The team that gets him is going to have to be the worst team in the league, because thats the type of prospect Lawrence is. After an OLB coach tested favorable on a Saturday early morning, the group went nearly three full days (Saturday a.m. till Tuesday a.m.) before finding out that nine other gamers and personnel had actually likewise contracted the infection. – A few interesting things came from a media call with Falcons owner Arthur Blank and president Rich McKay on Monday afternoon, after the group fired Thomas Dimitroff and Dan Quinn …
The team will consider think about working with search firm. While the team president stated that theres wiggle space in how training and hunting are structured in relation to one another, the plan is for the GM to report to McKay and for the GM to have final state over the lineup. And working for a franchise that was a mess, and had never ever made the playoffs in consecutive seasons before, Dimitroffs very first five teams had winning records and four of them made the playoffs.
Finishing up another weird weekend in the NFL …
– Theres no much better example of Trevor Lawrences looming existence over the bottom of the NFL standings than in ESPNs Sunday early morning newspaper article this weekend determining the trade value of Jets QB Sam Darnold. And I hope Ive been as clear as possible about this with people over the last couple months. Theres extremely little chance that whoever has the very first choice will trade it, regardless of who else is on the roster. The team that gets him is going to have to be the worst team in the league, since thats the type of prospect Lawrence is. It resembled this in 2012 for Andrew Luck (and I d picture 1983 for John Elway and 1998 for Peyton Manning), and its going to be the exact same in 2021.
And to continue the workout, I did reach out to a couple of individuals to determine what the price tag might be for Darnold– and what they d be ready to pay. An AFC scouting director was ready to go a little additional than that, saying, “If you had a 1 in the 20s like, say, a Pittsburgh, I d do it. A second NFC exec stated he d think about “a late 1 this year for him, perhaps two 2s,” and included “Hes still a property.
That makes a lot of sense to me. And if I was the Steelers, I d see a lot of recovery task value there. The Niners conjectured like that back in the 80s, and did it in spite of having Joe Montana on the roster, and I dont believe they regretted it.
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– While were on the Jets, the ongoing acrimony between LeVeon Bell and the group sure could cause GM Joe Douglass phone ringing in the next couple weeks to look at his running backs availability. And one thing that may help is the structure of his contract. The Jets currently paid a $4.5 million lineup bonus offer, and his $8.5 million base comes down by a half-million weekly– the prorated amount left sits at $6 million right now.
I d move him if I were Douglas. That the squabbling in between Bell and coach Adam Gase has actually gotten to the point where the 28-year-old back is passive-aggressively taking shots on social media, and Gase is reacting by informing press reporters, “I hate thats the path we opt for this,” recommends the genie might out of the bottle on this one anyway. And its not like theyre relying on Bell as is– he has 22 touches and 3 missed video games through 5 weeks.
As it stands, the next 2 drafts are shaping up as substantial ones for Douglas. May too get as much capital as you can.
– Given whatever thats occurred the recently, I figured the time was best to generate a real physician to assess what changes can be made on the fly to the NFLs COVID-19 procedures to assist the league keep the train on the tracks (and its been wobbling of late) for the next 3 months. So I connected to my friend Jess Flynn, whos a sports medicine doctor at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center up here in Massachusetts for responses.
The incubation period of the virus that causes COVID is anywhere from 2 to 14 days, with the typical being four to 6 days. The NFL and its gamers have accepted the danger associated with the fact that they cant quarantine a full 14 days and still play a season. The program cant simply go on.
Test on game day. The NFL sends out gold-standard RT-qPCR tests every day except game day. Its real that the outcomes are not available till the next morning, so they dont help decide whether the video game can be played. The timing of the Titans break out illustrates why game-day screening is so important. After an OLB coach tested favorable on a Saturday early morning, the team went almost 3 complete days (Saturday a.m. till Tuesday a.m.) before discovering out that nine other gamers and staff had also contracted the infection. The group would likely have understood that there were more positives by Monday early morning if a qPCR test was done on Sunday morning. The disadvantage with game-day testing is that you might learn you unconsciously had an infected gamer or coach take the field. But the advantage is clear. If they had actually received a favorable outcome on Monday morning (from Sunday), the Titans center may never ever have actually opened and that could have changed the course of the groups preliminary break out.
The NFL and NFLPA announced that they will be keeping track of all groups for compliance with mitigation strategies like masking and physical distancing. When things go incorrect, ask why and learn from it. The league, its players and their union all share a common interest in playing a full season in the most safe method possible.
Help visiting teams with aspects beyond their control. Make every affordable effort to make it take place if a group asks for aid with mitigation methods while theyre on the road. Using the Patriots as an example, if a going to team with a very current positive requests additional locker room area to separate close contacts from non-close contacts, exhaust every choice to make it take place.
Youre going to require it. As the weather condition gets chillier, people spend more time indoors and cases in the basic population boost, anticipate to see more cases in NFL locker spaces.
– To the majority of us, the sudden fame of Eagles WR Travis Fulgham came out of no place– the previous sixth-round picks name wasnt exactly distributing much ahead of the 2019 draft, he played his college ball at Old Dominion and hes lived the life of an NFL journeyman the last 14 months. How all this came to be is far more fascinating than that, and an excellent example of how the NFLs searching departments work.
Philly Northeast area scout Jim Ward loved Fulgham leading into the 19 draft and, appropriately, the Eagles had strong grades on him. The issue was they only had three day 3 picks, they wound up trading among them for DT Hassan Ridgeway, and they d already taken a receiver, Stanfords J.J. Arcega-Whiteside, in the 2nd round.
Fulgham went from Detroits active roster to its practice team that September, then back on the active roster in December. They put in the claim, he spent a few weeks on the practice squad in September, and then got called up 9 days ago.
At the time, he didnt have an NFL catch. Two days later, he scored the 42-yard, fourth-quarter goal that put Philly ahead for good in its first win of the season, over San Francisco. And Sunday, he went for 152 backyards and another rating on 10 catches. Now, if the Eagles knew he can that? They would not have waited so long to grab him. However they did feel like something existed all along, so this is a testimony, in my mind, to not quiting on an examination, and in this case not giving up on Fulgham sure has paid off.
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– The Ravens defense isnt getting enough attention– and possibly its because Baltimore got torched a couple of weeks back by the Chiefs– however there was a truth floating around Monday that simply leapt off the page to me. Baltimore began 5 defensive backs on Sunday. And all five (corners Marlon Humphrey, Jimmy Smith and Marcus Peters, and safeties DeShon Elliott and Chuck Clark) had sacks, which is a quite excellent sign of how imaginative and aggressive the Ravens still are (and have constantly been) on defense.
How creative and aggressive? Pro Football Reference went back and looked and discovered this was the very first time in taped history 5 DBs on the very same group recorded sacks in a single video game (the 2004 Packers had the previous record, with 4 in the divisional round that year).
Here are two terrific examples Ive pulled of what DC Wink Martindale has actually formulated.
The first came on a second-and-4 from the Bengals 26, with 7:41 left in the third quarter. It was a basic four-man rush on a play-action pass with the D-line, and after that corners Peters and Anthony Averett blitzing off opposite edges. Confusion left tight end Drew Sample to peel back and block Peters from the opposite side, Sample missed out on and Peters kept after the QB, ultimately stripping and sacking Joe Burrow.
At the snap, Matthew Judon and Tyus Bowser dropped, leaving five guys rushing. By then, though, they d rushed Cincinnatis protection to the point where, even with 6 guys in to obstruct, Humphrey came free off Burrows blindside to bury the rookie.
Ive heard some protective coaches say they want to call video games like offending coaches– and determine terms to the other side– and it looks like thats exactly what Martindales doing.
– A few interesting things originated from a media call with Falcons owner Arthur Blank and president Rich McKay on Monday afternoon, after the team fired Thomas Dimitroff and Dan Quinn …
The team will consider employing a search company. Blank and McKay didnt commit to it, but said they prepare to speak with companies to see if theres a fit out there. McKay made it seem like he d desire one to simplify the procedure– and assist with things like background checks and interaction with agents. Stay tuned on that.
McKay will oversee football operations. While the group president said that theres wiggle room in how coaching and searching are structured in relation to one another, the strategy is for the GM to report to McKay and for the GM to have last word over the lineup. (Until recently, GM Thomas Dimitroff reported directly to Blank).
There wont be a fire sale. McKay said that the group will think about trades that are best for the team, and for individual gamers, but highlighted that there will not be an effort to gut the lineup for draft capital ahead of the trade due date later this month–” This will not be a circumstance where we predetermine the lineup for the next GM and coach.”.
Matt Ryans future will depend on the brand-new hires. While Blank admired the task his quarterback has actually done the last 13 season and stated, “I hope he will be in our plans,” the owner was really clear in saying he prepares to leave choices like that a person approximately individuals he works with.
Raheem Morris was promoted for his management qualities. The play of the defense did turn up on the call in a concern on why Morris was the choice as interim coach, and McKay stated that Morriss connection with the players, on both sides of the ball, was a significant aspect in the choice. Both Blank and McKay stated even more staff modifications will be up to Morris, and it sure seemed like Morris will be considered for the full-time role if things work out.
And working for a franchise that was a mess, and had actually never made the playoffs in successive seasons before, Dimitroffs very first five groups had winning records and four of them made the playoffs. Two years after that run, Dan Quinn showed up to a group that required a distinct identity, and he provided them that immediately, making it all the method to the Super Bowl in his 2nd year.
Ultimately, maybe these guys will be remembered most for Super Bowl LIII, and 28– 3 will permanently haunt them in a manner wide-right haunts the 1990s Bills. But that doesnt indicate they didnt achieve a lot.
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– One last note on the Dak Prescott scenario: The Cowboys look fantastic for signing Andy Dalton when they did. They landed him on a 1 year, $3 million handle the spring, with reasonable rewards that Dalton has a good shot at triggering now that hes the starter. The primary thing here is the Cowboys have a pretty solid core group of guys in their prime (Zeke Elliott, Amari Cooper, DeMarcus Lawrence, Zack Martin, Jaylon Smith), and having a guy like Dalton, who made the playoffs in each of his very first 5 years as a professional, makes it so this isnt simply lost year, like 2015 was for the franchise after Tony Romo decreased.
– I cant be the only whos seen the Washington quarterback scenario unfold over the last month and thought that New England may have competitors to keep Cam Newton next March, if Newton isnt franchised … can I? I wonder if the existence of Ron Riveras team on the quarterback market would require the Patriots to tag him.
– My sly gamer to enjoy Monday night: Saints third-year WR TreQuan Smith. Staffers down there have been thrilled about him because he was drafted, and I believe the emergence of Emmanuel Sanders last week ought to only help Smith (who scored twice against the Lions) have a huge night versus the Chargers.
