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9 games against 2020 playoff teams...including 5 on the road.Texas Black & Gold wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 2:35 amThat is a tough list of at least 7 or 8 playoff teams.
Ouch! Seems like this is the year if ever. Next year will be a challenge for sure.Jobu wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 2:48 am9 games against 2020 playoff teams...including 5 on the road.Texas Black & Gold wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 2:35 amThat is a tough list of at least 7 or 8 playoff teams.
Texas Black & Gold wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 2:55 amBtw, I count only 16 games. Aren't they supposed to play 17 games next year?
What QBs will be available the 2022 draft, just out of curiosity?bradshaw2ben wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 12:43 pmIf the Steelers win it all, Ben rides off into the sunset, they let the FAs fly off... that looks like a good year to go 2-14 and get themselves a nice shot at a QB.
Hard to say, until we see who declares and who does not this year. Could be Trey Lance/Desmond Ridder/Mac Jones, could be Micale Cunningham, Brock Purdy, Tanner Morgan, Myles Brennan, Davis Mills, Chase Brice, or Dylan McCaffrey.jeemie wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 1:04 pmWhat QBs will be available the 2022 draft, just out of curiosity?bradshaw2ben wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 12:43 pmIf the Steelers win it all, Ben rides off into the sunset, they let the FAs fly off... that looks like a good year to go 2-14 and get themselves a nice shot at a QB.
https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-plans-to-e ... am-in-2021StillerDownSouth wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 3:04 amTexas Black & Gold wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 2:55 amBtw, I count only 16 games. Aren't they supposed to play 17 games next year?
Nope
NFL plans to expand regular season to 17 games per team in 2021
Published: Dec 27, 2020 at 07:00 AM
by Tom Pelissero & Ian Rapoport
The NFL is planning to expand the regular season to 17 games in 2021 -- a historic move that would generate new revenue and could at least slightly soften an anticipated drop in the salary cap next year, sources say.
An announcement may not come for weeks, if not months, since the NFL must first negotiate at least one new media contract in order to make the move to 17 games in 2021, per the collective bargaining agreement. But as one team source apprised of discussions said: "We're all anticipating it's going to happen."
In turn, the preseason would be cut to either two or three games. There still would be one bye week per club, extending the total regular season to 18 weeks and pushing back the Super Bowl into the second week of February.
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This. People get way to fixated on who was what last year. So much can change. This isn't really even an accurate barometer in Week One of 2021, and is as useless as, well, name your simile by the end of any given year.Pabst wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 3:05 pmFor perspective: New England, Houston, San Fran, Minnesota, and Philly were all playoff teams in 2019.
The Dolphins, Browns, Colts, Cardinals, and Bucs all finished under .500 in 2019. The Rams, Bears, and Steelers all missed the playoffs last year.
The Jets went from 7-9 with a promising young QB to full tank mode.
Judging strength of schedule this far in advance is a fool's errand. Some teams over-performed this season. Some teams will do it next year. The inverse will also be true. The injury bug will hit someone. Above all, rosters will change.
Ridder would be great, if he doesn't come out. Kedon Slovis? Someone we're not even talking about now? Hard to say.Ice wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 3:21 pmThis. People get way to fixated on who was what last year. So much can change. This isn't really even an accurate barometer in Week One of 2021, and is as useless as, well, name your simile by the end of any given year.Pabst wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 3:05 pmFor perspective: New England, Houston, San Fran, Minnesota, and Philly were all playoff teams in 2019.
The Dolphins, Browns, Colts, Cardinals, and Bucs all finished under .500 in 2019. The Rams, Bears, and Steelers all missed the playoffs last year.
The Jets went from 7-9 with a promising young QB to full tank mode.
Judging strength of schedule this far in advance is a fool's errand. Some teams over-performed this season. Some teams will do it next year. The inverse will also be true. The injury bug will hit someone. Above all, rosters will change.
That's a mildly depressing list of available QBs, B2B, particularly if Lance and Jones come out this year (not sold on either of them, either FWIW).
bradshaw2ben wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 6:53 pmI think Ridder is a 2nd round pick right now, but we'll see how things progress towards the combine/draft.
He's pretty ballsy. I think he could be somewhere between Peak Maddox and Josh Allen.DP39 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 6:57 pmbradshaw2ben wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 6:53 pmI think Ridder is a 2nd round pick right now, but we'll see how things progress towards the combine/draft.
It seems to me Ridder wants to be Maholmes 2.0. I don't see it, he's not close, imo. Maybe in a few years he gets a little closer, but I don't think it happens.
Agreed. Just like his game. I'd take a guy like him over career backup Mac Jones all day/every.bradshaw2ben wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 7:34 pmHe's pretty ballsy. I think he could be somewhere between Peak Maddox and Josh Allen.DP39 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 6:57 pmbradshaw2ben wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 6:53 pm
I think Ridder is a 2nd round pick right now, but we'll see how things progress towards the combine/draft.
It seems to me Ridder wants to be Maholmes 2.0. I don't see it, he's not close, imo. Maybe in a few years he gets a little closer, but I don't think it happens.
I like the North Carolina QB, Sam Howell, but he's not very big.