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The Weird, Wacky and Awesome World of the NFL - General Banter thread

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    #6092
    helimachoptor
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 21,656 Mod ✭✭✭✭helimachoptor


    Tebow wearing ass-less chaps!


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    #6093
    nerd69
    Registered Users Posts: 10,091 ✭✭✭✭nerd69


    helimachoptor wrote: »
    Tebow wearing ass-less chaps!

    Cheers heli I can't unsee that image now :(


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    #6094
    helimachoptor
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 21,656 Mod ✭✭✭✭helimachoptor


    Tickets to the texans @ 49'ers bought! (cheap nose bleed seats :D)

    Titans @ Seahawks, good seats are very expensive, so trying to call in some favours!


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    #6095
    adrian522
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 16,126 Mod ✭✭✭✭adrian522


    helimachoptor wrote: »
    Tickets to the texans @ 49'ers bought! (cheap nose bleed seats :D)!

    What section?


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    #6096
    helimachoptor
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 21,656 Mod ✭✭✭✭helimachoptor


    adrian522 wrote: »
    What section?

    Upper 48


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    #6097
    adrian522
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 16,126 Mod ✭✭✭✭adrian522


    Not too bad ...

    upper_reserved_48.jpg

    Only thing is you can't see the scoreboard/screen from that end.


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    #6098
    helimachoptor
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 21,656 Mod ✭✭✭✭helimachoptor


    adrian522 wrote: »
    Not too bad ...

    upper_reserved_48.jpg

    Only thing is you can't see the scoreboard/screen from that end.

    I'm going to watch the Texans get beat.. i dont mind!


    Now just need to figure out the best way of getting to the stadium


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    #6099
    rockonollie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,626 ✭✭✭rockonollie


    I live in Cincinnati so I casually support the Bengals. (Truely a Dolphins fan).....but after this, I have to give props to the bengals fans.

    http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/cincinnati-bengals-fan-shows-six-pack-beer-tied-173100525.html


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    #6100
    helimachoptor
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 21,656 Mod ✭✭✭✭helimachoptor


    so a few hours after buying my tickets on NFL exchange, they arrived in my email and are now printed.

    Very impressed


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    #6101
    adrian522
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 16,126 Mod ✭✭✭✭adrian522


    Yeah, mine are printed out and pinned up on my desk, helps me through the day...


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    #6102
    Dublin Red Devil
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭Dublin Red Devil


    NFL QBs Beware

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrDGmnQXLgE


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    #6103
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,518 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Is it just me or is the Bucs' secondary looking scary all of a sudden?


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    #6104
    nerd69
    Registered Users Posts: 10,091 ✭✭✭✭nerd69


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Is it just me or is the Bucs' secondary looking scary all of a sudden?

    Revis will do that for you

    On paper they should have an insane d in general itl be interesting to see how they pan out


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    #6105
    Paully D
    Registered Users Posts: 28,710 ✭✭✭✭Paully D


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Is it just me or is the Bucs' secondary looking scary all of a sudden?

    Yep, they will go from last in pass D the season just past to around top 8 this season IMO, providing they stay healthy.


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    #6106
    helimachoptor
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 21,656 Mod ✭✭✭✭helimachoptor


    Seahawks tickets arrived in my mail during the night. All flights booked bar the one from NY home, going to an epic couple weeks starting off with steelers/vikes, now... Just not to crash the rental..


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    #6107
    taidghbaby
    Registered Users Posts: 2,746 ✭✭✭taidghbaby


    helimachoptor wrote: »
    Seahawks tickets arrived in my mail during the night. All flights booked bar the one from NY home, going to an epic couple weeks starting off with steelers/vikes, now... Just not to crash the rental..

    I dislike you a lot!


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    #6108
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    nerd69 wrote: »
    Revis will do that for you

    On paper they should have an insane d in general itl be interesting to see how they pan out

    Jonathan Banks is supposedly looking very good since joining the team, but he will be repeatedly targeted so my only worry is how he will deal with that throughout the year.

    Goldson and Revis are top class additions, Revis for obvious reasons but Goldson seems to be a great leader to the young guys off the field.

    Now we just need to maintain the rushing defense (and for me, maintaining it means a top 8 rushing defense) and develop the bones of a pass rush and our defense will go from an embarrasment to... dare I say it... a strength.


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    #6109
    GoldFour4
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 4,991 Mod ✭✭✭✭GoldFour4


    It might only be the Hall of Fame game and it is only preseason but football is back tonight ! :)


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    #6110
    Benny Cake
    Registered Users Posts: 3,144 ✭✭✭Benny Cake


    Not sure if this has been posted here before.... Worth a watch......



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    #6111
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    I don't think this was posted already

    I just think it's a quality ad.

    Reminds me of Friday Night Lights :)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4v0i9wLaYU


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    #6112
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users Posts: 39,920 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    Live football lads.


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    #6113
    rockonollie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,626 ✭✭✭rockonollie


    It may only be the hall of fame game, in preseason, and a week earlier than they normally start games.......but it was good to see those guys hitting hard.


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    #6114
    Dublin Red Devil
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭Dublin Red Devil


    Johnny Football could be in deep **** with the NCAA over profiting off his own image. A high level college player is basically a professional athlete who doesn't get paid. The universities make millions off them while they do all the work and get nothing.


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    #6115
    rockonollie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,626 ✭✭✭rockonollie


    Dublin Red Devil wrote: »
    Johnny Football could be in deep **** with the NCAA over profiting off his own image. A high level college player is basically a professional athlete who doesn't get paid. The universities make millions off them while they do all the work and get nothing.

    They get free education, rent and food plans.........we don't think about that because of the low cost of college in Ireland, but it's not uncommon to have $100,000 of student loan debt by the time you get a 4 year degree in the US.


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    #6116
    Dublin Red Devil
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭Dublin Red Devil


    rockonollie wrote: »
    They get free education, rent and food plans.........we don't think about that because of the low cost of college in Ireland, but it's not uncommon to have $100,000 of student loan debt by the time you get a 4 year degree in the US.
    That's just their scholarship and it's pence compared to what the universities make off them.


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    #6117
    rockonollie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,626 ✭✭✭rockonollie


    Dublin Red Devil wrote: »
    That's just their scholarship and it's pence compared to what the universities make off them.

    It is.....but you can't say that they get nothing.

    And where does it stop? I go to highschool football games here that have attendences as high as 6 or 7 thousand 10 games a season, at $10 per person, that's $600,000 per season.....so should high schools start giving their athletes a cut too?


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    #6118
    Hazys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,510 ✭✭✭Hazys


    Dublin Red Devil wrote: »
    That's just their scholarship and it's pence compared to what the universities make off them.

    Boston College costs around $54,000 a school year. Food and accommodation in Boston at a rough estimate would cost $20,000 a year.

    4 years at $74,000 is $296,000.

    The NFL minimum salary for a rookie is $390,000 for one year. So if they were playing in the NFL they would be underpaid.

    That scholarship of roughly $296k is given to around 90 players (Im not 100% if they all get the same scholarhip). How many of those 90 BC football players make an NFL roster a season 1 maybe 2? So maybe one or two are getting underpaid while the 88 other players on the roster are making waaay more than they are worth.

    Not to mention the same scholarships are given to all sports male and female. How many members of the BC Women's Hockey team are worth $296,000?

    A very small minority of college athletes in a free market would be worth more than their scholarship but the vast majority of college athletes are getting a way better deal.


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    #6119
    Dublin Red Devil
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭Dublin Red Devil


    Dublin Red Devil wrote: »
    Johnny Football could be in deep **** with the NCAA over profiting off his own image. A high level college player is basically a professional athlete who doesn't get paid. The universities make millions off them while they do all the work and get nothing.

    I'm not talking about the players who have no hope playing for an NFL team. I'm talking about the stars. The guys who fill the stadiums, Draw in the TV money, sell the jerseys. Johnny Football himself generates millions for the school so he should get a slice of the pie.

    But it's worse than that. They stop him for making any money outside of school. He can't do endorsements or do anything to profit off his own name.
    You can accept that the school doesn't want to pay him a salary to play but it is ridiculous they can dictate why he does off campus


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    #6120
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,518 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    It's amateur football for a reason, they reap the benefits when they get to the "Pros"


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    #6121
    764dak
    Registered Users Posts: 1,849 ✭✭✭764dak


    Robert Griffin was cut.

    http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/robert-griffin-waived-indianapolis-colts-offensive-guard-robert-griffin-iii-rg3-redskins-quarterback-heisman-trophy-080113


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