Palmer trade was just the icing on the cake. when a 4-12 roster is cap-strapped, you know you're ****ed for a while. All the guys Al Davis would have tried to lock up Reggie has simply let walk. Personally I'd be fine if they cut Palmer, let Pryor fail miserably (tank) and take Clowney or Johnny Football next year.
Discuss the player who lost millions of dollars because his agent faxed something a few minutes late.
Elvis Dumervil fires his agent Bucs sign TE Tom Crabtree Giants sign WR Louis Murphy Giants sign LB Dan Connor Giants sign TE Brandon Myers 49ers sign S Craig Dahl Jets re-sign K Nick Folk Patriots re-sign CB Aqib Talib Patriots re-sign LB Niko Koutouvides Patriots release WR Brandon Lloyd Patriots sign OT Will Svitek Raiders sign LB Kevin Burnett Saints re-sign KR/WR Courtney Roby
Bengals re-sign LB Rey Maualuga Dolphins to re-sign G/T Nate Garner Jets sign LB Antwan Barnes Jets re-sign LS Tanner Purdum Rams sign OT Jake Long Redskins re-sign OT Tyler Polumbus Saints sign TE Ben Watson Saints re-sign LB Ramon Humber
Colts re-sign DB Cassius Vaughn Cowboys re-sign LB Ernie Sims Raiders sign DT Vance Walker Titans release QB Matt Hasselbeck
Bengals re-sign CB Adam Jones Bucs re-sign LB Jacob Cutrera Bucs re-sign LS Andrew Economos Cardinals re-sign QB Brian Hoyer Chiefs re-sign LS Thomas Gafford Colts sign DT Aubrayo Franklin Colts re-sign G Joe Reitz Dolphins re-sign QB Pat Devlin Dolphins DT Randy Starks signs his tender 9ers sign K Phil Dawson 9ers sign WR Marlon Moore Giants re-sign QB David Carr Giants S Stevie Brown signs his tender Jaguars re-sign C Brad Meester Jaguars re-sign WR Jordan Shipley Panthers sign CB D.J. Moore Panthers re-sign CB Captain Munnerlyn Panthers sign S Mike Mitchell Patriots re-sign CB Marquice Cole Raiders re-sign OT Khalif Barnes Redskins sign CB E.J. Biggers Texans re-sign CB Brice McCain Titans sign G/C Robert Turner Vikings sign G Seth Olsen
So . . . the NFL entertaining make a new rule that RBs cannot run with their head down . .. outside 'the box'??? What maddness is this??/ Rocket RIver
Power rankings in March! Texans are 7th! http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/74371/espn-coms-nfl-pre-draft-power-rankings-2 :grin:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Running back rule passed, 31-1. Illegal to lower crown of helmets. Tuck rule also passed.</p>— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/314414423039156225">March 20, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>The Jim Schwartz challenge flag rule has also passed, I'm told. <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23Lions">#Lions</a></p>— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/314414247046164480">March 20, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>All the rules change proposals have passed. I'm hearing Bengals were only ones to vote against the helmet rule</p>— Joe Reedy (@joereedy) <a href="https://twitter.com/joereedy/status/314415471539662849">March 20, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>The Tuck Rule vote was 29-1-2. The <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23Patriots">#Patriots</a> abstained, as did the <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23Redskins">#Redskins</a>. The <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23Steelers">#Steelers</a> voted against the Tuck Rule change.</p>— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/314419980403888128">March 20, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
They can still run with their head down. They just can't lower their head to spear a potential tackler. Presumably for the same reason that a potential tackler can't lower their head to spear the running back. Lots of people seem to misunderstand what is being banned. The NFL did an analysis on a full weekend of games, and what is being banned happened a total of 5 times between all 16 games.
ProFootballTalk @ProFootballTalk 1h Rich McKay says NFL studied Week 10 and Week 16 from 2012; there would have been 11 flags under the new helmet rule during those two weeks.
I think eventually teams will run the ball at like a 10% rate and every game will look like an Arena league score with Texas Tech / Baylor defense on display.
For comparison, that's 11 flags out of about 1600-1800 running plays that would have been run in all those games combined. So that's less than 1% of running plays that have this issue.
