September 8, 20195 yr 17 hours ago, Boxtruffles said: Almost seems like tampering... ? If AB could have dressed today against the Steelers, it would seem that way even more!
September 9, 20195 yr The Detroit Free Press won twitter on Sunday: https://awfulannouncing.com/nfl/detroit-free-press-provides-fair-summary-of-lions-cardinals-game.html
September 17, 20195 yr Only two weeks into the 2019 season ... but lots of stuff happened: QB INJURIES Drew Brees injures his thumb in Sunday's loss against the Rams - had surgery and expected out for 6 weeks. New Orleans is 1-1 and has Teddy Bridgewater as their backup QB. Ben Roethlisberger goes out with a season-ending elbow injury. Pittsburgh is 0-2 and their backup QB is 2018 3rd-rounder Mason Rudolph from Oklahoma State who is in his second NFL season. The Steelers also traded their 2020 1st-round pick to Miami for safety Minkah Fitzpatrick (a 22-year-old 2018 #11 overall pick by Miami). New York Jets -- going into Monday's game, the Jets announced that second-year QB Sam Darnold had mono and could be out for at least one month. Backup QB Trevor Siemian started MNF against the Browns, but he didn't finish the game because he left with a season-ending ankle injury. The third-string QB is Luke Falk - a 2018 6th-rounder from Washington State in his second NFL season. The Jets will become the first team to start three different QB's to begin a season since the 2016 Browns (who went 1-15). The Jets next four games look brutal (NE, PHI, DAL, NE-again). But they do get to face MIA twice and CIN once, so maybe they won't duplicate the 2016 Browns record. MIAMI DOLPHINS And speaking of those Miami Dolphins. They lost their opening game 59-10 to BAL and followed it with a 43-0 loss to NE. That's 102-10 in their first two games in which they're "Tanking for Tua" or "doing a hard reset" or "trying to do the NFL equivalent of what the Astros did in MLB". Or maybe it's the NFL's version of "Trust the Process"(!) What ever it is, it is making this year's Miami Dolphins bad - maybe historically bad. The one thing the Fins are accomplishing is stockpiling future draft picks. In return for the quality players they've traded away, the Dolphins now have three first-round picks and two second-round picks in 2020, plus two first-round and two second-round picks in 2021.
September 17, 20195 yr Why wouldn't the Steelers want their 1st rounder for the next QB? Are they sold on Rudolph as being the heir apparent?
September 17, 20195 yr Looks like Eli Manning's run in NYC is done. Daniel Jones named the Week 3 starter. Very Stable Genius
September 17, 20195 yr 29 minutes ago, surfohio said: Why wouldn't the Steelers want their 1st rounder for the next QB? Are they sold on Rudolph as being the heir apparent? I wanted him if the Browns didn't go QB in the first round. I suspect he'll be very good. Dammit.
September 17, 20195 yr 9 minutes ago, DarkandStormy said: Looks like Eli Manning's run in NYC is done. Daniel Jones named the Week 3 starter. A little bit of luck at my backup QB position to make up for a certain rather late retirement, I got him in my dynasty league.
September 18, 20195 yr https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/cam-newtons-status-reportedly-up-in-the-air-for-week-3-after-re-aggravating-foot-injury/ So Week 3 of Cam Newton's bizarre fashion show is in doubt? WEEK 1: WEEK 2:
September 20, 20195 yr The point spreads in NFL games are usually not much to write about (unless you're a professional gambler, and then the difference between 3.5 points and 4 points is like super important!). Most point spreads are within single digits. It is somewhat unusual for a double-digit point spread. And NFL point spreads over 20 points are extremely rare. Well, this weekend features two games with 20+ point spreads: NE is a 22-point favorite over visiting NYJ -- Which shows massive respect for the Patriots who won their first two games by a combined 76 to 3. But it also factors in that the Jets will be starting a 3rd-string QB. MIA is a 23-point underdog at DAL -- This is partly about confidence in the Cowboys. But its likely more of an indication of how little respect everyone has for the tanking Dolphins after falling 102 to 10 in their first two games. According to https://www.usbets.com/largest-point-spreads-nfl-history/ - the spread in NFL regular season games has eclipsed 20 points only seven times between 1991 and 2018. The usbets article also speculates that, at the rate the Dolphins going, they alone could push that total into double-digits before this season’s end.
September 20, 20195 yr And Antonio Brown is released by the Patriots: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001056909/article/patriots-release-wr-antonio-brown-amid-allegations https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/27662788/brown-pats-cut-wr-amid-field-allegations But at least the Patriots gave a full and complete explanation of why they cut ties after only one game... -- I'm kidding of course. Below is the full statement released by the Patriots at https://www.patriots.com/news/statement-from-the-patriots-on-antonio-brown -- seriously, that's the full statement(!)
September 22, 20195 yr On 9/18/2019 at 7:20 PM, Columbo said: https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/cam-newtons-status-reportedly-up-in-the-air-for-week-3-after-re-aggravating-foot-injury/ So Week 3 of Cam Newton's bizarre fashion show is in doubt? WEEK 1: WEEK 2: The Dennis Rodman of the NFL!
September 22, 20195 yr More like the Erykah Badu... "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 22, 20195 yr https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/09/22/antonio-brown-says-he-will-not-play-in-the-nfl-anymore/ Fortunately for AB the XFL restarts next year(!)
September 23, 20195 yr On 9/18/2019 at 7:20 PM, Columbo said: https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/cam-newtons-status-reportedly-up-in-the-air-for-week-3-after-re-aggravating-foot-injury/ So Week 3 of Cam Newton's bizarre fashion show is in doubt? WEEK 1: WEEK 2: LOL! The "who wore it better" memes that have been generated by this last pic have been highly entertaining.
September 24, 20195 yr Chargers Stadium is Still Embarrassingly Empty Ryan Phillips The Los Angeles Chargers are in their third season in LA and yet they still can't fill their tiny soccer stadium home. On Sunday it was clear that if there's not a massive contingent of opposing fans, Dignity Health Sports Park won't get filled. The Houston Texans didn't travel particularly well to LA this week, and that left a ton of empty seats in the stands. The game will likely be listed as a "sellout." That's only because ticket brokers likely bought season ticket packages in hopes of selling them off to opposing fans. They clearly didn't unload them this week. The Chargers have to be freaking out right now. They've had almost three years to build a fan base in Los Angeles and still can't reliably pack a 25,000-seat stadium with their own fans. It's mind-boggling and just more evidence that Los Angeles doesn't want them and never did. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/chargers-stadium-is-still-embarrassingly-empty/ar-AAHGgHO
September 25, 20195 yr What do you mean people don't care about football when they can surf, climb mountains and ride motocross every day?
September 25, 20195 yr 13 hours ago, GCrites80s said: What do you mean people don't care about football when they can surf, climb mountains and ride motocross every day? Haha right. People do care about football in LA, just not for the Chargers. I'm not kidding. There was an LA Times poll where the Bolts were the FOURTH most popular team in LA. It goes: 1. Raiders 2. Rams 3. OTHER 4. Chargers And if they had included college it's obvious they would fall to #6 behind USC and UCLA.
September 25, 20195 yr On 9/24/2019 at 6:52 PM, surfohio said: ^ It's becoming clear that Chargers owner Dean Spanos just thought he could ride the Rams coat-tails into a new multi-billion $ LA stadium after he struck out in San Diego. v Apparently, he is also doing the least amount possible in the LA Galaxy's home stadium while waiting for his new LA NFL stadium. That article and the sparse crowd is embarrassing enough. But check out the soccer field markings that are still on the football field(!) It would have taken only minimal effort to paint out the 18-yd box and the center circle. Is the NFL okay with one of their 32 teams playing on something that looks like any random high school that has its soccer/lacrosse/field hockey markings on their football field? On 9/24/2019 at 7:02 PM, surfohio said: https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/chargers-stadium-is-still-embarrassingly-empty/ar-AAHGgHO
September 25, 20195 yr 13 minutes ago, Columbo said: ^ It's becoming clear that Chargers owner Dean Spanos just thought he could ride the Rams coat-tails into a new multi-billion $ LA stadium after he struck out in San Diego. v Apparently, he is also doing the least amount possible in the LA Galaxy's home stadium while waiting for his new LA stadium. That article and the sparse crowd is embarrassing enough. But check out the soccer field markings that are still on the football field. It would have taken only minimal effort to paint out the 18-yd box and the center circle(!) Is the NFL okay with one of their 32 teams playing on something that looks like any random high school that has its soccer/lacrosse/field hockey markings on their football field? That's Dean's M.O. as an owner. Do as little as possible, then fail miserably. Then blame everyone else. The talk in SD this week is that in 2015 Joe Tsai (Alibaba founder) tried to buy the team to keep them in town, but Dean refused to sell. Edited September 25, 20195 yr by surfohio
September 30, 20195 yr @AP BREAKING: NFL suspends Raiders linebacker Vontaze Burfict for the rest of the season for “repeated violations of unnecessary roughness rules" after helmet-to-helmet hit on Indianapolis Colts tight end Jack Doyle. 12:36 PM · Sep 30, 2019 https://apnews.com/56d45d1bc124452396876bbb529bffc1
October 16, 20195 yr Disgruntled Jags cornerback Jalen Ramsey got what he wanted - a trade from Jacksonville. But the Jags also got what they wanted - a huge return. So Ramsey is headed to the L.A. Rams for a 2020 first-round draft pick, a 2021 first-round pick, plus a fourth-rounder in 2021(!) To be fair to LA, on Monday the Rams put starting cornerback Aqib Talib on injured reserve with a rib injury. So this move does fill a gaping defensive hole for them. And Ramsey is in the fourth season of his five-year rookie deal. But oh boy, two 1st-round picks is a lot to give up. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/27854825/jaguars-send-jalen-ramsey-rams-pair-1st-rounders
October 18, 20195 yr https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/27868487/chiefs-qb-patrick-mahomes-suffers-patella-dislocation-set-mri The Chiefs won - and lost - last night. KC's QB Patrick Mahomes suffered a right patellar (kneecap) dislocation in the second quarter of Thursday night's 30-6 road win over Denver. The NFL's reigning MVP was injured during a quarterback sneak on fourth down with just over nine minutes remaining in the first half. Mahomes will undergo an MRI to determine whether there is any ligament damage, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter. I saw a report on FS1 this morning that Mahomes is expected to be out a minimum of 3 weeks because of the knee injury. And possibly more if today's MRI discovers ligament damage(!) UPDATE: No ligament damage - Mahomes expected out a minimum of 3 weeks.
November 6, 20195 yr Column: Chargers’ big win shows why they deserve to play where they’ll be appreciated By BILL PLASCHKE NOV. 3, 2019 The punchline punched back. The interlopers owned the joint. On a bodacious yet bittersweet Sunday, the Chargers showed they belong somewhere, anywhere. But just not here. https://www.latimes.com/sports/chargers/story/2019-11-03/chargers-performance-packers-shows-they-dont-deserve-play-los-angeles
November 6, 20195 yr The Dean Spanos reaction to that article and a report in The Athletic that he’d consider moving the team to London was hilarious: https://nypost.com/2019/11/05/chargers-owner-dean-spanos-rips-london-relocation-report-as-bullsh-t/ “It’s total f–king bullsh-t, ok? We’re not going to London,” Spanos said Monday. “We’re not going anywhere. We’re playing in Los Angeles. This is our home. This is where I’m planning to be for a long f–king time. Period.”
November 6, 20195 yr 16 minutes ago, Columbo said: The Dean Spanos reaction to that article and a report in The Athletic that he’d consider moving the team to London was hilarious: https://nypost.com/2019/11/05/chargers-owner-dean-spanos-rips-london-relocation-report-as-bullsh-t/ “It’s total f–king bullsh-t, ok? We’re not going to London,” Spanos said Monday. “We’re not going anywhere. We’re playing in Los Angeles. This is our home. This is where I’m planning to be for a long f–king time. Period.” Haha. Yeah that new tough guy routine comes off as more than a little desperate. [edit] And actually a pretty hilarious conspiracy theory is that the London rumor was circulated by Stan Kroenke. It's no secret that he is royally pissed off at the Spanos clan. If not Stan it was definitely someone high up in the League who put this out there. Edited November 6, 20195 yr by surfohio
November 17, 20195 yr These NFL pass interference reviews are a complete joke. Actually the whole league is a joke. I feel like we are all dumber for watching.
November 30, 20195 yr oh geez — terrelle pryor stabbed by his woman in pitts heinz apts critical condition.
December 10, 20195 yr Spygate is back - and it looks like the Patriots were spying on the Bengals in Cleveland last week: Patriots video reportedly focused on Bengals sideline for 8 minutes https://sports.yahoo.com/patriots-video-reportedly-focused-on-bengals-sideline-for-8-minutes-165756729.html The New England Patriots are in the middle of a hot mess right now concerning one of their video crews filming the sideline of the Cincinnati Bengals game on Sunday. The news broke on Monday afternoon and things have only gotten messier and more suspicious since. According to Paul Dehner Jr. of The Athletic, the tape from the Patriots’ film crew contains eight minutes of direct Bengals sideline footage. Sources who viewed the recording told Dehner that it shows Bengals players running on and off the field as well as coaches calling plays. If the Bengals lost to the Patriots this weekend, it will almost certainly be entirely due to this cheating.
December 10, 20195 yr 30 minutes ago, Ram23 said: If the Bengals lost to the Patriots this weekend, it will almost certainly be entirely due to this cheating. Not sure I'd go that far! ?
January 5, 20205 yr I witnessed this piece of history with 50+ of my closest friends at a sports bar last night: This is exactly why you go out on top (like Peyton Manning). Instead this particular play - likely his last in the NFL - will taint his legacy.
January 5, 20205 yr ^We were in Boston last night. The locals were salty. My hovercraft is full of eels
January 13, 20205 yr ^^Except they have two Super Bowls since moving to Baltimore. Very Stable Genius
January 13, 20205 yr Just now, DarkandStormy said: ^^Except they have two Super Bowls since moving to Baltimore. Touche! (sigh)
January 13, 20205 yr And their first Super Bowl win came just a few years after moving from Cleveland. ?
January 20, 20205 yr Who does everyone have winning it all?? I'm hoping the chiefs can bring the superbowl to the midwest! I very much enjoyed the playoffs this year. Hoping it's finally the changing of the guard, no more Brady, brees can retire too.. discount doublecheck can stick to the commercials and best of all, no Steelers!!
January 21, 20205 yr 20 hours ago, TwoStickney419 said: Who does everyone have winning it all?? I'm hoping the chiefs can bring the superbowl to the midwest! I very much enjoyed the playoffs this year. Hoping it's finally the changing of the guard, no more Brady, brees can retire too.. discount doublecheck can stick to the commercials and best of all, no Steelers!! I'm hoping the Chiefs win too. And unless Mahomes contracts a flesh-eating virus before the Superbowl - I can't see how the 49er's offense can hang with the Chiefs offense.
February 3, 20205 yr Also congrats to ex Buckeyes nick bosa for winning the defensive ROY and Michael Thomas for winning offensive player of the year
February 3, 20205 yr 1 minute ago, TwoStickney419 said: Congrats to the KC Chiefs and coach Andy Reid on a great season. It was a good Although not for the 49er fans. It looked like the Niners had the game in hand with a 10-point lead midway though the fourth quarter. The Niners defense had bottled up Mahomes and the potent Chiefs offense up to that point. And then the Chiefs reel off 21 points in the final six minutes. https://www.espn.com/blog/kansas-city-chiefs/post/_/id/27819/patrick-mahomes-leads-chiefs-to-first-super-bowl-victory-in-50-years
February 3, 20205 yr Shout out to the NEO guys: https://mobile.twitter.com/wkyc/status/1224182471413174272?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^tweet Also, two related Cleveland Heights nods: https://www.cleveland19.com/2020/02/02/two-girl-kickers-cleveland-heights-be-featured-super-bowl-liv-commercial/ https://fox8.com/2020/01/30/cleveland-heights-lights-up-red-for-travis-kelce/
February 3, 20205 yr Cant believe the season is already over.. that one went fast! Even though I think itll be garbage, I'm very curious to see the new XFL.. not so much the quality of the talent, but the tweaked rules and any significant extras ie: production aspect.. Even though XFL was a bust originally, it did end up influencing the nfl in some small ways...
February 3, 20205 yr 3 hours ago, MuRrAy HiLL said: Shout out to the NEO guys: https://mobile.twitter.com/wkyc/status/1224182471413174272?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^tweet Also, two related Cleveland Heights nods: https://www.cleveland19.com/2020/02/02/two-girl-kickers-cleveland-heights-be-featured-super-bowl-liv-commercial/ https://fox8.com/2020/01/30/cleveland-heights-lights-up-red-for-travis-kelce/ Honorable mention to SF's Rahim Mostert (FLA native now living in Westlake).
February 3, 20205 yr After a long career with 222 NFL wins, Andy Reid finally gets that Super Bowl monkey off his back... ...and it jumps onto Kyle Shanahan(!)
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