All things off season 2015.

The Mueller report on the ray Rice investigation just got released. They key conclusion: "As to the first question, despite extensive investigation, we have found no evidence that anyone at the League received or viewed the in-elevator video prior to its public release. Likewise, we have found no evidence of a woman at the League acknowledging receipt of that video in a voicemail message left on April 9, 2014.

With respect to the second question, we have identified the investigative steps that the League took in the wake of the Rice incident, steps that reflect the League’s longstanding practice of deferring to law enforcement—a practice that can foster an environment in which it is less important to understand precisely what a player did than to understand how and when the criminal justice system addresses the event. In this case, that deference led to deficiencies in the League’s collection and analysis of information during its investigation. We conclude that there was substantial information about the incident that should have put the League on notice of a need to undertake a more thorough investigation to obtain available evidence of precisely what occurred inside the elevator. Had the League done so, it may have uncovered additional information about the incident, possibly including the in-elevator video prior to its public release."

Robert Mueller choice compromises NFL investigation - Sports - The Boston Globe (http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2014/09/24/nfl-selection-robert-mueller-compromises-investigation/6umRckSD75On82k4mB25SN/story.html)

the NFL as an organization is just odd to me at this point. they seem to act late and then over-react.

why even have an investigation in the first place? if it was done to appease fans and to dispel the appearance of incompetence .... why choose a person with heavy prior involvement repping the NFL and has ties to ravens pres Cass?

Given that the Pats decided to beat people as bad as possible as some sort of a defense that since we didnt need to do it, that makes it ok to do it. Im glad the Giants beat them.

18-1 without winning the SB had to sting much worse that being accused of cheating. I loved every minute of it and still do. One of the very few times I have rooted for the Giants.
Word. It was the only time I ever cheered a Burress touchdown but my oh my did I cheer.
I admit I was happy with the way it turned out .:)
I hate you all. :)
Well, except giant1. Hating him for his posts, is kind of like booing at the Special Olympics. ;)

Nope .

RGIII needs to realize that Coach Briles, Terry Shea, Daddy, and others who stroke his ego and make him feel good about himself can't help him now. They are irrelevant to his success as a QB on a Jay Gruden coached team. Gruden will pay absolutely zero attention to what any of them has to say about how RGIII should be used or the way he should be coached. RGIII will play in the Gruden system and be coached in the way Gruden coaches his QB's - period. End of story.

Robert first needs to realize that his career is in jeopardy. Then he needs to focus on doing exactly what Gruden wants him to accomplish over the off-season and nothing else - and I mean nothing else, including vacations, promotional appearances, etc. If he can, he needs to cram three off-seasons worth of work into one.

RGIII needs to change. As long as he works for Jay Gruden, he needs to do what he is told to do as a professional QB by his boss - and only his boss. Then maybe, just maybe, he'll have a shot at one day becoming the NFL player he no doubt hopes to become.

Meanwhile, Kirk Cousins will be working his tail off to get better in Gruden's system.

Art Briles takes a shot at Gruden?

I mean.. I can see what he's saying, but how many wins does Briles have in the NFL?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDlG1-XdTwI

This is so irrelevant, and I hate that the idiots over at ESPN980 spend all afternoon talking about this.

Ex-Miami Dolphins fullback Rob Konrad swims 9 miles after fall - ESPN (http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/12140365/ex-miami-dolphins-fullback-rob-konrad-swims-9-miles-fall) Former Dolphin falls off his boat and swims 9 miles to beach .... crazy and lucky to be alive if true .

Cleveland Browns' text message issue with NFL a bad look - ESPN (http://espn.go.com/blog/cleveland-browns/post/_/id/11153/browns-text-message-issue-with-nfl-a-bad-look)

Earlier this week, a Cleveland.com report about former offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan included a sentence about how Shanahan was disenchanted by a non-coaching Browns employee suggesting play calls to the sideline via text. If that's remotely true, that's pretty shameful. How an organization even has an outlet for something like that undercuts the coaching staff big time. If I were Shanahan, I'd be upset, too. Simply can't let some exec try to call plays.


Man, this is terrible. Kyle couldnt escape being undercut by calling his own plays in Washington or in Cleveland...

Amazing the douchebags in the cleveland front office would allow this...

RGIII needs to realize that Coach Briles, Terry Shea, Daddy, and others who stroke his ego and make him feel good about himself can't help him now. They are irrelevant to his success as a QB on a Jay Gruden coached team. Gruden will pay absolutely zero attention to what any of them has to say about how RGIII should be used or the way he should be coached. RGIII will play in the Gruden system and be coached in the way Gruden coaches his QB's - period. End of story.

Robert first needs to realize that his career is in jeopardy. Then he needs to focus on doing exactly what Gruden wants him to accomplish over the off-season and nothing else - and I mean nothing else, including vacations, promotional appearances, etc. If he can, he needs to cram three off-seasons worth of work into one.

RGIII needs to change. As long as he works for Jay Gruden, he needs to do what he is told to do as a professional QB by his boss - and only his boss. Then maybe, just maybe, he'll have a shot at one day becoming the NFL player he no doubt hopes to become.

Meanwhile, Kirk Cousins will be working his tail off to get better in Gruden's system.

You are correct.

Heard a funny joke about SBXLVIII.

"What did the Seattle Seahawks do after winning the Super Bowl?"

"Played the second half."

It would cost the Eagles more to cut Riley Cooper than it would to keep him.

One year ago, the Eagles laughably gave Cooper a $22.5M contract with $10M guaranteed. He predictably face-planted in 2014, pathetically recording a 55-577-3 line with a 2.9 YAC average despite playing on 81.9 percent of the snaps in Chip Kelly's spread offense. Pro Football Focus graded Cooper as their worst wideout among 110 qualifiers. They'd be insane not to hand Jordan Matthews the starting job next year, but cutting Cooper would result in $6.2M of dead money against the cap. Keeping him around (likely as a blocker) will cost $4.8M against the cap.

per rotoworld

lol why in the hell did they pay Riley Cooper and cut D Jax? It makes zero sense...you remember when the talking heads were picking the Eagles to be in the superbowl in the preseason...their roster is in worse shape than most think. Great to see