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NFL Offseason Thread: 2018 NFL Draft

PhDeac said:
Because televised sports cater to the least knowledgeable fans in order to bring in and keep an audience.

The RPO is relatively new to the NFL particularly to any fans of teams that don’t regularly use it. I don’t remember hearing much about it at all before this past season. So they’re introducing a new concept and a new term to the audience.

Edit: This article from August confirms what I was saying. It introduced the RPO as the hot new play for the 2017 season. There were only 5 RPOs per game in 2016.
https://www.theringer.com/nfl/2017/...s-option-rpo-aaron-rodgers-ben-roethlisberger
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C'mon man. Just read.

Dumb questions about dumb complaints tend to generate dumb discussions.
 
PhDeac said:
C'mon man. Just read.

Dumb questions about dumb complaints tend to generate dumb discussions.
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You're just the fan I'm talking about. If you heard it once, you understood it and you were good. Yet they kept repeating it ad infinitum, all game, all year, allegedly for those "least knowledgeable fans," as you say. Which was unnecessary. The regular fans understand it after one mention. The novice fans don't care.

Just a random observation. Didn't realize it would irk you.
 
Can we talk less about RPO and other announcer word vomit and more about Jimmy Garappolo?
 
How many teams need a QB? How many proven NFL starting QBs are available?

Jets
Broncos
Buffalo
Miami
Jax?
Minn?
 
Feels like the Colts ended up with a better option in Reich. Will be interesting to see how the Eagles' ridiculous offense is affected by his (and the QB coach's) departure.
 
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DeaconForever said:
Add the Cincinnati Bungles to this list. I'll be so pissed off if they draft Baker Mayfield.
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They'll probably have to trade up significantly in order to get Mayfield. Darnold and Rosen probably go 1&2, and I doubt Allen and Mayfield last after 6.
 
Demonwolverine said:
Cardinals. Giants.
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Giants seem to be sticking with Eli for 2018 so I don't see them in the market for a high dollar free agent QB. Might they draft somebody to follow Eli? Possibly this year. More likely next.
 
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Think Miami is still pretty set on Ryan Tannehill, and he has 3 years left. Also, surely Minnesota doesn't need any more QBs.
 
tigerswood said:
Think Miami is still pretty set on Ryan Tannehill, and he has 3 years left. Also, surely Minnesota doesn't need any more QBs.
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All the QBs on the Minn roster for 2017 are about to be free agents (Mar 14, start of 2018 NFL year.) Minn has 3 QBs, but they also may have none. Which one(s) do you keep and pay?
 
Deaconblue said:
All the QBs on the Minn roster for 2017 are about to be free agents (Mar 14, start of 2018 NFL year.) Minn has 3 QBs, but they also may have none. Which one(s) do you keep and pay?
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I've read they can keep Bridgewater for around $9mil, so they'll probably do that regardless - then they'll have better info next year as to whether he's trustworthy to sign long term. Then see how much Keenum wants. If it's too much, then keep Bradford. And between Bradford and Bridgewater, maybe you'll get 16 games added up between them.
 
Sounds like there's a solid chance they might franchise Keenum, while pursuing trade options as well. Not a bad move, although unsure if they'd be able to keep Bridgewater and have $30 million in QBs if no viable trade offers come.
 
tigerswood said:
Sounds like there's a solid chance they might franchise Keenum, while pursuing trade options as well. Not a bad move, although unsure if they'd be able to keep Bridgewater and have $30 million in QBs if no viable trade offers come.
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Is Keenum worth what a franchise tag would cost - that is top 5 QB salary?
 
If they think Bridgewater can be the guy, maybe they'll only keep him and draft a QB.

It's such a weird situation. They've won with 3 QBs. None of them are franchise guys. All have a good relationship with the franchise.
 
PhDeac said:
If they think Bridgewater can be the guy, maybe they'll only keep him and draft a QB.

It's such a weird situation. They've won with 3 QBs. None of them are franchise guys. All have a good relationship with the franchise.
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I wouldn't say none of them are franchise QBs. Bridgewater was well on his way to being 1 until his knee injury. If he's healthy, I'd go after him if I were another team. And that's why I think Minn will keep him for $9mil - just to test the waters with him this year before going for a long term commitment. And Keenum could well be a franchise QB based on his play this past year. I'm interested to see if some team ponies up close to $20mil per for him. I wouldn't call Bradford a franchise QB - he's competent when healthy, but he's almost never healthy.
 
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