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The Weird, Wacky and Awesome World of the NFL - General Banter thread

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,224 ✭✭✭✭SantryRed


    I don't like Cam at all. Good player, but don't like him.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,317 ✭✭✭HigginsJ


    Two contrasting stories:

    http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000130779/article/lions-jahvid-best-unlikely-to-play-football-again

    Javhid Best cannot find a doctor to clear him and may not play football again. He has suffered 4 concussions dating back to his final year at Cal.

    http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000130762/article/titus-young-to-detroit-lions-im-tired-of-threats

    Titus Young is trying to get cut by antagonising Lions franchise. Going on twitter calling them out to play him more or cut him.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,317 ✭✭✭HigginsJ


    image.jpg

    My 30th Birthday today and my Fiancée went American football all the way

    :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,139 ✭✭✭Red Crow


    HigginsJ wrote: »
    image.jpg

    My 30th Birthday today and my Fiancée went American football all the way

    :D

    Happy Birthday dude and man I want some of that cake.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,317 ✭✭✭HigginsJ




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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,317 ✭✭✭HigginsJ


    Happy Birthday dude and man I want some of that cake.

    Haven't cut it yet :) (choc fudge)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,439 ✭✭✭davetherave


    She's a keeper :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,965 ✭✭✭Syferus


    Happy birthday, Higg!


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,746 ✭✭✭TaosHum


    HigginsJ wrote: »
    Two contrasting stories:

    http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000130779/article/lions-jahvid-best-unlikely-to-play-football-again

    Javhid Best cannot find a doctor to clear him and may not play football again. He has suffered 4 concussions dating back to his final year at Cal.

    http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000130762/article/titus-young-to-detroit-lions-im-tired-of-threats

    Titus Young is trying to get cut by antagonising Lions franchise. Going on twitter calling them out to play him more or cut him.

    Best's story is very sad. He's not even 24 and what looked like such a promising career now seems over.

    Such a shame to what I thought was going to be a very bright career.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    As the offseason approaches the football fix still needed

    I liked this show.
    It's pretty short and was cancelled after one season

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playmakers
    Playmakers_DVD_cover.jpg

    Covers different players like
    the hard working vet running back getting upstaged by the arrogant youngster,
    drug testing,
    the linebacker concerned over injuries,
    the kicker who missed and gets cut,
    the QB addicted to painkillers and is an all round general bastard,
    the guard who gets overlooked all the time

    Oh and the front office who scheme and connive more then any politician!

    Cleverly produced, a player gets an episode and they narrate it as it progresses

    Available to buy.....or to download in the usual places ;)

    Get it a shot, it's pretty short


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  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 16,139 Mod ✭✭✭✭adrian522


    Not sure which thread this belongs in, probably best here, Ray lewis on Saturday Night live...



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,418 ✭✭✭curry-muff




  • Posts: 0 ✭✭✭✭ Melissa Lazy Cane


    curry-muff wrote: »
    Ahh nfl players will ye ever grow up with yere herpes having asses


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,299 ✭✭✭spiralism


    curry-muff wrote: »

    Jeremy Kyle should do a special on this.

    Jesus christ though shady, this is why you wear a johnny....and stay away from crazy bitches. Clearly all she ever wanted in life was to get knocked up by a rich dude and she got her wish...should be more careful!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,287 ✭✭✭davyjose


    Thought this was a nice shot from the PB. One of the best things about the PB seems to be the player interactions...20130127_kkt_st3_029.0_standard_730.0.jpg


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,929 ✭✭✭JaMarcus Hustle


    Roger Goodell did an AMA over on Reddit today.

    It did not go well.

    http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/17fylz/iam_roger_goodell_nfl_commissioner_ama/


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,287 ✭✭✭davyjose


    Roger Goodell did an AMA over on Reddit today.

    It did not go well.

    http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/17fylz/iam_roger_goodell_nfl_commissioner_ama/

    I saw it. The fact that he dodged half the questions didn't help.

    My Favourite comment: "I don't think he realises what he's gotten himself in for."

    :pac:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,929 ✭✭✭JaMarcus Hustle


    The best questions were from the user Loate - better known to you and I as Vikings punter Chris Kluwe.
    Dear Commissioner. I was curious about what you thought on the role of traumatic injury in the NFL, and the dichotomy between making the game safer versus giving the fans the hard hits and satiated bloodlust they so clearly desire. It seems to me that a lot of the popularity of the game boils down to the fact that there is that risk of injury, so I guess what I'm essentially asking is how are you going to balance that going forward without people feeling like you're never going to give them up, or never going to let them down?
    Fair enough. I have a follow up question then. When a football is sailig through the air, whether it be a punt or a field goal, does it sound more like "wooooooosh"? Or is it a shorter flight and thus more like "whoosh"?
    I though about asking if I had the potential to make it in the NFL after my rough childhood in Philidelphia, culminating in a move out west to a lovely city in Southern California, but that's a little more obscure.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 19,341 ✭✭✭✭Chucky the tree


    Never understand the hate Goodell gets. It's as if people don't realise he's a puppet.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,608 ✭✭✭themont85


    Never understand the hate Goodell gets. It's as if people don't realise he's a puppet.

    I don't understand calling him a puppet either tbf.

    He pisses off his teams all the time. He just straddles that line of not pissing off a lot of teams where he's ousted. He's all about making the owners money and that keeps them happy but he has autonomy over the league and has clearly made huge changes to it with a personal stamp on it.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,965 ✭✭✭Syferus


    JaMarcus Jet? No wonder they're getting rid of Tebow if they've such a hot young prospect coming in. You couldn't write this stuff.

    Please, please, please sign him.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,954 ✭✭✭counterlock


    Lots of crazy stuff about the treatment Lewis received for his bicep injury. The owner of the company SWATS' previous company was found guilty of providing a spray containing steroids to a former Raven.

    http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nfl/news/20130129/the-strange-lab-that-lured-numerous-athletes/?sct=hp_t11_a2&eref=sihp


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,546 ✭✭✭Masked Man


    Haven't read that article yet but would be pretty shocked if HGH wasn't part of Lewis' recovery.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,954 ✭✭✭counterlock


    Masked Man wrote: »
    Haven't read that article yet but would be pretty shocked if HGH wasn't part of Lewis' recovery.

    The company also have links to A-Rod and other MLB stars who have been recently suspended. I wouldn't be too surprised either to find that 90 % of the league is doing it


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 19,341 ✭✭✭✭Chucky the tree


    themont85 wrote: »
    I don't understand calling him a puppet either tbf.

    He pisses off his teams all the time. He just straddles that line of not pissing off a lot of teams where he's ousted. He's all about making the owners money and that keeps them happy but he has autonomy over the league and has clearly made huge changes to it with a personal stamp on it.



    He doesn't piss teams off though, well maybe barring the ones like the Pats and Saints who get caught cheating. I don't think it has his personal stamp on it.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 669 ✭✭✭mongoman


    He doesn't piss teams off though, well maybe barring the ones like the Pats and Saints who get caught cheating.

    Sometimes subtle, sometimes not, but your stirring is nothing if not consistent.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 19,341 ✭✭✭✭Chucky the tree


    Kind of like your Tom Brady obsession some people would say. ;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 669 ✭✭✭mongoman


    A west coast kid who grew up idolising the 49'ers and Montana, so what's not to like about him? Unlike your constant sniping.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 19,341 ✭✭✭✭Chucky the tree


    Nothing at all, he's great looks are just an added bonus as well.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,902 ✭✭✭✭Realt Dearg Sec


    http://io9.com/5979818/nfl-fans-by-us-county-according-to-facebook

    Pretty cool. Breaks down NFL fanbases by American county according to allegiances declared on facebook. Also breaks down how the situation changes during each round of the playoffs.

    Actually looking at it again, it's very confusing because they use the same colours for different teams. What team accounts for the red bit in Alaska? SF? Kansas?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,965 ✭✭✭Syferus


    http://io9.com/5979818/nfl-fans-by-us-county-according-to-facebook

    Pretty cool. Breaks down NFL fanbases by American county according to allegiances declared on facebook. Also breaks down how the situation changes during each round of the playoffs.

    Actually looking at it again, it's very confusing because they use the same colours for different teams. What team accounts for the red bit in Alaska? SF? Kansas?

    Surprising the panhandle is awash with New Orleans supporters and not one of the three Florida teams. It's obviously beyond unscientific, though, a few Pittsburgh fans in places like Birmingham or Nevada is enough for the map to turn yellow.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,902 ✭✭✭✭Realt Dearg Sec


    Syferus wrote: »
    Surprising the panhandle is awash with New Orleans supporters and not one of the three Florida teams. It's obviously beyond unscientific, though, a few Pittsburgh fans in places like Birmingham or Nevada is enough for the map to turn yellow.

    Well, it's unscientific in the sense that it measures likes on facebook. But it's done on a county by county basis, so it shouldn't skew a very massive amount of the map in that kind of way. Look at Houston, for example. Only a tiny support base geographically, and totally dwarfed by the Cowboys, who take up about a quarter of the map on their own. But the counties that do lean towards the Texans are, presumably, heavily populated. The area of Nevada you're talking about probably has about four computers, so those instances could be misleading. It's a fair point though. As one comment points out, there's a pocket of Bears fans in NE New Mexico for some reason. The think it's a witness protection program.

    But they are outliers. The New Orleans example is more interesting, but maybe I'm reading it wrong but I can't see the panhandle awash with NO fans. Looks like Tampa down the west coast, and Miami up the middle with a fairly small centre of support for the Jags.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,372 ✭✭✭✭Utopia Parkway




  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 4,142 Mod ✭✭✭✭bruschi


    Poor aul Jets fans are thin on the ground there....:pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,370 ✭✭✭✭Son Of A Vidic


    bruschi wrote: »
    Poor aul Jets fans are thin on the ground there....:pac:

    Looking at that map they're virtually an endangered species.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,902 ✭✭✭✭Realt Dearg Sec


    Looking at that map they're virtually an endangered species.

    Yeah but presumably the Giants will have a majority in nearly every bit of New York, but then a considerable minority would be Jets.

    Or, what is probably just as much a factor, people are keeping quiet about the Jets at the moment because they are basically a three ring circus.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,370 ✭✭✭✭Son Of A Vidic


    I would go for the latter option you suggested.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,510 ✭✭✭Hazys


    bruschi wrote: »
    Poor aul Jets fans are thin on the ground there....:pac:

    To be honest, i thought more of Connecticut would be New York not New England.

    Although i guess this where the chart can be misleading. Its only the majority of preferences that get shown up in the map. So theoretically, a county in Connecticut could be 66% NYC teams and 34% New England and the Patriots would show up as the team. Cos it could be 33% Giants, 33% Jets and 34% Patriots. As the Patriots are the majority, the county turns grey. The Connecticut count for NYC effectively gets cut in half.

    Although its still surprising to see the Pats to be the majority followed team in most of Connecticut...that or stupid NYC fans don't know how to work the ol'world wide web :pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,370 ✭✭✭✭Son Of A Vidic


    I'm going for the latter option there again...:D :pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,902 ✭✭✭✭Realt Dearg Sec


    The Patriots had the good sense not to call themselves after anything so limiting as a city, or a state, but a whole region. If I was setting up an expansion, I would call it the East Coast Megalopolis Party-with-strippers-and-free-beer-Throwers. It could attract support from one of the most densely populated regions in the world, as well as from those who like parties with strippers and free beer.

    It's all about branding.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,301 ✭✭✭padraig_f


    Interesting, but I think it's more people commenting on a team than becoming fans of them. e.g. I'm pretty sure the state of Illinois doesn't become Packers fans when the Bears get knocked out. When the 49ers beat the Packers in the playoffs it did generate some discussion on Bears forums, but not a lot of it was complimentary :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,370 ✭✭✭✭Son Of A Vidic


    The Patriots had the good sense not to call themselves after anything so limiting as a city, or a state, but a whole region.

    But the Patriots affiliation with Boston and its surrounds will always be there. They were originally known as the Boston Patriots and changed the name when they moved to the old Foxborough in 71. The name might be gone, but the association will always be there.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,965 ✭✭✭Syferus


    Let's be fair, the Patriots are the Boston Patriots in all but title. Alway seemed a silly attempt at trying to broaden their reach to me, they appeal to the same geographical area no matter what they're called.

    The Boston Celtics' fanbase doesn't suffer much because it's got Boston in the title.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,370 ✭✭✭✭Son Of A Vidic


    Syferus wrote: »
    Let's be fair, the Patriots are the Boston Patriots in all but title. Alway seemed a silly attempt at trying to broaden their reach to me, they appeal to the same geographical area no matter what they're called.

    After a multitude of failed attempts and obstacles put in their way to get a stadium built in Boston. They ended up in Foxborough, so with this in mind, the Sullivan's felt in was only right to now associate the team with a region as opposed to a city. Especially considering the years of difficulty they had trying to get a stadium built in Boston. So it wasn't really silly, just good business. But the association with Boston will always remain.


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 4,142 Mod ✭✭✭✭bruschi


    After a multitude of failed attempts and obstacles put in their way to get a stadium built in Boston. They ended up in Foxborough, so with this in mind, the Sullivan's felt in was only right to now associate the team with a region as opposed to a city. Especially considering the years of difficulty they had trying to get a stadium built in Boston. So it wasn't really silly, just good business. But the association with Boston will always remain.

    plus they very nearly moved to Hartford when the Mass. governers werent going to put in for the stadium development, so it would make a move to an area around the region much easier without having a radical upheaval or name change.


  • Registered Users Posts: 95 ✭✭robluvshandegg


    http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/interactive/2013/jan/30/nfl-salaries-team-position#baltimore-ravens,san-francisco-49ers

    NFL salaries by team and position
    The National Football League has a salary cap, an upper limit on what teams can spend on their players, of $120.6m. But where the teams choose to spend that money is entirely up to them. Some, like Tampa Bay, overload their offence, while others invest heavily in defence. These figures are based on individual 'cap hit' numbers which include base salary and bonuses for the 2012-13 season.


    Pretty cool stuff.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,172 ✭✭✭✭kmart6


    Feels good knowing how good the Colts were this year when they had the second lowest payroll!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,370 ✭✭✭✭Son Of A Vidic


    kmart6 wrote: »
    Feels good knowing how good the Colts were this year when they had the second lowest payroll!

    Full credit for drafting one of the best rookie classes in the league and Ryan Grigson has done an excellent job.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,172 ✭✭✭✭kmart6




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,172 ✭✭✭✭kmart6




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