2021 NFL Season thread

Joe Judge fired.

posted by justincredible

Joe Judge fired.

I can see Russell Wilson being a Giant.

I saw that clip lol. Safe to say, he is NOT coming back to the NFL. 

Eric Weddle is coming out of retirement (2 years ago) to sign with the Rams for the playoffs.

Rumors have Jim Harbaugh coaching the Raiders next year.

TheRapist officially retires. Interesting story on how close he was to being a 49er....

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/mike-singletary-says-vetoed-trade-100311987.html

Brian Flores' lawsuit is getting a lot of attention.  I'm not a lawyer.  Do you guys think he has a legitimate case?  He got a text from Bill Belichick congratulating him on landing the Giants and Bills jobs before he'd even interviewed for either.  Then he figured out Belichick mistakenly sent the text to him, that it was intended for Brian Daboll.  That's an interesting twist on this thing, although it would be hard to prove Belichick knew anything concrete.

I see Flores' point.  But I can't see how you can prove something like he's contending.  

Drama for pre-SB week.

posted by Dr Winston O'Boogie

Brian Flores' lawsuit is getting a lot of attention.  I'm not a lawyer.  Do you guys think he has a legitimate case?  He got a text from Bill Belichick congratulating him on landing the Giants and Bills jobs before he'd even interviewed for either.  Then he figured out Belichick mistakenly sent the text to him, that it was intended for Brian Daboll.  That's an interesting twist on this thing, although it would be hard to prove Belichick knew anything concrete.

I see Flores' point.  But I can't see how you can prove something like he's contending.  

Drama for pre-SB week.

I'm just applauding Belichick for being a true chessmaster. Loses to the Giants in two Super Bowls, lets that simmer for a few years and then "accidentally" texts the wrong Brian that he got the job to expose that NYG are mocking the Rooney Rule. Revenge is best served cold! Bonus points for this overshadowing the Brady retirement, since apparently his "Thank You" press release didn't mention either NE or Belichick.

Slightly more seriously: The NFL and the Rooney Rule are the definition of "you can lead a horse to water, but can't make it drink". You can make a well-meaning rule to give minority candidates a platform to get their names out there in the coaching mix, but just because you have a rule saying teams need to talk to them, doesn't mean said teams will take that overly seriously. So, instead, they'll do things like they usually do and then schedule an interview or two just to satisfy requirements. If John Elway's still shitfaced when it's time to suck it up and talk to the guy the Broncos DGAF about, so be it -- as long as he's sober for the "real" interviews.

As a side note: With all the Cleveland fans here, is anyone amused by how, shortly after Flores alleged that Miami's owner offered to pay him for every loss the team had, Hue Jackson was like, "DAMN, why didn't I think of that?!?!?" and immediately came on board saying, "Uh, yeah, me too..."

Dude's not only a shitty head coach, but can't even manufacture his own grievances and has to piggy-back off those by others.

posted by Heretic

As a side note: With all the Cleveland fans here, is anyone amused by how, shortly after Flores alleged that Miami's owner offered to pay him for every loss the team had, Hue Jackson was like, "DAMN, why didn't I think of that?!?!?" and immediately came on board saying, "Uh, yeah, me too..."

Dude's not only a shitty head coach, but can't even manufacture his own grievances and has to piggy-back off those by others.

Right.  Let some other SOB fall on the sword and then try to pretend he didn't go 0-16.

He dodged a bullet not getting hired by the New York Giants. 

posted by Dr Winston O'Boogie

Right.  Let some other SOB fall on the sword and then try to pretend he didn't go 0-16.

And if true, that'd be a HUGE example of biting the hand that feeds you, because he would have gotten Bezos-rich off all the losses he had there!

The texts will serve as proof if there is other evidence. On the surface, won’t do much. Apparently, they have more. The text just happened to get leaked. 

I'm having a hard time buying that Bill Belichick uses exclamation points.

posted by justincredible

I'm having a hard time buying that Bill Belichick uses exclamation points.

Or question marks. Or texts. Or cares who the Giants hired. 

I don’t think it’s worth blowing up your career over. Even if some of the things said are true, which is horrible for the NFL, what can he claim was done to him for damages? 

And fuck Hue Jackson. 

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