NFL 2022 - Off-Season Player News and Updates

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MLB tv yearly pass in Australia $130 for 162 games per team.

Nfl game pass in Australia is $280 for 17 games per team.

NFL make a heap more per game sold. Thr NFL is king when it comes to TV contracts. And because the NFL van get billions a year from the networks they will try and keep a possible streaming service close to the DirecTV Sunday ticket cost $400USD a year for all games and redzone.

To begin they might drop it to $250-$300 but will try and get every cent they can. Then international markets will follow.

Best case scenario would be Amazon, ESPN or someone else buying the Sunday ticket package and they might charge less and hopefully keep out of the international market

 

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Patriots signed DB Jabrill Peppers, formerly of the Giants, to a one-year contract.​

Peppers tore his ACL in Week 7 but is expected to be ready for training camp. The Patriots have always had a thing for versatile secondary pieces and Peppers fits the bill. Behind Kyle Duggar, Devin McCourty, and Adrian Phillips on the depth chart at safety, Peppers' might find playing time easier to come by at corner on paper -- the truth is the Pats run their safeties into nickel roles fairly often. He also has returned kicks.

 

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Speaking at the Owner's Meetings, Colts owner Jim Irsay said that the Colts explored a trade for a young quarterback that would have cost two first-round picks.​

This was, of course, before they acquired Matt Ryan. The Colts were on the periphery of the Deshaun Watson talks before the Texans shut them out, but perhaps Chris Ballard had his eye on a different young quarterback as well. The trade never materialized and the Colts instead pivoted to Ryan.

 

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Chiefs head coach Andy Reid said the team will give Ronald Jones a chance to be a "major part" of the offense.​

Signed to a one-year, $5 million deal this week, Jones will join Clyde Edwards-Helaire in the Kansas City backfield after being relegated to the bench in Tampa Bay. “He’s a tough runner with good vision,” Reid said of Jones. “I’ll take that, and he needs that opportunity to feel like he’s a major part of this thing. We’ll give him that. I’ve got Clyde in there, too, so it’ll just help take some pressure off and they’ll work together and be a pretty good combo.” Among the most efficient rushers in the league, Jones last year gained 239 yards over expected on inside runs, more than any running back besides Derrick Henry. Jones was second in the NFL in expected points added per rush. He would profile as KC's better early-down runner while Edwards-Helaire likely takes most pass-catching opportunities out of the backfield.

 

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ESPN's Dianna Russini reports the Chiefs are looking to trade for a "top" receiver.​

Perhaps the Chiefs could use some of the draft capital they acquired in their trade of Tyreek Hill to Miami to land an alpha wideout in the coming weeks. The Athletic's Michael-Shawn Dugar in late February suggested the Seahawks could deal DK Metcalf for a first-round pick. Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll, meanwhile, said the team is hoping to sign Metcalf to a contract extension. It's not clear what other top wideouts would be available via trade this offseason, though Brandin Cooks could be another candidate. It would be jarring if Kansas City went into the 2022 season with Marques Valdes-Scantling as their No. 1 receiver.

 

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Packers head coach Matt LaFleur said the Packers need more speed in their receiver room.​

"We need a legit guy that can take the top off the coverage," LaFleur told reporters Tuesday. Free agent WR Will Fuller, with whom the Packers flirted in 2020, would make sense for Green Bay after the team lost Marques Valdes-Scantling to Kansas City last week. Fuller's 2021 season in Miami was a wash due to a personal issue and a lingering finger injury. At his best, he's a downfield burner who was highly productive as Deshaun Watson's main deep threat in Houston. Fuller would have plenty of fantasy appeal in Aaron Rodgers' offense.

 

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ESPN's Adam Schefter reports Cam Newton is "drawing interest" from NFL teams.​

“I have teams that are interested in signing me,” Newton told Schefter. “I am waiting on the best fit as it pertains to winning a championship and getting a fair chance to play.” Among the NFL's worst passers in his briefly-glorious return to Carolina last year, Newton would fit best as a short yardage and goal line rushing option for a contending team. He said after the 2021 season that he would not play for a bad team in 2022, presumably eliminating the Panthers from his equation.

 

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Speaking Monday, 49ers GM John Lynch said Dee Ford will not be back with the team in 2022.​

Ford's 31-year-old back has completely derailed his time in San Francisco, and the Niners are going to release him at some point this offseason. Lynch said the timing of that is still being worked out with Ford rehabbing his latest setback. Acquired from the Chiefs ahead of the 2019 season, Ford played in just 18 of a possible 49 games since the trade, and only seven over the last two years. Ford can likely still contribute off the edge if healthy, but that's a big "if."

 

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Saints head coach Dennis Allen said Taysom Hill will "focus" on playing tight end this offseason.​

It would seem Hill's days as a quarterback ended when Sean Payton retired. The Saints re-signed Jameis Winston, who should be the team's every-down QB if Hill officially converts to tight end. Expect Hill to be used as a utility player, especially in short-yardage and goal line situations. We might see him put on the weight he lost in 2021 as he competed for the Saints' starting quarterback job.

 

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49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan said there's a "scenario" in which Jimmy Garoppolo remains on the 49ers roster in 2022.​

Trey Lance szn could be put on hold until 2023 if the Niners can't find a suitable trade partner in the coming weeks. NBC Sports' Matt Maiocco, a plugged-in Niners beat writer, reported this week that the team "seems" willing to hang on to Garoppolo "for a while" until a trade market materializes. And ESPN's Adam Schefter reported after the 2021 season that Lance was still developing as a pro QB and that Garoppolo could give the Niners and their excellent roster their best chance of winning in 2022. Shanahan told reporters on Tuesday morning that the team hasn't "made a call on what it’ll look like if both [quarterbacks] are on the roster" in 2022. Assuming Lance gets any starts this year is a big leap for fantasy managers drafting best ball teams this spri

 

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The NFL voted on two health and safety changes Tuesday.

They are mandating that all offensive lineman, tight ends, defensive linemen and linebackers practice while wearing Guardian Cap helmet shells from the beginning of training camp until the second preseason game.

The soft-shell helmet cover is engineered for impact reduction.

 

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So....the 2 pt play is still a factor. Score on opening possession, go for 2 and get it, the other team has to match otherwise they lose. Likewise, if first team kicks the PAT, the other team can end it with a successful 2 pt play. Otherwise, next score wins.

Think this is the best OT rule. Both teams at least get one possession each (unless first team commits a safety or defensive TD).

Can't argue with any of that.

 

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Rich McKay: Overtime change was data driven, with the Chiefs-Bills game a big factor​

Posted by Charean Williams on March 29, 2022, 1:58 PM EDT

The NFL’s change to its overtime rule in the postseason was based on statistics. Under the format adopted in 2010, the NFL played 12 overtime postseason games. The team that won the coin toss went 10-2, and seven of those games were decided on the first possession.

“That data was compelling to us and to the league,” Falcons president Rich McKay, the chairman of the 10-member Competition Committee, said. “Each one of those ends somebody’s season, and so, to us, this is something we thought needed to be changed.”

The Chiefs-Bills game in the divisional round in the most recent postseason was the tipping point. Kansas City won 42-36 in overtime by scoring a first-possession touchdown after winning the coin toss.

“In the Buffalo game this year, it was the greatest 20, 30 minutes of football that I’ve ever seen. Ever. Just watching a game,” McKay said. “To think that it ended that way definitely brought up the idea of, ‘Hey, is that equitable? Does that work for everybody?’ I have no question that started the discussion. What typically happens in these is they tend to lose momentum as you get further away from the game, and that did not happen in this instance.”

After the Saints had a first-drive, walk-off field goal to beat the Vikings in overtime in the 2009 NFC Championship Game, when true sudden death was the overtime format, owners tweaked the postseason overtime rule. A team with the first possession in overtime could end the game only with a touchdown. A field goal guaranteed the other team a possession.

“In 2010 what happened to us is there was a number of us for a number of years who were concerned about the overtime statistics and the way they were trending, and it was all based on the field goal kickers,” McKay said. “They were getting better. They were making longer kicks with a much higher percentage, and they were impacting overtime. . . . So the theory was, what was concerning to us, was OK, we’re going to have a postseason game where somebody is going to have nice kickoff return to the 35 and there going to throw a pass and kick a field goal and the game’s going to be over. That just didn’t feel equitable, so that drove us toward that change.

“What’s changed in the interim is No. 1 the game has changed. Teams are throwing the ball for more yards. They’re throwing the ball for more yards per play. We’re seeing the trend of the game. That’s No. 1. No. 2, we changed the touchback rule in 2016, moving the touchback from the 20 to the 25. I was on the committee then and just really never thought that was going to impact overtime, and it did a little bit. So that’s what has driven us to these numbers were at now.”

The Colts and Eagles’ proposal called for guaranteeing a possession for each team in overtime in the regular season and the postseason. But not enough teams wanted to change the sudden-death overtime format for the regular season, so the proposal was amended for the postseason only. It received more than the required 24 votes, though McKay would not reveal how many owners voted against the measure.

The new format is expected to change teams’ thinking when they get to overtime in the postseason. The team that wins the coin toss could choose to kickoff, and a team that matches a first possession touchdown by its opponent potentially could choose to win on a two-point conversion rather than having to kick off again and go sudden death.

 

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Also the anti-tampering proposal passed....

 

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