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How the "Final Four" teams were built

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How the Four Championship Game Teams Were Built
The commonality among the Packers, Falcons, Patriots and Steelers is obvious. But look past their elite quarterbacks, and other trends emerge.
by Albert Breer

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This all makes so much sense, now that we’re at the end of it.

In March, the Eagles gave injury-prone quarterback Sam Bradford a deal worth $36 million over two years. It was less than a week before the Texans handed Brock Osweiler—who started nine games before being benched in Denver—a four-year, $72 million contract.

A month later, the Rams gave up two first-round picks, two second-rounders and a third to get Jared Goff, and the Eagles dealt two 1's, a 2, a 3 and a starting corner to acquire Carson Wentz.

And that was all four months before the Vikings flipped a 1 and a 4 to Philly to get Bradford, because their former first-round pick, Teddy Bridgewater, got hurt.

The lesson? There’s no price too high for a franchise quarterback. Just look at this weekend. Three of the four quarterbacks still alive to see this weekend’s conference title games are making in excess of $20 million per year, and the fourth isn’t by choice—and he may be the greatest football player of all-time.

This isn’t just us on the outside thinking it, either. The coaches and GMs for the other 28 teams felt it, too, when they looked at that bracket after last weekend and saw the final four we’re all looking at: Aaron Rodgers at Matt Ryan at 3 p.m. ET on Sunday, then Ben Roethlisberger at Tom Brady after that.

“They’re so hard to find,” one AFC head coach told me Tuesday. “If you go all in and make a decision that this is the guy, then you have to go get him. And then you have to support him, so he can be the guy you envision him being. If you go get a guy and you don’t support him—you don’t put what he needs around him, i.e. the right receivers, the right protection—then it doesn’t matter. It’s all gonna look bad.

“So it’s gotta be the right fit, the right coach, the right environment, it has to be the right everything. But you’ve gotta have a quarterback to win.”

In this week’s GamePlan, we’ll look deeper at the idea of investing at running back, what sets Aaron Rodgers apart in Mike McCarthy’s eyes, Le’Veon Bell as a pass-game weapon, Keanu Neal as a trend-setter, a quarterback who thinks Kyle Shanahan could be Bill Belichick and much more.

We’ll start with the four teams still alive, their rosters, and what lessons other teams are taking from watching. Again, the most obvious: Find a franchise quarterback. As our coach above said, though, there’s more to it than that. And so to dive in a little deeper, I repeated an exercise I did in my column at this time last year, and looked closely at the makeup of each team’s 53-man roster. Here they are:

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ATLANTA FALCONS
Homegrown Players: 27 (20 draftees, 7 college free agents)
Outside Free Agents: 24
Trades/Waivers: 2
Quarterback Acquired: Drafted Matt Ryan with the 3rd overall pick in 2008.
Last Five First-Round Picks: S Keanu Neal (2016, 22); OLB Vic Beasley (2015, 8); OT Jake Matthews (2014, 6); CB Desmond Trufant (2013, 22); WR Julio Jones (2012, 6).
Top 5 Cap Figures: Ryan $23.75M; Jones $15.9M; DE Tyson Jackson $6.35M; G Andy Levitre $5.375M; Matthews $4.48M.

GREEN BAY PACKERS
Homegrown Players: 44 (34 draftees, 10 college free agents)
Outside Free Agents: 7
Trades/Waivers: 2
Quarterback Acquired: Drafted Aaron Rodgers with the 24th pick in 2005.
Last Five First-Round Picks: DT Kenny Clark (2016, 27), S Damarious Randall (2015, 30), DB Ha Ha Clinton-Dix (2014, 21), DE Datone Jones (2013, 26), DE Nick Perry (2012, 28).
Top 5 Cap Figures: Rodgers $19.25M; OLB Clay Matthews $13.75M; CB Sam Shields $12.00M; OLB Julius Peppers $10.5M; WR Randall Cobb $9.15M.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
Homegrown Players: 37 (27 draftees, 10 college free agents)
Outside Free Agents: 10
Trades/Waivers: 6
Quarterback Acquired: Drafted Tom Brady with the 199th overall pick in 2000.
Last Five First-Round Picks: DT Malcom Brown (2015, 32); Dominique Easley (2014, 29); DE Chandler Jones (2012, 21); LB Dont’a Hightower (2012, 25); OT Nate Solder (2011, 17).
Top 5 Cap Figures: Brady $13.76M; Solder $10.32M; Hightower $7.75M; DE Jabaal Sheard $6.81M; TE Rob Gronkowski $6.62M

PITTSBURGH STEELERS
Homegrown Players: 30 (23 draftees, 7 college free agents)
Outside Free Agents: 21
Trades/Waivers: 2
Quarterback Acquired: Drafted Ben Roethlisberger with the 11th overall pick in 2004.
Last Five First-Round Picks: CB Artie Burns (2016, 25); OLB Bud Dupree (2015, 22); ILB Ryan Shazier (2014, 15); OLB Jarvis Jones (2013, 17); OG David DeCastro (2012, 24)
Top 5 Cap Figures: Roethlisberger $23.95M; ILB Lawrence Timmons $15.13M; WR Antonio Brown $11.88M; C Maurkice Pouncey $10.55M; DL Cam Heyward $10.4M.

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Clearly, the Falcons aren’t built like the Packers, the Steelers’ construction is different than it was with their most recent (drafted-player heavy) title teams, and the Patriots’ high percentage of homegrown talent belies the fact that half of their first-round picks since 2012 are on other rosters. But when other teams look, they do see a few commonalities.

First, the teams have strong leadership, and that’s beyond just the quarterbacks—there are characters here (i.e. Martellus Bennett, Antonio Brown), but there’s character too. None of the four is overrun with knuckleheads.

“I do think the scouting departments now, the GMs are listening to coaches on what they need,” said an NFC head coach. “We’re the ones with these players all the time. And you don’t have to get the most talented player. If you’re always holding your breath, and he’s a ticking timebomb, that’s a problem. You have to be careful. You want quality people, guys you can rely on.”

Beyond that, the teams are built with purpose. The Patriots found Chris Hogan, the right kind of outside receiver for their offense, at a cheap rate. The Falcons plucked Keanu Neal to be Dan Quinn’s next Kam Chancellor. The Steelers brought James Harrison back to play a very specific role. The Packers have gotten way more out of the previously frustratingly talented Jared Cook than other clubs.

Those acquisitions worked because there was vision for what players would do. These aren’t collections of talent. They’re mosaics with each brushstroke tying into the next.

“Talent doesn’t win; talent in right places, coached right, motivated right gives you the best opportunity,” said the AFC head coach. “The most talented player might not be the best guy for your football team. The right fit is the right guy for your team. Nobody does that better than Belichick.

“It’s not about talent with him, it’s about fit. You can be the most talented guy, you might not fit what he wants to do, and he’s gonna pass you by. The teams (alive), I don’t think they really care about what other teams think.”

An NFC GM reinforced the point, saying, “It’s pretty clear with those four teams, if you have philosophical alignment, you can win.”

And the third one that was pointed out repeatedly to me—the teams can run the ball, and have defensive identity. The Packers, because of their injury issues, are the exception on both counts, which speaks to what Rodgers has done the past two months.

The Patriots and Falcons were both in the top quarter of the league running the ball. The Steelers weren’t, ranking 14th, but no one’s been better carrying the mail since Veteran’s Day than Le’Veon Bell. And that, as their rivals see it, is no mistake.

“Outside of Green Bay, they all have the ability to run the ball,” said an AFC GM. “And if you’re able to run it, it makes the quarterback that much better. If Matt Ryan has a run game like that one, he’s a top five quarterback every year. If he has to throw it 50 times every week? Any quarterback’s gonna have a hard time if that’s the way it is.”

So having a good locker room mix, a roster built with a purpose, and a run game to take the heat off the quarterback matters. But it’s hard to get away from the central theme—getting it right at the most important position is the starting point, and generating the right environment for that guy is next.

The flip side is there, too, with how disastrous it can be to force it with the wrong guy. (Surprise! Brock Osweiler’s name came up repeatedly).

“There probably isn’t a price too high, but you have to be careful selling the farm to get one piece,” said the NFC coach. “You have to be careful. You don’t want to just go get the best available. Look at Houston.”

Of the Texans, the AFC coach says, “The coach saw, ‘This guy isn’t gonna get us there.’ And then, eventually, the coach was right. He was right. So now they have a huge investment that’s killing them. And they have a decision to make.”

Something for everyone to remember in a few months when we’re all sorting through names like Jimmy Garoppolo, Kirk Cousins, Tony Romo, Mitch Trubisky, DeShone Kizer and DeShaun Watson—with the temptation being the payoff that the four franchises left standing are reaping now.

I hope McVay makes guys this accountable

....because this team needs it.....a disciplinarian especially coming in as a new head coach but also 30 years old.

I dislike the Patriots as much as the next guy, but this is a really good article. Bellichick doesn't care who you are -- he will rip Brady in front of the team as much as anyone else when he makes a mistake, and its painfully obvious the Rams have not had this kind of accountability in the past under Fisher.

http://mmqb.si.com/mmqb/2017/01/18/nfl-tom-brady-bill-belichick-new-england-patriots

The Grudens arent afraid to tear people a new ass, so I hope that part of him rubbed off on him because way too many small mistakes happen which turn into losses when you add them up. Penalties, dropped passes, missed assignments, blown coverages -- this team needs accountability and a reality check as much as anything. Especially being in L.A.

Jake McQuaide picked for Pro Bowl

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/01/18/rams-long-snapper-picked-for-pro-bowl/

Rams long snapper picked for Pro Bowl
Posted by Zac Jackson on January 18, 2017

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Rams long snapper Jake McQuaide has been selected to represent the NFC in the Pro Bowl.

McQuaide is a first-time Pro Bowler. He’s been the Rams’ long snapper since 2011.

The Pro Bowl is Jan. 29 in Orlando.

McQuaide becomes the third Rams player to be selected for the Pro Bowl, joining punter Johnny Hekker and defensive tackle Aaron Donald.

Ravens owner: Cut commercials to fix TV ratings

My favorite quote is: "I still don’t know any owner that’s in this business because of the money."
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STEVE BISCIOTTI ON NFL'S RATINGS: FIX COMMERCIALS
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This is for fans who will grow tired of watching commercials during this weekend’s playoff football slate.

Ravens Owner Steve Bisciotti is right there in agreement.

“It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that nobody wants to see two minutes of commercials, come back, kick the ball and then go to a minute-and-a-half of commercials,” Bisciotti said Tuesday. “I’ve thought that was absurd since I was 20 years old.”

The NFL’s declining ratings have been widely reported this season, and there’s been much talk about why. The 2016 election, the referees, players’ off-field-issues, the crackdown on player celebrations, the injury-inducing big hits (and lack of big hits) have all been cited as possible factors.

Bisciotti first questioned whether the ratings drop is just a reflection of problems across television. Consumers have turned more and more to their smartphones.

“This is the most precipitous drop we’ve ever had, right?” Bisciotti said.

“It has to be compared with everything else that [the television networks are] doing. I don’t know if ‘CSI’ is down 10 percent also. You’d have to compare apples to apples by looking at general viewership. But yes, those numbers were pretty stark at the beginning of the year.”

Still, Bisciotti thinks altering the commercials during games could be a place to start. The NFL already began experimenting in Week 16, as networks played with the number of ads in a break, the length of the ads and the frequency of the breaks.

“We’ve got to figure that out,” Bisciotti said. “Again, if you change that, it could mean a reduction in income, but that’s going to hit the players more significantly than it’s going to hit the owners. I still don’t know any owner that’s in this business because of the money.

“Everything is on the table, and if we have to go to ABC and NBC and say that we’ve got to cut some commercials out and give some money back and half of that money doesn’t go into the player pool, maybe that’s what we’re going to have to do. But our expenses would be adjusted accordingly too. So, I’d like to see some things cleaned up.”

Brandon Marshall

Jets to cut Brandon Marshall this offseason?
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ESPN Jets reporter Rich Cimini expects the team to release Brandon Marshall this offseason.

Marshall is entering the final year of his contract and is coming off arguably the worst season of his career. He had a 10-year-low 59 catches for 788 yards, just the second time since 2006 that Marshall was held under 1,000 yards. He also found the end zone just three times after scoring a combined 45 touchdowns the previous four years. Everything can't be blamed on Marshall, however, as the quarterback play was truly atrocious. But Marshall turns 33 in March and is due a non-guaranteed $7.5 million. The Jets are going nowhere fast.
Source: ESPN.com
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Marshall Has still got it. I believe he is still a top 10 WR in this league and would love to have him on a two year deal if the jets were to cut him. Hell I would even offer them a 7th rounder to trade for him to ensure we get him.

8to12 Let's make a deal Mock

Roster Cuts:
R. Saffold
A. Donnal
D. Rhaney
J. Brown
EJ Gaines
E. Sims
L. Kendricks

Resign:
Trumaine Johnson: 4 years 38-Mil

Restructure:
M. Barron
M. Brockers

Free Agency signings:
WR- Desean Jackson 2 years 18-mil
CB- Logan Ryan 4 years 26-mil
Edge- Chandler Jones 4 years 48-mil
Guard- Kevin Zeitler 3 years 7.5-mil
DT- Alan Branch 2 years 7-mil
S/CB- Micah Hyde 4 years 24-mil
TE- Logan Paulson 2 years 3.5-mil



Pre-Draft Trade: Jets trade 3rd round pick, #70 overall, to Rams for Tavon Austin

Pre-draft Trade: Cowboys trade 2nd round pick, #60 overall, to Rams for Robert Quinn

Draft:
Trade: Rams trade up with Bears for their 2nd Rnd (#36), giving up 2nd Rnd (#63 from Cowboys) and 3rd Rnd (#69 Rams)

2nd Rnd - #36 Adoree Jackson CB / RTN USC
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- Rams get CB / Returner that can take over the Slot corner.
Note: the Tavon trade made sense because he is not a true receiver on offense. He is just a gadget player that doesn't generate enough points on the scorebaord to justify his contract. And, Jackson may be a better returner.


Trade: Rams trade down with Saints ; giving Saints 2nd Rnd (#37) and receiving Saints 2nd (#42) and Saints 4th Rnd (#116)

2nd Rnd - #42 Pat Elflein Center Ohio State
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Rams get arguably the best Center in the draft. Elflein excels at run blocking. He will be the first step in increasing Gurley's yards per carry.

3rd Rnd - #70 (from Jets) Haason Reddick OLB / Edge Temple
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Reddick is my favorite player so far this off season. His speed off the edge and his pursuit across the field is impressive. He played End at Temple, but will play OLB with the Base 4-3 set, and he can play Outside Edge rusher when the Rams go to a 3-4 look.

4th Rnd - #110 Cooper Kupp WR Eastern Washington
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Best all around receiver available at this point of the draft. Will make us forget about Quick & Britt.

4th Rnd- #116 (from Saints) Avery Gennesy OT Texas A&M
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Tackle with quick feet, Should be able to compete with Robinson @ LOT.

4th Rnd - #139 (Comp) Jeremy Sprinkle TE Arkansas
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Arguably the best blocking TE in the Draft, which is why I selected him. And, as you can see in his highlites, the man can move and catch. Playing with Hunter Henry last season (2015), Sprinkle had 27 cathes for 389 yards and 6 TD's. Not bad production for the 2nd TE. He will help the Rams running game.

5th Rnd - #158 Nazair Jones DT North Carolina
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Jones will make a good rotational DT that is string against the Run. He can spell Brockers in the 4-3, or he can play DE in a 3-4 front.

6th Rnd - #190 John Johnson Safety / CB Boston College
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A D-back with size (6'1") and reach that is very good in coverage and has decent range playing Safety.

Trade: Rams trade up with Vikings ; Rams send 6th Rnd (#220) and 7th Rnd #226 for the Vikings pick in 6th Rnd (#200)

6th Rnd - #200 Des Lawrence CB North Carolina
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Lawrence has good size (6'1" , 190 lbs ) , he's aggressive in coverage and has a swagger similar to what I see in Jenoris Jenkins.

Summary:

Defense- the goal was to upgrade the Secondary without losing any production from the front 7. Replacing oft-injured Quinn with Chandler Jones will give DC Phillips more flexibility in his fronts and options to create pressure. Moving Joyner to FS so he can keep everything in front of him will improve his value. Adding Micah Hyde makes the Rams secondary as good as the Seahawks or Cardinals.

4-3 : 3-4 front 7 option
RDE- Chandler Jones ROLB- C. Jones
DT- Donald RDE- N. Jones
DT- Brockers NT- Alan Branch
LDE- Hayes LDE- Hayes
SLB- Haason Reddick LOLB- H. Reddick
MLB- Ogletree ILB - Ogletree
WLB- Barron ILB- J. Forrest
LCB- T. Johnson
Slot- Adoree Jackson / Hyde
RCB- Logan Ryan
SS- Alexander
FS- Joyner / Hyde

Offense: Increasing the yards per carry in the Run game and improving the protection for Goff is the main focus. We bring in Desean Jackson and Logan Paulson that know McVay's system to help bring along the younger guys. The receiving corps will stay young with Jackson being the leader.

WR- D. Jackson

TE- Higbee / Sprinkle
RT- Havenstein
RG- Wichman --------- RB- Gurley
C- Elflein --------- QB - Goff
LG- Zeitler ---------- H-back- Harkey
LT- Robinson / Gennesy

Slot- P. Cooper

WR- M. Thomas / C. Kupp

( Barnes swing C / OG )
( Gennesy swing OG / OT )

Draft question

Somebody please refresh my memory on the Goff trade with Tennessee regarding our 3rd round pick. Am I remembering correctly that we retain our 3rd round pick if we get a Compensatory pick in that round which Tennessee would then get? Otherwise, Tennessee gets our regular pick?

And when do Compensatory picks get awarded to teams?

Thanks you football nerds for the help!!!!!!

Coaching Success: A moving scale?

I heard some discussion on the radio today about Andy Reid and the Chiefs losing on Sunday. The host of the program (NFL Network, I forget who it was) said "Reid always has a good team, is in the postseason more often than not but has been to just 1 Superbowl. And you really can't hold that against him"......I'm assuming as far as his legacy/history goes. I disagreed out loud (yeah talking to the radio is rarely a good thing). His record is as follows:

18 years as a head coach
12 postseason berths
1 Superbowl appearance
1-4 in Conference Championships

If it wasn't for his one Superbowl appearance, he's Marty Shottenheimer all over again. Marty was a head coach for 20 years with 13 postseason appearances. 0 Superbowls and 0-3 in Conference Championship Games. Sooner or later it's gotta get old. If you were an owner when Marty was an active coach, the smart thing to do would be hire him, let him build you a winner and then find somebody to get them over the hump before Marty worked them into the ground. If I were Hunt, I'd be looking for a guy to get the Chiefs over the hump. Speaking of the Chiefs, they must feel like the snake bit kings. Marty and Andy and DV!!! 0 Superbowls. That's 19 years with one of those 3 at the helm, 15 winning seasons, 11 double digit winning seasons, 11 postseason berths and 0 Superbowl appearances.

I don't know what's worse, going through what the Rams have or being a Chief fan? I'm kinda glad we're on our 4th coach since Martz left. At least we're not finding a guy who wins in the regular season but can't deliver the team to the pinnacle of the sport.

There are very few Chuck Nolls, Tom Landry's and Don Shula's. I guess we'd have to agree the modern model is Belichick. 22 years, 15 postseason appearances, 6 Superbowl appearances with 4 wins. There have been guys like Vermeil, Holmgren and Reeves who took 2 teams to a Superbowl but even they are just 2-7 in the big game. Shannahan was good but couldn't get a 2nd team back. Coughlin didn't get the Jags there (2 Conference Championship Losses) but did win 2 with the Giants despite just 5 postseason berth in 12 years there. Gruden looked like the next Big Winner but alas, even he petered out and took on a broadcasting job, which he refuses to abandon despite yearly offers. Even his record, though good wasn't like the great ones (11 years; 5 postseason appearances; 2 CC games @ 1-1 and 1 Superbowl win). Mike McCarthy has a wonderful record; 11 years 9 postseason berths but just one Superbowl (1-2 in Conference Championship Games). He has a chance to better that significantly this year.

So what do we expect with our young genius? Great things right? But how great? And how long do we give him? In today's NFL he had better make the playoffs very soon and once there, he better make it to a Superbowl and once there he better win one. And having done all that if he needs to do it again or he could be JUST LIKE Jon Gruden. If he doesn't get there, he'll just be another Marvin Lewis. Genius on one side of the ball.

Thoughts?

Ricky Proehl to resign from coaching

I was hoping he would consider joining the Rams as wide receiver coach but alas...

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...e-receivers-coach-ricky-proehl-stepping-down/

Panthers wide receivers coach Ricky Proehl stepping down
Posted by Zac Jackson on January 17, 2017

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Panthers wide receivers coach Ricky Proehl has informed the team that he plans to resign.

Per the Panthers’ official website, Proehl is stepping down for family reasons. He has two sons who will be playing college football next fall.

Proehl spent six years with the Panthers, the last four as wide receivers coach. He had a 17-year career as a player and played three seasons with the Panthers.

Proehl caught 669 passes and 54 touchdowns passes in his career while playing for the Cardinals, Seahawks, Bears, Panthers, Rams and Colts.

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Under McVay, '17 is now a "prove it" year for a lotta players...

I think it's fair to say that McVay can be considered a strong O mind with an excellent reputation for developing players, right?

Here are some vets that could be considered to be on the bubble before the first OTA. At least imo. I mean on the bubble in the sense of taking a firm grasp of their respective starting positions, NOT in the sense of being cut in '18, mind you.

Jared Goff. Yeah, he needs to make a statement this year.

Todd Gurley. Need to see that #10 pick of '15 player rather than the '16 pouty imposter.

GRob. Little explanation needed. Heck, he's not even a total lock to make the roster, much less a starter.

Tavon Austin. Perhaps McVay can better utilize him. I fear that we've already seen close to Tavon's ceiling, however.

Lance Kendricks. McVay loves TE's in his O. Can Kendricks step up? I think he'd better.

J Brown, Wichmann, Barnes, Donald, even Havenstein. Can these guys be even average OL players in '17 with better coaching and game scheming? I'm hoping, but I dunno.

Now, for a few starter wannabe's...

Spruce. Can he produce in a real game, AND can he stay healthy? He'd better do both.

Thomas. He best show up with flypaper hands starting with OTA's. Maybe a personal coach might help?

Cooper. Needs to do more than the occasional flash if he wants to see significant snaps. I've got a feeling that he might be one to benefit most from superior coaching.

Higbee. Another that needs to take a giant step forward if he wants to be a big part of this new O. Another that could really benefit under superior coaching.


The D situation is much better and with Phillips as DC, far fewer question marks. But still...

Here are a few that could either take the "right" or the "wrong" fork in the road in '17.

Quinn. Can he ever be anywhere close to the dominant player he once was? If not, regretfully, McVay and Wade may need to make other plans for '18.

Forrest. Does he have a future as a starter?

Gaines. Is he 100%? And if so, can he return to his '14 form.

Jordan. Can he become a starter on this D? Or will he remain a backup?

FA and the draft will give us strong clues as to the player evaluations made by the new staff.

Can't wait to see how this all unfolds.

Amazing TV Ratings for the NFL on Sunday

In fact... the NFL kicked some major TV ratings ass.

The fudge-packers vs cowgirl game had 50 million viewers. That was just a Divisional Playoff game.

Compare that to the College Football Championship Game... that game only had like 27 million viewers.

Heard that on the radio this morning. The hosts were laughing about the so-called declining popularity of the NFL.

Amazing numbers really. Even if it was a game featuring 2 very popular teams. It wasn't even a Championship Game.

Report: Eagles may cut ties with C Jason Kelce

http://www.rotoworld.com/headlines/nfl/353585/Report--Eagles-may-cut-ties-with-Jason-Kelce


Jimmy Kempski of the Philly Voice reports the Eagles "are considering moving on" from C Jason Kelce.

It would be a surprising move which ultimately would not save the cap-strapped Eagles very much money. Philly would gain $3.8 million against the cap by releasing or trading Kelce, and that number would grow to $5 million if he is designated a post-June 1 cut. Neither total seems like enough to move on from one of the better centers in the game, even if he is coming off a down year. Kelce just turned 29 in November.
Source: Philly Voice

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