NFL Week 10 thread

[Gehrig]

Marcus Lattimore retires, two years after what amounted a career-ending injury while he was at South Carolina.

49rs.co/JaQwWQ

If someone wants to sue to get the NFL's three-years-out-of-high-school restriction lifted, he would be their test case. Guy dominated the SEC as a true freshman, and no one could honestly say he wasn't ready for the NFL then.

I saw the McGahee injury live when he was at Miami, but Lattimore's is probably the most brutal I've ever seen. I don't think I'll ever get the image of his floppy noodle leg out of my head.

This is exactly why I don't fault high level prospects from taking it easy in their junior years nor do I fault NFL players who want the money when they can get it. You never know when a single play may come that effectively ends your career.

 

[3_Octave_Fart]

It will cycle back.
Nobody wants to remember when the Patriots started Marc Wilson and Hugh Millen at quarterback, and when no one gave a bloody shirt about them- but it happened.
Teams can become laughingstocks very quickly in the NFL. The Dolphins and Bills proved that.

 

[LongTimeListener]

Buffalo having billionaire money will change things quite a bit, I imagine.

 

[RecoveringJournalist]

It will cycle back.
Nobody wants to remember when the Patriots started Marc Wilson and Hugh Millen at quarterback, and when no one gave a bloody shirt about them- but it happened.
Teams can become laughingstocks very quickly in the NFL. The Dolphins and Bills proved that.

It will be very interesting to see what happens to the Pats when Belichick and Brady retire and it wouldn't surprise me if it's at the same time.

Welcome to the Josh McDaniels and Jimmy Garropolo show.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Dear 3 Octave: I covered the Millen-Wilson Pats. I'm unlikely to ever forget them. I remember at the tail end of the Sullivan family era walking into the Boston federal building to cover one of the three (!) separate bankruptcy hearings involving the franchise. It was an even money bet the Pats were leaving town. So you're right, things can turn around, but Buffalo's turn has been waiting for awhile now.

 

[RecoveringJournalist]

Buffalo having billionaire money will change things quite a bit, I imagine.

Will it? It certainly won't hurt, but teams like the Bills and Steelers and Packers need more than anything is a good GM. These are not exactly places where free agents flock. You need a GM who can find and develop talent and then add pieces as needed.

 

[poindexter]

Why does the NFL keep pushing London so hard, when in the end, it will be a non-starter? Just another of the so many examples of the Goodell era of pushing product nobody wants (being at the leading edge of domestic violence issues, 18 game season, etc).

http://www.espn.co.uk/more/sport/story/365249.html

I read somewhere that in order to be in the running for a future SB, you have to give up a home date to London.

 

[LongTimeListener]

I think Goodell is forking Pippa and wants to get over there a couple times during the fall.

 

[bigpern23]

Why does the NFL keep pushing London so hard, when in the end, it will be a non-starter? Just another of the so many examples of the Goodell era of pushing product nobody wants (being at the leading edge of domestic violence issues, 18 game season, etc).

http://www.espn.co.uk/more/sport/story/365249.html

I read somewhere that in order to be in the running for a future SB, you have to give up a home date to London.

Wait, since when is the NFL "at the leading edge of domestic violence issues?"

 

[bigpern23]

Do season ticket holders get any reprieve for the London home dates (i.e., their season ticket package includes seven home games instead of eight)? Do they get the chance to purchase similar seats at Wembley for the same cost of their regular season tickets? Just curious.

 

[poindexter]

Why does the NFL keep pushing London so hard, when in the end, it will be a non-starter? Just another of the so many examples of the Goodell era of pushing product nobody wants (being at the leading edge of domestic violence issues, 18 game season, etc).

http://www.espn.co.uk/more/sport/story/365249.html

I read somewhere that in order to be in the running for a future SB, you have to give up a home date to London.

Wait, since when is the NFL "at the leading edge of domestic violence issues?"

Okay, "attempting to be".. see below - here are two.
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/10/nfl-owners-domestic-violence

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/23/nfl-players-no-more-domestic-violence-ad_n_6034896.html

 

[RecoveringJournalist]

Why does the NFL keep pushing London so hard, when in the end, it will be a non-starter? Just another of the so many examples of the Goodell era of pushing product nobody wants (being at the leading edge of domestic violence issues, 18 game season, etc).

http://www.espn.co.uk/more/sport/story/365249.html

I read somewhere that in order to be in the running for a future SB, you have to give up a home date to London.

I don't mind them playing a few games over there, but putting a franchise there would be such an epic failure that it's hard to believe anyone is stupid enough to let that happen.

I think the closest they could get to that would be to play 6-10 games a year over there so they're getting roughly the same number of "home" games as a franchise.

It's one thing when you're taking home games away from Tampa, Jacksonville, Atlanta, Oakland and places where attendance is shaky at best, but it would be a mistake to take home games away from the Steelers, Packers, Seahawks, Cowboys, Redskins, and other places that regularly support their teams.

I get wanting to expand the NFL brand, but I've never really gotten the sense that anyone in London or Europe gives half a shirt about the NFL.