NFL Thread 2016

[Derwood]

Holy horsefeathers, this ad

 

 

Apparently the Lumber 84 CEO is a pro-Trump person and the ad was "misconstrued" as pro-immigration

[CubColtPacer]

I've never liked the OT rules very much. I especially don't like that the impact is so different for different types of teams. If you have two great defenses playing each other, the coin toss isn't very important. But when you have two great offenses, it becomes much more important.

 

My solution would be to have a 10 minute period followed by 5 minutes of sudden death. Whoever didn't get the ball first in OT gets the ball first in sudden death. You're incredibly likely to have at least two possessions. There's strategy on whether you want the ball first in OT or want to defer that to a possible sudden death. And it doesn't involve the players playing that much more than they already are.

[Banedon]

http://www.ajc.com/news/local/gwinnett-students-blame-falcons-depression-for-being-late-school/1fjYnbrML0oR5g9mAChzFI/

 

Reason for being late: "Failed to rise up"

[Brian707]

[bbvideo=560,315]https://www.facebook.com/eric.cea/videos/10158176895990057/[/bbvideo]

[WrigleyField 22]

I've never liked the OT rules very much. I especially don't like that the impact is so different for different types of teams. If you have two great defenses playing each other, the coin toss isn't very important. But when you have two great offenses, it becomes much more important.

 

My solution would be to have a 10 minute period followed by 5 minutes of sudden death. Whoever didn't get the ball first in OT gets the ball first in sudden death. You're incredibly likely to have at least two possessions. There's strategy on whether you want the ball first in OT or want to defer that to a possible sudden death. And it doesn't involve the players playing that much more than they already are.

Not a bad solution, but I would think it would involve the players playing more than they do now on average.

 

Also- not likely a popular opinion, but why have any overtime in the regular season. Just have ties.

[NOLA]

[imb]

 

As an outsider, this always seems like one of the most forced "rivalries." Like if somebody was REALLY invested in the Cubs and Pirates clashing simply because they technically played in the same division.

Absolutely not forced. I hate Atlanta, and I can promise you that everyone around me at the bar last night was cheering for the Pats almost like they were the Saints.

 

It's the fans. Every time they come to town they are the most obnoxious, trash talking bunch of derelicts of any fan base. There are always fights in the Dome with them. The city poses as some LA of the South-the exact opposite of New Orleans. All faux glitz, no substance. Atlanta and their fans are the worst. The hate goes back to the NFC West days.

 

Like I said, looking at it as an outsider it seems forced. By my own arbitrary rules, at the very minimum a good rivalry needs to be between teams who share the same state, or are in states bordering each other. You start skipping states, eh, it feels like reaching.

 

And the fans thing, to this I also say "eh;" Reds fans flood Wrigley, but it feels more like annoyance as opposed to "YEAH, horsefeathers THE REDS." Any rivalry there feels more like a technicality than anything else.

 

Obviously, that's not to say it's not an actual rivalry; it just feels like here in DC when I hear locals talking about the Redskins and the Giants like it's this heated, storied vendetta, and all I can think is, "aw, that's nice."

 

And, as usual, it doesn't matter if any of this applies to college sports, because college sports are dumb.

 

do you even know what you plan on saying when you start typing

[jumbo]

Especially in the playoffs, it's baffling that they just don't play the full period, or shorten it to 10 minutes and play the full period.

 

I completely agree.

 

I was going to suggest extra period/quarter a couple pages back. The college guaranteed possession is too wimpy, the sudden death format combined with ever more offensive-biased rules are too arbitrary. An entire 15minute quarter gives everyone ample opportunity and keeps the clock component, which adds excitement.

[WrigleyField 22]

Especially in the playoffs, it's baffling that they just don't play the full period, or shorten it to 10 minutes and play the full period.

 

I completely agree.

 

I was going to suggest extra period/quarter a couple pages back. The college guaranteed possession is too wimpy, the sudden death format combined with ever more offensive-biased rules are too arbitrary. An entire 15minute quarter gives everyone ample opportunity and keeps the clock component, which adds excitement.

The time component is a whole hell of a lot less exciting in a sport with 40 seconds between action and frequent 2 minute commercial breaks. Then the possibility of additional overtimes as teams match eachother? Nah

[Sammy Sofa]

Absolutely not forced. I hate Atlanta, and I can promise you that everyone around me at the bar last night was cheering for the Pats almost like they were the Saints.

 

It's the fans. Every time they come to town they are the most obnoxious, trash talking bunch of derelicts of any fan base. There are always fights in the Dome with them. The city poses as some LA of the South-the exact opposite of New Orleans. All faux glitz, no substance. Atlanta and their fans are the worst. The hate goes back to the NFC West days.

 

Like I said, looking at it as an outsider it seems forced. By my own arbitrary rules, at the very minimum a good rivalry needs to be between teams who share the same state, or are in states bordering each other. You start skipping states, eh, it feels like reaching.

 

And the fans thing, to this I also say "eh;" Reds fans flood Wrigley, but it feels more like annoyance as opposed to "YEAH, horsefeathers THE REDS." Any rivalry there feels more like a technicality than anything else.

 

Obviously, that's not to say it's not an actual rivalry; it just feels like here in DC when I hear locals talking about the Redskins and the Giants like it's this heated, storied vendetta, and all I can think is, "aw, that's nice."

 

And, as usual, it doesn't matter if any of this applies to college sports, because college sports are dumb.

 

do you even know what you plan on saying when you start typing

 

I'm like a low-rent Drew Magary, but with only half as many emotional breakdowns.

[sneakypower]

i have an idea for equitable overtime rules

 

if the defense simply stops the other team from scoring a touchdown, then their offense gets a shot

[Transmogrified Tiger]

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[NOLA]

Adrian Peterson signing with the Saints looks eminent. They get an edge rusher with one of their 2 first round picks and this team is all of a sudden very relevant.

[jersey cubs fan]

Adrian Peterson signing with the Saints looks eminent. They get an edge rusher with one of their 2 first round picks and this team is all of a sudden very relevant.

That could be the pre-imminent move of the offseason.

[OleMissCub]

Adrian Peterson signing with the Saints looks eminent. They get an edge rusher with one of their 2 first round picks and this team is all of a sudden very relevant.

 

I'd rather have a stud LB or DB

[NOLA]

Adrian Peterson signing with the Saints looks eminent. They get an edge rusher with one of their 2 first round picks and this team is all of a sudden very relevant.

That could be the pre-imminent move of the offseason.

Ok, autocorrect cop.

[NOLA]

Adrian Peterson signing with the Saints looks eminent. They get an edge rusher with one of their 2 first round picks and this team is all of a sudden very relevant.

 

I'd rather have a stud LB or DB

A pass rusher is tops on my wish list followed by a stud CB, but as a FA pickup I like the move. The window with Brees is 2-3 yrs, and I like the pressure taken off the defense with a solid running game. Defense can be addressed with 2 picks in the 1st round. I never was a fan of trading pick 32 to NE for Butler, because no way do you mortgage the future for an aging CB that will need a new contract soon anyway.

[soccer10k]

Apparently even vascectomies can't prevent Antonio Cromartie from having kids. His wife is pregnant with their 6th child, which will be his 14th overall. It will be his 4th kid after having a vascectomy.

[jersey cubs fan]

Apparently even vascectomies can't prevent Antonio Cromartie from having kids. His wife is pregnant with their 6th child, which will be his 14th overall. It will be his 4th kid after having a vascectomy.

tonio might want to talk to the neighbors

[Splendid Splinter]

Apparently even vascectomies can't prevent Antonio Cromartie from having kids. His wife is pregnant with their 6th child, which will be his 14th overall. It will be his 4th kid after having a vascectomy.

 

Are we even sure that he had one done?

[Banedon]

[Banedon]

Hank Williams Jr., a man who has served for decades as living proof of just how far you can go in America simply by sharing a name with your more talented father, is returning to ESPN’s Monday Night Football broadcast to open the show with his “Are You Ready For Some Football?” theme song.

[Sammy Sofa]

Drew Magary's Why Your Team Sucks, the only justification for football's continued miserable existence, kicked off today with the Browns:

 

http://deadspin.com/why-your-team-sucks-2017-cleveland-browns-1797293528

[jumbo]

Drew Magary's Why Your Team Sucks, the only justification for football's continued miserable existence, kicked off today with the Browns:

 

http://deadspin.com/why-your-team-sucks-2017-cleveland-browns-1797293528

 

That was a fun read. My favorite part was the fan testimonials:

My wife and I are expecting our first child, and Finish Line had Browns onesies on sale, so I bought three sets, for $5 each. Good deal, right? I have never seen her lose her temper faster than when I showed them to her. I may as well have showed her baby Klan robes, she was that disgusted.

[davell]

 

Damn lol