this off-season Davon House Jersey , but they weren’t able to keep key depth pieces from finding work elsewhere"WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections The APC PodcastPackers Film RoomFantasy Football Advicefinding work elsewhereCDTShareTweetShareShareNFC North in Free Agency: Vikings retain Anthony Barr, but lose some depth Harrison Barden-USA TODAY SportsThe big story for the Minnesota Vikings’ free agent spending revolves mostly around re-signing veteran linebacker Anthony Barr — who almost left for the New York Jets — and losing some real depth pieces. After a change of heart, Barr is staying in Minnesota, but the same can’t be said for many other now-former Vikings who were cut or allowed to walk.The rest of the NFC North knows Barr. Packers fans know him especially well, unfortunately. Their free agent additions who are new to the team are less sexy than the Barr re-signing, however. They signed guard Josh Kline to a three-year, $15.5 million deal, defensive tackle Shamar Stephen for three years, and quarterback Sean Mannion to backup Kirk Cousins.The glaring weakness for the Vikings the past couple seasons has been their patchwork offensive line. Kline might be another band-aid attempting to cover much more serious symptoms. Kline played 16 games at guard for the Tennessee Titans last year, but was released and replaced with former Rams guard Roger Saffold. Kline does have the longest active start streak among guards in the NFL (46 games), however. The signing of Shamar Stephen helps ease the loss of Sheldon Richardson and while having insurance to backup Kirk Cousins is good, Mannion is far from a sure thing. He will have to secure the backup spot and compete with Kyle Sloter (Yeah, I had to Google that name, too).With their salary cap tied up pretty significantly in high-end players, the Vikings need to really hit on their draft picks to provide the requisite depth needed for deep playoff runs. Losing Tom Compton and Nick Easton while releasing Mike Remmers on the offensive line isn’t terrible from a talent perspective, but it does make them thin at a unit tasked with protecting their expensive quarterback.The Vikings also took some hits in the secondary, losing safeties Andrew Sendejo and George Iloka Dean Lowry Jersey , but the biggest hole from that unit could be losing Marcus Sherels. The corner and punt returner was always a threat to take one to the house on special teams, even if he didn’t provide above average coverage skills.Running backs are pretty replaceable and the Vikings will look to do just that after losing Latavius Murray. Former Lion Ameer Abdullah and Michael Boone are the primary backups on the depth chart behind Dalvin Cook and I expect Boone to be the primary relief guy. Not only because Abdullah is an under-performing pass-catching back, but because Boone showed real promise last preseason.The Vikings have been able to retain their blue-chip talent for the most part, but their lack of depth could really rear its ugly head as the season goes along. Major AdditionsJosh Kline, G (from Titans)Shamar Stephen, DT (Seahawks)Sean Mannion, QB (Rams)Re-signedAnthony Barr, LBAmeer Abdullah, RBDan Bailey, KDeparted in Free Agency/ReleasedLatavius Murray, RB (Saints)Marcus Sherels, CB/PR (Saints)Andrew Sendejo, S (Eagles)Sheldon Richardson, DT (Browns) Tom Compton, OL (Jets)Nick Easton, G (Saints)George Iloka, S (Cowboys)Mike Remmers Kentrell Brice Jersey , G (unsigned)NFL Preseason Schedule, Week 3 2018: Another national TV game for the Browns Boy, the NFL and its media partners are really pushing a team coming off an 0-16 season this summer. This is the third week of the preseason and the third time that the Cleveland Browns are on national television. Their first two games against the Giants and Bills were both on NFL Network, and this week they open up the third set of preseason games with a FOX broadcast.Sure, Baker Mayfield is drawing some eyeballs after going number one overall in the 2018 NFL Draft. Sure, the Browns are on Hard Knocks, which adds a bit to the intrigue around the franchise. But again, they went 0-16 last year.However, the Green Bay Packers finally get on national television this week, although NFL Network is joining the game a half-hour in for some reason. Here’s your full NFL schedule for week three of the 2018 preseason.Thursday, August 23rdPhiladelphia Eagles at Cleveland BrownsFOX national broadcastFirstEnergy Stadium, Cleveland, OH8:00 PM ETFriday, August 24thNew England Patriots at Carolina PanthersBank of America Stadium, Charlotte, NC7:30 PM ETNew York Giants at New York JetsMetLife Stadium, East Rutherford Geronimo Allison Jersey , NJ7:30 PM ETDenver Broncos at WashingtonFedEx Field, Landover, MD7:30 PM ETDetroit Lions at Tampa Bay BuccaneersCBS national broadcastRaymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL8:00 PM ETSeattle Seahawks at Minnesota VikingsU.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN7:00 PM CT (8:00 ET)Green Bay Packers at Oakland RaidersNFL Network national broadcast (joined live in progress at 11:00 PM ET)Oakland County Coliseum, Oakland, CA7:30 PM PT (10:30 ET)Saturday, August 25thKansas City Chiefs at Chicago BearsNFL Network national broadcastSoldier Field, Chicago, IL12:00 Noon CT (1:00 PM ET)Tennessee Titans at Pittsburgh SteelersNFL Network national broadcastHeinz Field, Pittsburgh, PA4:00 PM ETHouston Texans at Los Angeles RamsLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA1:00 PM PT (4:00 ET)San Francisco 49ers at Indianapolis ColtsLucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis Aaron Jones Jersey , IN4:30 PM ETAtlanta Falcons at Jacksonville JaguarsTIAA Bank Field, Jacksonville, FL7:00 PM ETBaltimore Ravens at Miami DolphinsHard Rock Stadium, Miami, FL7:00 PM ETNew Orleans Saints at Los Angeles ChargersCBS national broadcastStubHub Center, Carson, CA5:00 PM PT (8:00 ET)Sunday, August 26thCincinnati Bengals at Buffalo BillsFOX national broadcastNew Era Field, Buffalo, NY4:00 PM ETArizona Cardinals at Dallas CowboysNBC national broadcastAT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX7:00 PM CT (8:00 ET)

in game action since their playoff loss to the Jaguars after the 2017 season and they’ll have to wait until at least Week 16 of the 2019 season to get a live look at the former member of the team.Wednesday night’s release of the entire 2019 schedule confirmed that Pittsburgh will travel to MetLife Stadium to face the Jets on December 22 in a game that’s currently scheduled to kick off at 1 p.m. ET.If all goes well for one or both teams over the first 15 weeks of the season White Neal Sterling Jerseys , the game could have implications on the AFC playoff race. If so, that would make Bell’s first game against his former team an even bigger deal than it would be under other circumstances.Of course Neal Sterling Jerseys 2019 , there’s also a chance that a Bell injury could keep him out and push back his first game as a Steelers opponent. The Jets’ search for a new General Manager will heat up this weekend, with one more interview beyond the two which were previously reported.Via Rich Cimini of ESPN White Doug Middleton Jerseys , Bears assistant director of player personnel Champ Kelly is scheduled to interview in the coming days, along with Seahawks co-director of player personnel Scott Fitterer (who will interview today) Doug Middleton Jerseys 2019 , and Eagles vice president of player personnel Joe Douglas.It’s unclear at the moment if the other two candidates they’ve expressed interest in — Vikings assistant G.M. George Paton and Saints director of pro scouting Terry Fontenot — will interview. Paton has turned down chances to interview with the Jets in 2013 and 2015.Cimini also mentioned the possibility of adding more candidates to the mix, but they could move quickly with who they have lined up now.Both Douglas and Kelly have relationships with coach/acting G.M. Adam Gase White Brandon Copeland Jerseys , and Kelly satisfies the Rooney Rule that requires teams to interview a minority candidate.

week than they managed in their season-opening 10-3 win over the Bears and one component to that is how quickly they’re able to get plays in from the sideline.Quarterback Aaron Rodgers said earlier this week that the team has made “some subtle changes to hopefully help with some of that tempo” and one of the changes may have been revealed on Friday. Rodgers wore a wristband play sheet designed to help communicate play calls faster than they came in Week One.Many quarterbacks wear such accessories Authentic George Asafo-Adjei Jersey , but Rodgers hasn’t worn them in the past. Head coach Matt LaFleur didn’t say if Rodgers will wear the wristband during the game against the Vikings this weekend, but did say that the device has been helpful to him.“It gets [the play] out of my mouth a lot faster, I’ll tell you that much,” LaFleur said George Asafo-Adjei Jersey Boys , via ESPN.com. “So yeah, maybe it helps me get him the play a little bit quicker.”Rodgers’s immersion into LaFleur’s offense was a big offseason storyline and it’s clear that the process didn’t end just because the regular season got underway. Giants coach Pat Shurmur doesn’t want to hear about a quarterback controversy.After rookie Daniel Jones put on a show in Thursday night’s preseason opener, Shurmur was asked what he would say to fans who think it’s time for Jones to replace Eli Manning.“I think, ‘Slow your roll Infant George Asafo-Adjei Jersey ,’” Shurmur said.Manning went three-and-out on his only series, while Jones went 5-for-5 including a touchdown pass on his only series. Shurmur said it’s too soon to anoint Jones.“This is just his first go around,” Shurmur said of Jones. “I think he did a good job. As I mentioned, all along he has done nothing to disappoint us George Asafo-Adjei Jersey Draft , and certainly when you take the team down the field and score a touchdown, that’s a good start. It’s something good to build on. We have a lot of time left before we start playing games. Nothing at this point has changed.”Shurmur said Jones made some mistakes that the coaching staff noticed but fans and the media wouldn’t.“He didn’t motion the tight end across on the first play,” Shurmur said. “Those types of things. Things that we see. As I mentioned, to the naked eye George Asafo-Adjei NFL Jersey , you possibly didn’t see.”One preseason game is too soon to make any proclamations, but suffice to say that if Jones and Manning look in the next two preseason games like they looked in the first one, it’s going to be awfully hard for Shurmur to slow down fans’ desire to move on from Manning and see Jones as the Week One starter.

season approaches are posed as a question. For most of those questions Muhammad Wilkerson Jersey , we don’t the answer. On storyline No. 6, we do.The question is how will the Packers resolve the conflict between coach Matt LaFleur’s rigid offensive play-selection process and quarterback Aaron Rodgers‘ admitted desire for freedom at the line of scrimmage? The answer is this: Rodgers will win.He’ll win because he’s the face of the franchise, the most powerful and most highly-paid employee of a public corporation who won’t be punished or benched or traded or cut if he does whatever he wants, whenever he wants.It’s that simple. And Rodgers is smart enough to realize it. So the question is whether the Packers will let Rodgers do whatever he wants to do, or whether he’ll just do it.The best play for LaFleur and Rodgers will be to come up with a way for the first-year coach to save face, with LaFleur deciding that he’ll make an exception for Rodgers as to a system that results in two plays being called in the huddle and the quarterback deciding, based on a predetermined set of parameters, which one to call. LaFleur either can say that he has decided to let Rodgers call whatever play he wants to call at the line of scrimmage, or Rodgers can just do it. Which he will, regardless of whether the team lets him.Really, what will the Packers do? Roll with DeShone Kizer?Rodgers is the guy, he knows he’s the guy, and the sooner the coach lets Rodgers fully be the guy the sooner this issue will be settled, once and for all. The Packers have shown more overt interest in offensive tackles than any other position in the draft by a mile. If they’re poised to take someone early, they’re likely looking for a long-term answer at right tackle."Two cornerbacks Marcedes Lewis Jersey , three wide receivers, and a future first round pick — Brian Gutekunst’s first draft as general manager of the Green Bay Packers provided gobs of sizzle. In 2019, he may be looking for the steak. With ‘pass rushers’ checked off the grocery list, the top of the Packers draft board likely looks very unsexy. That’s not a shot at 300-pound offensive linemen; after all, we don’t condone body shaming at Acme Packing Company. But an offensive tackle at 12 or 30, especially with a pass rusher like Brian Burns or a linebacker like Devin Bush still on the board, could send Cheesehead Nation into a tailspin. If you nodded your head while reading that sentence, prepare your body. It’s coming. Green Bay has spent much of the offseason investigating, studying, and talking to top offensive line talent. It looks very much like Gutekunst has his sights set on a blue chip offensive line upgrade with top draft capital.The straightforward case for using a premium asset on an offensive linemen who probably won’t play in 2019 rests on two main tenets: nothing is more important than protecting Aaron Rodgers, and there isn’t an obvious plan at right tackle beyond 2019. This draft class, with a slew of offensive tackles who could also play guard, provides a unique opportunity for the Packers to pick a top player with the idea of grooming him for a long-term role. When Bryan Bulaga stays on the field, he’s one of the best right tackles in football and an elite pass blocker. He’s also not under contract beyond 2019 and isn’t reliable enough staying on the field. There’s a case to be made that 12-14 games of Bulaga is better than 16 games of most offensive tackles in the league—ask the Giants about Ereck Flowers—but if Green Bay is looking for a long-term solution for Bulaga, he may be waiting in this draft. Ted Thompson moved on from Josh Sitton and T.J. Lang a year too early Lance Kendricks Jersey , but then their bodies broke down, culminating in each retiring this offseason. Bulaga’s body isn’t fully broken yet, but the creaks can be heard from Wisconsin Rapids. Drafting someone in this draft to replace him in a year would give that player the opportunity to learn for a year behind one of the best guys at his position, while also acclimatizing to Matt LaFleur’s offense and life in the NFL. Don’t underestimate the value of the latter point. The Year 2 leap exists because the transition for college players at any position remains difficult despite the burgeoning schematic overlap. A full year in the NFL with a full-time offseason provides the best opportunity to take a major jump forward developmentally. Offensive linemen struggle even more in the modern NFL because the CBA reduced the padded practices and total practices, making the adjustment from the college to pro game much more cumbersome. Getting that year in this offense, and in all likelihood having the chance to play a game or two when Bulaga inevitably gets hurt, insulates the Packers against that development curve.The list of players the Packers have interviewed tells the story. Jawaan Taylor, Dalton Risner, Jonah Williams, Andre Dillard, Kaleb McGary, Greg Little, Chuma Edoga, and Tytus Howard all project to go in the top two rounds. Throw in some Day 3 tackles Green Bay has kept an eye on and the message is clear: they want a premium offensive line upgrade. They’ve shown more interest in offensive tackles than any other position, which Davon House Jersey , on its own, may not be surprising. Ted Thompson never drafted guards; he selected tackles who moved to guard. And he did so with sagacious efficiency. He also took Derek Sherrod and Bryan Bulaga in the first round, players who didn’t fit the typical athletic model they preferred when picking offensive linemen.If Brian Gutekunst is his football father’s son, so to speak, it’s not out of the question that the Packers would be willing to look outside their tendencies with athletic profile to pick a player they think can anchor their offensive line. That brings together an interesting question: with so many of the above players capable, or perhaps even better suited inside, is it the case they’re definitely looking at a right tackle of the future? Billy Turner’s contract would make much more sense if the’s a short-term answer at right guard and the perceived long-term answer at right tackle. The positional versatility of so many of the tackles in this draft allow Green Bay to pick one and figure out where he fits best later, opening up the opportunities for players who might not otherwise be great options. Alabama’s Jonah Williams, for example, doesn’t fit the athletic profile Green Bay generally prefers, but has drawn comparisons to Bulaga already and looks like he could be a solid right tackle. Some evaluators see a Pro Bowl guard. The ability to play both should appeal to the Packers, who brought Williams in this week for a visit. Risner, McGary, Taylor, and Little could fit the same kind of bill Dean Lowry Jersey , particularly as the first three played right tackle in college. Players like Dillard and Edoga probably have to play tackle only given where they are in their development curve.Still, the interest in offensive tackle, whether they play inside or outside, portends the end of Bulaga’s tenure in Green Bay. Turner may be the future, or it could be one of these top offensive line prospects. If Gutekunst does go that route, using a high pick on an offensive lineman, he’ll show his cards when it comes to Bulaga’s future. Considering nothing is more important than protecting Aaron Rodgers, using such high draft capital on an offensive lineman, even to go outside their preferred physical norms, serves as smart team building. It may not be the sexy pick at 12, but it is the prudent one. Signing Billy Turner gives the Packers even more flexibility to take a player whose best position may be inside but could still play outside effectively. By May, there’s a very good chance we’ll know who the right side of the Packers offensive line will be for the next few years. We just may not know yet who is playing where. Luckily for Aaron Rodgers, that plan probably no longer involves Jason Spriggs.

Good morning Womens Lac Edwards Jersey , GGN! I hope you’re all having a great start to the day. Sam Darnold seems to be getting over his bout with Mono at an extraordinarily quick pace, which is good news for the team after a putrid 0-2 start to the season. The doctors that have been working with Sam have pinned him to be able to come back for week 5 against the Eagles if all goes well. Hopefully for the team, that is the case. Regardless if Sam can ‘save’ the season or not, it’s important to see what type of development we get from the young QB. Week 1 didn’t look exactly great, but if he was dealing with Mono then it should be taken with a grain of salt. We’ll find out more as time goes on, but hopefully we get Sam back soon. With that, here are your links to the team today.Yahoo Sports - New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold details latest recovery timeline [Video]Zach Braziller - Where Jets' Sam Darnold stands in his battle with monoDanny Abriano - Latest on Jets QB Sam Darnold's recovery from mono: Confirms an enlarged spleenRyan Gaydos - New York Jets' Sam Darnold says he wishes he would have gotten mono soonerEric Allen - Sam Darnold Plans to Come Back Stronger Than EverSam Nuemann - USA TODAY NFL Power Rankings: Jets slide seven spots after Week 2 lossAlex Wendling - New York Jets Offensive Report Card: Week 2 vs. Cleveland BrownsJames Cunningham - New York Jets Defensive Report Card: Week 2 vs the Cleveland BrownsJustin Fried - New York Jets: Top 3 takeaways from Week 2 loss to Cleveland BrownsSteven Blush - New York Jets Black Monday: Heroes and Zeros after MNF BlowoutBrian Costello - Jets need Leonard Williams to finally deliverZach Braziller - Trumaine Johnson's $72.5 million won't save his Jets' starting jobMatt Stypulkoski - How, when can Jets get rid of Trumaine Johnson? 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Mosley held out of practice againSNY - Adam Gase delivers positive news on Quinnen Williams among injury updatesZach Braziller - Adam Gase: Removing Jamal Adams from game wasn’t a benchingSNY - Jets' Adam Gase owns making Jamal Adams benching callRich Cimini - Jets DBs Adams, Johnson upset with benchingSpencer Aber - Jets S Jamal Adams talks benching, social media changesHowie Kussoy - Jamal Adams denies wanting out in sudden Jets sagaTed Holmlund - Jets' Jamal Adams rips NFL for fine: ‘League is a damn joke’Chris Stephano - New York Jets should consider signing Colin KaepernickEthan Greenberg - Jets Sign QB David Fales, Place Trevor Siemian on Injured ReserveNY Post - Jets to sign David Fales in desperate quarterback searchDanny Abriano - Jets are signing QB David Fales to back up Luke FalkRich Cimini - When all else Fales - Jets add QB to back up FalkMatt Stypulkoski - Who is David Fales? Jets sign new backup QB with Sam Darnold, Trevor Siemian both outRandy Lange - Kicker Sam Ficken on His Jets Debut: 'I'm Just Doing My Job'Jake Patel - 888 Becomes the Official Sponsor of the NY JetsNewYorkJets.com - Jets to Host Fantennial Weekend Oct. 11-13 as Part of NFL 100 CelebrationHere are your missed connections from yesterday.Here’s the thread about nothing, make sure to rec the post!I hope you all have a safe and wonderful rest of the day! Jordan Leggett remembers the sudden buzz on the sideline and in the stands as cellphones lit up with texts delivering the scary news.A young player from a rival high school football squad in Florida had been seriously injured during a game and he might not make it."Everybody on the team where I was from was like, 'Oh, man, he must've just got like a big hit,'" the New York Jets tight end recalled. "We heard later that he passed away http://www.jetslockerroom.com/authentic-sam-darnold-jersey , so it was kind of a big deal."Taylor Haugen was only 15 on Aug. 30, 2008, when he went out across the middle of the field for a pass, reached up and grabbed the football 鈥?and was immediately slammed into by two defenders, one to the front of his body and the other to his back. The impact to Haugen's abdominal area ruptured his liver and the Niceville High School wide receiver was rushed to the hospital, where he died a few hours later."The surgeons who worked on my child all night said it looked like a car crash," Kathy Haugen said in a telephone interview.Leggett, who was a wide receiver for nearby Navarre High School in the Florida Panhandle, had never met Haugen, but was shaken by his stunning death. Ten years later, Leggett is honoring his memory with his "Touchdowns For Taylor" campaign, working with Haugen's parents and the Taylor Haugen Foundation to raise awareness about abdominal injuries in youth football and trying to educate parents, players and coaches about how to better prevent them.Shortly after Leggett was drafted by New York in the fifth round out of Clemson last year, his agents asked if he was interested in supporting any charities. Leggett talked to someone from back home, and they mentioned the Taylor Haugen Foundation."It just brought back all those memories from back in high school because I was there (in Florida) when it happened," Leggett said. "So, it was just something I wanted to be a part of."The 23-year-old Leggett started the "Touchdowns For Taylor" charity campaign last season through the sports fundraising platform Pledge It, with donors contributing money for every touchdown catch by the Jets this season."We've never been Jets fans in our entire lives," Brian Haugen said with a big laugh Tarell Basham Jersey , "but we find ourselves rooting for the Jets to score touchdowns."New York has 11 TD catches so far, with Leggett contributing to the total with the first of his NFL career in Week 4 at Jacksonville."Last year, I didn't get to play at all and my soon-to-be mother-in-law actually thought it would be cool to donate as much as my jersey number, so with 86, she'll donate $86 per touchdown," said a smiling Leggett, who missed last season with a knee injury. "We had a lot of touchdowns last year and she thought it was specifically just for my touchdowns, so it was kind of funny because she was the biggest donor."Leggett and Haugen's parents met for the first time in July in Florida, where they were able to chat about life in the NFL, high school rivalries, chilly Northeast weather 鈥?and, most of all, Taylor, and their combined mission."He's just a great kid," Kathy Haugen said of Leggett. "He's a wonderful person and we're really honored that he wanted to do something to give back to his community and chose the foundation and our son's legacy to do it."Added Brian Haugen: "He's a sweet soul."They are all fiercely driven by the same goal: spreading the word that abdominal injuries are potentially life-threatening to anyone playing football. And there are ways of offering better protection."If you think about football, and I think this is the story that people don't get is with the chop-block rules and helmet-to-helmet contact, where are they going to hit?" Brian Haugen said. "The torso is now the target."The Haugens have spent the last 10 years doing all they can to educate by speaking at conferences and workshops around the country and collaborating with medical experts and others in the college and NFL communities to learn more."The problem that needs to be fixed is, how do we avoid abdominal injuries, or at least try to better protect against them?" Brian Haugen said. "People say Womens Rashard Robinson Jersey , 'Wow, that never happens.' No, dude, you don't get it. Kathy gets phone calls almost daily from parents across the country who see this thing that 'never happens.'"It happens all the time."One of the most frustrating aspects for the Haugens is that statistics on abdominal injuries and deaths from football-related hits at the high school level are largely incomplete or inaccurate. It's also a big reason the Haugens started the foundation bearing the name of their only child. They are pushing for consistent injury tracking and lobbying for better protection standards at the youth sports level."Logic would say that if you're going to protect the organ on top of your shoulders," Kathy Haugen said, "you would protect the organs within the middle of your body."The Haugens support a product called the EvoShield shirt, which provides padded protection to the abdominal region and is worn by players at every level of the sport, including the NFL. They also started the Youth Equipment for Sports Safety (YESS) program to educate athletes and provide them with equipment to protect against abdominal injuries.They have also developed a six-part "Pledge To Protect," which includes a goal of making sure that by 2028 everyone playing youth football throughout the United States is wearing abdominal protection equipment as an essential part of their sports gear."It's being aware that this is an injury that takes place, that there are steps as a parent you can take to make sure that your child is better protected," Kathy Haugen said. "Ask questions and ask your coaches 鈥?be engaged. You are your child's best advocate when it comes to safety."The Haugens say they still wouldn't have prevented their son from playing the game he loved. But they stress they are educated now about the type of injuries that Taylor suffered 鈥?and they would know now how to better keep him safe.And they, along with Leggett and their many supporters, want other families to learn how to protect their kids 鈥?and never experience the loss they did."I think it's always a terrible situation when parents have to bury their children," Leggett said. "But they took the terrible thing that happened to their son and they're trying to make it better for other families who have kids who are playing the sport of football, and they're trying to make it better for everybody else."I mean, they're extremely strong for what they do and it's good to see."Online: Touchdowns For Taylor: s://pledgeit.org/touchdowns-for-taylor-2018 and the Taylor Haugen Foundation: s://taylorhaugen.org/

from the field — in reverse.Instead Youth Deandre Baker Jersey , they keep winning, and a new favorite has emerged for the top pick in the 2020 NFL Draft.If the season ended today, the winless Bengals (0-9) would hold spot in next year’s selection order. Also, a lot of people would be saying: “Why did the NFL season end the Tuesday after Week 10?”Cincinnati responded to rookie quarterback Ryan Finley‘s first start by taking a crisp 49-13 loss to the Ravens, signaling that it was perhaps not all Andy Dalton‘s fault.Washington (1-8) currently sits in the second spot. After losing to their neighbors, the Giants (2-8) are in the third spot, with the Dolphins atop the group at 2-7 Womens Deandre Baker Jersey , ahead of the Jets and Falcons.The Browns (3-6), Buccaneers (3-6), Broncos (3-6), and Cardinals (3-6-1) round out the top 10.The Raiders fell out of the top 10 last week, as the Bears’ win over the Lions pushed Oakland’s traded-for pick to the 14th spot. On the surface, the Minnesota Vikings’ game against the New York Giants is a meeting of old friends.It’s the first time Vikings coach Mike Zimmer is going to face his former offensive coordinator since Pat Shurmur left to become the head coach of the Giants in 2018.There’s a lot at stake for both men, and their teams.The Vikings (2-2) are coming off a disappointing 16-6 loss to the NFC rival Chicago Bears in a game when their offense did little.The Giants (2-2) are riding a high since Shurmur benched Eli Manning and made rookie Daniel Jones the starting quarterback a little more than two weeks ago. They are looking for their first three-game winning streak since 2016 Authentic Deandre Baker Jersey , and this would be a win over a team with an outstanding defense.It might be the sign Jones and the Giants are turning things around.“They are a good unit, a good team,” Jones said the Vikings’ defense. “We’ll be prepared. I think when you look at them they are a strong front seven and they are good in the back end, too. I think we’ll be ready.”The No. 6 overall pick in the draft, Jones has given the Giants a new look with his ability to avoid the rush, extend plays and run when necessary. Since his taking over, New York is averaging 28 points and it has converted on 14 of 26 third-down chances. It had 31 points combined in the first two games and was 5 of 23 on third downs.“He’s got two wins Deandre Baker Jersey Boys ,” Vikings safety Harrison Smith said. “Kind of the escapability aspect to him, especially in that Tampa game. He’s got a big arm. He’s obviously a young guy, but he’s done some really good stuff for them.”Jones will need to do more to beat the Vikings.Five things to watch as the Vikings try to snap a five-game losing streak in outdoor stadiums:GROUNDED VIKINGSThe new scheme directed by offensive coordinator Kevin Stefanski, whom Shurmur tried to bring with him to the Giants but was blocked by Zimmer, has helped the Vikings re-establish themselves as a productive running team. Dalvin Cook is 1 yard off the league rushing lead and the team has an NFL-high eight rushing touchdowns. The success hasn’t opened the passing game for Kirk Cousins. His 88.6 passer rating is 23rd in the league, while his 7.4-yard average per throw ranks 16th.TATE BACKGolden Tate III has returned to the Giants after serving a four-game suspension for PED use. The 10-year veteran, who signed in the offseason as a free agent Infant Deandre Baker Jersey , was expected to be the other half of a 1-2 punch at wide receiver with Sterling Shepard. Jones will have to find a way to integrate him into the offense. Tight end Evan Engram (27 catches for 331 yards and two TDs) and Shepard (20 catches for 218 and a TD) have carried the load.STOPPING THE RUNThe Giants come into the game ranked 19th against the run, and they are thin at inside linebacker. Rookie starter Ryan Connelly was lost for the season last week with a knee injury. Veteran Alec Ogletree missed last week with a hamstring injury, while fellow inside linebacker Tae Davis sat out with a concussion. David Mayo stepped in for Ogletree against Washington and had a career-high eight tackles. Minnesota is averaging 155.3 yards rushing, so expect the Vikings to exploit the Giants’ lack of depth behind their three-man front.THE BALL IS LOOSECousins leads the NFL with 46 fumbles since the beginning of the 2015 season, when he became a full-time starter. His six fumbles in the first four games are the most in the league. He had two last week at Chicago, losing one when Khalil Mack sacked him on the first play of the third quarter to set up a Bears field goal. Cousins has been struggling to find the right rhythm in terms of higher-risk, higher-reward decisions and playing it safe when the situation dictates it.The Giants have neither forced nor recovered a fumble in four games.JANORIS JENKINSThe veteran Giants cornerback has been inconsistent. Jenkins was torched by Mike Evans two weeks ago Deandre Baker Jersey Draft , when the Bucs receiver had eight catches for 190 yards and three touchdowns. Last week, he won NFC defensive player of the week honors for getting two of the Giants’ four interceptions against Washington, and tipping a ball that Connelly intercepted on the opening drive.AP Pro Football Writer Dave Campbell contributed to this report.

With an open roster spot to fill Ozzie Newsome Jersey , the team subsequently added rookie offensive lineman Drew Forbes to the roster.While it was widely expected that the Browns would activate Forbes, who has spent the season on injured reserve, it comes as a bit of a surprise at first that it is at the expense of Callaway Briean Boddy-Calhoun Jersey , afourth-round selection in the 2018 NFL Draft.But then NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported that Callaway is currently appealing a 10-game suspension for another violation of the NFL’s substance abuse policy. Callaway had his hearing with the league in the last week and the suspension reportedly stems from a “tainted CBD product.”Callaway also late to another team function this week, according to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler:While general manager John Dorsey loves nothing more than a redemption story, having a player face another suspension was apparently enough for even Dorsey to realize it was time to call it quits.Callaway opened the season with a four-game suspension for violating the league’s substance-abuse policy and then was benched for last Sunday’s game against the Buffalo Bills for reportedly arriving late for the game. Between those two events he did little on the field as he had just eight receptions for 89 yards and has often struggled to line up correctly or run the proper routes. That wasn’t Callaway’s first brush of trouble this season Joe Schobert Color Rush Jersey , as he came to training camp this summer out of shape. The Browns drafted Callaway even after he was dismissed from the team at Florida for his involvement in a credit card fraud case and tested positive for marijuana at the NFL Scouting Combine.Callaway is the fourth player to be released or traded from Dorsey’s first draft class with the Browns, joining offensive lineman Austin Corbett (No. 33 overall), linebacker Genard Avery (No. 150) https://www.brownsfanshop.com/Ricardo-Louis-Jersey , and defensive back Simeon Thomas (No. 188). Browns coach Freddie Kitchens says Baker Mayfield is growing into the franchise quarterback and team leader role exactly as he’d hoped.Kitchens said at Cleveland’s minicamp today that Mayfield worked hard last year when he was a rookie thrust into the starting job during the season, and now he’s showing a renewed work ethic as the undisputed leader of the team.“Baker works his tail off in everything he does and it’s no different this year than it was last year,” Kitchens said. “I think he’s getting more decisive with his decisions that he’s making David Njoku Jersey , which is a good thing for a quarterback. You want quarterbacks to play as fast as possible and I think he’s getting to that point.”That’s exactly what the Browns need from Mayfield, whom the franchise is counting on to be the reliable franchise quarterback they have sought for decades.

second-round pick cornerback Rock Ya-Sin and second-round pick wide receiver Parris Campbell have signed their rookie contracts. We have signed..." Colts NewsIndianapolis Colts Draft CentralColts sign Rock Ya-Sin and Parris Campbell to rookie dealsNew https://www.coltsfanshop.com/Andrew-Luck-Jersey ,2commentsEDTThe Indianapolis Colts announced Monday night that second-round pick cornerback Rock Ya-Sin and second-round pick wide receiver Parris Campbell have signed their rookie contracts. Ya-Sin and Campbell, taken with the 34th and 59th picks of the 2019 NFL Draft, respectively, become the eighth and ninth draft choices to sign their first professional contracts. Cornerback Marvin Tell III and safety Khari Willis signed their deals on May 13, while linebacker Ben Banogu, tackle Jackson Barton, defensive end Gerri Green, center Javon Patterson and linebacker E.J. Speed inked their deals on May 3. Third-round linebacker Bobby Okereke remains the only draft choice yet to have signed.Ya-Sin, the former state-champion wrestler, joins the Colts after 47 tackles and 12 pass deflections in 12 games with the Temple Owls this past season. On the other side of the ball, Campbell racked up 143 receptions and 1,978 yards from scrimmage in 43 games with the Ohio State Buckeyes. Both are expected to have immediate impacts at their respective positions and should help bolster some of the biggest positions-of-need heading into this offseason. There has been some debate on whether the Colts needed to add nose tackle in the off-season. I think they definitely should have." Colts AnalysisThe Colts failure to address the nose tackle position could prove costlyNew Josh Ferguson Jersey ,111commentsThere has been some debate on whether the Colts needed to add nose tackle in the off-season. I think they definitely should have.EDTShare this storyShare this on FacebookShare this on TwitterShareAll sharing optionsShareAll sharing options for:The Colts failure to address the nose tackle position could prove costlyTwitterFacebookRedditPocketFlipboardEmailPhoto by Peter Aiken/Getty Images0-Tech DTs comparisonColts 0-TechSnapsSacksTFLsQB HitsSafeties/FFs/FRsDisruptive ScoreColts 0-TechSnapsSacksTFLsQB HitsSafeties/FFs/FRsDisruptive Score(*) The “Disruptive Score” is a number I created using the equation (Sacks+TFLs+QB Hits+ FF,FR,SFTY) over (Snap Count/100).(*2) Some of the guys on the chart did not play 0-Tech exclusively, but did so on most of the snaps.The 0-tech defensive tackle is the guy that lines up in front, or closest to, the center on the defensive line. The Colts are now worryingly thin at 0-tech defensive tackles, specially after losing Al Woods in free-agency to the Seahawks, who signed him on a cheap one-year contract. I explored the option of Jihad Ward possibly transitioning to that position in a previous article. Ward scored an amazing 8.25 Disruptive Score, albeit on a very limited 165 snaps. The only true 0-tech left on the Colts roster is Grover Stewart, who has started just one game in his first two seasons. Looking at the 0-tech on the top teams, nearly all of them posted a score above Stewart’s 0.5 except for Bills’ DT Star Lotulelei, who was surrounded by top-tier talent on Buffalo’s defense T.J. Green Color Rush Jersey , and played right next to legend Kyle Williams. The conclusion from the chart is that in order to have a top defense in the NFL today, you need a guy that can disrupt opponents’ offenses from the inside. Gone are the days where the main job of the 0-tech was to eat up blocks in order to leave their teammates in better positions to make plays. Now, they also have to be able to make the play themselves. Guys like Eddie Goldman or Javon Hargrave were among the best in the league at generating pressure from the inside, and both the Steelers and the Bears were among the stingiest defenses. The NFL is clearly a pass-first league, so teams have to be able to generate pressure both from the edges and from the inside. Denico Autry and Margus Hunt, who will most likely play the 3-tech position (next to the 0-tech on the inside), were really good at getting to the opposing quarterback from the inside, racking up a combined 14 sacks. With new addition Justin Houston also drawing attention on the edge, the Colts pass-rushing capabilities look to be much better than the previous season. Still, the conclusion remains that if the Colts want to make the leap from good to great on defense then they will most likely need a 0-tech defensive tackle that can shed blocks and get into the backfield. The Colts had plenty of possibilities this off-season to address the lack of depth at the 0-tech position, but they haven’t advantage of any of them. They could have signed Darius Philon, who ended up with the Cardinals on a cheap 2-year https://www.coltsfanshop.com/Matthias-Farley-Jersey , $10 million contract, or perhaps Ndamukong Suh, who is still a free-agent. After not addressing the position in free-agency, the Colts had a good chance to do so in the Draft, as this class was very deep in defensive linemen. But, yet again, the Colts looked over the 0-tech position.I'm not second-guessing Chris Ballard, he has more than earned the benefit of the doubt, but the data indicates that top defenses included a 0-tech defensive tackle capable of generating negative plays and getting himself into the backfield. There is a difference of 1.4 in the Disruptive Score and now the Colts have only one true 0-tech left on the roster. It is clear that Matt Eberflus and Chris Ballard are focused more on speed and athleticism as they build a new Colts roster. This might result in a move away from more conventional sets, reducing the role of a 0-tech tackle. Still, the Colts definitely have room to improve at the position.

Lance Kendricks Jersey , that might be over after Friday’s testing. Meanwhile, the Packers show interest in Noah Fant, Irv Smith Jr. and the top tight ends in the class."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections The APC PodcastPackers Film RoomFantasy Football AdviceCSTShareTweetShareShare2019 NFL Scouting Combine Day 3: Top OL Jonah Williams scuffles, Packers meet with top TEsJonah Williams ran a good 40 time at the combine, but the rest of his testing didn’t meet the Packers’ usual standards for linemen. Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY SportsNo day underscores the hilarity of the basic premise of the NFL combine like the offensive line workouts, watching 300-pound men running around in spandex. While it’s true offensive linemen are rarely going to be running 40 yards down the field or doing the kinds of drills we see in Indianapolis, the movement skills of these dancing bears can be instructive. Who looks like an NFL athlete and who doesn’t? It’s not everything, but it’s not nothing either. Garrett Bradbury jumped out during the athletic testing, posting a 4.95 40 with a 1.74 10-yard split at nearly 6-foot-3 and 306 pounds. He also had one of the better verticals at 31 inches and stellar agility scores with a 4.53 shuttle time to go with a 7.41 3-cone. The North Carolina State lineman can play center or guard in the NFL and his movement skills in the drills emphasize what he shows on tape as a blocker in space. Though the Packers don’t generally draft interior college lineman, Bradbury might be the kind of athlete Green Bay makes an exception to get given how much the front office prizes athletic traits with offensive lineman. Questions about Alabama left tackle Jonah Williams’ arm length didn’t stop there. He ran 5.1 with a 1.77 split at 6-foot-4, 302 pounds which was the good. The bad was bad, with his agility times coming in well below where the Packers prefer with their offensive lineman. He did have one of the best lines of the combine so far so there’s that, but even for someone who might have to be a guard, it wasn’t a great showing. Williams, for his part, says he just wants the chance to compete, wherever it is.“I’ll play anywhere a team wants me to play but I was the best tackle in college football,” Williams said. His salty demeanor shows up on tape too. He’s a fighter. In the afternoon, the running backs took center stage, of particular interest to the Packers who have already met with some of the most intriguing names in the draft including Alabama’s Josh Jacobs, Stanford’s Bryce Love, and Memphis standout Darrell Henderson. Though running back isn’t a pressing need for the Packers Davon House Jersey , Matt LaFleur’s insistence on balance and sharing the backfield load could very well lead Brian Gutekunst to pick one of these guys in the middle rounds, much like 2017. Jacobs didn’t work out as the consensus RB1, but Green Bay would have to see him take a major tumble to go that route. That makes the workouts for some of the guys projected in the middle rounds more salient for them. Henderson followed a disappoint first 40 with a 4.49 time while FAU back Devin Singletary underwhelmed with a 4.66, though his best attribute is his ability to make guys miss. And while they didn’t work out, nearly every top-tier pass rusher came measured in above where they were projected from a size standpoint. Montez Sweat, at 6-foot-6, 260 pounds with a 7-foot wingspan looks like a 747, while Jachai Polite (258) and Brian Burns (249) added considerable weight to perform in Indianapolis. They haven’t tested out yet and those numbers will be important, but this impressive group cleared the first hurdle with no problems. Tight ends likewise didn’t work out, but a number of players mentioned meetings with the Packers including nearly every top-tier prospect. Noah Fant, Jace Sternberger and Irv Smith Jr. said they would meet with Green Bay. T.J. Hockenson was cagey in not mentioning any specific teams, but it would be easily to infer he’s in the mix as well. With the presence of Jimmy Graham, the Packers need a quality blocking tight end opposite him, preferably a player who can blossom into a more full-time pass catcher once Graham moves on. Matt LaFleur’s offense relies heavily on a solid run game and he’s been unequivocal about believing in sharing carries in the backfield. Aaron Jones and Jamaal Williams present a more-than-solid 1-2 punch, but adding depth and variance of skillset makes sense for the Packers. Finding a back to add into the mix will be on the agenda for Gutekunst, as will picking through a deep group of offensive lineman to solidify the right guard spot. Pairing them with a dual-threat tight end rounds out the run-game rebuild. Friday will go a long way to shaking out who the Packers will be targeting come spring to complete just such an overhaul.Aaron Rodgers means Packers can afford not to take risks, not other way around The Green Bay Packers don’t have to take risks because they have Aaron Rodgers. It’s a sentence that can be read two ways. Some argue that the team should pay whatever it takes. That Time is running out. That because Aaron Rodgers will be gone soon anyway, the Packers have to do whatever it takes to win another Super Bowl now even if it means mortgaging the future. Instead and in order, no, no it isn’t, and no they don’t. In fact, the presence of Aaron Rodgers is precisely why Green Bay doesn’t have to undertake enormous capital investment with its roster.Ted Thompson went a little too far in the other direction when it came to team building Dean Lowry Jersey , forgetting free agency existed and relying too heavily on the draft to build his team. That left the Packers undermanned and underdeveloped when he finally saw the door. But in 2016, Rodgers engaged in a video game-like run to carry an undermanned and underdeveloped team to the brink of the Super Bowl. The Packers weren’t the best team in 2014, but nearly went to the Super Bowl anyway because of Rodgers’ brilliance. His mere presence, the fact he can win any game by himself, means Brian Gutekunst doesn’t need to give up his financial flexibility and unmatched draft capital for one player. Would Khalil Mack have made the Packers better? No question. He makes them the Super Bowl favorite. And that’s a goal worthy of seeking to be sure. But the Chicago Bears also gave Mack $141 million dollars, a sum that would have accounted for a quarter of the Packers cap with Aaron Rodgers’ new mega-deal. Ryan Pace also gave up three top 100 draft picks, including a pair of first-rounders, on a team that isn’t near able to compete for a Super Bowl title. Green Bay doesn’t need to take such enormous gambles. Mack certainly showed he’s capable of living up to that contract. He was the defensive player of the year just two seasons ago, playing so well he earned first-team All-Pro from the PFWA at two positions. Chicago is attempting to borrow the Rams’ model of maximizing their spending with a rookie quarterback salary on the books and it could work for them in a year or two when Trubisky may finally be ready to be an NFL quarterback (he was decidedly not last season). There’s no comparable move in recent NFL history, making it difficult to suss out the true risks and reward here, but plenty of Packers fans were clamoring around the draft for a trade up. Go get the impact pass rusher the team needed. Trade up for Denzel Ward, the top corner in the draft. Gutekunst did the opposite, choosing instead to wait patiently, fleece the New Orleans Saints, and wind up with three potential Day 1 starters on defense including the player Pro Football Focus said had one of the best preseasons in the NFL and who Peter King just picked to be DROY (Josh Jackson). Good process is good process regardless of the quarterback position, but it’s even better when Aaron Rodgers is the quarterback. The Packers can afford not to gamble because they don’t have to. They have Rodgers. None of that should suggest they shouldn’t attempt to make the roster better. They should. And Gutekunst has aggressively set about doing that, bringing in players like Jimmy Graham, Muhammad Wilkerson, Tramon Williams, Marcedes Lewis and Byron Bell to round out the roster and add veteran leadership to the team. It was those moves that separates Ted Thompson from “great GM” to “all-time great.”Rodgers increases the margin for error, but also mitigates the need for risk. Calculated risk, like making Graham the highest paid tight end in the league on a short-term deal Kentrell Brice Jersey , represents the Platonic ideal for moves in the Rodgers era. It’s how the Patriots have built a perennial Super Bowl team around Tom Brady. Bill Belichick traded for Randy Moss, but that only cost them a fourth-round pick. They traded for Brandin Cooks with a first, then promptly re-sold him for another first, a move they likely knew they could (and likely would) make. The reasons are obvious: the pass rush is the No. 1 position of need on this team in 2018, but what about 2019? Or 2020? Paying so much on long-term deals to two players with subverted future resources to make other positions better puts a team in a potentially precarious position. If Bryan Bulaga can’t stay healthy, would the Packers have the financial or draft capital to fix that problem? If none of these young receivers pan out, can Green Bay survive with Davante Adams and spare parts? Money and draft picks would make finding additional weapons much easier. It’s not that trading for Khalil Mack would have been a bad idea. And it’s not even a gamble in a football sense; he definitely makes the Packers better. But at what cost? The answer both in dollars and opportunity cost could have been enormous. If Gutekunst had done it and won the Packers a Super Bowl, most fans would have been OK with the move, and rightfully so. That doesn’t mean it wouldn’t have been a risk from a team building standpoint. Geronimo Allison, an undrafted player, comes up and catches a critical touchdown in a Week 17 game against the Lions in 2016 and wins the game against the Bengals in OT in 2017. When you have a field-tilter like Rodgers, moves on the margins push to the fore. Carrying Allison on the roster compared to signing a more expensive free agent was a risk, but one the Packers can take because they have No. 12. It’s a small one, but calculated and with little cost. Rodgers’ mere presence can take a small move and make it a big one.Trading up would have been a (smaller) risk, but it could have worked out. It’s hard to imagine working out better than what actually played out with Gutekunst ending up with a king’s ransom and young defenders who already look like impact players. Just because Rodgers is 34 (still the prime for a QB by the way) doesn’t mean Green Bay should start falling all over itself trying to win now at the cost of its future. That future, thanks to Gutekunst, still includes Rodgers for at least 6 seasons and presumably Gutekunst intends to be in the building even longer. The same desired outcome, a Super Bowl title, can be achieved with less risk because of the unique player Green Bay has under center. Ted Thompson understood that and built a team that was positioned to contend for years. They have. Whatever deficiencies he showed were in keeping with the premise that success could be achieved without enormous risk. That would be true even without the greatest quarterback to ever pick up a football, but having that player makes it even more apt. The Packers don’t have to take huge risks because they have Aaron Rodgers.

Ben Roethlisberger had a lot of success throwing the ball to Le'Veon Bell over their years together in Pittsburgh and Bell’s new quarterback is looking forward to the same kind of results.Sam Darnold will have to wait a few more days before the Jets open up their offseason program Men Quinnen Williams Jersey , but he’s spent time watching Bell on tape and sees ways that the team’s big free agent pickup can make life easier in 2019 and beyond. In addition to Bell’s ability to make plays as a runner, Darnold has also taken note of his ability to turn a check down into something more productive.“I love it,” Darnold said, via . “I mean, what’s not to love about it? Le’Veon is a great player. He’s very instinctual too. He’s very quarterback friendly Womens Lac Edwards Jersey , which I’ve noticed watching his tape a little bit. Whenever Big Ben was back there, you could kind of sense that, as a quarterback, too, you sense when time runs out. You start looking for guys and Le’Veon is always really friendly and he’s always kind of right there in your vision. Or he was always in Ben’s vision. So I’m looking forward to that http://www.jetslockerroom.com/authentic-sam-darnold-jersey , just whenever I need him, just him to be that security blanket that I need to just check it down and he can get yards after the catch. So I’m really excited about it.”Developing Darnold has been a top priority for the Jets since they took him with the third overall pick last year and Bell’s ability to provide more options for the offense should fit right into that process. The Jets will get to start working with both players on Monday and having them on the same page come September will be a chief focus of all their offseason work.Jets podcast: Looking back on training camp Today is the end of training camp for the Jets in 2018. The team is set to break camp ahead of its third preseason game against the New York Giants.On today’s podcast we take a look back at an eventful training camp and discuss some of the key developments. The most important of these developments was clearly that the Jets got promising play from two young quarterbacks. Rather than argue which of their two shaky quarterbacks is less bad, Jets fans have been able to argue which of their two quality quarterbacks is better.We also will discuss some of the positive play of other rookies, one position that showed its lack of depth, one position that potentially looks deeper than we first imagined Tarell Basham Jersey , the unsettled special teams situation, and the frequent injuries of camp.Thanks as always for listening. You can subscribe to Locked on Jets on iTunes and Spotify.