Hard Knocks

CardinalJ · 10-09-2015 6:02pm

Been trying to get into NFL for years but found it impossible with no team.

Few mates are quite into it and about 6 months ago decided the Texans were my team. Hard knocks such a bonus to get to have an idea who everyone is.

Edit - They decided, not me. I refused to go with any of the big teams, It was agreed I needed some disappointment, but a team that could maybe go 8-8ish.

helimachoptor · 10-09-2015 7:29pm

Welcome, but your team sucks

#titanup :pac:

CardinalJ · 10-09-2015 8:39pm

helimachoptor wrote: »

Welcome, but your team sucks

#titanup :pac:

You must be the same as me, picking a not great team starting off... ziiiing

Even my limited knowledge managed that.

jack presley · 10-09-2015 9:25pm

CardinalJ wrote: »

Hard knocks such a bonus to get to have an idea who everyone is.

So you know Brian Cushing's a d$%k already then?

unplayable · 10-09-2015 9:26pm

enjoyed the series so much

seriously rooting for texans this year

BKWDR · 10-09-2015 10:01pm

When is the 5th ep on gamepass?

CardinalJ · 10-09-2015 10:06pm

jack presley wrote: »

So you know Brian Cushing's a d$%k already then?

Amen.

Tristram · 10-09-2015 11:05pm

Best season in a long time!

SantryRed · 12-09-2015 10:57am

Really, really like Bill O'Brien as a coach. Comes across great and always in control, commands the respect of the players too. Possible future Superbowl winning coach?

raze_them_all_ · 12-09-2015 11:01am

SantryRed wrote: »

Really, really like Bill O'Brien as a coach. Comes across great and always in control, commands the respect of the players too. Possible future Superbowl winning coach?

not with texans, they should wreak havok on offences this year, but I would be confident of picking off any of their qbs

SantryRed · 12-09-2015 11:03am

raze_them_all_ wrote: »

not with texans, they should wreak havok on offences this year, but I would be confident of picking off any of their qbs

I'd doubt it with the Texans too. But I think he will.

Loved this season btw. By far the best in years.

BKWDR · 12-09-2015 7:27pm

I think O'Brien is universally loved, he came across very well and respected.
Ryan Mallet... Not sooo much...

Paully D · 12-09-2015 7:37pm

SantryRed wrote: »

Really, really like Bill O'Brien as a coach. Comes across great and always in control, commands the respect of the players too. Possible future Superbowl winning coach?

Future Patriots head coach, perhaps?

shotgunmcos · 12-09-2015 9:05pm

Def best season of Hard Knocks. Hard not to root for BO'B and his team after it. I really like how he gets the "We're gonna release you" over with before he and the player have sat down, then spends a minute softing the crushing chest punch with motivation so the player leaves with dignity. He made the series for me

Paully D · 17-09-2015 9:02pm

Ryan Mallett named starter. What do you think of how O'Brien has handled that? I recall him saying that Hoyer wouldn't be on a short leash on Hard Knocks.

helimachoptor · 17-09-2015 9:22pm

i thought he said he would be on a short leash.. maybe time for a rewatch

Paully D · 17-09-2015 9:46pm

helimachoptor wrote: »

i thought he said he would be on a short leash.. maybe time for a rewatch

O'Brien:

“What I would expect from you, Ryan, is to be a professional about it, to prepare like a starter, to be ready to play,” O’Brien said. “If things aren’t going very well…Look, we’re not on a short leash here, but we’re not going to sit there and let it go eight games of not being very good. You need to be really ready to go.”

I think he'd have been better served giving Hoyer another couple of weeks. There's a huge difference between say, not letting it go 8 games and then changing it after 1 week and lets be honest, Mallett is hardly that much of an upgrade if at all. These are the small things that distinguish great managers from the rest IMO. Will the Texans who saw the meeting on Hard Knocks be thinking "well he told me X/Y/Z, but he changed his mind very quickly on the QB situation and somewhat went back on what he said." Quite possibly. That said, if Mallet goes something like 7-3 over the next 10 games it'll be called a stroke of genius and even if goes .500 it's justifiable.

It'll be an interesting one to follow.

Paully D · 03-01-2016 9:57pm

So the Texans finish the season 9-7 and win the AFC South.

Quite the turnaround for O'Brien and the Texans, though I can't help but feel he got a massive stroke of luck with Mallett's disciplinary issues. He really had no choice but to cut him at that point, but even up until then he still didn't seem to have much of a grasp on his QB situation and I think it's fair to assume (based on the first quarter of the season) that he would probably have kept chopping and changing if he'd had Mallett on the roster.

jack presley · 03-01-2016 11:20pm

Paully D wrote: »

So the Texans finish the season 9-7 and win the AFC South.

Quite the turnaround for O'Brien and the Texans, though I can't help but feel he got a massive stroke of luck with Mallett's disciplinary issues. He really had no choice but to cut him at that point, but even up until then he still didn't seem to have much of a grasp on his QB situation and I think it's fair to assume (based on the first quarter of the season) that he would probably have kept chopping and changing if he'd had Mallett on the roster.

With the exception of Cushing (and maybe Watt's playing up to the cameras), they came across in Hard Knocks as a team that you could root for. O'Brien seemed like a nice bloke anyway. Glad they made it to the playoffs.

jack presley · 27-02-2016 11:49pm

Probably a bit earlier than usual to start the speculation for next season but the Saints are being mentioned

http://deadspin.com/the-saints-are-reportedly-preparing-to-be-the-subject-o-1761712539

JaMarcusHustle · 23-03-2016 3:07pm

Shefter reckons this could be announced today.

Rumours are either Saints or Rams.

Guffy · 23-03-2016 3:09pm

LA Rams is this seasons hard knocks team. Obvious choice to be fair, was hoping for the bears but there you go.

jack presley · 23-03-2016 3:32pm

gufc21 wrote: »

LA Rams is this seasons hard knocks team. Obvious choice to be fair, was hoping for the bears but there you go.

The team with the least interesting coach in the league. Well that's the way he comes across anyway. Maybe this will show that he has some sort of personality.

Paully D · 23-03-2016 8:45pm

Jeff Fisher on the quest once again for his Super Bowl - a 7-9 season.

23-03-2016 8:49pm

Paully D wrote: »

Jeff Fisher on the quest once again for his Super Bowl - a 7-9 season.

This time with more cocaine and hookers

BKWDR · 24-03-2016 9:25am

https://twitter.com/HBalzer721/status/712708119793573888

nasty_crash · 24-03-2016 10:09am

I thought raiders would be a better choice - or jags - but obvious choice picking the rams with moving to LA and that - cant wait to watch the qb battle for averageness

Paully D · 14-04-2016 9:32pm

Well it should be an interesting watch this year anyway after today.

slimpickens · 14-04-2016 11:10pm

If Rams choice is Wentz it will be like the setup for a football based sitcom.

Country kid playing small time football in North Dakota finds himself in the bright lights as the great hope of of LA's new team.

JaMarcusHustle · 13-05-2016 12:54am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3lce_JhZEs

jack presley · 13-05-2016 2:48pm

He was only on screen for about 5 seconds but Jeff Fisher was already sending me to sleep.

BKWDR · 16-05-2016 4:29pm

...that opening music though...

Guffy · 10-08-2016 5:16pm

Was ep 1 last night?

GoldFour4 · 10-08-2016 5:43pm

gufc21 wrote: »

Was ep 1 last night?

Yep, wasn't up on gamepass yet when I looked earlier today

Limpar · 10-08-2016 7:47pm

malistheman wrote: »

Yep, wasn't up on gamepass yet when I looked earlier today

This is my first year having GamePass at this stage - is Hard Knocks usually up there pretty soon after it's aired on HBO?

RazorMcBlade · 11-08-2016 2:09am

I don't think it goes up until it airs on Sky Sports here. I could be wrong, but I haven't been able to get it either.

Knex* · 11-08-2016 9:13am

RazorMcBlade wrote: »

I don't think it goes up until it airs on Sky Sports here. I could be wrong, but I haven't been able to get it either.

That's what I thought as well.

myate · 11-08-2016 9:18am

RazorMcBlade wrote: »

I don't think it goes up until it airs on Sky Sports here. I could be wrong, but I haven't been able to get it either.

Last year I'm sure it was on the NFL Network on Gamepass the morning after HBO showed it. Dont' think it is this year, so really hoping it goes onto the Archives on Gamepass.a

Loughc · 11-08-2016 11:02am

RazorMcBlade wrote: »

I don't think it goes up until it airs on Sky Sports here. I could be wrong, but I haven't been able to get it either.

When is it set to air on Sky Sports does anyone know? I can't find info on it anywhere?

RazorMcBlade · 12-08-2016 1:37pm

Just read that Hard Knocks goes up on Game Pass on Friday's. So it will always be Friday's for the 5 episodes.

jack presley · 13-08-2016 9:50pm

First episode was a little disappointing I thought.

RazorMcBlade · 14-08-2016 12:04pm

jack presley wrote: »

First episode was a little disappointing I thought.

I think that's because Jeff Fisher is so dang boring, we had such a dynamic coach to watch last year, that Fisher just doesn't live up to previous seasons. I am just looking forward to seeing the progression of Goff.

BKWDR · 14-08-2016 12:08pm

RazorMcBlade wrote: »

I think that's because Jeff Fisher is so dang boring, we had such a dynamic coach to watch last year, that Fisher just doesn't live up to previous seasons. I am just looking forward to seeing the progression of Goff.

Yah interesting to see Goff...

We were spoiled with O'Brien last year...

phatkev · 14-08-2016 12:31pm

I had to laugh when Fisher said no team of his was going to have a 7-9, an 8-8 or a 9-7 season with a straight face

Guffy · 14-08-2016 12:56pm

Ah tbf the format is just tired now. Its what? Season 11,12. It's just new actors telling the same story 11 or 12 times. In saying that i haven't seen this series ye

jack presley · 14-08-2016 1:01pm

gufc21 wrote: »

Ah tbf the format is just tired now. Its what? Season 11,12. It's just new actors telling the same story 11 or 12 times. In saying that i haven't seen this series ye

Well there was some comedy in episode one with Jeff Fisher saying they won't be going 7-9 or 8-8. That made me laugh!

Frisbee · 15-08-2016 9:20am

Loughc wrote: »

When is it set to air on Sky Sports does anyone know? I can't find info on it anywhere?

Second this. Had a look through the listings and couldn't see it anywhere in the next week.

BKWDR · 15-08-2016 1:31pm

I think they should bed in with a playoff bound team towards the end of the season and run it over 4 weeks of that but with a decent delay or a run of a playoff bound team.

Guffy · 15-08-2016 1:48pm

Frisbee wrote: »

Second this. Had a look through the listings and couldn't see it anywhere in the next week.

I think its tiward the end of August, not before week 3 anyway

Leslie91 · 15-08-2016 4:17pm

OK so the sun rising thing was a bit of a lark but....... even still........ Goff did not come out of it looking all that bright.

Fisher is some tool though jeez.

U can he has been around ages though, he made the cutting of Foles and the horny rookie WR look like a piece of cake.

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