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

Chardee MacDennis · 19-02-2012 10:22AM

"Jerseys that are not due to be changed will not be changed. Fairly obvious, but some people expected a rule exception since the company is changing. No exception. If you have gotten your logo, or any part of your uniform changed in the past 5 years, you will receive no actual design changes." from here http://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/puxyg/my_store_is_getting_in_approximately_250000_worth/

SantryRed · 19-02-2012 10:40AM

Delighted the jerseys will actually be fitted now!

bruschi · 19-02-2012 11:50AM

matthew8 wrote: »

Those jerseys all look horrible enough to turn me off the NFL.

Jaysus. I dont like jerseys so I wont bother watching a whole sport because of it. Cant say I've heard that one before.

Chardee MacDennis · 19-02-2012 12:23PM

bruschi wrote: »

Jaysus. I dont like jerseys so I wont bother watching a whole sport because of it. Cant say I've heard that one before.

especially about fan made jerseys...

FreeOSCAR · 19-02-2012 12:33PM

SantryRed wrote: »

Delighted the jerseys will actually be fitted now!

Yep if that is the case I agree.
It looked ridiculous seeing people wear these massive nightdress looking things around just catering for the lazy heavy American audience.

matthew8 · 19-02-2012 01:32PM

bruschi wrote: »

Jaysus. I dont like jerseys so I wont bother watching a whole sport because of it. Cant say I've heard that one before.

It was a bit of a joke now. I don't think anyone but the most fairweather fans could be turned off a sport by a jersey.

ReacherCreature · 19-02-2012 02:27PM

Nice round up of the NFL season just gone.

21-02-2012 04:35PM

ReacherCreature wrote: »

Nice round up of the NFL season just gone.

nice vid not sure what to make of all the offensive records good players and all but the short offseason helped a lot

ReacherCreature · 21-02-2012 10:37PM

I still cringe at the injured Bronco's foot. Anyone know of his status? Perhaps spiralism and co.?

21-02-2012 11:55PM

ReacherCreature wrote: »

I still cringe at the injured Bronco's foot. Anyone know of his status? Perhaps spiralism and co.?

you think thats bad check out the johnny knox i feared the worst when i saw it thought his spine was gone

kmart6 · 22-02-2012 12:01AM

ReacherCreature wrote: »

I still cringe at the injured Bronco's foot. Anyone know of his status? Perhaps spiralism and co.?

He'll be back by training camp according to reports once he has no set backs!

me-skywalker · 22-02-2012 11:26AM

All Hail... 12/12/12 is now proclaimed as Aaron Rodgers day in Wisconsin.

The Wisconsin State Assembly has passed a resolution naming a day for Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. The resolution designates Dec. 12, 2012, as Aaron Rodgers Day. The Assembly passed the resolution unanimously on Tuesday and sent it on to the state Senate.

Aaron Rodgers wears No. 12, hence the 12/12/12 designation. Rodgers led the Packers to a Super Bowl victory during the 2010 season, and was named the 2011 NFL MVP after throwing for 45 touchdowns and 4,643 yards with a league record 122.5 passer rating.

Rodgers, a first-round draft pick in 2005, replaced Brett Favre as Green Bay's starting quarterback in 2008.

They do love em their QB in Cheese country!

UnitedIrishman · 22-02-2012 03:56PM

Brilliant, just in time for the end of the world!

mikemac1 · 23-02-2012 02:02AM

Coach Tom Martinez died
He was a QB coach who worked with Tom Brady and also prepared JaMarcus Russell for the draft

If you listen the ESPN Football today podcast you might remember he did two interviews with them two years ago
Definitely the best episodes of that podcast I've ever heard

So if you're interested in learned what a QB coach does, what "mechanics" actually means and the skills that go into making a top QB both archived podcasts are well worth listening to

http://espn.go.com/espnradio/show?showId=footballtoday

It's a bit technical but very informative

I emailed them earlier this year asking would they get him back on the podcast but I wasn't aware at the time he was seriously ill

It's the offseason anyway, they are well worth a listen

spiralism · 24-02-2012 04:42PM

ReacherCreature wrote: »

I still cringe at the injured Bronco's foot. Anyone know of his status? Perhaps spiralism and co.?

Broken tibia and fibula, pulled ligaments per his father's post on orangemane. Should be back for training camp, bout a 6 month layoff or so.

ReacherCreature wrote: »

Nice round up of the NFL season just gone.

Savage video, needs more Tebow though :pac:

JaMarcus Hustle · 24-02-2012 11:31PM

The Johnny Knox injury was the worst I've ever seen, at least visually, in any sport. The phrase "can't be unseen" comes to mind, but it was absolutely horrible how his body folded like that.

By the way, it's Cam here. Apologies for leaving giving no notice - work gets ridiculously busy every January and February, more so than any time of the year. Combined with exams I've got coming up, I didn't need the distraction and I have the worst will power ever, so simply not logging in wasn't an option for me. Plus, having to log in with the name Peyton Manning every day had lost it's novelty

And to top it all off, there may have been an element of rage quit in there following what happened the SuperBowl

I wasn't kidding anyone thinking I could stay away for draft season anyway - my favourite time of year!

spiralism · 25-02-2012 02:26AM

JaMarcus Hustle wrote: »

The Johnny Knox injury was the worst I've ever seen, at least visually, in any sport. The phrase "can't be unseen" comes to mind, but it was absolutely horrible how his body folded like that.

By the way, it's Cam here. Apologies for leaving giving no notice - work gets ridiculously busy every January and February, more so than any time of the year. Combined with exams I've got coming up, I didn't need the distraction and I have the worst will power ever, so simply not logging in wasn't an option for me. Plus, having to log in with the name Peyton Manning every day had lost it's novelty And to top it all off, there may have been an element of rage quit in there following what happened the SuperBowl

I wasn't kidding anyone thinking I could stay away for draft season anyway - my favourite time of year!

Good to have you back man!

JaMarcus Hustle · 25-02-2012 11:41AM

spiralism wrote: »

Good to have you back man!

Thanks, I'll try not to be such an opinionated wanker this time! No promises though

ReacherCreature · 25-02-2012 03:03PM

Now! To get tallaghtoutlaws back...

kmart6 · 25-02-2012 03:58PM

As I've said already, he said he won't be around anytime soon!

ReacherCreature · 25-02-2012 04:39PM

JaMarcus Hustle wrote: »

Thanks, I'll try not to be such an opinionated wanker this time! No promises though

Do you not miss the post count though? I couldn't miss my 3k odd post. I like having a number there.

JaMarcus Hustle · 25-02-2012 05:39PM

ReacherCreature wrote: »

Do you not miss the post count though? I couldn't miss my 3k odd post. I like having a number there.

Not one bit, there was a lot of incriminating evidence among all those posts - one of which was probably the most ludicrous statement ever posted on this forum back from 2008:

Peyton Manning wrote: »

JaMarcus is a quality QB, but as pointed out, wont be able to show that at the Raiders. Possible the worst protection in the NFL.

Can you blame me for wanting to distance myself from comments like that?

JaMarcus Hustle · 26-02-2012 03:59AM

GIF of the season goes to Brandon Browner.

Blocks the shít out of three guys by himself....completely oblivious to the fact that Leon Washington calls a fair catch (or maybe not, he was after all the most penalised player in the league this year

)

RGIII · 26-02-2012 02:33PM

Haha, Browner can be sometimes too physical

Here's a video of him suplexing Jerome Simpson

It's a great story though. CFL player last year, in the Pro Bowl the next. He struggled badly at first especially with speed receivers but came on a lot and developed into a great corner.

ReacherCreature · 26-02-2012 08:24PM

JaMarcus Hustle wrote: »

Not one bit, there was a lot of incriminating evidence among all those posts - one of which was probably the most ludicrous statement ever posted on this forum back from 2008:

Can you blame me for wanting to distance myself from comments like that?

That is a zinger! Jeeez!

JaMarcus Hustle · 27-02-2012 12:30PM

Undefeated won Best Documentary at the Oscars last night, can't wait to give it a watch.

FreeOSCAR · 27-02-2012 06:34PM

JaMarcus Hustle wrote: »

Undefeated won Best Documentary at the Oscars last night, can't wait to give it a watch.

+1

kmart6 · 28-02-2012 09:09AM

kmart6 · 28-02-2012 09:22PM

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced Tuesday that the 2012 season-opening NFL Kickoff game will be played first the first time on a Wednesday in order to avoid a conflict President Barack Obama's Sept. 6 speech at the Democratic National Convention.

The Super Bowl XLVI-champion New York Giants will host the game at MetLife Stadium on Sept. 5 at 8:30 p.m. ET. The game will be aired on NBC with the NFL Kickoff 2012 beginning at 7:30 p.m. ET.

The 2012 Democratic National Convention is being held in Charlotte, N.C., and Obama is planning to make his acceptance speech at Bank of America Stadium, home of the Carolina Panthers.

NFL on a Wednesday...that's going to be weird!

deise_boi · 28-02-2012 09:28PM

kmart6 wrote: »

NFL on a Wednesday...that's going to be weird!

The sooner the better!

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