The Weird, Wacky and Awesome World of the NFL - General Banter thread V2

AbusesToilets

Clementine Scary String wrote: »

so at what stage do people realise bateing brady does not work

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2582933-dolphins-backup-lb-crushes-tom-bradys-head-in-twitter-avatar-doesnt-back-down

Keep that fire stoked

JCTO

Clementine Scary String wrote:

so at what stage do people realise bateing brady does not work

Especially from a guy who probably wont be able to live up to those words as he is warming the bench. He played less than 60 snaps last year at LB and has done nothing this year. Dumbass he is.

johnny football may have domestic dispute issue coming up

Son Of A Vidic

Clementine Scary String wrote: »

so at what stage do people realise bateing brady does not work

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2582933-dolphins-backup-lb-crushes-tom-bradys-head-in-twitter-avatar-doesnt-back-down

The guy has obviously suffered major brain damage at some point in his career to not realise what he's doing.

Son Of A Vidic

Clementine Scary String wrote: »

johnny football may have domestic dispute issue coming up

I don't know about the rest of ye but every time I read that name - 'Johnny Football', I subconsciously replace it with 'Johnny Bollocks'.

Paully D

Mallett released by the Texans. No surprise really and only he can take the blame for missing the flight after being on his last chance, but I can understand why he was clearly unmotivated to play for O'Brien. The way O'Brien handled the whole Texans QB situation from the beginning to the present day has been horrific.

Billy86

Paully D wrote: »

Mallett released by the Texans. No surprise really and only he can take the blame for missing the flight after being on his last chance, but I can understand why he was clearly unmotivated to play for O'Brien. The way O'Brien handled the whole Texans QB situation from the beginning to the present day has been horrific.

Fixed that one for ya.

Hazys

Paully D wrote: »

Mallett released by the Texans. No surprise really and only he can take the blame for missing the flight after being on his last chance, but I can understand why he was clearly unmotivated to play for O'Brien. The way O'Brien handled the whole Texans QB situation from the beginning to the present day has been horrific.

He comes across as a bit of a whiney b1tch tbh.

Brady was asked in an interview on Monday "Was Mallet always this type of Knuckle head?" Brady replied basically with no comment...very telling imo

Billy86

Love his wikipedia description...

Ryan Mallett (born "Douche McAllister" on June 5, 1988) is an unemployed American football quarterback who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the New England Patriots in the third round of the 2011 NFL Draft. He played college football at Arkansas.

JaMarcusHustle

He's going to be so upset when he wakes up to that news.

Magico Gonzalez

All good fun until Hoyer get injured!

Realt Dearg Sec

Magico Gonzalez wrote: »

All good fun until Hoyer get injured!

Well they can always fly him back in if that happens.

padraig_f

I remember watching the Hard Knocks and thinking the GM let him off easy for sleeping in that time. He came up with some dog-ate-my-homework excuse and the GM was like "oh, that's what happened, fair enough."

What an idiot....all he had to do was not be a douchebag and he'd be a starting QB this season.

poldebruin

padraig_f wrote: »

I remember watching the Hard Knocks and thinking the GM let him off easy for sleeping in that time. He came up with some dog-ate-my-homework excuse and the GM was like "oh, that's what happened, fair enough."

What an idiot....all he had to do was not be a douchebag and he'd be a starting QB this season.

What is puzzling to me is his sense of entitlement, like he's earned the right to be the undisputed QB of a team, he acts like he's owed something, but the truth is, he's always promised and never delivered.

In a QB-starved league, another team will pick him up. Young with a (supposedly) talented arm, he'll get another go somewhere. Maybe as he matures (or this experience) might light a fire and we will see him catch on and click somewhere.

Hulk Hands

I read that Todd Gurley broke 11 tackles on Sunday with 111 yards coming after initial contact. Great to finally be truly excited about someone new at the position, it seems CJ2K was really the last one to truly grasp the imagination in a big way. Looks a real special player

BizzyC

poldebruin wrote: »

What is puzzling to me is his sense of entitlement, like he's earned the right to be the undisputed QB of a team, he acts like he's owed something, but the truth is, he's always promised and never delivered.

In a QB-starved league, another team will pick him up. Young with a (supposedly) talented arm, he'll get another go somewhere. Maybe as he matures (or this experience) might light a fire and we will see him catch on and click somewhere.

I think the Denver Broncos should be calling him...
Give him a year to work with Peyton and learn their system.

Hulk Hands

Hulk Hands wrote: »

I read that Todd Gurley broke 11 tackles on Sunday with 111 yards coming after initial contact. Great to finally be truly excited about someone new at the position, it seems CJ2K was really the last one to truly grasp the imagination in a big way. Looks a real special player

never mind cj2k considering he's doing this coming off an acl surgery so he presumably will improve a bit he could end up adrian peterson type good

The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman

Clementine Scary String wrote: »

never mind cj2k considering he's doing this coming off an acl surgery so he presumably will improve a bit he could end up adrian peterson type good

A bit dismissive of CJ there, he was and is a very talented runner. Gurley though is serious looking

The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman

The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman wrote: »

A bit dismissive of CJ there, he was and is a very talented runner. Gurley though is serious looking

not dismissive in the least he was amazing but ap was a different level best running back iv ever seen

Realt Dearg Sec

BizzyC wrote: »

I think the Denver Broncos should be calling him...
Give him a year to work with Peyton and learn their system.

Which system, the one that goes wrong in the first half or the one they switch to in the second?

The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman

Clementine Scary String wrote: »

not dismissive in the least he was amazing but ap was a different level best running back iv ever seen

Wouldn't disagree with AP being up there as one of the best but I often wonder how good CJ would have been if the Titans had stayed decent

Billy86

The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman wrote: »

Wouldn't disagree with AP being up there as one of the best but I often wonder how good CJ would have been if the Titans had stayed decent

His problem is that he didn't have as much to him game as his stats might lead you to believe - maybe one of the best ever at taking it to the outside for long gains and highlight reel stuff but he was never that good at getting the 'hard yards' which are always crucial (maybe even more so today when teams look for their big plays through the air with the rule changes). Once that got I always preferred Jamaal Charles over him because of that, to be honest. Charles is also unreal at 'taking it to the house' but is also really good through the tackles. We're he in a better team he would still be behind Peters on without doubt, but not by an awful lot. Charles' lowest career YPC is 5.0,and he has had seasons of 5.9 and 6.4 with over 1,000 yards which is absolutely insane.

Mind you CJ2K is doing great in Arizona this year, 5.1 per carry and on pace for close to 1,500 yards. Bruce Arians really is remarkable in that sense - Palmer, Fitz and Johnson all looked washed up has beens, but here they are all playing at all pro levels. Fitz is on pace for 105 catches, 1,450 yards and about 15 TDs while Palmer is looking at 4,600 yards, 36 TDs to 11 TDs and a 108.9 (65% accuracy and a 9.1 avg) rating. John Brown was taken right near the end of the 3rd Round last year and is on pace for over 80 catches, 1,300 yards and 7 or 8 TDs. And as best I know that is all behind a line that isn't even particularly special!

Getting that kind of return (and I don't consider it a fluke, looking at Arians' track record - not only did he coach Luck for his first year, but was QB coach again for the Colts in Manning's first three seasons, and played a huge Roethlisbergers development) is massive, allowing them to spend their high draft picks and allocate a good deal of their cap space to the defense and in the trenches. Bit of a shame he only got his first coaching job in his 60s because the guy looks like a bloody wizard.

The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman

Billy86 wrote: »

His problem is that he didn't have as much to him game as his stats might lead you to believe - maybe one of the best ever at taking it to the outside for long gains and highlight reel stuff but he was never that good at getting the 'hard yards' which are always crucial (maybe even more so today when teams look for their big plays through the air with the rule changes). Once that got I always preferred Jamaal Charles over him because of that, to be honest. Charles is also unreal at 'taking it to the house' but is also really good through the tackles. We're he in a better team he would still be behind Peters on without doubt, but not by an awful lot. Charles' lowest career YPC is 5.0,and he has had seasons of 5.9 and 6.4 with over 1,000 yards which is absolutely insane.

Mind you CJ2K is doing great in Arizona this year, 5.1 per carry and on pace for close to 1,500 yards. Bruce Arians really is remarkable in that sense - Palmer, Fitz and Johnson all looked washed up has beens, but here they are all playing at all pro levels. Fitz is on pace for 105 catches, 1,450 yards and about 15 TDs while Palmer is looking at 4,600 yards, 36 TDs to 11 TDs and a 108.9 (65% accuracy and a 9.1 avg) rating. John Brown was taken right near the end of the 3rd Round last year and is on pace for over 80 catches, 1,300 yards and 7 or 8 TDs. And as best I know that is all behind a line that isn't even particularly special!

Getting that kind of return (and I don't consider it a fluke, looking at Arians' track record - not only did he coach Luck for his first year, but was QB coach again for the Colts in Manning's first three seasons, and played a huge Roethlisbergers development) is massive, allowing them to spend their high draft picks and allocate a good deal of their cap space to the defense and in the trenches. Bit of a shame he only got his first coaching job in his 60s because the guy looks like a bloody wizard.

Arians doing a phenomenal job. CJ is running hard this year and that is what I mean obviously he still has it in him but he seemed to get lost a little in his last couple of years at the Titans (still went over 1000 though) but how good could he have been if he had motivation like this year!?

helimachoptor

C2JK is having a renaissance and when you consider he was also shot in the shoulder in the off season

The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman

The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman wrote: »

Arians doing a phenomenal job. CJ is running hard this year and that is what I mean obviously he still has it in him but he seemed to get lost a little in his last couple of years at the Titans (still went over 1000 though) but how good could he have been if he had motivation like this year!?

i don't think its been a motivation issue i think he's redeveloped his game. when he was at his best was able to hit a hole and his speed would gain him big yards if there was no hole he would try and bounce it outside and if he got outside again his speed would gain him big yards but he was never fond of contact i believe his yards after contact was one of the worst in the league.

it could be from his track backround a lot of those guys are known for disliking contact so that could have held him back but this year is the first time iv noticed him getting hit and staying up

Paully D

The real picture of Pierre-Paul's hand. Not as bad as the monstosity that was posted on here a few weeks ago that I haven't been able to get out of my head since :pac:, but Jesus:

helimachoptor

pretty mangled, be interesting to see how he does

JaMarcusHustle

ESPN are shutting down Grantland

Son Of A Vidic

Paully D wrote: »

The real picture of Pierre-Paul's hand. Not as bad as the monstosity that was posted on here a few weeks ago that I haven't been able to get out of my head since :pac:, but Jesus:

True but don't forget that's a picture of hand that had multiple surgeries. The big worry for me remains the nerve damage done to the hand. And if his right side/hand is his dominant side, then that only compounds the problem for him. Even if he's not the players he was and that's very likely now, it would be nice to see him back on the field some day.

matthew8

JaMarcusHustle wrote: »

ESPN are shutting down Grantland

That's terrible news.