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

03-02-2013 02:06AM

kmart6 wrote: »

MVP for Peterson.....a lot closer than a lot of people were making it out to be!

Delighted he had such a good year I was worried a qb would get it again

kmart6 · 03-02-2013 02:10AM

Seamus Angry Luck wrote: »

Delighted he had such a good year I was worried a qb would get it again

Considering how close it was I don't think if it had been shared it would have been unfair on either!

skeleton_boy · 03-02-2013 02:24AM

kmart6 wrote: »

RG3 is the Offensive ROTY

Wilson won the Pepsi Max Rookie of the Year award. That was voted for by fans, I assume it is the one voted for by the AP that Griffin won that is classed as the rookie of the year award?

kmart6 · 03-02-2013 02:26AM

Yes, that's what all these awards were, nothing to do with fan voting which will never be a true reflection!

jj1 · 03-02-2013 03:11AM

I just downloaded a Kindle Book about Drew Brees for free on amazon in case anyone is interested. It's called - Coming Back Stronger: Unleashing the Hidden Power of Adversity.

Disclaimer: I don't know if it's any good whatsoever but it's american football related with Drew Brees on the cover & there's a long offseason ahead after tomorrow!

Son Of A Vidic · 03-02-2013 06:51AM

Glad to see Peterson win the MVP, the speed of his return from the ACL injury and his level of performance has just been phenomenal. And then he oh so nearly smashed the long standing season rushing yards record.

helimachoptor · 03-02-2013 10:14AM

this is pretty damn funny

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000134250/article/richard-sherman-finds-out-whos-the-best-cornerback-in-the-nfl?campaign=Twitter_atl

DDC1990 · 03-02-2013 10:25AM

helimachoptor wrote: »

this is pretty damn funny

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000134250/article/richard-sherman-finds-out-whos-the-best-cornerback-in-the-nfl?campaign=Twitter_atl

Ok I've gone from hating Richard Sherman for pretty much no other reason, then him being a loud mouth, OTT trash talker, to actually thinking he's a hero.

His reaction to the Niners fan ("He's too fat and slow, he's a punk and on Drugs") was brilliant, he just laughed.

Seems like a funny guy.

Hilarious video, though it would have been funnier if he hadn't told them who he was :P

EDIT: Also the man who is "working" in NC is also brilliant :P

Stev_o · 03-02-2013 12:24PM

Why is Rogers even in that photo

kmart6 · 03-02-2013 12:37PM

I wasn't watching it but I'd imagine it was himself and Farve who presented the award!

skeleton_boy · 03-02-2013 04:02PM

helimachoptor wrote: »

this is pretty damn funny

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000134250/article/richard-sherman-finds-out-whos-the-best-cornerback-in-the-nfl?campaign=Twitter_atl

Amazing the "fans" that turn up to the superbowl don't even recognise one of the best corners in the league.

adrian522 · 03-02-2013 04:33PM

skeleton_boy wrote: »

Amazing the "fans" that turn up to the superbowl don't even recognise one of the best corners in the league.

One of the best corners in the league? Is that you Richard?

Justin10 · 03-02-2013 04:49PM

Pretty funny they dont even know who he is.

SantryRed · 03-02-2013 04:53PM

In all fairness, other than the main QBs and defensive stars, would you really know what all players look like? They are wearing helmets when on the field like.

Justin10 · 03-02-2013 04:54PM

I think I would no problem.

matthew8 · 03-02-2013 04:54PM

adrian522 wrote: »

One of the best corners in the league? Is that you Richard?

Why wouldn't he be? 8 interceptions, 3 FF and a sack.

skeleton_boy · 03-02-2013 04:57PM

adrian522 wrote: »

One of the best corners in the league? Is that you Richard?

You mad bro? First team all-pro

JaMarcus Hustle · 03-02-2013 04:57PM

adrian522 wrote: »

One of the best corners in the league? Is that you Richard?

Hard to deny that he was the best in the league this year. No matter how detestable he is.

kmart6 · 03-02-2013 04:57PM

SantryRed wrote: »

In all fairness, other than the main QBs and defensive stars, would you really know what all players look like? They are wearing helmets when on the field like.

Biggest issue with marketing players when they are covered majority of the time!

adrian522 · 03-02-2013 05:00PM

He knows how to market himself at least, thought his finger wagging against the Falcons was hilarious ...

JaMarcus Hustle · 03-02-2013 06:16PM

Rochey18 wrote: »

I think I would no problem.

This exact discussion came up on another forum I look at when people were laughing at the guys for not recognising Sherman. I think you'd be surprised who you do/don't recognise when they're in a different setting, outside of team colours. i.e. how many of these faces do you recognise? I got 20, which I would consider pretty poor for a sport I spend so much time watching! I'm just poor with faces in general.

Chucky the tree · 03-02-2013 06:24PM

I'd very rarely recognise non-Raider players, obviously big name ones I would. Even I'm not sure I'd be 100% on Raider ones.

Justin10 · 03-02-2013 06:26PM

I watch gaelic football so much, I would watch highlights of every game every weekend. I still wouldn't know them.

Alot of NFL players get no coverage, probably more so on the west coast.

Chargers for my team would be Donald Butler. I would be surprised if people know what he looks like.

Im talking about top 20 players for each team I think I would know. Also players like Nate Washington, only reason I know him is because Super Bowl and he signed with Titans in free agency.

Most players get no media coverage in the NFL, would only get local.
Everyone here I would think all know the top 25-50 players in the NFL, because they get coverage.

JaMarcus Hustle · 03-02-2013 06:31PM

Rochey18 wrote: »

Im talking about top 20 players for each team I think I would know.

All of the guys posted above are at least top 20. Most of them top 10, with a few top 5...!

HigginsJ · 03-02-2013 06:42PM

JaMarcus Hustle wrote: »

I got 20, which I would consider pretty poor for a sport I spend so much time watching! I'm just poor with faces in general.

Fair play. I won't embarrass myself by saying how many I got. Worse still I haven't a notion who some of these guys are.

Need more of whatever channel has the players introduce themselves

kmart6 · 03-02-2013 06:46PM

HigginsJ wrote: »

Fair play. I won't embarrass myself by saying how many I got. Worse still I haven't a notion who some of these guys are.

Need more of whatever channel has the players introduce themselves

Think that only happens on SNF

JaMarcus Hustle · 03-02-2013 06:54PM

Those who play Madden have a big advantage.

Justin10 · 03-02-2013 06:58PM

Ye totally agree, top 20 is a bit much, Went over top.

GoldFour4 · 03-02-2013 07:46PM

I'm getting about 15, genuinely wouldn't know 10 if I didn't play Madden.

Syferus · 03-02-2013 09:09PM

I know most of them from idly thumbing through free agents for my fantasy team on ESPN.com.

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