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I guess it all depends on Brady and what he wants. If Brady wants out then there's a decent chance. Otherwise there is never even the slightest discussion or rumor/hint from a guy who obviously has some connection. As much as I can't stand the guy, the Bucs owe him an accommodation if he requests it. Plus they could probably get Tua and a high pick or just high picks and grab Mayfield. As far as Bucs players being mad... the NFL is The Tom Brady Show. Sometimes other teams get over for variety and drama, but that just adds to his story. Every hero has to fail here and there, only to prevail in the end. Without trials and struggle there is no glory.

Hello! You're right of course, but Brady has tortured my soul for years now, so I always expect the worst with him (i.e. him always winning no matter what else happens). Sure, sometimes he doesn't go to the Super Bowl, that's true.

I would say it's total nonsense, but the guy who reported it was the guy who knew Brady was going to Tampa when hardly anyone saw that as realistic. It's a little odd for him of all people to bring it up if he wasn't hearing something about it. I for one would love it! Better chance of a Brady free Super Bowl with him in the AFC. The NFC is basically a bye for him to the big game. As far as the "easier path" a guy like Brady wants to be where the action is, playing all the top players. These guys are just wired differently.

Reminds me of an old Maddenism: "Sometimes the best move is the one you don't make" Had Urban just stayed out of the NFL he would be celebrated (right or wrong), treated like some legend, and have his ego puffed everywhere he went. PLUS he could continually turn down NFL offers and take any college gig he wanted, if he wanted. Instead, he's seen as a joke. Before nobody wanted to be the one to criticize the legendary Urban Meyer, because you'd be alone. Once it starts though people come out of the woodwork!

This makes Cleveland structuring his huge deal so that his salary year 1 is like $1 million even more disgusting. That way, when/if he is suspended it barely costs him anything, since his game checks are 1/17 of around $1 million. Meanwhile he pockets a huge bonus (which can't be touched with fines). The organization might be about to see the effects of Karma

It's not our money... structure the contract some crazy way and get the man a huge Brinks truck worth of money. We've got a SB to win!

Rosen not only hasn't won more Super Bowls than anyone in NFL history, his job got a lot harder 2 years ago. He'd better lock down a starting job sometime very, very soon or I don't see him getting to 8 rings! As soon as I saw him trying to be Aaron Rodgers mini-me in that interview where he was counting his rings before he was even drafted I soured on him.

Just gross... I'm shocked that he hasn't settled the civil suits just to make it go away. Of course, he has $230 million guaranteed so why bother?

Let's not disarm like the Chiefs and Packers. I get that both teams might have been dealing with players who wanted to go from a SB contender to an also-ran, but why would we want to get rid of our best WR for draft picks that HOPEFULLY could be as good in a couple years from now and probably won't be because Diggs is a top WR in this league? I would make the decision that we are going to pay Knox and Diggs and find a way to make it work. If Oliver and Edmunds need to go next offseason or whenever due to not having $$ to extend then so be it. If I had to choose 2 between Diggs, Knox and Tre White I pick Diggs and Knox. With the rules the way they are and the game the way it is, I would prioritize surrounding Allen with weapons and protection, because the "#1 defense" couldn't stop a nosebleed in the KC game against a top offense. These top offenses have too much talent and speed.

I think the Adams and Hill deals have nothing to do with the cap at all, so the premise that Mahomes and Rodgers getting paid led to their best WRs being let go is false. Green Bay offered Adams MORE than the Raiders. He just wanted to be on the 4th place team in a division instead of 1st. Nothing GB could do. Take the picks in a loaded WR draft. Kansas City offered Hill huge money (top 3 WR in the NFL money) but if you read their forums a bit there have been issues between Tyreek and KC regarding his contract off and on the past couple years. Either way, he wasn't let go because of the cap. Again, take the picks in a loaded WR draft.

Jimmy Johnson was a great football coach in the Parcells mold. He knew his X's and O's and also knew how to lead a group of men, whether in college or the pros. He would succeed anywhere, IMO. The thing is, he would drive players hard but he would be right there with them grinding. That buys you some leeway with guys. Then the wins start coming and guys buy in even more. They get that there is a method to the madness. On the other hand, Urban didn't do his homework, seemed to want to do as little as possible, and yet expected his guys to work like madmen while he "delegated" everything and obviously didn't do everything he could to be better since he didn't even know who Aaron Donald was. ANY causal NFL fan knows who Donald is, let alone a guy whose JOB is to know and who is getting paid tens of millions of dollars to be on top of those... I wouldn't even call that a detail. Knowing the backup guard for a team you're playing is a detail. Knowing Donald is a freaking headline! In my opinion (based on his NFL tenure and things we're reading now) Urban Meyer's entire resume was built on recruiting such clearly superior talent that just about any coach could "coach" them to titles. Then it was a lot of pumping his ego by walking around campus and having everyone fawn over him, mixed in with verbally abusing his players who were too scared to say anything back because he was URBAN MEYER! The guy who has places named after him off campus and is a total "legend" and big shot. His approach to the NFL was apparently the same playbook, except nobody gave a crap that he was "Urban Meyer". LOL What an empty suit.

doesn't it benefit the player? whoever picks him up has to take on the contract? I read the other day on PFT that the Bengals planned to do this

If I was Brandon Beane and I saw Diggs number pop up on my caller ID my blood would freeze right about now!

and guys hit other QBs like they want to knock their heads off but with Gramps it's "oh, sorry sir, let me help you down easy" LOL If Tua can miss one of them be can miss both! LOL

such a dumb move for Hill... force your way off the Chiefs to go to the Dolphins, whose QB can't throw 20 yards? good for us though!

Well, one does. I realized long ago that the NFL is a show about Tom Brady, with other teams roles to add color and nuance to his heroic tale. I'm kidding of course, BTW. Sort of.

This is so strange to me... you build your offense up then trade away a key guy. IMO it's so weaken KC so that Tampa has a better shot of beating them when they play. Tampa needs every win this season so Tommy can get that #1 seed and get to another Super Bowl. Bucs will play the Browns within the first 2-3 weeks so Watson will be suspended when they play as well. The entire NFC hollows itself out. Meanwhile, teams trade star players to the Bucs for a 5th round pick. You tell me.

Jimmy Johnson was a great ball coach and also a guy who knew how to work with people. PLUS he brought his entire college staff with him, if I recall. That is huge, because there is loyalty and chemistry there.

I don't follow college football much but it sounds to me like Urban recruited teams good enough to just win based on massive talent advantage and wasn't really a football coach. Plus the players revered/feared him and he could lord it over them pointing to his record/titles/etc. That approach couldn't work in the NFL, especially on a team that was at a serious talent disadvantage almost every week.

48 eh? time flies... Seems like only yesterday he was 47.... Happy birthday coach!

He was having a nice resurgence until that injury... Saints were playing with (insert name here) at QB late in the season and still had a shot at the playoffs. They didn't lose a lot of talent, and Thomas is seemingly back, which is huge. Winston could always pile up the stats, but he needed to stop turning the ball over so much. He can certainly move the sticks and produce passing yards though, which is 3/4 of the job.

That division is pathetic, but the Saints seem to give them fits and if Winston goes back there he was playing pretty well before the injury.

What a fall.. from #1 overall to "hey, I guess we'll take him but you'll have to make it worth our while"

Brady gets a bye into the Super Bowl! LOL NFC is such a joke

And yet again, things go Brady's way.