Twitter: Stephen Jones on the Fan Tweetcap - 10/24/14

[WoodysGirl]

Mark Lane ‏@therealmarklane 15m15 minutes ago
On @1053thefan, Stephen Jones says Jack Crawford is questionable.
Stephen Jones says Doug Free will not go Monday night.
Stephen Jones says Bruce Carter has had a good week of practice. If no setbacks between now and game time, he will go.
Stephen Jones says brands looking to grow want to be global. Thinks NFL interest is growing in Europe.
Stephen Jones says, at some point, you don't rule out having a franchise in London. "It's more possible than you might think
Stephen Jones says it wouldn't surprise him to wake up one day to see a game each week in London.
Stephen Jones says he's going to bet on LA getting a franchise before London. "It's closer than you might think."
Stephen Jones says, personally, he thinks London would get a team before San Antonio.
Stephen Jones says his family has never been more passionate about having the #Cowboys in North Texas than ever before.
Stephen Jones says it's a lot more difficult than you might think to come back and play football after years of absence.
Stephen Jones says returning to football didn't come easy for R. McClain.
Stephen Jones says on a scale of 1-10, he'd give the DL a 10 in terms of playing according to Rod Marinelli's system.
Stephen Jones says the #Cowboys front four, "is doing a hell of a job."
Stephen Jones says the stars would have to align for the #Cowboys to find a pass rusher worth trading for right now.
Stephen Jones says finding a pass rusher can be very difficult. There almost have to be chemistry issues.
Stephen Jones says the #Cowboys had "second thoughts after second thoughts" about letting go of DeMarcus Ware.
Stephen Jones says the #Cowboys were at a crossroads where they had to get away from their injury cycle.
Stephen Jones says by this time last year in Dallas, he had six sacks, and none for the rest of the season.
Stephen Jones says anytime you let a great player get out of your organization, you always have second thoughts about it.
Stephen Jones says Jason Garrett has improved. "One of the smartest guys you'll ever run into."
Stephen Jones says Jason Garrett is a smart guy who will look at the good, bad things and will improve on them.
Stephen Jones says it would have been difficult to get Rod Marinelli without Monte Kiffin, but doesn't know for sure.
Stephen Jones says the #Cowboys are fortunate to have Rod Marinelli; gets the most out of the defensive players.

 

[waving monkey]

thank you WG

 

[Galian Beast]

Great interview and I agree with him on all counts.

The London games are the only real vision I'm seeing out of the NFL, but the reality is if they want any real NFL exposure, it'll require local teams. Once you get a local team out there, it'll probably take about 30-40 years for the sport to take hold.

 

[Carolina Cowboy]

Carolina Cowboy says thank you WG.
Carolina Cowboy says WG is the bomb.

 

[jday]

Any time table for NFL expansion? What cities outside of San Antonio, LA, and London? It would seem they would need to add 8 teams for it to work out mathematically. Anyone have any idea or answers to these questions?

 

[Galian Beast]

Any time table for NFL expansion? What cities outside of San Antonio, LA, and London? It would seem they would need to add 8 teams for it to work out mathematically. Anyone have any idea or answers to these questions?

I don't think he's referring to expansion right now, but rather teams moving. At least I hope so. I think adding teams could really mess with the balance right now.

But to answer your question there doesn't need to be even numbers of teams. You flex it with bye weeks. That being said Goodell has said in the past that they wouldn't go to 33 but with 34 instead. Two divisions will have 1 extra team each.

 

[jday]

I don't think he's referring to expansion right now, but rather teams moving. At least I hope so. I think adding teams could really mess with the balance right now.

But to answer your question there doesn't need to be even numbers of teams. You flex it with bye weeks. That being said Goodell has said in the past that they wouldn't go to 33 but with 34 instead. Two divisions will have 1 extra team each.

That's really not fair to those divisions, though. That means they have to fight through more teams to get to the playoffs. If they are going to do it and they are taking the NFL to an international stage with the addition of London, why not get other countries involved? And rather than messing with the current division structure, they should simply add a division each to the NFC and the AFC. You could make them all outside countries, so we could have the AFC International and the NFC International.

 

[rynochop]

Whats the attendance been at these london games? Just dont understand ramming the nfl down englands throat.

 

[Galian Beast]

That's really not fair to those divisions, though. That means they have to fight through more teams to get to the playoffs. If they are going to do it and they are taking the NFL to an international stage with the addition of London, why not get other countries involved? And rather than messing with the current division structure, they should simply add a division each to the NFC and the AFC. You could make them all outside countries, so we could have the AFC International and the NFC International.

That's the nature of the game.

 

[wileedog]

Whats the attendance been at these london games? Just dont understand ramming the nfl down englands throat.

They've packed over 80K+ per game for every one except a Bears/Bucs game in 2011 (76K).

That said there is probably a big difference between the novelty of going to one game a season vs. having a crappy franchise like the Jaguars there full time.

 

[Galian Beast]

Whats the attendance been at these london games? Just dont understand ramming the nfl down englands throat.

The attendance was just as good as an NFL game in the United States. By growing the sport internationally, not only do you get more fans, but you can get better players, which can in turn grow the sport as well.

 

[rynochop]

, but you can get better players, which can in turn grow the sport as well.

Like from where?

 

[Galian Beast]

Whats the attendance been at these london games? Just dont understand ramming the nfl down englands throat.

The attendance was just as good as an NFL game in the United States. By growing the sport internationally, not only do you get more fans, but you can get better players, which can in turn grow the sport as well.

Oakland has a storied past, but I wouldn't be surprised if they moved to LA.

St. Louis Rams are another team that might be primed to move overseas or to Vegas.

Buffalo Bills might be primed to move.

I think the first time that moves will start a trend if successful in London.

 

[Galian Beast]

Like from where?

The entire world?

 

[Galian Beast]

If the NFL puts a team in London, you'd almost certainly want to put them in the AFC East or NFC East.

You might end up putting the Dolphins in the AFC South and then this new team in the AFC East. This reduces the divisional travel time the best.

Ultimately you would want to see 4 teams in Europe.

England, Netherlands, Germany, and Spain.

I think you could also eventually see a team in Toronto or Montreal.

 

[skinsscalper]

The best way to handle re-alignment in the scenario of adding two team is to eliminate divisions altogether. AFC and NFC. Every team plays every other team in their conference and the top six teams got to the playoffs.

 

[rynochop]

The entire world?

Ok..just dont see any of that happening

 

[Tusan_Homichi]

If the NFL puts a team in London, you'd almost certainly want to put them in the AFC East or NFC East.

You might end up putting the Dolphins in the AFC South and then this new team in the AFC East. This reduces the divisional travel time the best.

Ultimately you would want to see 4 teams in Europe.

England, Netherlands, Germany, and Spain.

I think you could also eventually see a team in Toronto or Montreal.

This makes sense. You could have a division made up of just European teams and right there, you'd take care of a lot of travel issues since they'd play each other twice a year. I also think something else they'd have to do is each of those teams having a base of operations still in the United States. You wouldn't want to have to fly across the ocean to just get some treatment or to practice during the bye week when everyone on the team is from the US.

 

[tideh20heel]

Will we have to rename the league? I hate this international stuff. I definitely don't want anymore teams. It's hard enough to find 32 Nfl caliber qbs. Ask Nascar how building tracks outside of the sports natural foot print, absurd ticket prices and going crazy with rule changes worked. I fear the League is going down that path. Hijacking one of eight home games from Nfl cities to promote a novelty is not at all fair to the fans of the "host" cities.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Buffalo Bills might be primed to move.

No. The guy that just bought the Bills definitely will not be moving them.