NFL Rumors: Saints cancer survivor story just got even sweeter
What began as an innocuous visit with an NFL team turned into a nightmare for tight end Foster Moreau, who found out he had Hodgkin Lymphoma during a medical visit with the New Orleans Saints in March.
This could have turned into a very somber story for Moreau, who was testing the free agency waters at the time. It instead became the Miracle on Bourbon Street as the tight end announced he was in full remission from cancer earlier this week.
Just two months after Moreau's diagnosis, he was already back on the field participating with the Saints in OTAs. NOLA signed Moreau to a three-year deal this offseason to give Derek Carr a friendly face (they played together on the Raiders) and to boost the team's lacking tight end unit, and Moreau's miraculous turnaround and recovery has served as a true inspiration to the Saints' offseason.
Against all odds, Moreau is officially cancer-free in July and should be fully healthy come the start of the 2023 season. Now, if only some of his good luck can rub off on Michael Thomas…
NFL Rumors: Jerry Jones documentary fetches absurd price tag from Netflix
What can you get with 50 million dollars and a deal with the devil?
A Netflix docuseries on Jerry Jones.
The Dallas Cowboys owner is the unashamed topic of an untitled documentary project first started in May with NFL Films and SkyDance Sports. The project just sold to Netflix for roughly $50 million, which in our opinion is an outrageous amount of money for a show that will just feature hours of footage from the Cowboys' playoff losses in the last two decades.
As a ten-part series, this exclusive special on Jerry Jones will include interviews with Troy Aikman, Michael Irvin, Deion Sanders, and various Cowboys icons and influential sports businessmen. Back in May, the series was billed as an inspirational story about Jones' "remarkable rise from the son of an Arkansas community store owner to being one of the most innovative and influential leaders in sports."
Here's another excerpt on the series:
The story of Jones and the Cowboys is uniquely American; one about the risks, the successes and failures, and the passionate pursuit to be involved in America's Sport with America's Team, all while advancing the game with a wildcatting mentality to grow the NFL and the Cowboys in spectacular fashion.
Riveting stuff. On top of this Jerry Jones project, Netflix already has a quarterback docuseries in the works that focuses on the careers of Kirk Cousins, Marcus Mariota, and Patrick Mahomes.
Given that the Cowboys are one of the most valuable sports franchises in the world, a series about a man currently worth upwards of $11 billion will have Netflix's money-grubbing handprints all over it. We just hope the series has good pacing — it's all about time management.
NFL Rumors: Giants' Darius Slayton makes a terrible excuse for his lackluster production
The New York Giants already have enough drama in the building with Saquon Barkley's ongoing contract saga. Out of all players, a perennial underachiever like Darius Slayton should not be opening his mouth.
But Slayton recently cried a river to reporters telling them an unbelievably lame excuse. He implied that he wasn't racking up 1,000-plus yard seasons because….well, he was playing with Barkley.
"You see this guy go for 1,010 (yards) or see a guy go for 100 yards every week, and you go, 'He's really good. Some of these guys play with nobody. I play with Saquon (Barkley). Where do you think the ball is going first? Not me. We had (Sterling Shepard), Evan Engram and now Darren (Waller)."
So, let's poke a few holes in Slayton's claim, shall we? When Michael Thomas recorded his league-leading 1,725-yard season, the Saints had Alvin Kamara on the roster. When Justin Jefferson put together a dazzling campaign that won him OPOY last season, the Vikings were still getting efficient production from Dalvin Cook.
Many NFL teams have star RB-WR duos. It's not them. It's you, Slayton.
The four-year Giants wideout also called those "nobodies" a bunch of "bums" without realizing the irony of the situation. To Barkley, Slayton is indeed that "bum."
In his entire Giants career, Slayton has failed to eclipse 800 yards in a single season. His catch percentage rates have fluctuated like crazy, and his red zone production currently sits at the bottom of a wishing well: he has seven touchdowns in the past three years.
He's far from No. 1 receiver material and he's not getting paid like one, either. Slayton signed a two-year, $12 million deal with the Giants earlier this offseason and will be competing against Sterling Shepard, Wan'Dale Robinson, rookie Jalin Hyatt, and a host of washed-up wideouts for a starting spot come September.
Maybe Slayton should focus on improving his game in 2023 rather than playing the world's tiniest violin.
