NFL News

Your “A Lull By Any Other Name…” Thursday Evening Open Thread

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NFL Natterings: Well, Deshaun Watson's lawyer is making friends at the NFL head office. He said "some of the women did not feel like they were being respected" during their first three meetings with the league's lead investigator, Lisa Friel. Friel had a career as the chief of the sex

Your “Who Is The Government To Question If I Have 16 Kids?” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

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NFL Notes: Davante Adams says his Packers status is "affected" by the Aaron Rodgers situation. Pushing the point - Adams is in the final year of his contract. With an average salary of $14.5 million per year, he has slipped to No. 15 on the receiver pay scale. The Bitcoin

A Tempestuous Tuesday Evening Open Thread

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NFL Noise: Well, in the absence of actual news - beyond Amazon starting their Prime-only Thursday package in 2022 - it's all about the Packers and how they've made a mess of things: Mike Florio farts - should the Packers & Seahawks trade disgruntled quarterbacks? Terry Bradshaw posits that, "him being

Your “Touching Draft Week Touching” Monday Evening Open Thread

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Three days from now Cle-Town is Draft Town! It's also when Roger Goodell starts getting all handsy with guys who can't say no. ESPN has a breakdown of the draft-night hug's origin story. Because everything is a thing now, I guess. NFL Nuggets: Sean Lee retired today after 11 calendar years

Your “One Week Until the Jets/Bears/Giants Blow Their Pick” Thursday Evening Open Thread

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The Draft is next Thursday! [DFO] will be your Open Thread headquarters, so tell your friends. NFL Notes: It's "New Rules" Day: Replay will now involve "consultation" between the refs of the field and the booth in New York. In technical terms, the authority to consult with referees on certain "specific,

Your “Actually Getting To Choose The Method” Monday Evening Open Thread

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NFL Nuggets: Alex Smith has decided to retire, "even though I've got plenty of snaps left in me." He finishes with a career record of 99-67-1, a passer rating of 86.9 and a TD-INT ratio of 199-109. Honestly, it's kind of nice that he gets to go out after the

Your “There’s Still No Gambling at Bushwood, Sir” Thursday Evening Open Thread

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NFL Notes: Hide Hippo's credit cards - Caesars Entertainment, DraftKings and FanDuel have reached agreements to become Official Sports Betting Partners of the NFL. Caesar's now gets to brand themselves the "Official Sports Betting Partner of the NFL" while continuing as the League's "Official Casino Sponsor". I guess I know

Your “Shoulda Been You, Brady” Monday Evening Open Thread

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New week; new server. Let's see how it goes. NFL Nuggets: Julian Edelman packed it in today, minutes after his release by the Patriots. He failed a physical on his knee, and didn't want to bother trying to sign somewhere else and having to learn, say, the Bengals Way, But it