NFL

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

college football with the stupid numbers is the worst thing since the rape of Nanking

[MR25]

No wonder Alex Smith didn't want to go back.

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

WFT is a factory of dysfunction

[NTP66]

Congress

[tifosi77]

Having network issues, and MR's tweet share won't load for me. Is it talking about how Ron Rivera said he was afraid every time Smith hit the field?

[dodint]

No. It's about them making him work 4x as hard as anyone else in spring training in the hopes he'd break his leg again and go away.

[NTP66]

Having network issues, and MR's tweet share won't load for me. Is it talking about how Ron Rivera said he was afraid every time Smith hit the field?

Nah, this:

Still, he did not understand the tactics his coaches used to keep him sidelined. First, they placed him on the Physically Unable to Perform list, even though world-renowned doctors had pronounced him physically able to perform. At camp, players wore GPS trackers, and none traversed 4,000 yards a day on average like Smith, whose coaches asked him to carry extra weight, push sleds and hurdle bags for drills—tasks he had never done in 15 pro seasons, let alone before his leg had to be rebuilt. Smith believed the team wanted to see if it could break him, and if that sounds paranoid, the team physician agreed with him. They seemed to be asking, Dr. Robin West says, “What can he withstand?”

[tifosi77]

Dude........

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

Snyder might be the most hated owner in all of sports

[nocera]

[mikey]

So both the wannabe pedos don't care for single digits...? Perplexing...

[PFiDC]

college football with the stupid numbers is the worst thing since the rape of Nanking

What in the actual **** dude...

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

it’s a rough joke, I admit...

[shafnutz05]

I mean, I'm not a traditionalist, but what is the rationale for the policy change? I always liked the old number system way back to the Madden 94 days when you were restricted by number based on what positions you were. Everything was cleaner that way.

Not a huge deal in the grand scheme of things, but more just wondering why it's necessary.

[Orlando Penguin]

Peter King a couple of weeks ago on the ‘why’ of the number rule...

So, you ask: Why? Let me give you an example. Last year, when the practice squads expanded to 16 players per team, it put a crush on numbers, particularly for teams that have some retired numbers. Take Kansas City. The current numbering system allows for running backs and defensive backs to wear numbers 20 through 49. Tight ends and linebackers can use 40-49 as well as other numbers. So when defensive backs, running backs, tight ends and linebackers all can claim those 30 numbers, and team had (not including players on IR) 69 active and practice-squad players, there can be a run on 20 through 49.

Kansas City has three numbers (28, 33, 36) retired in that range, plus a fourth, Joe Delaney’s 37, that is not issued. (Delaney, a KC running back, drowned in 1983 trying to save three children in a Louisiana pond.) That leaves 26 numbers that can be issued between 20 and 49. A look at the Kansas City roster on Jan. 1, 2021 shows three players issued number 30 last season:

• Defensive back Alex Brown, who wore the number in camp before tearing his ACL and being sidelined for the year.

• Defensive back Deandre Baker, issued number 30 when he was signed to the practice squad Nov. 19. He played two late-season games.

• Running back Elijah McGuire, issued number 30 when he was signed to the practice squad Dec. 22. He was never activated.

The number changes could be maddening, but with the likelihood that the practice squad will be either 14 or 16 players in 2021, and with the retired numbers helping clogging up rosters league-wide (Chicago has 14, San Francisco 12, the Giants 11, Kansas City 10, Philly nine, the Rams and Colts eight), it’s a necessary adjustment.

[willeyeam]

Somehow college players and refs can keep up with different numbers in different positions. I have faith the pros can adjust

[mikey]

It legit only matters for ineligible receivers...at best...

[meow]

“This is the way it’s always been” is not a good way to go through life.

Gimme LBs wearing #6

[mikey]

You won't think that the 6'3", 240 pound black dude is a kicker though by mistake...? I mean, he is wearing a kicker's number, it's gonna be real tough...

[meow]

When he vertical suplexes the QB, I think I’ll be able to figure it out

[MrKennethTKangaroo]

You won't think that the 6'3", 240 pound black dude is a kicker though by mistake...? I mean, he is wearing a kicker's number, it's gonna be real tough...

"I thought bubby brister was playing defensive end so I just went and blocked the guy wearing 45 instead"

[dodint]

I guess the "who will they know who to block" folks presume the NFL is a series of pick-up games with no film study or game prep?

These people are millionaires. Earn it.

[nocera]

It legit only matters for ineligible receivers...at best...

Brady seems to think it'll have an effect on QBs recognizing and calling out coverage. I don't see it, but I'm also not Tom Brady so what do I know?

[NTP66]

Even so, who gives a ****? You get paid well to play a game. Figure it out.

[nocera]

Oh it's definitely 'old man yells at cloud' but I'm just saying he probably has a better idea of the ramifications than anybody here would. The "will make for a lot of bad football" is dramatic. Also if this in some way does favor the defense, is that really such a bad thing? This league has catered to the offense for years now. One change that may help the D and Brady cries.