g out of the gate Andre Hal Color Rush Jersey , going up 10-0 thanks to a defensive pass interference penalty on Justin Reid and a dump-off to Jonnu Smith that became a 61 yard touchdown after Tyrann Mathieu turned and chased, leaving the center of the field open. Down, instead of up early, the Texans faced adversity for the first time in forever. They were forced to actually do something on offense. And that they did. Play-action was used to create easier passes. They hammered Lamar Miller on the left side of the line of scrimmage and flirted with 300 rushing yards, thanks to a 97 yard Lamar Miller touchdown run. Demaryius Thomas caught two touchdown passes, thanks to UT solving the unsolved mystery. Watson tiptoed around the pocket and was sharp throughout the game. The Titans couldn’t do what Houston did. They fell behind and wallowed in it like they’ve done all season long. Rather than push the ball downfield and attack Houston’s cornerback talent, they instead dumped it off and dumped it off again. Marcus Mariota was a nice guy, taking sacks and refusing to throw the ball downfield in order to complete every pass except for one. When Tennessee did push it downfield, Corey Davis had three catches on three targets for 89 yards and a touchdown J.J. Watt Color Rush Jersey , all along the deep left sideline. That may not even be the most blasphemous part of Tennessee’s offense; they attempted to convert a 4th and 1 at the three-yard line by giving it to their third string tight end who came into the tackle straight up. What a stupid team. Somewhere, Mike Mularkey is howling. You never go kind of, sort of Exotic Methmouth. It’s like a tribal tattoo. It’s a lifestyle. It’s not something you can run away from. Again, always and forever this year, when the Texans play teams that have to run the ball, they win. When they play teams that can spread Houston out and throw it around, the Texans will probably lose. This was another game where the Texans shut down an offense that is not only run heavy but also terrible at running the ball. As a result, the Texans win. They’ve now won eight games in a row. They are now 8-3 and will play the Cleveland Browns next Sunday at 12 p.m. CST at NRG Stadium. Take off your pants and jacket it’s SNOT time." />Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesHorizontal - WhiteBattle Red Bloga Houston Texans communityLog In or Sign UpLog InSign UpFanpostsFanshotsTexansOddsAboutMastheadCommunity GuidelinesStubHubMoreAll 322 blogs on Horizontal - WhiteFanposts Fanshots Texans StoriesScheduleRosterStatsYahoo Texans NewsYahoo Texans Team PageYahoo Texans ReportYahoo Texans Depth ChartYahoo Texans TransactionsYahoo Texans PhotosOdds About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub ✕Filed under:Saturday Night Open Thread2019 Houston Texans OffseasonS.N.O.T.: (4/6/2019)New,15commentsTake off your pants and jacket it’s SNOT time. CDTShareTweetShareShareS.N.O.T.: (4/6/2019)Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty ImagesThis is that time of year where the world is constantly turning to bring better and beautiful things every weekend. It’s that tradition where I say to myself Deshaun Watson Color Rush Jersey , “You know what, this maybe my favorite time of year,” every weekend, until the fall ends and it gets dark early and everything sucks again. Now is the time to read The Sound and The Fury and put your consciousness into the head of someone else’s in right before Easter, to learn about Geology and dinosaurs and think about how old the Earth is and how much it has changed, read Mary Oliver poetry, listen to The Hotelier’s Goodness, Turnover’s Good Nature, Turnstile’s Time and Space Jadeveon Clowney Color Rush Jersey , and go for runs and breathe it all in, and crack oneself open and let it all come seeping and running out of your ears. ALSO, there’s a new PUP album. Listen to it. It rules. It’s loud and fast and melodic. Kids should be the background song to the cut scene that breaks out when you turn on a NHL video game. Anyways, that’s all I got. It’s your time to talk about whatever it is you want to talk about: the upcoming NFL Draft, favorite flowers, Fiesta plans, block parties, and Jadeveon Clowney’s upcoming contract extension.

ason roster in 90 posts (over 90 or so days). Today is RB Jeff Wilson Mike Person Jersey , Jr." Roster Projections49ers 90-in-90 roster breakdown49ers 90-in-90: Running back Jeff Wilson, Jr.New,20commentsBreaking down the 90 players on the 49ers offseason roster in 90 posts (over 90 or so days). Today is RB Jeff Wilson, Jr.PDTJeff Wilson, Jr. was a star running back at two small Texas schools: Elkhart HS and North Texas University. He signed with the 49ers as a UDFA, got cut in August and ended up on the practice squad.A succession of injuries in the Niners running backs room gave him his chance in week 12, and he made the most of it, instantly beating out Alfred Morris for the Niner’s backup RB role behind the gimpy-ankled Matt Breida.Wilson racked up 266 yards in 66 carries to finish out the year, an impressive 4.0 yards per attempt. Just as importantly in Kyle Shanahan’s scheme, he was adept as a receiver out of the backfield, hauling in 12 of 15 passes for 98 yards, 8.2 YPC. In the team’s December 2 loss to Seattle, he had more receiving yards (73) than star tight end George Kittle (70), the team’s leading receiver.Basic infoAge: 23Experience: 1 accrued seasonHeight: 6’0”Weight: 194Cap StatusWilson, a UDFA in 2018, signed a 2-year, $1.05 million contract with no guaranteed money when he was promoted from the practice squad at the end of November last season. In reality, it won’t be that much; he earned a pro-rated $170,000 last year (based on the contract’s annual $480,000 rate), so the most he could make over two years is $740,000. If he makes the team and lasts all year, his salary this year will be $570,000; if he’s cut, there’s no dead money Patrick Willis Color Rush Jersey , and the 49ers keep it all. What to expect in 2019:Wilson, Jr. runs hard and is a reliable receiver. He stepped into Shanahan’s offense and picked right up where Matt Breida left, and Raheem Mostert left off, though the success of so many different running backs suggests that Shanahan (and the offensive line) deserve most of the credit and that running backs may be interchangeable (and easily replaceable).There was just one problem with Wilson’s performance last year (and also in college), but it was a big one. He fumbled in three consecutive games, losing two of them, and even had a big drop against Seattle in week 15. Shanahan was going to keep him on the bench the rest of that Seattle game as a result, but when Breida got further injured in overtime, he had no choice. WIlson Jr. came back in, held on to the ball and picked up 23 yards on three consecutive runs to set up the winning field goal.Wilson Jr. does not have the elite speed that Shanahan prefers, running a 4.57 in the 40-yard dash, which may be why he did not have any of the explosion runs that Breida (and hopefully, Jet McKinnon, and Tevin Coleman) get in this scheme. If he makes the team, we can expect more of the same — a hard-running backup RB who keeps this offense moving, with a lower ceiling than the other backs and added anxiety about holding on to the ball.Odds of making the roster:Not good. Alfred Morris is gone, but the running backs room already has Breida, Mostert, McKinnon and Coleman along with essential fullback Kyle Juszczyk. There’s no real upside to his game and a lot of bigger talents with guaranteed money.His best-case scenario is to match last year — get on the practice squad and see if injuries create a role for him. He’s facing much more talented competition, however. The Chiefs have lowered the boom on Patrick Mahomes‘ basketball jones. Do they, or any team, have the right to do it?“Haha yeah that’s gonna work,” 49ers cornerback and NFLPA executive committee member Richard Sherman said on Twitter. “If they don’t want him hooping then put it in the contract. It’s not there so he can do as he pleases. Most players do.”Paragraph 3 of the Standard Player Contract contains broad language regarding activities beyond the football field: “Without prior written consent of the Club, Player will not play football or engage in activities related to football otherwise than for Club or engage in . Player represents that he has special, exceptional and unique knowledge https://www.49ersfanshop.com/Jerick-Mckinnon-Jersey , skill, ability, and experience as a football player, the loss of which cannot be estimated with any certainty and cannot be fairly or adequately compensated by damages. Player therefore agrees that Club will have the right, in addition to any other right which Club may possess, to enjoin Player by appropriate proceedings from playing football or engaging in football-related activities other than for Club or from engaging in any activity other than football which may involve a significant risk of personal injury.” (Emphasis added.)The question becomes whether basketball constitutes an activity that “may involve a significant risk of personal injury.” In other words, is the risk of personal injury “significant”? For minor injuries — cuts, scrapes, contusions, bruises, etc. — the risk is high. Major injuries happen less frequently, but they definitely can and do occur.As Sherman notes, most NFL players play basketball in the offseason. It’s a great way to get exercise, and it’s far safer than playing football. Besides, all forms of exercise entail risk; if the alternative consists of players sitting around doing nothing, teams should embrace the fact that players are trying to stay in shape on their own time.If/when a serious happens away from the team’s facility, the team can place the player on the non-football injury list and, if it so chooses, not pay him. Again, the overriding question is whether the team wants its players staying in shape or playing Fortnite for the seven or eight fortnights between the end of the season and the launch of the formal offseason program, when any injury occurring within the confines of the team’s headquarters would not jeopardize a player’s right to compensation.The Chiefs apparently plan to take a much safer approach with Mahomes. If Mahomes is willing to go along with it, so be it. But if Patrick Mahomes shows up for the start of the offseason program looking more like Patrick Mahouse because he hasn’t been exercising, the Chiefs shouldn’t complain.

d Josh Allen out of the game Los Angeles Rams Jerseys Stitched , and he sure didn't like the way the Buffalo Bills finished without their rookie quarterback.The Oakland Raiders also lost their QB and a receiver in what's looking like a lost first season under Jon Gruden.The Bills fell 20-13 in Houston on Sunday, with the Texans getting the go-ahead score when Johnathan Joseph intercepted Nathan Peterman's pass and returned it 28 yards for a touchdown with 1:23 remaining.Allen threw for 84 yards and ran for 20 before he was hurt when Houston's Whitney Mercilus hit his right elbow with his helmet after Allen's pass. McDermott was angry about the hit and complained to officials that it was late."We talk about protecting the quarterback and I thought it was late," McDermott said. "But at the end of the day, the officials rule over the game, and obviously, they didn't."Peterman threw two interceptions, the second one coming after Joseph's score."At the end of the game ... he was probably trying to do too much," McDermott said. "I don't want to paint it all bad Greg Gaines Jersey nfl draft , but we've got to protect the football and make sure we're smart."Derek Carr and Amari Cooper both left the Raiders' 27-3 loss to Seattle in London with injuries. Carr was holding his left arm gingerly after getting sacked six times by the Seahawks and wouldn't have returned to the game had Oakland gotten the ball back, though he said afterward he was OK. The bigger concern was for Cooper, the two-time Pro Bowl receiver who was evaluated for a concussion after a helmet-to-helmet hit from safety Bradley McDougald. Gruden believed it should have drawn a penalty."I thought so," Gruden said. "I'm just hoping Amari is OK. I'm not going to say anything else. I hope he's all right. He's a great kid."Wide receiver Seth Roberts also departed because of a concussion with 11 minutes remaining.The Atlanta Falcons also lost multiple receivers, but were able to overcome their departures in a 34-29 victory over Tampa Bay.Calvin Ridley, who was leading the Falcons with six touchdown catches, went out in the first half with an ankle injury and didn't return. Mohamed Sanu was sidelined in the second half with a hip problem after hauling in a 35-yard touchdown pass.Also in that game, the Buccaneers lost defensive tackle Gerald McCoy Womens Greg Gaines Jersey , who walked slowly off the field in the fourth quarter with an undisclosed injury.It appeared the Rams had lost receiver Cooper Kupp when he was carted off the field after wrenching his left knee when Broncos safety Darian Stewart horse-collared him on the Denver sideline in the second quarter. But he made a surprising return in the second half.In other injury news:—Ravens left guard Alex Lewis was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center with a neck injury after being hurt in the first minute of the fourth quarter of a victory at Tennessee. Lewis had been blocking on a run by Gus Edwards when he turned away from the pile slowly and went down. Trainers strapped him to a backboard and carted him off the field.Coach John Harbaugh said there's a lot of optimism for Lewis, who was getting a CT scan at the hospital.For the Titans, linebacker Derrick Morgan hurt a shoulder and did not return, and left guard Quinton Spain departed with an injured right shoulder.—Vikings cornerback Mike Hughes limped off in the fourth quarter of Minnesota's victory over Arizona with an apparent left knee injury.—Browns receiver Rod Streater suffered a neck "stinger" while covering a punt in the first quarter and did not return to a loss to the Chargers. His injury complicated Cleveland's issues at wide receiver as Rashard Higgins and Derrick Willies were also out with injuries. Linebackers Joe Schobert and James Burgess went out with hamstring injuries in the second half.—Jets receiver Quincy Enunwa injured an ankle on a fumble in the second quarter of a victory over Indianapolis and didn't return. Safety Marcus Maye left with a hand injury in the third quarter. The Colts, who were already playing without several injured starters, lost receivers Robert Turbin (right shoulder), Ryan Grant (ankle) and Marcus Johnson (right ankle).—Cowboys receiver Tavon Austin was forced out in the second half of a rout of Jacksonville with a groin injury, while the Jaguars lost defensive end Calais Campbell (rib) and tight end Niles Paul (knee). Could the Rams find a replacement for S Lamarcus Joyner in free agency?"WhiteSections 2019 offseason2019 free agency2019 NFL DraftFull ArchiveLibrary 2019 NFL calendar2019 Rams regular season sched2019 Rams preseason schedMasthead Community Guidelines NFL Odds StubHub 鉁?019 Los Angeles Rams Offseason2019 NFL Free AgencyNFL.com’s “one free agent for every team” sends S Ha Ha Clinton-Dix to Los Angeles RamsNew Authentic Greg Gaines Jersey ,97commentsCould the Rams find a replacement for S Lamarcus Joyner in free agency?CSTShareTweetShareShareNFL.com’s “one free agent for every team” sends S Ha Ha Clinton-Dix to Los Angeles RamsDouglas DeFelice-USA TODAY SportsWhile the immediacy of the 2019 NFL Scouting Combine is attracting much of the NFL world’s attention, free agency opens in less than three weeks and will reshape rosters across the league.So with an eye toward the gates opening up on March 13, NFL.com’s Marc Sessler has tabbed one free agent for every team that would fit as things stand.His pick for the Los Angeles Rams? Washington Safety Traders S Ha Ha Clinton-Dix:As a roster gap with Joyner set to exit, it obviously makes sense. The difficulty here is the limited cap room the Rams are operating with. The Rams are working with less than $25m according to Over the Cap. Spotrac estimates Clinton-Dix’s market value to be just under $10m per year. So bringing in the former Green Bay Packers star would bring us to about $15m in available funds. Setting aside about $6m or so for a draft class would leave us $9m or so which would fund a handful or so of key role players...and that would be your offseason.There’s no perfect solution here with DL Ndamukong Suh, LG Rodger Saffold III and Joyner set to exit in free agency with such limited resources. The Rams aren’t flush with cash this year, and we’ve sent a second-round pick and a third-round pick in the 2019 NFL Draft out via trades. We’re just going to have to live a bit lean this year in rebuilding around the core that the Rams have put together for Head Coach Sean McVay in the years to come.For what it’s worth as Sessler alludes to, he has three Rams headed out. He has Joyner joining Chicago:Meanwhile, he sends EDGE Dante Fowler Todd Gurley Jersey , Jr., across the NFC West to the San Francisco 49ers:Big Saff heads north to the Minnesota Vikings:And Suh heads back to the AFC to the Indianapolis Colts who have roughly $2.6b in available cap (only slightly joking):The Rams have the bulk of their work to do in re-signing their own key role players, but free agency nonetheless will provide some surprises and may just bring in a new talent for 2019.

sive line George Iloka Jersey , and an epic comeback to change the top spot"WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Vikings 2018 SeasonVikings 2019 OffseasonU.S. Bank StadiumMinnesota Vikings PodcastsNFL Draft2019 Minnesota Vikings Mock Draft Database2019 Minnesota Vikings Mock Draft Database, Final VersionNew,15commentsTotal dominance by the offensive line, and an epic comeback to change the top spotCDTShareTweetShareShare2019 Minnesota Vikings Mock Draft Database, Final VersionChuck Cook-USA TODAY SportsWell, the final version of this year’s Mock Draft Database is coming at you late, owing largely to yours truly having to work over the weekend, but now Draft Weekend is officially upon us, and this version is just about as fresh as it gets.Of the 100 mocks that make up our final Mock Draft Database for this year Matt Wile Jersey , 98 of them have publishing dates on them of one week ago or less. The two that don’t come from a couple of guys named Mel Kiper and Todd McShay, and I thought they deserved inclusion. But the other 98 are no older than 17 April, so this is just about as fresh a look as we’re going to get.Before we break down all of the selections, here is the final listing of the 100 mocks that make up the final installment of your Minnesota Vikings Mock Draft Database.2019 Minnesota Vikings Mock Draft Database, Final VersionSiteNameDateRound 1 (18)Round 2 (50)Round 3 (81)SiteNameDateRound 1 (18)Round 2 (50)Round 3 (81)To finish things off, the offensive linemen just obliterated the rest of the positional groups, more so than in any other installment of our Database thus far. Of the 100 mock drafts we’ve pulled together to make up our Database, a whopping 94 of them have the Vikings taking an offensive lineman with the 18th overall pick. I’m relatively certain that is, by far Rashod Hill Jersey , the biggest share of the “donut” that one position group has ever amassed in the time we’ve been doing this.The dominance of the offensive linemen in this final Database isn’t that much of a surprise. What is a surprise is the name that’s at the top of the list.Throughout this process, Oklahoma offensive lineman Cody Ford has stood atop the heap of offensive linemen as the top choice for the Vikings, and in most of those weeks he had double (or nearly double) the selections of the next-highest player on the list. In this final Database, however, Ford dropped from the top of the mountain into second place.The most mocked player to the Vikings in our final Database is none other than North Carolina State center Garrett Bradbury, who emerges in this update with 33% of the selections. I’m sure this has quite a bit to do with the recency of these drafts, but there’s no denying that Bradbury to the Vikings is gaining some pretty serious momentum. Ford did manage to hang on to second place, picking up 26% of the vote in our final Database.Washington State tackle Andre Dillard finished in the third spot with 10% of the picks, while Alabama tackle Jonah Williams and Boston College guard Chris Lindstrom were tied just behind him witn 9% of the picks each.Kansas State guard Dalton Risner and Mississippi tackle Greg Little each hung on with 3% of the selections to remain in our final Database update Tom Compton Jersey , while Florida tackle Jawaan Taylor slipped in with 1%. The two other offensive linemen that were in our Database last week. . .Kaleb McGary of Washington and Erik McCoy of Texas A&M. . .are both gone this week.So, as you’ve no doubt figured, that doesn’t leave a whole lot of room for non-offensive linemen, as only six selections went to other positions. The only other player to garner multiple selections in this final update was Clemson defensive tackle Christian Wilkins, who appears twice.Four other players each got one selection this week. They were Mississippi State defensive tackle Jeffrey Simmons, Michigan linebacker Devin Bush, Iowa tight end Noah Fant, and Louisiana State cornerback Greedy Williams. Simmons is actually a re-appearance this week after dropping out of the Database last week. Along with McGary and McCoy, Iowa tight end T.J. Hockenson and Washington cornerback stayed from start to finish Dan Bailey Jersey , some popped in during the process, and some even disappeared and reappeared again. Only 13 of those 22 players made it into the final update.With that, we’re done with the Mock Draft Database for 2019, but we’ll most certainly be back with it next season. . .you know, provided that Rick Spielman doesn’t do something insane like trade next year’s first rounder or something.We hope you’ve enjoyed the 2019 Minnesota Vikings Mock Draft Database, and we’ll have to see if the Vikings go the direction that most of the mocks think they’re going to go, or if they’ll do what they did last year and buck the trend. We’re less than 24 hours from finding out! A wide receiver for the Vikings in the seventh round"Date of Birth: College: University of OregonDrafted: Seventh round, #239 overallHeight: 6’1”Weight: 197 poundsCareer accomplishments: Second-Team All-Pac 12 (2018)Twitter handle: @DMFM1_With Pick #239 in the 2019 NFL Draft, the Minnesota Vikings have selected Dillon Mitchell Brett Jones Jersey , a wide receiver from the University of Oregon.Lance Zierlein of NFL.com had a sixth-round grade on Mitchell. Here’s what he had to say about him in his scouting report.Early entry receiver hoping to ride the wave of a heavily-targeted, highly productive junior campaign. Mitchell isn’t big, has average speed and loses focus as a pass catcher, but his ball skills show up on tape and he’s a natural talent with the ball in his hands. While his routes are undisciplined at this time, they should get much better with coaching. Mitchell has talent but needs to put the time in and take the coaching in order to become more than a WR4/WR5.Mitchell did have 12 touchdowns in his final season with the Ducks, but it doesn’t sound like Zierlein is super high on him at this point. Maybe Mitchell will prove him wrong.Welcome to Minnesota, Dillon!

HOUSTON (AP) — ss at home to the New York Giants on Sept. 23 Jon Weeks Color Rush Jersey , they appeared to be headed for a second straight losing season.Instead, the Texans (11-5) won their next nine games and 11 of their last 13, capped by Sunday's 20-3 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars, to clinch the AFC South title."We have a lot bigger goals," J.J. Watt said. "I have a lot bigger goals but it's good. Especially after starting 0-3 and everybody writes you off. Guys in the locker room believed. Guys in the locker room never gave up." Deshaun Watson threw for 234 yards and ran for a touchdown and DeAndre Hopkins had 147 yards receiving in the victory.The Texans will make their fifth playoff appearance after winning the division for the fifth time in franchise history. Houston returns to the postseason for the third time in four years after bouncing back a 4-12 campaign in which Watson and Watt suffered season-ending injuries."The way we started out, it's a testament to the players in that locker room," coach Bill O'Brien said. "They've always hung tough. And to go from 0-3 (and then) go 11-2 in this league is pretty tough to do. Give credit to the players."Houston built a 14-point lead in the first half behind rushing touchdowns by Watson and Lamar Miller and made it 20-3 on a 24-yard field goal with about 11 minutes left. The Jaguars had a chance to cut the lead later in the fourth quarter, but Blake Bortles was intercepted in the end zone by Andre Hal.Jaguars owner Shad Khan said in a statement that his director of football operations, Tom Coughlin Kevin Johnson Color Rush Jersey , has decided to retain coach Doug Marrone and general manager Dave Caldwell — even though the team finished in last place a year after playing in the AFC title game. Khan said he agreed with the decision."We get judged on wins and losses," Marrone said. "Obviously, this year, I didn't do a good job. Period. I'm never going to step away from that. I'm happy with the faith because I do believe I will get this right."The Jaguars (5-11) returned to Bortles as starter after benching the quarterback following a loss to Buffalo on Nov. 25. But he did little to get Jacksonville's offense going, with the Jaguars managing one first down in the opening half and finishing with six. Bortles was 15 of 28 for 107 yards.Watt sacked Bortles 1½ times to finish with 16 this year. Watt has four seasons with 15 or more sacks, second most in NFL history to Reggie White (five).The performance by Hopkins gives him 1,572 yards receiving and 115 receptions this season, both career highs. His catch total tied Andre Johnson (2008) for the most in franchise history."A lot of guys have amazing seasons, but their team isn't where it should be Joel Heath Color Rush Jersey ," Hopkins said. "So I think everything I've been doing has correlated to my team winning, which is even better."KEY PLAYSDede Westbrook muffed a punt late in the first quarter, and Zach Cunningham recovered. Watson capitalized with a 5-yard scramble that made it 10-3 early in the second quarter.The Texans faced a third-and-6 late in the second quarter when Myles Jack deflected a pass and Hopkins grabbed it for a 13-yard gain. Miller ran 7 yards for a touchdown on the next play, dragging two defenders into the end zone to make it 17-3.BAD BEHAVIORCoughlin had strong words for running backs Leonard Fournette and T.J. Yeldon after the game.Fournette, who was inactive because of foot and ankle injuries, and Yeldon were caught by TV cameras sitting on the bench and chatting while the offense had the ball. They were clearly disengaged with teammates and coaches."I am disappointed in the behavior today from T.J. Yeldon and Leonard Fournette," Coughlin said. "They were disrespectful, selfish and their behavior was unbecoming that of a professional football player."TEXANS NUMBERSHopkins is the fourth player in NFL history (Jerry Rice, Marvin Harrison and Brandon Marshall) to have at least 100 receptions Greg Mancz Color Rush Jersey , 1,500 yards receiving and 11 touchdowns in multiple seasons. He had 111 receptions for 1,521 yards and 11 touchdowns in 2015.Watson, who ran for 66 yards on Sunday, is the first player in NFL history to throw for at least 4,000 yards (4,165) and 25 touchdowns (26) and rush for 500 yards (551) and five touchdowns in a season.ANDRE AND DEANDREHopkins brought Johnson to the podium with him after the game, and the retired receiver raved about his protege."One thing that I appreciate about him is when he first came into the league he asked me about things he needed to do to better his game," Johnson said. "He took that to a whole other level. To see what he's accomplished Keke Coutee Color Rush Jersey , what he's doing out on the field, it's amazing."INJURIESJaguars: Jacksonville was without starting cornerback A.J. Bouye (toe injury).Texans: Starting cornerback Johnathan Joseph sat out with a neck injury.UP NEXTJaguars: Jacksonville must decide what to do with Bortles before next season. Most believe he won't return in 2019 after going 24-49 as a starter in five seasons. The third overall pick in the 2014 draft also is due to count $21 million against the salary cap, and the Jags can save $9.5 million by cutting him with a post-June 1 designation.Texans: Will host the winner of Sunday night's Colts-Titans game next weekend, barring a tie between those teams. Dillard Dillard. Dammit the draft needs to happen already." />Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesHorizontal - WhiteBattle Red Bloga Houston Texans communityLog In or Sign UpLog InSign UpFanpostsFanshotsTexansOddsAboutMastheadCommunity GuidelinesStubHubMoreAll 322 blogs on Horizontal - WhiteFanposts Fanshots Texans StoriesScheduleRosterStatsYahoo Texans NewsYahoo Texans Team PageYahoo Texans ReportYahoo Texans Depth ChartYahoo Texans TransactionsYahoo Texans PhotosOdds About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub ✕Filed under:2019 NFL Draft2019 Houston Texans Offseason2019 NFL Draft: Mel Kiper’s Three Round Mock DraftNew,46commentsDillard Dillard. Dammit the draft needs to happen already. CDTShareTweetShareShare2019 NFL Draft: Mel Kiper’s Three Round Mock DraftOrlando Ramirez-USA TODAY SportsIt’s another day, another mock draft. This is the boulder we push up the hill. Waking up to life. Working. Reading another mock draft. The boulder tumbles down. We walk back down. We push it back up. And read another mock draft. This one is from Mel Kiper. He really goes all out and goes three (!!!!!!!!!) rounds deep. Crazy. I love the jib of this guy. He has an incredible widow’s peak. Anyways, here’s what Mel had to say about your Houston Texans.

offseason. I’m here in Seattle Jimmie Ward Jersey , Washington experiencing what the locals are calling snowpocalypse. Having been born and raised in Boise, Idaho, I’ve seen a snowpocalypse and this isn’t it. It’s supposed to be here for a couple of days, but the city has bought out everything in existence like zombies are coming. I went to a local Fred Meyer to buy my weekly groceries and couldn’t even get my hands on oatmeal. I took the last three boneless skinless chicken breasts they had in stock and tried to improvise what to get this week (I actually went to the organic grocery store where I took out a 30-year fixed interest loan to buy vegetables). But that’s me, I’m stuck in this snowstorm. To be fair, it is rather nasty in Seattle when it snows,and the city is so hilly that it’s crippled until everything melts. How bad is the snow? Well the local casinos shut down when the first blizzard hit on Monday—and that’s NEVER happened. In my days as a blackjack dealer they didn’t care if I couldn’t drive my Nissan Sentra up the interstate in the rare Seattle snowstorms. I had to be there to open up tables. If casinos are shutting down, this storm means business.On the football side, looks like Kyle Shanahan is making some changes. I love the hires, many seem better than what was here before. Wes Welker is great for the wide receivers due to his age (generational differences should help—or I hope) and he played the position at a high level. Welker could flame out, but I think that hire is really going to do wonders, especially when he started his coaching tenure at the bottom. Same thing with Miles Austin coming in for quality control. Shane Day is the only one I’m worried about. Rich Scangarello worked wonders with the quarterbacks and there was no replacing him, sure, but Day, despite his experience has Jay Cutler on his resume. That scares me. I think his experience is great though and Cutler wasn’t awful under him, so this should be interesting. And I got some links for all of you. Happy weekendBold 2019 NFL offseason predictions for all 32 teams (ESPN)49ers’ George Kittle and Joe Staley recognized on PFF’s top 101 list (Maiocco)49ers add slew of assistant coaches (Cohn)5 free agent edge rushers the 49ers should consider (Sacco)What a horrible night to have a curse... NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL’s revision of the catch rule figured to grab the spotlight this season.Then the league altered the regulations on using the helmet when making contact on both sides of the ball, basically making it a 15-yard penalty no matter where on the helmet strikes an opponent. Even players on offense and linemen in the trenches are subject to being flagged, with potential fines and ejections for particularly flagrant hits by lowering the helmet.Players are upset. Officials are deeper under the microscope. Fans are wondering why replay review isn’t part of the entire process.Suddenly, the Dez Bryant and Jesse James non-catches are non-issues. It’s all about the helmet hits, which unquestionably need to be removed from the game in a similar way that tacklers launching to make hits pretty much has been eliminated in the pros.Here’s where things stand from a variety of constituencies as we head toward the kickoff of the 2018 schedule:THE LEAGUENFL executives were encouraged that the flags thrown for helmet-initiated hits dropped from 51 through the opening two weeks of the preseason to nine for Week 3 — when many regulars get on the field, though in a limited capacity. Officials have been instructed not to flag incidental or inadvertent contacts with the helmet or facemask by defensive or offensive players. The deeper we get into games that count, the better those with the whistle or ball in their hands or the guys attempting tackles will have a handle on what’s legal.“These are necessary changes where the rules come in,” says Troy Vincent, the NFL’s football operations chief and one of the hardest hitters in the league when he played defensive back from 1992-2006. “As stewards for the long term, the well-being of the players comes first.”Adds Giants owner John Mara, a long-time member of the competition committee that advises rules changes for teams to vote on:“I think officials and players will adapt to the rule, that is what happens every time we have a change based on player safety. There’s an outcry at the beginning that it will change the game, and it never works out that way; statistics don’t bear that out at all. Players should not lower their heads is what it is all about, and we should not have some of the injuries we have seen.”THE OFFICIALSThe rule change has placed the men in stripes in even sharper focus. Simply put, at the current speed of play and with the size and power of players Dwight Clark Color Rush Jersey , any call is difficult. Now, a bit more judgment has been added, with decisions made in split seconds.“It’s still a work in progress because officials need to learn to instinctively read and react to this type of hit that they’ve never looked at before as a foul,” says recently retired referee Terry McAulay, now an analyst for NBC. “So there is going to be some learning curve yet to come, but I think they’re in a much better place than they were a week ago.”One somewhat puzzling question remains: Why isn’t video replay involved when some of these calls, especially if they lead to ejections, can be game changers?Well, it actually is, on a limited basis. Should a player be ejected for initiating helmet contact, Al Riveron and his staff at New York headquarters can affirm or overrule the ejection.“Our charge is, No. 1 player safety: Make it safer in all ways,” Riveron says. “No. 2, make sure we still have a product that is entertaining. And No. 3, find a happy balance with replay and how much it gets involved. We always stop the game to get it right.”Mara believes replay could play a further role if officiating the rule becomes too problematic.“I certainly think are a lot of people who would support adding those calls to instant replay and making them reviewable,” he says, “and I think that’s another discussion we could have in the offseason if it is warranted.”THE DOCTORS AND RESEARCHERSThousands of hours and millions of dollars of data gathering, research, technological innovations and testing helped lead to the new rule. Every penny will have been well spent if usage of the helmet as a weapon disappears.“It’s an offshoot of all that work,” says Jeff Miller, the league’s executive vice president of health and safety initiatives, whose department works with medical professionals, researchers and equipment manufacturers. “An identification of what causes concussions and why there was a troubling increase in them.“We see patterns, the increased velocity of the hits, the positioning of the head and neck … that increase in force and magnitude of a hit, and not just with the crown of the helmet.”Dr. Allen Sills, the NFL’s medical director, believes all the data helped construct a comprehensive story that required immediate action.“Everything we saw said we must act on this,” Sills says of the injury rate for helmet-first hits. “There was a sense of urgency when the data was so compelling to do something now on this.”THE COACHESFor decades, the head was taught to be part of the tackling process. That has changed 180 degrees — at least in the NFL — as the consequences of that technique became so clearly grim and far-reaching.NFL coaches — yes https://www.49ersfanshop.com/Aaron-Burbridge-Jersey , even those who don’t win with regularity — are the elite of the profession. Still, changing a culture that was part of football for so long, and might still be at lower levels of the sport, is challenging.Throw in that some coaches were caught by surprise by the wide-ranging change, and others aren’t truly certain when flags will fly, and there’s concern on every NFL sideline.New Titans coach Mike Vrabel, a Super Bowl-winning linebacker, narrated a league-distributed video on tackles that are kosher and which are outlawed. Yet his team was among the most penalized early in the preseason.“It’s frustrating because I’m not doing a good enough job explaining to them what they’re calling,” Vrabel said during training camp. “I think they look at me like I’m nuts when I say, ‘This is what they’re looking for. This is what they’re calling.’“We just really have to start watching. The helmet thing extends drives. Penalties are going to lead to scoring opportunities; 15 yards is an explosive gain. … To continue to give them the 15-yard penalties is frustrating because I have to do a better job of making sure these guys aren’t using the top of the helmet.”Another worry among coaches is whether the calls on offensive players will be equitable to those on defenders. Former Cardinals coach Bruce Arians, now a CBS analyst, recalled seeing three flags thrown on the defense for helmet-first hits when it was obvious to him that the ball carrier initiated the contact.“It’s a great rule,” he says. “They just have to not over-officiate it. They shouldn’t use the posture of getting in a protective position by the running back before he gets tackled, yet he’s the one making contact with the helmet.”THE PLAYERSUltimately, as anyone involved in any sport will say, the players have to make the plays. And make sure they are permissible plays.It’s not going to be easy at first. According to 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman, it won’t be easy ever.Or fair.“It’s an idiotic rule, so there’s no need to go down that road,” Sherman says. “There’s no way you can tackle and play football. I could tackle like that if I was standing still, got on my knees, no one was moving and I was tackling bags or something. But to ask you to do that at full speed?”Adds Texans safety Tyrann Mathieu: “It’s going to be extremely difficult. Obviously, guys are trying to take the initiative to really go about it the right way, but sometimes it’s like, what do you expect a guy to do? Hopefully, we’ll get it corrected and like I said, hopefully it doesn’t take too much money from the guys.“I just don’t know when it’s a foul, when it’s clean. I have no idea.”

DENVER (AP) — Coaches made some curious calls Corey Moore Color Rush Jersey , assertions and admonitions in Week 9 as the NFL cratchers.Oakland coach Jon Gruden insisted the silver and black is still golden, saying he’s getting calls from players dying to play for the Raiders (1-7) next season.Hue Jackson suggested the Browns should have shown more patience before showing him the door with a 3-36-1 record, and his replacement, Gregg Williams, swore he’d turned down multiple head coaching offers since his firing by the Bills in 2003.Matt Patricia, the latest disciple of Bill Belichick to discover just how hard it is to win without Tom Brady, had no problem with a reporter’s question so much as his poor posture, apparently averse to any kind of slump.And Broncos embattled coach Vance Joseph admitted he got greedy in sending Brandon McManus out for a 62-yard field goal with 22 seconds left before halftime Sunday, a costly decision that backfired and resulted in a six-point swing in a gut-wrenching two-point loss to the Texans. RAIDERS NADIRS In an interview with Fox Sports that aired before Oakland’s 34-3 shellacking at the hands of the 49ers, Gruden told Raiders Hall of Famer Howie Long that said his trades of two of his biggest stars in Khalil Mack and Amari Cooper hasn’t affected other players’ desires to play for the Raiders in 2019.“I got a cellphone just like you and everybody else,” Gruden said. “I get a lot of phone calls from people that are dying to come play here. I’m just telling you. They’re dying to play for the Raiders.”Oakland may have nearly $70 million cap space to go with three first-round draft picks next April, but doesn’t talking to potential free agents teeter on tampering? HUE’S VIEW Jackson said he could have turned things around in Cleveland if given more time.“I was surprised that I was not given the opportunity to display what I could do as a play caller with a much more talented roster,” Jackson told Cleveland.com after he was fired along with offensive coordinator Todd Haley following the Browns’ 25th consecutive road loss.Jackson said he thought No. 1 overall pick Baker Mayfield will be successful but he lamented the Browns passing on quarterbacks Carson Wentz Jordan Thomas Color Rush Jersey , Deshaun Watson and Patrick Mahomes in recent years as Cleveland chose to stockpile draft picks. WILD WILLIAMS The real eye-opener in Cleveland was Williams’ wild claims in his first news conference as interim head coach. Williams had served as defensive coordinator for several teams since his firing as head coach in Buffalo 15 years ago, but he said that was only because he had turned down multiple offers to be a head coach again.He said he had “11 letters sent in to interview for head coaching jobs” and “four of them I didn’t even have to show up, just sign the contract and come.”The NFL suspended Williams for the 2012 season after ruling that while the Saints defensive coordinator he orchestrated a program by which players were paid for knocking opponents from a game.“That thing was a long time ago,” Williams said when asked if he ever imagined being a head coach again. “That’s nothing that we’re talking about now.” SERGEANT SIT-UP-STRAIGHT Detroit’s rookie head coach had a terse exchange with a reporter while discussing the Lions‘ trade of leading receiver Golden Tate to the Philadelphia Eagles, a team they could be fighting in the NFL wild-card race, for a third-round pick, a move that could hurt in the short-term but pay dividends down the road.When the reporter asked why he thought this move makes the Lions better, Patricia snapped, “Do me a favor and just kind of sit up, just like, have a little respect for the process.”This from a coach who wore sweatpants to meet the media during Super Bowl week last February.The reporter promptly sat up straight, asked his question again, and Patricia politely answered.After the Lions’ 24-9 loss at Minnesota in which Matthew Stafford was sacked 10 times Stephen Anderson Color Rush Jersey , the Detroit News trolled Patricia with this bold headline above a photo of the prone QB: “Poor Posture .” VEXED VANCE Joseph lost for the 17th time in 25 games Sunday when Brandon McManus missed a 51-yard field goal as time expired, turning a potential 20-19 thriller into a crushing 19-17 loss to the Texans and former teammate Demaryius Thomas.Joseph was left to answer questions for two days about his questionable decisions at the end of both halves.McManus also missed from 62 yards in the second quarter, leaving the Texans with the ball at the Broncos 48 and 18 seconds left, enough time for Deshaun Watson to get Houston into field goal range itself.The six-point swing proved the difference when McManus missed consecutive field goals for the first time in his five-year NFL career, pushing his 51-yarder wide right as time expired in the fourth quarter.“The one before half, that was totally on me. I was chasing points,” Joseph said Monday.But the game-ender? No apologies for not trying to get closer after reaching the Texans 33.Not with Whitney Mercilus, Jadeveon Clowney and J.J. Watt working against a makeshift line that had lost center Matt Paradis to a broken right leg earlier in the game.Said Joseph: “I wasn’t going to expose our quarterback and our O-line to that pass rush one more time and now if they make a play, now we’re all idiots, right?” The Texans’ best last season are expected to once again be the best this season." />Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesHorizontal - WhiteBattle Red Bloga Houston Texans communityLog In or Sign UpLog InSign UpFanpostsFanshotsTexansOddsAboutMastheadCommunity GuidelinesStubHubMoreAll 322 blogs on Horizontal - WhiteFanposts Fanshots Texans StoriesScheduleRosterStatsYahoo Texans NewsYahoo Texans Team PageYahoo Texans ReportYahoo Texans Depth ChartYahoo Texans TransactionsYahoo Texans PhotosOdds About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub ✕Filed under:2019 Houston Texans OffseasonJ.J. Watt, DeAndre Hopkins Named To PFF’s Top 50 Entering 2019New,4commentsThe Texans’ best last season are expected to once again be the best this season. CDTShareTweetShareShareJ.J. Watt, DeAndre Hopkins Named To PFF’s Top 50 Entering 2019Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY SportsEarlier this year Jeff Allen Color Rush Jersey , I posted something eerily similar to what I’m writing now. Pro Football Focus names J.J. Watt, Jadeveon Clowney, Deshaun Watson, and DeAndre Hopkins, to its Top 100 list. That was for the 2018 season. It’s now 2019. Check the facts, dummy. And so PFF is quenching the undeniable content thirst of the offseason by posting the same sort of list, but this time it’s for the Top 50 players entering 2019. Both Watt and Hopkins are on the list. Here’s what PFF had to say:33.) EDGE J.J. Watt, Houston Texans9.) WR DeAndre Hopkins, Houston TexansYou can read the rest of their list here.

unday by upsetting their division rival https://www.49ersfanshop.com/Joshua-Garnett-Jersey , the Seattle Seahawks. There’s already tons of media on us breaking the losing streak and how well Deforest Buckner and Nick Mullens played, but the unsung hero is this contest was Solomon Thomas. Checking the box score, you’ll see 2 tackles, but so much of what Thomas accomplished on Sunday won’t show up on any stat sheet.Playing at both inside and outside positions on the defensive line, he was able to consistently cause havoc and control blockers. This allowed for other players to make plays. Today we take a look at some of the film and how Thomas helped San Francisco win the game.First thing I noticed from Thomas was his ability to control the line of scrimmage. He was able to get under his blockers and discard them easily to make the tackle. He also did a great job in the outside of setting the edge and funneling the Seattle run game back into the teeth of the San Francisco defense. Here we have two great examples of Thomas standing up Pro Bowl left tackle Duane Brown. Thomas shows solid technique by jumping outside as to not get hooked, then using his inside arm, he extends and leans in to prevent Brown from getting into his chest. Then as the ball carrier approaches, he tosses him aside and gets in on the action.When the play wasn’t coming Thomas’ way, he showed great quickness down the line to crash down the runner before they could gain any yards. More solid technique as he rushes up the field first, checks for any reverses or bootlegs, then makes a beeline towards the running back. Here’s two great examples of him doing just that.Solomon Thomas played his best on the inside. I’m looking forward to seeing him dominate more from his natural position. While his outside game still needs some work, inside he’s able play well because he’s quick off the ball. It also looks like he’s been working with Buckner on his hand technique as he was beating blockers left and right using similar moves. This first clip is pure power, he stands up the guard, and then tosses him to the side to make the tackle.Thomas also did well for himself in the pass game causing pressure and eating up blockers. This allowed one on ones for other lineman and also kept Fred Warner and Elijah Lee free to roam sideline to sideline.In our first clip, the 49ers use scheme to get Buckner one-on-one in space and it works. Arik Armstead takes a wide rush outside George Kittle Jersey , while Thomas and Ronald Blair run a stunt on the opposite side. Thomas attacks the inside guard so quickly the center is forced to lean over and double him. This leaves Buckner one-on-one with no other lineman close enough to help. Once Buckner beats the guard, he’s untouched toward the QB for the sack.Thomas also caused pressure himself on the quarterback. Here we see some of the hand technique mentioned earlier. He swats the guards hands away and then rips under him to pass by. Wilson is forced to break out of the pocket and is eventually corralled by Buckner.Thomas’ biggest impact on Sunday came late in the game. Did you notice every time there was a big play by Seattle it was called back by a holding call? There were three, two at the end of regulation, and one in overtime. All three were called on the offensive lineman attempting to block Solomon Thomas. I have those clips below. Each time he simply beat the blocker at the point of attack and the lineman was forced to hold him. Each time it was a drive killer and eventually gave San Francisco the ball back to go and win the game.4th quarter, 3rd and 4. Holding. Seahawks forced to punt a few plays later.4th quarter. One Minute left. This would’ve gotten them into field goal range to win but the Seahawks were forced to punt again. Regulation ends in a tie.Overtime. Seahawks driving to win the game, their drive is killed by a third holding call drawn by Thomas.In those three plays alone you can see Thomas has improved. Combine those clips with the rest above and we start to get an idea of his overall growth and ability. There’s a lot of people on this site and in the NFL universe who tagged Thomas a reach, and seem him as a bust. I can admit myself there were game where he was simply invisible. He started the season slow, we often saw him getting beat at the point of attack and pushed around. The last few weeks however he’s been on a tear. He’s also been mentioned on PFF’s “refocused weekly game recap” the last two weeks in a row. While his overall rating isn’t exceptional, his play on the field shows promise of things to come in the upcoming seasons.It’s possible the 49ers will draft an edge rusher with their first round pick in the upcoming draft with hopes of continuing to bolster the pass rush. I do believe in Thomas they have a solid player who has shown some versatility and more important shown he can improve and get better. The sky’s the limit next season. Go Niners! We’re going to look at departures from each position prior to Week 1 of the 2018 season and see how they fared after leaving the San Francisco 49ers. Some players went on to better careers, while others may be out of the league. We won’t be highlighting every transaction, just some notable ones. Today, we look at the backfield.If there’s anything we learned from the running backs in 2018, it’s that A: Kyle Shanahan can identify and coach them up better than anyone else in the league and/or B: the 49ers are loaded at the position. Throughout the season, a new body would come in for someone else be it Matt Breida, Raheem Mostert or Jeff Wilson Jr. Which makes it all the more understanding why they moved on from who they did. While Jerick McKinnon was a nice upgrade K'Waun Williams Color Rush Jersey , Carlos Hyde had the experience in Shanahan’s difficult-to-learn offense. He also couldn’t catch in that offense (a deep Jimmy Garoppolo throw comes to mind here). Here’s a list of the more notable departures, and as far as the running backs go, there’s only two big names to jot down. Note that with some exceptions,many camp bodies, training camp transactions, and roster cuts during the season are not listed. Carlos HydeJoe WilliamsCarlos HydeWhen Carlos Hyde was drafted in the second round of the 2014 NFL Draft, it was clear the 49ers were looking for an eventual replacement for Frank Gore. When the 2014 season ended, the 49ers let Gore walk in free agency, leaving the role all for Hyde’s taking. At the time, all of this made sense. While the 49ers handled the situation about as poorly as one could imagine, the logic made sense. Get younger and cheaper at the position. Hyde wasn’t a bad running back by any stretch of the imagination, but he couldn’t stay healthy and his play of a cannonball shooting through the tackles lacked the vision and patience Gore had. He also had issues catching the ball, made most apparent in Kyle Shanahan’s arrival. As 2017 went on, Hyde relinquished more and more carries to rookie Matt Breida, but https://www.49ersfanshop.com/Marquise-Goodwin-Jersey , as a consummate teammate he was, remained positive on his role and wanted to return in 2018. That didn’t happen. The 49ers signed Jerick McKinnon and Hyde went to the Cleveland Browns. And it got worse. Despite the Browns drafting Nick Chubb early in the 2018 draft (second round, 35th overall), Hyde was the No. 1 back. That didn’t last long. Hyde put together great runs and games, but was dealt to the Jacksonville Jaguars in a midseason trade, giving the Browns their draft pick full reign of the backfield. Hyde turned in respectable numbers for “a Browns team” (63 yards-per game average) but Chubb took things to a whole new level as time went on, further hurting Hyde’s stock. With the Jaguars, Hyde played four games, starting in one and amassing 189 yards in Jacksonville. Combined with his 382 yards in Cleveland, Hyde finished 2018 with 172 rushing attempts, 571 yards, and five touchdowns. The Jaguars had character issues with starter Leonard Fournette, so perhaps Hyde has found a home with the Jaguars, but his 2018 couldn’t have gone any worse from a team commitment standpoint. Joe WilliamsNow we go to the other end of the spectrum. Hyde brought hope and promise, Williams brought questions on if he could make it at the NFL level. The 49ers used a fourth round pick on Williams in the 2017 NFL draft Joe Staley Jersey , but Williams never saw the field in 2017 or 2018. Williams came with some issues, most notable his quitting and returning to the Utah Utes football team. His reasoning was sound as it revolved around his sister’s death in 2006—11 years prior—but it still raised some eyebrows with possible character concerns. It also didn’t help that he was kicked off his previous team that he transferred to Utah from, the University of Connecticut. On the field Williams had some good, but mostly bad. When you thought he got it, he’d fumble the ball, run into his offensive line, or do something to indicate he needed time. Undrafted free agent Matt Breida beat him out in 2017 and the 49ers placed Williams on injured reserve. In 2018, the 49ers waived him, not even bringing him to the practice squad (that was left to someone who got playing time, Jeff Wilson Jr.). That’s enough to say the 49ers had about enough. Williams has not been picked up by any other team in the NFL. Would you like to have either of these running backs back on the team?

ngham Iron: AAF Open ThreadNew Ronnie Stanley Jersey 2019 ,2commentsFootball!ESTIt’s Week 2 of the AAF and five former Ravens will battle it out on Legion Field as the Birmingham Iron host the Salt Lake Stallions.Game time: Saturday, February 16 @ 2:00 p.m. ETLocation: Legion Field, Birmingham, ALTV: TNTThis is a good Week 2 matchup as the Stallions look to bounce back after losing to the Arizona Hotshots while the Birmingham Iron posted the first shutout in AAF history, beating the Memphis Expresss 26-0.StorylinesCan the Iron steamroll to their second-straight victory? Last week, the defense shut down Christian Hackenberg, holding him to only 10 completions on 23 throws for only 87 yards and an interception. Josh Woodrum, a former Baltimore Ravens quarterback, is the signal caller for the Stallions, though he suffered an injury in Week 1 against the Arizona Hotshots. He posted a similar statline of 10 completions on 22 throws for 103 yards White Mark Ingram Jersey , one TD and one INT. Once injured, Matt Linehan replaced Woodrum and went 7/13 for 56 yards, 1 TD and one INT. If this is all the Stallions’ offense can muster, Birmingham may stay undefeated.The Stallions need the running game to produce. You’d think a running back stable of Brandon Oliver, Matt Asiata and Joel Bouagnon, three former NFL backs, could muster more than 83 yards on 28 attempts (2.96 YPC). If Woodrum is still out, look for Salt Lake to lean on the running game.Will Trent Richardson’s running balance out? Against the Express, Richardson plunged into the endzone twice. Don’t let the two touchdowns deceive you from his usual NFL statline, though: 23 attempts for only 58 yards (2.5 YPC) and a lost fumble. He wasn’t needed often Mark Ingram Jersey 2019 , as Luis Perez aired it out for 252 yards on 19/33 passes, but the defense can’t be relied upon to score two touchdowns like last week.Was it a bad Stallions defense last week, or a great Hotshots offense? In Week 1, the Hotshots trounced the Stallions with the do-it-all quarterback, John Wolford. With 18 completions on 29 attempts, Wolford managed 275 passing yards and four touchdowns. He also added another 23 yards on the ground with eight attempts. The running game also added another 126 yards on 31 carries, good for 4.06 YPC. Salt Lake could easily fall 0-2 on the year if they can’t find a way to stop Perez and Richardson.As I mentioned earlier, there are five former Ravens playing in today’s game. Four for the Stallions and one for the Iron.QB Josh Woodrum (SL)WR Kaelin Clay (SL)WR Kenny Bell (SL)CB Will Davis (SL)Trent Richardson (BIR) Ravens coach John Harbaugh said after his team’s postseason came to an end that he doesn’t think he coached his last game in Baltimore.Harbaugh was asked after the loss to the Chargers whether that was his last game, and he answered, “I don’t believe so. I don’t believe so.”But Harbaugh did leave a little bit of wiggle room Ben Powers Baltimore Ravens Jersey , saying he doesn’t know for sure what the future might hold.“There’s a Bible verse that basically says, ‘Make no oath.’ No one can say what tomorrow is going to bring, other than God willing,” Harbaugh said. “We’ll see what God has in store but I have every expectation, every plan to be here as long as the Ravens want me here, and I believe they want me here.”With the Broncos and Dolphins both interested in making a run at Harbaugh, no one should be shocked if what tomorrow brings is news that Harbaugh is leaving Baltimore. Even if he’s sincere when he says his current expectation is to stay where he is.

Two years ago Christian Kirk Hersey 2019 , Cardinals running back David oth rushing and receiving in the same season. It hasn’t worked out that way, but Johnson’s new coach thinks he has the talent.Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury said he believes Johnson can be a matchup nightmare in his offense, and that Johnson is going to make big plays in the passing game this year.“He’s a big back and when you split him out and put him in space like that he looks like a true receiver Black Mason Cole Jersey , so that’s a unique combination,” Kingsbury said. “You get a linebacker on him, you should feel comfortable he’s going to win that one.”In 2017, when Johnson had those big plans to go for 1 Mason Cole Jersey 2019 ,000 yards both rushing and receiving, he got hurt in Week One and missed the rest of the season. In 2018 Johnson was back and started all 16 games, but the Cardinals’ entire offense struggled and Johnson’s numbers were unimpressive. Kingsbury was brought in to turn that offense around. That might mean big numbers for Johnson. We’ve officially entered the poker season for NFL personnel departments, when there’s usually more bluffing than calling.And with teams seeking to determine whether they’ll be able to find another quarterback in the draft Black Chase Edmonds Jersey , Cardinals quarterback Josh Rosen remains the wild card.According to Mike Garafolo of NFL Network, Washington is “not actively chasing” Rosen at the moment, which likely means unlikely to pay what the Cardinals are asking for him (if of course they’re asking for anything at all).Washington has basically brought in most of the valid rookie quarterback options for visits (other than Kyler Murray), so the clear preference at the moment is to find someone in the draft.Of course Chase Edmonds Jersey 2019 , that can all change as the draft progresses, and teams jockey for position for one of the four (or five) quarterbacks who could go in the first round.