The Weird, Wacky and Awesome World of the NFL - General Banter thread V2

Knex*

Clementine Scary String wrote: »

dont think the pats have cap room thank god that offence would be insane. there have been murmurs of cowboys and cardinals being interested either would be potentially good destinations for him.

Thinking about it, Cowboys would have a fair bit of restructuring and contract work to sort out before it would become plausible, so hopefully that becomes too much of an issue for them.

Let him go to the Cards

Son Of A Vidic

Knex. wrote: »

Could you imagine him with the Patriots? Now that would be bloody scary.

I love to have him but it would never happen. Unfortunately, we don't seem to value the RB position the way other teams do. Christ, we couldn't even keep Vereen and all we had to do was to pay him $4 million a year. On top of all that, our O line needs some work, because it hasn't got the consistent talent to create those holes against strong run defenses.

Knex*

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

I love to have him but it would never happen. Unfortunately, we don't seem to value the RB position the way other teams do. Christ, we couldn't even keep Vereen and all we had to do was to pay him $4 million a year. On top of all that, our O line needs some work, because it hasn't got the consistent talent to create those holes against strong run defenses.

On the Vereen subject, I'm pretty happy to have him at the Giants, and there seems to be a fair bit of excitement with regards to his pass catching abilities. How do you see it working out for us?

matthew8

Rivers at his peak is the sort of QB who could transform the likes of the Titans to contenders. He was inconsistent last season though and Mettenberger has shown just enough to persuade me he's worth persisting with.

Son Of A Vidic

Knex. wrote: »

On the Vereen subject, I'm pretty happy to have him at the Giants, and there seems to be a fair bit of excitement with regards to his pass catching abilities. How do you see it working out for us?

He's a great kid and running wise he'll do his damage outside of the redzone. He also hasn't fumbled a ball since 2013 which is always nice. But his biggest threat is from the passing game and he can't hurt you all the field with that. I think he'll do very well for you guys and he is the kind of player you sorely need. I reckon you'll give him more reps than we did and he will revel in that. He's only 26 and not even peaking yet, so you've a lot to be excited about and I think he'll become a big weapon for you guys. When you've a RB who catches 11 out of 11 passes in the Superbowl, it makes sense to hang onto him. But not us apparently.:(

in fairness the pats are one of the few organisations where you really can't get to critical of any of there moves. i thought they needed another reciever if they really wanted to compete for a Super Bowl and they ended up winning one.

i would say pats,packers and maby the seahawks can do whatever the hell they want

speaking of which did the pats ever trade brandon browner?

JCTO

Clementine Scary String wrote: »

speaking of which did the pats ever trade brandon browner?

He hit the FA and the Saints picked him up

Son Of A Vidic

Keeping Browner probably didn't make sense since he operated very effectively with Revis in a man marking scheme. With Revis gone, Browner would be less effective and all those penalties didn't do him any favours. So we'll probably revert back to a more zone orientated scheme. Which is great news for the rest of ye, because we'll be back to letting teams convert 3rd & 19's at will once again.

so what alfonso denard and kyle arrington I'm guessing jesus thats some downgrade

JCTO

Clementine Scary String wrote: »

so what alfonso denard and kyle arrington I'm guessing jesus thats some downgrade

Malcolm Butler could have talent also we hope. But yup it sucks.

Son Of A Vidic

Clementine Scary String wrote: »

so what alfonso denard and kyle arrington I'm guessing jesus thats some downgrade

Arrignton is a liability at CB, but is quite good at playing slot corner so he'll be staying there I think. I was always a fan of Dennard and I think he was the best young CB on the roster back in 2013. He pretty much got sidelined last year which I didn't like because I thought he could have shared a lot more reps with Browner. But he was put on IR back in December (hamstring) so maybe he was struggling with injury for awhile. Up until last year, Dennard more or less had an automatic starting job at CB. So I'm hoping he comes back fit, healthy and hungry to get his place back. Then we have the young Malcolm Butler, most of you probably only heard of him before that fantastic SB play. But a few of us Pats fans have been raving about him since last years camp. He's is the the most promising and most naturally instinctive CB we have on the roster at the moment. So I won't be surprised if he seizes a starting role at CB.

Agent J

Teebow is headed to the Eagles it seems....

https://twitter.com/JayGlazer/status/589919932864827392

helimachoptor

Camp fodder or a realistic chance to make the team?

ScummyMan

What the fcuk is going on in Philidephia??!

mikemac1

Camp body, no more

well balls

HigginsJ

Only the 8 Tebow related articles on the NFL.com homepage this morning, clearly he has lost his appeal to the media!!

HigginsJ

HigginsJ wrote: »

Only the 8 Tebow related articles on the NFL.com homepage this morning, clearly he has lost his appeal to the media!!

nfl media are clearly idiots he's a qb thats been out of the league that definitely might be signed by a team to maby compete for the 3rd qb job how is there home page not just a giant tebow poster

mikemac1

To be fair Tebow turned the Denver Broncos thread into the largest team thread in the forum

Itssoeasy

Im sure tebow is a really nice person and a teams PR dept dream and I've no issue with him as a person whatsoever. My issue is his ability or lack of ability and the impact that has on the Philadelphia Eagles as a whole.

He can't be anything more than a camp arm and the Eagles don't need the circus that follows him.

Knex*

Mark Sanchez and Tim Tebow on the same roster.

Lols.

raze_them_all_

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Im sure tebow is a really nice person and a teams PR dept dream and I've no issue with him as a person whatsoever. My issue is his ability or lack of ability and the impact that has on the Philadelphia Eagles as a whole.

He can't be anything more than a camp arm and the Eagles don't need the circus that follows him.

Sounds like an eagles player to me!

Knex.

Knex. wrote: »

Mark Sanchez and Tim Tebow on the same roster.

Lols.

and these two


https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/590093969465421824?s=09

mikemac1

Ross Tucker has a cracking podcast up.

He interviews Mark North who is a VP in the league and explains how the schedule is set.

A collasal amount of work goes into it and he knows that fans reckon the league screws their team and has a grudge against them No matter what the league do there will be complaints

Very interesting listen

Itssoeasy

Knex. wrote: »

Mark Sanchez and Tim Tebow on the same roster.

Lols.

You see what this is doing chip ? The giants fans are having the lols and the banter at eagle fans expense and it's only April. Stop it and stop it now. BUT I remind happy in the knowledge that the Eagles are guaranteed two wins next season off the Giants.

helimachoptor

The schedules are due to be released at 8pm ET tomorrow

Itssoeasy

It's official with tebow. Jesus Christ almighty is chip trying to piss off as many eagles fans in as short amout of time as is possible ?

Itssoeasy

Itssoeasy wrote: »

You see what this is doing chip ? The giants fans are having the lols and the banter at eagle fans expense and it's only April. Stop it and stop it now.

6 wins vs 10 wins that is all

Itssoeasy

Clementine Scary String wrote: »

6 wins vs 10 wins that is all

That's true. We'll nerd what say you on tebow ? Am I getting overly worked up over the whole thing ?

Knex*

Lets not start the Super Bowl argument fellas :pac:

adrian522

helimachoptor wrote: »

The schedules are due to be released at 8pm ET tomorrow

Yeah, and NFL Network have a 3 hour (!!) show to unveil the schedule. At least the schedule will be unveiled by the time I wake up on Wednesday. Hope so anyway.

Itssoeasy

Itssoeasy wrote: »

That's true. We'll nerd what say you on tebow ? Am I getting overly worked up over the whole thing ?

ya i think he's coming in to be a number 3 qb / special teams player. something that has been under reported is that chip kelly has gone out of his way to get good special teams players even if they are not of a standard to play offence or defence theres a reason the eagles had close to if not the best special teams last year and tebow is a good special teamer (if he does make the team). my main issue with it is the circus but i dont think the philly fan base is the type that would get sucked into screaming for tebow to start so perhaps its less of an issue.

bradford and sanchez are both getting paid well as a number 1 and number 2 qb respectively they are the guys competing. its a non story for me to be honest.

Knex. wrote: »

Lets not start the Super Bowl argument fellas :pac:

do they not expire no? if were living in the past we always have the 3 national titles

adrian522

adrian522 wrote: »

Yeah, and NFL Network have a 3 hour (!!) show to unveil the schedule. At least the schedule will be unveiled by the time I wake up on Wednesday. Hope so anyway.

the nfl are fantastic at making everything an even in fairness to them what other sport has a fecking 3 hour show for the schedules

Hazys

Nate Solder was diagnosed with testicular cancer last year and went on to win a Super Bowl.

Great story, amazing how the Patriots manage to keep injuries/medical issues like that under wraps. I could only imagine the media frenzy and distraction for Solder during the season if they knew about it, it would have only impacted him professionally and personally over such a private issue.

Its great that he's breaking the Patriots vow of silence to bring awareness to the issue.

"Had I not had a routine physical, I probably wouldn't have checked it, saying, 'Oh, it's just in my head, I'm going to be fine." I guess Solder is lucky has he has the best medical doctors at his disposal and checking him regularly for any issue. So that's why its so important for us average Joe's to check ourselves regularly and not be afraid to go to the Doctor if we find anything suspicious.

http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/new-england-patriots/post/_/id/4780526/patriots-nate-solder-diagnosed-with-testicular-cancer-in-14-spreads-awareness

paulie21

Rumours circulating that Packers v Bears will be the late game on Thanksgiving

Realt Dearg Sec

paulie21 wrote: »

Rumours circulating that Packers v Bears will be the late game on Thanksgiving

Great stuff, I'm gonna be in the states and that whole holiday means nothing to me beyond the fact that there's football on, delighted if this happens.

Guffy

What time does it start tonight?

Realt Dearg Sec

gufc21 wrote: »

What time does it start tonight?

What time does what start?

Edit: sorry the schedule...Can't believe they're making an event of that. Pretty shameless, considering we already know who is playing whom.

helimachoptor

8pm ET so 1am Irish

Guffy

Ya not really bothered but might as well make use of the gamepass sub

adrian522

The schedule is released at 1am, so not sure what the 3 hour show is about, other than lots of ads. We'll know the schedule before the show starts.

Itssoeasy

Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »

What time does what start?

Edit: sorry the schedule...Can't believe they're making an event of that. Pretty shameless, considering we already know who is playing whom.

The schedule was normally released during TA and they would discuss it. Three hours is beating a dead horse.

Paully D

Steelers @ Patriots kicking us off this season, according to the usual NFL lads on Twitter etc.

apparently eagles have falcons week 1, giants week 17 and are going to detroit for thanksgiving

Knex*

Clementine Scary String wrote: »

apparently eagles have falcons week 1, giants week 17 and are going to detroit for thanksgiving

While I don't really expect us to be in playoff contention, that game could be huge!

Lionbacker

Clementine Scary String wrote: »

apparently eagles are going to detroit for thanksgiving

Have heard the same.
Also have heard that the lions are finishing the season against the Bears at Soldier field. Third year running where they finish the season on the road.

Knex.

Knex. wrote: »

While I don't really expect us to be in playoff contention, that game could be huge!

a lot of eagles fans actually think that the giants will be right up there with ourselves and the cowboys next year theres a lot of return of the nfc beast talk. and who knows iv said on here before I'm not a fan of eli (and no not just because he's a division rival) but that receiving corp in particular is absolutely terrifying we all know about odb (although he's possibly a tad overrated at the mo he's still an incredible young player) victor cruz is a well documented eagle killer i feel like he owes the eagles organisation some of any contract he signs. and reuben randel is a good player as well.

i personally dont hank the giants will be in playoff contention next year but i dont think they will be far off and if last years cowboys (or bears for that matter) taught me anything its that I'm an idiot when it comes to predicting how teams will do in the offseason

Beefy78

Anyone got experience of getting tickets on Stubhub or the official exchange? I've friends who are moving to Seattle so I was going to go visit them around Thanksgiving but was holding off on the NFL fixtures being announced. The Seahawks are home both weekends bookending Thanksgiving vs 49ers and vs the Steelers so I've my pick of games. tickets are already up on both sites but I don't know whether to jump on now or see if the prices drop a bit once the initial excitement of them being available has dropped off a bit.

I've read that getting them the week before is the best way to get them closer to face value but I'm not that ballsy

helimachoptor

Used both beefy, most are e tickets, once the season ticket holder gets theirs you'll get them pretty quickly