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The team claiming him would have his rights until the end of his contract, which is the end of the current league year in March. They couldn’t force him to play though. So either a team he wants to play for would claim him and he’d play for that team or a team he doesn’t want to play for would claim him to block him from playing elsewhere. So he’d never make it to a team like the Bills. Teams high on the waver wire would just claim him to keep him from going to a top seed. It’s a moot point anyway. The Browns will keep him on their roster this last week for the comp pick. Yeah. He has been a good player, just not close to what you’d expect from an edge that went #1 overall.

Unlikely that the Browns would release him. His salary for the last game is $73k and he will net the Browns a comp pick down the line. He won’t be on the active roster for the last game so that will cost him $44k in per game roster bonus.

Put his own life at risk to save his kids’ lives. Nothing much more heroic than that IMO. Glad to hear that he’s improving.

At this point, whatever. Just win.

You’re just throwing away good booze? That’s your problem right there.

These are currently the five worst records in the NFL: Indianapolis 4-11-1 Denver 4-12 Arizona 4-12 Chicago is 3-13 Houston is 2-13-1 By starting Peterman Da Bearce are doing what they can to get that 1st overall pick. The Texicans are playing a foundering Indy team that also wants to lose their last game. This is going to go down to the wire.

If you watch the video you might think otherwise. Thibodeaux literally has to repeatedly pull in his right arm on his snow angels to avoid hitting Foles. He knew he was still laying there.

I support whatever the team needs collectively and the players need individually. I know the team is providing counseling and other resources, which is great, but sometimes things take time to process.

I would’ve supported my son if he wanted to play football. Instead he skied/boarded, swam, played in concert band and is now on an eSports team in college. He has a ton of musical and artistic talent, but did not want to commit the time and effort into those - and as a parent you can’t force that and expect a good outcome. My daughter is a HS senior and has played premier soccer for her whole life. She’s dealt with concussions and other injuries from that and skiing, but seems in great physical shape now. She has chosen not to play in college, but I think it was great for her overall. No sport or activity my kids have been involved with has been as concerning to me regarding their safety and wellbeing as them driving at night in the rain or snow - something they’ve both done numerous times for work.

Definitely a possibility. The report I heard talked about the NFL speaking with the teams and NFLPA among others before making their decision. I think there’s still a real chance the game gets completed.

Happy to see this. The league has pleasantly surprised me. I really thought they’d push to get it in this week.

The problem is that there is no solution that does not penalize at least one team. A tie would actually penalize both the Bengals and the Bills. The Bills would lose the #1 seed and the Bengals would lose the chance of the #2 seed and their shot at the #1 seed. KC potentially gets penalized with no game as their chance at the #1 seed is gone. Reworking the schedule penalizes several teams……etc.

Then it’ll be a forfeit. I fully support the Bills if that is their choice. But I am certain that the league is going to try to make the teams complete the game.

The NFL isn’t going to cancel a game. My best guess is that it resumes on Wednesday. As for other options, IMO Cincinnati should not be penalized for doing the right thing in that situation. It was very early, but it is worth noting that it was a game they were winning.

I don’t think the announcers made it up.

When I heard that they were going to have the players warm up for 5 minutes and then resume the game my reaction was “Oh, thank god he’s okay.” I can’t believe the league tried to do that without any positive information about Hamlin’s condition. Just unbelievable disregard for the players as human beings.

Well put. I agree.

I agree. The Giants have to know that Jones is not worth paying or tying themselves to for any longer. I’m not sure that they’ll trade him in the off-season though. If they find their guy in FA or via trade, then certainly. If they don’t and have to draft a QB then they’ll likely keep him for year 4 - or at least until after the draft. Chicago is the interesting team where it comes to lower drafting teams looking for a QB. They’ve got Justin Fields and pick #2 right now. Seems like they’ll be moving one of those.

I want the 1st seed, not just for the bye. I also only want the Bills to have to only beat the Bengals OR the Chefs. Sitting at the 2nd or 3rd seed likely means having to beat both in consecutive weeks.

How about Shady for a pup with a grey or black coat?

Yes, of course it was. Lots of better options on the board who could’ve been starters since his role was always going to be DL depth. That’s an awfully high pick for a depth piece.

A few points of agreement and disagreement with this: - I don’t think teams get a lot of value for elite OTs at market rates. I’d much rather get an above average one at the lesser MV. So I agree with that. But Houston has so little talent I think they’re stuck with him and have to pay him unless they want to trade him. - HOU winning 2 games this season doesn’t matter at all. You could use that rationale to dump any player from any bad team. The point should be to maximize future wins and Tunsil can do that - especially considering he’d be protecting a rookie QB who might need that security. That’s huge in my book. - You have to factor in the opportunity cost for pick 11 (ish). It could be used on an addition to the team at another important position like WR or Edge. Also there’s no guarantee that the LT they would select would be as successful as Darrisaw. Just look at the 2020 draft to see the good, bad and mediocre possibilities. Other posters pointed out that Tunsil is rated the 12th best tackle. That’s from PFF so I’ll use their stats for this. That rating includes RTs, which still have a slightly easier job than LTs. They also have Tunsil rated the #1 pass blocker of any OT. That’s huge and worth a lot more than run blocking at LT. I think Houston has little choice than to pay him, and probably overpay him at that. But he could be huge in helping their new rookie QB become successful and they certainly have the cap space for him. Plus they need pick 11 for a WR (or maybe edge).

I agree - especially if the refs are not protecting the other players from dirty hits, cheap shots, etc.

https://www.al.com/sports/2022/12/nfl-fining-patriots-quarterback-mac-jones-again.html?outputType=amp For the second time this month Jones is getting fined for a dirty play that no flag was thrown on. Refs should not be letting him get away with this stuff.

It never seems to be that sexy or fun to talk about, but your point about turnovers is the biggest factor in determining the winner on Monday. Two very good teams are facing each other and the team that wins the turnover battle likely wins the game.