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Topics this week include quarterbacks who could be on the market in the coming offseason and how the demands that come with being an NFL coach can take a toll.Quarterback market watchAs holiday shoppers make out their shopping lists, NFL teams already have theirs waiting, especially at the eclectic quarterback position, where teams have any number of ways in which they can spend their money.The list of quarterbacks who could or will be available in the coming offseason is of a much higher profile than in the past, but each quarterback comes with his own questions. Still, the following is a list of QBs that teams such as the Bears, Jets, 49ers and others will be sifting through:Tony Romo, Dallas CowboysThough Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has no plans to move on from Romo, many people around the league believe Dallas will end up doing so. If and when it happens, the return on Romo might not be as great as expected.?A random sampling of general managers revealed that Dallas could probably get back some sort of mid- to late-round conditional pick for Romo. One general manager predicted that Dallas would get back a fifth-round pick that could improve to a fourth, and another general manager projected the Cowboys could possibly get back a conditional mid-round pick for Romo, which provides a snapshot of the type of compensation the Cowboys could get should Jones decide to deal him. Plus, theres this: The Jones family and Romo are so close that they are expected to work together to find a comfortable landing spot for him. And when Romo selects the team that hed like to go play for, the team will be resistant to surrender any more than it has to, knowing that Romo has identified that franchise as the place he wants to continue his career.Colin Kaepernick, San Francisco 49ersKaepernick is fully expected to void his contract after the season, allowing him to hit the market. Last offseason, the two teams that were most interested in him were Cleveland and Denver. After talking with the Browns, Kaepernick balked at going to Cleveland. As for Denver, the 49ers declined to pay about $4 million of Kaepernicks 2016 base salary, wiping out any chance that a deal would happen. But now Kaepernick can pick where he wants to go, and his decision will be among the offseasons most documented.Jay Cutler, Chicago BearsFor the first time during his Chicago career, Cutler has no more guaranteed money left on his deal. Should the Bears decide to trade or release him, theyll take only a $2 million salary-cap hit, but also will clear up an additional $13 million in salary-cap space. Many around the league believe Cutler wont return to Chicago next season, so the real question is where he will surface.Mike Glennon, Tampa Bay BuccaneersArguably the most attractive true unrestricted free-agent QB available, Glennons name has come up in trade conversations and intrigued other teams before. But now that his contract is coming up, hell be able to leave Tampa and go to the team that provides the best opportunity. Glennon is this years Brock Osweiler, a player who is trying to parlay limited playing time into a big-time contract.Kirk Cousins, Washington RedskinsIt will cost Washington a lot to re-sign Cousins, whos on an expiring contract, but it will cost the Redskins even more not to get a deal done. Playing on a franchise tag, Cousins has leverage over Washington. Either Washington re-signs him to a monster-sized deal, or its forced to put the franchise tag on him again to the tune of $23.943 million. Its hard to imagine that one of those things doesnt occur and that Washington allows Cousins to hit the free-agent market. But his cost is rising. As Cousins shouted last Sunday night, How you like me now?Johnny Manziel, free agentManziel would still welcome the chance to play football again one day. There have been players who have turned around their lives and careers, and Manziel would like to do the same. The question is whether hell get the chance. It could start in Canada, where he would get a chance to impress teams and try to earn another opportunity.-- Adam SchefterChallenges of coachingArizona Cardinals coach Bruce Arians?health scare?early Monday wasnt his first, just as Denver Broncos coach Gary Kubiaks earlier this season wasnt.Coaching has its tremendous benefits and blessings, but it also has its occupational hazards.It isnt a new story. It just gets refreshed every time an incident becomes public during the season.Its a great job, but stress and the challenges to your lifestyle have something to do with it, no question, said Dan Reeves, a 23-year head coach who is now retired. Theres no way you can say its not stressful. You worry about your family, you worry about players, you worry about people affected in the building, you worry about your staff and their families, and you do worry about the fans. Why? Fans are invested in the team, and when things go badly you feel like youve let them down, too.Reeves endured heart problems when he was 46 and 54, the latter occurring in 1998, when he underwent quadruple bypass surgery in December. He missed all of two regular-season games and returned to guide the Atlanta Falcons to their first and only Super Bowl appearance. Its something that Tom Landry, who was his mentor as well as his former boss when Reeves was a player and assistant coach, might have frowned upon.I actually put into practice some of what Coach Landry did when I coached under him, Reeves said. He wanted the staff to have dinner with your family and spend some time with your kids. He may have watched film at home after he did it, but he wanted us to have as normal a life as possible. He wanted us to be energized when we came into work, and we got there by 6 a.m.In fact, there were some memorable moments. One time another coach on staff bragged about watching film all night at the office. Mike Ditka was part of the staff then. When he heard that, as only Ditka can, he told that [assistant], It doesnt take as long for some of us to figure it out.Reeves good friend, Hall of Fame coach Joe Gibbs, was notorious for his all-night marathon work and for sleeping a good portion of the week in the office. Gibbs has openly expressed regret for those habits.Joe has told me he wished he had had a role model like Landry, Reeves said.Tony Dungy had Chuck Noll with the Pittsburgh Steelers?and later Dennis Green with the Minnesota Vikings.Coach Noll wanted us fresh, rested and high-energy, and Coach Green did, too, Dungy said. Coach Noll didnt really want us in the office until 8 a.m.It sounds absurd to anyone coaching in todays NFL.Its a lost cause to try and get any sanity and common sense back into the coaching profession, said Bill Polian, the Hall of Fame general manager who was Dungys boss in Indianapolis. Even though Tony made sure he and his staff managed their time well, they still worked 90 hours over a seven-day week in-season. Most staffs are working more than 100-hour weeks, Id say. And they are fully engaged in work once the season ends until late June and part of July before training camp begins.Polian tried to make sure coaches had access to the same healthy meals as players during the week, though he admits there were some binge nights when wed bring in fried chicken on a Thursday.Aside from diet, getting coaches to stay physically fit is a challenge, but its an emphasis for some. Reeves recalls some fierce racquetball games with Landry and Ditka.It doesnt mean todays coaches ignore the necessities of a challenging lifestyle. It hasnt been public knowledge, but Miami Dolphins first-year coach Adam Gase has been known to hit the pause button for his staff around 5:30 p.m. to have a fitness time. It was a practice he first applied as an offensive coordinator in Denver and Chicago.I just didnt want guys to feel guilty working out, so if everyone is doing it, then no one thinks twice about it, Gase said.That addresses a modicum of internal peer pressure. The external pressure, though, still drives the profession.If you dont work the ridiculous hours, the guys feel morally inept, like theyre not doing everything they could do, Gase said. Coaches are actually incredibly healthy, tough individuals, but the demands can be excessive without any checks and balances. Very few jobs are like this. 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Johnson (24-2-1), ESPN.coms No. 1-rated pound-for-pound fighter, returns to the Octagon on July 30 when he defends his title against Wilson Reis at UFC 201.1.?Which fight are you most looking forward to at UFC 200?Demetrious Johnson: I would say the Jon Jones-Daniel Cormier fight. I know its kind of cliche to pick that one, but I felt like neither one of them really got the best of the other the first time they fought. DC lost but he didnt get destroyed. Im excited for Jose Aldo-Frankie Edgar and Amanda Nunes-Miesha Tate, but no matter what happens with those, life will go on. The hard one that everyone is going to be taking about is Jones-DC. Theres a lot riding on that. I think DC needs this. His career has led up to this. If Tate were to lose her belt to Nunes it would be like, OK, you lost, but its all right, go get the next one. I feel the same thing with me. If I were to lose a fight at this point, itd be like, All right, lets get this next one. With Jones-DC, if Jones loses, everyone will be like, What the fudge? And if DC loses, people will say, See? I told you he wasnt a real champion anyway. Theres a lot at stake for both guys.Brett Okamoto:?Aldo-Edgar for me. Aldo seems somewhat forgotten based on one 13-second knockout loss to Conor McGregor in December. Hes still the most dominant champion in featherweight history. How does he look after that humbling of a loss? Ill be honest, I havent agreed with every step he has taken since then. The way he talks about that loss, chalking it up as a complete fluke and then calling McGregor out on social media only to not take the fight at UFC 196 when it was offered on short notice -- I dont think some of those actions have benefited him in the public. But hes a great martial artist and has been for a very long time. If he comes back and looks confident against Edgar, I would want to see a rematch against McGregor. And Edgar is pound-for-pound one of the best, in my opinion. So, this fight does it for me2.?There are seven former UFC champions fighting on that card (including Jon Jones, who is an interim champion). How many of those seven will win a title again?Johnson:?[Bantamweight] T.J. Dillashaw, yes. [Welterweight] Johny Hendricks, no. [Heavyweight] Cain Velasquez, no. [Featherweight] Frankie Edgar, I dont know. We dont know if Conor McGregor wants to defend it. [Featherweight] Jose Aldo, same thing. [Heavyweight] Brock Lesnar, no. [Light heavyweight] Jon Jones, yes. I think Dillashaw, watching his last fight against Dominick Cruz, that fight could have gone either way. I think if you ran it back things could be different. Edgar and Aldo, who knows? Conor might say, F--- it, Im making money regardless of being a champion, and vacate it. Then youd have Aldo beating Edgar, Edgar beating Aldo. Ill say yes on both of them, why not? Hendricks, I just think youve got Wonderboy [Stephen Thompson] up there now, T-Wood [Tyron Woodley], Robbie Lawler. And Cain, I feel like the injury bug will hold him back, man. Thats my honest opinion. Its not even about winning his fights, its him staying healthy enough to get fights, and I think hell have a problem with that.Okamoto:?Agree with Johnson on everything, except Lesnar. Lesnar is definitely getting that belt back ... all right, maybe not. But yeah, Dillashaw is right there with Cruz. They are neck and neck. I think their next title fight (there will be a second one eventually) needs to be seven rounds instead of five because its going to be just as hard to score as the first one. Im pretty confident Dillashaw will have a belt around his waist again. Hendricks and Velasquez are nos for me as well, for the reasons DJ provided. The tough ones here are definitely the featherweights. Theres a lot of unknown with the McGregor situation. Ill say yes to Edgar and probably?for Aldo. If I had to pick one or the other, Id pick Edgar, even though hes older.3.?If you could add one matchup to UFC 200, what would it be?Johnson:?I dont know. Probably just [McGregor] fighting. One of the biggest fight cards Ive ever sseen was UFC 189 when Conor fought Chad Mendes.dddddddddddd The Irish fans were there and it was f---ing absolutely insane. I dont know. The card is pretty stacked as it is. I might say Nick Diaz fighting somebody, but I dont really care. I think its a good card to begin with.Okamoto:?Yeah, youd have to add Diaz-McGregor II, right? Thats one of he most attractive main events of the year. On the other hand, I think there is such a thing as overkill when talking about one card. Diaz-McGregor II is a fight that deserves our full attention, as does Jones-DC II. If McGregor and Diaz were added to this card, obviously theyd get a lot of attention, but theyd have to share it with Jones, DC, Lesnar, etc. I kind of like having them on their own card. So, you know what? Scratch that. I dont want Diaz-McGregor II at UFC 200. Lets just add a fun one. Dude, how about this lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov-Tony Ferguson fight the UFC has tried to make about 14 times? Thats the fight I would add.4.?Over/under: How many total takedowns will Brock Lesnar need to defeat Mark Hunt in the co-main event?Johnson:?Hes gonna need a s---load, Ill tell you that. Its hard. I will say Brock Lesnar has some great ground and pound. Obviously, he hit hard because he knocked out Frank Mir.?Ill be real -- Ill say four takedowns. Four would be good. I expect him to bull-rush Hunts ass. Thats the thing, too, though. Mark Hunts standup is more of a one punch, knock you out. Hes not throwing a jab, two, three, low kick. Hes basically measured, measured, measured, then fires. So, if Brock can move around, jab in, throw crosses, close into that clinch, that might be good.Okamoto:?As crazy as it sounds, its possible he would only need one. Those Mir fights were a long time ago, but still -- Lesnar ate Mir alive once he got him down on the floor. And Mir is far more dangerous off his back than Hunt. Hunt is very durable and Lesnar has been off for a while. Even if Lesnar were to get him down relatively early in the first round and keep him there, I think Hunt could at least survive to make Round 2. So, Ill say Lesnar would need a minimum of two. I dont think one will do it. Bottom line, to just answer the question, if Lesnar wins, I think the total number of takedowns on his stat sheet will read three.5.?What was the best event, start to finish, in mixed martial arts history?Johnson:?Man, I couldnt even tell you. Theres so many of them. I have no idea. I would say UFC 100 was pretty dope. You had Georges St-Pierre on there fighting Thiago Alves, who was on a tear with his leg kicks. Brock Lesnar fought Frank Mir. That was a good card. Theres just so many fights now, man. They almost kind of oversaturate it. I was in the gym the other day looking at [coach Matt Humes] fight posters of Pride and I was like, Man, they had some sick-ass fights back then. Wanderlei Silva fighting Mirko Cro Cop [Filipovic] -- and Wanderlei Silva weighing more than Cro Cop for that fight. Now, there are so many fights, its hard for me to sit here and answer which card was dope. Probably the best card ever Id say was Pride Critical Countdown [July 1, 2006]. You had Josh Barnett, Wanderlei, Cro Cop was on there -- that one was pretty sick.Okamoto:?Ill be honest, my answer probably wont give the old-school cards enough credit. I just dont remember them as well, obviously. The Pride Critical Countdown Absolute card DJ mentions is a crazy lineup. In addition to the guys he mentioned, that card had Vitor Belfort, Alistair Overeem, both Nogueira brothers, Mark Hunt. That event was before I started covering the sport, though, so just personally, its not as high on my list. The first card that pops into my head for this is UFC 116: Lesnars comeback win against Shane Carwin, Chris Leben-Yoshihiro Akiyama,?Stephan Bonnar-Krzysztof Soszynski. That was a main card where every fight seemed to outdo the one before it. The energy in the arena was crazy. UFC 189 also had that feeling with McGregor-Mendes, Robbie Lawler-Rory MacDonald?and?Thomas Almeida-Brad Pickett. And I know it just happened, but UFC 199 -- with?Michael Bisping-Luke Rockhold, Dominick Cruz-Urijah Faber and Dan Henderson-Hector Lombard -- was a very memorable one as well. China Womens NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China Wholesale Jerseys China Wholesale NFL Camo Jerseys Discount NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Black Jerseys Cheap Jerseys Wholesale ' ' '