Posts Tagged ‘June’

AROUND THE NFL In hockey, a goal can be negated by a tiny offsides violation minutes before the goal.   Now, as Mike Florio points out, a TD could be eradicated by an offensive interference pick play long before the receiver reaches the end zone:   Generally speaking, the NFL made a wise decision to…

AROUND THE NFL A proposal to guarantee each team a possession in overtime has been tabled to the May meeting.  This from Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com:   Since the NFL adopted overtime for the regular season 45 years ago, the winner of the overtime coin toss has chosen to receive the kickoff about 99…

AROUND THE NFL Will replay usage be universal?  Herbie Teope of NFL.com:   New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton has been very vocal in recent days on the need for change in replay and how games are officiated.   Payton, a member of the NFL competition committee, provided perhaps his strongest take on both…

AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH   CHICAGO S HA HA CLINTON-DIX is back in the NFC North.  Ian Rapoport tweeted it was a one-year deal.     DETROIT TE JESSE JAMES lands in Detroit acting like a man who has escaped from a bad reality show.  Chris Adamski of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:   In something…

AROUND THE NFL Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com with a quick overview of free agency so far:   Free agency moved faster than ever in the NFL this year, but there are still plenty of good players available.   In our Free Agent Top 100, 39 players remain available as of Thursday morning.   Most…

AROUND THE NFL We have coverage of the big trade that sent WR ODELL BECKHAM, Jr. in both NEW YORK GIANTS and CLEVELAND.  Here is an overview from Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com:   Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com says the Giants played things significantly better than the Steelers:   The Steelers got a third-round pick and…

AROUND THE NFL After a flurry of activity, 15 of the top 25 free agents (and 10 of the top 12), according to ProFootballTalk.com, are tagged or signed:   The following are PFT’s top 100 free agents for the start of the 2019 league year. The rankings include prospective unrestricted and restricted free agents, as…

AROUND THE NFL Peter King on the state of replay reform, with an interesting analogy from Saints coach Sean Payton:   I don’t think any change in the replay system, in the wake of the non-interference call in the NFC title game, could get the required 24 votes to change the system today. But that…

AROUND THE NFL The coaches subcommittee of the Competition Committee wants an all-powerful eye in the sky.  Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com:   The Competition Committee has made plenty of headlines this week regarding whether and to what extent the replay review process will, or won’t, change in the aftermath of last month’s NFC championship game.…

AROUND THE NFL QB JOHNNY MANZIEL is a man without a country, if that country is Canada.  The CFL orders him cut by the Montreal Allouettes.   The Montreal Alouettes released quarterback Johnny Manziel on Wednesday, saying he “contravened the agreement which made him eligible to play” in the Canadian Football League.   The CFL…