Quarterback Carousel 2022 (new year starts on pg. 53)

[Ann]

51 minutes ago, snafu said:

 

I can’t take that kid serious. He might be really good, but he looks like he’s 14 years old. 

 

Josh looks like he's 14-15 years old to me. 🤷‍♀️

[Ann]

https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1357887642080342017

 

Saints renegotiate QB Drew Brees' contract, free up cap space in 2021
 

As the world continues to wait for an update on Drew Brees , the Saints made an important move regarding the veteran's contract.
 

New Orleans renegotiated Brees' contract to drop his base salary in 2021 to the minimum, NFL Network's Tom Pelissero reported Friday, per an informed source. The club can now keep him on the roster past June 1 while drastically reducing his 2021 cap hit.
 

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[snafu]

32 minutes ago, Ann said:

https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1357887642080342017

 

Saints renegotiate QB Drew Brees' contract, free up cap space in 2021
 

As the world continues to wait for an update on Drew Brees , the Saints made an important move regarding the veteran's contract.
 

New Orleans renegotiated Brees' contract to drop his base salary in 2021 to the minimum, NFL Network's Tom Pelissero reported Friday, per an informed source. The club can now keep him on the roster past June 1 while drastically reducing his 2021 cap hit.
 

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I remember when the Red Sox and A-Rod tried something like this and the Baseball player’s union put the kibosh on it because (their reasoning was) stuff like this hurts other players. 

 

 

[Ann]

Philadelphia Eagles expected to trade QB Carson Wentz soon, sources say
 

The most pertinent questions now become where, when and for what. But it could happen as early as this coming week, per league sources, even as the Eagles continue to insist to other teams that they would be happy to bring Wentz back to Philadelphia.
 

The Eagles are said to be looking for, in the words of one well-placed source, "a Matthew Stafford package" in return for Wentz. The Lions traded Stafford to the Rams last weekend for a third-round pick this year, two future first-round picks and quarterback Jared Goff, the player selected directly in front of Wentz as the top two picks in the 2016 NFL draft.
 

Among the teams that have expressed some level of interest in Wentz are the Chicago Bears and Indianapolis Colts, sources told ESPN, although other teams also have called to gauge the market and see what a package for the Eagles quarterback would look like.
 

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[Ann]

Sources: Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh Steelers to discuss contract, future
 

 Ben Roethlisberger is expected to meet with the Pittsburgh Steelers next week to discuss both his future and his contract, sources told ESPN's Jeremy Fowler.
 

The two sides decided they needed to take time apart following the season before convening to discuss the next steps, sources said.
 

Steelers owner Art Rooney II made it clear in his annual state of the Steelers news conference that Roethlisberger could not return on his $41.2 million cap hit for the 2021 season, the final year of his contract.
 

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[Alaska Darin]

2 Firsts and a young starting QB for Wentz?  Seriously?

 

Trade Josh for 2 entire franchises.

[Hedge]

 

Update: Or not.

 

 

[Ann]

https://twitter.com/MikeGarafolo/status/1358419603521757190


 

[Ann]

Cowboys will sign or tag Dak Prescott, have no medical concerns after two ankle surgeries
 

Dak Prescott isn't going anywhere.
 

Sources say the Dallas Cowboys will make a push to sign their quarterback to a long-term contract prior to the March 9 deadline for applying the franchise tag -- a sign they're confident in Prescott's ongoing recovery from multiple surgeries on the ankle he fractured in October.
 

If no deal is struck, the Cowboys would tag Prescott a second time for a cost of about $37.7 million to keep him from hitting the free-agent market, per sources.
 

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[snafu]

5 minutes ago, Ann said:

Cowboys will sign or tag Dak Prescott, have no medical concerns after two ankle surgeries
 

Dak Prescott isn't going anywhere.
 

Sources say the Dallas Cowboys will make a push to sign their quarterback to a long-term contract prior to the March 9 deadline for applying the franchise tag -- a sign they're confident in Prescott's ongoing recovery from multiple surgeries on the ankle he fractured in October.
 

If no deal is struck, the Cowboys would tag Prescott a second time for a cost of about $37.7 million to keep him from hitting the free-agent market, per sources.
 

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Well I guess a combo of salary and signing bonus that equals 37.7 million in year one is a minimum for the contract.

 

[Ann]

Link to very long article

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I believe Sam Darnold is in play. First, what I know: Four teams have called the Jets to inquire about Darnold’s availability. Each was met with an interesting response, told that the team, with its new coaching staff getting its footing, is still evaluating the quarterback position. That, of course, is not a “no.” And it is true that new offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur and his lieutenants have been taking Jets GM Joe Douglas and his scouts through all the ins and outs of what they want schematically, and what they look for in players individually. Now, for what I think: Douglas, and his scouting brain trust of Rex Hogan, Phil Savage and Chad Alexander have had time to get a really good look at BYU’s Zach Wilson, Ohio State’s Justin Fields and North Dakota State’s Trey Lance, and even if they don’t know them yet as well as they’ll need to in April, the fact that dealing Darnold is a consideration tells you that they’re at least intrigued by something there. The interesting thing is the 23-year-old Darnold is only two years older than Fields and Wilson, and three years older than Lance. And it’d be very easy for another to look at Darnold, and the situation he was in, and deduce that the still-raw talent he’s got can very much be harvested. Which, then, could lead to Douglas having the ability to get even more draft capital to work with to surround a quarterback taken with the second pick. That is, of course, assuming that Deshaun Watson isn’t in play in a few weeks. Either way, the Jets are in a decent spot here, regardless of where they decide to go. And right now? Right now, if I’m a team that prefers Darnold to, say, Mariota or Wentz, I’m probably holding tight on making a big quarterback move.
 

Houston’s still got a problem. Where are we? Just where we told you we were last week. Deshaun Watson’s not returning calls from new GM Nick Caserio or new coach David Culley. The Texans are giving other teams that call them a hard no. And round and round we go. Caserio in particular is really between a rock and a hard place on this one. Neither outcome is particularly great. Either …
 

1) He trades Watson, establishes that a superstar can shoot his way out of town right off the bat and makes Houston the NFL’s version of Elba even more so than it is now. Yes, he could get a nice return. Yes, maybe that’s the second or third pick and his QB of the future. But acquiescing in a situation like this is a tough Ground Zero for any new brass to start on.
 

2) He hangs onto Watson, and Watson holds firm—which creates an incredibly difficult environment for Culley to try and establish his program under. Maybe Watson winds up reporting in the summer. Maybe not. But there are six months between now and then to navigate for a coaching staff trying to get to know the roster and get that roster to buy into what they’re doing.
 

Of course, the best-case scenario for Caserio and Culley is that Watson eventually agrees to meet with them, separate from owner Cal McNair and EVP Jack Easterby, and those guys can establish relationships with their quarterback. The problem with that? I don’t know that even that sort of meeting would solve much, since Watson’s issue is with McNair and Easterby. Which means that might have to be fixed first. And I don’t know that it can be fixed.

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[Ann]

https://twitter.com/MikeGarafolo/status/1358624370827153409

 

[Spartacus]

1 hour ago, Ann said:

https://twitter.com/MikeGarafolo/status/1358624370827153409

 

just as important is the state of the D 

the D won that Superbowl

[IDBillzFan]

41 minutes ago, Spartacus said:

just as important is the state of the D 

the D won that Superbowl

 

If the D won the SB, why did Marsha* win MVP?

 

Huh? HUH?

[Alaska Darin]

Gronk should have been the MVP.

[Ann]

Looks like Mahomes turf toe surgery is tomorrow.

 

[Buffalo Bills Fan]

21 hours ago, IDBillzFan said:

 

If the D won the SB, why did Marsha* win MVP?

 

Huh? HUH?

 

I think both sides played well.  Mike Evans and Godwin combined less than 50 yards receiving. Always thought play simple game plan and have the TE and RB do the dirty work with Marsha. Would be the way to beat the Chiefs.  Really wanted the Bill's do there game plan. Plus the Bucs D has great pass rushers. There cover 2 was way more aggressive than the Bill's. With the double teams on Hill and Kelce.  Let other players try to make a play for Chiefs.

Edited February 9, 2021 by Buffalo Bills Fan

[Ann]

https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1359204943006224385
 

 

[Ann]

Who? But, another back-up position opens up.
 

 

[GG1]

24 minutes ago, Ann said:

Who? But, another back-up position opens up.
 

 

 

Who?  The greatest former Bills trick shot backup QB, that's who 🙂