I actually thought the game was fairly entertaining despite the low score.
I actually thought the game was fairly entertaining despite the low score.
The defense was really good both ways, and a lot of interesting things happened given the low score. Sort of like the 1-0 pitcher’s dual with a few bases-loaded situations mixed in. The casual fan/viewer might have been turned off by this.
As a Bears fan, it was a frustrating game. And probably until the pick it was likely frustrating for the Packers. But it was close and tense throughout.
One can never find enough entertainingly dumb acts performed by NFL players these days, but Antonio Brown has to be in the running for some prize as he just got released by the Raiders, for whom he never played...and away goes $29 million in guaranteed money. Wonder who will try to deal with him next? There's a point at which other teams may not want to go near him, but I doubt we're close to that point...at 4:01pm, any other team can take a shot at him.
Gruden begged him to stop the drama and just play football, but it wasn't to be...
You're sure that he'll clear waivers? That nobody wants to pick up that guaranteed $29 million obligation for such a team oriented guy?
Drew Rosenhaus has got to be furious with AB. He somehow got the Raiders to back off suspending AB (which would have voided the guaranteed money) even though the Raider PLAYERS supported the suspension.
Brown was in the absolute supreme position of power, he had completely disrespected the GM, and yet the Raiders backed down from the suspension. All AB had to do was shut up, play ONE GAME, and PRESTO - $30 million guaranteed. And he had proven to be the Alpha -
But Nooooo. He couldn't let it go. I don't know how much personal credibility Rosenhaus had to put on the table to get the Raiders to back down, but considering it left Mayock without his manparts, I'd bet it was considerable.
And still, AB couldn't keep it together for 3 days for $30 million. In addition to his credibility, Rosenhaus just lost millions of dollars.
I'll bet teams let AB stew for a while, but the first team to lose a key receiver to injury comes running with a one year offer. Can a contract be predicated on a psych eval ?
I clearly don't understand how the NFL cap works... how did the Pats just have $15 mil of cap space lying around to give to AB?
Why are you wasting time here when you could be wasting it by listening to the latest episode of the DBR Podcast?
AB gets cut and lands in New England? Geez. This quickly went from "Antonio Brown is finally being held accountable for his BS," to "Antonio Brown again getting exactly exactly what he wants" over, well, four hours.
So, riddle me this. Why would the Raiders cut Brown allowing another team to pick him up for free? Why not keep him suspended, he would miss his game checks, he would refuse to report after the suspension and continue missing game checks.
I really want this to be the character gamble that finally bites the Patriots in the keister but I guess time will tell.
I am willing to buy a couple shares of this theory. I would have to believe that, if it were true and any proof ever came to light, it would violate some NFL policy that would cost Brown or the Patriots significantly. On the other hand, not many players have the cards to be able to play it the way AB did.
I think he got in practices and saw what life without Big Ben was like. He's been organizing this since he saw how bad Carr was. Now he has Brady...
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge" -Stephen Hawking
as we say around here, Antonio Brown fell into the outhouse and came out with a gold watch...OK, he blew $20 million guaranteed (this deal guarantees $10 million evidently)...however, we should all acknowledge that he hasn't hit the field yet, he could still go off the rails on this deal, though his agent is probably going to babysitting him non stop...Belichick's tolerance for shenanigans is minimal...
The Pats are rarely ever near the salary cap. Between Brady taking below market value every year and them not signing big-name free agents very often (nor overpaying their own), they are constantly flexible in their cap.
Also, if you don’t hit the cap in a given year, some of that rolls over into the next year (meaning you can go over the cap).