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Sep 8, 2016#1

blotsfan

God damn what a game!

Sep 8, 2016#2

Gruebeard

I don't really understand why I was cheering for Denver. I feel so unpatriotic.

Sep 9, 2016#3

General Specific

Dave said:
God damn what a game!

Fun facts about the NFL.

You can now apparently hit the opposing QB in the head many times throughout a game and NOT get a penalty for it. Even if you launch yourself at them with the crown of your helmet, you will merely get a personal foul that will be offset because the QB clearly intentionally grounded it.
Meanwhile, jumping up and down to celebrate a touchdown while drectly in front of a player on the other team is a serious affront and the player needs to be called out and threatened with ejection immediately.

[/sourgrapes]

Sep 9, 2016#4

blotsfan

If it makes you feel better, the concussion protocol is a joke. I'd like it if the NFL gave Newton a one week paid suspension to stick it to the panthers.

Sep 9, 2016#5

Dave

General Specific said:
Fun facts about the NFL.

You can now apparently hit the opposing QB in the head many times throughout a game and NOT get a penalty for it. Even if you launch yourself at them with the crown of your helmet, you will merely get a personal foul that will be offset because the QB clearly intentionally grounded it.

Meanwhile, jumping up and down to celebrate a touchdown while drectly in front of a player on the other team is a serious affront and the player needs to be called out and threatened with ejection immediately.

[/sourgrapes]

Both calls were completely correct. Sour grapes, indeed.

Sep 9, 2016#6

Null

In other news, Cam Newton will spend most of the weekend re-learning simple shapes and trying to remember his family's names.

Sep 9, 2016#7

strawman

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NFL_players_with_chronic_traumatic_encephalopathy

Sep 9, 2016#8

Tress

Dave said:
Both calls were completely correct. Sour grapes, indeed.

Technically, that may be true. But the ridiculous stranglehold the NFL has on celebrations is stupid. No Fun League, indeed.

Not to mention that they are treating headshots like they're no big deal.

Sep 9, 2016#9

Dave

Tress said:
Technically, that may be true. But the ridiculous stranglehold the NFL has on celebrations is stupid. No Fun League, indeed.

Not to mention that they are treating headshots like they're no big deal.

I agree on both of your counts, but the fact remains both of those calls were correct. Now, they may not have called others, but these specific ones were right.

And I SO wish they would allow celebrations. These guys are professionals. This is entertainment. Let them entertain. A lot of my favorite memories of the NFL are about touchdown celebrations. The Dirty Bird, the hiding of the cell phone, things like that. Let the teams celebrate. Now, I can see not being allowed to get in people's faces, but let them dance and have fun. Get the crowd going. Give them a show.

Sep 9, 2016#10

fade

Dave said:
I agree on both of your counts, but the fact remains both of those calls were correct. Now, they may not have called others, but these specific ones were right.

And I SO wish they would allow celebrations. These guys are professionals. This is entertainment. Let them entertain. A lot of my favorite memories of the NFL are about touchdown celebrations. The Dirty Bird, the hiding of the cell phone, things like that. Let the teams celebrate. Now, I can see not being allowed to get in people's faces, but let them dance and have fun. Get the crowd going. Give them a show.

Sep 9, 2016#11

Null

Sep 9, 2016#12

General Specific

Dave said:
I agree on both of your counts, but the fact remains both of those calls were correct. Now, they may not have called others, but these specific ones were right.

ESPN seems to disagree with you there, Dave. As does a lot of other sites.

The simple fact is that Stewart targeted Cam with the crown of his helmet. Which we heard about all last year was an offense that required immediate ejection of the offending player. Watch the video in this report.

Now, the Targeting rules as found here read:
"if a player illegally launches into a defenseless opponent. It is an illegal launch if a player (1) leaves both feet prior to contact to spring forward and upward into his opponent, and (2) uses any part of his helmet (including the top/crown and forehead/”hairline” parts) to initiate forcible contact against any part of his opponent’s body."

"Penalty: For unnecessary roughness: Loss of 15 yards. The player may be disqualified if the action is judged by the official(s) to be flagrant."

Now, go watch that video again. Stewart left his feet, head down, straight into Newton's helmet. So why wasn't he ejected? Well, officials may not have thought it was flagrant, but then you have Newton laid out on the ground afterward. If that's not flagrant, I want to know what is.

Or does Newton's attempt to dump the ball off and drawing a grounding call nullify an ejection?

Sep 9, 2016#13

blotsfan

Since this is taking over the Epic win thread, we probably should have a place for this NFL season.

Sep 9, 2016#14

Dave

The penalties offset. It sucks and it doesn't seem like this is how it should be, but it is. Even had it been flagged for flagrant and ejected, it still would have been nullified by the offsetting penalty. Because yes, Cam intentionally grounded the ball. The call for roughing the passer was correct because at the time in the eyes of the ref, it was not flagrant enough to warrant an ejection. Instant replays from a television angle make it easy to see that it was probably targeting, but they don't have that luxury during the game from their angle.

It sucks, but it's the way it is. The player will be fined but I doubt he'll be suspended.[DOUBLEPOST=1473445590,1473445162][/DOUBLEPOST]

blotsfan said:
Since this is taking over the Epic win thread, we probably should have a place for this NFL season.

Weird. When I put in the threads it put yours at #15 instead of at the top. I merges by timestamp instead of in the order it should.

Sep 9, 2016#15

blotsfan

Dave said:
Weird. When I put in the threads it put yours at #15 instead of at the top. I merges by timestamp instead of in the order it should.

Cut the bullshit. We all know this is just you taking credit for my brilliant and original idea to have a place to talk about the most popular sport in America in the sports area!

Sep 9, 2016#16

Dave

There. Happy?[DOUBLEPOST=1473451498,1473451490][/DOUBLEPOST]:-D

Sep 9, 2016#17

General Specific

Yeah, sorry about getting a bit out of hand in the Epic win thread.

I respect the fact that the way refs called it is the way it was and will stand. Stewart absolutely deserves to get suspended for that hit, though. If the NFL really wants to say that they are against concussions and want to keep players safe, they need to suspend him for that.

A fine is nothing to these guys, they make millions a year and so what's a couple hundred thousand dollars for putting the hurt on someone? Especially someone like Newton who doesn't get the calls like other QBs do. The best way to get the message through is to take away playing time.

If that was Romo or Brady, do you think we'd be talking about a lack of flags? No, we'd be here talking about how dirty Denver played.

Sep 9, 2016#18

Dave

I happen to personally know an NFL ref and have talked to him about this. ESPN can say what they want, but they are just as much experts as we are. Hell, not even most of the players know all the rules.

Sep 9, 2016#19

General Specific

Oh I know, it's just that there seems to be a bit of a consensus forming that there were a lot of missed calls that should have gone in the Panthers' way. This just seems to be a trend with Newton, whether intentional or not, he just does not seem to get treated the same as other QBs. I see that as an issue. And Stewart's play is just the most egregious recent example and as such should be treated with seriousness, not a simple write off because there happened to be an opposing foul at the same time.

Sep 9, 2016#20

Dave

And yet if Tom Brady gets breathed on too heavily they throw a flag.

Sep 10, 2016#21

General Specific

Dave said:
And yet if Tom Brady gets breathed on too heavily they throw a flag.

Yup, exactly my point.

Sep 10, 2016#22

drifter

I read somewhere that part of it is because Cam is a mobile quarterback; once a qb leaves the pocket he is treated like any other ball carrier and forfeits the rules that protects qbs. Not sure how true that is, either in total or regarding Cam, but sounds plausible.

Sep 10, 2016#23

Dave

None of the times he was hit was he outside the pocket.

Sep 10, 2016#24

drifter

I was replying more in response to the assertion that Cam has historically not gotten calls from refs. I didn't see much of the game except the end of the 4th quarter, but from the excerpts I've seen I'm mostly on General_Specific's side. That said, I don't watch enough football to know how other team's quarterbacks are treated by the refs.

Sep 11, 2016#25

Covar

Dave said:
I happen to personally know an NFL ref and have talked to him about this. ESPN can say what they want, but they are just as much experts as we are. Hell, not even most of the players know all the rules.

To me this is a big problem with the NFL that eventually catch up with them. You shouldn't need a law degree to keep up with the rules

Sep 11, 2016#26

Covar

Dave said:
I happen to personally know an NFL ref and have talked to him about this. ESPN can say what they want, but they are just as much experts as we are. Hell, not even most of the players know all the rules.

Most players do know how to run out of bounds to stop the clock though. Most players :troll:

Sep 11, 2016#27

blotsfan

Covar said:
Most players do know how to run out of bounds to stop the clock though. Most players

Sep 11, 2016#28

Gruebeard

Is it too early to say "Brady who?"

Sep 11, 2016#29

Dave

Covar said:
Most players do know how to run out of bounds to stop the clock though. Most players

Sep 11, 2016#30

blotsfan

Oh and I wasn't too optimistic but after the shitshow the Bills put on today...

Sep 12, 2016#31

sixpackshaker

Cam Newton's lack of calls issue is this generation's Hack A Shaq. Little cornerbacks and linebackers hitting great big Cam doesn't get called because in the back of people's minds he is too big to hurt.

I wanted the refs fired from that Carolina game. And, I don't like Carolina.

Sep 12, 2016#32

Covar

Man all these retired Payton Manning commercials just make me sad.

Sep 15, 2016#33

blotsfan

I know these guys.

Sep 15, 2016#34

jwhouk

Someone's joined the color rush, I see.

Sep 15, 2016#35

jwhouk

I suspect that blotsfan will be posting in The I'm Drunk/Wasted/High thread part too drunk to count thread shortly.

Sep 15, 2016#36

blotsfan

I drove tonight and I have to wake up early tomorrow. You'll have to settle for this.

Sep 18, 2016#37

Gruebeard

So, did anybody pick Garoppolo for their fantasy team?

Sep 18, 2016#38

blotsfan

Football is stupid and I hate it.

Sep 18, 2016#39

Gruebeard

blotsfan said:
Football is stupid and I hate it.

Garoppolo may just be feeling that right now, too :aaah:

Sep 18, 2016#40

BErt

25 combined penalties in Lions/Titans. That's 12 short of the record, with 1:44 left in the third. Just horrible officiating, both ways. Nobody is having fun watching this game.

Sep 18, 2016#41

PatrThom

BErt said:
25 combined penalties in Lions/Titans. That's 12 short of the record, with 1:44 left in the third. Just horrible officiating, both ways. Nobody is having fun watching this game.

I'm at work until 7.
I may have gotten the better deal.

--Patrick

Sep 18, 2016#42

BErt

PatrThom said:
I'm at work until 7.
I may have gotten the better deal.

--Patrick

The Lions had 1st and goal from the 1 at one point. Three plays later it was 1st and goal from the 29.

Sep 18, 2016#43

Dave

Gruebeard said:
So, did anybody pick Garoppolo for their fantasy team?

Janeane?

Sep 18, 2016#44

Gruebeard

Dave said:
Janeane?

Aye.

Wait, this isn't the 2016 Comedy Bowl Thread.

Sep 18, 2016#45

BErt

Gruebeard said:
Wait, this isn't the 1996 Comedy Bowl Thread.

FTFY

Sep 18, 2016#46

sixpackshaker

I was watching the Texan game with a 30 minute buffer on my DVR. After a while I felt stupid for yelling at the coaches and refs, with that 30 minute buffer and 90 mile differential.

Sep 18, 2016#47

Gruebeard

sixpackshaker said:
I was watching the Texan game with a 30 minute buffer on my DVR. After a while I felt stupid for yelling at the coaches and refs, with that 30 minute buffer and 90 mile differential.

How did you not catch up to real time, skipping the boring bits?

Or did you start with a 2 hour buffer?

Sep 18, 2016#48

sixpackshaker

Gruebeard said:
How did you not catch up to real time, skipping the boring bits?

Or did you start with a 2 hour buffer?

Pause and cook lunch, mix a couple of drinks...

Sep 18, 2016#49

Dave

My wife is a fan of the Denver Broncos. I have a chance to buy 4 tickets to the Denver KC game that will be played on Christmas day. My son will be here then and there are 5 of us if we include my daughter's NFL crazy boyfriend - which we would.

If we ARE able to buy the tickets this is going to be interesting.

Sep 19, 2016#50

Gared

So, what do you think is worse, getting caught being filthy fucking cheaters for the third time in four years and being fined $400k for the team, $200k for the head coach, losing 3 OTAs for 2017, and losing a 5th round pick for 2017; or all of that and royally sucking against a team that was embarassed by the 49ers, after just barely beating the Dolphins in week one?

Sep 19, 2016#51

Dave

I think they are equally amusing.

Sep 19, 2016#52

Gared

Don't get me wrong, I love the Seahawks, but right now they're all believing the hype about themselves and they're going to have to wake up and smell the bullshit.

Sep 19, 2016#53

Gruebeard

Gared said:
filthy fucking cheaters . . . just barely beating the Dolphins . . .

I actually had to read your post twice, carefully, to realize you weren't talking about the Patriots.

Sep 19, 2016#54

blotsfan

Gruebeard said:
I actually had to read your post twice, carefully, to realize you weren't talking about the Patriots.

I totally missed that too

Sep 19, 2016#55

jwhouk

And the insufferable fans on the other side of the St. Croix River are going to crow for months now...

Sep 20, 2016#56

Shakey

jwhouk said:
And the insufferable fans on the other side of the St. Croix River are going to crow for months now...

CAW CAW!

Sep 20, 2016#57

jwhouk

SUPER BOWLS WON:

Green Bay - 4
Minnesota - 0

Sep 20, 2016#58

Dave

Dallas Cowboys - 5

Sep 21, 2016#59

jwhouk

Okay, we're gonna go THAT route, hm?

NFL Championships

Green Bay - 11
Pittsburgh - 6
Dallas - 5
Minnesota - 1*

* - Promptly lost to the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl IV

Sep 21, 2016#60

Tress

jwhouk said:
Okay, we're gonna go THAT route, hm?

NFL Championships

Green Bay - 11
Pittsburgh - 6
Dallas - 5
Minnesota - 1*

* - Promptly lost to the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl IV

Oy!

GreenBay - 11
Pittsburgh - 6
San Francisco - 5
Dallas - 5
Minnesota - 1

Thankyouverymuch.

Sep 21, 2016#61

blotsfan

I don't like this topic of conversation.

Sep 21, 2016#62

BErt

Hey, a list I can actually participate in!

NFL CHAMPIONSHIPS

GreenBay - 11
Pittsburgh - 6
San Francisco - 5
Dallas - 5
THE DETROIT LIONS - 4
Minnesota - 1

Sep 21, 2016#63

Dave

Superbowls is the only metric that matters.

Sep 21, 2016#64

Shakey

jwhouk said:
SUPER BOWLS WON:

Green Bay - 4

Minnesota - 0

That must make it hurt that much more to see such a superior team fall to the lowly Vikings.

Sep 23, 2016#65

sixpackshaker

Dammit Texans, hold onto the fooking ball!

Sep 23, 2016#66

Dave

And the Texans looked down and whispered, "No."

Sep 23, 2016#67

sixpackshaker

I was so depressed by the 3rd quarter, that I went to bed an hour and a half early.

Sep 23, 2016#68

blotsfan

The Bills are going to lose to the Patriots with Julian Edelman at starting qb.

Sep 23, 2016#69

Dave

At this point I think we can all agree that it's not Tom Brady any longer, but the system in place. Any time a QB from that system goes somewhere else they suck.

Sep 23, 2016#70

Gruebeard

Dave said:
At this point I think we can all agree that it's not Tom Brady any longer, but the system in place. Any time a QB from that system goes somewhere else they suck.

Just so long as we agree that it wasn't Peyton Manning any longer, but the Denver defence.

Sep 23, 2016#71

blotsfan

Dave said:
At this point I think we can all agree that it's not Tom Brady any longer, but the system in place. Any time a QB from that system goes somewhere else they suck.

There has only been one QB that has looked good in the Patriots system and subsequently went to another team, and he had a year where he finished 2nd in MVP voting.

Sep 23, 2016#72

jwhouk

That was because the offense was originally built for Bledsoe.

15 years ago, Bledsoe gets hurt, Pats are 0-2, everyone is thinking Belicheck is toast and the Pats are going to fade back into obscurity.

Sep 25, 2016#73

Gruebeard

I wonder what @blotsfan's Hope rating is right now.

Sep 25, 2016#74

blotsfan

Confused. Very, very confused.

Sep 25, 2016#75

Terrik

Steelers football party over here.

Er...why are they losing.

Sep 25, 2016#76

Dave

Cowboys win, which is awesome. Has everyone asking, "Tony who?"

And I was at the Chiefs/Jets game today. Got to see NFL history being made. It's the first time a team has had 8 turnovers. Plenty of 7 turnover games and a couple 9 turnover games, but this was the first one that had exactly 8.

Sep 26, 2016#77

TNM

Seahawks!

Let's see if the O-line will figure out how to protect Russell and maybe he won't get his leg ripped off next week.

Oct 2, 2016#78

blotsfan

What is this season?

Oct 2, 2016#79

Terrik

Gearing up for Steelers vs chiefs

Oct 2, 2016#80

Dei

blotsfan said:
What is this season?

I am confused too.

Oct 2, 2016#81

BErt

Players I have started and lost to injury on a single fantasy football team:

Trevor Siemian
Adrian Peterson
Jeremy Langford
Dwayne Washington
Eric Decker

...it is week 4 of NFL football

Oct 2, 2016#82

Dave

Julio! Julio! Hoo! Lee! Ooooooooh!

Oct 2, 2016#83

blotsfan

Oh man, this is awesome.

Oct 3, 2016#84

Dave

So...you think Romo is going to still have a job when he comes back? I think it's going to be close.

Oct 3, 2016#85

blotsfan

Dak has showed promise but I 100% start Romo when he's healthy.

Oct 3, 2016#86

sixpackshaker

It is the same way Tony got his job.

Oct 3, 2016#87

Dave

I think that Romo should hold a clipboard. And I don't think this because Dak is a better QB (necessarily), but Tony's health is a huge concern. Dude's already going to be hurting in the future, why ruin his life just to play one more season?

Oct 3, 2016#88

Gruebeard

Dave said:
So...you think Romo is going to still have a job when he comes back? I think it's going to be close.

I've been joking that when he gets back, their practice squad is gonna try to take him out.

Oct 9, 2016#89

blotsfan

Ok seriously, what the fuck is happening?

Oct 9, 2016#90

Gruebeard

blotsfan said:
Ok seriously, what the fuck is happening?

I'm sitting here watching the Blue Jays in the playoffs. This (along with last year) hasn't happened since back when Buffalo was making the Superbowl.

Whatever the fuck is happening, just enjoy it.

Oct 9, 2016#91

Gruebeard

Sweep!

Oct 10, 2016#92

Gruebeard

DarkAudit said:
Poetic justice that the guy who threw the punch was the guy who made the throw the winning run beat out.

It does mean the bad blood with the Rangers will continue next year.

It's nice to be be playing good enough to have a rivalry that matters.

. . . oh, wrong thread. Umm . . .

From USA Today comes one of the best lines of the weekend: "Tom Brady came back with his game fully inflated."

Oct 10, 2016#93

Dave

Get yer fucking baseball out of our NFL thread.

Oct 10, 2016#94

General Specific

Wow, Panthers are just finding every possible way to lose games this year.

Seriously, after going 15-1 in the regular season last year we are now 1-4, with loses to divisional opponents Atlanta and Tampa Bay already. We need to get our shit together fast or we won't have a hope of making the playoffs this year. It just seems like a long shot anyway right now with problems in all 3 phases of the game.

Maybe next year when our secondary has a little experience we will do better.

Oct 10, 2016#95

Gruebeard

General Specific said:
It just seems like a long shot anyway right now with problems in all 3 phases of the game.

4 phases.

Your coach was calling timeouts for Tampa.

Oct 16, 2016#96

General Specific

Another week, another loss by a field goal. 1-5 now. Panthers have also lost to all 3 division opponents. I will be very surprised if we make the playoffs.

Oct 16, 2016#97

sixpackshaker

I just missed one of the best quarters in Texans' football. I got to see the tying touch-down and over time. But I was mister grumpy pants about being 14 points down in the 4th, and fast forwarded through the 4th quarter.

Oct 16, 2016#98

jwhouk

Not completely out of the realm of possibility, though it'd be a departure from the last five teams losing the SB.

Oct 17, 2016#99

Gruebeard

sixpackshaker said:
I just missed one of the best quarters in Texans' football. I got to see the tying touch-down and over time. But I was mister grumpy pants about being 14 points down in the 4th, and fast forwarded through the 4th quarter.

If you can fast forward, why not rewind?

Oct 17, 2016#100

sixpackshaker

Gruebeard said:
If you can fast forward, why not rewind?

It was damn near midnite already. And I know the score, so there is no enjoyment in seeing the prophecy come true.

Oct 17, 2016#101

Gruebeard

sixpackshaker said:
It was damn near midnite already. And I know the score, so there is no enjoyment in seeing the prophecy come true.

My stepfather records all the soccer games he wants to watch, and watches most of them after he knows the result.

I never thought it was possible, but he made soccer even more boring.

Oct 17, 2016#102

sixpackshaker

Gruebeard said:
My stepfather records all the soccer games he wants to watch, and watches most of them after he knows the result.

I never thought it was possible, but he made soccer even more boring.

See, I get mad when the Texans or Cowboys update the score on their Facebook page. Then I have an hour of TV to watch were I know what is going to happen.

Oct 18, 2016#103

Dave

My wife's uncle recorded the Nebraska cornhuskers national championship games and plays them back every once in a while. They are from the 90's.

Oct 18, 2016#104

jwhouk

That's probably going to be the last time you're going to see something like those in a long while.

Oct 18, 2016#105

Dave

One can only hope.

Oct 18, 2016#106

blotsfan

One year ago today, we were blessed with this:

Oct 18, 2016#107

Dave

Yeah, the ball that was not supposed to be snapped but the guy panicked. Good times.

Oct 21, 2016#108

blotsfan

Oct 23, 2016#109

blotsfan

This happened in the Bills game and I'm so pissed that it wasn't an ejection.

Oct 24, 2016#110

Dave

Anyone watch the 6-6 tie game last night between Arizona and Seattle? 3-0 at the half and 3-3 at the end of regulation, then each team gets a field goal on their possession, so it's sudden death. Next team to score wins it. Arizona drives down to the 5 yard line or so...and misses the field goal. So Seattle gets the ball with not too much time on the clock, drives down to the 5 yard line or so...and misses the field goal.

I don't know if I thought the game was exciting or not. I mean, it was, but damn was it an odd game to watch.

Oct 24, 2016#111

Gared

That game was both the most boring, and most stressful, game of the season so far for me. I felt so bad for Catanzaro when he doinked it off the upright, and then Hauschka just completely fucked it up - the poor bastard. From the sounds of things after the game, the Seattle defense was more than a little gassed by the end of the game. Apparently Sherman, Avril, and Wright needed help walking just because of how exhausted they were. It's nice to see a team actually leave it all on the field, just wish someone could have hit one of those last two kicks.

Oct 30, 2016#112

blotsfan

I never had hope for this one.

Oct 30, 2016#113

jwhouk

No, don't ask me what's wrong at 1265 Lombardi. I haven't got a clue, either.

Oct 31, 2016#114

Dave

The Falcons are pretty good.

Oct 31, 2016#115

sixpackshaker

I stayed up way too late to watch the Cowboys. I watched over two hours of TV during the game (DVR.) And still was able to catch the end of the game live. Just fast forward the ads, and the Eagles are slow this year so I fast forwarded the down time between plays. I swear if I could cut all that out, a football game would be less than 15 minutes.

Oct 31, 2016#116

Gruebeard

sixpackshaker said:
I swear if I could cut all that out, a football game would be less than 15 minutes.

Aye.

Nov 6, 2016#117

Covar

So my local Fox station decided to show Terminator 3 rather than Giants Eagles. :mad:

Nov 6, 2016#118

Gruebeard

Covar said:
So my local Fox station decided to show Terminator 3 rather than Giants Eagles.

Well, everbody's already seen T2 a dozen times, and nobody's ever gonna choose to watch T3 so it seems like a good choice to me.

. . . Oh but wait: You wanted to watch Return of The King. Now I get your anger.

Also, the Ny/Philly game is on at the far end of the bar, so I can't see it either. Not very well, anyway.

Nov 6, 2016#119

Dave

All you need to know is the Cowboys won again.

Nov 6, 2016#120

Covar

Well it's still the regular season.

Nov 6, 2016#121

jwhouk

Who knew that all the Cowboys need is more Dak?

And meanwhile, our leading ground gainer against the Colts... was a squirrel.

Nov 6, 2016#122

blotsfan

Met Andre Reed and Steve Tasker.

Nov 7, 2016#123

Dave

Hey, Big Ben gets to go up against a depleted Dallas D next week. THAT'S going to be an amazing game!

Nov 7, 2016#124

blotsfan

Fuck the Seahawks. Go Bills!

Nov 7, 2016#125

PatrThom

That's some serious home-field advantage.
Hope the seats come with belts.

--Patrick

Nov 7, 2016#126

blotsfan

Richard Sherman is a dirty piece of shit. He should be suspended

Nov 7, 2016#127

Dave

Boy I missed something.

Nov 8, 2016#128

Gared

blotsfan said:
Richard Sherman is a dirty piece of shit. He should be suspended

At the very least he should be fined - not that fining people has much of an impact. Who's that dumb ass that has a quarter million in fines in the past two years? Burfict?

Nov 13, 2016#129

Dave

How 'bout them Cowboys?!?

I lost in one of my pay leagues because the other guy had Zeke. I ain't even mad.

Nov 13, 2016#130

Dave

Hey that was an amazing game. We were at a sports bar watching it and we were all screaming several times in the 4th quarter. After that fake spike I thought it was over. Nope! It's ZEKE TIME!

Nov 13, 2016#131

sixpackshaker

DarkAudit said:
Tonight's a work night, so it started after I went to bed and finished before I got up. All I wound up seeing was a 4th straight loss

That was probably better for you than sitting through that heartache.

Nov 14, 2016#132

General Specific

And the Panthers reverted to how they were playing earlier in the season. They played really well in the first half and then stopped trying in the second half. Seeing as we already have losses to all 3 division opponents and we have a short week before playing the Saints on Thursday, I'm pretty much calling it.

Nov 15, 2016#133

jwhouk

In regards to the Packer game on Sunday:

What is this I don't even

Nov 22, 2016#134

sixpackshaker

The Texans beat the Raiders last night... too bad they could not handle the refs.

Nov 22, 2016#135

Dave

Terrible officiating. Houston got completely screwed multiple times.

Nov 24, 2016#136

Dave

10 in a row, baby! How 'bout them Cowboys?

Nov 24, 2016#137

jwhouk

Just what we need - a Super Bowl matchup that mirrors the Presidential race.

The New England Patriots (who everyone hates outside of New England) vs. the Dallas Cowboys (who has the same hate/love relationship with the rest of the country).

Nov 25, 2016#138

Gruebeard

As long as it's not the Giants, I don't care who New England faces.

Dec 26, 2016#139

BErt

@Dave you're trash, and your Cowboys are trash, and everything you've ever loved is trash.

Also Happy Holidays and good luck

Jan 7, 2017#140

Gruebeard

So, how bad is this trainwreck gonna be for Oakland?

Jan 7, 2017#141

jwhouk

Texans up by 20 with 12 minutes to go, and nearly every single pass by Cook has looked like it could have been intercepted by a Texans DB.

Jan 7, 2017#142

Gruebeard

And yet that interception was just bad luck. And they were within reach of the lead with 4 minutes to go.

So it's more like the train rolling to a stop, rather than wrecking. Would've like to see the Patriots clobber them in Houston's place :aaah:

Jan 7, 2017#143

Tress

I feel bad for Raiders fans. They've been loyal through some dark years, and this is what they get for the first playoff game in over a decade.

Jan 7, 2017#144

Dei

Tress said:
I feel bad for Raiders fans. They've been loyal through some dark years, and this is what they get for the first playoff game in over a decade.

At least they aren't Bills fans.

Jan 7, 2017#145

sixpackshaker

A team with that good of a season better not bitch.

Jan 7, 2017#146

blotsfan

Dei said:
At least they aren't Bills fans.

Y u do this?

Jan 8, 2017#147

jwhouk

Stat of the day from Saturday:

Jan 8, 2017#148

jwhouk

He does it again.

Jan 8, 2017#149

jwhouk

Oh, @Dave...

#gopackgo

Jan 8, 2017#150

Dave

jwhouk said:
Oh, @Dave...

#gopackgo

#nopackno

Jan 8, 2017#151

jwhouk

This from the guy who didn't know what I was talking about when I accused him of complaining that Kramer was offside.

Well, I guess you shouldn't feel bad, because I doubt Bart Starr remembers the play much anymore, either.[DOUBLEPOST=1483938277,1483938221][/DOUBLEPOST]The question currently making the rounds up here is, if the Packers go up by a couple of touchdowns early, do they pull Prescott in favor of Romo?

Jan 9, 2017#152

Dave

The Icebowl. I remember. It's just not worth commenting on. And no, I don't think that'll happen with Dak.

Jan 9, 2017#153

Tress

I could not think of two more ridiculously arrogant fan bases in football. I take comfort in the near-certainty that neither the Packers or the Cowboys will be winning the Super Bowl this year.

Jan 9, 2017#154

Dave

Tress said:
I could not think of two more ridiculously arrogant fan bases in football. I take comfort in the near-certainty that neither the Packers or the Cowboys will be winning the Super Bowl this year.

Found the Detroit fan.

Jan 9, 2017#155

Tress

Dave said:
Found the Detroit fan.

You know where I live. How likely do you think it is that I'm a Detroit fan?

Jan 9, 2017#156

jwhouk

He's just sad coz the Raiduhs lost.

Jan 9, 2017#157

Tress

jwhouk said:
He's just sad coz the Raiduhs lost.

No, I'm mad because the 49ers were one of the saddest, most pathetic teams I've ever had the displeasure of rooting for. It was a long, long season. And there is ZERO hope for improvement next year.

Jan 9, 2017#158

Gruebeard

[S]Tress[/S] blotsfan said:
No, I'm mad because the ~~49ers~~ Bills were one of the saddest, most pathetic teams I've ever had the displeasure of rooting for. It was a long, long season. And there is ZERO hope for improvement next year.

[DOUBLEPOST=1483990388,1483990318][/DOUBLEPOST]Dang, the strikeout doesn't work in the quote tag.

Jan 9, 2017#159

blotsfan

Jerk

Jan 9, 2017#160

Dave

Tress said:
You know where I live. How likely do you think it is that I'm a Detroit fan?

I'm from Iowa/Nebraska and I'm a Cowboys fan. Location means nothing. Plus I was only joking.

Jan 9, 2017#161

BErt

I'm the Detroit fan, and he's right...at least unless Jordy gets healthy. Dak ain't beating Pittsburgh or New England so unless some ridiculous nonsense like Kansas City gets though the AFC, Dallas and GB ain't winning it.

...However I do predict Dallas wins a SB within 4 years.

Jan 9, 2017#162

Dave

BErt said:
I'm the Detroit fan, and he's right...at least unless Jordy gets healthy. Dak ain't beating Pittsburgh or New England so unless some ridiculous nonsense like Kansas City gets though the AFC, Dallas and GB ain't winning it.

...However I do predict Dallas wins a SB within 4 years.

I don't worry about the offense, I worry about the defense against those teams.

Jan 9, 2017#163

sixpackshaker

I am a huge Dallas fan, but I don't think this is their year. If they shore up the Defense some more, then they should win it soon.

Jan 9, 2017#164

Dave

I actually have Green Bay and New England in the Superbowl. I had to go with my head not my heart.

Jan 9, 2017#165

jwhouk

The Niners are the bigger tire fire right now, IMNSHO. And yes, I do think it's sad that they've bottomed out so hard.

Jan 9, 2017#166

sixpackshaker

jwhouk said:
The Niners are the bigger tire fire right now, IMNSHO. And yes, I do think it's sad that they've bottomed out so hard.

Is the GM that got Harbaugh fired still there?

Jan 9, 2017#167

jwhouk

I don't think Kaepernick is the answer for the Niners. Then again, the Niners (pre-Montana/Young) never really had good fortune with solid QB's.

Jan 10, 2017#168

Tress

jwhouk said:
I don't think Kaepernick is the answer for the Niners. Then again, the Niners (pre-Montana/Young) never really had good fortune with solid QB's.

I 100% agree. I just don't know what the answer is.

Jan 10, 2017#169

Cheesy1

Tress said:
I 100% agree. I just don't know what the answer is.

A competent owner would be a good start.

Jan 10, 2017#170

Dave

Cheesy1 said:
A competent owner would be a good start.

They can have Jerry Jones. Please?

Jan 10, 2017#171

Dave

DarkAudit said:
He said a competent owner.

I just want to get rid of that nepotistic fuckwit.

Jan 10, 2017#172

BErt

DarkAudit said:
Nope. He got canned just before Kelly did.

I like that guy

Jan 10, 2017#173

Gruebeard

blotsfan said:
Jerk

I'm sorry, man. I'm actually a Bills fan, too.

. . . and, oddly, a Patriots fan. I need someone to cheer for in the playoffs!

Jan 15, 2017#174

Gruebeard

So, every time the Cowboys score are we gonna get a graphic telling us it's that player's first ever playoff TD?

Jan 15, 2017#175

Sparhawk

@Dave , you okay man? Know you're getting old and the ticker can't take as much... Just picking on you though. I hate prevent defense, and the Cowboys defense played well until they went to the prevent.

Now, who is the Texas team that WON a playoff game this year? My Texans!

Jan 15, 2017#176

General Specific

So I went to watch the season finale of Sherlock with my wife when it looked like Green Bay had it on lock and I come back to see that I missed one hell of a game.

Jan 15, 2017#177

Dave

Sparhawk said:
@Dave , you okay man? Know you're getting old and the ticker can't take as much... Just picking on you though. I hate prevent defense, and the Cowboys defense played well until they went to the prevent.

Now, who is the Texas team that WON a playoff game this year? My Texans!

Yeah, but look at who the Texans played versus who the Cowboys played. No contest, man.

And I'm fine. I'd have liked it had they won, but they started too slow and made too many mistakes early on. They got hot in the second half but you can't give that big of a head start to a team like Green Bay or you're going to have a bad day.

Jan 15, 2017#178

Sparhawk

Raiders were 12-4 and lost to the 9-7 Texans. Cowboys had the league best 13-3 and lost to the 10-6 Packers. By the end of the game it came down to changing defensive style for 1 play, instead of continuing the pressure they sat back in a prevent. That one play cost the game for them. Poor coaching decision.

Jan 15, 2017#179

Dave

Sparhawk said:
Raiders were 12-4 and lost to the 9-7 Texans. Cowboys had the league best 13-3 and lost to the 10-6 Packers. By the end of the game it came down to changing defensive style for 1 play, instead of continuing the pressure they sat back in a prevent. That one play cost the game for them. Poor coaching decision.

Raiders also were missing key personnel, including an elite QB. Justify it all you want, but they ain't in the same league.

Jan 15, 2017#180

drifter

Fair's fair, Texans were missing an elite qb, too

Jan 16, 2017#181

BErt

drifter said:
Fair's fair, Texans were missing an elite qb, too

The "hot takes" around here are that Detroit should let Stafford walk. If you place Stafford on Houston, Kansas City, or Miami, they're suddenly immediately contenders. Fans in my town are idiots.

Jan 16, 2017#182

jwhouk

I will not gloat.

I refuse to gloat.

Mason could have missed that kick, gone to OT, and Prescott could have thrown a 75-yard TD pass.

Jan 16, 2017#183

Gruebeard

Sparhawk said:
Cowboys had the league best 13-3

Are you suggesting that getting shut out by Buffalo counts as, like, 2 losses?

Jan 16, 2017#184

blotsfan

Gruebeard said:
Are you suggesting that getting shut out by Buffalo counts as, like, 2 losses?

I don't like you.

Jan 16, 2017#185

Covar

Jan 16, 2017#186

Sparhawk

Gruebeard said:
Are you suggesting that getting shut out by Buffalo counts as, like, 2 losses?

I really don't understand what you mean, the Cowboys had the best record in the league with 13 wins and 3 losses. They lost to the Giants twice and Eagles once. They didn't play Buffalo this year.

Jan 16, 2017#187

blotsfan

The Patriots went 14-2, one of their losses being a shutout by the Bills.

Jan 16, 2017#188

jwhouk

...That was without Brady, though, right?

Jan 16, 2017#189

Dave

jwhouk said:
...That was without Brady, though, right?

They also lost to 10-5-1 Seattle.

It's the NFL, man. There ARE no gimme games. And a team with a dismal record like the Bears can beat good teams like Minnesota and Detroit. Teams like the 4-12 Rams can beat teams like the 10-5-1 Seahawks and the 9-7 Buccaneers.

Jan 17, 2017#190

Tress

That's where the term "any given Sunday" comes from, I believe.

Jan 17, 2017#191

General Specific

We all remember when the Giants beat the undefeated Patriots in the Superbowl. People can say whatever they want about either team, but until the game is played, nothing is for certain.

Jan 17, 2017#192

Gruebeard

Sparhawk said:
I really don't understand what you mean, the Cowboys had the best record in the league with 13 wins and 3 losses. They lost to the Giants twice and Eagles once. They didn't play Buffalo this year.

What blotsfan said.

I kind of figured that you'd have been reminded that after the Pats shut out your team they'd been shut out the very next week, and that you'd take that as me saying "hey, the Patriots had a better record than Dallas."[DOUBLEPOST=1484674279,1484674164][/DOUBLEPOST]

General Specific said:
We all remember when the Giants beat the undefeated Patriots in the Superbowl. People can say whatever they want about either team, but until the game is played, nothing is for certain.

Yeah, I'm glad the Giants got knocked out first round, so the Pats won't lose to them a third time.

I was also hoping to say the same thing about Dallas not losing a third time to them, too, but it just didn't matter

Jan 22, 2017#193

Terrik

You had one job, Steelers.

Jan 22, 2017#194

Covar

Patriots have a pretty good chance to win since the Giants got knocked out.

Jan 22, 2017#195

Zappit

It's going to be one hell of a Super Bowl. The Falcons and the Patriots are playing really solid football right now.

I just have to give the edge to the Pats. Both offenses are terrific, but the Pats D makes it really friggin' hard to get into the end zone. They've had the stingiest red zone defense all year.

Jan 23, 2017#196

jwhouk

Welp.

Guess I won't have to worry about "Packer Flu" on Super Bowl Sunday.

Jan 23, 2017#197

sixpackshaker

jwhouk said:
Welp.

Guess I won't have to worry about "Packer Flu" on Super Bowl Sunday.

It is your duty to eat too much cheese and drink beer because it will be the last football game for 8 months.

Jan 23, 2017#198

jwhouk

No. I will root for the commercials.

Jan 23, 2017#199

Dave

Puppy Bowl.

Jan 23, 2017#200

jwhouk

Sorry, my cat doesn't allow me to watch that.

Jan 24, 2017#201

Dei

Ranking every state in the union by how much they hate the Patriots

Jan 24, 2017#202

BErt

Dei said:
Ranking every state in the union by how much they hate the Patriots

This is egregiously incorrect on Michigan. I guarantee a much larger number of people here have rooted for Tom Brady every time he has made a Super Bowl than have rooted against him for the same reason. I assumed I would see Michigan be the first non-actual NE state on this list. So coming in at 18 is just dead wrong.

Jan 30, 2017#203

General Specific

Super Bowl prediction time: I think the Falcons are going to win. This way, every team in the NFC South except for Carolina will have won a Super Bowl, thus further rubbing in our defeat last year (no, I'm still not over that).

Jan 30, 2017#204

Terrik

General Specific said:
Super Bowl prediction time: I think the Falcons are going to win. This way, every team in the NFC South except for Carolina will have won a Super Bowl, thus further rubbing in our defeat last year (no, I'm still not over that).

I hope so.

I've never trusted the Patriots and I never will. I'll never forgive them for the death of my Steelers.

Feb 5, 2017#205

blotsfan

So, who you guys got today?

My pick:

Patriots 34
Falcons 17

Feb 5, 2017#206

jwhouk

Patriots 31, Falcons 28. Brady leads them down the field with 3 seconds to go, and Gostkowski makes like Vinatieri and nails the FG with no time left to win the game.

Feb 5, 2017#207

Dave

Falcons 82
Patriots all die in a fire before the game starts.

And the entire world outside Boston rejoices.

Feb 5, 2017#208

BErt

What happens now? Brady just ascends into heaven, yes?

#GoBlue

Feb 5, 2017#209

Covar

Maybe he'll retire. One can hope.

Feb 5, 2017#210

jwhouk

I have been alive for all but one of the 51 Super Bowls.

And that was... Wow.

Feb 5, 2017#211

Terrik

I am angry, but impressed.

Feb 5, 2017#212

PatrThom

I am in the dark, because my wife has decided to binge all of Sense8 today.
...not that I probably would've watched it anyway, of course.

--Patrick

Feb 5, 2017#213

Zappit

Holy Moley. I watched it happen, and I still can't believe it.

Goodell's face when he had to present the trophy...amazing. That was the most incredible game I've ever seen.

Feb 5, 2017#214

Dave

Fuck the Patriots. Fuck Tom Brady. Fuck Bill Belichick.

Feb 5, 2017#215

Zappit

Dave said:
Fuck the Patriots. Fuck Tom Brady. Fuck Bill Belichick.

Dave is not a Patriots fan.

Or...does the Dave protest too much?

Feb 5, 2017#216

Dave

I was trying to be so subtle, too.

Feb 5, 2017#217

Zappit

Dave said:
I was trying to be so subtle, too.

Nothing gets by me.

Feb 5, 2017#218

jwhouk

There has never been...

1. A punt returned for a touchdown in a Super Bowl.
2. A shutout game in the Super Bowl.
~~3. An overtime game in the Super Bowl.~~

Feb 5, 2017#219

Officer_Charon

A guy on my watch is a die-hard Falcons fan - we can count on him checking off most Sundays during the season.

His fiancee posted a video of him dancing and hollering after the 2nd touchdown, freaking out. The guys got a chuckle out of that.

Haven't heard anything from him since. I'm half-seriously considering calling the PD where he lives for a welfare check.

Feb 6, 2017#220

ScytheRexx

As crazy as the game was, I feel the Falcons were robbed. That last two point conversion didn't even look like it crossed the line, and he didn't even touch the in-zone. It never would have gone into overtime, but the refs called it a touchdown.

Feb 6, 2017#221

BErt

ScytheRexx said:
As crazy as the game was, I feel the Falcons were robbed. That last two point conversion didn't even look like it crossed the line, and he didn't even touch the in-zone. It never would have gone into overtime, but the refs called it a touchdown.

...as a noted "blame the refs" guy, I cannot see any way to claim that coming from a 28-3 lead.

Feb 6, 2017#222

General Specific

The refs did miss an offensive pass interference on the last two point conversion, but with the other penalty it would have been offsetting and a retry at worst.

Feb 6, 2017#223

Dave

ScytheRexx said:
As crazy as the game was, I feel the Falcons were robbed. That last two point conversion didn't even look like it crossed the line, and he didn't even touch the in-zone. It never would have gone into overtime, but the refs called it a touchdown.

He pretty clearly crossed the goal line.

Feb 6, 2017#224

sixpackshaker

My co-worker's wife grew up in Boston. He said that she was so upset and crying at the end of the 3rd quarter that they went to bed...

Feb 6, 2017#225

BErt

sixpackshaker said:
My co-worker's wife grew up in Boston. He said that she was so upset and crying at the end of the 3rd quarter that they went to bed...

Feb 6, 2017#226

Dave

Dave said:
Fuck the Patriots. Fuck Tom Brady. Fuck Bill Belichick.

Feb 6, 2017#227

Gruebeard

BErt said:
What happens now? Brady just ascends into heaven, yes?

#GoBlue

I'm looking forward to a repeat next year to tie the Steelers.

Feb 6, 2017#228

jwhouk

ScytheRexx said:
As crazy as the game was, I feel the Falcons were robbed. That last two point conversion didn't even look like it crossed the line, and he didn't even touch the in-zone. It never would have gone into overtime, but the refs called it a touchdown.

The goal line is a solid plane that goes around the world and extends up into the heavens. All that a ball carrier need do is carry the ball through that plane without touching the ground first, and it's a touchdown.

Feb 7, 2017#229

Gruebeard

jwhouk said:
The goal line is a solid plane that goes around the world and extends up into the heavens. All that a ball carrier need do is carry the ball through that plane without touching the ground first, and it's a touchdown.

It's even less than that. He just needs to be holding it when just the smallest portion of the ball crosses that plane. A player could stand on the 1 yard line and hold out the ball so the tip of it is above the goal line, and that would be a touchdown (or successful 2 point conversion).

Mar 23, 2017#230

DarkAudit

Realistic expectations...

Mar 23, 2017#231

blotsfan

So your goal lately is to piss me off?

Mar 23, 2017#232

jwhouk

Y2K! Y2K!

Sent from my Nextbook on Tapatalk

Mar 23, 2017#233

Tress

blotsfan said:
So your goal lately is to piss me off?

It could always be worse...

Mar 23, 2017#234

blotsfan

You're all bad people and I hope the next time you fly, the person in front of you reclines their seat for the full flight.

Mar 23, 2017#235

Tress

blotsfan said:
You're all bad people and I hope the next time you fly, the person in front of you reclines their seat for the full flight.

You monster.

Mar 23, 2017#236

Sparhawk

blotsfan said:
So your goal lately is to piss me off?

And I didn't even get into this one...

Mar 23, 2017#237

blotsfan

I was expecting wide right or no goal, so rick astley is a pleasant surprise.

Mar 23, 2017#238

Dei

Foot in the crease!

I was working the toll booth at the Peace Bridge that night, so I heard about it for several hours.

Mar 23, 2017#239

jwhouk

NHL Thread is thataway. ---->>>

Mar 28, 2017#240

DarkAudit

So the Las Vegas Raiders will be a thing... in about three years.

If I were running the A's I'd already be on the phone about dismantling Mount Davis.

Mar 28, 2017#241

sixpackshaker

You would thing the Raiders would sweep up a lot of 49 fans that don't want to travel for home games.

Mar 28, 2017#242

Cheesy1

You would think that, but the thing is it's . . . Oakland . . .

Apr 4, 2017#243

HCGLNS

Tony Romo retired today.

Weird.

Apr 4, 2017#244

sixpackshaker

HCGLNS said:
Tony Romo retired today.

Weird.

As a Dallas fan living in Houston Texan territory, I am a little sad that he did not come here to play.

Because the Houston fans' brains would melt having to cheer for Romo.

Apr 4, 2017#245

Gared

HCGLNS said:
Tony Romo retired today.

Weird.

For the sake of his body, I'm really glad to hear it. But I feel bad the guy. It always seemed like he was one season away from having enough of a team around him to really shine, and that season just never came.

Apr 4, 2017#246

Sparhawk

sixpackshaker said:
As a Dallas fan living in Houston Texan territory, I am a little sad that he did not come here to play.

Because the Houston fans' brains would melt having to cheer for Romo.

Cowboys/Romo fans would have exploded.

Apr 4, 2017#247

Dave

Nah. We expected that or Denver.

He'll be back. I think he's pulling a Favre.

Apr 5, 2017#248

Gruebeard

Dave said:
Nah. We expected that or Denver.

He'll be back. I think he's pulling a Favre.

You know what my takeaway from this post is?

An interception!

Oh, I think I fumbled the joke.

Apr 5, 2017#249

sixpackshaker

Gruebeard said:
You know what my takeaway from this post is?

An interception!

Oh, I think I fumbled the joke.

Apr 5, 2017#250

Gruebeard

Hey, it's what Favre and Romo have most in common.

Apr 5, 2017#251

DarkAudit

Gruebeard said:
Hey, it's what Favre and Romo have most in common.

Favre didn't have an owner who hyped him as the Second Coming or the NFL equal to Lebron. And then failed to provide a team that would even come close to meeting those expectations.

The hype machine is so strong, he was named as Phil Simms' replacement as the #1 color guy at CBS before the Cowboys even released him. What's up with that?

Apr 5, 2017#252

sixpackshaker

DarkAudit said:
Favre didn't have an owner who hyped him as the Second Coming or the NFL equal to Lebron. And then failed to provide a team that would even come close to meeting those expectations.

The hype machine is so strong, he was named as Phil Simms' replacement as the #1 color guy at CBS before the Cowboys even released him. What's up with that?

Because Phil SUCKED as a sports caster.

I guess the Texans get Romo after all...

Apr 5, 2017#253

Gruebeard

DarkAudit said:
Favre didn't have an owner who hyped him as the Second Coming or the NFL equal to Lebron. And then failed to provide a team that would even come close to meeting those expectations.

The hype machine is so strong, he was named as Phil Simms' replacement as the #1 color guy at CBS before the Cowboys even released him. What's up with that?

He's got a nice face.

Or had one, anyway - is he still with Jessica Simpson?

Also, the NFL doesn't even like the NFL's equal to Lebron. They fought for more than a year to suspend him for a month for nothing.

Apr 5, 2017#254

jwhouk

Well, I did hear that it was a lot of hot air - or something like that.

But when did LeBron start dating a supermodel?

Apr 6, 2017#255

DarkAudit

Gruebeard said:
Also, the NFL doesn't even like the NFL's equal to Lebron. They fought for more than a year to suspend him for a month for nothing.

Huh?

Apr 6, 2017#256

Gruebeard

DarkAudit said:
Huh?

I'm saying the NFL has hate-on for their star quarterback, the guy who's going in the record books as the best ever so far, and they try their best to label Brady a cheater, punishing him for possibly knowing about a plot that they never actually proved happen in the first place.

It's funny.

Apr 6, 2017#257

DarkAudit

Gruebeard said:
I'm saying the NFL has hate-on for their star quarterback, the guy who's going in the record books as the best ever so far, and they try their best to label Brady a cheater, punishing him for possibly knowing about a plot that they never actually proved happen in the first place.

It's funny.

But we weren't talking about Brady. We're talking about Romo. He's the one his bosses were publicly comparing to LeBron.

Apr 6, 2017#258

Gruebeard

DarkAudit said:
But we weren't talking about Brady. We're talking about Romo. He's the one his bosses were publicly comparing to LeBron.

Aye.

My Brady comment was meant as an aside. You were talking about the Cowboys talking up Romo as the NFL's Lebron - so I was contrasting that with the NFL's real Lebron.

Apr 14, 2017#259

DarkAudit

Steelers patriarch and former US Ambassador to Ireland Dan Rooney has died at the age of 84.

This reddit thread is full of Ravens and Browns fans coming in to pay their respects. Many long time Browns fans have a soft spot for Mr. Rooney because he was one of the votes against the Browns moving to Baltimore.

Apr 19, 2017#260

DarkAudit

BREAKING: Aaron Hernandez has committed suicide in prison.

And that's all I've got to say about that. That and good riddance.

Apr 19, 2017#261

jwhouk

About the only thing I don't like about that is the wake of people whose lives he ruined or ended. I would hope that he was on suicide watch at whatever prison he was in, and hope that his suicide didn't affect the guards that much - though knowing this lowlife, it probably did.

Jun 7, 2017#262

DarkAudit

Ouch, Buffalo...

Sometimes I think if @GasBandit did sports videos, he'd be this guy.

Jun 7, 2017#263

blotsfan

I wish we could rise to the level of mediocre.

Jul 25, 2017#264

DarkAudit

Dude keeps making 'em, I'll keep posting 'em.

TRIGGER WARNING: Super Bowl LI and Pekka Rinne is just too good right now.

Aug 11, 2017#265

Dave

God damn it, Zeke.

Aug 11, 2017#266

blotsfan

Aww yeah it's this time of year!

Aug 11, 2017#267

Dave

I'm conflicted about this one, truthfully. On the one hand, domestic violence is bad and I'm glad that the NFL is taking a stand on it. On the other, this girl was super pissed when Zeke broke up with her and witnesses say she threatened to "ruin his career". Meanwhile, police say there's no proof and her story kept changing so they would not press charges.

He might be getting railroaded on this, but I also don't feel I know enough to say whether or not the NFL did the right thing.

And no, this has nothing to do with the infamous "shirt lifting" incident.

Aug 11, 2017#268

Dave

Oh and something else about this? The guy in charge of the investigation and punishment is John Mara. Co-owner of the New York Giants. Last year their kicker, Josh Brown, was convicted of and admitted to years of physical abuse. He was suspended for only 1 game.

Of course, he being the kicker for the Giants and the Cowboys being in the same division of the Giants have nothing to do with this decision, right?

Aug 11, 2017#269

Gruebeard

Dave said:
Oh and something else about this? The guy in charge of the investigation and punishment is John Mara. Co-owner of the New York Giants. Last year their kicker, Josh Brown, was convicted of and admitted to years of physical abuse. He was suspended for only 1 game.

Of course, he being the kicker for the Giants and the Cowboys being in the same division of the Giants have nothing to do with this decision, right?

Aww.

This counters my joke argument that of course the NFL is gonna come down hard on guys, just in case video surfaces afterwards again.

Aug 11, 2017#270

Celt Z

Dave said:
Oh and something else about this? The guy in charge of the investigation and punishment is John Mara. Co-owner of the New York Giants. Last year their kicker, Josh Brown, was convicted of and admitted to years of physical abuse. He was suspended for only 1 game.

Of course, he being the kicker for the Giants and the Cowboys being in the same division of the Giants have nothing to do with this decision, right?

*smdh* Jesus, Mara.

I think they need to make investigations and punishments like this 1) NFL regulated and 2) have an independent stadf with no team ties for it.

Aug 11, 2017#271

jwhouk

Yeah, right. The only way that'd happen is if Congress got cajones and went after the NFL.

Aug 11, 2017#272

DarkAudit

jwhouk said:
Yeah, right. The only way that'd happen is if Congress got cajones and went after the NFL.

If Trump wants payback for his USFL humiliation, who's to say it won't happen?

Aug 11, 2017#273

jwhouk

The only way that'd happen is if Goddell let slip he voted for Hillary.

Aug 11, 2017#274

DarkAudit

jwhouk said:
The only way that'd happen is if Goddell let slip he voted for Hillary.

You don't remember the little matter of Teh Donald getting blackballed by the NFL, getting the USFL to sue to force a merger, and winding up with a whopping $3 return on investment? You don't think he's still holding that grudge?

Aug 11, 2017#275

sixpackshaker

The USFL suit is the reason I hate Teh Donald.

Aug 11, 2017#276

blotsfan

Trump can't touch the NFL or his base will turn on him.

Well, maybe not the Southerners, but his fans in Ohio, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania would

Aug 11, 2017#277

DarkAudit

blotsfan said:
Trump can't touch the NFL or his base will turn on him.

Well, maybe not the Southerners, but his fans in Ohio, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania would

Nah. They'd turn on the NFL for trying to keep their idol out.

Aug 12, 2017#278

jwhouk

In the state of Wisconsin, given the choice of the Packers or Trump, an overwhelming amount of people would choose the Packers.

Aug 12, 2017#279

DarkAudit

jwhouk said:
In the state of Wisconsin, given the choice of the Packers or Trump, an overwhelming amount of people would choose the Packers.

Never underestimate the idiocy of a Trump voter.

Aug 12, 2017#280

PatrThom

DarkAudit said:
Never underestimate the idiocy of a Trump voter.

...in groups.

--Patrick

Aug 12, 2017#281

blotsfan

Its kinda ironic that this blatant tank is going to lead to the first Bills jersey I've ever bought. I freaking loved EJ Gaines in college.

Aug 13, 2017#282

blotsfan

Aug 13, 2017#283

Covar

NFL memes summed it up best.

Aug 16, 2017#284

BErt

L O FUCKING L

Aug 16, 2017#285

PatrThom

We already knew they were Christians.
Here's where we find out if they are greeeeeeeedy little Christians.

--Patrick

Aug 16, 2017#286

Sparhawk

PatrThom said:
We already knew they were Christians.
Here's where we find out if they are greeeeeeeedy little Christians.

--Patrick

First NFL football game it will be open for is December 7th vs New Orleans. Other stuff, including soccer and concerts it will be open for before then.

Aug 16, 2017#287

blotsfan

PatrThom said:
We already knew they were Christians.
Here's where we find out if they are greeeeeeeedy little Christians.

--Patrick

IIRC the owner is genuinely committed to keeping it closed on Sundays, which makes sense or he would've opened them years ago. Also IIRC, the sons are waiting for him to die so they can do so.

Aug 16, 2017#288

Sparhawk

blotsfan said:
IIRC the owner is genuinely committed to keeping it closed on Sundays, which makes sense or he would've opened them years ago. Also IIRC, the sons are waiting for him to die so they can do so.

S. Truett Cathy passed away in 2014. They kept the closed on Sunday.

Aug 16, 2017#289

blotsfan

Then I guess I didn't RC.

Aug 16, 2017#290

Sparhawk

blotsfan said:
Then I guess I didn't RC.

I think it was more of a baseless speculation that they would change it after he passed. Not sure that anyone that was suggesting it actually talked to anyone associated with the Cathy family.

Aug 16, 2017#291

BErt

Sparhawk said:
I think it was more of a baseless speculation that they would change it after he passed. Not sure that anyone that was suggesting it actually talked to anyone associated with the Cathy family.

To be perfectly honest/fair...it's their choice to open or not on a Sunday. Being completely open/not open doesn't discriminate against anyone. And I know there are Thursday games and Saturday concerts and other events that the restaurant will be open for; I just found it hilarious that a VERY popular restaurant wouldn't be open at a venue on it's most popular day.

...at the same time, - per the article - I applaud the other attached restaurant for capitalizing by having a similar "COS (Closed on Sunday)" chicken sandwich available for football.

Aug 18, 2017#292

DarkAudit

Preview time!

Aug 19, 2017#293

DarkAudit

And now for the NFC edition...

Aug 29, 2017#294

BErt

I'm calling it now, The Packers are winning the Super Bowl. Or at least taking back the Old West.

Aug 29, 2017#295

sixpackshaker

Man, Wyatt Earp is looking good for his age.

That's Aaron? not so good...

Sep 1, 2017#296

Dave

Sep 1, 2017#297

Sparhawk

Dave said:

I'm NOT a cowboys fan, but I think the whole suspension is bullshit. There should be an independent, not containing owners at all, committee for suspensions. Having the owner of a direct competition team (owner of the NYG) handing out a punishment is completely wrong.

Sep 5, 2017#298

Dave

http://deadspin.com/heres-the-nfls-...medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

Seems the NFL hid a lot and really, really wanted to get Elliott regardless of actual evidence.

In other words, crazy bitch is crazy and the NFL is railroading the fuck out of this guy.

Sep 5, 2017#299

Covar

And it's not like they couldn't just swing their arm and hit a Cowboy player who had a run in with Johnny Law.

Hey DarkAudit, aren't you going to share the latest UrinatingTree video? :troll:

Sep 5, 2017#300

DarkAudit

Covar said:
Hey DarkAudit, aren't you going to share the latest UrinatingTree video?

You mean this one?

Can't say I disagree... except for the Primanti's bit at the end.

Sep 5, 2017#301

Gared

Dave said:
http://deadspin.com/heres-the-nfls-...medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

Seems the NFL hid a lot and really, really wanted to get Elliott regardless of actual evidence.

In other words, crazy bitch is crazy and the NFL is railroading the fuck out of this guy.

Did anyone get to the bottom of that talk from Sunday/yesterday that Lucky Whitehead was actually cut because he was involved with Zeke's crazy bitch as well?

Sep 5, 2017#302

sixpackshaker

Gared said:
Did anyone get to the bottom of that talk from Sunday/yesterday that Lucky Whitehead was actually cut because he was involved with Zeke's crazy bitch as well?

According to the NFL Thompson sent text messages to Elliot showing a photo of a hotel room reservations in Thompson and Whitehead's names.

Lucky was cut because the police in his hometown had a warrant out for his arrest. It was a mistake by the cops. But I think the Cowboys had enough of his shit at that point. So screwing your teammate's ex is likely the reason he did not get back on the team, after the police apologized.

Sep 8, 2017#303

Dave

Fuck the Patriots! That game last night was amazing!

Sep 8, 2017#304

Gruebeard

Meh. We just spotted the league one game. We'll still finish the season in first.

Sep 8, 2017#305

Tress

EDIT: Looks like I took a joke too seriously. My bad.

Sep 8, 2017#306

blotsfan

In fairness, if he was just talking about the AFC East they'd have to start 0-6 before I'd start thinking another team has a chance to win it.

Sep 8, 2017#307

sixpackshaker

I wonder how fast the Patriot faithful would turn on Brady if he really "lost a step."

Sep 8, 2017#308

Gruebeard

Tress said:
...and that attitude is why people hate the Patriots fanbase.

So why didn't you rate my post with a laugh, since I was mocking that attitude.

If I had been serious, I'd have done as @blotsfan suggests (and I chose not to because I've razzed him far too much about the poor Bills)[DOUBLEPOST=1504895236,1504894923][/DOUBLEPOST]

sixpackshaker said:
I wonder how fast the Patriot faithful would turn on Brady if he really "lost a step."

I don't know. We managed to suffer through 9 whole years without winning a Superbowl. We should be able to put up with the last 2 years of his career.

Sep 8, 2017#309

Covar

Sep 8, 2017#310

blotsfan

sixpackshaker said:
I wonder how fast the Patriot faithful would turn on Brady if he really "lost a step."

I'd love to see the Boston media write a story trashing him on the way out.

They won't really though. He's up there with Bird, Ortiz and Orr in Boston sports.

Sep 10, 2017#311

Gared

Ok, I pretty much only paid attention to drama this offseason, what the hell is this shit I'm watching on Fox right now? Are the Lions and Cardinals afraid of big numbers?

Sep 10, 2017#312

PatrThom

Gared said:
Ok, I pretty much only paid attention to drama this offseason, what the hell is this shit I'm watching on Fox right now? Are the Lions and Cardinals afraid of big numbers?

It's just that they're both so good at defense.

--Patrick

Sep 10, 2017#313

jwhouk

Meanwhile the Seahawks and Packers are playing like both sides want to lose the game...

A pick-6 called back for Unsportsmanlike Conduct? It's looking like it's going to be that kind of year for the Packers.

Sep 10, 2017#314

blotsfan

Bills are in SOLE possession of first place in the AFC East.

Sep 10, 2017#315

Gared

jwhouk said:
Meanwhile the Seahawks and Packers are playing like both sides want to lose the game...

A pick-6 called back for Unsportsmanlike Conduct? It's looking like it's going to be that kind of year for the Packers.

How about a pick-6 called back for a block in the back, along with an ejection for "throwing a punch" that no one saw? Refs can't help but be shitty in these games. Wish they'd just let the teams play.

Sep 10, 2017#316

Covar

I love football, but the rules really need an overhaul.

Sep 10, 2017#317

sixpackshaker

Refs should pay the fines of flagrant fouls that they don't call.

Sep 10, 2017#318

Dave

*ahem*

GO COWBOYS!

Sep 10, 2017#319

Tress

Dear god, the 49ers looked like total shit. It's going to be a looooooong year.

Sep 11, 2017#320

jwhouk

The Packers looked horrible, and yet we still beat the Seahawks.

I really don't know what to think after that.

Sep 11, 2017#321

Bubble181

Covar said:
I love football, but the rules really need an overhaul.

1) Only touching the ball with the foot
2) Let's use an actual ball instead of some weird elliptoid
3) Let's get rid of the body armor
4) Let's have two halves of 45 minutes each, with maybe some extra time if the play's stopped for a duration.
5) Why not put the goal on the ground, and put a net behind it, so the ball doesn't go flying off into nowhere
6) Maybe have a dedicated person to keep the ball out of the goal? Like, a goal...keeper?
7) ...

15,843) Hurray! We can now all enjoy a proper game of Badminton! Wait, what? I took a wrong turn somewhere.

Sep 11, 2017#322

Covar

Number 4 is pointless. There's such a thing call a stopwatch. It's this crazy device that lets you count how much time elapses and you can pause and resume it if there's a stoppage in play.

I think you got distracted by the shuttlecock.

Sep 11, 2017#323

blotsfan

Bubble181 said:
15,843) Hurray! We can now all enjoy a proper game of Badminton! Wait, what? I took a wrong turn somewhere

Meh. Still better than soccer.

Sep 11, 2017#324

DarkAudit

Bubble181 said:
1) Only touching the ball with the foot
2) Let's use an actual ball instead of some weird elliptoid
3) Let's get rid of the body armor
4) Let's have two halves of 45 minutes each, with maybe some extra time if the play's stopped for a duration.
5) Why not put the goal on the ground, and put a net behind it, so the ball doesn't go flying off into nowhere
6) Maybe have a dedicated person to keep the ball out of the goal? Like, a goal...keeper?
7) ...

15,843) Hurray! We can now all enjoy a proper game of Badminton! Wait, what? I took a wrong turn somewhere.

The ball is round. The game lasts 90 minutes. Everything else is pure theory.

Sep 11, 2017#325

Bubble181

DarkAudit said:
The ball is round. The game lasts 90 minutes. Everything else is pure theory.

You're German, aren't you?

Sep 11, 2017#326

DarkAudit

Bubble181 said:
You're German, aren't you?

Depends on which run through we're on right now. [emoji41]

Sep 11, 2017#327

Gared

jwhouk said:
The Packers looked horrible, and yet we still beat the Seahawks.

I really don't know what to think after that.

The Hawks looked like trash, and honestly, even without the officiating issues, I don't see them winning that game yesterday. The O-line isn't so much a line as it is a sieve, Wilson was sacked three times - three fucking times - and the best pic of the day may be this one:

How in the hell does that even happen in the pros? Carroll keeps harping on wanting to get back to being a run-first offense, which was great when we had Marshawn Lynch in his prime, but much less great when you have Thomas Rawls post-multiple-fractures. And even if they did want to get back to running the ball more, that only works if you can push the defense off the line. Which one of those four fools do you see pushing defensive players off the line? If you really want to get back to being a run-first offense, you don't trade your best center to NO for a tight end who has so far been fairly ineffectual in a run game and sat out most of his first year so he wasn't useful in the passing game either. For crying out loud, Graham was targeted 7 times yesterday, had 3 receptions, and a total of 6 yards. Six. I feel like Roger Dorn from Major League 3, "$18 million over three seasons and he doesn't even wave the bat at the ball?!" We had no run game, no passing game to speak of, no pass blocking, no run blocking.

Our defense looked good, for the most part, in spite of the fact that we were playing a second string corner against Aaron Rogers most of the game after Lane was ejected for not throwing a punch at someone (the third player this year to be ejected for "throwing a punch," including week 3 preseason). Of course, they were on the field for far too damn long, but that's been par for the course for the last eight years. Walsh looked good - I'm really hoping the Vikings' former punter being unable to get the laces out was Walsh's big problem last year.

Ultimately, it's the first game of the season. Sample size is too small to extrapolate meaningful data.

Sep 11, 2017#328

jwhouk

Funny, it looked like the Packer O-line was a sieve that first half. And TWO INT's for AR12?

Sep 12, 2017#329

Shakey

Poor AP. Yell at the coach some more. I'm sure your horrible performance was all his fault.

Sep 12, 2017#330

General Specific

Bubble181 said:
1) Only touching the ball with the foot
2) Let's use an actual ball instead of some weird elliptoid
3) Let's get rid of the body armor
4) Let's have two halves of 45 minutes each, with maybe some extra time if the play's stopped for a duration.
5) Why not put the goal on the ground, and put a net behind it, so the ball doesn't go flying off into nowhere
6) Maybe have a dedicated person to keep the ball out of the goal? Like, a goal...keeper?
7) ...

15,843) Hurray! We can now all enjoy a proper game of Badminton! Wait, what? I took a wrong turn somewhere.

1) Kick a ball around a field for 85 out of 90 minutes.
2) The other 5 minutes, get close to scoring, but ultimately kick it out of bounds
3) Have majority of games end in a tie or 1-0
4) Pretend game is "Beautiful" instead of boring

Sep 12, 2017#331

BErt

Tress said:
Dear god, the 49ers looked like total shit. It's going to be a looooooong year.

If only your team had a QB...who could throw for 16 TD to 4 INT last year in a shitty offensive system before being pulled...and had previously led a team to a Super Bowl berth. But where the fuck would you find one of those?

Sep 13, 2017#332

DarkAudit

ESPN can suck it...

Sep 13, 2017#333

Covar

What the hell is happening over in Bristol where they decide to put a Spanish Soccer commentator on the sidelines for MNF?

Were they too caught up with which set of PTI clone hosts should pull double duty on sports center?

Sep 13, 2017#334

blotsfan

The annual second MNF game is always a bit of an odd collection of people since it's literally the only time ESPN needs a second football NFL team.

That being said, I thought he was a football guy, he just normally works for ESPN deportes.

Sep 13, 2017#335

Covar

I might have just misunderstood when I heard he calls football games and that English was his second language.

Sep 13, 2017#336

sixpackshaker

Covar said:
I might have just misunderstood when I heard he calls football games and that English was his second language.

Oh good, I thought the poor boy was developmentally challenged.

Sep 13, 2017#337

Gruebeard

Bubble181 said:
1) Only touching the ball with the foot
2) Let's use an actual ball instead of some weird elliptoid
3) Let's get rid of the body armor
4) Let's have two halves of 45 minutes each, with maybe some extra time if the play's stopped for a duration.
5) Why not put the goal on the ground, and put a net behind it, so the ball doesn't go flying off into nowhere
6) Maybe have a dedicated person to keep the ball out of the goal? Like, a goal...keeper?
7) ...

7,667)get rid of the men, promote the cheerleaders.

15,843) Hurray! We can now all enjoy a proper game of Badminton! Wait, what? I took a wrong turn somewhere.

Well, I'd rather watch badminton instead of soccer anyway. So good job!

also, added one idea.

Sep 13, 2017#338

Gruebeard

By the way, @Halforums, have I ever pitched my idea for a lingerie curling league?

Sep 13, 2017#339

PatrThom

Gruebeard said:
By the way, @Halforums, have I ever pitched my idea for a lingerie curling league?

Wouldn't that be something, if tagging @halforums showed up in everyone's Alerts like some kind of distribution list?

--Patrick

Sep 13, 2017#340

sixpackshaker

Gruebeard said:
By the way, @Halforums, have I ever pitched my idea for a lingerie curling league?

Good luck getting a bikini model to sweep the floor.

Sep 13, 2017#341

Gruebeard

sixpackshaker said:
Good luck getting a bikini model to sweep the floor.

Nonsense. My plan involves recruiting the best curlers in the world simply by offering decent prize money.

Sep 13, 2017#342

sixpackshaker

Gruebeard said:
Nonsense. My plan involves recruiting the best curlers in the world simply by offering decent prize money.

But I don't want to see the best curlers in their smallclothes.

Sep 13, 2017#343

Gruebeard

sixpackshaker said:
But I don't want to see the best curlers in their smallclothes.

You've clearly never watched women's curling.[DOUBLEPOST=1505331342,1505331269][/DOUBLEPOST]Back me up on this @Bubble181

Sep 13, 2017#344

Dave

These people have never watched curling.

Sep 13, 2017#345

Gruebeard

Now there's some Russians I'd collude with!

Sep 13, 2017#346

PatrThom

Gruebeard said:
Now there's some Russians I'd collude with!

And you could
...if you have the stones for it.

--Patrick

Sep 13, 2017#347

Celt Z

Nnnhhhhhh.... I'm going to have to take a hard pass on this one, Gruey. It's like owning "The Men of I.T." calendar.

Sep 13, 2017#348

PatrThom

From L to R.
@figmentPez, Dunno (@Adam with hair?), @Tinwhistler, @ThatNickGuy, and @BErt.

--Patrick

Sep 13, 2017#349

Celt Z

PatrThom said:
From L to R.
Dunno, Dunno, @Tinwhistler, @ThatNickGuy, and @BErt.

--Patrick

I'd say Pez on the far left.

Sep 13, 2017#350

PatrThom

Celt Z said:
I'd say Pez on the far left.

You know him better'n I.
Edited.

--Patrick

Sep 13, 2017#351

Gruebeard

Celt Z said:
Nnnhhhhhh.... I'm going to have to take a hard pass on this one, Gruey. It's like owning "The Men of I.T." calendar.

Aye. You're right. The men's league will take some development before it can be properly launched. But. I assure you, I am no sexist misogynist sports promoter, and there will indeed be an opportunity for you to ogle pretty, buff men in tight clothes. Even if that means I have to teach Calvin Klein's underwear models how to - er, sweep the floor

Okay @sixpackshaker, you win.

Sep 13, 2017#352

sixpackshaker

Gruebeard said:
Aye. You're right. The men's league will take some development before it can be properly launched. But. I assure you, I am no sexist misogynist sports promoter, and there will indeed be an opportunity for you to ogle pretty, buff men in tight clothes. Even if that means I have to teach Calvin Klein's underwear models how to - er, sweep the floor

Okay @sixpackshaker, you win.

Women's sports in general has changed beauty standards in the last 30 years. I guess it has for the men's sports too.

Sep 13, 2017#353

ThatNickGuy

PatrThom said:
From L to R.
@figmentPez, Dunno (@Adam with hair?), @Tinwhistler, @ThatNickGuy, and @BErt.

--Patrick

For future reference, please don't tag me in the sports subforum. I never visit it.

Sep 13, 2017#354

PatrThom

Well that was unexpected.

--Patrick

Sep 13, 2017#355

Tinwhistler

I thought he did a good job with picking out the resemblances

Sep 13, 2017#356

drifter

Vikings hire "Gen Z" teen consultant

Sep 13, 2017#357

blotsfan

If we're talking about @Adam and curling, how did you guys forget about this dude.

Sep 14, 2017#358

Celt Z

That's because that *IS* Adam.

...isn't it?

Sep 14, 2017#359

Adam

Is it the beard?

Sep 14, 2017#360

Adam

Celt Z said:
That's because that *IS* Adam.

...isn't it?

Sep 14, 2017#361

Gruebeard

Hey, @Adam. So, I'm like, starting up a new league. Do you, er, wanna join?

Sep 14, 2017#362

Celt Z

Pssst...tell him about the uniforms. :unibrow:

Sep 14, 2017#363

Gruebeard

There's really nothing to tell about.

Sep 14, 2017#364

Adam

Gruebeard said:
Hey, @Adam. So, I'm like, starting up a new league. Do you, er, wanna join?

Sep 14, 2017#365

BErt

PatrThom said:
From L to R.
@figmentPez, Dunno (@Adam with hair?), @Tinwhistler, @ThatNickGuy, and @BErt.

--Patrick

Dang Patrick, we met irl that's what you think I look like?

Sep 14, 2017#366

PatrThom

BErt said:
Dang Patrick, we met irl that's what you think I look like?

No, but you were the person I felt most resembled that guy on the end (except for having no hat, that is).

--Patrick

Sep 14, 2017#367

BErt

I probably shouldn't be surprised that the team that would give Marvin Lewis 14+ years as head coach would continue to run their team into the ground with Andy Dalton.

Sep 16, 2017#368

BErt

Thanks @Gruebeard but I don't need a hug there, I'm a Lion's fan (ok maybe I need a hug for THAT).

Sep 16, 2017#369

Gruebeard

BErt said:
Thanks @Gruebeard but I don't need a hug there, I'm a Lion's fan (ok maybe I need a hug for THAT).

You need your head slapped for that.

Sep 16, 2017#370

BErt

That's fair.

Sep 16, 2017#371

PatrThom

Gruebeard said:
You need your head slapped for that.

He's used to it. He just said so.

--Patrick

Sep 17, 2017#372

Covar

Sep 17, 2017#373

Dave

Sep 18, 2017#374

sixpackshaker

dammit cowboys...

Sep 18, 2017#375

Gruebeard

There was a moment during yesterday's Pats/Saints game - just after the Pats' third touchdown with the Saints looking to steamroll their way down the field for yet another score of their own - where I thought "huh, this must be what it's like to be. Lions fan."

I mean, a high scoring offense and a less than useless defense.

But the moment passed, and I got to feel what a Pats fan feels: "yup, we've got the win, with 3 quarters left to rub it in."

Sep 20, 2017#376

DarkAudit

"STUDENTS WHO STAY THE WHOLE GAME WILL RECEIVE A BEVERAGE"

"If only that beverage were bleach..."

Sep 24, 2017#377

blotsfan

Da fuuuuuuuuck?

Sep 24, 2017#378

Sparhawk

blotsfan said:
Da fuuuuuuuuck?

Sorry, but this week you will have to be more specific as to which Da fuuuuuuuuuck you are talking about.

Texans?
Giants/Eagles?
Buffalo?

Or even one that isn't listed or happened as of the time of this post.

Sep 24, 2017#379

blotsfan

I guess I haven't done a good enough job establishing myself as a Bills fan. I guess this makes us even for me not knowing you like the NBA.

Sep 24, 2017#380

BErt

...I'll run 10 seconds off your FACE, you zebra bastards!

Sep 24, 2017#381

Sparhawk

blotsfan said:
I guess I haven't done a good enough job establishing myself as a Bills fan. I guess this makes us even for me not knowing you like the NBA.

I included the Bills because I knew you are a fan. I'm unsure about the NBA reference though.

Sep 24, 2017#382

blotsfan

Sparhawk said:
I included the Bills because I knew you are a fan. I'm unsure about the NBA reference though.

I mixed you up with @drifter. Never mind me.

Sep 24, 2017#383

Sparhawk

blotsfan said:
I mixed you up with @drifter. Never mind me.

No prob. There were several WTH games this week though.

Sep 24, 2017#384

drifter

blotsfan said:
I mixed you up with @drifter. Never mind me.

Well, we're practically twins, easy mistake.

Sep 25, 2017#385

Dave

Me: The Cowboys are going to come out fired up after the drubbing they got last week in Denver.

*watches the first quarter*

Me: Hoo boy. Here we go again.

Sep 26, 2017#386

jwhouk

Shu' up. If your little Dezzy had something resembling a night, I'd have whupped you in the HOPFL.

Sep 26, 2017#387

Dave

Yeah, but he didn't. And I won. And the Cowboys did as well...somehow.

So it was a good day.

Sep 26, 2017#388

Gruebeard

blotsfan said:
Da fuuuuuuuuck?

That unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on Miller was hilarious.

"Here, let me help you up - psyche! Have the game instead."

Sep 26, 2017#389

sixpackshaker

I really can't believe that was flagged. There are so many injury related calls that don't get made, but you call it for a prank?

Sep 26, 2017#390

Gruebeard

sixpackshaker said:
I really can't believe that was flagged. There are so many injury related calls that don't get made, but you call it for a prank?

It blew my mind, too.

Sep 26, 2017#391

blotsfan

Everyone at the stadium was looking downfield when it happened so we all assumed he hit Tyrod after the play.

Sep 26, 2017#392

Dave

And they were both laughing about it. The only one who didn't think it was funny was the ref.

"15 yards for having fun!"

Sep 26, 2017#393

Covar

Are you HAVING FUN? There's no HAVING FUN in football!

Sep 26, 2017#394

Sparhawk

Dave said:
And they were both laughing about it. The only one who didn't think it was funny was the ref.

"15 yards for having fun!"

Sep 27, 2017#395

DarkAudit

Your week 3 wrapup...

Oct 1, 2017#396

Gruebeard

So, after week 4, Buffalo is alone in first place. And they're beating strong teams.

This is weird.

Oct 1, 2017#397

Gruebeard

I just mean, it seems long ago since the AFC East hasn't been led by the Patriots after week 4.

And the Bills are looking decent, with wins over Denver and Atlanta! Nice.

Oct 1, 2017#398

blotsfan

Yeah but it doesn't make sense to me.

Oct 1, 2017#399

Gruebeard

blotsfan said:
Yeah but it doesn't make sense to me.

Well, I think if the Patriots had the Bills defence, they'd be undefeated. They're playing strong.

Oct 1, 2017#400

Dave

Iowa lost. Nebraska won. Cowboys lost. It was a sad weekend for football.

Oct 1, 2017#401

blotsfan

Gruebeard said:
Well, I think if the Patriots had the Bills defence, they'd be undefeated. They're playing strong.

Yeah I think our defense is legit and games are gonna come down to if our offense can get it together. It'd be nice if we didn't gut our skill positions but what can you do?

Oct 1, 2017#402

sixpackshaker

Dave said:
Iowa lost. Nebraska won. Cowboys lost. It was a sad weekend for football.

WTF did the Cowboys do?

I live too close to Houston, so the Cowboys were blacked out.

Oct 1, 2017#403

Dave

They absolutely ruled the first half and then came out the second and did...nothing. Gurley ran all over them in the second half.

They were up 24-13 at the half and lost 35-30. You could really tell Sean Lee was out of the game.

Oct 1, 2017#404

Gared

Well, Seahawks got a nice win tonight... let's see what the butcher's bill will be.

Oct 2, 2017#405

Gared

Gared said:
Well, Seahawks got a nice win tonight... let's see what the butcher's bill will be.

And the butcher's bill is at least partially in - Jeremy Lane, Groin; Rees Odhiambo, broken sternum; Chris Carson, significant ankle injury, ~~feeling around the league seems to be broken tib & fib~~ (all those people were wrong, amazingly enough) high ankle sprain; Cliff Avril, neck.

Oct 4, 2017#406

DarkAudit

Fuck you, Spanos! Week 4

Oct 5, 2017#407

Null

I won't finish with a winning record this season so it's all basically "what the fuck ever, bro" from here.

Oct 8, 2017#408

Celt Z

Generally I'm fine with the Cowboys losing, but I was kinda sad they couldn't pull off that last play. It was entertaining as hell.

Oct 8, 2017#409

Dave

Fuck Aaron Rodgers. Except in my fantasy league. But other than that fuck Aaron Rodgers.

Oct 8, 2017#410

Sparhawk

Dave said:
Fuck Aaron Rodgers. Except in my fantasy league. But other than that fuck Aaron Rodgers.

No, no, no. He did good. Dallas should have run the ball more to take more time off the clock. Poor time management.

GO TEXANS!

(plus, I have Rodgers in my other league)

Oct 8, 2017#411

jwhouk

"Siri, who owns AT&T Stadium?"

BLOO-BEEP

"Aaron Rodgers."

Oct 8, 2017#412

drifter

The Dolphins line coach takes his job title really seriously.

Oct 8, 2017#413

jwhouk

Oct 8, 2017#414

Null

drifter said:
The Dolphins line coach takes his job title really seriously.

Someone has to make sure the players do their lines properly.

Oct 12, 2017#415

DarkAudit

Week 5 wrapup...

Oct 15, 2017#416

Terrik

I'm ready to not see big Ben embarass himself this week.

Oct 15, 2017#417

Null

Terrik said:
I'm ready to not see big Ben embarass himself this week.

Then don't watch his sex tape HEYO

Oct 15, 2017#418

jwhouk

Welp, that was a good run while it lasted.

Nice playing with you all, see you next fall.

(promptly starts heading down the stairs into the basement)

Oct 15, 2017#419

Dave

Terrik said:
I'm ready to not see big Ben embarass himself this week.

No worries on that front.

And I had Aaron Rodgers as my QB in 3 pay leagues. I'm not doing well this week.

Oct 15, 2017#420

Gared

Looks like the CFB chaos is leaking.

Oct 19, 2017#421

DarkAudit

Week 6 recap...

Oct 19, 2017#422

Dave

I do love those recaps.

Oct 22, 2017#423

Gruebeard

I wasn't expecting the Denver shutout.

Oct 22, 2017#424

General Specific

Which Cam Newton will show up to play? Well, today it was Bad Cam. Here's hoping Good Cam will show back up next week vs the Bucs.

Oct 22, 2017#425

jwhouk

Why (BANG) did I (BANG) not choose (BANG) to start (BANG) Derek (BANG) Carr (BANG) instead (BANG) of (BANG) NEWTON??? (BANG)

Oct 22, 2017#426

Tress

jwhouk said:
Why (BANG) did I (BANG) not choose (BANG) to start (BANG) Derek (BANG) Carr (BANG) instead (BANG) of (BANG) NEWTON??? (BANG)

Same here, only replace Derek Carr with Alex Smith.

Oct 22, 2017#427

Gruebeard

Man. Butler almost got his second greatest interception there against Atlanta. I was really hoping for a shutout.

Oct 22, 2017#428

Sparhawk

Hold my beer....

I had both Alex Smith and Amari Cooper on the bench. In the league HERE.

Oct 26, 2017#429

DarkAudit

A bit late, but here we go...

Nov 1, 2017#430

DarkAudit

You went full Lions. You never go full Lions.

Nov 1, 2017#431

Gruebeard

Tomorrow marks the halfway point of the season for the AFC East. And if all goes as it should, Buffalo will be in first place!

I hope I didn't just jinx that. :oops:

Nov 1, 2017#432

Null

Maybe the Bills will get to choke in the Superbowl again!

Nov 1, 2017#433

blotsfan

Gruebeard said:
Tomorrow marks the halfway point of the season for the AFC East. And if all goes as it should, Buffalo will be in first place!

I hope I didn't just jinx that.

Go fuck yourself.

Null said:
Maybe the Bills will get to choke in the Superbowl again!

So we'd make the playoffs? I'll take it.

Nov 1, 2017#434

Gruebeard

blotsfan said:
Go fuck yourself.

I'm actually, sincerely cheering for the Bills here. I'm looking forward to seeing them make the playoffs again, and I'm rather hoping at this point that, when they do, they manage to avoid playing the Pats until the AFC championship game. I want to see both my teams go far.

Nov 2, 2017#435

blotsfan

Life sucks always

Nov 2, 2017#436

Dave

J-E-T-S! BILLS! YOU! SUCK!

Just kidding. It's the NFL. There ARE no gimme games. And since I started the Bills DEF in a few of my fantasy football leagues, I am not pleased, either.

Nov 2, 2017#437

blotsfan

Nov 2, 2017#438

PatrThom

Inch by inch, step by step.

--Patrick

Nov 2, 2017#439

Sparhawk

I believe that the Texans lost what was left of the season today. Watson out for the year with a torn ACL. So that's Watson and Watt out...

Nov 8, 2017#440

DarkAudit

Your weekly FUCK YOU, SPANOS!

Nov 11, 2017#441

DarkAudit

Derp, derp, derp derp de-derp...

Nov 15, 2017#442

blotsfan

I fucking hate this franchise.

Nov 15, 2017#443

Gruebeard

blotsfan said:
I fucking hate this franchise.

I think at the next meeting about rule changes, they ought to push to remove the QB position from the game.

Nov 15, 2017#444

Celt Z

DarkAudit said:
Derp, derp, derp derp de-derp...

This season is so, so painful.

Nov 15, 2017#445

sixpackshaker

Celt Z said:
This season is so, so painful.

You think you have it bad, look at the Cowboys. They were a good team coming into the year.

Nov 15, 2017#446

Celt Z

sixpackshaker said:
You think you have it bad, look at the Cowboys. They were a good team coming into the year.

You know, a month ago, it was, "Oh, hey, look at our baseball team! We made it so much further than we thought we were going to! Too bad it wasn't all the way to the Series. Oh well, time to focus on football!

....

You know what? I'm going to turn the tv off until Spring Training."

Nov 15, 2017#447

jwhouk

You want pain? YOU CAN'T HANDLE PAIN!!!!

...at least we beat the Bears...

Nov 15, 2017#448

DarkAudit

Week 10. This is more fun than watching the games themselves.

Nov 16, 2017#449

Gared

So after all of the pundits and everyone else bitching out the Seahawks for not leaving Russell Wilson in the concussion test long enough to really test him for concussion, and how they needed to up the fine from $150k because that's chump change for an owner like Paul Allen... it turns out he didn't hit his head, or suffer a concussion. Nope, Russell Wilson had to have his jaw realigned on the sideline after that hit.

Nov 16, 2017#450

Gruebeard

Celt Z said:
This season is so, so painful.

I'm loving it!

Nov 16, 2017#451

Dave

Big Ben just did an audible by yelling, "DILLY DILLY!"

Nov 16, 2017#452

Dave

https://cf-e2.streamablevideo.com/v...-SPL4cJVQHxn2kNRTrv1+lX/JJqPdmAwAxa+iX/1rwE4=

Nov 16, 2017#453

Sparhawk

Dave said:
https://cf-e2.streamablevideo.com/video/mp4/mbkng.mp4?token=1510892976-SPL4cJVQHxn2kNRTrv1+lX/JJqPdmAwAxa+iX/1rwE4=

I personally find the "Butter! Butter!" to be better than the "Dilly! Dilly!", of course together it's just epic in proportion.

Nov 19, 2017#454

Gruebeard

So, like, what's the record for most interceptions by a QB in a single game? Quarter?

Nov 19, 2017#455

blotsfan

The fourth one came in the 2nd quarter, thank you very much.

Nov 19, 2017#456

Gruebeard

blotsfan said:
The fourth one came in the 2nd quarter, thank you very much.

Aye. But I'm thinking 3 is likely horrific enough for a record.

Nov 19, 2017#457

blotsfan

Gruebeard said:
Aye. But I'm thinking 3 is likely horrific enough for a record.

Thats not super uncommon. Cutler did it today.

Nov 19, 2017#458

Celt Z

Hey, we won a game today! That makes...2. 2 wins.

*sigh*

Nov 19, 2017#459

Gruebeard

Celt Z said:
Hey, we won a game today! That makes...2. 2 wins.

*sigh*

Hey! The Giants beat a team that smoked New England. That's something.

Nov 22, 2017#460

DarkAudit

It's that time again, boys and girls!

Nov 26, 2017#461

Gruebeard

Best play today, instead of punting on 4th and 9 in their own end, the Patriots run it.
Worst play - snapping the ball while Brady's not even looking.

Would've been a lot more fun to watch if the game was ever actually in doubt.

Nov 30, 2017#462

DarkAudit

Dec 1, 2017#463

DarkAudit

I'm not from Baltimore, yet I still get angry for them whenever I see a Mayflower truck...

Dec 2, 2017#464

Gruebeard

DarkAudit said:
I'm not from Baltimore, yet I still get angry for them whenever I see a Mayflower truck...

I don't know why. The Ravens are a far better team.

Poor Cleveland.

Dec 3, 2017#465

PatrThom

Ouch.

--Patrick

Dec 4, 2017#466

DarkAudit

McAdoo McA-done.

Dec 5, 2017#467

BErt

Dec 5, 2017#468

Celt Z

If the kids take after Mr. Martinez, I don't think college will ever be considered.

Dec 5, 2017#469

PatrThom

Such a facepalm.

—Patrick

Dec 7, 2017#470

DarkAudit

Dec 10, 2017#471

blotsfan

I'm cold.

Dec 10, 2017#472

Gruebeard

blotsfan said:
I'm cold.

I'm watching from a bar, and I'm cold!

1st & goal at the north pole! And Touchdown.

Dec 10, 2017#473

Gruebeard

blotsfan said:
I'm cold.

And you have to hang out for overtime!

Dec 10, 2017#474

blotsfan

That was an amazing game. I'm gonna guess there were about 25k people in the stadium when it ended.

Dec 12, 2017#475

Gruebeard

Pennsylvania is alone at the top of the standings. Crazy.

Dec 12, 2017#476

Terrik

I feel a lot better about the Steelers/Pats matchup this week after that performance with the Dolphins.

Dec 12, 2017#477

Gruebeard

Pittsburgh's been pissing me off the last couple weeks.

They've been trailing late in the game, as I'm headed to bed, and I wake up to find they've won.

Oh well, their comeback against Baltimore keeps Buffalo's slight wildcard chance alive. That's something.

Dec 12, 2017#478

jwhouk

And now the question is, can AR12 come back and save the Packers' season?

Dec 13, 2017#479

Gruebeard

jwhouk said:
And now the question is, can AR12 come back and save the Packers' season?

I was gonna say I think Buffalo has a better chance of making the playoffs, then I went and verified where the Packers are. I see that Buffalo's actually got the tiebreakers right now, and they're actually in. Sweet!

So, good luck. I hope y'all knock out the Falcons. That'd be hilarious!

Dec 13, 2017#480

Dave

You guys should check out this tool on ESPN:

http://www.espn.com/nfl/playoffs/machine

Dec 13, 2017#481

Gruebeard

Dave said:
You guys should check out this tool on ESPN:

http://www.espn.com/nfl/playoffs/machine

Interesting.

Dec 14, 2017#482

DarkAudit

Dec 17, 2017#483

Terrik

Nothing I say can express my rage.

Dec 17, 2017#484

Gruebeard

Terrik said:
Nothing I say can express my rage.

You picked Pittsburgh, eh?

Dec 17, 2017#485

Terrik

Gruebeard said:
You picked Pittsburgh, eh?

I'm having a hard time understanding that incomplete pass call.

Dec 17, 2017#486

jwhouk

Welp.

Dec 17, 2017#487

Null

Terrik said:
I'm having a hard time understanding that incomplete pass call.

That was absolute bullshit. More Patriots dirty pool.

Dec 18, 2017#488

sixpackshaker

Right call, bad rule.

Dec 18, 2017#489

Gruebeard

sixpackshaker said:
Right call, bad rule.

This is the shitty part of video replay : it opens up so much nitpicking.

Dec 21, 2017#490

DarkAudit

Lots of overofficious jerks this week...

Dec 22, 2017#491

BErt

Be on the lookout for history to be made this weekend

Dec 22, 2017#492

Gared

BErt said:
Be on the lookout for history to be made this weekend

Can you imagine how many trash cans Jags fans would ship to Clowney if he pulled THAT off?!

Dec 22, 2017#493

Sparhawk

BErt said:
Be on the lookout for history to be made this weekend

Oh My... over 9.6 MILES.

Dec 22, 2017#494

PatrThom

Some say he's still running.

--Patrick

Dec 25, 2017#495

Sparhawk

Dec 25, 2017#496

Dave

Shit happens. They had everything fall their way with Detroit & Atlanta losing, they just couldn't get the job done. C'est la vie, non?

Dec 25, 2017#497

Gruebeard

BErt said:
Be on the lookout for history to be made this weekend

Not even close.[DOUBLEPOST=1514227514,1514227442][/DOUBLEPOST]But I mean, SF is now on a 4 game winning streak. That feels historic.

Dec 25, 2017#498

BErt

Jimmy Garappolo apparently has not nor ever will lose a game that he starts.

Dec 28, 2017#499

DarkAudit

Dec 29, 2017#500

DarkAudit

@#$%^&!!!!

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