Many of the top impending free agent pass rushers didn’t make it to market due to franchise tags and others came off the board once the legal
tampering window opened on Monday
Daniel Sorensen Jersey , but there are still some on the market.One is Markus Golden, who had 12.5 sacks during the 2016 season but has been limited to
15 games over the last two seasons because of injuries. He tore his ACL in
October 2017 and never regained his form while playing a new role in Steve
Wilks’ defense in Arizona last season.Vic Tafur of TheAthletic.com reports that
those struggles haven’t stopped four teams from showing interest in Golden.
Tafur names the Giants, Buccaneers, Raiders and Chiefs as those teams. Three of
those teams have coaches with ties to Golden.The Giants’ defensive coordinator
James Bettcher had the same job in Arizona when Bruce Arians was the head coach.
Arians is now the head coach in Tampa while former Cardinals defensive line
coach Brentson Buckner now has the same job with the Raiders. MEXICO CITY ??The
NFL’s decision to move the regular-season game between the Kansas City Chiefs
and Los Angeles Rams due to the poor condition of the turf at Azteca Stadium has
left many Mexicans disappointed, angered and wondering how it will affect the
country’s future relationship with the league.After consulting with the players
association and local officials, the NFL determined the conditions of the venue
did not meet the standards for playability and moved the game back to the Los
Angeles Coliseum. The Rams (9-1) and Chiefs (9-1) will face off Monday night in
a much-anticipated game between the top two teams in each conference.Based
solely on the teams’ records, the game was going to be the best matchup ever
played outside the United States.But Mexico blew it.“Colossal shame” was the
headline of the sports newspaper Record: “The league takes away the best game of
the season due to the lousy state of the field that Estadio Azteca was not able
to fix. The NFL has left, and its return is in jeopardy.”Azteca officials
changed the playing surface from natural grass to a hybrid in May, but the turf
hasn’t been ideal for several months due to its intense use. Since July
21
http://www.chiefslockerroom.com/authentic-terrance-smith-jersey , America and Cruz Azul, the two Liga MX teams that share the stadium, have played
23 games between them in the stadium, and the women’s professional team from
America?has played another seven games there.The stadium also hosted two
concerts by Colombian singer Shakira on Oct. 11 and 12, and another from music
channel Telehit on Nov. 7 that left the field in its worst condition in years.“I
feel devastated, angered and ashamed, all of that together,” said former NFL
kicker Raul Allegre, who is Mexican and works as an analyst for ESPN Deportes.
“I’m still trying to figure out how small minds were so irresponsible in the
preparations for a game of this magnitude. I know that the world does not
revolve around the NFL
Womens Travis Kelce Jersey , but this is a great event not only for the sport but for the country, and it is inconceivable how it was taken so
lightly.”According to an NFL study released last year, the game between the
Oakland Raiders and the Houston Texans played in 2016 generated a $45 million
impact on the local economy. The Mexican government said that last year’s game
between the Raiders and the New England Patriots topped that number.The game is
usually scheduled on the third weekend of November, when Mexicans celebrate the
Revolution’s anniversary, and the authorities organize additional activities in
order to entice fans to spend the?entire weekend in the capital. For this year’s
game, the fan-fest that drew more than 300,000 fans in Chapultepec Park was
moved to the Zocalo, the country’s main square located in downtown Mexico City,
in an attempt to draw even more fans. The NFL office in Mexico and the Sports
Institute of Mexico City also scheduled 5k and 10k races for Sunday.Local
authorities have not said whether?those events will continue.“We have to learn
from this experience so it won’t happen again in the future
De'Anthony Thomas Jersey ,” said Horacio De la Vega, director of the sports institute in Mexico City. “Everyone needs to assume their own responsibility in
this. I think that the crew that takes care of the field in Azteca should have
put more attention in such a big issue as the playing field is, and that did not
happen.”Many fans are also angered because they already paid airfares and hotel
fees that are probably lost.“I’m very upset because I already purchased my plane
tickets and they canceled the game at the last minute. They promised to
reimburse my money for the game ticket, but what about the other expenses, who
is going to be held accountable for that?” said V?ctor Reynoso, a Rams fan who
was planning to come to the capital from the northern city of Monterrey.Reynoso
is probably not alone, according to Mexico’s Tourism Secretary; around 30,000
fans typically visit the city for the weekend of the game.The federal
government, through the Tourism Secretary
http://www.chiefslockerroom.com/authentic-eric-murray-jersey , pays the NFL $14.5 million for each game. Last year, the NFL and Televisa, which
owns Estadio Azteca, announced that they had signed an extension to bring back
games until the 2021 season.But it’s uncertain what?will happen after Televisa
failed to present a field up to?NFL standards. Several NFL owners are wary
of?additional games at Azteca, and while the league is still keen on playing
games in Mexico,?it might be ready to consider other venues there. Monterrey and
Guadalajara have stadiums capable of hosting NFL games, and both cities will be
hosting 2026 World Cup matches.100View Gallery Gallery:View from the sidelines: NFL cheerleaders 2018Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports | Raj Mehta
