The Weird, Wacky and Awesome World of the NFL - General Banter thread V3

Foxtrol · 13-12-2021 08:17PM

https://twitter.com/KenniMiddleton/status/1470157696632557571?s=20

eagle eye · 14-12-2021 12:02PM

See that picture is exactly what's wrong with social media.

It's disgraceful that things like that are allowed.

I'm not defending Meyer here by any stretch, I don't like the guy at all. I just despise those people who put stuff like that up.

I don't know why anybody would follow horrible people like that. If Meyer did in fact do everything that's in there, I don't think there's much proof of most of it, the person putting up that picture is every bit as despicable as him.

Shedite27 · 14-12-2021 12:23PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118319432#Comment_118319432

Satire isn't a Social Media invention.

Phoenix and Private Eye print things like that for decades

eagle eye · 14-12-2021 06:37PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118319548#Comment_118319548

It's not satire. It's despicable, tasteless garbage.

14-12-2021 07:15PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118321867#Comment_118321867

That's not a fact its an opinion

Blut2 · 14-12-2021 07:48PM

I think its both funny and factually accurate, personally.

Its nothing different to other visual satire images that've been around not just for decades in Phoenix or Private Eye, but since the 1800s when the trend started in Punch magazine.

Xavi6 · 15-12-2021 12:44AM

The COVID list is growing for most teams, Chris Jones and to a lesser extent Josh Gordon was annoying to see from a Chiefs perspective with such a short turnaround this week.

eagle eye · 15-12-2021 06:34AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118323403#Comment_118323403

Is Jones out? That'd be a huge loss anytime but particularly bad timing when you are facing up against Herbert.

Xavi6 · 15-12-2021 07:30AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118323591#Comment_118323591

He's in the protocol but hasn't been ruled out yet. Negative tests needed I think.

adrian522 · 15-12-2021 10:57AM

Very unlikely anyone with a positive test today would play by Sunday. They need to be symptom free, return 2 negative tests 24 hours apart.

So unless it was a false positive he's probably out.

adrian522 · 15-12-2021 03:18PM

Baker Mayfield on the Covid list now too, so likely out for the weekend. Not sure it weakens them that much to be honest though.

Xavi6 · 15-12-2021 03:18PM

Mayfield and Stefanski the latest Browns personnel to test positive.

Christy42 · 15-12-2021 10:40PM

Lambo claims Meyer kicked him when he was with the Jags and tended to not refer to specialist players by name. Apparently Meyer didn't like Lambo giving out to him for kicking him. Not massively hard but not a gentle stroke either according to Lambo.

https://www.tampabay.com/sports/bucs/2021/12/15/former-jaguars-kicker-josh-lambo-says-he-was-kicked-by-urban-meyer-during-pregame-warmups/?fbclid=IwAR15WVnSg_u_wwS3nA5n_2XtHHHMDXB4ogXzCGXcku_axnO73NPoyY75NIs

Marvin Jones was directly asked about his own incident with Meyer. Definitely didn't deny anything but said they had talked it out. Not sure they came to a resolution on it mind but Jones gave a very guarded professional answer to the media. I have a massive amount of respect for that guy. Lawrence as well as come out with guarded answers but acknowledging that there is drama going on. He could have simply said it was a media storm if there was nothing going on.

Haven't seen anyone particularly coming out to defend him. I am sure some of the stories are hyped up a bit with the media being the media.

At the end of the day the core issue with the Jags isn't Meyer. It is the orginisation with Meyer being a symptom of it so who knows when heads will start rolling or even if they do.

Realt Dearg Sec · 16-12-2021 01:43AM

I mean if they don't fire him they will have serious issues attracting free agents, who knows possibly even signing draftees. It's a clown car right now.

Xavi6 · 16-12-2021 05:49AM

They’ve fired him

https://twitter.com/aroundthenfl/status/1471356379805876224?s=21

Shedite27 · 16-12-2021 08:57AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118329234#Comment_118329234

Looking forward to hearing the stories from the current players now

el Fenomeno · 16-12-2021 10:01AM

That was as spectacularly bad a tenure as I can remember.

eagle eye · 16-12-2021 10:09AM

It was pretty clear with the performance at the weekend that things had come to a head.

eagle eye · 16-12-2021 10:16AM

It'll be interesting to see who they bring in to take over for next season.

They really should go for an offensive minded head coach to get the best out of Lawrence.

Daboll and Bieniemy should be top of the list.

boccy23 · 16-12-2021 10:26AM

Need to help Lawrence very quickly before he becomes a David Carr.

Foxtrol · 16-12-2021 02:23PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118328622#Comment_118328622

Not sure what you mean by the last paragraph unless it is that the organisation is at fault for hiring him in the first place and giving him the power he demanded.

Agree the organisation is a mess but Meyer was a core issue, the Jags didn't make him do what he did since he was hired and he would have dragged most organisations down with those actions. Calling him a symptom is really underplaying it - at this stage he was more like a cancer

Shedite27 · 16-12-2021 02:40PM

The interview about the DB was the standout for me. Whatever about his personality being a jerk and borderline bully, knowing football was what he was meant to be. When asked about how a DB was doing he said something like "he's played more for us in recent games", when in fact he'd played zero snaps. He hadn't a clue what was going on with the team

Christy42 · 16-12-2021 04:00PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118331282#Comment_118331282

We have had issues before Meyer. Including players being advised not to play for the Jags. I guess my point was they hired Meyer because they are a mess who made the mess worse but there is still a complete mess without Meyer there. I suspect the next hire will be bad as well. Not as bad as Meyer because oh holy F he set a high bar for being a clusterf*.

Itssoeasy · 16-12-2021 04:44PM

Not shocked by the news that Meyer is out in Jacksonville but for some reason I felt he’d get the rest of the season because at this stage it was like an injury that’s bad but continuing on wouldn’t cause further long term damage.

The eagles were scheduled to be the 6pm game on sky sports this Sunday but sky have changed it which I was happy about until I saw that the WFT have 18 players on the covid list, so they might be playing it safe but seeing as the league are clearly not going to move games I don’t see what the issue was.

And in more WFT the Washington post is reporting that the WFT owner Daniel Snyder actively interfered in the leagues investigation of the team. You’d wonder at what point will the league say enough of this shite ?

eagle eye · 16-12-2021 05:39PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118331282#Comment_118331282

He had history and was still hired so in that sense he is a symptom of the much larger issue with the Jags.

adrian522 · 17-12-2021 08:04PM

https://twitter.com/FieldYates/status/1471930187554168838

Itssoeasy · 18-12-2021 03:25PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118339751#Comment_118339751

I finish up for the year next Wednesday so I won’t watch the eagles game live(we’ve all said that though) but I’m not complaining that we have live football most of next week.

Itssoeasy · 18-12-2021 03:26PM

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/32894745/sources-jacksonville-jaguars-say-football-coach-urban-meyer-fired-cause-intend-pay-rest-contract

And like Andrew Brandt likes to say on Twitter “there’ll be lawyers” but I think the jags did have cause to fire urban Meyer beyond the awful on the field play of the team.

Itssoeasy · 22-12-2021 08:08PM

Eagles head coach nick sirianni has tested positive for covid which unless the team are very very lucky will mean players will test positive but the protocol were changed so hopefully it won’t be that bad.

Itssoeasy · 23-12-2021 04:04PM

49 years ago at 8:29PM Irish time Franco Harris crossed the goal line to score a TD that won the game for the steelers against the rival raiders in the AFC playoffs. The play according to NFL films is the most famous and controversial play in NFL history, which while I agree it’s one of the most famous plays ever, I really don’t see how it’s a controversial play 49 years after the fact.

https://youtu.be/dHIXFKrrUhA

I know the raiders players from the day and their head coach John madden in particular is still pissed over the play but I’m sorry I don’t get how they think only the steelers player made contact with the ball.

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