[sloramfan]

ok, so my first take may have been a little short sighted.. but c'mon, that martz coached team looked VERY offensively challenged...now we know why they aren't NFL 3rd stringers...

i'm gonna give it another shot, cuz i wanna root for the SD team, and have something to do during NFL downtime...

go rams

slo

[moklerman]

ok, so my first take may have been a little short sighted.. but c'mon, that martz coached team looked VERY offensively challenged...now we know why they aren't NFL 3rd stringers...

i'm gonna give it another shot, cuz i wanna root for the SD team, and have something to do during NFL downtime...

go rams

slo

I felt the same way and was disappointed. Especially since the Iron and Apollos didn't seem to have the same troubles. But, I also think the relatively short amount of time they had to get ready and the newness of the league might be causing Martz and Co. to start a little more slowly.

I want to root for the Fleet because of Martz but I don't really know any of their players so it's hard not to initially root for Perez and Gilbert and Stacy on the other teams.

[Hacksaw]

Scores and Schedules

https://www.cbssports.com/aaf/news/2019 ... re-season/

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Benjamin Allbright@BenKercheval
I was told today that as many as eight NFL teams have already reached out inquiring about Birmingham Iron quarterback Luis Perez. He was on the Rams’ offseason roster last year and LA was sad to let him to go. He’ll be back in the NFL in 2019 if I had to guess. #ForgeOn

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[Hacksaw]

What, we had our backup and we kept Mannion? lol

[Elvis]

[moklerman]

https://sports.yahoo.com/aaf-reached-co ... 29691.html

AAF reached out to Colin Kaepernick, Tim Tebow about playing in fledgling football league

The Alliance of American Football reached out to a pair of big names about playing quarterback in the fledgling league without success, The Athletic reports.

The Athletic’s Lindsay Jones spoke with AAF co-founder and former NFL executive Bill Polian, who told her that league CEO Charlie Ebersol reached out to Colin Kaepernick about playing for the league that had its inaugural games last weekend.

Kaepernick reportedly asked for $20 million
“I don’t know what transpired, but he’s obviously not playing,” Polian said.

The Associated Press reported Kaepernick asked for at least $20 million to play. Polian said in July that AAF players would all receive three-year, $250,000 non-guaranteed deals, making Kaepernick’s reported ask an apparent non-starter.

Polian also told Jones that he personally reached out to Tim Tebow, who declined, confirming Orlando Apollos and former Florida coach Steve Spurrier’s claim that Tebow opted to focus on his baseball career instead.

Tebow is playing in the New York Mets minor league system.

Kaepernick out of football despite being a quality player

Kaepernick has not played football since opting out the final year of his San Francisco 49ers contract in 2016. Despite a dearth of starting-caliber quarterbacks in the NFL, Kaepernick has not landed another deal in the league after leading controversial on-field social injustice and racial inequality protests that involved kneeling during the national anthem.

Kaepernick posted a 90.7 quarterback rating while throwing for 2,241 yards with 16 touchdowns and four interceptions through 12 games in his final season in San Francisco. He also carried the ball for 468 yards and two touchdowns that season, averaging 6.8 yards per attempt.

Kaepernick has not spoken publicly about the AAF outreach or why he declined to play.

AAF swung big with Kaepernick, Tebow asks
Landing either Kaepernick or Tebow would have been a big publicity shot for the spring football league as it tries to gain footing among sports fans.

The opening weekend for AAF was a ratings success, seeing the league gain more viewers than the NBA’s game between the Houston Rockets and Oklahoma City Thunder in a competing time slot.

Those numbers are not necessarily a good indicator of how the league will perform in the long run, something only time will tell.

So, CK opted out of his last year in SF and (essentially)declines to play in the AAF. I've still yet to hear anything to make me change my mind about him just feeling entitled.

[RedAlice]

So, CK opted out of his last year in SF and (essentially)declines to play in the AAF. I've still yet to hear anything to make me change my mind about him just feeling entitled.

Agree.

[dieterbrock]

Yeah, if CK played in the AAF, it would cement his return to the NFL or solidify his case of collusion imo.
I don’t think he should be paid 20 million, (nor do I believe the reports are necessarily accurate) but I do think the AAF is missing a huge opportunity if they don’t create some sort of “veteran exception” salary. Maybe 1 per team, where they have at the very least the ability to offer NFL minimum salary.
I get scoffing at playing for 80k when you’re of CK stature, but if he was offered 750k? I think that would give a legit NFL player who was looking for another shot, reason to give it a go.

[ramsman34]

What, we had our backup and we kept Mannion? lol

I have been banding the drum for that kid since I heard his interview on Movin' the Chains before the draft last year. He will be at least a quality NFL back up. He has skills and incredible mental make up. I would love for the Rams to grab him again and let him compete with Mannion. Hell, I like him better than Mannion right now.