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Laugh all you want, but there is something about 5 that's just... I don't know how to put it, but "static". It's not necessarily the players that have worn it, it's just the actual shape of the number is not-dynamic. Especially in fonts where the left side descends (like the Eagles, Phillies, Packers, etc.) I know Mahomes wears 15, but when standing still, it doesn't look like it fits his style. 5 is just a slow-looking number. Same with almost any number that contains it - 15, 35 (doesn't evoke speed), 45 (maybe a good strong safety or LB number these days) 51, 52, 53, 57, all look "slow", 65, 85 (always felt like a blocking TE number rather than a WR number). Some combos with 5 look more dynamic. 25, 55, 56, and some others. Again, it's purely the aesthetic of the number, I don't care what great player you post that wore it. He's right - 5 isn't a receiver number. (of course, IMO 3 shouldn't be allowed, but since it is, it's better than 5.)

Nice work, @BadSeed84. I thought I'd like it a lot more. Neither the new one nor the old one matched the numbers at all, but as others have pointed out, at least the old one had an outline to tie things together. Now that I think about it, I think when we saw the logo slick, there's not a single version of the wordmark that has an outline. I think they should make an exception for the jersey.

A "weapon for Bryce Young"? What good is any weapon if you don't have the arm to use it? Maybe if he had a helmet that shot lasers out of it, that'd be a weapon he could use, but anything that requires arms or legs won't help. Also that's a hapless organization from the ownership down. I think if I got traded there, I'd quit and sign with the UFL (not really, because of the $, but I'd probably have to seek counseling.) In other news... So Barkley's contract is really 2 years / 26M (still absurd for a RB) and he'll be cut in year 3 for a 1.5m dead-cap hit. Looks like they could cut him in year 2, but would still have to pay him and take a dead-cap hit, so that's unlikely. I think when we report contracts, rather than simply going by Schefter's tweets, let's look at the guarantees and "out" clauses for teams. These 5-year deals are really 3, 3s are really 2, hell - even a 10 might be only 3.

Hoping that when Barkley is introduced, we get a 2024 jersey with the new wordmark. if it's an old wordmark, not how to tell if it's leftover stock or if they simply didn't update the '24s.

GJGJ back to the Eagles.

Jets may need to find a new starter if one of these political rumors comes to be. I'll laugh my ass off if he again plays one game for them then walks away to pursue the other thing.

Find some app that will let you put $1 down on that bet. You could become a billionaire from a single dollar bet.

I've always thought this was dumb. You're trading the guy becacuse you don't think he's good enough. So wouldn't you want to keep him in your division? If he's a very good player and it's just a cap move, then yeah - don't help out your rivals. But if you've decided he's not good, then logically, wouldn't you be hurting your rival?

Oh totally. It's nearly as lazy as posting a sports team's logo in the "logos associated with failure". It's one of the reasons I rarely go to that thread. It's just like "lol the Jets suck so here's their logo lololol I'm so clever".

Something that is a little ridiculous and I'm surprised the NFLPA let this happen: Jalen Hurts signed his huge contract after his 3rd season (and it takes effect in his 5th.) Landon Dickerson just signed the largest contract ever for a guard, after his 3rd season (takes effect in his 5th... I think.) They were both 2nd round picks. Meanwhile, 1st round guys like D'vonta Smith have to wait another season and see their inferior teammates get hundreds of millions, which leaves less for them (if they want to stay on their current team.). They're punished for being first round picks. It'd make more sense for them to smoke weed on draft day or do something else that lets them slip into the 2nd round so that they can make money faster. NFL teams can't have it both ways - can't set a rookie wage scale (rather than have the old Sam Bradford* system) but then restrict the best guys from getting paid before the not-as-good guys. It's kind of ridiculous. *Sam Bradford is the biggest loser that's ever put on a helmet... and he's worth close to half a billion. Sam Bradford represents everything that's wrong with literally everything. Gods I hate that guy.

For many RBs.... he is close to the end. Or at least on his last starters contract.

Good move by the Vikings, rather than do what they usually do and bring in guys that either cost them hundreds of millions, or 1st round picks (Sam Bradford). Maybe they've learned their lesson and are going to wait for a true franchise guy to either make it to them in the draft or be a FA in the next year or so. Of course, they could turn around and get Justin Fields, which would put them in the dummy category again.

Speaking of dummy teams, how godsdamned stupid are the Falcons? They set their team back years by spending a ton on a guy who's good but not good enough. They can now neither pursue a true franchise QB for years, nor can they draft one if/when they end up with a top-5 pick (they could, but he'd just have to sit, so they'd most likely trade the pick to get more picks.) Freakin' dumb-ass team.

Justin Fields will be Jalen Hurts' backup next season. Howie will get him for something silly like a pair of compensatory picks and maybe take a bad contract back.

Not only did he quit (or was washed up, or both) but he actually sat next to Jeff Lurie on a flight back from a game (players generally don't sit next to the owner) and he was telling Lurie about how Kelly was unapproachable, how he was a weirdo, and a total dummy. It's a legendary story around here. Kelly was fired later that season.

Yes it does. The difference is that Murray was a Chip Kelly thing (during the year where Howie was demoted to "VP - equipment manager" (seriously) and Chip Kelly was a moron. People are saying that they paid a premium for someone that can pick up a blitz, since the Eagles RBs blew at it last year. I just think that you can find a guy that can do that for a lot less. Although, with him (in cap dollars) and two guys making nothing behind him, they're still only a few million over what they paid their RB room last year, and with the cap skyrocketing this year, teams are making more "luxury" signings.

There's apparently another big Eagles signing as soon as tonight, and some draft maneuvering starting soon. It's Howie Season.

I hate investing $$$ into running backs. The Eagles are not a dumb team - in fact, they're a pretty smart team - but this signing is very much against their entire philosophy. Kellen Moore must have lobbied hard for Barkley, but regardless, even though there's been rumors for weeks, I'm still shocked they paid money for a running back. Also - who is Bryce Huff? Am I under a rock that I haven't heard of this guy? People are jerking off all over each other over this guy.

Steelers paying him $1.2M.... Broncos paying $37.8M.

looks like it's basically 2 years 50 million, with some incentives. He'll either be cut or signed to a bigger deal after the second year. No way that third year comes into play for reasons other than salary cap manipulation. Seems like a ton of money, but really just a two-year commitment to see if he's really a franchise guy (he's not) while leaving them room to reassess after next season.

Eagles Fletcher Cox announced his retirement after 12 seasons. He has 1 First-Team All Pro and 3 Second-Team All Pros (and 6 Pro Bowls, but that stat is worthless) and is one of those guys that's on the wrong side of the HOF bubble, but given how the NFL HOF works, it's not out of the question that he someday gets in.

The Phillies botched theirs by not simply making the stars gold. It was such an obvious move to make, and would have lead to tons of new merch with the gold-star script.

The whole concept is flawed considering there's guys wearing championship uniforms who weren't even on the team last year. And it still looks like a glorified softball uniform.

This is how I feel. How many cities in the States would very few people have ever have a reason to hear about if not for pro sports? Like Cincinnati for example. Nothing at all against the fine people of Cincinnati, but if not for the Reds and Bengals, would >90% of Americans have any reason to know about it or even where it is? A city like that should (as long as it's not at the expense of funding critical programs) consider providing some level of funding to keep teams around, as the city's reputation and recognition is literally at stake. If not for the sports teams, the average person wouldn't even know some of these places exist. I'm just using Cincinnati as an example of an otherwise anonymous city - not calling it "moribund". I honestly don't know anything about it's economic situation.