NFL 2023/2024 and Beyond

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Not even sure it’s even arguable the Cowboys O line wasn’t the best. Newton, Tuinui, Gogan, Williams, Stepnoski, and a great blocking tight end in Novacek….and then throw Larry Allen in the mix for a couple of years.

Moose Johnson as fullback too

Hell, I probably could have run for several dozen yards behind that line.

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I remember before he retired, there were at least rumors about the Chiefs being interested in trading for him. The Chiefs offensive line was pretty damn good at that point.

Then there will always be the comparisons to Emmitt Smith, who was running behind arguably the best line in the league. Had Barry had that luxury who knows what he could have accomplished.

I own exactly one non Chiefs NFL jersey and it's Barry Sanders. I still enjoy going down the YouTube rabbit hole watching Sanders highlights. I think I sometimes forget just how good he really was and some of the crazy runs he pulled off.

Not even sure it’s even arguable the Cowboys O line wasn’t the best. Newton, Tuinui, Gogan, Williams, Stepnoski, and a great blocking tight end in Novacek….and then throw Larry Allen in the mix for a couple of years.

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Never has a player gained more yardage or scored more touchdowns absent a single effective block for the vast majority of his career. Can you imagine what he would have done on a good team?


I certainly am not now nor have been a Detroit Lions fan, but Barry Sanders, for so many reasons, is quite possibly my favorite NFL player of all time.

Put him on the Cowboys teams of that era and he probably has 25.000 yards and plays another two seasons.

[Shockm]

Never has a player gained more yardage or scored more touchdowns absent a single effective block for the vast majority of his career. Can you imagine what he would have done on a good team?


I certainly am not now nor have been a Detroit Lions fan, but Barry Sanders, for so many reasons, is quite possibly my favorite NFL player of all time.

Yes, he was so totally overlooked as a high school player. OSU was late to the game, and Nebraska and OU (both regional schools) never looked seriously at him (even with video shoved into their faces). It shows you how much talent is overlooked by all schools, including so called "blue bloods".

[SubGod22]

Never has a player gained more yardage or scored more touchdowns absent a single effective block for the vast majority of his career. Can you imagine what he would have done on a good team?


I certainly am not now nor have been a Detroit Lions fan, but Barry Sanders, for so many reasons, is quite possibly my favorite NFL player of all time.

I remember before he retired, there were at least rumors about the Chiefs being interested in trading for him. The Chiefs offensive line was pretty damn good at that point.

Then there will always be the comparisons to Emmitt Smith, who was running behind arguably the best line in the league. Had Barry had that luxury who knows what he could have accomplished.

I own exactly one non Chiefs NFL jersey and it's Barry Sanders. I still enjoy going down the YouTube rabbit hole watching Sanders highlights. I think I sometimes forget just how good he really was and some of the crazy runs he pulled off.

[WuDrWu]

Never has a player gained more yardage or scored more touchdowns absent a single effective block for the vast majority of his career. Can you imagine what he would have done on a good team?


I certainly am not now nor have been a Detroit Lions fan, but Barry Sanders, for so many reasons, is quite possibly my favorite NFL player of all time.

[SubGod22]

KAKE - Lions to honor Barry Sanders with a statue

Wichita native Barry Sanders will be honored by the Detroit Lions next month.

The Lions will unveil a statue of Sanders a day before the team's season opener.

Sanders was named the NFL's most valuable player in 1997. He was also selected to the NFL Hall of Fame.

Sanders will become the first lion player honored with a statue.

GOAT

[SubGod22]

CBS Sports - New Commanders co-owner teases name change: Ranking the top five alternatives for Washington's NFL team

Washington's NFL franchise recently spent two years with a temporary nickname and 18 months officially deliberating its current identity, finally arriving on "Commanders" as the club's new branding in February 2022. Just over a year later, with Daniel Snyder selling the team amid controversy, new ownership is already teasing another makeover, with minority stakeholder Earvin "Magic" Johnson hinting this week that another new nickname could come as early as 2024.

"I think everything's on the table, especially after this year," Johnson told "The Today Show" after Joshua Harris' purchasing group bought the Commanders for a record $6 billion. "We'll see where we are with the name, but I can't say [for sure] right now."

ESPN has since reported that it's "reasonable" to expect the new regime to erase as many branding flourishes from the Snyder era as possible, which would seem to suggest Washington will, in fact, sport a different name sooner rather than later.

So what on Earth should the new name be? Primarily using possibilities that appeared on team president Jason Wright's survey sent to season-ticket-holders during Washington's last rebranding, here are our XYZ favorites:

I wouldn't be surprised to see them change the name again. Commanders never seemed very popular and getting away from Snyder with a new name may be a high priority.

The five names that CBS Sports talks about in the article are Majors, Redtails, Redhogs, Pigskins, and DC Football Club.

I'd hope they could do better, but considering how these things go, they'll probably end up with something worse than Commanders, or Guardians.

[SubGod22]

This very well may be the best schedule release video I've seen. Props to the Titans. This was hysterical.

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Yahoo! - Chiefs will play games in Germany in 2023 and 2024, per a report in that country

It’s already been announced that the Chiefs will play in Germany this fall, but German newspaper Bild reported the game will be against the Chicago Bears on Nov. 12 or Nov. 19. The Patriots will face the Saints on whichever of those dates the Chiefs don’t play.

Both games will be in Frankfurt, the Bild report said.

A year ago, the Buccaneers and Seahawks played in Munich, and that city was said to be a candidate for this year’s Chiefs game. But Bild reported the Chiefs will play in Munich next year. And the opponent is already known.

“In 2024, the NFL will stop in Munich again,” the Bild story said. “Then, according to Bild information, the Carolina Panthers will play against the Kansas City Chiefs. Whether there will be a second game is still open.”

Germany is a huge potential market for the NFL. They had some of the best supported teams in NFL Europe and I expect them to continue to get games like London.

Also saw a reference somewhere that the NFL is already thinking about a four team division in Europe. That thought included two teams in London and one, if not two, in Germany.

Personally, I'd be a little concerned about overdoing it in London right away if they eventually do this, which I think they will.

I'd have to research the economic viability based on population and income of different markets, and I know London definitely works for at least one team, but one would think you'd want to spread it out a little bit. Frankfurt had the best attendance during the NFL Europe days. I don't know the distance between major cities in Germany, but it appears that the German teams in general had some of the best attended games. Give them a legit NFL team and I'm sure you could double up in Germany and be successful. You might be able to do Berlin and Frankfurt as one appears to be more NE and the other more WSW. Splits them up a bit so they wouldn't be stepping on toes.

I'd like to see the NFL test Dublin and/or Glasgow as well, but I'm not sure if they could support a full time team or not. Looking into Europe it's hard to say where you could possibly place teams. I just don't see France ever really being an option. Barcelona had a long time NFLE team, but support was a little below the average. I know American football has a place in Italy, but I'm not sure it's enough to actually support a major franchise. I believe there was a longtime team in Amsterdam, but can't recall how they drew. Eastern Europe really just doesn't fit and most of Western Europe simply wouldn't care, which leads you back to the UK and Germany pretty much.

I got side tracked as I've always enjoyed expansion talk in any sport. The NFL will be in Europe eventually.

[SubGod22]

Apparently conversations in trading up with the Cowboys were going well until Dallas discovered who the Chiefs wanted. The Cowboys then drafted that guy.

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That's what happens when you hit on 10 of 11 picks like he did last year!

[SubGod22]

Sounds like the reason they didn't trade out is because nobody was interested in letting them trade up and those willing to allow them to trade back were too far back for their liking.

[SubGod22]

Chiefs are not trading out of the 1st round I don't think. Veech may want to, but Clark is saying no.

They didn't trade out, but Clark was quoted as telling Veach to do whatever is best for the franchise.

I was getting excited that Nolan Smith was going to fall to us, but Felix from KSU is an exciting pick. KCSN had him rated as the 27th best player in the draft and they've been pretty good with evaluations.