NFL 2015 season Thread

[The Camel]

Shame Kelvin Benjamin is on IR. They are very thin at WR.

[TightEnd]

Yahoo livestream of Bills-Jaguars game attracts 33.6 million views http://at.nfl.com/eV0NhuK

[Graham C]

old stuff



edit: this is it, $20m http://www.techinsider.io/yahoo-nfl-streaming-ad-rates-decline-2015-10

[tikay]

I watched "Hard Knocks" blast night, which followed the Bengals in their 2013 Training Camp, thought it was really well directed & most interesting.

It ended on a sad note.

Great big geezer, Larry Black - think he was a defensive something - broke his leg & dislocated his ankle in training.

We saw him carted off to the treatment room, then they say he has to go to Hossie, da dee da. 

So he rings home to tell them he'll not be home for tea, as he thinks he has broken his leg. And this big black, hard as nails giant of a dude - all 22 stone of him - was crying his eyes out, positively weeping, sobbing.

And I'm thinking, get a grip man, you're an NFL player, you've gotten injured, welcome to NFL.

Anyway, I went to Wiki to see what happened, & it says this......

Black signed with Cincinnati as college free agent on April 30, 2013. On July 31, Black suffered a leg fracture and dislocated ankle in practice. He was waived (injured) on Aug. 7, and after being cleared he was reverted to the Bengals Reserve/Injured list. The Bengals waived Black on August 25, 2014.

I'm not familiar with NFL lingo, but I guess the emboldened part means they let him go?

I got thinking about it afterwards. What does a 25 year old 22 stone NFL reject do with his life now? Hard to imagine him in a 9 to 5 job, & he has not got the experience to Coach or anything.

Somehow see him ending up in a bit of a bad place. 

Quite sad really.

Do these guys carry insurance for this sort of thing?

Hopes & dreams, crushed, just like that. One moment he's hoping to get a multi million deal, next thing, he's a scrapheap job, on Welfare.

A story repeated, I suppose, right across NFL.

Click to see full-size image.

[TightEnd]

many more fail to make it than make it and end up in regular jobs

a lot keep training, hoping for another chance, trying out with different clubs

many, as you indicate, fall off the rails

the emotion when a non-star player suffers a major injury is because they know chances are limited. teams move on quickly

many ex-NFL players post retirement fall off the rails too. bankruptcy is all too common and often big health problems too (long term undiagnosed head injuries, the effects of many cortisone injections etc etc)

there are a number of hard knocks series, each good in their own way. this year's -  particularly the parts on the dedication of JJ Watt, is particularly good

[fatcatstu]

Have you watched the "A Football Life" series?

Just watching the one on Steve Gleason, a former New Orleans safety who has ALS.

Absolutely inspiring, and had me in tears at points.

They are such great programmes.

[arbboy]

I remember in 2011 in O'Shea's in vegas some huge guy was carrying the rake boxes to the cage and i said to the dealer joking 'he must have played in the nfl.  I have never seen a guy that big and strong in my life'.  The dealer said 'yer he blew his knee out last year after 1 year in the league'.  This is the harsh reality of the nfl and how brutal the injury rates are.

[The Camel]

I watched "Hard Knocks" blast night, which followed the Bengals in their 2013 Training Camp, thought it was really well directed & most interesting.

It ended on a sad note.

Great big geezer, Larry Black - think he was a defensive something - broke his leg & dislocated his ankle in training.

We saw him carted off to the treatment room, then they say he has to go to Hossie, da dee da. 

So he rings home to tell them he'll not be home for tea, as he thinks he has broken his leg. And this big black, hard as nails giant of a dude - all 22 stone of him - was crying his eyes out, positively weeping, sobbing.

And I'm thinking, get a grip man, you're an NFL player, you've gotten injured, welcome to NFL.

Anyway, I went to Wiki to see what happened, & it says this......

Black signed with Cincinnati as college free agent on April 30, 2013. On July 31, Black suffered a leg fracture and dislocated ankle in practice. He was waived (injured) on Aug. 7, and after being cleared he was reverted to the Bengals Reserve/Injured list. The Bengals waived Black on August 25, 2014.

I'm not familiar with NFL lingo, but I guess the emboldened part means they let him go?

I got thinking about it afterwards. What does a 25 year old 22 stone NFL reject do with his life now? Hard to imagine him in a 9 to 5 job, & he has not got the experience to Coach or anything.

Somehow see him ending up in a bit of a bad place. 

Quite sad really.

Do these guys carry insurance for this sort of thing?

Hopes & dreams, crushed, just like that. One moment he's hoping to get a multi million deal, next thing, he's a scrapheap job, on Welfare.

A story repeated, I suppose, right across NFL.

Click to see full-size image.

Larry Black would have been a long shot to make the roster without the injury.

But knowing he never had the chance to prove himself must be the most painful thing of all.

[Ironside]

ok another question only tighty mighty know answer to

who is the highest drafted player this season that didnt make a squad (not including injuries)

how many of the 224 players in the first 7 rounds of the draft ended up without a club this season?

[TightEnd]

ok another question only tighty mighty know answer to

who is the highest drafted player this season that didnt make a squad (not including injuries)

how many of the 224 players in the first 7 rounds of the draft ended up without a club this season?

without looking it up i know a fourth rounder got cut
1,2,3 rounders are usually kept in year 1 because of contract commitments. doesn't necessarily mean they were good picks, just too early to cut them
50-75 draft picks wouldn't be on teams. easy to cut if you are a late round pick

a decent draft really. amari cooper looks like a star WR. Wnston and Mariota show promise. leonard williams. ronald darby. gurley of course and plenty of others

next year looks v good too. several quarterbacks, quite a few receivers. two potential star running backs 

[Ironside]

i see ryan mallet got released today after he missed the team flight to miami at the weekend

[Tal]

i see ryan mallet got released today after he missed the team flight to miami at the weekend

Bit sick for Bill O'Brien to lose his second and fourth choice quarterbacks on the same day, even if they were only occupying one roster spot.

All japes aside, should Mr Mallett be expecting a call from an upstate New York number in the near future?

[TightEnd]

i see ryan mallet got released today after he missed the team flight to miami at the weekend

Bit sick for Bill O'Brien to lose his second and fourth choice quarterbacks on the same day, even if they were only occupying one roster spot.

All japes aside, should Mr Mallett be expecting a call from an upstate New York number in the near future?

he'll probably be asleep when the call comes

[Tal]

i see ryan mallet got released today after he missed the team flight to miami at the weekend

Bit sick for Bill O'Brien to lose his second and fourth choice quarterbacks on the same day, even if they were only occupying one roster spot.

All japes aside, should Mr Mallett be expecting a call from an upstate New York number in the near future?

he'll probably be asleep when the call comes

Even if he doesn't move, he'll still get flagged for interference.

[TightEnd]

With games being played in Britain, the NFL's line against sports betting has been blurred. http://nyti.ms/1GJDILw