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Pete Carroll is sort of the Jim Harbaugh of the NFL. I think the game has passed him by. They were rolling when Russ was cooking, then he decided to run the ball and it was like an instant tank.

It's all Bevell's fault. One play haha

[jaadam4]

I didn't realize he was signed by KC. He would have been a good player to bring in on the cheap. 😞

Chiefs sign Deandre Baker for 2021

Posted by Josh Alper on February 10, 2021, 6:24 AM EST

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Cornerback Deandre Baker didn’t have much time to show the Chiefs what he can do during the 2020 season, but he’ll get another chance this season.

Baker signed with the Chiefs’ practice squad a few days after armed robbery charges against him were dropped in November. He played seven special teams snaps in Week 15 and then started Week 17 with the Chiefs resting starters. He had five tackles and a sack before breaking his femur.

Despite the injury, the Chiefs signed Baker for the 2021 season on Tuesday. The 2019 Giants first-round pick was released last September after being charged with armed robbery.

“The injury that he had, it was ugly, but he’s gonna be okay,” Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo said last week, via the New York Post. “The femur was fractured, believe it or not, but it was a clean one and it’s gonna heal fine. I kinda like his talent. It was hard to get to know him as a kid in that short of a period of time. I do like his talent. I’m hopeful we can get him back. I’d like to work with him.”

Tight end Evan Baylis, linebacker Omari Cobb, defensive end Austin Edwards, wide receiver Maurice Ffrench, wide receiver Joe Fortson, defensive end Demone Harris, linebacker Emmanuel Smith, center Darryl Williams, and guard Bryan Witzmann also re-signed with the team after time on the practice squad in 2020.

The 1st round pick designation and all of that talent but I'd pass on Titus Young 2.0. That kid is chalk full of crazy. All that talent, money and promise and his great idea was armed robbery? Hard pass

I'm not opposed to the Lions taking questionable types but I'd steer clear of that madness

[TheLondonLion]

Didn’t he get cleared?

[Futureshock]

Wow.

Yeah. That's terrible.

Pete Carroll is sort of the Jim Harbaugh of the NFL. I think the game has passed him by. They were rolling when Russ was cooking, then he decided to run the ball and it was like an instant tank.

Now Wilson is openly saying he wants better. He's saying the right thing about wanting to be there, but he's drawing a line in the sand too.

I stated it at the beginning of the year in the FF thread. I had Wilson the year prior and at a point he just dropped off a cliff and it never got better. Carroll needs to just let his OC do his job and keep doing his cheerleading thing.

[Futureshock]

Didn’t he get cleared?

Yup. Young guy from a impoverished area Still hanging with broke unscrupulous people. They tried to set him up. The charges got dropped when they proved it was all a blackmail scheme. THAT doesn't make him crazy. More naïve and in need of mentorship.

[Futureshock]

Is Jaadam really Bob Quinn? Screw that choir boy crap. No team has ever won with a bunch of them. I want talented players. Even if we may need to tighten a few screws, I think Danny will get them going the right way.

[TheLondonLion]

I hate the choir boy ethos. The ethos has won us NOTHING and has forced our best players out of the club because they had a bit of personality and swagger.

I’d take an axe murderer under center if it meant to just one NFCN title.

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Vikings give Riley Reiff $1 million bonus after he just missed one in 2020

Posted by Josh Alper on February 11, 2021, 9:24 AM EST

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Vikings left tackle Riley Reiff missed the final game of the 2020 regular season because he was on the COVID-19 reserve list and that absence was a costly one.

Reiff was set to earn a $1 million bonus by playing at least 93.75 percent of the team’s offensive snaps, which meant he needed the team to run no more than 66 offensive plays in Week 17. They ran 74 plays in a 37-35 win over the Lions, so Reiff, who did not miss a snap prior to Week 17, was left just short of the incentive threshold.

The Vikings have found a way to get Reiff that money, however. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that the team has reworked Reiff’s contract to give him a $1 million signing bonus.

Reiff has started 58 games in his first four years with the Vikings. The 2021 season is the final one on his current contract and he’s set to make a base salary of $6.65 million with a $5 million roster bonus due on the third day of the new league year.

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Report: Seahawks management not happy with Russell Wilson

Posted by Michael David Smith on February 11, 2021, 4:46 AM EST

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Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson showed rare candor this week when he went on the Dan Patrick Show and said, among other things, that he’s frustrated by getting hit too much and that he’s not sure if he’s available in a trade. That may have rubbed Seahawks management the wrong way.

Patrick said on his show the day after Wilson’s appearance that he heard from a source that the Seahawks aren’t happy with Wilson for taking his frustrations public.

“A source told me that the Seahawks’ management is not happy with Russell Wilson and his camp for taking this to the media,” Patrick said. “You wonder if they’re going to be able to co-exist. . . . The current situation is not sustainable. That’s what I was told.”

If Wilson isn’t happy with the Seahawks, and the Seahawks aren’t happy with Wilson, a trade would make a lot of sense. The betting odds have the Raiders and the Cowboys as the most likely destinations for Wilson. There was a time when Wilson looked like he’d be the Seahawks’ franchise quarterback for many years to come, but they may now be heading for a divorce.

[BJK]

Vikings give Riley Reiff $1 million bonus after he just missed one in 2020

Posted by Josh Alper on February 11, 2021, 9:24 AM EST

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Vikings left tackle Riley Reiff missed the final game of the 2020 regular season because he was on the COVID-19 reserve list and that absence was a costly one.

Reiff was set to earn a $1 million bonus by playing at least 93.75 percent of the team’s offensive snaps, which meant he needed the team to run no more than 66 offensive plays in Week 17. They ran 74 plays in a 37-35 win over the Lions, so Reiff, who did not miss a snap prior to Week 17, was left just short of the incentive threshold.

The Vikings have found a way to get Reiff that money, however. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that the team has reworked Reiff’s contract to give him a $1 million signing bonus.

Reiff has started 58 games in his first four years with the Vikings. The 2021 season is the final one on his current contract and he’s set to make a base salary of $6.65 million with a $5 million roster bonus due on the third day of the new league year.

Glad Sheila is working on mending fences with Calvin. A move like this by the Vikes for Riley Reiff puts into perspective how the Lions screwed up with Calvin (and Barry back in the day).

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Report: NFL hopes to “finalize frameworks” of next TV deals before setting 2021 salary cap

Posted by Mike Florio on February 10, 2021, 7:43 PM EST

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The NFL may be partially robbing Peter to partially pay Paul.

That’s the obvious takeaway from a new report, courtesy of CNBC’s Jabari Young, that the NFL wants to “finalize frameworks” of new TV deals before setting the 2021 salary cap.

This implies that the league could be inclined to shift some future earnings toward 2021, potentially bumping up the salary cap. It’s currently expected to land in the range of $180 million per team. It’s possible that, if the money to be earned under the next wave of contracts represents a sufficient increase in revenue, some of that money could be moved around in order to make more money available to all teams in the coming season.

The Monday Night Football package runs through 2021. The rest of the deals apply through 2022.

According to Young, the next wave of contracts is expected to be similar to the current configuration of deals, with FOX and CBS keeping Sunday afternoon packages and NBC retaining Sunday Night Football. Young calls ESPN “the wildcard,” with the possibility of adding the Sunday Ticket package to ESPN+ to Monday nights.

The destination of the Thursday night package remains unclear. FOX holds the rights for the next two years. None of the broadcast networks seem to be interested in assuming the package. Amazon could assume the rights, but that would move the game from the larger platform that a three-letter network provides.

Young notes the ESPN could purchase the Thursday rights, moving the games to ABC. ESPN/ABC/Disney would also like to infiltrate the Super Bowl rotation, currently held by FOX, CBS, and NBC.

However it plays out, there’s a strong sense that the pieces soon will be falling into place. Those new deals, worth up to $100 billion and likely extending through the end of the decade, could make it easier to offset the 2020 losses due to the pandemic.

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MIKE PETTINECS, CHICAGO BEARS


Bears hired ex-Packers DC Mike Pettine as a senior defensive assistant.


Pettine was let go after the Packers' playoff loss, as Green Bay refused to renew his expiring contract and replaced him with former Rams assistant Joe Barry. 54-year-old Pettine will be an experienced sounding board for fresh DC Sean Desai, who will be calling the defensive plays for the first time in his coaching career after being promoted from safeties coach to replace Chuck Pagano.

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SOURCE: Ian Rapoport on Twitter
Feb 10, 2021, 5:17 PM

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A.J. BOUYEDB, UNSIGNED FREE AGENT
Broncos released CB A.J. Bouye.


Owed $13 million in the final year of his deal for 2021, the Broncos now clear over $13.2 million in cap space with the move. In his only season with Denver, Bouye appeared in just seven games due to a shoulder injury, concussion, and six-game suspension, which he still has two games left to serve at the start of next year. Bouye will be 30 years old ahead of next season.

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• Denver Broncos

Feb 10, 2021, 2:30 PM

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ORLANDO BROWNT, BALTIMORE RAVENS


NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reports Ravens OT Orlando Brown has requested a trade.


This builds off reports last month that Brown only wants to play left tackle. That's unlikely to happen in Baltimore with Ronnie Stanley (ankle) expected back by training camp. It's hard to see the Ravens moving on from Brown with upgrading their line a top priority this offseason. Brown is entering the final year of his rookie contract. The Ravens hold all the leverage.

SOURCE: NFL Network
Feb 10, 2021, 11:20 AM

[Forsh]

Glad Sheila is working on mending fences with Calvin. A move like this by the Vikes for Riley Reiff puts into perspective how the Lions screwed up with Calvin (and Barry back in the day).

Missed Riley Reiff quitting the NFL because he didn't want to play for the Vikes ... you left that part out. I am also glad that Sheila is working it out with Calvin, but you are comparing apples to oranges here