New England Patriots

[@SkitchP]

Leinert- Couldnt compete for a starting job when he was in the NFL, much less years later.

Jon Kitna- he's 42. No way
Rex Grossman- LULZ
Seneca Wallace- Wait. What?
Tebow- huh
Favre- just no
Vince Young - He hasnt played in 4 years, and couldnt even make the Bills or Browns roster
Brady Quinn- the closest on your list? Maybe?
David Garrard- He was slightly above average in his best season. 8 years ago. He's 36 and hasnt played in 4 years. No.

Honestly I MIGHT have accepted Kurt Warner. Your list is beyond foolish.

[spike]

If Brady got a 4th SB, he'd desperately want a 5th - it would break the record. So in that respect, I guess it's possible he'd take less again, but "sources," reported in the media, indicate Brady wants a big deal $$$ when his current one ends.

Brady will be 41 when his current contract ends. I know he's amazing, but it's highly unlikely he's getting a big deal then.

The general consensus is that he will want to rip that deal up ahead of time and restructure the contract.

That idea isn't far fetched especially when you consider the recent all out PR effort (latest example is the SI article) by his internal team to highlight the brain exercises and other unconventional training he's doing to put himself in a competitive position to play even into his mid to late 40s.

I wouldn't be shocked if he plays till 47-48 years old at a relatively high level.

There's pretty much 10 or so good QBs in the NFL and the rest is complete crap. So, by "relatively high level," I don't view that as a high benchmark to reach these days in the NFL...there's probably 5-10 retired QBs that could return and compete for starting jobs right now. The NFL has a serious problem with QBs. I only need to watch the RedZone to confirm this.

sure, but there's no way brady or any other nfl player who doesn't kick the ball is going to play into his late 40s.

[Green Habit]

Congrats on AFC HFA.

There's one part that hasn't been challenged yet that I'll take on:

There's pretty much 10 or so good QBs in the NFL and the rest is complete crap.

The following QBs aren't "complete crap": Tannehill, Brady, Flacco, Dalton, Roethlisberger, Luck, Peyton, Smith, Rivers, Romo, Eli, Stafford, Ryan, Newton, Brees, Palmer, Kaepernick, Wilson. You might be able to add Bridgewater to that list soon as well. That's 18-19 QBs. Not all of those guys are elite but you could probably win a SB with almost any of them if the surrounding cast is right.

[spike]

Leinert- Couldnt compete for a starting job when he was in the NFL, much less years later.

Jon Kitna- he's 42. No way
Rex Grossman- LULZ
Seneca Wallace- Wait. What?
Tebow- huh
Favre- just no
Vince Young - He hasnt played in 4 years, and couldnt even make the Bills or Browns roster
Brady Quinn- the closest on your list? Maybe?
David Garrard- He was slightly above average in his best season. 8 years ago. He's 36 and hasnt played in 4 years. No.

Honestly I MIGHT have accepted Kurt Warner. Your list is beyond foolish.

lol

Johnny Manziel is out for the year with a hamstring injury. Brian Hoyer is nursing a shoulder injury and may not be able to go on Sunday. Cleveland needs a quarterback. Rex Grossman is not that quarterback. He's busy.

Grossman, who hasn't gotten into a game since 2011 but spent training camp with the Browns before being waived, has reportedly turned down Cleveland's offer. Grossman could have made $53,529 for one week of work, but it's not just any week. It's Christmas!

The Browns are expected to turn to Tyler Thigpen, who they cut this summer upon signing Grossman. Whoever it ends up being will likely be stuck on clipboard duty; Mike Pettine says undrafted rookie and practice squadder Connor Shaw is ready to start if need be.

[Green Habit]

Getting rejected by Rex Grossman is such a Brownsey thing to happen.

[Coach]

I love when everyone agrees with me, thanks fellas!

But srsly, OK, I went a bit too far with the point. I'll back track and say that the quality of NFL QBs is not where it used to be. Talent ebbs and flows.

[Self]

Coach, everyone!

What golden age of NFL QB talent are you thinking of, Coach?

[E.H. Ruddock]

Since I don't really have a dog in the playoff fight, I guess because I know Justin I'll root for the Patriots this postseason.

Maybe the Panthers too, but they won't go far. You are welcome, J.

[Alex]

Since I don't really have a dog in the playoff fight, I guess because I know Justin I'll root for the Patriots this postseason.

Maybe the Panthers too, but they won't go far. You are welcome, J.

rise up

[Green Habit]

Coach, everyone!

What golden age of NFL QB talent are you thinking of, Coach?

I pondered this question back in 2007:

http://archive.theskyiscrape.com/viewto ... =8&t=70066

Here's something that I was just thinking through when I was pondering football when I was growing up. The early to mid 90s was truly a bonanza as far as QBs went. From 1992-1994, we had no fewer than eight starting QBs who are/will be Hall of Famers: Elway, Montana, Marino, Young, Kelly, Aikman, Moon, and Favre. That means over one-fourth of the league had a Hall of Fame quarterback. In addition, there were several other very good QBs out there around the time--Phil Simms was just finishing a good career, Boomer Esiason was still around, Randall Cunningham was lighting things up in Philly, Drew Bledsoe had his Super Bowl year.

QB play has gotten a lot better since 2007, but we're still not close to that era.

[Coach]

Coach, everyone!

What golden age of NFL QB talent are you thinking of, Coach?

I just watch a lot of Red Zone football and it seems that there's this combination of starting QBs getting hurt and then we're left with watching a lot of mistakes made by back-ups and their back-ups.

But then there's even some of the starters who make stupid, repeated mistakes. Maybe there's too many teams now, I dunno. Just "feel" the QB position is weak right now.

[E.H. Ruddock]

If Shaw starts for Cleveland and they sign Tyler Thigpen, that is a good day for the state of South Carolina.

[Coach]

Leinert- Couldnt compete for a starting job when he was in the NFL, much less years later.

Jon Kitna- he's 42. No way
Rex Grossman- LULZ
Seneca Wallace- Wait. What?
Tebow- huh
Favre- just no
Vince Young - He hasnt played in 4 years, and couldnt even make the Bills or Browns roster
Brady Quinn- the closest on your list? Maybe?
David Garrard- He was slightly above average in his best season. 8 years ago. He's 36 and hasnt played in 4 years. No.

Honestly I MIGHT have accepted Kurt Warner. Your list is beyond foolish.

lol

Johnny Manziel is out for the year with a hamstring injury. Brian Hoyer is nursing a shoulder injury and may not be able to go on Sunday. Cleveland needs a quarterback. Rex Grossman is not that quarterback. He's busy.

Grossman, who hasn't gotten into a game since 2011 but spent training camp with the Browns before being waived, has reportedly turned down Cleveland's offer. Grossman could have made $53,529 for one week of work, but it's not just any week. It's Christmas!

The Browns are expected to turn to Tyler Thigpen, who they cut this summer upon signing Grossman. Whoever it ends up being will likely be stuck on clipboard duty; Mike Pettine says undrafted rookie and practice squadder Connor Shaw is ready to start if need be.

Not to reopen this can of worms, but that proves my point: there's people out there who can compete for starting jobs.

[@SkitchP]

Leinert- Couldnt compete for a starting job when he was in the NFL, much less years later.

Jon Kitna- he's 42. No way
Rex Grossman- LULZ
Seneca Wallace- Wait. What?
Tebow- huh
Favre- just no
Vince Young - He hasnt played in 4 years, and couldnt even make the Bills or Browns roster
Brady Quinn- the closest on your list? Maybe?
David Garrard- He was slightly above average in his best season. 8 years ago. He's 36 and hasnt played in 4 years. No.

Honestly I MIGHT have accepted Kurt Warner. Your list is beyond foolish.

lol

Johnny Manziel is out for the year with a hamstring injury. Brian Hoyer is nursing a shoulder injury and may not be able to go on Sunday. Cleveland needs a quarterback. Rex Grossman is not that quarterback. He's busy.

Grossman, who hasn't gotten into a game since 2011 but spent training camp with the Browns before being waived, has reportedly turned down Cleveland's offer. Grossman could have made $53,529 for one week of work, but it's not just any week. It's Christmas!

The Browns are expected to turn to Tyler Thigpen, who they cut this summer upon signing Grossman. Whoever it ends up being will likely be stuck on clipboard duty; Mike Pettine says undrafted rookie and practice squadder Connor Shaw is ready to start if need be.

Not to reopen this can of worms, but that proves my point: there's people out there who can compete for starting jobs.

Competing for a starting job is not the same thing as "starting a game in an emergency because your top 2 QBs died"

[spike]

[Coach]

Leinert- Couldnt compete for a starting job when he was in the NFL, much less years later.

Jon Kitna- he's 42. No way
Rex Grossman- LULZ
Seneca Wallace- Wait. What?
Tebow- huh
Favre- just no
Vince Young - He hasnt played in 4 years, and couldnt even make the Bills or Browns roster
Brady Quinn- the closest on your list? Maybe?
David Garrard- He was slightly above average in his best season. 8 years ago. He's 36 and hasnt played in 4 years. No.

Honestly I MIGHT have accepted Kurt Warner. Your list is beyond foolish.

lol

Johnny Manziel is out for the year with a hamstring injury. Brian Hoyer is nursing a shoulder injury and may not be able to go on Sunday. Cleveland needs a quarterback. Rex Grossman is not that quarterback. He's busy.

Grossman, who hasn't gotten into a game since 2011 but spent training camp with the Browns before being waived, has reportedly turned down Cleveland's offer. Grossman could have made $53,529 for one week of work, but it's not just any week. It's Christmas!

The Browns are expected to turn to Tyler Thigpen, who they cut this summer upon signing Grossman. Whoever it ends up being will likely be stuck on clipboard duty; Mike Pettine says undrafted rookie and practice squadder Connor Shaw is ready to start if need be.

Not to reopen this can of worms, but that proves my point: there's people out there who can compete for starting jobs.

Competing for a starting job is not the same thing as "starting a game in an emergency because your top 2 QBs died"

They called Rex and others, so he did compete for a starting QB job. It's irrelevant that he turned them down. Again, this proves my point that there are people out there who can compete for a starting job in the league.

It's ridiculous to concede that only "active" NFL QBs are the only people who can compete for a starting job.

[@SkitchP]

ugh. I give up.

[Coach]

We're on to Buffalo.

[Yeddie Yedder]

We're on to Buffalo.

yar!

The starters will start and play conservatively for a half....Edelman needs to be healthy, but will also need some reps after missing Miami.

[Coach]

Interesting.

http://espn.go.com/boston/nfl/story/_/i ... -more-cash

In a deal turned into the NFL office Monday, quarterback Tom Brady restructured his contract to give the New England Patriots $24 million more in cash to spend this offseason, according to league sources.

Tom Brady restructured his contract to give the Patriots $24 million more in cash to spend this offseason, according to sources.
Under the new deal, Brady changed the $24 million in "skill" guarantee to only "injury" guarantee, meaning that Brady now would get the guaranteed money only if he were injured.

Brady also now can be released by the Patriots without any liability, but he then would become an unrestricted free agent, free to command the type of guaranteed money he has agreed to surrender.

The move frees up cash for the Patriots to use on other players. New England needs the cash to help re-sign some of its own free agents, including cornerback Darrelle Revis, safety Devin McCourty, tackle Nate Solder and running back Shane Vereen, among others.