The Weird, Wacky and Awesome World of the NFL - General Banter thread V3

Itssoeasy · 02-02-2019 10:37pm

The pro football hall of fame twitter account posted a picture ten minutes ago showing the president of the hall of fame doing the knocking on doors to tell the new inductees they are in. So expect the inductees to be known soon.

OldMrBrennan83 · 02-02-2019 10:40pm

The schedule announcement has to be one of the most pointless days of then all for non Americans.

eagle eye · 03-02-2019 12:24am

Delighted Ty Law finally got in. Patriots legend and a great player his whole career.

OldMrBrennan83 · 03-02-2019 12:25am

Boselli getting the shun makes a joke of it altogether.

eagle eye · 03-02-2019 12:32am

OldMrBrennan83 wrote:

Boselli getting the shun makes a joke of it altogether.

Why is it? He was really good but he had a relatively short career. I think that is held against him.

MileHighGuy · 03-02-2019 12:38am

eagle eye wrote: »

Delighted Ty Law finally got in. Patriots legend and a great player his whole career.

Agreed, and the third former Bronco in the this years class

Itssoeasy · 03-02-2019 2:37am

eagle eye wrote: »

Why is it? He was really good but he had a relatively short career. I think that is held against him.

Terrell Davis had a short career but is in the HOF.

eagle eye · 03-02-2019 3:37am

Itssoeasy wrote:

Terrell Davis had a short career but is in the HOF.

He had a very exceptional short career. He is part of the 2k rushing club, was a key part in two Superbowl wins and his first four seasons were all over 1k before the injuries.

OldMrBrennan83 · 03-02-2019 7:27am

Boselli was the best tackle to play the game.

Jolly Red Giant · 03-02-2019 11:06am

MileHighGuy wrote: »

Agreed, and the third former Bronco in the this years class

The anti-Bronco bias was clear again - Steve Atwater should be in the HOF - one of the best safeties to play the game.

OOnegative · 03-02-2019 11:20am

Jolly Red Giant wrote: »

The anti-Bronco bias was clear again - Steve Atwater should be in the HOF - one of the best safeties to play the game.

Champ Bailey & Pat Bowlen got elected, hardly an anti-Broncos class.

Paully D · 03-02-2019 12:56pm

https://twitter.com/kvanvalkenburg/status/1091837944401485826?s=21

Liamalone · 03-02-2019 2:11pm

What is the actual point of this Hall of Fame craic?

jack presley · 03-02-2019 2:19pm

Liamalone wrote: »

What is the actual point of this Hall of Fame craic?

The Yanks love Halls of Fame, not just sports ones but music, toys etc. No interest in them myself and usually don't may any more than a passing glance to news reports about them, despite being a big fan of the NFL and MLB.

Jolly Red Giant · 03-02-2019 2:38pm

OOnegative wrote: »

Champ Bailey & Pat Bowlen got elected, hardly an anti-Broncos class.

Pat Bolwen should have been elected years ago - when he still had the mental faculties to appreciate it.

Champ Bailey is a no-brainer - he is one of the all-time great defensive players in the NFL. He is also the first ever Broncos defensive player to be a HOFer (an absolute joke)

Steve Atwater was one of the best ever safeties in the game - and it is a joke that he hasn't been a HOFer for years. The treatment of Atwater in comparison, for example, to Ty Law or Ed Reed demonstrates how much of a joke the HOF is.

Deco99 · 03-02-2019 4:11pm

Is romo on duty tonight? Also, do BBC and sky take the same feed or could it be fox on one and espn or someone on BBC?

jack presley · 03-02-2019 4:13pm

Deco99 wrote: »

Is romo on duty tonight? Also, do BBC and sky take the same feed or could it be fox on one and espn or someone on BBC?

Don’t think ESPN ever get the Super Bowl but it is rotated among the other 3 networks and its CBS’ turn this year so it is Romo in the booth.

OldMrBrennan83 · 03-02-2019 4:15pm

Deco99 wrote: »

Is romo on duty tonight? Also, do BBC and sky take the same feed or could it be fox on one and espn or someone on BBC?

Yeah it's CBS on the main feed. BBC won't have fox or ESPN or anything because it's CBS' year for rights but they could have that crap 'international' commentary from the NFL where they spend most of the game explaining the rules. Not sure if they still do that.

Deco99 · 03-02-2019 4:15pm

jack presley wrote: »

Don’t think ESPN ever get the Super Bowl but it is rotated among the other 3 networks and its CBS’ turn this year so it is Romo in the booth.

It's prob in your answer but that's BBC coverage too?

jack presley · 03-02-2019 4:20pm

Deco99 wrote: »

It's prob in your answer but that's BBC coverage too?

I reckon so. I’d forgotten about the international feeds until mentioned above so as long as BBC don’t go with that, we’ll get the CBS coverage.

OldMrBrennan83 · 03-02-2019 9:22pm

The real worst thing about the Hall of Fame is that Tony Gonzalez is retired long enough to get in. **** I'm old.

Ohmeha · 03-02-2019 10:21pm

jack presley wrote: »

I reckon so. I’d forgotten about the international feeds until mentioned above so as long as BBC don’t go with that, we’ll get the CBS coverage.

The NFL Show on the BBC last night had Osi interviewing Romo and they confirmed they will have the CBS commentary on tonight

Deco99 · 03-02-2019 10:21pm

Who's presenting for BBC I wonder, do they treat the audience like idiots same as the London games coverage?

OldMrBrennan83 · 03-02-2019 10:35pm

Deco99 wrote: »

Who's presenting for BBC I wonder, do they treat the audience like idiots same as the London games coverage?

Mark Chapman I'd say. Mike Carlson will probably be on it too.

brinty · 04-02-2019 1:04am

Gotta say I'm delighted for Gil Brandt

Fully deserving of being in there

Loughc · 04-02-2019 10:22am

So.... we all set for the American Alliance of Football, launches this weekend!

adrian522 · 04-02-2019 2:10pm

So apparently for next season the Oakland Raiders will play in San Francisco while the San Francisco 49ers will continue to play in Santa Clara, while the city of Oakland sues the Raiders over their move to Las Vegas.

brinty · 04-02-2019 2:45pm

adrian522 wrote:

So apparently for next season the Oakland Raiders will play in San Francisco while the San Francisco 49ers will continue to play in Santa Clara, while the city of Oakland sues the Raiders over their move to Las Vegas.

Where they playing in San Francisco??

Loughc wrote:

So.... we all set for the American Alliance of Football, launches this weekend!

Go the Sam Antonio Commodores..
Moose Johnson baby

jack presley · 04-02-2019 2:50pm

brinty wrote: »

Where they playing in San Francisco??

What was AT&T Park, now Oracle park. Home of the Giants.

BaronVon · 05-02-2019 10:57am

Loughc wrote: »

So.... we all set for the American Alliance of Football, launches this weekend!

I sure am, anything that gives us more football is a good thing. I'm picking the Arizona Hotshots as my team, been there a few times!

https://aaf.com/

Realt Dearg Sec · 05-02-2019 4:54pm

infacteh wrote: »

I sure am, anything that gives us more football is a good thing. I'm picking the Arizona Hotshots as my team, been there a few times!

https://aaf.com/

Hadn't heard about this but I do notice they are going to be televised on NFL network. People have talked forever about having a Spring league and it has always fallen apart, but I think the only realistic way for it to work is to have the support of the NFL so it can work as a developmental league or something. Trying to take them on and compete with them has been the death of previous ones.

BaronVon · 05-02-2019 5:33pm

Agreed, even if they relaunched NFL Europe now, I feel it would be much more successful, given the higher profile of the game over here, and with the benefits the Internet has brought.

It must be very hard for NFL teams to develop players, given you can only have a 53 man roster, and 10 practice squad players. Unless a player can contribute on Special Teams, it's rare for him to get an opportunity to develop on a 53 man roster. Superbowl MVP Julian Edelman would be a good example, survived as a Punt Returner, and sometimes Safety, while developing his route running/receiver skills. Without being able to keep a roster spot as a PR, it's unlikely he'd have been given the opportunity to transition from college QB to NFL WR.

Foxtrol · 06-02-2019 3:21pm

So the Eagles exercised their option on Foles and he has bought himself out of it.

Talk of them potentially putting the franchise tag on him but I doubt that happens. Unless they have a trade partner agreed in advance (which would technically be against the rules of the tag) then it is too much of a risk to be stuck paying him the tag rate for next year. On the other side, I don’t think he is worth paying the tag rate anyway, especially when a team would be expected to give up draft capital for him and could lose him after a year.

07-02-2019 8:53pm

Foxtrol wrote: »

So the Eagles exercised their option on Foles and he has bought himself out of it.

Talk of them potentially putting the franchise tag on him but I doubt that happens. Unless they have a trade partner agreed in advance (which would technically be against the rules of the tag) then it is too much of a risk to be stuck paying him the tag rate for next year. On the other side, I don’t think he is worth paying the tag rate anyway, especially when a team would be expected to give up draft capital for him and could lose him after a year.

Ya best you would get would be a 3rd and you likely get a 3rd he year after as compensatory anyway

Hococop · 08-02-2019 12:57pm

Foxtrol wrote: »

So the Eagles exercised their option on Foles and he has bought himself out of it.

Talk of them potentially putting the franchise tag on him but I doubt that happens. Unless they have a trade partner agreed in advance (which would technically be against the rules of the tag) then it is too much of a risk to be stuck paying him the tag rate for next year. On the other side, I don’t think he is worth paying the tag rate anyway, especially when a team would be expected to give up draft capital for him and could lose him after a year.

The worry is if he ends up at the Giants, we are not worried about the Redskins as they have Smith's contract (who I hope recovers 100%)

Knex* · 08-02-2019 1:39pm

I'm fairly confident that he won't end up with the Giants.

Don't have the salary for one thing.

eagle eye · 08-02-2019 1:53pm

I fancy he ends up in Tampa.

Hococop · 08-02-2019 1:57pm

I'd say Jacksonville, bortles is gone

brinty · 08-02-2019 2:36pm

Hococop wrote:

I'd say Jacksonville, bortles is gone

Isn't Eli on his way to reunite with Coughlan

raze_them_all_ · 08-02-2019 3:09pm

Jackson ville or else possibly miami?

Frankie Cortese · 09-02-2019 8:56am

I would love to see Foles end up in Jacksonville to be honest & for them to draft a QB at No.7 & let him sit a year or 2.

Frankie Cortese · 11-02-2019 6:54pm

https://twitter.com/thekylermurray/status/1095016263473119232?s=21

Think he goes No1 now personally. Someone trades up... who you fancy? Has the Giants written all over it I think.

Frankie Cortese · 11-02-2019 8:04pm

https://twitter.com/adamschefter/status/1095034701402771456?s=21

Wow

OldMrBrennan83 · 11-02-2019 8:13pm

They might as well. Great talent and if you're going to shut out every questionable player then we'd have tumbleweed in stadiums.

The_Honeybadger · 11-02-2019 8:23pm

When will he be eligible to play again, have they NFL decided on his punishment? He and Chubb will be a scary backfield.

Foxtrol · 11-02-2019 8:44pm

Not surprised by him ending up with the Browns. Dorsey couldn't care less what a player has done in the past or what negative PR he brings. Every team walks the line with talent and their personal issues but the blatant disregard he shows will likely make it hard for me to root for the Browns

ItAintMeBabe · 11-02-2019 9:14pm

Have the browns backed outright next year so personally delighted about Hunt!

The_Honeybadger · 11-02-2019 10:12pm

Foxtrol wrote: »

Not surprised by him ending up with the Browns. Dorsey couldn't care less what a player has done in the past or what negative PR he brings. Every team walks the line with talent and their personal issues but the blatant disregard he shows will likely make it hard for me to root for the Browns

Absolutely he drafted Hill as well while with the chiefs, who also had a questionable character that saw him drop to the mid rounds

Hunt is from Cleveland afaik it’s probably a good fit and a player with his talent was never going to be left on the shelf so why not take a punt on him behaving himself.

jack presley · 11-02-2019 10:19pm

ItAintMeBabe wrote: »

Have the browns backed outright next year so personally delighted about Hunt!

For the Super Bowl?

VillaMad · 12-02-2019 12:44am

Always thought that the Browns could pick him up with Dorsey drafting him in the first place at Kansas and with him also being from the area.

Have to believe in a second chance for someone for doing something completely stupid. He has the chance to sit back and reflect on himself and learn and be a better person and if he isn't, he won't get a third chance.

He will probably be banned for anything from upwards of 6 games so he will only be involved sparingly next season you would think.

Certainly on paper, the Browns have a quality running back trio of Chubb, Johnson and now Hunt. Could it possibly mean the end for Duke Johnson?

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