"Unlimited players can return from a team’s injured reserve list in 2021 and they’re eligible after missing 3 games, rather than 8 weeks, per source. A popular change spawned by COVID challenges stays for another year."
That is absolutely for the best. Such a good move.
The only downside to the owners is having to "pay more players" but honestly the cost is a pretty small one and the cap is still fixed. It also puts more emphasis on the practice squad as they have a better chance being called up for a game or two.
the old IR rules are from yesteryear when they had 40 man squads, guys played both ways and manly men were men.
It doesn't make a lot of sense in todays' game, but the owners are sloooowww to change anything that costs more.
Right now - PUP is actually more restrictive than IR, so that may play into how they designate Bakh at cut-down time.
Same for others around the league
the old IR rules are from yesteryear when they had 40 man squads, guys played both ways and manly men were men.
It doesn't make a lot of sense in todays' game, but the owners are sloooowww to change anything that costs more.
Right now - PUP is actually more restrictive than IR, so that may play into how they designate Bakh at cut-down time.
Same for others around the league
the old IR rules are from yesteryear when they had 40 man squads, guys played both ways and manly men were men.
It doesn't make a lot of sense in todays' game, but the owners are sloooowww to change anything that costs more.
Right now - PUP is actually more restrictive than IR, so that may play into how they designate Bakh at cut-down time.
Same for others around the league
I mean it's working out great for the Packers. Sterny can't go anyway due to his penalty.
So keep Bakh on the 53 week 1 and then IR if you think you need to after that which could make a return that for week 5.
Or you just let him ride as a healthy scratch. Which I think is the most likely situation.
Re: Cheese Curds - News Around The League 2021
Posted: 11 Aug 2021 06:51
by Yoop
I had to bring this Mikey news, after all he was a coach here a long time, towards the end of the article it talks about the then and now of training camps in the nfl, camp cupcake, is a good description of how it is these days.
Mike McCarthy and the Dallas Cowboys have returned to Camp Cupcake | Opinion
new rules for 2021 season = lots of penalties early on
"While a lot of media attention is on the league's point of emphasis for 2021 on taunting, it's the new restrictions on cut-blocking that have LaFleur's attention. Players, on offense or defense, can no longer go low on an opponent if they're more than two yards outside the tackle box or more than five yards either way from the line of scrimmage.
How players on both sides engage with one another on screen passes and outside running plays will be monitored very closely, starting in the preseason. Offensive linemen running downfield can't try to create more space by diving at defenders' legs, and defensive backs trying to force an outside play back inside can't take out a blocker's legs, either.
"It kind of goes both ways," LaFleur said."
This is a HUGE change for the game and more than a few great plays are gonna be called back because of the ticky-tack "point of emphasis" crapola
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new rules for 2021 season = lots of penalties early on
"While a lot of media attention is on the league's point of emphasis for 2021 on taunting, it's the new restrictions on cut-blocking that have LaFleur's attention. Players, on offense or defense, can no longer go low on an opponent if they're more than two yards outside the tackle box or more than five yards either way from the line of scrimmage.
How players on both sides engage with one another on screen passes and outside running plays will be monitored very closely, starting in the preseason. Offensive linemen running downfield can't try to create more space by diving at defenders' legs, and defensive backs trying to force an outside play back inside can't take out a blocker's legs, either.
"It kind of goes both ways," LaFleur said."
This is a HUGE change for the game and more than a few great plays are gonna be called back because of the ticky-tack "point of emphasis" crapola
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This is garbage. I’m curious to see if teams really start to run a lot of stretch runs and tosses and getting their back outside and one one one against safeties and nickel CBs. If they can’t go low and take out backs legs the running backs this year are gonna go nuts.
Re: Cheese Curds - News Around The League 2021
Posted: 11 Aug 2021 18:30
by Pckfn23
This has nothing to do with tackling.
Re: Cheese Curds - News Around The League 2021
Posted: 12 Aug 2021 11:38
by Captain_Ben
People in sports media were ripping on McCarthy for his locker room speech on Hard Knocks. I was cracking up because it is sort of bad but at the same time I think some people are going to handle themselves differently when they know there's a camera in the room. Kinda feel bad because I always did like Mac.
Anyway, here's a link if you haven't seen it already.
People in sports media were ripping on McCarthy for his locker room speech on Hard Knocks. I was cracking up because it is sort of bad but at the same time I think some people are going to handle themselves differently when they know there's a camera in the room. Kinda feel bad because I always did like Mac.
Anyway, here's a link if you haven't seen it already.
This is Jeff Fisher's 7-9 speech all over again. Like, exactly.
Re: Cheese Curds - News Around The League 2021
Posted: 12 Aug 2021 13:05
by YoHoChecko
It's also a shame, though, because early in his run with us, MM was a good leader of men. I distinctly remember it. I think "nobody's underdog" really resonated. I think the team building activities resonated. Obviously, his QB school really helped. He developed Rodgers and he transformed Favre's late-career. And he got the team together, united.
He's just... old. He just doesn't connect anymore. What they said about the Austin Powers stuff and "mojo" really resonated. From 1999. Poor Mike. Both the game AND the connections to the players have passed him by.
People in sports media were ripping on McCarthy for his locker room speech on Hard Knocks. I was cracking up because it is sort of bad but at the same time I think some people are going to handle themselves differently when they know there's a camera in the room. Kinda feel bad because I always did like Mac.
Anyway, here's a link if you haven't seen it already.
This is Jeff Fisher's 7-9 speech all over again. Like, exactly.
Haha so true, I didn't think of that. It's like this obligatory "raw raw" kind of speech that every Hard Knocks coach gives, whether he wants to or not.
I sure hope so. I can't wait until he is old news by Week 4.
I mean he looked legit.
I didn't watch. I am just anticipating because, you know, Chicago.
Let me ask you this. If it were up to you and the offer was on the table would you trade Love, straight up, for Fields, right now?
Right now yea I would take Fields. We will see what happens after tonight. Fields decision making though today looked really good. Gotta see him against better pressure though still.
