February 10, 201510 yr Ed Sabol, founder of NFL Films, dies at 98: Sabol is credited with introducing super slow-motion replays, bloo... http://cbsn.ws/193D7Va "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
February 25, 201510 yr Word is Dallas Cowboys RB Dez Bryant was caught on video assaulting his wife. Odd that it's not been shown anywhere. ESPN's Adam Schefter today said on Carmen and Jurko (ESPN Chicago) that a video does in fact exist. A minute ago, Bryant responded with this tweet... Dez Bryant @DezBryant 52s52 seconds ago I need to get me a real raw uncut tv show or something ... I can't continue to get betrayed like this.. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
February 25, 201510 yr "I can't continue to get betrayed like this.." That's wonderful of him....."betrayed".
February 26, 201510 yr mock draft top ten: http://m.nydailynews.com/sports/football/giants/nfl-mock-draft-top-10-picks-including-jets-giants-article-1.2129618
March 17, 201510 yr I was disappointed that the Browns didn't draft Borland, and after Borland's first season I felt my disappointment was justified although Kirksey wasn't a bad player. However, I'm feeling a lot better today about the Browns drafting Kirksey! SF's Borland quits over safety issues http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/12496480/san-francisco-49ers-linebacker-chris-borland-retires-head-injury-concerns "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
May 6, 201510 yr DeflateGate: "... more probable than not ..." http://espn.go.com/boston/nfl/story/_/id/12833542/wells-report-finds-new-england-patriots-probably-deflated-balls
May 7, 201510 yr DeflateGate: "... more probable than not ..." http://espn.go.com/boston/nfl/story/_/id/12833542/wells-report-finds-new-england-patriots-probably-deflated-balls The NFL is a joke.
May 11, 201510 yr http://espn.go.com/boston/nfl/story/_/id/12867594/punishments-handed-tom-brady-new-england-patriots-deflategate - Brady gets a 4-game suspension - Patriots get fined $1 million and lose 2016 1st-round draft pick and 2017 4th-round draft pick
May 20, 201510 yr NFL changes PAT rule for 2015 NFL owners on Tuesday voted 30-2 to approve a change in the rule governing extra points after touchdowns. The owners considered three proposals, but ultimately approved a rule change endorsed by the competition committee. The new rule pushes the kick back to the 15-yard line and leaves the two-point conversion at the 2-yard line. It also makes the play "live," meaning the defense could return a blocked kick or a turnover on a two-point play for two points. MORE: http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/12915634/nfl-change-extra-point-kicks-longer-distance
May 21, 201510 yr Starting next year, the only scores that are impossible to ever reach are 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, and 1-7. You will be able to have a score of 1-6 and any combination of scores where one team has a score of 8 or higher.
May 21, 201510 yr One point won't be possible. Returned conversions by the defense will all be 2 points
May 21, 201510 yr Ah I was reading about a proposed rule change by Philadelphia that would have made safeties on PAT and 2-point conversions worth a single point. Which is almost never going to happen because the offense would need to essentially fumble 98 yards down the field and get tackled in their own end zone or the defense would have to get a turnover in the end zone, then step out, and then get tackled back in the end zone. And even in that second (more likely) scenario, the single point would go to the team who just scored a touchdown, so the team with zero would still be at zero. I read that proposal as part of the accepted rule changes. Articles with bad flow and me not paying attention enough.
June 2, 201510 yr Best typo ever? "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
June 28, 20159 yr NFL is strengthening its Canton-Cleveland roots June 28, 2015 By KEVIN KLEPS When Pro Football Hall of Fame president and executive director David Baker spoke to two groups of NFL rookies who visited the Canton landmark last week, he gave the 20-somethings a brief history lesson. The American Professional Football Association was launched in Canton on Sept. 17, 1920. Nearly 95 years later, the NFL — no matter how many hits it takes — is the most powerful sports league in the country. The league's bond with its birthplace, and all of Northeast Ohio, “has never been better than it is right now,” Baker said. Last February, embattled NFL commissioner Roger Goodell spoke at the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce's annual dinner — a $100-per-ticket event that drew a record crowd of about 900. For the fourth consecutive year, the league's annual Rookie Symposium, a week-long event that concluded on Saturday, June 27, was held at the Bertram Inn and Conference Center in Aurora. And then there is the Hall of Fame, whose annual enshrinement weekend, according to Baker, attracts more credentialed media than any NFL event aside from the Super Bowl. “As the NFL has become more and more successful in terms of finances and visibility, they've also made a commitment that they need to be more in touch with their heritage and values,” said Baker, a former Arena Football League commissioner who was named to his current post in January 2014. “And that's really what the Hall of Fame stands for.” The AFC's drafted rookies, including the Cleveland Browns' 12-member class, toured the Hall of Fame on June 24. Their NFC counterparts followed on June 27. MORE: http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20150628/NEWS/306289994/nfl-is-strengthening-its-canton-cleveland-roots "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
September 1, 20159 yr Greatest (best) loss in NFL history might have been the January '12 defeat of the Colts by the Jaguars. That loss secured the top pick for the Colts in the upcoming draft, in which they selected Andrew Luck. Picks 2-7 were RGIII (Skins wants to trade him), TRich (just cut by the Raiders), Matt Kalil (decent OL but injury prone), Justin Blackmon (just signed by a CFL team), Morris Claiborne (backup CB on Cowboys), Mark Barron (recently traded by the Bucs for two later round draft picks)
September 3, 20159 yr ^ the eagles might want rg3 if he gets cut: http://www.bleedinggreennation.com/2015/9/1/9242417/eagles-robert-griffin-iii-washington-redskins-quarterback-rumors-kirk-cousins also, trent richardson cut by raiders.
September 3, 20159 yr I'm not convinced that RGIII is a bad QB. Given the right team I think he could be pretty good
September 3, 20159 yr I don't know that he can be effective as a pocket QB and he is too fragile to be constantly moving him out of the pocket. He has potential, but you can't rely on him to be your franchise QB
September 3, 20159 yr This appeal is headed for another appeal, but for now a federal judge has negated the NFL's four-game suspension of Tom Brady: http://espn.go.com/boston/nfl/story/_/id/13570716/tom-brady-new-england-patriots-wins-appeal-nfl-deflategate
September 10, 20159 yr Are you ready for some football??? - The NFL's got ya covered with tonight's 2015 season opener: Pittsburgh at New England Are you ready for a lengthy article about the relationship between the NFL and the New England Patriots from Spygate to Deflategate??? - ESPN's got ya covered there: http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/13533995/split-nfl-new-england-patriots-apart
September 11, 20159 yr the patriots organization just cant quit can they??? http://nypost.com/2015/09/11/steelers-coach-blasts-patriots-over-suspicious-headset-issues/
October 24, 20159 yr Sunday's Bills-Jaguars game in London is being streamed by Yahoo (starts 9:30AM EDT). Bold new move that looks to the future? Or yet another way for the NFL to try get viewers for these awful London games? Long-term, maybe the former. Short-term, the latter: sunday morning Bills-Jags? no thanks. Business Insider is a kind of a click-bait site - but they did have a business-side look at this NFL Yahoo-streamed game (linked below): -- Yahoo's NFL-streaming debacle is a reminder that the games are boring: http://www.businessinsider.com/yahoo-nfl-streaming-ad-rates-decline-2015-10
October 26, 20159 yr ^ Turns out the Bills-Jags game was probably the most entertaining Sunday game: http://espn.go.com/nfl/game?gameId=400761515 Jags go up 27-3. Bills score 28 straight to lead 31-27 late in the 4th. Then the Jags score a TD with 2:16 left to win 34-31. Turns out this London game didn't need TBDBITL for added entertainment after all!
October 26, 20159 yr For the first time in NFL history, there are five 6-0 teams, including the Cincinnati Bengals.
October 26, 20159 yr ^ Turns out the Bills-Jags game was probably the most entertaining Sunday game: http://espn.go.com/nfl/game?gameId=400761515 Jags go up 27-3. Bills score 28 straight to lead 31-27 late in the 4th. Then the Jags score a TD with 2:16 left to win 34-31. Turns out this London game didn't need TBDBITL for added entertainment after all! I feel bad for the Bills. Definitely one of the worst pass interference calls I've seen in recent times. But then again, so many other mistakes for them in that game--you can't blame just that ref.
October 27, 20159 yr espn power rankings -- does it really matter after the pats? and no the browns are not at the bottom: http://espn.go.com/blog/statsinfo/post/_/id/110932/espns-football-power-index-rankings-for-oct-27
October 27, 20159 yr Cardinals looked damn good last night, very strong on all phases of the game. Can't believe Jets are ahead of Bengals. How are the Colts in the top 10? They are terrible. Rams are much better than #19.
October 27, 20159 yr Those are "Power Index" scores, who knows what ESPN is trying to say with those. Here are their "power rankings" which are done by humans and make (slightly) more sense: http://espn.go.com/nfl/powerrankings
October 28, 20159 yr ^ let me guess -- that list ranks the bengals higher? :wink: It does indeed accurately rank them higher! It's a ranking based mostly on record, with some amount of perception mixed in. The power index is just a weird stat-based list that tries to predict which teams would win a game - in my opinion it's something that competes with Vegas odds more so than a ranking. So Pittsburgh is ranked higher than undefeated Cincinnati despite being just over .500, but ESPN thinks they'll score more points per play or something so they are the favorite. Vegas has Cincy by 2 currently.
November 2, 20159 yr 5/16 teams (31%) in the AFC have a winning record. 6/16 teams (38%) in the NFC have a winning record. Total of 11/32 teams (34%) in the NFL have a winning record. No teams in the AFC South and NFC East have a winning record.
November 24, 20159 yr chargers moving? la? san antonio? Chargers fans voice displeasure with team's possible move to Los Angeles Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY Sports 3:08 p.m. EDT October 29, 2015 SAN DIEGO -- A bombardment of boos blasted the stage here Wednesday night as soon as Mark Fabiani stepped up to speak. His message was short. After 14 years of trying to get a new stadium in San Diego, the San Diego Chargers finally might just give up and move to Los Angeles instead. Blame the politicians, said Fabiani. more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/chargers/2015/10/29/chargers-fans-voice-displeasure-teams-possible-move-los-angeles/74789176/
December 3, 20159 yr january nfl owner meeting regarding a los angeles franchise: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/vote-nfl-relocation-los-angeles-jan-article-1.2453726 15miles south of los angeles -- a joint chargers-raiders stadium in carson, ca?
December 3, 20159 yr more from that article -- new rules Also Wednesday: —Goodell said he asked the league’s powerful competition committee to look into how games are officiated, and the size of the rule book. He’s seeking suggestions on clarifying and simplifying the rules, as well as how the league trains officials. Goodell said “no stone will be left unturned” in examining and improving officiating. The NFL has been plagued by missed or erroneous calls in games this season. —Goodell has asked various “football personnel” to examine the confusing catch rule. He reached out last month to former players, coaches, general managers and others, “to come together and try and see if we can study this and come up with proposals for the competition committee to consider.” What constitutes a completed catch has been a controversial subject for years. Goodell wants those people to examine how the play is officiated and coached, and “how fans react to this.” —The owners voted to allow compensatory draft picks to be traded beginning in 2017. In the past, those picks — awarded to teams for losing a certain number of free agents — have not been tradeable. —The league reduced the window for player agents to contact teams about free agents. That goes from three days before the expiration of a player’s contract to two days.
December 3, 20159 yr january nfl owner meeting regarding a los angeles franchise: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/vote-nfl-relocation-los-angeles-jan-article-1.2453726 15miles south of los angeles -- a joint chargers-raiders stadium in carson, ca? I'm disgusted by the NFL, with the Spanos family and with Roger Goodell who basically gave a big, flippant F.U. to Chargers fans yesterday. The kid in me will be sad, but why should I as grown adult care about this billionaires club? San Diego will be just fine without the NFL. Once this sinks in, who knows, perhaps other cities may actually get a modicum of leverage vs. the league and their welfare program. Hey LA, enjoy your crowded loges and your empty seats where the real fans used to be.
December 4, 20159 yr Wow, insane GB comeback. Detroit and Cleveland are competing for the most idiotic way to lose a football game at the last second.
December 4, 20159 yr Wow, insane GB comeback. Detroit and Cleveland are competing for the most idiotic way to lose a football game at the last second. Cleveland wins hands down. Lions lost because of the facemask penalty that wasn't
December 4, 20159 yr The NFL needs to overhaul the entire penalty and replay system. Every team should receive two challenges. If you get your challenge right, you shouldn't lose the challenge. That way you have one chance to mess up your challenge. There's no reason if you successfully challenge three plays that you shouldn't be allowed to challenge again. Penalties that don't stop the play need to be reviewable. The lions should have won that game. Another primetime game the refs decided.
December 4, 20159 yr The NFL needs to overhaul the entire penalty and replay system. Every team should receive two challenges. If you get your challenge right, you shouldn't lose the challenge. That way you have one chance to mess up your challenge. There's no reason if you successfully challenge three plays that you shouldn't be allowed to challenge again. Penalties that don't stop the play need to be reviewable. The lions should have won that game. Another primetime game the refs decided. Rest assured that the league geniuses will come up with 17 new rules to fix this.
December 4, 20159 yr ^Half will conflict with each other and the other half will have ambiguous language like "make a football move".
December 19, 20159 yr What is this???? The Bengals got NOTHING from the NFL. If I was the county I would sue the NFL bigtime. http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/goodell-to-st--louis--nfl-won-t-spend-more-than--200m-on-stadiums-151232563.html
December 19, 20159 yr Heard during Monday nights game the the NFL has commissioned a "Catch Committee." Yes that's right. A group of rocket scientists and brain surgeons who will determine once and for all what a "catch" is. This is the lamest sport ever.
December 21, 20159 yr What is this???? The Bengals got NOTHING from the NFL. If I was the county I would sue the NFL bigtime. http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/goodell-to-st--louis--nfl-won-t-spend-more-than--200m-on-stadiums-151232563.html That's because the NFL had more leverage, then. They had a commitment to put a team in Cleveland. Converting the Bengals into the "Browns" would have met that commitment, even though people in Cleveland would not have accepted it. At first, anyway.
January 4, 20169 yr yep bills tailgators know how to properly end a season! Bills Fan Sets Himself On Fire Patrick Redford Yesterday 12:50pmFiled to: BILLSPIN All good things must come to an end, by which I mean: the Buffalo Bills are playing their last home game of the season today. It was a hell of a run, featuring barfing, furniture wrestling, butts, and doin’ it in the parking lot. more: http://deadspin.com/bills-fan-sets-himself-on-fire-1750780199
January 4, 20169 yr ^^Buffalo--the only "real" New York team! And they know how to party! Went there to watch my Chargers lose in person a few years back. Some fans were cool to me, while others were clearly inbred maniacs shouting jibberish. Do you know how difficult it is to talk trash with people who can't even speak English? Or make sense? Anyhow, they: -prominently featured the retired number of murdering psychopath O.J. Simpson throughout their awful stadium -have no parking lot, so locals gouge you for the privilege in parking at their houses on mucky grass -play third rate ads for auto dealerships on their scoreboard -had their game clock malfunction so none of the players or coaches or referees knew what was going on -lost electricity throughout the stadium in the second quarter and couldn't sell any beer or soda for the rest of the game Not an overall fun experience.
January 4, 20169 yr ^^Buffalo--the only "real" New York team! And they know how to party! Went there to watch my Chargers lose in person a few years back. Some fans were cool to me, while others were clearly inbred maniacs shouting jibberish. Do you know how difficult it is to talk trash with people who can't even speak English? Or make sense? Anyhow, they: -prominently featured the retired number of murdering psychopath O.J. Simpson throughout their awful stadium -have no parking lot, so locals gouge you for the privilege in parking at their houses on mucky grass -play third rate ads for auto dealerships on their scoreboard -had their game clock malfunction so none of the players or coaches or referees knew what was going on -lost electricity throughout the stadium in the second quarter and couldn't sell any beer or soda for the rest of the game Not an overall fun experience. I went there for a game in 1997, "Browns Fans Day". It was fine. I could have sworn they had some smaller lots of their own. I left at halftime because as it turned out, Game 7 of the World Series was that night.
Create an account or sign in to comment