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He's becoming an ambassador to the game. Love him speaking out.
He's becoming an ambassador to the game. Love him speaking out.
pehawk":1z2xge3w said:http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/10/16/pete-carroll-wants-to-do-away-with-game-day-inactive-lists/
He's becoming an ambassador to the game. Love him speaking out.
kidhawk":7d4i6i9z said:pehawk":7d4i6i9z said:http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/10/16/pete-carroll-wants-to-do-away-with-game-day-inactive-lists/
He's becoming an ambassador to the game. Love him speaking out.
I mentioned this in the synopsis for his press conference yesterday. It's something he mentions frequently, but went a little more in depth yesterday. After mentioning that he wants to be rid of the inactive list altogether, a reporter brought up the problem of uneven rosters for teams who may have more injuries than others on gameday. Pete's answer to that was basically to give the kids on the practice squad a real game check and the chance to possibly play by allowing teams to make some of them active on gameday to have equal 53 man rosters across the board.
pehawk":1ngo4jbm said:kidhawk":1ngo4jbm said:pehawk":1ngo4jbm said:http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/10/16/pete-carroll-wants-to-do-away-with-game-day-inactive-lists/
He's becoming an ambassador to the game. Love him speaking out.
I mentioned this in the synopsis for his press conference yesterday. It's something he mentions frequently, but went a little more in depth yesterday. After mentioning that he wants to be rid of the inactive list altogether, a reporter brought up the problem of uneven rosters for teams who may have more injuries than others on gameday. Pete's answer to that was basically to give the kids on the practice squad a real game check and the chance to possibly play by allowing teams to make some of them active on gameday to have equal 53 man rosters across the board.
Dang it! My bad for missing that.
I love the larger scoped NFL topics like this. It really gets my nerd going.
Scottemojo":27pvt4ot said:His friend Pat Kirwan has been banging this drum for a while now too.
I can see both sides of the issue. One team might load up on pass rushers, cycling a dozen defensive linemen in and out of the game to keep them fresh. The other team might have 9 WRs who are all specialists. You could end up with a lack of competitive balance, and teams that lack depth would be exposed regularly.
But...a team wouldn't have to worry about who the 6th or 7th lineman was on gameday either. The jack of all trades but not good at any of them lineman that all teams have to have active on gameday, you know, the crappy swing tackle who whifs at guard and takes 5 snaps a week at center, could go the way of the dodo and be replaced by an actual tackle, guard, and center at backup.
It would require a huge change to what it means to be a practice squadder. I simply hate the fact that practice squadders are open to being vultured by other teams, I think it hinders development. If Pete got his way, but the rules on PS didn't change, a practice squadder added to complete the 53 active on gameday could have a good game and be sniped by somebody else the following week. What good would it do to expand rosters when it meant exposing your developing talent to the eyes of 31 general managers?
My guess is that owners will not be as friendly to Pete's idea as coaches and media will. It would mean more gamechecks for practice squadders who were active so they could replace injured members of the 53. Change in numbers of guys active for games has been one of the slowest areas of the game to change, and paychecks is why.
Seems simple enough to me. They just set a standard game bonus amount. If a PS player plays, he gets an extra check for that week. If not, he doesn't.kidhawk":ef8gsvy2 said:pehawk":ef8gsvy2 said:kidhawk":ef8gsvy2 said:pehawk":ef8gsvy2 said:http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/10/16/pete-carroll-wants-to-do-away-with-game-day-inactive-lists/
He's becoming an ambassador to the game. Love him speaking out.
I mentioned this in the synopsis for his press conference yesterday. It's something he mentions frequently, but went a little more in depth yesterday. After mentioning that he wants to be rid of the inactive list altogether, a reporter brought up the problem of uneven rosters for teams who may have more injuries than others on gameday. Pete's answer to that was basically to give the kids on the practice squad a real game check and the chance to possibly play by allowing teams to make some of them active on gameday to have equal 53 man rosters across the board.
Dang it! My bad for missing that.
I love the larger scoped NFL topics like this. It really gets my nerd going.
I'm glad someone made a separate topic about it. The more noise made on the subject, hopefully the better the chances that there is a serious discussion about it during the off season.
Reading the article, they make it seem like it would be a difficult thing financially to just make a few players active from the practice squad on gameday. I don't think it would be that difficult at all. They'd just have to agree with the players union what the game check would be for players in that situation. Maybe even make it a tiered system that if you're active you get so much of a bonus and if you actually are in on at least one play, you get a second tier bonus. There would be cap implications, but I believe they would be minimal and with the cap about to make a pretty large jump in the near future, I think that would be a great time to implement this.