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  Posted in the topic Ezekiel Elliott Jerseys If not for injuries to rookie in the forum News and Announcements

  January 24, 2018 3:09 AM EST

  It happens every year with teams that make the Super Bowl, as if the winners in the AFC and NFC have dialed up some newfangled copyright to success. You can imagine one of those late-night infomercial dudes screaming through the television, "Just copy what those teams did and you too will end up in a Super Bowl." Except it's not that easy. This will be the eighth trip to the Super Bowl for Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots. They do seem to have the copyright to success, so why haven't teams just copied what the Patriots do? The latest team to offer up the "copy this" formula is the Philadelphia Eagles. At the start of the year, coach Doug Pederson was viewed by some to be over his head. Now he's a guru. A year ago, Howie Roseman was the general manager of a last-place team in the NFC East. Now he's got it all figured out. Aside from the Patriots, the NFL is a year-to-year league. Only four teams that made the playoffs in 2016 made it in 2017: The Patriots, Pittsburgh Steelers, Kansas City Chiefs and Atlanta Falcons. So just because Philadelphia will be in Super Bowl LII in two weeks doesn't mean the Eagles will be back in the playoffs next season, even if their roster looks formidable and Carson Wentz will return from a knee injury. In order for the Dallas Cowboys to get to at least the NFC Championship Game next season, they don't need to copy the Eagles, but there are lessons they can learn. Executive vice president Stephen Jones is on record as saying he does not believe free agency is the best way to build a team, and he is correct. The Cowboys have almost turned a blind eye to it in recent years. The Eagles used it wisely in 2017, signing Alshon Jeffery, LeGarrette Blount, Chris Long and Torrey Smith. Jeffery had the biggest deal, a one-year commitment for $14 million, but he was signed to a four-year extension during the season. Smith had a $15 million deal over three years, but only $500,000 was guaranteed. Long signed a five-year deal worth $12.75 million but was essentially a two-year, $4.5 million deal. Blount signed DeShaun Watson Jerseys a one-year deal at $1.25 million. This doesn't include the trades for cornerback Ronald Darby, defensive tackle Timmy Jernigan and running back Jay Ajayi. The Cowboys' biggest free-agent deal was for a player the Eagles no longer wanted in cornerback Nolan Carroll at three years, $10 million. Ezekiel Elliott Jerseys If not for injuries to rookie corners Chidobe Awuzie and Jourdan Lewis, Carroll might not have made it out of training camp. Instead he made it until Oct. 11, when he was cut. Stephen Paea won the defensive tackle spot with a one-year deal worth a max of $2 million and didn't make it out of October before a chronic knee injury forced his retirement. Damontre Moore signed a two-year, $1.65 million deal and made it only to Oct. 24. Byron Bell signed a one-year deal worth $1.25 million and spent most of the season as the backup swing tackle. The Eagles did not swing for the fences in free agency but found pieces that helped Wentz excel. Long was a disrupter on the defensive line. Cornerback Patrick Robinson shored up the secondary. Oh, and quarterback Nick Foles was a free-agent pickup as well. The Eagles lost Darren Sproles, a major part of their offense and their return man, to a knee injury in September. Starting left tackle Jason Peters, their Tyron Smith if you will, was gone in October. So was middle linebacker Jordan Hicks. The crushing injury was to Wentz, who suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament against the Los Angeles Rams. They still won. It wasn't always pretty, but it didn't matter. Pederson was able to adapt, and his team was able to overcome. The Eagles found answers not just in personnel but in scheme, helping new left tackle Halapoulivaati Vaitai as well as Foles. The Cowboys' season forever changed against the Falcons, when they were without Ezekiel Elliott (suspension) and Smith, who had a groin injury. Chaz Green was ineffective, and the coaches did not help the new left tackle even when it was obvious he Derek Carr Jerseys Cheap Jerseys could not block Adrian Clayborn. The Cowboys could not handle the loss of Sean Lee, who missed five games with a hamstring strain. They went 1-4 without their defensive leader. The Eagles came up with answers for their adversity. The Cowboys did not hav

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  Posted in the topic DeShaun Watson Jerseys wide receiver in the forum News and Announcements

  January 11, 2018 2:00 AM EST

  The Cincinnati Bengals are maintaining the status quo with coach Marvin Lewis signing a two-year contract, but Lewis suggested he realizes some things do need to change as he returns for Cheap Jerseys a 16th season. Offensive line coach Paul Alexander, who has been with the Bengals since 1994, had an unusually long tenure in a league where moving is common. However, the past two seasons have made it clear the offensive line needs an overhaul. Andy Dalton has been sacked 80 times in the past two years alone, and the run game also has struggled. It was clear this was a needed change, and perhaps something Lewis pushed for in his meetings with Bengals owner Mike Brown. The Bengals will bring back offensive coordinator Bill Lazor, despite finishing last in offense this season. It could be argued that Lazor was working in the confines of Ken Zampese's offense after taking over for him in Week 3. Clearly, the team believes in him enough to give him a second chance. Marvin Lewis addressed a variety of topics on Wednesday, including the importance of a two-year contract. John Minchillo/Associated Press Lazor needs to prove he can turn things around quickly once it's truly his offense. Otherwise 2018 will bring more of the same. Brown rarely speaks to the media, and he continued that habit during the Wednesday news conference to announce Ezekiel Elliott Jerseys Lewis' return. Brown usually talks to reporters at the owners' meetings in the spring and again right before the season. Brown did address reporters in a joint news conference in 2010 after he and Lewis came to an extension following a losing season in which Lewis had been a lame-duck coach. However, he didn't show up at this one, leaving Lewis to answer questions by himself. Brown likely isn't blind to a disgruntled fan base that has stopped going to games in droves and has been restless for change, but he also likely thinks that winning will cure the problem. Lewis was asked if he requested anything of Brown during their talks, specifically staff changes or facility upgrades. The Bengals remain the northernmost team without an indoor practice facility. Lewis said those are things that don't keep teams from winning. "All that stuff is nebulous — whether that [results in] wins or not," Lewis said. "I’ve coached three teams — actually, all four teams — in this division, and believe me, that has nothing to do with winning. Winning and losing is done out there in those classrooms, meeting Derek Carr Jerseys rooms, the field, practice, and out there in games. The rest of that stuff can help, and we do everything we can to aide our players in that way, and I feel good about that — the things that we do, and will continue to do, and get better with and make sure we do change, because everything changes all of the time with these athletes." The Bengals rarely sign big-name free agents and are rarely very active in the free-agent market. It's possible the team might change that philosophy somewhat. Lewis didn't outright say they would be more active but did say he wanted to make sure to add players who could help the team win. He also said he thought the reputation the Bengals have for not spending money on players isn't true. "We do like to grow guys from the ground up, which is important because you [can] instill in them correct habits — you’re not trying to break habits — [but] I do think that we all understand that, when we have a hole, we have another avenue to fill that hole with a better player, it it’s [a good fit], through free agency," he said. Lewis has been given a one-year extension almost every offseason for several years and went into last offseason with no contract. He said it was important this time to get a two-year contract. That would relieve him of lame-duck status and perhaps quiet some talks that he's leaving at the end of next season. “It’s very important," he said. "We’re going to go out and have some change on this staff, and I think it’s very important for a coach, if he is currently employed, that he has the chance to be here for at least two football seasons.” Dalton hasn't looked the same since Hue Jackson left after the 2015 season. It's likely that's partially Dalton, partially coaching and partially the offensive line. Lewis said he understands the need to get back to being a vertical-threat team and getting Dalton back to top form. "We have an amazing group of threats at DeShaun Watson Jerseys wide receiver, and we have to capitalize on that," Lewis said. "We have to get our quarterback to be the guy that we expect him to be day in and day out and lead the football team that way. That means we have to keep him from getting jostled around, and when he does, he has to be able to move and make throws on the move like we’ve all seen him do."