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

neilster · 02-11-2010 12:31am

eagle eye wrote: »

Well that was hardly a problem in Atlanta since Glanville wouldn't give him the ball:pac:

i think its 5 completions in total

Syferus · 02-11-2010 12:32am

Shanahan's own bizarre call-making is getting over-shadowed by the whole Randy Moss situation, with him having an equally surreal press conference where he suggested McNabb didn't have the 'endurance' for the two minute offense nessecitating him putting Rex Grossman in.

He's blaming McNabb's slight hamstring problem, but obviously ther was no sign of that in-game nor any suggestion that it was an issue by Hayneworth, who asked McNabb mid-game if he was ok because he thought he'd been benched for an injury. I'd think big Al will be happy not to be the certre of Washington's ire for a while.

neilster · 02-11-2010 12:34am

eagle eye wrote: »

No you mentioned addictions in Atlanta but said that Vicolin was not part of it.

Thats the problem I had with what you said.

Anyways I'm done with this but I have to say I'm not happy about the Batman and Robin comment either. In fact you couldn't be more wrong. The norm here is for Tallaght and myself to be on opposing sides of an argument.:D

fair enuff it was a joke ...the Only Fools version..again it was a joke and not meant as a jibe ...what are your thoughts on Randy ...seems his slating of Chilly got the desired effect

again sorry

tallaghtoutlaws · 02-11-2010 12:38am

neilster wrote: »

so lets knock this on the head ...i would love to hear what you and others think of McNabbs benching and what that might mean for the QB carousel and lets move on ...is he one-and-done in DC

Silly move by Shanahan. Undermining his QB and surely knocking McNabbs confidence. May be a warning sign that he has no faith in McNabb and maybe the Redskins putting their name in the hat for a new QB. Weird situation really.

wondering your views on the coaching changes possible obviously post Sunday

Chilly for me as it seems he wants rid of Moss and there is conflicting stories as to whether or not Moss was actually waived. The new story is Chilly wants him waived but the club don't want it.

Wade Phillips must be nearly on his way out at this stage. Cowgirls in serious trouble right now and its only a matter of time before Jones pulls the trigger and offloads Phillips. Of course Jones has come out and given the Phillips the usual vote of confidence but 1 more loss and id say he is gone.

Denver I cant see them getting rid of McDaniels. In fact as you mentioned I can see them offloading Orton to let Josh take his project in Tebow forward. But who knows Denver is becoming one of those odd situations. High paid starting QB and a high paid Round 1 QB warming the bench.

neilster · 02-11-2010 12:45am

Syferus wrote: »

Shanahan's own bizarre call-making is getting over-shadowed by the whole Randy Moss situation, with him having an equally surreal press conference where he suggested McNabb didn't have the 'endurance' for the two minute offense nessecitating him putting Rex Grossman in.

He's blaming McNabb's slight hamstring problem, but obviously ther was no sign of that in-game nor any suggestion that it was an issue by Hayneworth, who asked McNabb mid-game if he was ok because he thought he'd been benched for an injury. I'd think big Al will be happy not to be the certre of Washington's ire for a while.

just agreeing with your points here ...that fabled contract extension hasnt arrived for McNabb...suggesting nervousness about about giving millions to McNabb at this point ....his QB rating is 25th in the league ...Jason campbell is 3 spots higher ....all the rest is way of explaining away the benching ...would the Redskins be interested in Andrew Luck at No 1 in the draft or Jake Locker who played badly at the weeknd?

neilster · 02-11-2010 12:59am

tallaghtoutlaws wrote: »

Silly move by Shanahan. Undermining his QB and surely knocking McNabbs confidence. May be a warning sign that he has no faith in McNabb and maybe the Redskins putting their name in the hat for a new QB. Weird situation really.

Chilly for me as it seems he wants rid of Moss and there is conflicting stories as to whether or not Moss was actually waived. The new story is Chilly wants him waived but the club don't want it.

Wade Phillips must be nearly on his way out at this stage. Cowgirls in serious trouble right now and its only a matter of time before Jones pulls the trigger and offloads Phillips. Of course Jones has come out and given the Phillips the usual vote of confidence but 1 more loss and id say he is gone.

Denver I cant see them getting rid of McDaniels. In fact as you mentioned I can see them offloading Orton to let Josh take his project in Tebow forward. But who knows Denver is becoming one of those odd situations. High paid starting QB and a high paid Round 1 QB warming the bench.

if he has been been waived ...its on a win-loss record and according to reports the teams with the worst records interested are Oakland, Redskins and the Bears...even the Pats are mentioned

Hazys · 02-11-2010 3:36am

http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/new-england-patriots/post/_/id/4686548/analysis-on-mankins-reporting

Mankins to report to the Pats tomorrow.

Hazys · 02-11-2010 4:49pm

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/11/02/shawne-merriman-set-to-join-randy-moss-on-waiver-wire/

Merriman could join Moss on the waiver wire today!

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/11/02/redskins-will-meet-with-jamarcus-russell/

Redskins to meet with JaMarcus Russell...could McNabb be the 3rd superstar on the waiver wire today...lol

And if the Bills claim all 3 do they suddenly become a contender!!

themont85 · 02-11-2010 5:35pm

Jesus, McNabb must be really out of shape if the Redskins are looking at Jemarcus Russell.:pac:

eagle eye · 02-11-2010 6:37pm

This is well done.

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

Hazys · 03-11-2010 5:53pm

The CFL is just mental

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5BFaykcxGg

Dohnny Jepp · 03-11-2010 6:38pm

Hazys wrote: »

The CFL is just mental

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5BFaykcxGg

/scratches head

davyjose · 03-11-2010 7:13pm

Hazys wrote: »

The CFL is just mental

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5BFaykcxGg

Why did the defending team have to kick the missed FG?

AIR-AUSSIE · 03-11-2010 7:33pm

davyjose wrote: »

Why did the defending team have to kick the missed FG?

As far as i understand it, it was the last play of the game and both teams wanted to win so that it is why they punted it. They didn't HAVE to punt it but I think it was an attempt to get the ball up the field to score. Think it was a desperate play that went badly wrong. Although I could be wrong as I'm not familar with CFL there could be different rules I guess.

DonkeyPokerTour · 03-11-2010 7:42pm

AIR-AUSSIE wrote: »

As far as i understand it, it was the last play of the game and both teams wanted to win so that it is why they punted it. They didn't HAVE to punt it but I think it was an attempt to get the ball up the field to score. Think it was a desperate play that went badly wrong. Although I could be wrong as I'm not familar with CFL there could be different rules I guess.

EH no!

A "Touchback" in American Football would score 1 point for the other team in Canadian Football. So if they didn't get it out of the endzone then they would have conceded a score of 1 point and therefore would have lost the game. If the other team had caught the ball and ran it out to the 1 then obviously it would have been their ball from there.

So the team could have won by making the Field goal or by not allowing the other team out of their endzone with the ball.

AIR-AUSSIE · 03-11-2010 7:45pm

DonkeyPokerTour wrote: »

EH no!

A "Touchback" in American Football would score 1 point for the other team in Canadian Football. So if they didn't get it out of the endzone then they would have conceded a score of 1 point and therefore would have lost the game. If the other team had caught the ball and ran it out to the 1 then obviously it would have been their ball from there.

So the team could have won by making the Field goal or by not allowing the other team out of their endzone with the ball.

fair enough. my bad.

So is that why the defending team stopped the ball from going over the endline from the field goal attempt cos if they had it would have been a touchback and 1 point, just for the ball over then endline?

Syferus · 03-11-2010 7:50pm

I want to see a lineman punting a ball now.

CFL reminds me of the AFL (australian football, steady on guys!) to gaelic football, although obviously much less removed in terms of rules. It's that sense of a sport I'd probably enjoy but really haven't really been moved to take a serious interest in it. That being said, the same was very much true of the NFL at one point too!

At least in theory, an all-star compromise game between CFL and the NFL sounds like a good idea and indeed it'd have a bit more passion to it than the softly-sorftly apporach the NFL players take in the Pro Bowl. People would argue different quailities of competition would negate a fair match-up, but just look at how much parity there's been in the history of the compromise rules matches here, which is on paper professional athletes against amateurs. I'd say an equitable balance could be struck, but the competing business amitions of both the CFL and NFL would be the real stumbling block.

eagle eye · 04-11-2010 5:08am

Loved this quote by a Buffalo fan when he heard they had taken Shawne Merriman off the waiver wire.:D

Bill's Fan wrote:

Great, now next week we are gonna have Maybin and Hasbin

Frisbee · 04-11-2010 5:54pm

And now they've got to kick it oot!
And it's back in the endzone!
And they have to kick it oot again!
But they don't get it oot!

Brilliant.

davyjose · 04-11-2010 6:29pm

eagle eye wrote: »

Loved this quote by a Buffalo fan when he heard they had taken Shawne Merriman off the waiver wire.:D

I think Merriman can only help such a poor D. Could be a good move by Buffalo.

Peyton Manning · 05-11-2010 9:10am

Once again, Matt Hasselbeck will miss a game through injury. I'm not one bit surprised. I said at the start of the season that the Seahawks' pathetic O-line was a huge liability and what do you know, Hasselbeck has taken a huge amount of punishment. Sacked 8 times last week, and took hits another 7 times if I recall correctly. He just has no confidence in what's in front of him anymore. Add that to his declining arm strength and accuracy, and it's probably a good thing for the Seahawks to see what Whitehurst can do. Although its not good timing. That O-line is patchwork (4 or 5 starters are out) and the last team they need to be coming against is the Giants.

I would not be at all surprised to see the Giants breaking the record number of sacks in a game (12) this weekend.

mikemac · 05-11-2010 9:13am

The Giants have been knocking QBs out of games this year

Just had a look at the depth chart and I don't see a 3rd string QB
http://www.seahawks.com/team/depth-chart.html

So is Hasslebeck going to be on the sidelines ready to come in?
Or possibly they will activate a QB from the practice squad

Peyton Manning · 05-11-2010 9:18am

I don't think he's allowed. As far as I know, there's a league mandated concussion test you have to pass and that's what has ruled him out. I'm sure they'll pick up somebody as backup. Lord knows they'll need him!

Edit: Actually Zac Robinson is on their practise squad, so I imagine he'll suit up.

mikemac · 05-11-2010 9:36am

Going to be a tough first start

This season the Giants have injured

Romo
Hill
Moore
Cutler
Collins

What odds Whitehurst will get hurt this weekend?
We'll see I suppose

mikemac · 05-11-2010 9:41am

10 years since the Giants vs Ravens Superbowl

And it's looking to me we could have a repeat!

davyjose · 05-11-2010 12:32pm

feelingstressed wrote: »

10 years since the Giants vs Ravens Superbowl

And it's looking to me we could have a repeat!

I don't see the Ravens making the super Bowl, but if they do, they'll win it again.

AFC >>>>>>> NFC this year!!!

Peyton Manning · 06-11-2010 4:36am

Pryor was fined $7,500 for his perfectly legitimate hit on Favre. What an absolute crock of shíte.

eagle eye · 06-11-2010 4:49am

Archimedes wrote: »

Pryor was fined $7,500 for his perfectly legitimate hit on Favre. What an absolute crock of shíte.

Yeah just unbelievable. But as I said a couple of weeks ago, next thing you know we will be watching flag football. Once they started these fines it was always going to get ridiculous.

tallaghtoutlaws · 06-11-2010 4:52am

Archimedes wrote: »

Pryor was fined $7,500 for his perfectly legitimate hit on Favre. What an absolute crock of shíte.

Looks like the NFL are going to cross that line. I wonder had it not been Favre and had blood not been drawn would he have been fined for a perfectly good tackle. Oh and as much as a I like Favre had he invested in a non prehistoric chin strap he wouldn't have hurt his damn chin. Its mad Goodel cant see the Huge difference between leading with ones head and making contact on the way to the ground. Ridiculous.

tallaghtoutlaws · 06-11-2010 4:55am

eagle eye wrote: »

But as I said a couple of weeks ago, next thing you know we will be watching flag football.

Why are you going down the road of being over dramatic again with this. You can't honestly believe that to be true right?

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