The Official 2024 NFL Offseason Discussion Thread

[Doom]

Tom Brady's rookie card sells for a record $3.107 million at an auction. Amazing!:

It has been four months since quarterback Tom Brady threw his last pass in a game, helping lead the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LV, but that hasn't stopped him from setting more records.

The latest came Friday night when a Brady rookie card sold for $3.107 million at the Lelands Mid-Spring Classic Auction, marking the most ever paid for a football card in public auction.

The price tops the record of $2.25 million, set just two months ago, when another Brady rookie card was sold by Lelands.

The increase reflects the boom the sports card industry continues to experience.

"Tom Brady is the GOAT and continues to break records both on and off the playing field. It's only fitting that Brady has set another record for the most expensive football card ever sold in public auction," said Jordan Gilroy, director of acquisitions at Lelands.

The Brady card that sold for $3.107 million is a 2000 Playoff Contenders Championship Rookie Ticket Autograph edition. It is a higher grade (Mint 9) than the one that Lelands sold for $2.25 million earlier this year (NM-MT 8.5). Brady started his career with the New England Patriots.

There are only seven of the Mint 9 examples in existence, with none graded higher.

Also, the football from Brady's first career touchdown pass sold for $428,842 at the auction.

That was from Oct. 14, 2001, when Brady connected with receiver Terry Glenn for a 21-yard score. The consignor of the ball was the fan who caught it after Glenn tossed it into the stands following his celebration.

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[Necro]

Damn nice pickup!


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[Apoho Creed]

I know Doom is hella happy to have Julio he's really going to make The Titans a Contender in the AFC this Year. Henry, Julio, and AJ Brown boy that is alot of talent to deal with.

 

[Necro]

Dangerous combination!


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[Bobby Barrows]

Eh- Antonio Brown.

 

[Doom]

I know Doom is hella happy to have Julio he's really going to make The Titans a Contender in the AFC this Year. Henry, Julio, and AJ Brown boy that is alot of talent to deal with.

Hell yeah I'm happy with the Titans acquiring Julio. We needed a receiver to replace Corey Davis after he left for the Jets. The one thing I'm iffy about is his injuries. Last season, he missed six games due to hamstring injury. I got faith in him staying healthy and become a threat on that offense alongside with Brown, King Henry and Ryan Tannehill. I'm pumped for this season!

 

[Apoho Creed]

The Titans only gave up a 2nd, 3rd, and a 6th Round Pick in the 2022 NFL Draft for him. I'm kinda upset my GM Howie didn't try to scoop him up.

 

[Necro]

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[Doom]

Check this out. This is hilarious stuff!

 

[Hidden Blaze]

Good luck to his ass staying healthy.

 

[Apoho Creed]

Rodgers is saying fuck off to Minicamp. Clock is ticking time to start thinking honestly trying to trade him away I feel.

 

[Bobby Barrows]

Minnesota Vikings and Danielle Hunter restructure his contract. Ladies and gentlemen, Minnesota's gonna have a top-10 defense this year.

 

[Bobby Barrows]

Minnesota is also getting a returning Sheldon Richardson from the Browns.

This defense gonna be top-5 ffs

 

[Doom]

I'm surprised this wasn't posted, but it's announced Thursday that Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes are officially on the cover of Madden NFL 22. Here's the cover:

 

[Doom]

Carl Nassib of Las Vegas Raiders announces he is gay, pledges $100,000 to Trevor Project

HENDERSON, Nev. -- Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib on Monday became the first active NFL player to come out as gay.

Nassib, 28, made the announcement in an Instagram post.

"What's up people?" Nassib posted. "I'm at my house here in West Chester, Pennsylvania. I just want to take a quick moment to say that I'm gay. I've been meaning to do this for a while now, but I finally feel comfortable enough to get it off my chest. I really have the best life, I've got the best family, friends and job a guy could ask for.

"I'm a pretty private person so I hope you guys know that I'm really not doing this for attention. I just think that representation and visibility are so important. I actually hope that like one day, videos like this and the whole coming-out process are just not necessary. But until then, I'm going to do my best and do my part to cultivate a culture that's accepting, that's compassionate and I'm going to start by donating $100,000 to the Trevor Project."

The Trevor Project provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to the LGBTQ+ community.

"They're an incredible organization, they're the No. 1 suicide-prevention service for LGBTQ youth in America," Nassib said. "And they're truly doing incredible things. And I'm very excited to be a part of it, help in any way that I can and I'm really pumped to see what the future holds."

Raiders owner Mark Davis told ESPN after Nassib's announcement: "It's 2021. All the more power to Carl. It doesn't change my opinion of him as a person or as a Raider."

Nassib joined the Raiders in 2020 on a three-year, $25 million free-agent deal, with $16.75 million guaranteed. He had 2.5 sacks and in interception in 14 games, five starts, for Las Vegas last season.

A third-round pick of the Cleveland Browns in 2016 out of Penn State, Nassib also played two seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before joining the Raiders. He came to national attention as a star of the Browns' "Hard Knocks" appearance in 2018, giving financial advice to teammates as well as offering his take on the existence of aliens.

Michael Sam, the former Missouri linebacker, became the first openly gay player to be drafted in NFL history in 2014, when the Rams took him 249th overall. He was cut by the team at the end of training camp that year and never played a regular-season game in the NFL.

Ryan Russell, a free agent at the time after playing three seasons between the Cowboys and Buccaneers, came out as bisexual in a story published by ESPN in 2019.

I'm proud of him finally accepting himself as gay and donating to the Trevor Project.