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NFL Week 16 Thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by RecoveringJournalist, Dec 17, 2014.

  1. da man

    da man Well-Known Member

    It's usually the epitome of injury.
     
  2. Captain_Kirk

    Captain_Kirk Well-Known Member

    Do Nantz and Simms have an opt-out clause where they don't have to broadcast this one? When's the last time Nantz did a Jags game--the 20th century?
     
  3. bigpern23

    bigpern23 Well-Known Member

    I can't wait to hear how great some of these guys are.
     
  4. RecoveringJournalist

    RecoveringJournalist Well-Known Member

    Isn't there some kind of rule that each team has to play one game in prime time?
     
  5. bigpern23

    bigpern23 Well-Known Member

    I think they all have to play one Thursday game, right?
     
  6. RecoveringJournalist

    RecoveringJournalist Well-Known Member

    I'm not sure. I know a couple teams (Bears, Cowboys) played two, granted, only one was in prime time. Packers and Seahawks also played twice on Thursdays.
     
    Last edited: Dec 18, 2014
  7. RecoveringJournalist

    RecoveringJournalist Well-Known Member

    I think the Lions and Eagles were the only teams that didn't play a Thursday "night" game, but both played on Thanksgiving.
     
  8. Chef2

    Chef2 Well-Known Member

    "You're looking LIVE at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Florida........"

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  9. Chef2

    Chef2 Well-Known Member

    I'll never know why they don't move them out of this wretched hellhole.
     
  10. bigpern23

    bigpern23 Well-Known Member

    Yeah, I think the rule is simply that they must play at least one Thursday game. Doesn't have to be a night game. Keeps the scheduling equitable and boosts Thursday ratings by making sure it's not all just games scheduled between the cellar dwellers.
     
  11. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    All right -- I don't know if this is the team trying to muddy the waters and find a bidder, or if people are just wrong or what, but now there's a train of thought that getting rid of Cutler would NOT destroy the Bears' salary cap. Shutdown Corner is just a blog aggregator, but it quotes OverTheCap.com (don't know what their credibility level is) saying he would only be $4 million in dead money.

    http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-s...5-landing-spots-for-jay-cutler-144721467.html

    Is there anything to this? We've heard before how much guaranteed money a guy has coming -- Donovan McNabb in Washington was supposed to have $40M guaranteed, but when they cut him a year later I don't think his total take ended up being even a third of that.
     
  12. Morris816

    Morris816 Member

    The cap hit Shutdown Corner refers to, is how much it would be if the Bears trade Cutler, rather than just release him.

    If the Bears do trade Cutler, though, I suspect the Bears will have to agree to pay part of the salary.

    There is a difference between fully guaranteed money and "guaranteed for injury only," but I don't know if that applied to McNabb. With Cutler, the money he's due in 2015 is fully guaranteed.
     
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