NFL (since 2016)

[crystal falace]

"Free agency started last night and was pretty crazy some huge money being spent. Osweiler getting £18m a year for the Texans, leaving the Broncos without a QB, Giants have spent a fortune on good but not great players, Oliver Vernon has more guaranteed money than JJ Watt. lots more deals but cant be bothered to list them all."

[Takashi Miike]

"it's a decline in talent, and he wants too much money. it will be good to see him go"

[Takashi Miike]

"you can't get things right if the owner/gm (which is the same thing at redskins park) are not on the same page as the head coach in regard to draft picks and coaching assistants, and to last at the franchise the pre-requisite is to be a yes-man to those two, which is why our last good coach (shanahan) fucked off. it's a bit like managers working under the current west ham board, it won't really matter who's manager/coach while you have those still running things. it's been clear gruden's had enough for a while, he isn't that great a coach but you can tell he's had enough but they (snyder/allen) have no idea what to do next. the logical thing is letting another young coach, kevin o'connell (current offensive coordinator) who's in the mould of mcvey to take over but knowing them they'll get it wrong again"

[southbankbornnbred]

"Mind you, just checked and he's approaching 30 now - so perhaps it would be wise. You don't want to be lumbered with him on a huge salary at 32 etc."

[southbankbornnbred]

"Is that a talent issue, though, or just poor coaching on a poor team? The danger is that you release him and he wanders off and plays well under a good coach and a solid team."

[Takashi Miike]

"no, he's been poor for a long time and would struggle to cover anne widdicombe now, i wish they'd released him in the summer. he can't play zone coverage, and the burst he had at carolina is long gone"

[southbankbornnbred]

"Could get worse for the 'Skins, TM, if this talk about releasing Josh Norman next summer continues. I know he has shot his mouth off a few too many times, but he's still one of your best players. The pitfalls of following teams like ours: they are CONSTANTLY in rebuild mode, because they can't get the basic building blocks right. The Jets have been ""rebuilding"" pretty much every year since 1969! With the Skins, it's all the more surprising because back in the 1980s it was seen as a steady, sensible franchise that was always in the mix. Those days feel like a long time ago now, I'm sure. Gruden looks like he's about to turn to Haskell to try to save his job."

[Takashi Miike]

"we'll score plenty of points on sunday, but it's hard beating anyone when you're conceding 30+ a game"

[Oh dear]

"It is difficult to see the Redskins winning a game, even with Miami and the Jets on the schedule. They're poor beyond belief. The longest rebuilding process in history In the last 10 years of MNF there 7 occasions where the home team is down by more 19-points at halftime, 4 of those occasions it has been the Redskins"

[Takashi Miike]

"crystal, WHOMAIL"

[Takashi Miike]

"I don't give a fuck about fairness, we're doing nothing for the next two to three years so he should be getting experience playing, not playing third fiddle to two hasbeens in mccoy & keenum. you can't have watched any of the games or watched gruden in press conferences if you think he's coaching for his job. he threw in the towel weeks ago"

[crystal falace]

"In fairness Mike, everything i've read has said Haskins isnt ready and he definitely didnt look ready from the small sample i saw in the preseason, and Gruden is probably coaching for his job this year so have to try and win games now (not that its working very well) Can do more damage than good sometimes to a young QB to just throw him in when he's not ready to play, would expect him in soon though once the Owner/Coach have accepted that the season is gone. Could also be a good move by Gruden if he brings haskins in later int he year for some meaningless gametime and he looks good it might somehow convince the owners to give him another year to develop the kid"

[Takashi Miike]

"they couldn't even get right a 'ring of honour' ceremony on monday night when the misspelled the name of, arguably our greatest ever linebacker, London Fletcher on the jumbotron with LONDON FLECTHER. they are cunts"

[zebthecat]

"southbankbornnbred 11:10 Wed Sep 25 It is a horrible injury. A friend of mine had the same thing as a result of a bike crash. He was on the cusp of having to have his lower leg amputated. When he completed rehab he was told to be very careful as the bones, though healed, were not as strong as they were and another break would almost certainly lead to amputation. That would be difficult thing for Smith to have to carry with him on the field. That's if the original break was as bad as it looked."

[Takashi Miike]

"lee, he has three years left but they have an option to let him go after next season for an $11m cap hit. ideally he'll be back to mentor haskins next season. that scenario will only happen though if snyder/allen employ a coach who wants to play haskins, as gruden made it clear he didn't want dwayne. money isn't a problem for snyder, so it's hard to work out what he's trying to achieve by holding on to a coach who refuses to use the number one pick, has zero respect for the team mvp from last season (peterson) and continues to employ a defensive co-coordinator who they tried to replace numerous times in the summer, and who's defence is leaking 30+ points per game"

[southbankbornnbred]

"I can't see Smith coming back from that injury. If he does, it will be one of the most remarkable returns from injury. It's great to see him moving around again, but his movement must surely still be affected. Fair play to the man for trying to get back, though. One tough fucker for even trying - many would have called it quits during rehab."

[Lee Trundle]

"""I read last week he's still in a cast"" Ignore that, I just googled him and apparently he was seen in your last game walking without any aids (with a limp though)."

[Takashi Miike]

"apart from a new coach you have very little to worry about, have two decades of a scumbag like snyder and you'd realise how bad it can get"

[Lee Trundle]

"What's your views on Alex Smith, Miike? I read last week he's still in a cast. The bloke's got to retire, surely?"

[southbankbornnbred]

"Yeah, the skins seem to be in meltdown, too. I watched a bit of the Chicago game - they looked down and out long before the end. Is Haskins going to make a difference? If I'm honest, I haven't seen much of him despite an excellent college career. At least the Jets have Darnold, for a short period (can see him going elsewhere in order to realise his huge potential), to save the odd game here and there when he gets fit again. Big risk that Gase, or replacing Gase with a third head coach quickly (which we WILL need to do) could now ruin Darnold's development. The Jets are fucking mental. Mike McCarthy, a superbowl winning coach in Green Bay who took that team to eight play-offs in 12 seasons, only wanted to coach one team afterwards: the Jets. His agent teed up the whole deal, and the fans wanted him. And the owners opted for Adam Gase, a bog-eyed failed Fins coach, instead."

[Takashi Miike]

*mob*

[Takashi Miike]

"as bad as your job are, they're way in front of the redskins. they are on the way to extinction under the current owner/gm/head coach"

[southbankbornnbred]

"Total yards: 32nd Yards per play: 32nd Scoring: 32nd First downs per game: 32nd Passing: 32nd Third-down %: 31st Run: 28th Yards per rush attempt: 29th I'm going to bang on about this, because Gase is already doing my nut in. His offences have scored a total of 11 points in the past 10 quarters of play. He called a run play on 3rd and 15 against the Patsies - and lost seven yards and punted! Fucking joke coach. Appointed on his alleged offensive innovations - absolutely no evidence throughout his career that he has ever innovated. Basically, he had Peyton Manning in Denver, so his entire reputation was built on ""coaching"" a man who didn't need to be coached. His playbook at Mile High probably read: ""Snap to Peyton...let Peyton decide where ball goes..."" This joker managed to convince the Fins and Jets to part with millions of dollars for his ""services"". Hope he's out by November. This season is a busted flush already."

[southbankbornnbred]

"I see Gase is indeed already getting it in the neck from New York's media and fan base. It's an interesting one. He's only three games into his stint at the Jets, and they have been plagued with injuries, but there is still an over-riding feeling that the head coach is way out of his depth and responsible for awful play-calling. It was visible against the excellent Patsies. Commentators on the game were openly second-guessing Gase's play-calls from the sidelines: he had nothing to offer. Gase is a co-ordinator, at best. After the Patriots game, he admitted that some of his offensive players didn't know what was going on during certain plays. That's entirely on him. His tenure is already beginning to feel like that of Glen Roeder's time at West Ham: got the job, to everybody's surprise, when there were bigger and better candidates out there, not really qualified for the role, given some breathing space because there is talent on the roster and - like Roeder - already beginning to massively underperform despite that talent on the roster. I hope I'm wrong, as I want any Jets side to do well. But can't help but feel Gase will be a short-lived phenomenon in New York. Thankfully, we have a potential replacement head coach on the coaching staff already, in Gregg Williams. You never know with this Jets ownership - they are not exactly quick to rid themselves of poor coaches. But might be worth some smart money on a short stint for Gase. Already alienated fans and media after three games - its already a long way back for him in Gotham. His only potential saving grace is a relatively quick return from Darnold, who has the outright talent to make them competitive: but that would feel like papering over the cracks. They need a proper head coach."

[crystal falace]

"If they're limiting Brees then it may allow Brady to catch/overtake him as the one thing thats been a bit stagnant this season has been the Ptriots' running game, leaving Brady to chuck it all over the place still. The thing that annoys me with all these ""all time"" records is that they dont include the post season, when the games matter most and against the toughest competition but they're not included in ""all time"" stats"

[ironsofcanada]

I worry about Kamara but it seems he has a Gumby body at least for now.