NFL Thread

[DinoDB1975]

RE the Broncos Matt Prater...I dunno, tattoos on kickers just look weird to me.

 

[ProgMatinee]

The Broncos receivers are dropping everything today. I think there were at least 4 drops that were easy catches.

 

[wofford29]

I really just don't see anyone beating the Packers in regular season. Chiefs, Chicago and Detroit left. Two teams with no offense or QBs right now and one team that's falling apart. Detroit will have the best chance because they'll be playing for that last wild card I believe.

 

[The Ringer]

VICK-TORY!

 

[DinoDB1975]

I really just don't see anyone beating the Packers in regular season. Chiefs, Chicago and Detroit left. Two teams with no offense or QBs right now and one team that's falling apart. Detroit will have the best chance because they'll be playing for that last wild card I believe.

Yup, and if the Packers are smart, they'll rest Rodgers and keep him away from Suh.

 

[ProgMatinee]

Bears defense has played insane today. Hats off to them.

 

[wofford29]

Bears defense has played insane today. Hats off to them.

They better be after all the ____ Briggs and Urlacher slung this week.

 

[wofford29]

Tebow time has started.

 

[gotham_collector87]

Hell yeah, Texans are division champs for the first time!!!!!

 

[316what]

Tebow time has started.

Prater time today, lol.

 

[wofford29]

OT

 

[wofford29]

DENVER WINS!

Prater is a beast.

 

[VASith]

But like I said, that's his mouth, not his hits. And Goodell is a jack-off. As a fan, I feel he's spit in the face of the fans who have loved this sport and have made it the success it has become, just so he could make it "more exciting" to the casual viewers he's targeting. Every year rules come out that tie the defenders hands even more so than before and protect the offensive stars of the game, but it seems nothing is being done to protect the defensive players and make it more exciting on that side of the ball. I mean how many receivers shove off every game of every week and don't get flagged, but you see a defensive pass interference call that makes you scratch your head? And stupid crap like the captain patches on the uniforms, and now the same Super Bowl logo every season. What was wrong with the way things were before? I respect the organizations that say "screw you, we're not wearing those captain patches". But anyway, back to Harrison. You have to at least somewhat respect the fact that he at least isn't pretending to be something he's not. You know he's going to get up and tell it the way he feels, and yes sometimes it makes me, even as a Steelers fan, cringe, but I'd rather have a guy that is what he is.

And believe it or not, he actually does a LOT of charity work around the Pittsburgh area. He started doing something with MS and got partnered up with a teenage girl crippled with the disease, and became really close friends with her. It was kinda weird seeing that mean looking dude sitting there with this pretty little girl in a wheel chair.

Yes, but he's a grown man. He knows the rules, he breaks them, then he calls the head of the league a puppet. Seriously..act your ____ing age and play the sport fairly just like 99% of the other players are. When you are making the kind of money these adults are making, there is no excuse. It's like the Redskins fans defending the suspension of their players for failing 3 drug tests. It's against the US law, it's against NFL rules...don't ____ing do it. It's so simple....play fair, set a good example for the youth in this country. Don't be ____ing ____ about it. You get payed 2 billions a year...go play the sport, play fairly, set a good example....seems simple enough to me.

As a manager of 16 people...if one of my employees called me a "puppet"
, "crook" and "devil" they'd be out on their ass so fast.

Maybe it's cause I'm 37 years old, and older than some of you guys, but as an adult male you have to show respect. And if you want respect it has to be earned. Mouthing off at your boss and posing with guns, and saying if he was on fire you wouldn't even piss on him to put the fire out...well...you have some serious issues.

 

[Something Sexy]

Weird weekend to be a Packer fan. I wanted the Vikings AND the Bears to win.

 

[The Josh]

Yes, but he's a grown man. He knows the rules, he breaks them, then he calls the head of the league a puppet. Seriously..act your ____ing age and play the sport fairly just like 99% of the other players are. When you are making the kind of money these adults are making, there is no excuse. It's like the Redskins fans defending the suspension of their players for failing 3 drug tests. It's against the US law, it's against NFL rules...don't ____ing do it. It's so simple....play fair, set a good example for the youth in this country. Don't be ____ing ____ about it. You get payed 2 billions a year...go play the sport, play fairly, set a good example....seems simple enough to me.

As a manager of 16 people...if one of my employees called me a "puppet"
, "crook" and "devil" they'd be out on their ass so fast.

Maybe it's cause I'm 37 years old, and older than some of you guys, but as an adult male you have to show respect. And if you want respect it has to be earned. Mouthing off at your boss and posing with guns, and saying if he was on fire you wouldn't even piss on him to put the fire out...well...you have some serious issues.

 

[DinoDB1975]

This denver / tebow thing is really boggling my mind.

 

[ProgMatinee]

TEBOW (Prater) Time.

This is just amazing.

Eat your heart out Cam Newton, not that you care about wins or losses.

 

[sprig0701]

Yes, but he's a grown man. He knows the rules, he breaks them, then he calls the head of the league a puppet. Seriously..act your ____ing age and play the sport fairly just like 99% of the other players are. When you are making the kind of money these adults are making, there is no excuse. It's like the Redskins fans defending the suspension of their players for failing 3 drug tests. It's against the US law, it's against NFL rules...don't ____ing do it. It's so simple....play fair, set a good example for the youth in this country. Don't be ____ing ____ about it. You get payed 2 billions a year...go play the sport, play fairly, set a good example....seems simple enough to me.

As a manager of 16 people...if one of my employees called me a "puppet"
, "crook" and "devil" they'd be out on their ass so fast.

Maybe it's cause I'm 37 years old, and older than some of you guys, but as an adult male you have to show respect. And if you want respect it has to be earned. Mouthing off at your boss and posing with guns, and saying if he was on fire you wouldn't even piss on him to put the fire out...well...you have some serious issues.

I see what you're saying, and as a non-Steeler fan I can see where a lot of people are probably fed up with him, but I've been a fan of that guy since he was a little known special teamer in 2004. And he's pretty much gone from barely known, to a solid up and comer, to a household name in a very short time span. If you check back on him his attitude cost him a major scholarship at a big school, and that's why he played at Kent State (which any fan of the game should know that's where Jack Lambert went, but that by no means is any indication that they're a solid college-to-pro school). The guy is actually a good role model in the sense he's shown that if you never give up and keep working hard for your goals, then great things can happen, but that's where the true role models in a kid's life (parents, older sibling or such) should step in and say "just don't mind his public speaking".

Like I said, the guy is who he is, no surprises. Call him childish, a poor role model, whatever anyone wants to, everyone is entitled to an opinion. I've spoke my peace being a Steelers fan, and honestly I wouldn't want to see any other ROLB in the League on that team. The guy is talented and just a complete beast.

And me, I'll be 36 next week. At work, I have no problem telling one of my supervisors if they're being a back stabbing snake-in-the-grass, a foul-mouthed POS who can't talk to people, two-faced, or whatever, to their faces. A lot of them actually have more respect that you do that instead of blowing smoke up their rear ends. I just have the luxury of being able to do it behind closed doors or whatnot, these guys playing the game don't. The only time they get a chance to speak their minds or express their feelings about it is to the media. Harrison isn't the sharpest cookie in the box, he falls for all of their bait questions, every time.

 

[karamazov80]

Saints got a fairly ugly win today. Defense kept fouling up whenever the offense put them in position to put the game away. Plus, it took Brees and company time to get comfortable in that cold ass weather. There were also some really wacky, questionable calls by the officials. One of which really mattered because it called back a Sproles punt return for TD on a hold that officials would have ignored 95% of the time.

But. . .win, playoff birth clenched with insane Chicago loss. Now the pursuit for 2nd seed in the conference and a bye!

Can't freakin' believe Tebow et al. did it again. Down by 10 with a couple minutes to go (didn't even score until then) and they win. Crazy.

 

[sprig0701]

Denver fans, question. Is the Bronco Nation all suffering from high blood pressure right now? I mean, every game coming down to a final drive or OT? Man, I'd be shaving my head to prevent pulling my hair out

Kudos again to them. That would be the whole team. I'm impressed with Tebow and all, but you have to respect what that D and running game are doing. Oh yeah, and special teams with the long FGs.



And Vikes fans. Yes, I saw the Lions eek out a cheap win off of a blatant face mask that Ponder got. I said during live action that that was coming back because of a blow to the head of the QB, but the Lions lucked out with an officiating crew with selective blindness or something. Tough break.