Today’s NFL News Friday: RG III would buy the Commanders; Kyle Shanahan praises Sam Darnold; he knows the Jets’ playoff-less drought; and more. Don’t miss the news from the NFL Today.
The Jets have the longest non-playoff drought among the NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB
Jets owner Woody Johnson recently made it clear that he wants to see his team win it all in the near future, and he has reason to believe that the New Yorkers have entered the gray side of American sports history. The Sacramento Kings clinched an NBA playoff spot for the first time in 16 years on Wednesday night, now leaving the Jets with the longest non-playoff drought among any team in the NFL, NBA, MLB or NHL.
The last time the Jets qualified for the playoffs was back in 2010, when, led by HC Rex Ryan and QB Mark Sanchez, they finished with an 11-5 record, which earned them second place in the AFC. East, and even settled into the AFC Championship, though they were beaten by the Steelers. Since that time, the New Yorkers have missed 12 straight postseasons and have finished last in the AFC East in six of the past seven seasons.
Still, the Jets would have company. The Buffalo Sabers have missed the NHL playoffs in 11 years in a row, and this season would be no exception. After New York and Buffalo, the third-longest drought in the four biggest American sports belongs to six franchises that have missed the postseason for seven years in a row: Denver Broncos, Charlotte Hornets (NBA), Pittsburgh Pirates (MLB) , Kansas City Royals (MLB), Los Angeles Angels (MLB) and Detroit Tigers (MLB).
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With the Kings playoff berth, the New York Jets hold the longest playoff drought in all four major sports. ???????????? pic.twitter.com/egl2ITkj7U
— theScore (@theScore) March 30, 2023
Robert Griffin III would join the ownership group of the Commanders
Since he was taken with the second overall pick in the 2012 Draft, QB Robert Griffin III has been actively linked to Washington, and this time the situation would escalate. Griffin III, 33, indicated at the beginning of the week in The Rich Eisen Show being in talks to join a group trying to acquire the Commanders. More precisely, he would join the group of Josh Harris, owner of the New Jersey Devils (NHL) and Philadelphia Sixers (NBA), who offered 6 thousand million dollars to take over Dan Snyder’s franchise.
“I’m head over heels for that process,” Griffin told Eisen, according to Sports Illustrated. “Being a player for that team, not having my career go the way I wanted it or the fans wanted it to go. It would be a full circle moment to come back and try to help that team and that organization build the winner that the fans deserve,” Griffin concluded regarding likely becoming part owner of the Commanders.
Eleven years ago, Washington moved up to second in the Draft and took Griffin III after the Colts took Andrew Luck, and it looked like a good move as Griffin was named Offensive Rookie of the Year, but a torn ACL he suffered in playoffs derailed his career. Between 2013 and 2014 he went a dismal 5-15 record with the then Redskins, in 2016 he went 1-6 in Cleveland, and between 2018 and 2020 he only went 1-1 as a substitute in Baltimore.
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RG III is talking to the Josh Harris group about joining their bid to buy the Commanders
— COMMANDERS FOOTBALL (@HogsHaven) March 28, 2023
Kyle Shanahan: “Sam Darnold has done really good things in this league”
Following the departure of QB Jimmy Garoppolo from the 49ers, the franchise is preparing to kick off the era of QB Brock Purdy or Trey Lance, who are set to engage in a battle during training camps to start the team next season. , but there is one more piece that could join the two mentioned. San Francisco recently signed QB Sam Darnold, who, according to HC Kyle Shanahan, “has too good a skill set.”
“That’s why he was taken with the third pick in the Draft,” Shanahan said earlier this week at the League’s Annual Meeting from Phoenix, Arizona. “When you study his game, they can see it too. I don’t think he’s always been in the best situations, which is hard for quarterbacks. It’s tough for all the players, but it’s a position and it also depends on the other 10 guys around you,” Shanahan said.
“Sam has played and done some really good things in this league,” Shanahan said. “But he hasn’t won many games. He’s been thrown into situations where you keep both teams in the game because you have to keep shooting that ball and give your team a chance to win. So you don’t always have the best stats, but you see his ability, and he’s always had that ability since his freshman year in college when we first started looking at him. There’s no reason he can’t do it.”
Darnold, 25, was the third overall pick in the 2018 Draft by the Jets, but has never lived up to expectations since then. During five years in the league, three in New York and a couple in Carolina, he has only completed 59.7% of his passes for 61 TDs and 55 INTs. Nonetheless, he helped the Panthers go 4-2 in the final six games last season, passing for 1,143 yards, 7 TDs and just 3 INTs; he will now fight to steal a position in San Francisco from Purdy or Lance.
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Kyle Shanahan: Sam Darnold has as good of a skillset as there is. https://t.co/phO7kJSD7o
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) March 30, 2023
Mike Vrabel: “We want Ryan Tannehill to start in 2023”
GM Ran Carthon assured last month that QB Ryan Tannehill is still under contract with the Titans and that they are excited to continue with him for the foreseeable future, but Tannehill counts against the franchise salary cap at $36.6 million, and that’s why they exist. doubts about whether they will really stick with the same plan as quarterback. While this season is still a long way off, HC Mike Vrabel admits that Tennessee wants Tannehill to start in 2023.
“Of course we want it,” Vrabel told the team’s website. “This is March, we’re still building a team, the best we can be, and Ryan is getting healthy. It’s good to see him around the facility, so yeah, we look forward to that. But, for predictions, I went through this last year [con el WR A.J. Brown]. I won’t commit to anyone being on our roster in September, I’ve seen it change pretty quickly. Of course, we love Ryan as our quarterback, and everyone else who has helped us win. That’s what we want,” Vrabel concluded.
Tannehill became the Titans’ starting quarterback in the middle of 2019, stealing the job from Marcus Mariota. That time, he catapulted the organization to the AFC Championship, but Tennessee hasn’t won a playoff game since. They finished last season with a seven-game losing streak, a 7-10 record, and the 34-year-old missed five games due to injury, though everything points to him having at least one chance to redeem himself.
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Does Mike Vrabel expect Ryan Tannehill to be his starting QB in Sept?
#Titans pic.twitter.com/Lhv0YnodDi
— Paul Kuharsky (@PaulKuharskyNFL) March 27, 2023
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