IndyPanther

Makes sense. I was just pointing out that I don't think the deal gets done without this years first included, Burns or not.

I doubt they would've taken 2 players in the trade for cap reasons, but rumor has it they wanted him over Moore.

Who is the good pick?

In 1982 during the NFL's strike, the NFLPA planned 3 exhibition games. They had to cancel the third because so few people watched and attended the first two. Conversely, in 1987, with all scab players for 3 weeks, the NFL only lost 20% of its viewership. Yeah, it's 40 years ago but it's really the most recent data we have. The teams can replace literally the entire league's worth of players and barely miss a beat. The players would never make a dime playing without the built-in fanbases of the NFL. Yeah because they're smart enough to incorporate your hometown into their branding.

The fact that you're a Panthers fan tells me that you are a fan because of the branding. If you were a fan because of the players, you would be a fan of a different team. We have no good players. Here's another example. The vast majority of players in the XFL played power 5 football and have additional experience they didn't have in college, making them better players. At worst, the XFL is on an equal footing with the ACC from a talent standpoint. So why do hundreds of times more people watch ACC football than XFL football? Give me a reason that isn't branding. And if the players didn't need the brands for people to watch, the NFLPA would just stage its own games. No one would watch that so they don't do it.

I'd rather have a bad NFL team than no NFL team.

If he is convicted, he will be locked up. When there are accusations, we have a trial where we do our best to ascertain guilt. Then, based on the ruling, we determine a punishment. Welcome to America.

So? I'm not saying things never happen. I'm saying we can't believe them without proof. And there are many legitimate reasons for NDAs to exist. Selling a business would be infinitely more complicated and risky without them.

I won't pretend I read into every single detail about Richardson, but wasn't it all just allegations? Didn't we decide as a society a long time ago that allegations aren't considered true until proven so?

The thing I don't get: If it was the coaches that wanted DJ so bad, why are they hardly playing him at all?

We're probably 100x more likely to lose out than to win out. We are the worst team in the NFL by a mile. Every team that you listed views us a glorified bye week. Yeah, odds say we'll win 1 or 2 just out of sheer luck. But we're not even close to the level of any of the teams you listed and would be lucky just to stay close in the second half of most of them.

I hate to break it to you buddy but the players are not actually the product. No one really cares about grown men running around in tights. The only thing people care about is the teams and the brands associated with them.