The next week will be more Super Bowl focused in the 2021 thread and its time we go ahead and start the 2022 Off-Season thread. For coaching news , free agents and off field things. So lets get right ...INTO IT...
Where the Pittsburgh Steelers & Tampa Bay Bucs go from here without franchise QB's ?
Both teams are entering the biggest question marks at QB this off season. Both didn't draft anyone to groom the last 2-3 seasons behind 2 star QB's who were entering the end. Pittsburgh is in worst shape as Mason Rudolph and Dwayne Haskins haven't proved they can be actual NFL starters right now.
Tampa Bay did draft Kyle Trask last season in the 2nd rd to groom behind Brady. Trask put up some eye popping numbers in Florida the 2020 season and will be given the starting job it appears. Its not a lock he will be the starting QB as Tampa wanted him to be the starter in 2023. But things have moved up as they say.
Jimmy G will be a hot debate for both teams needing a QB. Jimmy has injury issues as we know but while not an elite Brady type , he is a solid starter and can play good with a supporting cast around him. So each team will weigh the trade market for him. Which as we expect will be a 1st rd draft pick.
- The Brian Flores lawsuit and how Houston now is involved.
Flores lawyers revealed that he was a finalist for the coaching job there but they opted for Lovie Smith instead due to Flores lawsuit. Also according to this Flores knows he likely will never coach in NFL again due to this but wants others to get a coaching chance.
https://sports.yahoo.com/brian-flore...014910048.html
I think Lovie Smith is a decent coach but he hasn't coached in the NFL since 2015 where Tampa Bay went 8-24. He was a defensive coordinator in Houston and the overall defense ranking for the Texans in 2021 ? ... 31st. So you have to question why you would promote the coach who had the next to last defense in the league.
2022 NFL Draft !
The 2022 NFL Draft will be coming from Las Vegas this year and will have a number of players already projected in top spots. According to this we could see the Jaguars take an offensive lineman #1 overall.
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/...-take-ol-no-1/
-Kyler Murray ...not happy with Arizona ?
https://www.azcentral.com/story/spor...os/6689468001/
According to this Murray deleted the Cardinals mentions from his instagram and one video brought up how he changed his Twitter just recently. There is no clue why Murray is not happy beyond asking the team to draft Cee Dee Lamb last spring which would be stupid given how the team had 3 top ranked WR's already on the roster and adding another one made no sense.
Either way this situation will be watched heading into the 2022 season...