5:30PT San Diego Fleet at San Antonio Commanders

CBS

Restrictions on defensive formations:

(1) no more than five players may rush on passing plays; 

(2) any player who aligns on the line of scrimmage either prior to or at the snap is designated as one of the five players regardless of whether he rushes; 

(3) no defensive player may rush from a position more than two yards outside the widest offensive lineman and more than five yards from the line of scrimmage (they’ll call it the “defensive pressure box”); 

(4) a player is deemed eligible to rush if he has both feet inside the box at the snap; (5) no more than four players may rush from the same side of the ball; 

(6) adjacent linebackers may not rush from the same side of the ball; and 

(7) two or more linebackers aligned between the offensive guards may not rush.

So, basically, up to five players can rush the passer and each of those five players must be aligned within two yards of the widest offensive lineman and five yards of the line of scrimmage. This means that there will be no corner blitzes. There will be no delayed blitzes from linebackers and safeties. There will be no double-A gap blitzes.

👁‍🗨 These restrictions are supposed to save QBs..the lifeline of any team, but holy geez, talk about borderline confusion for the refs. 

Edited March 12, 20196 yr by Mr Dee

49 minutes ago, Mr Dee said:

The AAF has a new recognition award: the payer of the week. This week’s winner - Tom Dundon, owner of the Carolina Hurricanes.

Who is currently being assessed for dementia praecox.

1 hour ago, Tracker said:

Who is currently being assessed for dementia praecox.

I had a six month fling with her - nice girl.

4 hours ago, Mr Dee said:

AAF co-founder Charlie Ebersol told the Orlando Sentinel the following:

“We are a start-up, and start-ups raise money in pieces — there’s a Series A piece, Series B, Series C, etc. After the success of the first week, we had a number of investors come to us and offer us all kinds of different investments. Tom Dundon showed up and said, ‘Do you want to continue to raise Series B, Series C and Series D or do you want to raise Series Infinity right now and be taken care of from now on.’ That was an offer I was not going to refuse.”

- http://footballscoop.com/news/two-weeks-aaf-reportedly-already-life-support/

LOL. What BS. 

AAF

All Ambiguous Financing

 

11 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

 

Guys... lets start Professional Organized New Zany International League and pitch it to Dundon see if he'll invest. We'll call it the PONZI League for short, I'm sure Dundon has another $250 million kicking around....

11 hours ago, Eternal optimist said:

Guys... lets start Professional Organized New Zany International League and pitch it to Dundon see if he'll invest. We'll call it the PONZI League for short, I'm sure Dundon has another $250 million kicking around....

Expect a call from Dundon's representatives soon. He's a little busy right now trying to figure out how to get his GM in Carolina to trade all his defence men away but I heard he is intrigued about your new PONZI league.

Edited February 20, 20196 yr by gcn11

11 hours ago, Jpan85 said:

 

Sucks to lose a talent like Evans to another league, but rumor in Cowtown was that the Stamps were getting closer to re-signing him. This will weaken them.

3 hours ago, gcn11 said:

Sucks to lose a talent like Evans to another league, but rumor in Cowtown was that the Stamps were getting closer to re-signing him. This will weaken them.

I've heard talk that in the CFL right now defensive backs aren't getting paid as much as they used to. With all the new rules making it harder on defensive backs it is believed that the best way to repel a passing attack is with the pass rush.  So you're seeing guys like Jefferson and Micah Johnson getting paid a lot of money and defensive backs are moreso being viewed as replacement level players. Not sure that this was the main reason he left it could have to do with the CBA negotiations preventing him from being paid a bonus. It's possible that for some players they really rely on money this time of year and he had to take the chance of instant cash.  I don't imagine that he wouldn't have made more in the CFL especially since he will have missed out on at least 20% of this year's AAF money.  However, the money he gets paid from the AAF will be paid over the course of the next couple months.

BTW.  Does anyone know what happens with a AAF player who leaves for the NFL and gets cut?  Is he still obligated to the AAF for the remainder of his contract at that point?

If the AAF was smart, they would let guys play in the CFL and double up when their season concludes. 

Yes there’s a risk of injuries, but it would also make the league more appealing. Kind of like how Robert Gordon and Micheal bishop would play in the arena league. 

Orlando can’t practice in the state of Florida since they can’t get insurance and problems with state laws . Have to practice in Georgia. With no company has agreeed to insure any of the eight teams.

I watched a game the other day..... Sandiego. I thought the level of play was good. Philip Nelson looked decent, and the game was entertaining.

games are shown on NFL network, and they talk about the league quite a bit on their shows.

 

CFL was mocked and rightly so for one owner owning two teams to prop up. Now we have a league where one guy, essentially, owns all the teams to prop the whole enterprise up.

https://www.tsn.ca/with-aaf-struggling-out-of-the-gate-cfl-stands-the-test-of-time-1.1260996

Nice article from the Nayl-gun about the state of the AAF vs CFL...

I would expect the xfl to be the final nail in this leagues coffin. I wouldn’t expect the talent to get better next season.  They will likely lose some of the top talent to the nfl and if I’m looking for a football job at that time of year I’m going to sign in the league that was has deeper pockets and where there are zero incumbents to beat out.  Plus the xfl will be paying qbs considerably more than the aaf. 

7 hours ago, Zontar said:

CFL was mocked and rightly so for one owner owning two teams to prop up. Now we have a league where one guy, essentially, owns all the teams to prop the whole enterprise up.

Same scenario in the XFL unless something changes.  Vince intends to own all the teams.  Of course, he wanted to own all the CFL teams at one point too.

5 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Same scenario in the XFL unless something changes.  Vince intends to own all the teams.  Of course, he wanted to own all the CFL teams at one point too.

Vince is crazy to do this again.

8 minutes ago, gcn11 said:

Vince is crazy to do this again.

Bored, old, a burning desire to go mainstream + flush with more money than he knows what to do with.  

Strategically placed crowd...Salt Lake City

 

 

What a fool Bill Polian is. Stick to what you know, Bill. Which is being a scout or a manager. Not to what you think you know. As in building a brand new league.

Even that he has lost touch with

4 hours ago, Mr Dee said:

Strategically placed crowd...Salt Lake City

 

 

That's just sad..and the "commitment" makes more sense...I'd be shocked if they completed the season...

Nobody’s watching, nobody cares, nobody’s listening.

hot mic quote from former nfl'er Rod Woodson in studio

 

1 hour ago, Jpan85 said:

 

😉