Around The NFL - 2023

[QB Eagles]

INDIANAPOLIS -- In a stunning move, Colts All-Pro linebacker Shaquille Leonard was waived by the team Tuesday, a decision prompted by his declining performance after recent injuries.

Leonard, who returned to the lineup this season after two back surgeries in 2022 to correct nerve issues, was getting inconsistent playing time as he tried to play his way into form. His uneven performance and ongoing recovery prompted coaches to remove him from the lineup on third downs and had him, at times, splitting earlier snaps with E.J. Speed -- decisions that did not sit well with Leonard.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Scrap heap LB?

Howie is on it.

[Diomedes]

Irsay, on his arrest in '14


https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/jim-irsay-blames-his-2014-arrest-on-police-prejudice-against-white-billionaires

"I am prejudiced against because I'm a rich, white billionaire," Irsay told Andrea Kremer on Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel. "If I'm just the average guy down the block, they're not pulling me in, of course not."

    Asked by Kremer how he thinks it sounds for a white billionaire to claim that he's a victim of prejudice, Irsay stood by his comment.

    "I don't care what it sounds like. It's the truth," Irsay said. "You know, Andrea, I could give a damn what people think how anything sounds or sounds like. The truth is the truth and I know the truth."

Hooo-boy.  Jim might do well to stfu.

[PhillyPhreak54]

What a clown.

Yeah he's so oppressed. Give me a break, Jim.

[Rome]

Hahaha.  Why rich white iceholes are literally the worst thing in the universe. 

[PhillyPhreak54]

Reich has been fired.

That owner is going to find it hard to get a top coach there bc he's trigger happy on firing. A

[Diomedes]

Bring him back as O.C., please

[PhillyPhreak54]

Duce was whacked too.

[MDS]

frank completely fell off a cliff after that jags game

did great with luck, survived the year he up and quit, made the playoffs with washed up rivers, nearly made it with god awful wentz...then they lose that game and since that point hes been putrid. bryce young cant play, but thats not an excuse - he was bad

the quote he gave the observer made it seem like hes done

[PhillyPhreak54]

Yeah he's collecting two checks for being fired and he's 62. I'd probably retire as well.

I wonder where Duce ends up? And what were the circumstances to his Detroit departure. He was assistant HC there too

[QB Eagles]

Duce was whacked too.

And McCown. Reich staffed the whole joint up with ex-Eagles.

[Rome]

That owner is a jackass.  Firing a guy after three months on the job is just ridiculous.  Give the guy a chance to at least establish a foothold. 

Or not.

And no thanks to Reich as OC. 

[PhillyPhreak54]

McDermott is losing it. Literal wtf here

https://twitter.com/adamschefter/status/1732876971544088931 46&t=Uib2YOn6CJgx-z2RaE9o7Q

[PhillyPhreak54]

Who gets whacked tomorrow?

Rivera
Eberflus
Dennis Allen
Art Smith
Belichick

If those five go then there will be eight openings (CAR, LAC and LV).

Coaches of playoff teams who could be jettisoned: Bowles, McCarthy, Sirianni

[QB Eagles]

I think Eberflus saved his ass over the last couple of months. I'm not a huge Dennis Allen fan, but the coaching isn't what's holding that team back. I gripe about Sirianni and we know Lurie is willing to whack coaches with winning records if he doesn't like what he sees, but ultimately I think all the playoff coaches are safe.

BB might come down to whether he's willing to give up GM duties.

Riverboat was marked for scuttling months ago. And Arthur Smith will probably be working for FedEx by Tuesday. He should be, anyway. He's farging terrible.