(10-16-2019 08:52 PM)Purple Wrote:  

(10-16-2019 04:27 PM)Anders Wrote:  

(10-16-2019 03:49 PM)Purple Wrote:  

(10-16-2019 01:50 PM)Anders Wrote:  Khalid Abdullah just got picked up by DC as well. If they get Vad as the backup to Cardale I might be a bigger Defenders fan than Redskins for the time being.

I'm sure that had at least something to do with the Defenders picking players who played their college ball in the region, knowing that many fans of the players' former colleges are going to become Defenders fans just to watch players from their favorite college teams (alma maters in most cases) play locally.

How much better do you all think an average NFL team is than an average XFL team? I don't think it is a lot.

Not sure if this is joking but a whole lot better. Like a lot. From the coaching to the players. 2nd string of an average NFL roster would still crush an average XFL team. I think the talent level will be pretty comparable to the AAF.

Yeah, that's what everyone said about the AFL compared to the NFL in the 60s.

There were only 25 teams combined between the AFL and NFL. Talent is much more diluted now, with 32 NFL teams, if you add the 8 XFL teams that puts you at 40. Plus the Canucks draw more former NCAA talent that they did back then as well. A lot of guys where are starters today would have only been a second stringer in the 1950s/1960s AFL/NFL set up.