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

HigginsJ

Clementine Scary String wrote: »

yup filled mcnabb to the gills with cambells soup for years dont know how the league didn't catch us

What did they feed poor Andy Reid?? Dirty cheating Eagles!!

HigginsJ

HigginsJ wrote: »

What did they feed poor Andy Reid?? Dirty cheating Eagles!!

Clearly steroids can't get a physique like that naturally

Itssoeasy

https://twitter.com/LATimesfarmer/status/687047261520441345

Hulk Hands

Where will the teams play next season if this goes ahead? What stadium?

adrian522

There is talk of if chargers/rams go to LA that Oakland will get a good chunk of cash to build a new stadium. if they build on the same site they may be playing in Santa Clara for a season.

I assume the LA stadium would be ready for 2016 based on what is being said.

Hulk Hands

Cant see a 2 billion stadium being ready in 7 months given the amount of red tape stuff like that brings. We'll see though. Thought the Rose bowl maybe

Itssoeasy

Hulk Hands wrote: »

Where will the teams play next season if this goes ahead? What stadium?

The LA coliseum I think is the only one open. I'm almost certain the rose bowl told the NFL to take a hike after a vote.

Itssoeasy

adrian522 wrote: »

There is talk of if chargers/rams go to LA that Oakland will get a good chunk of cash to build a new stadium. if they build on the same site they may be playing in Santa Clara for a season.

I assume the LA stadium would be ready for 2016 based on what is being said.

Don't the Oakland A's make them building on the same site a bit difficult ? You can't just feck them onto the street.

Guffy

Be a shame if the chargers don't get to move. I'm not at all in favour of teams being allowed to up sticjs and move willie nilly but when you listen to the fans in a chargers game its a joke. Its like they have 16 road games

Itssoeasy

https://twitter.com/LATimesfarmer/status/687053586665050115

Itssoeasy

Meeting is on a break. But everything I can see on the interwebs from people who know seem to say it's the rams to LA with the chargers getting the first option to move there. It looks like the raiders aren't going to LA.

NotYourYear20

JaMarcusHustle wrote: »

Interesting that NotYourYear20 and Corvus have an identical opinion on this one!

:rolleyes: It's rare you'll come across a post beyond the realms of stupidity, but that's one.

Welcome to an internet blog, where Grown Ups will often share similar viewpoints & opinions on a subject.

Itssoeasy

It appears the raiders are out of the running for going to LA.

Itssoeasy

Breaking news: The rams are back in Los Angeles for 2016 after leaving in 1995. And an interesting fact that I saw that it's seventy years ago today that the then Cleveland rams announced they were moving to LA in 1946.

jack presley

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Breaking news: The rams are back in Los Angeles for 2016 after leaving in 1995. And an interesting fact that I saw that it's seventy years ago today that the then Cleveland rams announced they were moving to LA in 1946.

Great news. Not that the Rams are moving but hopefully it'll get this thread off stickem/HGH/inflated balls for a while.

keano_afc

As a Rams fan I'm gutted. Was hoping they'd stay in St.Louis.

ScummyMan

keano_afc wrote: »

As a Rams fan I'm gutted. Was hoping they'd stay in St.Louis.

Genuine question I don't mean to be condescending, but why do you care?

I can understand fans from St.Louis being upset at losing their team, but don't you support the team not the city? I can't see why this move would have any effect on fans not from the city.

ScummyMan

ScummyMan wrote: »

Genuine question I don't mean to be condescending, but why do you care?

I can understand fans from St.Louis being upset at losing their team, but don't you support the team not the city? I can't see why this move would have any effect on fans not from the city.

You build a camaraderie with the fan base I wouldn't be happy if Philly moved because a lot of the current fans would stop supporting them this reduces contend and a lot of my eagle fan friends stop being as such

Leslie91

The Rams will play in Coliseum I'd imagine while new stadium is being built. I reckon it'll be 2019 season before they are playing home games in Inglewood.

Chargers owner Dean Spanos has lost bigtime. He and the Raiders pinned their hopes on Carson and got destroyed. Stan has hit the jackpot. Will be interesting to see how it plays out for the other 2 teams now.

There's still a chance Chargers could be back in SD for good (with new stadium and all).

The Raiders could end up in San Antonio, TX.

Leslie91

gufc21 wrote: »

Be a shame if the chargers don't get to move. I'm not at all in favour of teams being allowed to up sticjs and move willie nilly but when you listen to the fans in a chargers game its a joke. Its like they have 16 road games

Won't be a shame at all. There is alot at play in SD.

Moronic ownership, useless Head Coach, hated/devious team spokesman.

Many Charger fans including me have been totally apathetic about this organisation going on 2 yrs now. Were they to fire that Head Coach and Spokesman and come back to the negotiating table in good faith, a new stadium can get done in SD and it would be full of Charger fans.

Better still if a new owner could be found!.

keano_afc

ScummyMan wrote: »

Genuine question I don't mean to be condescending, but why do you care?

I can understand fans from St.Louis being upset at losing their team, but don't you support the team not the city? I can't see why this move would have any effect on fans not from the city.

I have friends in St.Louis too. I support the St.Louis Rams, not the LA Rams. That might sound silly, but I'm a fan since 1998 and I've only ever known this franchise. LA and football just doesnt seem to go together well, so I do have team concerns too.

keano_afc

keano_afc wrote: »

I have friends in St.Louis too. I support the St.Louis Rams, not the LA Rams. That might sound silly, but I'm a fan since 1998 and I've only ever known this franchise. LA and football just doesnt seem to go together well, so I do have team concerns too.

I don't think it's silly at all I regard a franchise moving city as one of the few legitimate reasons to change franchise

Raoul

keano_afc wrote: »

I have friends in St.Louis too. I support the St.Louis Rams, not the LA Rams. That might sound silly, but I'm a fan since 1998 and I've only ever known this franchise. LA and football just doesnt seem to go together well, so I do have team concerns too.

Always interested in this situation. Who will you support now? Would you actively be against the Rams now and hope they lose?

adrian522

Tweets from Rams players about the move...

http://www.turfshowtimes.com/2016/1/12/10758482/rams-players-react-to-franchise-relocating-to-los-angeles-tweet-to

adrian522

Raoul wrote: »

Always interested in this situation. Who will you support now? Would you actively be against the Rams now and hope they lose?

Well the Rams have been in St. Louis a relatively short time, 21 years. Prior to that they were in LA since 1946. This isn't like the Colts going to Indianapolis or the Browns to Baltimore.

But yeah, it would suck big time if you were a fan from St. Louis.

No one seems to know what is going on with the Raiders.

keano_afc

Raoul wrote: »

Always interested in this situation. Who will you support now? Would you actively be against the Rams now and hope they lose?

I honestly dont know. I wouldnt go so far as to support whoever they're playing, but I'm struggling with the idea of supporting them. To me it isnt the same team.

jack presley

I always wondered how these franchise moves impacted fans, not only in their old cities but in their new ones. Are LA fans going to stop supporting their current teams and jump to the Rams?

It's like the talk about a London team and whether current NFL fans would change their allegiances to the new team. Never going to happen of course but for the sake or argument, if Dublin got a team I wouldn't stop supporting the Redskins and jump ship.

Although I presume NFL fans in Jacksonville/Charlotte etc supported other teams before getting their own teams.

Raoul

jack presley wrote: »

I always wondered how these franchise moves impacted fans, not only in their old cities but in their new ones. Are LA fans going to stop supporting their current teams and jump to the Rams?

It's like the talk about a London team and whether current NFL fans would change their allegiances to the new team. Never going to happen of course but for the sake or argument, if Dublin got a team I wouldn't stop supporting the Redskins and jump ship.

Although I presume NFL fans in Jacksonville/Charlotte etc supported other teams before getting their own teams.

But you would probably support both teams?

jack presley

Raoul wrote: »

But you would probably support both teams?

Don't believe in supporting 2 teams, in any sport. Just can't do it. You have a team and that's it.

Raoul

jack presley wrote: »

Don't believe in supporting 2 teams, in any sport. Just can't do it. You have a team and that's it.

Really? So you wouldn't have a soft spot for them or want them to win when they weren't playing your team?

I find that hard to believe.

Would you go to the games and just sit there totally neutral if it was Dublin v the LA Rams?