NFL - Discussion Thread

Not really. The Steelers aren't going to sign any old O Line guys at this point. Odell is injured. Julio is probably done. Linval Joseph is an option, maybe, after Stephon Tuitt's retirement. I think they'll hold off to see if anyone is available closer to the season.

I see more masseuses are coming out and putting more light on DeShaun Watson. Rumor has it the NFL may ban Watson for a whole year. Now I know why the Browns are keeping Mayfield around. How many masseuses has Watson used during his time in the NFL, Watson must have spent most of his spare time searching for them on the internet and then making arrangements to meet them. The guy is definitely a creep, no two ways about it now.

I really doubt he's going to get a whole year, even though he should get that at the very least. I'm predicting 6-8 games, sadly. NFL's wheel of punishment is too random and he's too big of player.

Why is it I have the feeling when he returns Watson will not be the same player, everyone is assuming he will get back into the groove straight away as if nothing happened.

Trying to get my head around why Watson is welcomed back with open arms for what he did yet Colin Kaepernick is treated like a pariah.

Kapernick protested the continued oppression 'of black people and people of color, and Watson abused women. Shouldn't it be the other way around the way they are treated or am I missing something?

Kap is more disliked for the way he went about things. There's a big contingent of people that take the national anthem and things very seriously and saw him kneeling for the anthem when you're expressly asked to stand as disrespecting the country and the military, huge no-no's for a huge chunk of the fans. Then there was stuff like comparing cops to pigs, and favorably comparing Fidel Castro to the US Govt. Plus many reports that he was offered backup roles multiple times but wanted to be paid like a starter even after his stats fell off a cliff. You start to get the feeling it's not about protesting injustice and more about making his brand bigger. It's definitely not just the protesting part people get upset about.

Plus Watson's thing is a whole he said, she said thing and a lot of people think that the women are only out for money.

Not saying I agree with either interpretation but it's definitely not as black and white as you've put it here.

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I don't know a lot about Colin Kapernick, I didn't realize he was kneeling through the actual national anthem. What was he trying to achieve aside from annoying anyone associated with the armed forces who put their life on the line to keep their country safe or lost a loved one during the line of duty.

The guy did himself no favors, I thought he took a knee because of racial reasons and wanted to make a statement. I can see now why he is so disliked.

He knew what he was doing, he did it during the anthem to get attention. Whatever his motivations were he definitely succeeded in that.

Cost him his NFL career and turned him into a pariah. It also ruined the careers of a few players who followed his lead which doesn't get talked about. I get the feeling that somewhere along the line Kapernick will make a lot of money from his so called stance. It wouldn't surprise me if he writes a book and a film is made. One thing is for sure, the guy is no Muhammad Ali.

He already has, his deal with Nike is reportedly worth tens of millions.

Yeah, I still think 4-8 games, but I have heard a year in some outlets. He is working with the NFL, so I doubt it will be too serious. Just rip the bandage off already.

I hope it is a year Watson gets, and I hope during that year Mayfield plays so well that the Browns let him go at the end of it and Watson is a shadow of his former self. And to cap it all of, the team Mayfield goes to goes on to win the Super Bowl. I'll be cheering for Mayfield to do well this season.

They said he had a total of 66 massages, so I wonder if there will be far more than 24. If it gets to 30 or more, I think we will enter the 12-16 game ban. However, I really think 8 seems like a good number, especially with him not playing at all last year already.

8 is probably spot on, considering they will probably take him not playing last year into account even though that was entirely voluntary.

I take it the 66 massages are with 66 different masseuses. That's a lot of women who have been subjected to his creep. If he wasn't such a good high profile player he would be thrown out of the NFL. The guy was going through them at a rate of three times a week, surely his girlfriend thought there was something strange going on with all these massages with different therapists.

That feels like an absurd amount of massages in general.

It creates a bad pattern. Granted, 24 already made such obvious. lol

I have been hearing lots of good things coming out of Miami. I still haven't been able to analyse the draft yet, but the draft picks and free agency signings make playoffs look like a realistic goal.

I have though, been hearing about more developments with Deshaun Watson. Why on earth did Cleveland trade away so many picks for such a huge risk? Such a clueless organisation. They better hope that the gamble pays off.

I personally think Miami will have a breakout season this year. I'm expecting Tua to do good things now he is healthy, has decent weapons around him, and has NFL experience under his belt.

I just want to see Watson thrown out the game, the guy is a creep.

Tyreek Hill is certainly talking Tua up enough for people to get excited.

Tyreek Hill has to perform at Miami this year otherwise questions will be asked, the Dolphins gave up a lot for him. Talking up his quarterback is a smart move by Hill to help make Tua feel confident about the upcoming season. If Hill makes Tua sound inferior everytime Hill is asked to compares him to Mahomes it's not exactly going to help the chemistry between the pair of them,

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