Parkinson go to them - always liked him"

[Takashi Miike]

"kirk is the white version of dak prescott. puts up great numbers during the year but shits the bed when it matters. I think, like the vikings, the falcons are overpaying him but it's shows the state of the QB market when above average talent can demand that sort of money"

[zebthecat]

Far Cough 12:36 Wed Mar 13 Sam Darnold apparently or whoever they manage to draft.

[zebthecat]

Kirk Cousins' agent has done a great deal. Cousins is a best of the rest QB and that 4 year deal on the back of injury is astounding. He will have Drake London and Kyle Pitts to throw to and Bijan Robinson but the supporting cast is thin. The Steelers picking up Russell Wilson for next to nothing is also genius. Being better than Kenny Pickett is a pretty low bar. Looks as though The Ravens are going to sign Derrick Henry. He is past his best but having a proper smash mouth RB is going to help Lamar Jackson a lot as the threat of Henry will certainly occupy the mind of their oppenent's defnce.

[Far Cough]

"I see that Kirk Cousins has signed for the Falcons on a four year $180 million deal, wonder who the Vikes QB is going to be now?"

[Takashi Miike]

A+ for Adam Peters. An amazing job he's done in the past two days

[lab]

Is there any other channel that shows football even if it's college ? Can't se3 anything on Virgin .

[Lee Trundle]

*wouldn't

[Lee Trundle]

"If you'd been to Missouri, then you would be surprised to see this happen. And it'll quickly get swept under the carpet, if you look who they've arrested."

[zebthecat]

Muliple people shot at the Chiefs victory parade. Lost for words really. God help America.

[Takashi Miike]

"I seriously underestimated the pull of Dan Quinn and his contact book. He's assembled an amazing staff, can't fault a single decision"

[Far Cough]

Interestingly I see that Mahomes' dad also named Patrick Mahomes played as a major league pitcher for my team the Minnesota Twins and to be fair he couldn't have been up to much as I don't remember him at all. Anyway well played the Chiefs... Again.

[southbankbornnbred]

"In all fairness, not too many other sides passed on Mahomes specifically. The Bears had the #2 pick that year - and, as you say, hilariously opted for Trubisky as the top QB in the draft. Most of the top analysts were saying the two shoo-ins at QB were Mahomes and Deshaun Watson - and the Jets passed on both! Most other sides who picked before us that year didn't want a QB, or had an expensive incumbent. We had Christian Hackenberg. Say no more. It was really the Jets and Bears who fucked up massively. There's a surprise (with both)! But you're right about the draft being a bit of a lottery. Some of the pre-draft analysis of Mahomes and others now reads badly!"

[El Scorchio]

"At least the one crumb of comfort is that also either other teams passed him over (CMC only went 8th as well that year) and you didn't draft another QB. Imagine being the GM that took Mitch Trubisky instead of Patrick Mahomes... It just proves how much of a lottery the draft really is, and the power of hindsight."

[southbankbornnbred]

Spot on. Mahomes is absolutely superb. You'd have to be mad to have passed on him... ;-)

[El Scorchio]

"Yup- that's it isn't it. They have an absolute bang average set of skill players, aside from Kelce who to be fair is absolutely brilliant. Pacheco MVS and the rest are decent but you wouldn't say anything special at all. It was clear on several plays there was just no-one open at all, but Mahomes just put the team on hi back and won it almost single handedly. What a player."

[southbankbornnbred]

"Yeah, we had Hardman at the Jets before he went back to Kansas. But, in all fairness to our clueless lot, he only caught one pass in five games before we traded him. He's a back-up player - it's just that Mahomes can make less-than-average receivers look very good. I'm pleased for him. But it just happened to be him. With Mahomes throwing, it could be anybody providing they get open."

[El Scorchio]

You'd NEVER say....

[El Scorchio]

"Didn't the Jets also discard the bloke who caught the touchdown? Mahomes is extraordinary. You'd ever say they were underdogs, but the 49ers are stacked everywhere (FIVE all pros on offense?) so they were probably a bit outmanned yet he came through again. Credit to Andy Reid as well for being so inventive to get them up and down the field."