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I so would've not have even bothered with this post if i knew that the slew of players was going to be so much lower in quality, with only a couple names that casual football fans might even recognize. When the AAF started up, it seemed like the Dolphins had over a dozen plus former players in the draft, and there was familiar names galore. But i made this post already so..screw it...ill leave it



f some of the posters that have suffered fewer concussions than me want to look it over feel free to.

Terrell Bonds...CB offseason and camp with us last year
Tae Hayes.........CB 2019-20 with us, some time on active roster, i think i remember him coming up with a big play or two to get a little hype
Terrill Hanks...LB 2019-20 PS, i think we had alot of fake hype around him

Sheesh so only 3 names i recognized, Im guessing maybe a couple i missed that were on futures contracts in the past i overlooked.

Recognizable names (might have missed some more of the 'scouts' we have on this site know)

Shea Patterson... @ChambersWI boy from Mich
Jordan Ta'amu...QB...was some hype around him in college, one of those "potential" guys
Paxton Lynch...last QB drafted, (think i remember Omar saying this guy was gonna be a stud), oh well 1st round bust


As of right now, it seems like the last couple flame out leagues had so many more names i remembered, not just from fins, but league wide. I hope some more get picked on day 2, or this might just be a shitty post to say "Hey guys Bonds and Hayes have a job. oh 90% of yall dont remember them"
 
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All these leagues are going to end up the same way until they find a way to bring in college talent the way the NFL does.

That or find a way to completely not compete AND market itself and be entertaining on the same level.

It's hard because sometimes you watch these leagues and teams, then realize a good college team could probably beat them or compete.
 
So, do these new teams have any affiliation with the NFL teams, like a feeder category?
 

The draft continues tomorrow, but the ones i saw off hand were the following 2...
If some of the posters that have suffered fewer concussions than me want to look it over feel free to.


Terrell Bonds...CB offseason and camp with us last year
Tae Hayes.........CB 2019-20 with us, some time on active roster, i think i remember him coming up with a big play or two to get a little hype

Recognizable names (might have missed some more of the 'scouts' we have on this site know)

Shea Patterson... @ChambersWI boy from Mich
Jordan Ta'amu...QB...was some hype around him in college, one of those "potential" guys
Paxton Lynch...last QB drafted, (think i remember Omar saying this guy was gonna be a stud), oh well 1st round bust


As of right now, it seems like the last couple flame out leagues had so many more names i remembered, not just from fins, but league wide. I hope some more get picked on day 2, or this might just be a shitty post to say "Hey guys Bonds and Hayes have a job. oh 90% of yall dont remember them"
I'm looking forward to watching USFL. Granted, it's far from the NFL product but anything to break up the offseason doldrums. USFL plus F1 plus FA and Draft can get me through to TC. Combine next week is always fun too.
 
So, do these new teams have any affiliation with the NFL teams, like a feeder category?

The XFL will have some kind of link to the NFL...heres just a line from the article....

The NFL-XFL agreement will give the NFL a "petri dish" to experiment with proposed rules, test new equipment and develop prospective officials and coaches, XFL president Russ Brandon told ESPN.


now to go back and look at the other 100 rounds of the drafts so i can update OP
 
The XFL will have some kind of link to the NFL...heres just a line from the article....

The NFL-XFL agreement will give the NFL a "petri dish" to experiment with proposed rules, test new equipment and develop prospective officials and coaches, XFL president Russ Brandon told ESPN.


now to go back and look at the other 100 rounds of the drafts so i can update OP
The link was about the xfl, I don't think the USFL has any link to the NFL.

I just hope the new USFL is as entertaing as the 1980's version with Jim Kelly, Doug Wiliams, Steve Young, Doug Flutie, Herschel Walker, Anthonty Carter and many others.
 
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The link was about the xfl, I don't think the USFL has any link to the NFL.

I just hope the new USFL is a entertaing as the 1980's version with Jim Kelly, Doug Wiliams, Steve Young, Doug Flutie, Herschel Walker, Anthonty Carter and many others.
Was a good league for while...
 
Was a good league for while...
I actually attended the 1st championship game between Michigan and Philadelphia. It was a great game, plus I was a big Anthony Carter fan at the time. I really wanted Carter to jump to the Dolphins in the NFL and a few years later always dreamed about a wr trio of Carter, Duper and Clayton working with Marino.

I have to also admit I was a Jim Kelly fan at the time too and back then would have prefered him dropping in the 1983 Draft to Miami instead of Marino. Jim Kelly in the Houston Gamblers' run and shoot offense was fun to watch.
 
a entertaing as the 1980's version with Jim Kelly, Doug Wiliams, Steve Young, Doug Flutie, Herschel Walker, Anthonty Carter and many others.

Yeah that was my mistake, I was reading about all the new leagues and new teams, so when i read @Buff 's comment about "So, do these new teams have any affiliation with the NFL teams, like a feeder category?" I was reading it as do any of the new teams in any of the upcoming leagues, like usfl, xfl, former aaf.

Thats why i posted the xfl article, because it is going to be in correlation with the league to a degree, the usfl however is stand alone with no connections to it right now.... was just grouping the two new leagues together usfl and xfl (starting in 2023)
 
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