Michael Penix is on the precipice of finishing an incredible journey in his college career. He & Washington play the most enjoyable brand of football we have in the college game.
Where is his draft stock right now?
I can’t even lie this Offense is gonna be scary
@ShedeurSanders
being legendary and you see our new great route runner extraordinaire like who stopping us?
#SkoBuffs
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The NFL doesn’t make you wait two months for games that actually matter. Love CFB, but the stakes of these games are manufactured by so many others being a formality.
AND…
45% of his receptions allowed go for 1st Downs or TDs
5th highest yards allowed per target
Tied for most 15+ yard receptions allowed
2nd most open targets allowed in Cover 1
Most yards allowed in Cover 1
Not joking when I say the INTs hide one of the worst ever CB seasons
Eisenhower had to use the extent of his federal power to get Arkansas’ national guard to stop supporting segregationists, the students were physically assaulted by their peers, and the governor closed every school to prevent their integration.
That’s the crowd Jerry stood in.
𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘:
#Cardinals
LB Isaiah Simmons has been getting reps at DB and plans to make the position switch, per
@Cardschatter
Simmons is an extremely gifted athlete and if anyone could make that position switch, it would be him.
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Five operators of illegal streaming networks have today been jailed for a total of 30 years 7 months which included illegal access to watch Premier League matches.
Lets make sure we speak with clarity.
Brian Flores is not *risking* his career. We know how this ends.
You’re not going to work for the company you’re suing while proceedings are active, and we know the NFL doesn’t take kindly to litigation.
It’s over and I hate that for him.
At the beginning of the year, I started as a freelancer for Pro Football Focus. With that came an opportunity to guest on the PFF CFB podcast. And today, I’m excited to share with y’all that I will be joining the PFF content team for the long haul, as an NFL Analyst 😎✌🏾
This past week I posted a tweet that I subsequently deleted. I issued an apology but not everyone saw it. So I am reposting my apology here. As a Christian I want to be a force for love to everyone. A force for healing and reconciliation-not for animosity.
We’re going to keep hearing about this. I just want everyone to consider a few things
- Kyler is an elite, blue chip athlete
- Kyler has top 10 arm talent in the NFL
- Kyler’s already having a difficult time finishing seasons healthy and maintaining his play late in the year
If you’re Seattle, you can’t possibly be more excited about Mike Macdonald.
As soon as KC was out of its opening script, Baltimore shut their water off. Not only does the man know how to build his defense around his personnel, he can adjust mid-game like he’s a 30 year vet.
I’m begging ESPN to take it easy with the trauma porn tonight. BEGGING.
I can’t take any more dead moms, dads, grannies, lil brothers, best friends, etc.
We can tell compelling stories without it.
Pete Thamel reports on
@SportsCenter
the Pac-12 today reviewed the terms of an Apple deal that would be primarily streaming.
Thamel mentions w/ potential subscriptions could surpass Big 12 revenue number, first reported by
@jasonscheer
.
Would likely take massive amount of…
Becca Myers, who is deaf and blind, has withdrawn from competing in the Paralympics in Tokyo after a committee denied her request to bring her mother, who is her personal care assistant
After extensive meetings Monday and Tuesday, the Bears are not making a head coaching change and Matt Eberflus offically is expected to return for the 2024 season, per league sources.
The
#NFL
is planning to have an "active conversation" this offseason about possibly banning the “hip drop” tackles, according to NFL's CMO Allen Sills.
Listen, y’all arguing points that I’m not making. And y’all can do that until you’re blue in the face.
Them numbers ain’t up for debate, though. I didn’t say he can’t catch the football.
I just said he’s getting absolutely FRIED. PAN SEARED. OVEN ROASTED. FLAMBÉED.
Often.
Having things in life I can share with my son is huge for me.
He can’t handle haircuts, so we’re both growing our afros.
I watch all his shows and play his games, because they matter to him.
And I brought him out to our last preseason practice, because it matters to me.
It’s single high man at the 5 yard line, and you don’t even LOOK at the pick route up top, before coming to the back line dig?
And you throw at the guy that JUST picked you off in the end zone?
The NFL and
#Browns
QB Deshaun Watson have struck a deal on a disciplinary settlement. As part of it, he’ll be suspended 11 games and pay $5M.
Watson is slated to return in Week 13 against the
#Texans
.
Roy Williams retired in 2021.
Coach K retired in 2022.
Nick Saban retires top of 2024.
NIL may not be the sole reason for these decisions but if you don’t think it played a huge part you are crazy. we watching a changing of the guard in real time in the college ranks.
Justin Fields’ biggest focus this offseason was shortening his release.
Double-tapping the ball before a long and swoopy throwing motion isn’t what I want to see this early in practice…
Around 2 years ago — almost to the date — I was denied an opportunity to call defense at a high school in my area because I was too young and black to represent the program, according to the administration.
I try to let it go, but let me get this off my chest real quick:
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2019 LSU was the outlier. 2010 Auburn was the outlier.
If you want to win a title, you do it in the trenches. Any CFB coach that isn’t talking about needing the best big men in football to win rings is wasting your time.
In this saga of Commanders messaging vs. Ben Johnson, I don’t think anyone should be more upset than Aaron Glenn.
I can’t think of a worse way for a team to imply that they had absolutely no intent on doing anything other than waste your time.
The NBA season is coming — and I’ll do this in greater detail once I have some current film to work with — but I’ve always wanted to compare basketballs pick and roll coverages to what we see in football, so here we go:
Riley Moss can play! But I will say, the white corner having to answer for his ability — the same way black quarterbacks had to do for years — is KILLING me 😭😭😭😭😭😭
Director of Sport Performance: Chris Doyle
▪️ Served as Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for the University of Iowa from 1999-2019
▪️ Participated in 16 bowl games
▪️ Saw 55 Iowa players selected in the NFL Draft from 2005-2019
1. CFB has this funny effect where people conflate the volume of passing touchdowns with the quality of the games played.
2. I’m talking about stakes, not game quality. But while we’re here, nobody needs to pretend about quality. The NFL games blow CFB out of the water.
Raheem Morris did one of the best coaching jobs in football this season, has worked on both sides of the ball, and has over 2 decades of NFL experience
He’s not just professionally connected but legitimately close friends with Kyle Shanahan and Sean McVay
Can’t get a call back
I don’t think Jamarr Chase is having a hard time because of the size of the ball or the lack of white stripes, because I’m going to venture a guess that he trained in the pre draft process with a pro ball.
His quotes sound more like rationalizations from a guy with the yips.
Tua spent his time at Alabama playing under Steve Sarkisian-who ran Kyle Shanahan’s offense
Mike McDaniels will be running-his version of-Kyle Shanahan’s offense
Tua will be very very very comfortable in this system and scheme!
My dark horse pick for defensive rookie of the year: Drake Jackson @ San Francisco. After seeing what Demeco Ryans got out of Arden Key and Samson Ebukam last year, imagine what Jackson can produce opposite of Nick Bosa.
Best bend in this draft class, he’s going to EAT in SF.
Honestly bro, why is Watson’s name on here? And why are you squeezing him into the middle of this list to hide it if you ARE putting his name in there?
Players out Sunday include Christian McCaffrey, Xavien Howard, DeVante Parker, Saquon Barkley, Kenny Golladay, Curtis Samuel, Deshaun Watson, Laremy Tunsil, Ronnie Stanley, Sammy Watkins, Nick Chubb, Zach Ertz, Rodney Hudson, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Russell Wilson and Chris Carson.
From the sources I spoke with about Ja'Marr Chase's hip injury, the reason the timeline is so up in the air regarding his return is that the team hopes because of his physical makeup, Ja'Marr's hip will heal faster than the average person.
I will not entertain “they didn’t run the ball enough” against a team with like 6 plus run defenders in its DL rotation alone. Oh and maybe the best LB tandem in the league lol
Did y’all not see Dak tonight? You think the better idea was to take the ball out of his hands?
April 17 2013
Felix Hernandez’s line
8.0 Innings (29 Batters Faced), 12 Ks, 76/106 pitches were strikes, 0 walks, 5 hits allowed and just one earned run
And he got a ND
So what the hell was she talking about? Lmao
ESPN NFL draft analyst Todd McShay recently compared Alabama QB Byrce Young to Patrick Mahomes👀
"I’ve said it multiple times but he is Patrick Mahomes in a smaller body.”
More:
How did players work in an environment where the coaches feel like they owe you nothing and you owe them everything?
You tie your laces and go to work. Less multimillionaires complaining about having to be leaders in 2024, please.
"How do you coach in an environment where the players feel like they owe you nothing and you owe them everything?"
Geno Auriemma talks about the challenges of coaching with NIL and the transfer portal:
If you try to get me fired (and fail), you get traded and I thrive after your play gets your most recent coach fired, I’m 100% taking my victory lap lol
In a few years you can come back to the facility and retire as a Seahawk and we can hug it out, but not right now 💀
Honestly my bigger question is why stuff is still being leaked about Russ from the Seahawks. He's been gone a year and it's not like you have to do PR on the trade anymore. Fans are fine with it
Sources close to the situation can confirm.
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Nobody wanted to hear it about Penix before tonight, but Michigan has turned those 70/30 balls on the perimeter back into 50/50s, and they’ve placed a spotlight on his limits re: his issues working the MOF with touch, navigating muddy pockets, and winning with velocity.
Michael Penix is on the precipice of finishing an incredible journey in his college career. He & Washington play the most enjoyable brand of football we have in the college game.
Where is his draft stock right now?
One last time to eulogize the Legion of Boom and that era of Pete Carroll’s influence over the defensive trends in the NFL.
After filling his staff with some Fangio acolytes, Carroll is acquiescing to the new defensive meta.
What it means in Seattle:
Trevor inspires people to forget what he inherited in Jacksonville, that it was immediately made worse by his team owner’s decision to hire Urban Meyer, and that every single one of their games asks him to be perfect — just to be competitive.
& we only do this in JAX’s losses.
Is it ok to say that TLaw will probably never reach the elite tier of QBs despite being touted as the most generational QB prospect since Andrew Luck? Still a good QB, but we're gonna be 3 years in, and he's never put it all together show he's worthy of that tier
It is a personal mission of mine to get people to quit talking as though football is something that just *happens* to defense.
If I get 3 sacks, 4 QB hits (without blitzing much), force 3 TOs, and hold you to 73 yards in the 2nd & 3rd Q, what else do we call that?
I can’t be convinced that $12-15 Million a year (the going rate for quality IOL, TEs and secondary receiving options) is too rich for top end RBs. That math is no good man, I’m sorry.