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JO_75

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Former Falcons QB Steve Bartkowski says based on his experience of being the first overall pick by a bad Falcons team in 1975, Burrow should pull an Eli Manning and get to another team. Burrow has said "If they draft me, they draft me" but also acknowledged the leverage he has similar to Eli and Elway.

“They’re Ohio guys,” Bartkowski said. “I might’ve offended them by telling them that, [but] if it’s the Bengals, I think I’d pull an Eli Manning on that one. I said, ‘You’ve got a chance to do that. That’s happened.’ [John] Elway kind of set the tone, then the Mannings delved into it after Eli was picked by San Diego.”

“I do have leverage,” Burrow said. “They have their process and I have my process. We haven’t even gotten to the Combine yet. There’s a lot of things that happen leading up to the draft and a lot of information gathered.
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https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.c...ck-advises-joe-burrow-to-pull-an-eli-manning/
 
rossihunter2

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Dom McRaven said:
Speaking of blind, I'm blinded by the fact that the Lions continue to show their ineptitude by saying that they plan on trading CB stud Darius Slay. *Could you imagine how even stronger our secondary by acquiring him?*

* = obligatory post
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tbf they may well be about to replace him with jeff okudah (a stephon gillmore clone potentially) who is the highest ive graded a corner since i started this process - only guy who was close as a prospect for me is marshon lattimore
 
JO_75

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Redskins are using Adrian Peterson's club option for 2020. Peterson ran for 898 yards last year and needs 784 yards to become the 5th RB in league history to rush for 15,000 yards.
 
rossihunter2

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SepticeyePoe said:
I don't think I like this

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over the last 5 years only 1 of the teams that would have been a 7th seed got to 10 wins (the fitzmagic jets)
id say the only reasonable and worthy year when this would have been a justifiable thing in recent history would have been in 2014 when the 11-5 eagles missed the playoffs and the losing season panthers made it as division winners

i guess it makes the 1 seed more important but it also means more bad playoff games in all likelihood

the other key proposals seem to be a 17 game season (albeit it might not be implemented until 2022) and a 3 game preseason

the NFLPA must have got some major concessions in other areas because this would be 2 extra competitive games a season for some players
 
SepticeyePoe

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rossihunter2 said:
over the last 5 years only 1 of the teams that would have been a 7th seed got to 10 wins (the fitzmagic jets)
id say the only reasonable and worthy year when this would have been a justifiable thing in recent history would have been in 2014 when the 11-5 eagles missed the playoffs and the losing season panthers made it as division winners

i guess it makes the 1 seed more important but it also means more bad playoff games in all likelihood

the other key proposals seem to be a 17 game season (albeit it might not be implemented until 2022) and a 3 game preseason

the NFLPA must have got some major concessions in other areas because this would be 2 extra competitive games a season for some players
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I really hope that doesn't happen. If it ain't broke don't fix it.
 
Willbacker

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rossihunter2 said:
the NFL seems confident it could happen - this is the first time execs are being flown to NY to have a vote - first time they've got to a point the NFL deems it worthy of passing a vote on their end

but no indications as of yet as to whether it would pass a vote by the NFLPA membership
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The NFLPA needs to stand strong. Maybe an extra regular season game if they willing to shorten the preseason but we cant keep cheapening the game by watering the playoffs.
 
JO_75

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SepticeyePoe said:
I don't think I like this

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rossihunter2 said:
over the last 5 years only 1 of the teams that would have been a 7th seed got to 10 wins (the fitzmagic jets)
id say the only reasonable and worthy year when this would have been a justifiable thing in recent history would have been in 2014 when the 11-5 eagles missed the playoffs and the losing season panthers made it as division winners

the other key proposals seem to be a 17 game season (albeit it might not be implemented until 2022) and a 3 game preseason
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I don't mind adding a 7th team to the playoffs at all and don't mind the whole only the one seed gets the bye. You would for sure have to eliminate the current seeding rules where 1-4 goes to division winners, it still guarantees you a spot in the playoffs but it no longer guarantees one of the top four seeds. Then seed the teams by record 1-7 and have at it.

The key to the 17 game season being pushed back to 2022 or 2023 is that the FOX Thursday Night Football contract runs through the 2022 season. Players may be willing to go to 17 games if it means no more Thursday Night Football by that point. So the NFLPA may say we'll allow 17 games but there is to be no more Thursday Night Football, thus wanting to push the season length increase to the end of the FOX TNF contract.
 
SepticeyePoe

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JO_75 said:
I don't mind adding a 7th team to the playoffs at all and don't mind the whole only the one seed gets the bye. You would for sure have to eliminate the current seeding rules where 1-4 goes to division winners, it still guarantees you a spot in the playoffs but it no longer guarantees one of the top four seeds. Then seed the teams by record 1-7 and have at it.
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I just think 7 is too many playoff teams.
 
JO_75

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SepticeyePoe said:
I just think 7 is too many playoff teams.
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It is but let's face it, more money involved is always going to win which is why 17 games is going to happen too. I'm just saying if you keep the current format, then it does nothing but make the two seed face the seventh seed. Though if you make it where 1-7 are seeded by record regardless of division title(divisions still get you in the playoffs, just not a guaranteed home game, which solves that problem too) and see how things go. I just wonder where the 17th game comes from, the schedule rotation is perfect right now.
 
rossihunter2

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JO_75 said:
The key to the 17 game season being pushed back to 2022 or 2023 is that the FOX Thursday Night Football contract runs through the 2022 season. Players may be willing to go to 17 games if it means no more Thursday Night Football by that point. So the NFLPA may say we'll allow 17 games but there is to be no more Thursday Night Football, thus wanting to push the season length increase to the end of the FOX TNF contract.
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the 2022 was a compromise - range for initiating 17 game season was between 2021-2023 - owners wanted the first one, nflpa wanted the latest possible implementation - good dot connecting on TNF but i dont think it factored in at all
 
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