WE'RE STUCK WITH GOODELL: Get used to Roger Goodell. He's not going anywhere for awhile. America's other orange-tinged blue blood isn't very popular with the public, but that doesn't matter. There's a group of 31 billionaires who are very fond of how rich he makes them, regardless of the haphazard penalties he slaps them with from time to time. The MMQB is taking a closer look at football à la Goodell this week, and you should definitely check it out.
The NFL is stuck with Roger Goodell. Sorry, America.
The commissioner isn’t very popular with fans, but team owners love him because he makes them a lot of money.
Does it really matter if America doesn't like Goodell? I wouldn't think so. Even from the NFL's perspective, as long as football is popular. Nevertheless, the league sees a danger in fans associating Goodell bot with the sport, which is why they hired a former White House press secretary and put him charge of fixing Goodell's public image problem. Good luck with that!
Who are these people keeping Goodell in power? Well, they’re the kind of people who get giant statues of themselves for their 80th birthday, like Panthers owners Jerry Richardson. It’s the kind of art only a dictator would love.
STATISTICAL ODDITIES: Brock Osweiler was really bad on deep throws last season. And that’s a bad match with Houston’s first-round pick, Will Fuller. Old friend Danny Kelly has a look at that and some other statistical oddities to watch this season.
CAMP SURPRISES AHEAD: Predicting the biggest training camp revelation for every NFL team. It’s almost time! Camp starts next week for a few teams. Justis Mosqueda breaks down the surprises we’ll be talking about over the next few weeks.
BOUNCING BACK IN OAKLAND: David Amerson says being waived by Washington was best thing that could have happened. Silver and Black Pride chatted with the Raiders cornerback right after he signed a big four-year extension.
PATRIOTS’ SECRET WEAPON: Jimmy Garoppolo’s lack of playing time and game film could be an advantage. It sounds weird, but it makes some sense. The Patriots game plan is hard enough to discern from week to week with Tom Brady in the lineup. Now, the four teams they’ll face while Brady’s suspended will be forced to guess at what kind of offense they’ll see and what kind of ticks and tendencies Garoppolo has.
HOW TO BEAT THE COVER 3: Bill Cowher explains the weaknesses in the Cover 3 defense. This is pretty cool if you like X's and O's stuff. Even if you don't, you'll still dig it.
CAM SAYS HE’S NO. 2: Cam Newton would rank Tom Brady the No. 1 player in the NFL. Newton rearranged the NFL Network’s top 100 list, or the top position anyway.
QUESTIONABLE RANKING ALERT: Julio Jones is only the NFL’s fourth-best receiver? How is this possible?
BREAKOUT PLAYER? Everyone expects big things from Tyler Lockett in 2016. The Seahawks passing game could explode onto the scene this year with Lockett and Doug Baldwin.
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