NFL Thread

[sprig0701]

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!

Here's to hoping the Steelers can help ya out on that next Monday night

 

[ProgMatinee]

There's not turning off the tv at the end of the game, I can tell you that. When the Broncos receiver dropped what should have been a TD catch in the 3rd Q I wanted to switch it off, but there is a collective belief in Denver that it can happen. The game today is the prime example of why I don't think any AFC team is interested in facing them in the playoffs, sure you can look better than them for 50 minutes, but then it all flips on its head.

 

[karamazov80]

I'll definitely be rooting for them. *hopes Harrison doesn't get suspended *

 

[ProgMatinee]

I want Harrison to get suspended after week 17 so the Broncos miss him in the Wildcard.

 

[sprig0701]

I'll definitely be rooting for them. *hopes Harrison doesn't get suspended *

Now, now Let's not start that again

 

[karamazov80]

Yeah, it would probably teach him a more important lesson if he were suspended come playoff time

 

[sprig0701]

All you Harrison haters

 

[316what]

I'll go ahead and answer Six's question now:

"What happened to the Raiders today?"

THEY SUCKED!!!!!

 

[VASith]

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.

What if one of your employees openly broke the rules, then called you a "devil" and said he'd piss on you after you fined him? You want that guy working for you? Representing your company? I'm tired of people making excuses for grown men who make millions of dollars every hour, then go crying to the media that they are being treated unfairly. ____ing man up. There are people starving in the streets, dying in countries abroad, and Harrison ____ing cries EVER SINGLE WEEK that he's being singled out. Shut the ____ up and play football. Christ almighty...it's a game...play fair, don't take cheap shots, shake hands and go home to your family. Don't say that you're being singled out cause you are a black player and the league is racist. Just stop making excuses.

 

[sprig0701]

What if one of your employees openly broke the rules, then called you a "devil" and said he'd piss on you after you fined him? You want that guy working for you? Representing your company? I'm tired of people making excuses for grown men who make millions of dollars every hour, then go crying to the media that they are being treated unfairly. ____ing man up. There are people starving in the streets, dying in countries abroad, and Harrison ____ing cries EVER SINGLE WEEK that he's being singled out. Shut the ____ up and play football. Christ almighty...it's a game...play fair, don't take cheap shots, shake hands and go home to your family. Don't say that you're being singled out cause you are a black player and the league is racist. Just stop making excuses.

Damn, he's not that bad of a guy

 

[VASith]

All you Harrison haters

If that's your defense of him I can see why you idolize him...and any further debate/discussion is pointless.

 

[sprig0701]

If that's your defense of him I can see why you idolize him...and any further debate/discussion is pointless.

Chill out man, I was just joking with karazamov and progmatinee. Geesh!

 

[VASith]

Damn, he's not that bad of a guy

Never said he was man...but don't think he's the innocent saint that you think he is.

 

[VASith]

Chill out man, I was just joking with karazamov and progmatinee. Geesh!

I'm chill...just have a hard time defending people who make millions a year playing a game we play in the backyard, then crying that they are being treated unfairly. I expect more from people, not less.

 

[sprig0701]

I'm chill...just have a hard time defending people who make millions a year playing a game we play in the backyard, then crying that they are being treated unfairly. I expect more from people, not less.

Well honestly, pro athletes never have to grow up. They go to college a kid and are treated like gold because they can play ball, and then get drafted and make more in 1 year than most of us will ever see in our lives, and still never find themselves needing to be an adult. A lot of these guys now-a-days have no idea what it is to be a "man". Plaxico Burress is one of the biggest ones in the League right now. When he was whining about Coughlin telling him after he shot himself "just thank God no one else was hurt or killed", he bawled in an interview that "I'm a man. I have kids. He shouldn't talk to men like that". Really? You're so concerned about your children that you attend a late night club carrying a concealed firearm you're not registered to own? And these guys saying they won't play until they get a big contract? For real, most of these kids are jokes off the field. I really wish it was the days where they played because they loved it. There wasn't millions of dollars involved. They had to get other jobs just to survive.

Man, now I'm sitting here thinking what a joke all of pro sports is becoming! Kids whining about having to play 1 year of college ball to be able to go to the NBA draft, and their parents saying they're robbing their kids by not letting them get drafted out of high school. The recent situations with the Reggie Bush scandal, and Cam Newton just last season. It's pathetic so many people put so much pressure on young kids to be a professional athlete. No wonder the quality of people entering pro sports is declining. Yes, there are some humble, classy people in sports today, but it just seems they're so few and far between anymore.

 

[iron.jedi83]

As a bronco fan I am drinking that tebow kool aid, and also have to say the receivers have to catch the freaking passes thrown to them. There was at least 6 passes that they should have gotten. It's great knowing that Denver is never out of a win with tebow there but it would be nice to see them catching and making it easier on themselves in the fourth. But next week will be a huge test for the defense with the patriots coming to play against them

 

[SixMillionDollarMan Guy]

I'll go ahead and answer Six's question now:

"What happened to the Raiders today?"

THEY SUCKED!!!!!

LMAO.......at your post.


FINAL
Oakland.....16
Green Bay..46

I just finished this game on dvr.

1. As a Raiders fan, this is painful to watch. They've been outscored 80-30 the past two weeks.

2. They've gone from controlling the division to pissing it away to Tim Tebow.

3. It's like Al never really left.

 

[SixMillionDollarMan Guy]

PREDICTION

Minnesota..13
Detroit.......24


Just keep it rolling boys.....keep it rolling!

FINAL
Minnesota..28
Detroit.......34

1. QB Ponder had an awful game and was promptly benched. He's a rookie and will make mistakes but man oh man, he's repeating the same ones.

2. I could whine and cry on that last play for facemasking but bad officiating goes both ways.

3. Bottom line, you can't go down 21-0 and 28-7 and expect to win the game.

4. I would have whined and cried if we had actually won that game, thus affecting our draft position.

 

[SixMillionDollarMan Guy]

FINAL
Chicago..10
Denver...13 OT

Un-f'n-believable!

Can someone explain to me what happened towards the end of this game about some Chicago player running out of bounds?

This game wasn't on in my market and some vague comment was made during the Green Bay/Oakland game by their announcers.

 

[BadMoon]

FINAL
Chicago..10
Denver...13 OT

Un-f'n-believable!

Can someone explain to me what happened towards the end of this game about some Chicago player running out of bounds?

This game wasn't on in my market and some vague comment was made during the Green Bay/Oakland game by their announcers.

Tebow miracled him out of the stadium.