NFL 2015 season Thread

[TightEnd]

[vegaslover]

I see that as a no to having a permanent team in the UK, but more games abroad per year

[TightEnd]

I see that as a no to having a permanent team in the UK, but more games abroad per year

they are having trouble with HMT and HMRC on domicile, tax etc for players who would be employed by a UK franchise but wouldn't live here all year round

until that is resolved, and its 18months in the negotiation and no sign of resolving, they decided to ramp up the International series by going to mexico, berlin, barcelona etc

[vegaslover]

Yeah, have heard elsewhere team in UK not gonna happen as too much trouble for players to live here, as well as all the travelling.
So typically British that so many crooks etc can so easily live and run she;; businesses through the UK but genuine sportsman can't.

[Ironside]

if the government ever sorted out the tax farce would the lions be a good franchise to move over here?

[TightEnd]

if the government ever sorted out the tax farce would the lions be a good franchise to move over here?

absolutely not. why would they move from detroit?

its an expansion franchise or nothing for London, but not for a while yet

[Ironside]

if the government ever sorted out the tax farce would the lions be a good franchise to move over here?

absolutely not. why would they move from detroit?

its an expansion franchise or nothing for London, but not for a while yet

would an expansion require atleast 4 new teams?

[TightEnd]

if the government ever sorted out the tax farce would the lions be a good franchise to move over here?

absolutely not. why would they move from detroit?

its an expansion franchise or nothing for London, but not for a while yet

would an expansion require atleast 4 new teams?

not necessarily, though it would temporarily unbalance divisions of it were

texans were a single expansion team

panthers and jags started together


the way it works is there are attempts to mitigate an expansion team being uncompetitive

it receives the number 1 draft pick in the april before its first season and and the april after

the hope is that they would draft a couple of cornerstone players, a qb maybe, a left tackle maybe

then each other franchise has to offer the new team 3 players from its 53 man roster

the expansion franchise can select however many of these 3 per team it wants, and assumes their contracts

this gives the expansion team its initial roster. it is also a chance for other teams to get out of contracts it does not want (whereas cutting players incurs dead money or can do)

typically lose for a few years but if done right can be play off teams on a 3-5 year view

[Tal]

I thought Mr Khan bought Fulham because he wanted to move the Jaguars?

[TightEnd]

I thought Mr Khan bought Fulham because he wanted to move the Jaguars?

that was one of the options yes

but he overpaid for fulham, they went down and the nfl isn't convinced it wants to mvoe a team across.

[Longy]

if the government ever sorted out the tax farce would the lions be a good franchise to move over here?

Detroit is a big sports city, with big fan bases for all its franchises in the US even if a lot of these might be transplants now elsewhere in the US. If you are looking at franchises to move think more team in southern parts of the US struggling to fill stadiums Jacksonville etc.

Though to be honest Tighty's point is probably even more important and the next franchise move is much more likely to be to LA.

[The Camel]

The demise of Colin Kaepernick is very sad to watch

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000551945/article/smith-on-49ers-woes-tomsula-doesnt-deserve-this

[tikay]

The demise of Colin Kaepernick is very sad to watch

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000551945/article/smith-on-49ers-woes-tomsula-doesnt-deserve-this

Where & why did it all go so wrong, Keith?

I remember vividly that incredible write up you did about him on TfT 2 (?) years ago, & the wonderful fun we had following him.

[tikay]

Keith,

I have bumped that stunning write up you did for TfT. To my surprise, it was 3 years ago.

Doubt I've ever been so impressed by a write up as that, & it was all happening as predicted. Then something went wrong. What?

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=56581.new#new

[fatcatstu]

In my opinion there are a few factors.

Their defence is getting absolutely smashed to bits, they are conceding 27.5 points per game, this automatically puts the offence under huge pressure. Chasing the game all the time means youa re looking for bigger variance plays and therefor more mistakes are made.

This is compounded by the fact he has a poor receiving core to pass to this year.

Anquan Boldin, Torrey Smith and Garrett Celek do NOT a receiving core make. I dont care who you are, you cant polish that particular turd!!! He has only completed 72 passes this season, whilst completing to 14 different targets. He hasnt got that one, reliable release valve to target, that will be in large part due to who he has to throw at.

He is also coming under alot of pressure, and has been sacked 14 times this season already.

All of this adds up in my opinion.