Antonio Brown and that goes from head to toes right now.Brown has been away from the team for more than a week amid multiple reports of foot problems stemming from cryotherapy
Womens Bo Jackson Jersey , but he’s reportedly due back soon. Michael Gehlken of the also reported that the team believes the condition of Brown’s feet is a “non-issue.”Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that league rules governing which helmets players can use is a problem. The NFL and NFLPA have banned 11 helmet models because of how poorly they performed in testing. There was a one-year grace period in 2018 allowing players to continue wearing those models, but they are not allowed to wear them this year.Brown wore one of those models while with the Steelers and Schefter reports he has filed a grievance with the league in order to be allowed to keep wearing it. Schefter reports that some believe the helmet issue has been a bigger problem for Brown than anything to do with his feet.Patriots quarterback Tom Brady switched from an approved model back to a now prohibited one during the 2018 season. There were 32 players in all wearing the banned models last year.Per the report, Brown is expected to have a hearing next week on the matter.: A league source clarified to PFT that Brown’s preferred helmet is not one of the 11 banned helmets that were allowed to be used through last season. Brown’s helmet is not allowed to be worn because it is not certified by the National Operating Committee for Standards and Athletic Equipment. The helmet is too old to receive that certification and the league prohibits the use of helmets without that certification. An NFL locker room is often something that is imagined as this fragile thing that must not be disturbed in any way for fear the whole team dynamic will crumble. So, the thought of allowing a camera..." />Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesHorizontal - WhiteSilver And Black Pridean Oakland Raiders communityLog In or Sign UpLog InSign UpFanpostsFanshotsRaidersOddsAboutMastheadCommunity GuidelinesStubHubMoreAll 322 blogs on Horizontal - WhiteFanposts Fanshots Raiders StoriesScheduleRosterStatsYahoo Raiders NewsYahoo Raiders Team PageYahoo Raiders ReportYahoo Raiders Depth ChartYahoo Raiders TransactionsYahoo Raiders PhotosOdds About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub ✕Raiders DC Paul Guenther doesn’t see Hard Knocks as distraction: We look at how NFL teams fared the season they were featuredNew,20commentsPDTShareTweetShareShareRaiders DC Paul Guenther doesn’t see Hard Knocks as distraction: We look at how NFL teams fared the season they were featuredOakland RaidersAn NFL locker room is often something that is imagined as this fragile thing that must not be disturbed in any way for fear the whole team dynamic will crumble. So, the thought of allowing a camera crew for a TV show into the building to monitor a team’s every move is downright terrifying for some. Paul Guenther is not one of those people.“I really don’t think [so],” Guenther said about the possibility of the Hard Knocks crew being a distraction. “They do a really good job of staying out of your way. You can see, kind of, what’s going to be on the show. I think the positive thing is you find out a lot about your team and the coaches on the staff that, ‘Hey, when the camera is on you are you going to be a different guy or a different player or if you’re not.’ Because really after the third day, you don’t notice, you’re so used to having them around that you just go about your business. I don’t really pay attention to where the cameras are in the building. You just go about and coach the guys how you know how to coach them and that’s all you know how to do.”Guenther has twice before been on a coaching staff that had to deal with the Hard Knocks crew in house with their prying cameras, boom mics, and editing tools which, if they choose to, can make spin just about any narrative they like. In a world where the term “distraction” gets tossed around as an all too familiar copout
Antonio Brown Raiders Jersey , this time it could be real. Or it might not be. Regardless of Guenther’s thoughts on the matter, it’s hard to say, really, how much of a difference it will make having the team featured on the show. Every team is different and there are varying factors as to why a team might regress or improve from season to season. What we do have is precedence. Hard Knocks has been around for a while. This is their 14th season, so there is a large sample size from which to get an idea of how team typically perform the season they are featured on the show. It helps to compare it to how they performed the season before. So that’s what we did.Ravens (2001) - 10-6Season before: 12-4* (Super Bowl champs)Differential: -2Cowboys (2002) - 5-11Season before: 5-11Differential: 0Chiefs (2007) - 4-12Season before: 9-7*Differential: -5Cowboys (2008) - 9-7Season before: 13-3*Differential: -4Bengals (2009) - 10-6*Season before: 4-11-1Differential: +6Jets (2010) - 11-5*Season before: 9-7*Differential: +2Dolphins (2012) - 7-9Season before: 6-10Differential: +1Bengals (2013) - 11-5*Season before: 10-6*Differential: +1Falcons (2014) - 6-10Season before: 4-12Differential: +2Texans (2015) - 9-7*Season before: 9-7Differential: 0Rams (2016) - 4-12Season before: 7-9Differential: -3Buccaneers (2017) - 5-11Season before: 9-7Differential: -4Browns (2018) - 7-8-1Season before: 0-16Differential: +7Average wins year of: 7.5Net differential: +1First of all, you can see why Guenther isn’t worried. The two times the Bengals appeared on the show, they improved by a net 7 games and made the playoffs both times. But their results aren’t typical. Only one other team (Jets) both improved their record from the year before and made the playoffs the season they were on the show.In total, four teams made the playoffs the season they were on Hard Knocks. Six teams improved their records, Five teams regressed and two teams’ records stayed the same. Obviously, the Browns going winless in 2017 kind of messes up the overall differential numbers. We also have the Super Bowl champion Ravens needing to repeat to improve, which is a tall order. Eliminate those two outliers and you have a net differential of -4.The Raiders went 4-12 last season, so there isn’t much farther to fall should Hard Knocks have any kind of adverse affect. Of the six teams who had losing records the season before, only one regressed (2016 Rams). One (2002 Cowboys) had the same record, and the other four improved.So, what does this prove? It proves that there is no clear evidence that Hard Knocks is a detriment to the teams it covers. The average wins are close to .500 and the differential is negligible. I guess maybe just chill and enjoy the show.Follow @LeviDamien