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

adrian522 · 22-10-2017 09:06PM

There is a good documentary on the 95 browns and the elite coaching staff they had built and how good the future was looking, then the owner moved them to Baltimore and they became the Ravens and a new inept team came to Cleveland.

raze_them_all_ · 22-10-2017 09:07PM

Shedite27 wrote: »

That's the point. In the time I've been watching football, pretty much every team has had a season in the sun, and a season in the first few draft picks. Cleveland have been consistently bad. I thought this season would finally be the year, but again being Browns.

They look at qbs measure everything that could make them good, throw it out the window, shoot themselves in the foot, then throw a dart at a draft boarf

Realt Dearg Sec · 22-10-2017 10:21PM

jack presley wrote: »

Did you not see any of their last few seasons?

If the game against the Steelers (I think?) last season when tied at the end of the game and their FG attempt to win was blocked and returned for a TD doesn't shout out 'jinxed' to you, I don't know what will.

Worse again I think that was the Ravens of all teams for it to happen against.

jack presley · 23-10-2017 07:44PM

captain Andrew Luck on form as usual

https://twitter.com/captandrewluck/status/922549124469104640

TOss Sweep · 23-10-2017 09:22PM

What happens when Gronk hits you: Watch 23

https://twitter.com/UltraHokage/status/922537274700587008

TOss Sweep · 24-10-2017 05:02PM

Just going to leave this right here:

http://dailysnark.com/denver-broncos-caught-cheating-sunday-nobody-batted-eye-2/

Did the Broncos cheat Sunday and have nobody bat an eye?

Denver took on the Chargers Sunday in Carson, laying yet another egg in a 21-0 shutout courtesy of Los Angeles.

Though the Broncos terrible play made the news, one moment from the game isn’t being talked about, the team’s use of walkie-talkies on the sideline.

Last season, the New York Giants were fined $200k by the NFL for head coach Ben McAdoo’s illegal use of a walkie talkie on the sideline.

There is in fact an allotment of a use of a walkie talkie on a team’s sideline during a game, but not for certain situations. With Eli Manning’s in-helmet headset down, McAdoo used a one to communicate with his QB, something that is banned.

“League policy prohibits a coach from using such devices in a game,” an NFL spokesman told NFL.com addressing te matter, “because he would not be cut off from talking by the switch operator for the coach-to-player helmet communication system. Communication is cut off when the play clock reaches 15 seconds or when the ball is snapped.”

What the NFL does allow a walkie talkie to be used for is as a receiver device, only for listening and not for speaking. Mike McCoy, the Broncos offensive coordinator, is of corse not a backup QB.

There’s no video of Broncos offensive coordinator speaking into the walkie talkie, but it sure seems like that’s what’s happening in the image of McCoy holding it to his mouth, with his headset still over his ears.

jack presley · 25-10-2017 05:58PM

https://twitter.com/annkillion/status/923246279093653504

What.........????????

OldMrBrennan83 · 25-10-2017 06:12PM

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jack presley · 25-10-2017 06:14PM

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Maybe you're right. I'll never understand US sports fans. The only sport they seem to be 100% committed to is 'beating the traffic'.

TOss Sweep · 25-10-2017 06:18PM

jack presley wrote: »

Maybe you're right. I'll never understand US sports fans. The only sport they seem to be 100% committed to is 'beating the traffic'.

Pats fans love to leave a game early which always baffles me. Granted Route 1 is a sh1t show and the parking lots take hours to get out of but given how the Pats win games in the last few years many miss the mad comebacks Brady has given us. Never got leaving games early for that reason.

j8wk2feszrnpao · 25-10-2017 07:08PM

Billy86 · 25-10-2017 07:23PM

TOss Sweep wrote: »

jack presley wrote: »

Maybe you're right. I'll never understand US sports fans. The only sport they seem to be 100% committed to is 'beating the traffic'.

Pats fans love to leave a game early which always baffles me. Granted Route 1 is a sh1t show and the parking lots take hours to get out of but given how the Pats win games in the last few years many miss the mad comebacks Brady has given us. Never got leaving games early for that reason.

It was the same when I was at a packers/ravens Monday Ightfield game years back. Granted it wound up 48- and to got to see gb break the record for biggest even mnf loss. On the other hand, even then with no comeback on the cards at all, it took a hell of a lot of convincing the others not to leave.

A rookie qb took the field for some of his first snaps ever, he was wearing #12. Nothing meaningful happened with him in, but they very nearly missed what was effectively Aaron Rodgers debut (he had 1 attempted pass against NO before that completed for 0 yards but played the whole 4th quarter against Baltimore). Imagine as a packers fan saying you missed out on that just to beat the traffic.

25-10-2017 08:52PM

I would imagine all of Wisconsin claims to have been there

Billy86 · 25-10-2017 08:59PM

Clementine Scary String wrote: »

I would imagine all of Wisconsin claims to have been there

Like the 300,000 at Thomond Park in 1978 I'd imagine you may be correct there.

It was in Baltimore, which to be fair partly played into the reasoning for wanting to GTFO for the other lads there (who are from Maryland). Doing the Canadian permanent residency b*llocks right now, hopefully off early next year, and will have to get over to GB next season having missed out in 2015 for a number of reasons and 2014 because I moved back right at the start of the season. With flight costs in North America and whatnot as well as not exactly being New York, Boston or Chicago it can be a bit of a pr*ck to get to but a trip I'm hoping to be making a bunch of times in the coming years.

OldMrBrennan83 · 25-10-2017 09:04PM

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Billy86 · 25-10-2017 09:22PM

Patww79 wrote: »

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Pay through the arse third party might be one of the only options.

All in all it's not -so bad- if you plan ahead and remind yourself that it's a pretty rare treat - prices start at $98 for the Bucs game in December, or $130 for the Vikings the week after here for example: https://www.ticketcity.com/green-bay-packers-tickets.html . Of course getting to GB is an additional $250+ even from Toronto which needs to be tacked on, so I'd still be at $350 minimum before food and accommodation.

There is also NFL Ticket Exchange: http://www.ticketexchangebyticketmaster.com/nfl/resaleorder/green-bay-packers-tickets/event/339?EID=339&intcmp=tm106016&wt.mc_id=NFL_TEAM_GB_TIX_MAIN_TICKET_CTR

Moral of the story, the Buffalo Bills need to join the NFC North.

Itssoeasy · 25-10-2017 09:27PM

Cam Newton left his press conference today abruptly. I mean surely the presser is the easy part of the NFL season. Cam really doesn't seem to do well in them it seems.

adrian522 · 25-10-2017 09:34PM

jack presley wrote: »

https://twitter.com/annkillion/status/923246279093653504

What.........????????

I'd rather they sent the doom index from Niners Nation:

https://imgur.com/a/qV7mw

Oat23 · 25-10-2017 09:47PM

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Cam Newton left his press conference today abruptly. I mean surely the presser is the easy part of the NFL season. Cam really doesn't seem to do well in them it seems.

Something seemed off with the Panthers at the weekend. They didn't look bothered at all. Even the CBS sideline reporter commented on it during the game that they looked bored on the sideline and ready to jump on the plane home.

TOss Sweep · 26-10-2017 01:08PM

Injuries stacking up Donta Hightower is done for the season torn pec

Knex* · 26-10-2017 01:34PM

TOss Sweep wrote: »

Injuries stacking up Donta Hightower is done for the season torn pec

That's a massive loss. After they only seemed to turn a corner with their D in the past two weeks.

27-10-2017 05:48PM

So another owner has made a stupid comment how are they so unaware

Itssoeasy · 27-10-2017 06:14PM

Clementine Scary String wrote: »

So another owner has made a stupid comment how are they so unaware

Which one ? Is it Jerry Jones ? Jed York ? one of the Rooney or Mara Families ?

OldMrBrennan83 · 27-10-2017 06:16PM

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Realt Dearg Sec · 27-10-2017 06:26PM

Patww79 wrote: »

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You can always rely on these idiots to reveal their true thoughts. Put a camera or a microphone near one of them long enough and they'll be delivering an "I misspoke" to the media in no time.

TOss Sweep · 27-10-2017 06:28PM

They are filthy rich and filthy rich people don't care if they say something stupid. They will throw money at the problem somewhere to make it go away

TOss Sweep · 27-10-2017 07:00PM

Hopkins refused to practice today over the comments. Most of the team were planning to walk out on practice also.

Billy86 · 27-10-2017 07:17PM

TOss Sweep wrote: »

Hopkins refused to practice today over the comments. Most of the team were planning to walk out on practice also.

Good on him. It's going to be fun to see if they 'do a Kaepernick' and try to blacklist one of the best receivers in the league.

eagle eye · 27-10-2017 08:37PM

Billy86 wrote:

Good on him. It's going to be fun to see if they 'do a Kaepernick' and try to blacklist one of the best receivers in the league.

I doubt it. A lot of people seem to forget just how crap Kaepernick has been for a long time. He might feel like he was blacklisted but he wasn't good enough for that to be true.

OldMrBrennan83 · 27-10-2017 08:45PM

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