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

davyjose

TaosHum wrote: »

According to Forbes, the Most Valuable NFL teams are:

1. Cowboys
2. Patriots
3. Redskins
4. Giants
5. Texans

Stunned that the Texans are fifth. Houston is a huge city, but outside of that city theres almost no market share. Texas is ALL Cowboys.
In fact Afaik they have the smallest market in terms of area of all teams.

TaosHum

davyjose wrote: »

Stunned that the Texans are fifth. Houston is a huge city, but outside of that city theres almost no market share. Texas is ALL Cowboys.
In fact Afaik they have the smallest market in terms of area of all teams.

The market are may well be small, but considering the Texans have never had to blackout a game, there is a staple and consistent fanbase in the area. With the state of Texas being football mad and the fact they are putting out a good product, I can see why they are up there.

Hell, you could throw a team into San Antonio and it would probably succeed also.

davyjose

TaosHum wrote: »

The market are may well be small, but considering the Texans have never had to blackout a game, there is a staple and consistent fanbase in the area. With the state of Texas being football mad and the fact they are putting out a good product, I can see why they are up there.

Hell, you could throw a team into San Antonio and it would probably succeed also.

Yeah there is history there too, with the old oilers team.

shamrock55

davyjose wrote: »

Yeah there is history there too, with the old oilers team.

Ah man i just remembered i had an oilers rubber in school (ah the memories):D

764dak

skeleton_boy

764dak wrote: »

I can't stand when fast food brands use professional athletes to promote their product.

Son Of A Vidic

skeleton_boy wrote: »

I can't stand when fast food brands use professional athletes to promote their product.

Don't worry, Joe and Colin are laughing all the way to the bank.

skeleton_boy

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

Don't worry, Joe and Colin are laughing all the way to the bank.

And so they should be. Its more from an advertising point of view that its annoying. Do people actually believe pro athletes go near this kind of stuff? Same with Subway and their recent ads with Tommy Bowe and the likes.

Son Of A Vidic

skeleton_boy wrote: »

Do people actually believe pro athletes go near this kind of stuff? Same with Subway and their recent ads with Tommy Bowe and the likes.

Looking at the seemingly deteriorating levels of human intelligence. I have no doubt that a lot of dummies out there, probably do think McDonald's is key component of Joe and Colin's diet.:(

TO.

skeleton_boy wrote: »

And so they should be. Its more from an advertising point of view that its annoying. Do people actually believe pro athletes go near this kind of stuff? Same with Subway and their recent ads with Tommy Bowe and the likes.

They do though especially in the off season. Just check out all the players twitters and instagrams in the off season and there is plenty of pics of players with fast food. It may not be part of their staple diets but there is plenty of pro athletes who eat fast food every now and again. Besides people who eat what they believe famous people eat are idiots anyways.

Arawn

skeleton_boy wrote: »

And so they should be. Its more from an advertising point of view that its annoying. Do people actually believe pro athletes go near this kind of stuff? Same with Subway and their recent ads with Tommy Bowe and the likes.

wasn't flacco out getting mcnuggets when the story of his contract broke??

Arawn

TO. wrote: »

They do though especially in the off season. Just check out all the players twitters and instagrams in the off season and there is plenty of pics of players with fast food. It may not be part of their staple diets but there is plenty of pro athletes who eat fast food every now and again. Besides people who eat what they believe famous people eat are idiots anyways.

Usain bolt was constantly in mcdonalds during the olympics

Son Of A Vidic

Arawn wrote: »

wasn't flacco out getting mcnuggets when the story of his contract broke??

He was, but it was the offseason.

Arawn

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

He was, but it was the offseason.

aye i remember that was just pointing out that pro athletes do go near that stuff

Adrian Peterson has a room full of junk food in his house, saw it on E:60

mikemac1

Mark Sanchez, Kellen Clemens and Mark Brunnell ordered pizzas for themselves on the Jets Hard Knocks.

Sure we all remember the players eating burgers in front of fans at a pre season open practice.

Or Sanchez eating a hot dog on the sidelines and getting a telling off from Jets management

skeleton_boy

Ok they do eat junk food but I still find the link between sports stars and junk food advertising puzzling.

Arawn

skeleton_boy wrote: »

Ok they do eat junk food but I still find the link between sports stars and junk food advertising puzzling.

why??? you eat junk food?? have a **** ton of money so we can use you for advertising, manning owns 21 papa johns sher

764dak

Didn't Rafa Nadal eat a burger during a grand slam match once? Usain Bolt eats McDonald's during Olympics.

Realt Dearg Sec

764dak wrote: »

Didn't Rafa Nadal eat a burger during a grand slam match once? Usain Bolt eats McDonald's during Olympics.

Chad Johnson used to go on at length about how much he loved eating McDonald's and how it didn't matter if you trained right. Hardly 100% serious though.

Bigger problem with that ad: what's in the bet for flacco? He already owns the food. If he wins the bet he still owns it but gets nothing and if he loses kaepernick gets the food. Have I missed something?

Hazys

Well said Chris Collinsworth :pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aXJ-LfHPZE

Hazys

I'm just going to leave this here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODYLYGtOyi0

DDC1990

What a throwaway he was from Tampa.

Leading the league in INT's for a 6th(?) rounder.

Imagine Talib and Revis as a CB pairing.

Banks looks alright however, so can't complain.

madalig12

Deleted User wrote: »

Adrian Peterson has a room full of junk food in his house, saw it on E:60

To back this up, when I met him today ha seeked my advise on whether or not kettle chips were the way to go!

TO.

madalig12 wrote: »

To back this up, when I met him today ha seeked my advise on whether or not kettle chips were the way to go!

Cliffhanger we are all dying to know what you told him

Realt Dearg Sec

madalig12 wrote: »

To back this up, when I met him today ha seeked my advise on whether or not kettle chips were the way to go!

He prefers orange peanuts.

Arawn

Random FF thing, but taking Reggie Bush in the 5th round of my league is looking like a bloody steal as he generally gets around the same amount of points as my other RB AP.


I think the lions will be a tough team this year tbh, bush and belle are a great combo for them in the backfield

madalig12

TO. wrote: »

Cliffhanger we are all dying to know what you told him

He had two bags of walkers salt an vinegar an was wondering what kettle chips were. i said they were thicker and cruchier an said the walkers were same as lays. think he took one of each. He was really nice. We congratulated him on his play the evening before an he thanked us very much. A real gent.

Son Of A Vidic

Has this thread turned into a food thread? Because every post I've read lately is making me fecking hungry.

HigginsJ

madalig12 wrote: »

He had two bags of walkers salt an vinegar an was wondering what kettle chips were. i said they were thicker and cruchier an said the walkers were same as lays. think he took one of each. He was really nice. We congratulated him on his play the evening before an he thanked us very much. A real gent.

Fantastic story