[AFC East Winner or When will Brady decline?]

Revis was not all that great last year. The injury took away some of his ability to react. He is still good but not the same when he was with the Jets.

 

Completely agree that Revis wasn't the same last year. Aside from the injury, he was in a new system on a new team -- Heck, he was even in a new conference. It will be interesting to see what he does with NE now that he's back facing familiar foes. My guess is he'll be better than last year.

[Expanding Instant Replay?]

Now, I still think they could expand its' use to a degree...but I just know they will never expand it to every play. The things that normally get fans, and coaches pissed off are the "judgement calls", or the missed calls. I just don't see them allowing those challenges.

 

I see your point. Sort of like balls and strikes in baseball -- They'll never be challengeable, and those types of blown calls are what drive most fans, players and managers nuts.

[Expanding Instant Replay?]

I tuned in to NFL Radio Thursday afternoon and someone from New England's organization was talking about the Patriots. I couldn't pin down the voice, but it soon became obvious it was Belichick. I was a little shocked because it's been ages since I've heard him give an interview, aside from post-game press conferences, where he has a substantially different tone.

 

He spent half of the segment talking about his push to expand instant replay to make every play challengeable. Off the top of my head, I can think of two non-challangeable calls that cost NE games in the past 10 years, and they were both last year, against the Jets and Panthers. But then they won a game on non-challengeable last-minute call against the Browns.

 

I found it ironic that the coach who arguably is the recipient of the most favorable non-challengeable calls in NFL history is campaigning for such a rule change. I hate myself for writing this, but I agree with him -- I don't see a down side to his take, which is this:

 

“Whatever it happens to be, it wouldn't give the coach any more challenges. It would just give him a chance to challenge a play he thought was ruled incorrectly. In the grand scheme of things, I think what we all want is to get the play right and for the best team to win and for the game not to be decided by a missed call. To not have the opportunity to correct that type of play, it just doesn't seem like it’s the right way to do it." {Linky}

 

I'm interested in opposing views on this. Why would it be a bad idea? Does a "Just-give-it-to-them" scenario happen if this rule is in place?

[Biggest 1st Round Bust From 2014 Draft]

Not listed...Johnny Football.

 

I agree with this, even through I really like Manziel. I think Cleveland is a horrible fit.

 

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