2022 Commanders off season thread part 1

Of course you would be crazy not to look into Cooper, but with the amount of $$ they are going to have to throw at a QB, hopefully a LB and DB, along with McKissic, I can't see them investing that much into the WR position group this offseason. I'd say him coming here is a long shot if he ends up being released.

We'd be crazy to not look into Cooper if the money is right.

Dude was unhappy during a very successful regular season with the cowboys because he thought he wasn’t getting enough touches. No thanks

Salary cap is 208.2 million.

10 million higher than 2020, 26 million higher than last year.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/33447764/nfl-informs-teams-2022-salary-cap-set-2082-million

Calvin Ridley suspended indefinitely, at least 1 season, for betting on NFL games when he was ill during the 2021 season (https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1500933743279808514), says he bet 1500$.

Curious what do you guys make of this one? Seems a rather harsh punishment but I do understand that they have to make a statement about how they are protecting the integrity of the game.

Where I think there's some sort of misunderstanding is when people compare it to other suspension for, ie, domestic violence. Don't get me wrong, hitting a women is way worse than betting on a game. But the NFL is neither a justice court, nor a moral institution. It's a business trying to sell a product. So while sometimes they have to take moral stances to ease their consumers, a guy hitting his girlfriend doesn't directly impact their product. NFL players betting on games could. And with more and more people on the internet thinking the game is rigged, they can't afford to add any fuel to it.

Calvin Ridley suspended indefinitely, at least 1 season, for betting on NFL games when he was ill during the 2021 season (https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1500933743279808514), says he bet 1500$.

Curious what do you guys make of this one? Seems a rather harsh punishment but I do understand that they have to make a statement about how they are protecting the integrity of the game.

Where I think there's some sort of misunderstanding is when people compare it to other suspension for, ie, domestic violence. Don't get me wrong, hitting a women is way worse than betting on a game. But the NFL is neither a justice court, nor a moral institution. It's a business trying to sell a product. So while sometimes they have to take moral stances to ease their consumers, a guy hitting his girlfriend doesn't directly impact their product. NFL players betting on games could. And with more and more people on the internet thinking the game is rigged, they can't afford to add any fuel to it.

I think it’s serious and a bit harsh. I dunno, when I look at Stephen Ross and Synder getting away with their shit and Ridley gets the hammer?

I mean the NFL didn’t shy away from the slow legalization of sports betting, they pursued deals which made them partners and of course will make the league millions.

Simply NO to Cooper ..

Yes yes yes to Cooper. 27 years old and he is exactly what we need opposite McLaurin. We could purse QB, MLB, S , G in the draft.

Can u imagine him going off on Dallas twice a year?

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Where I think there's some sort of misunderstanding is when people compare it to other suspension for, ie, domestic violence. Don't get me wrong, hitting a women is way worse than betting on a game. But the NFL is neither a justice court, nor a moral institution. It's a business trying to sell a product. So while sometimes they have to take moral stances to ease their consumers, a guy hitting his girlfriend doesn't directly impact their product. NFL players betting on games could. And with more and more people on the internet thinking the game is rigged, they can't afford to add any fuel to it.

The NFL owners and their flunky commissioner are a bunch of hypocrites. For them, it's all about the money. If they wanted to assure the public that they are policing gambling by NFL players to ensure that games aren't fixed, they should never have partnered with gamblers.

Now, they are dropping the hammer on a player who wasn't even playing last season because he is mentally ill. Every executive in this nation should know by now that mentally ill people often do things that are self-destructive without being able to foresee the consequences to themselves or others. This player needs to be on medications and have long-term therapy before he is able to better manage his self-destructive behaviors. In short, this level of punishment for a player who is mentally ill was self-serving, for show only, uncaring about a person who is ill and needs help, and either woefully ignorant or immoral. The punishment should be reconsidered and reduced by the NFL.

I'm guessing players are warned strongly to not bet on the NFL, and definitely to not bet on their own teams even if they are betting for a win. Just dumb. The punishment should be severe.

I'm guessing players are warned strongly to not bet on the NFL, and definitely to not bet on their own teams even if they are betting for a win. Just dumb. The punishment should be severe.

That was a crazy punishment. He bet $1500 with a NFL salary that is like me doing my weekly $20 bets. He also bet on parlays, not like money lines and he wasn't even playing.

I could see if he was making prop bets on himself for like how many catches he gets in a game or something, then yeah it should be a full season. this is a one game ban at best for his actions, a full season cost him $11 million bucks.

All the while some how we are in over a year on Watson and no punishment no decisions etc....NFL is a joke in your town.