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I would definitely be in favor if they did this instead of adding an 18th game but definitely not if they do this and add an 18th game.

For what its worth, several Jets have came out and said that Rodgers was a good influence in the locker room though it is interesting that it has been mainly defensive players saying this.

Right, the story is trying make it sound like Jackson's trying to do something ridiculous when it is something pretty standard. But like you said, however, it's more fun to make fun of Jackson.

Lamar Jackson isn't trying to trademark the number 8, Jackson (or more likely his lawyers) was contesting a particular form that Earnhardt was trying to trademark. In fact, Earnhardt said that it was a backup that they submitted in case they couldn't get the form of 8 they wanted. Since Earnhardt got the trademark for the 8 he wanted, he has already withdrawn his second submission. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/motorsports/dale-earnhardt-jr-explains-why-he-gave-up-trademark-to-lamar-jackson-so-quickly/ar-AA1CCCw2 This stuff happens all the time.

Actually it was Tyreek Hill that filed for the divorce though later he claimed the filing was made by one of his staff without his knowledge: https://business.mammothtimes.com/mammothtimes/news/read/43876394/tyreek_hill_fires_‘bonehead’_staffer_who_dolphins_star_says_mistakenly_filed_divorce_papers

It makes sense that you are bad at positions that you spend resources on, especially with regards to draft capital. If you use a high draft choice at a position and the guy is a bust, you will need to do it again.

There's no way that the Jets have 250 VPs and SVPs. If they are offering 170 buyouts, its getting reasonably low in the organization.

Kind of strange. You usually offer these mass buyouts to downsize but a quick Google claims the Bills have 750 employees while the Jets only have 250. So it doesn't appear the Jets organization is bloated.

People around the league has seen this for a long time. Three former Bills front office people have been/are NFL GMs -- Brian Gaine, Joe Schoen, and Dan Morgan. That doesn't happen if other teams don't hold the Bills' front office in high regard.

Forgot about Rudolph but they seem to be all in this season picking up DK.

This means that Rodgers has the Steelers over a barrel. I haven't heard anything about them being interested in Cousins.

Apologies if this was already discussed uptrend. Dows this in Luke the $31M cap hit for Diggs? If it does, that explains the #8 ranking for the offense. If it doesn't, the salary ranking for the defense must have been pretty low. Anybody have the salary ranking for the defense?

I would put Rodgers closer to 20 considering the offensive weapons he had and an offensive line that was playing pretty well once they put Olu Fashanu in. He was basically Trent Edwards with occasional flashes. However I agree that he is better than what the Steelers had and that he looked better at the end of the season.

Good cummulative stats makes it appear he had a good season; Rodgers was #7 in yards (Allen was #14) and #7 in TDs (tie with Allen) but dig a little deeper and you realize it was simply because he threw the ball so much. The fact that he was #30 in yards per attempt (Allen was #9) shows he had a mediocre season at best.

Maybe, but I'm pretty sure they said the same thing about Saleh when he was hired. There are reports out of New York that Glenn wants to keep Rodgers but I can't imagine any OC candidate would want that. If you have Rodgers you essentially have to run Rodgers' system. The Jets had 5% fewer runs than the next lowest team this season. I can't believe it is because the OC refused to call running plays. Even if you try to run your system Rodgers will just audible out of it.