West Ham Online

"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."

"I love Taysom Hill. A ""quarterback"" looks like he might have turned the game with a blocked punt."

I did a double take and had to check it really was only half time when I clocked the Redskins score.

Dolphins take the lead. C'Mon Fins!

Skins absolutely hopeless!!

"getting beat 34-0 at halftime at home is as bad as it gets, the one positive is gruden hopefully gets fired"

No more deflated balls then? :-)

"i've not got much time for either but that doesn't stop me appreciating what a great partnership they've had, very few teams have matched what they've achieved and it wouldn't surprise me if belichik didn't fancy another rebuild and working with an inferior quarterback"

"Btw, stronger-than-normal rumours/gossip (and it is only that) circulating that Tom Brady might finally hang up his spikes at the end of this season. He's generally been quite impenetrable on the issue when asked, but in recent weeks quite a few of his (genuinely) closer friends (mostly select ex-team mates) have all indicated that this could be his final year. Which indicates that he's dropped more hints than usual. It's all gossip and rumour, as usual. But it does seem to have a little more resonance because of the sources. Wonder how long Belichick will hang around beyond Tom's retirement? Could be all change in the AFC East. Might even give us Jets a chance to shine (don't hold your breath!)..."

"Yeah, the infection in Smith's leg is awful news, coming on the back of the double-break. He's a really good bloke, and I hope he gets through it OK. The good thing is that he will get the best medical attention in the world, and both the Skins and the NFL will look after him. They are (both) pretty good like that. To be honest, Skins fans, I think Smith was unlikely ever to play again anyway. A double leg break of that kind, at the age of 34, was always going to take at least two years to recover from fully. The infection and treatments he'll need could merely slow that process down further. He's looking at being 36 - minimum - by the time he's even training again. It sounds really harsh, but I'd kinda' written off a comeback. I just hope that he gets over the infection, the breaks and gets mobile enough to enjoy a full retirement. He's earned it."

"No, I'm not sad about it at all! But it's going to be fucking crippling if it turns out he can't play again. Agree about Smith himself. Really hope he gets through this ok."

"you're sad about our cap hit? haha fuck snyder anyway, he deserves all the bad shit he's created. all i care about is smith not losing a leg and walking again, he's a top bloke. until we have new owners and a gm who's his own man, we'll continue to achieve nothing"

"Sounds like Alex Smith is in a pretty bad way with the leg after picking up an infection, and might never play again. Really shitty for him. Sucks for the skins as well. I think he's a 20 million dollar cap hit for both 2019 and 2020."

Yeh sorry about that.... :-)

I was against him ;-(

So who had Derrick Henry in their Fantasy Team then?

"Yeah, McCarthy's offense stagnated at the Packers - and he became increasingly reliant on Rodgers' incredible improvisation skills. He needs to take a break, and update his playbook a little, before going back into the NFL. But he's a good coach and he'll be a catch for somebody. I'm not sure Rodgers has been calling the plays this season, as suggested, it's more the case that he's improvised continuously in the way that he, and few other QBs, can. Rodgers has missed games, remember, and isn't quite the same QB as he was five years ago. That's only natural. I suspect McCarthy won't land at the Jets, but you never know. My gut feeling is that Woody Johnson will try to lure one of the Harbaugh's to New York - but that's just me guessing. Could see McCarthy going to Cleveland and bringing them some much-needed stability - and working well with another improvising QB in Mayfield."

i concur mr b

Rodgers has been calling the plays there for years. It's the biggest open secret in the game. Be interesting who they get in. A yes man. Or one of the Harbaugh brothers.

"loads of coaches who've been at their franchises too long. marvin lewis, probably the biggest failure out of all of them. he must have photos of the bengals owner eating shit :.)"

"Could see the jets going for mccarthy, would be a good coach for darnold"

Packers have fired mccarthy big decision Seems like a bit of a scapegoat. The playcalls havent been great but rodgers has been just bad for large parts of this season

Odell Beckham has strong passing stats for the season.

"Have to take into consideration with bell is that he was the steelers number 2 receiver essentially which is why he wanted to be paid so much, On another note, love seeing the pats score twice on fullback dives, he's one of my favourite players develin, proper oldschool fullback"

"Congrats to my Rams, NFC West Champs for a second year in a row."

"Bizarre, made a lateral run along the end zone until he got taken down. Probably ruined a bet or two on next TD."