2020 news, rumors Camp thread - season to start in one month or so

[Phicinfan]

Time for a new thread....
Tom Brady turns 43 today - jeez I am much older than him...and a lot less rich...
Vikings extended HC Zimmer now they are locking up and extending GM Spielman
Jets have released OG Brian Winters
Patriots place Sony Michel, Mohammad Sanu and Brandon King on PUP
Ravens place C Matt Skura on PUP
Gardner Minshew placed on Covid list for Jags - makes second starting Qb to go on list after Stafford in Det.
Lions wr Geronimo Allison opts out
Official now, Rb Jeremy Hill signs with LVR
Browns place Jarvis Landry on PUP list
Colts place Wr T.Y. Hilton on NFI list
NYG DL Marcus Goldman has finally reported
Saints place Kiko Alonso LB and Johnson Bademosi Cb on PUP list
Panthers activate OL Greg Little off of PUP list
Cowboys cut Kai Forbath K

 

[Phicinfan]

Bills - lost OL Jon Feliciano ROG to a torn pectoral muscle - need to fill this hole
Cardinals place OT Marcus Gilbert and Te Maxx Williams on NFI list

 

[Phicinfan]

XFL - purchased by none other than Dwayne the Rock Johnson with two partners and he will be actively involved in running the league

 

[Phicinfan]

Washington signing veteran FA wr Dontrelle Inman

 

[MongerKhan]

Jordan Reed signs a 1 year incentive filled deal with the 49ers.

Only incentives I can think of is a bonus for how fast he ends up on IR

 

[Phicinfan]

Seahawks HC confirmed if NFL reinstates Josh Gordon they would really like to re-sign him.
Bengals want to start talk with Mixon on an extension
49ers are looking into having tackling during camp since there is no pre-season
Bengals make roster moves - place OG Xavier Su'a-Filo on PUP and place DT Renell Wren on NFI list
Seahawks TE Will Dissly passed his physical from his torn achilles last year and does not go on PUP list
NFL and NFLPA finally signed the amended CBA
NFL confirmed players have til Thursday June 6th at 4pm to opt out

 

[mudloggerone]

The deadline for NFL teams to promote practice squad players to the game day roster has been extended to 90 minutes before kickoff.
Teams usually have until 4 p.m. the day before a game to move a practice squad player onto the roster, but with the potential for players testing positive for COVID-19 the night before or the day of a game, the league and NFLPA decided to extend the window for practice squad activations. The change will create total chaos for fantasy managers as teams scramble to make last second moves when players test positive for the virus in the hours before kickoff. Anyone who can't monitor their starting lineup and waiver wire options on Sunday mornings will be at a massive disadvantage in 2020.
SOURCE: Tom Pelissero on Twitter


Duh, well they've always been at a disadvantage if they don't check in before kickoff but I do agree it will be of dire importance now.

 

[Remote Controller]

Some NFL player threw a big party at his LA mansion last night. It ended with shots fired and 4 people badly injured.

 

[mudloggerone]

If that was recent I wonder why he wasn't at camp?

 

[Remote Controller]

been following on Fox sports radio. Could be a past player or even one who opted out.

 

[Phicinfan]

49ers lost DB D. J. Reed for the season with a torn pectoral muscle
Jaguars - activated Minshew off of the Covid list

 

[Phicinfan]

NFL related - but NOT NFL news...
NCAA does NOT have the power to shut down the season for fall sports, especially football, that is a school by school and conference decision. However, the NCAA does have the power to cancel any conference championships. So IF the teams play, and still want to have a championship for NCAA, it could be without any conference championships. Stay tuned to see how this ends up....

 

[Phicinfan]

NFL and NFLPA has updated the opt out rules.
Deadline for most players is still Tomorrow at 4pm ET.

However, after that, if a player falls under one of two conditions, they can still opt out. They are per PFT report:

According to the document outlining the final opt-out procedures, a copy of which PFT has obtained, a player may opt out after August 6 if he he receives a new diagnosis that he suffers from one of the “Higher Risk” factors. If that occurs, the player will have one week after receiving the new diagnosis to opt out.

Also, if a player has a family member die or become hospitalized due to COVID-19 after August 6, the player will be eligible at that point to opt out.

Now, players can still retire as another option, but won't get the monetary protection opting out gets.

 

[Arctic Dawgs]

IF it is an opted out player for covid I hope there will be repercussions. Opt out and then throw or go to a big house party ??

 

[mudloggerone]

A feel good story developing for the No Names...

• Washington HC Ron Rivera said he was "pleasantly surprised" by Alex Smith's recovery from a catastrophic leg injury, and could compete for the team's starting quarterback spot.
  Rivera told reporters he could "envision" the 36-year-old Smith entering the "conversation" for the starting job if he continues to show he's recovered from his 2018 leg break, which required 17 surgeries. "He’s looked really fluid, he really has, and it’s a tribute to who he is, it’s a tribute to his trainers and his doctors that have helped him get to where he is today," said Rivera, who has declined to name Dwayne Haskins as the Football Team's starter. With explosive play makers Terry McLaurin, Antonio Gibson, Derrius Guice, and Steve Sims, Jr., Smith could be at the helm of an offense with sneaky upside. The king of QB streamers could yet reclaim his crown.
  SOURCE: The Washington Post
  Aug 4, 2020, 11:04 AM ET
  
  

 

[Phicinfan]

49ers are kicking the tires on Ziggy Ansah and Dion Jordan
Bills sign OG Brian Winters, and in another move are about to release OL Spencer Long

 

[Phicinfan]

Saints promote Terry Fontenot to asst. GM in charge of player personnel - he was interviewed by Jets before they hired Joe Douglas
Raiders have rookie Lynn Bowden learning - Qb, Rb and Wr roles
Cardinals TE Maxx Williams passes his physical and comes off the NFI list
Steelers Qb Roethlisberger explained his elbow injury - tore 3 flexor tendons off the bone in his elbow...Yikes
Patriots activate Mohammad Sanu off of PUP
Eagles place Brandon Brooks on PUP, and claim Te Caleb Wilson off of waivers from Washington
P.J. Hall can't win, reports were Raiders were cutting him, then they traded him to Vikings, he failed his physical and got returned
Panthers claim Rb Trenton Cannon off of waivers from Jets

 

[Phicinfan]

UCONN announces fall sports cancellation, first FBS school to announce this

 

[Phicinfan]

49ers are planning to sign Dion Jordan

 

[mudloggerone]

Raiders released RB Jeremy Hill.

Well that was quick.