Billy Claude

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 Since Earnhardt got the trademark for the 8 he wanted, he has already withdrawn his second submission.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.

Spagnuolo was interviewed by the New York Jets. He is one of the 17 on their interview list. The Jaguars also interviewed Spags. They were able to do the interviews during the Chiefs' bye week. https://www.newyorkjets.com/news/steve-spagnuolo-jets-head-coach-interview-1-10-2025 https://www.si.com/nfl/jaguars/news/breaking-jaguars-announce-completed-interview-with-chiefs-steve-spagnuolo-01jh61djv3t5

The momentum is the same but Physics 101 says that the change in momentum = force * time it takes to stop. If the cushioning means that the head comes to a stop over a 2 cm distance instead of a 1 cm distance, it will increase the time for the head to come to a full stop and the average force will be reduced by about a half. This is the way airbags, crumble zones etc. work. So the brain may be slapping the skull if you hit the pillow but it will do so with much less force which decreases the possibility of a concussion and the severity of the concussion. I have no idea whether the Guardian helmet is real world effective or not but I don't think there is anything in the physics that says it can't work.

From what I understand they will get a $41M cap hit next season but very little cap hit after if the insurance pays out the $44M. The $41M next season is already reduced from $46 due to insurance payments for missing games this season. They could easily release him post June 1 in 2026 with very little pain. It is true the insurance company will investigate. The new injury has to occur while he was doing approved rehab or otherwise related to his original injury and not, for example, jet-skiing or night-clubbing.

It seems like nobody actually reads the thread. As pointed out by MDH and BarleyNY, Watson's contract is heavily insured, they will get $5M of cap relief next season for Watson's missed games this season and will get $44M in cap relief in 2026 if he misses the entire coming season. This is the best possible news for the Browns, enough that the insurance company should look into it more carefully since I am pretty sure Watson doesn't want to play in Cleveland any more. The insurance is expensive but the premium does not count against the cap, so the only question is why more teams don't do this, e.g., von Miller.

This is definitely best case scenario for the Browns.

Rodgers played better than the 5-12 record indicates but a lot of those high season total rankings is because Rodgers refused to hand the ball off to his running backs. They had the 5th highest number of passes (20% more than the Bills) but by far the lowest number of rush attempts (4% lower than the next lowest team). I believe the Jets had the lowest ratio of rushes to passes in last season. I can't believe that the Jets OC was refusing to call rushing plays so I assume it was Rodgers either checking out of rushes or Rodgers choosing to pass when he was given a option at the line.

It appears that the Jets want to. https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/jeff-ulbrich-expects-to-interview-for-jets-head-coaching-job-next-week Obviously just a courtesy interview but I wonder why Ulbrich would bother to take it.

Seems pretty convenient, Browns would get 44.3M of cap relief in 2026 due to injury insurance, not to mention actual cash, if Watson can't play in 2025. Not that Jimmy Haslam would ever do anything dishonest like insurance fraud. https://sports.yahoo.com/browns-eligible-massive-insurance-relief-163727876.html#:~:text=The Browns had about %2414,%2444.3 million in insured relief.

From how I read the article the main person expecting Rex Ryan to interview for theJets HC job is Rex Ryan.

What do you mean? Why doesn't it make sense? I am just saying the coaches and front office have zero motivation to tank since they will be gone in a few weeks. Why would they tank to give the Jets a better draft choice?

It was widely reported that Woody Johnson ordered the benching of Tony Adams earlier in the season, so Johnson has made playing time decisions before. However, if I were Ulbrich I would tell Johnson FU if he ordered me to tank. I don't think Woody Johnson has enough respect around the league to blacklist coaches.

Why would the Jets tank? How is a higher draft choice going to help anyone on the coaching staff or front office? None of them will be there next season.