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

Leslie91 · 17-04-2015 01:11PM

helimachoptor wrote: »

If it came down to picking someone to win you a ring, I'd take the guy that's done it already over the guy who plays above average for most of the season.

Yeah rings are not the be all and end all, but what has Rivers done that makes him top 6?

I dunno bout top 6 but for one thing Rivers has never had a defense in SD and it's not like his O line has been magnificient apart from maybe 1 year when Dielman and McNeill were in their prime and LT running wild.

These others, esp Flacco and Eli have had defenses and O lines to compensate.

Leslie91 · 17-04-2015 01:13PM

Billy86 wrote: »

Perfect. When Mettenberger puts up a season like Rivers did in 2010 with a laundry list of injuries at WR/TE forcing them to sign guys off the street every few weeks, the 26th ranked offensive line in terms of pass blocking, and an average-at-best running game behind him... yeah, please do get back to me.

Billy86 knows his sh1T.

Knex* · 17-04-2015 01:16PM

Leslie91 wrote: »

Same level as Tannehill!?........... you're kidding right?

I agree, Rivers is better as of now. Sure last week I said I'd take him over Big Ben, but I really expect a breakout season of sorts from Tannehill next year.

Liked what I saw from him last season, tbh.

17-04-2015 01:18PM

Knex. wrote: »

Ah Jesus

Hadn't even crossed my mind till now.

Crap.

welcome to my nightmare. and frankly if yere receiving corp could kindly leave that would make the nfc east a hell of a lot more pleasant for me

helimachoptor · 17-04-2015 01:26PM

who takes him on with that massive contract though?

titans could afford it..

Knex* · 17-04-2015 01:39PM

helimachoptor wrote: »

who takes him on with that massive contract though?

titans could afford it..

30 year old RB too.

What's the figures like for his contract, though?

17-04-2015 02:01PM

helimachoptor wrote: »

who takes him on with that massive contract though?

titans could afford it..

any team that can afford him would at least have a look he's one of the great running backs

Knex. wrote: »

30 year old RB too.

What's the figures like for his contract, though?

yes he is 30 and he is a running back but this is the dude who came back from an acl and was in talk for mvp

Knex* · 17-04-2015 02:04PM

Clementine Scary String wrote: »

any team that can afford him would at least have a look he's one of the great running backs

yes he is 30 and he is a running back but this is the dude who came back from an acl and was in talk for mvp

Don't get me wrong, I still think he's a god damn special player, and was a walk in hall of famer before the abuse scandal, but perhaps you'd want to make sure you have everything else in your team lined up before you go put that kind of money towards him, a 30 year old RB a year out of the game.

Could you imagine him with the Patriots? Now that would be bloody scary.

17-04-2015 02:11PM

Knex. wrote: »

Don't get me wrong, I still think he's a god damn special player, and was a walk in hall of famer before the abuse scandal, but you'd want to make sure you have everything else in your team lined up before you go put that kind of money towards him.

Could you imagine him with the Patriots? Now that would be bloody scary.

dont think the pats have cap room thank god that offence would be insane. there have been murmurs of cowboys and cardinals being interested either would be potentially good destinations for him.

nasty_crash · 17-04-2015 02:12PM

whatever happens and where ever he ends up - he is gonna get 20mill over 2 seasons! Its not like he did an awful lot last year - so 30 is not gonna be an issue! You also have to remember that its Adrian Peterson who was nailed on HOF before the abuse of his child!

He will get paid.... i personally think all this unhappiness is to force the vikes hand in giving him more guaranteed money!

Knex* · 17-04-2015 02:34PM

Clementine Scary String wrote: »

dont think the pats have cap room thank god that offence would be insane. there have been murmurs of cowboys and cardinals being interested either would be potentially good destinations for him.

Thinking about it, Cowboys would have a fair bit of restructuring and contract work to sort out before it would become plausible, so hopefully that becomes too much of an issue for them.

Let him go to the Cards

Son Of A Vidic · 17-04-2015 02:42PM

Knex. wrote: »

Could you imagine him with the Patriots? Now that would be bloody scary.

I love to have him but it would never happen. Unfortunately, we don't seem to value the RB position the way other teams do. Christ, we couldn't even keep Vereen and all we had to do was to pay him $4 million a year. On top of all that, our O line needs some work, because it hasn't got the consistent talent to create those holes against strong run defenses.

Knex* · 17-04-2015 02:57PM

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

I love to have him but it would never happen. Unfortunately, we don't seem to value the RB position the way other teams do. Christ, we couldn't even keep Vereen and all we had to do was to pay him $4 million a year. On top of all that, our O line needs some work, because it hasn't got the consistent talent to create those holes against strong run defenses.

On the Vereen subject, I'm pretty happy to have him at the Giants, and there seems to be a fair bit of excitement with regards to his pass catching abilities. How do you see it working out for us?

matthew8 · 17-04-2015 03:00PM

Rivers at his peak is the sort of QB who could transform the likes of the Titans to contenders. He was inconsistent last season though and Mettenberger has shown just enough to persuade me he's worth persisting with.

Son Of A Vidic · 17-04-2015 03:49PM

Knex. wrote: »

On the Vereen subject, I'm pretty happy to have him at the Giants, and there seems to be a fair bit of excitement with regards to his pass catching abilities. How do you see it working out for us?

He's a great kid and running wise he'll do his damage outside of the redzone. He also hasn't fumbled a ball since 2013 which is always nice. But his biggest threat is from the passing game and he can't hurt you all the field with that. I think he'll do very well for you guys and he is the kind of player you sorely need. I reckon you'll give him more reps than we did and he will revel in that. He's only 26 and not even peaking yet, so you've a lot to be excited about and I think he'll become a big weapon for you guys. When you've a RB who catches 11 out of 11 passes in the Superbowl, it makes sense to hang onto him. But not us apparently.:(

17-04-2015 03:57PM

in fairness the pats are one of the few organisations where you really can't get to critical of any of there moves. i thought they needed another reciever if they really wanted to compete for a Super Bowl and they ended up winning one.

i would say pats,packers and maby the seahawks can do whatever the hell they want

17-04-2015 04:01PM

speaking of which did the pats ever trade brandon browner?

JCTO · 17-04-2015 04:05PM

Clementine Scary String wrote: »

speaking of which did the pats ever trade brandon browner?

He hit the FA and the Saints picked him up

Son Of A Vidic · 17-04-2015 04:13PM

Keeping Browner probably didn't make sense since he operated very effectively with Revis in a man marking scheme. With Revis gone, Browner would be less effective and all those penalties didn't do him any favours. So we'll probably revert back to a more zone orientated scheme. Which is great news for the rest of ye, because we'll be back to letting teams convert 3rd & 19's at will once again.

17-04-2015 04:16PM

so what alfonso denard and kyle arrington I'm guessing jesus thats some downgrade

JCTO · 17-04-2015 04:51PM

Clementine Scary String wrote: »

so what alfonso denard and kyle arrington I'm guessing jesus thats some downgrade

Malcolm Butler could have talent also we hope. But yup it sucks.

Son Of A Vidic · 17-04-2015 04:52PM

Clementine Scary String wrote: »

so what alfonso denard and kyle arrington I'm guessing jesus thats some downgrade

Arrignton is a liability at CB, but is quite good at playing slot corner so he'll be staying there I think. I was always a fan of Dennard and I think he was the best young CB on the roster back in 2013. He pretty much got sidelined last year which I didn't like because I thought he could have shared a lot more reps with Browner. But he was put on IR back in December (hamstring) so maybe he was struggling with injury for awhile. Up until last year, Dennard more or less had an automatic starting job at CB. So I'm hoping he comes back fit, healthy and hungry to get his place back. Then we have the young Malcolm Butler, most of you probably only heard of him before that fantastic SB play. But a few of us Pats fans have been raving about him since last years camp. He's is the the most promising and most naturally instinctive CB we have on the roster at the moment. So I won't be surprised if he seizes a starting role at CB.

Agent J · 19-04-2015 10:57PM

Teebow is headed to the Eagles it seems....

https://twitter.com/JayGlazer/status/589919932864827392

helimachoptor · 19-04-2015 10:58PM

Camp fodder or a realistic chance to make the team?

ScummyMan · 19-04-2015 11:02PM

What the fcuk is going on in Philidephia??!

mikemac1 · 20-04-2015 05:32AM

Camp body, no more

20-04-2015 07:49AM

well balls

HigginsJ · 20-04-2015 10:29AM

Only the 8 Tebow related articles on the NFL.com homepage this morning, clearly he has lost his appeal to the media!!

20-04-2015 10:38AM

HigginsJ wrote: »

Only the 8 Tebow related articles on the NFL.com homepage this morning, clearly he has lost his appeal to the media!!

nfl media are clearly idiots he's a qb thats been out of the league that definitely might be signed by a team to maby compete for the 3rd qb job how is there home page not just a giant tebow poster

mikemac1 · 20-04-2015 11:12AM

To be fair Tebow turned the Denver Broncos thread into the largest team thread in the forum

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