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thebluefood

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Anyone else gonna watch the Alliance of American Football following Super Bowl Sunday? I think I may find a place to sit down and give it a watch. Shame there aren't any teams in the Mid-Atlantic or Northeast but I like the league's, apparent, commitment to player safety and I love the idea of no TV time outs (the NFL's bloated run-times are ghastly and one of the reasons I've been watching less of it).

 

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redskinss

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I'm starting to think a team should be able to protect players on their practice squad by getting right of first refusal when someone tries to poach them.

Simmie cobbs is a good example, we were allowed to make him the same offer but of course he wanted to go to the saints, they're a much better team with a much better quarterback. 

But why should the lesser teams be used as a partial farm system for the better teams?

Its pretty obvious that the saints never intended to play him this year and he was just put on i.r. without ever having played a snap.

Once players pick a team and coaching and resources are put into that player the team should have the ability to keep that player by activating him to the active roster if they choose to.

My opinion anyway. 

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Warhead36

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1 hour ago, redskinss said:

I'm starting to think a team should be able to protect players on their practice squad by getting right of first refusal when someone tries to poach them.

Simmie cobbs is a good example, we were allowed to make him the same offer but of course he wanted to go to the saints, they're a much better team with a much better quarterback. 

But why should the lesser teams be used as a partial farm system for the better teams?

Its pretty obvious that the saints never intended to play him this year and he was just put on i.r. without ever having played a snap.

Once players pick a team and coaching and resources are put into that player the team should have the ability to keep that player by activating him to the active roster if they choose to.

My opinion anyway. 

Or we could...I don't know...put him on our active roster ourselves.

 

Its not like we had The Posse at WR out there.

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redskinss

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7 minutes ago, Warhead36 said:

Or we could...I don't know...put him on our active roster ourselves.

 

Its not like we had The Posse at WR out there.

Yes and I'm sure we would have but when somebody decided they wanted him we no longer had that choice.

All I'm saying is that I think teams should be allowed to protect their practice squad beyond just paying a little more and offering the same opportunity. 

Otherwise it's an advantage to good teams because players are more likely to want to play for good teams.

I'll bet anything if simmie cobbs was on new Orleans practice squad and we tried to poach him that he would have decided to stay with them on their active roster.

Just seems like an advantage that should be negated, but then again practice squad players are free to choose any team they want so the advantage is already there.

 

Just sucks to spend a lot of resources on a player and then have them walk when we want them to stay. 

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bakedtater1

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4 hours ago, hatchetwound said:

Cowboys out.  Eagles  out.  Great weekend!!!!  How did you all celebrate?  I wanted to have toast one but I'm not drinking these days due to my new years resolution. 

Big ol fat bong rips...I've cut down drastically on drinking... Worked on laundry and got the kids mentally prepped for the school week.. thank goodness for a saints win they were starting to scare me there for a minute..I thought for sure I would have to ban watching another Super Bowl with it being the eagles Patriots... Now let's keep our fingers crossed we could see a saints chiefs Super Bowl

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thebluefood

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As happy as I am the Eagles are out of the playoffs, I can't help but wonder: have the Eagles become the anti-'Skins over the past 20 years? 

 

-Jeff Lurie seems to be one of the most respected and least problematic owners in the league 

-Since he bought the team in 1994, The team's successfully rebuilt not once but twice (once after the disastrous Ray Rhodes era and again after "The Chip Kelly Experience" imploded)

-That's translated into nearly 20 years of sustained success in which they've only finished under .500 three times and have gone to two Super Bowls (winning one)

-From what I can tell, they actively and successfully engage their fanbase and make their gameday experience an good one - even encouraging them to take the Broad Street Line to the Linc (I can't tell you how many times I saw their mascot on SEPTA's Instagram page) 

 

The 'Skins, on the other hand, have done the complete opposite over the past 25 years. I can't bring myself to ever cheer for a Philadelphia based team but as an organization, it's hard not to respect what the Eagles have been able to do over that span and it's really frustrating my hometown team cannot manage to take a step without finding new and exciting ways to alienate their fans and their community. 

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hatchetwound

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4 hours ago, thebluefood said:

As happy as I am the Eagles are out of the playoffs, I can't help but wonder: have the Eagles become the anti-'Skins over the past 20 years? 

They were until those losers put a trophy in their case. 

 

They barely made the playoffs this year and they are about to enter cap hell with a lot of holes to fill.  They will be no better than .500 next year.

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hatchetwound

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Pop quiz:  As things stand today, who is dead last in cap space for 2019:

 

Answer (With commentary!):

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Team Cap 
Space 		Effective Cap 
Space ℹ️ 		# Active 
Cap Spending 		Dead 
Money
Colts $117,149,480 $117,149,480 53 $120,965,252 $1,215,490
Jets $99,387,909 $89,487,909 31 $102,076,277 $974,622
Bills $87,281,670 $83,816,670 44 $108,422,228 $3,053,623
Browns $84,237,741 $83,247,741 49 $157,454,195 $4,943,286
Raiders $76,679,069 $71,234,069 40 $113,867,670 $1,497,423
Texans $67,097,417 $67,097,417 53 $141,077,882 $1,769,452
Cardinals $64,014,529 $62,034,529 47 $126,913,373 $5,571,086
49ers $62,029,329 $62,029,329 56 $160,461,891 $2,838,175
Seahawks $60,455,232 $52,535,232 35 $131,233,619 $888,992
Cowboys $54,686,337 $53,201,337 48 $145,355,639 $1,843,305
Bengals $52,019,991 $52,019,991 53 $143,407,874 $2,173,116
Broncos $45,592,666 $41,137,666 42 $144,940,630 $7,580,577
Titans $43,497,313 $43,497,313 61 $171,265,540 $919,534
Packers $41,812,731 $40,822,731 49 $155,675,559 $565,887
Chiefs $37,148,439 $32,693,439 42 $153,450,852 $890,170
Rams $36,483,828 $30,543,828 39 $153,631,408 $516,743
Lions $36,316,167 $33,346,167 45 $159,996,338 $165,295
Ravens $31,755,292 $28,785,292 45 $161,719,565 $1,298,276
Giants $31,662,094 $25,227,094 38 $154,971,502 $9,291,400
Steelers $27,720,468 $21,285,468 38 $180,408,627 $246,183
Chargers $25,915,567 $22,450,567 44 $163,346,309 $1,757,755
Panthers $25,459,965 $20,014,965 40 $166,761,397 $519,784
Falcons $23,716,812 $18,271,812 40 $166,100,393 $1,352,274
Patriots $22,971,924 $19,506,924 44 $169,886,904 $688,033
Redskins $21,560,242 $21,560,242 58 $171,653,453 $1,934,536
Bears $19,742,452 $13,307,452 38 $173,653,136 $325,750
Dolphins $17,762,817 $12,812,817 41 $164,360,759 $13,577,419
Saints $17,152,015 $11,707,015 40 $171,310,924 $4,207,044
Buccaneers $16,603,360 $12,643,360 43 $177,876,751 $94,515
Vikings $10,985,401 $7,025,401 43 $182,613,825 $433,330
Jaguars ($3,365,153) ($3,365,153) 54 $204,480,686 $549,669
Eagles ($12,170,726) ($14,150,726) 47 $206,146,567 $2,050,255

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Anti skins?  They've become the Vinny Ceroto skins.  Hell, look at their FA Class: Mike Wallace?  Haloti Ngata?  Michael Bennettt? I wonder what old, big name agent they are going to persue this offseason.

 

 

 

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Cooleyfan1993

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5 minutes ago, bakedtater1 said:

Congratulations to Lorenzo Alexander for the contract extension with the bills, personally one of my favorite players in the NFL for a minute now of course another one of those players the Skins let get away..

You can blame goodell, and Mara and the cap penalty for that though. It messed up our chances of re-signing him 

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respectgibbs

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Is anyone else offended that Dan's going out buying new $100M yachts when his product sucks so much? Have nothing against the super rich or enjoying their money, but it just seems extremely unearned in Dan's case considering the lack of success of his franchise in the past 20 years. As much as I want the Skins to win and succeed, there'd be something sweet about watching the whole thing crumble, forcing Danny to have to sell off his toys.

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