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

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,687 ✭✭✭✭jack presley




  • Registered Users Posts: 11,156 ✭✭✭✭Foxtrol


    Some people have way too much time on their hands

    https://twitter.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1198652764798238720


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,380 ✭✭✭The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman


    Lamar ... Wow ... what a performance. Scary good.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,687 ✭✭✭✭jack presley




  • Closed Accounts Posts: 46 Beau Bennett


    IAMAMORON wrote: »
    Where is a good pub in Dublin to watch Sunday evening games?

    Rody Bolands in Rathmines show various games.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,428 ✭✭✭MrKingsley


    Mary Macs in Ballsbridge will show the 6pm and 9pm games. Maybe red zone on a different screen

    The woolshed is the best spot though if you want a crowd


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,778 ✭✭✭Big Pussy Bonpensiero



    Apparently stabbed by his missus over his infidelity. Walked into the hospital of his own accord though but was in critical condition.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,172 ✭✭✭✭kmart6


    He has got charged for simple assault. She has ben charged with attempted homicide.


  • Registered Users Posts: 714 ✭✭✭al87987


    kmart6 wrote: »
    He has got charged for simple assault. She has ben charged with attempted homicide.

    Penalties offset, replay 2nd down


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,156 ✭✭✭✭Foxtrol


    Looks like the Jaguars have made a complete mess of their QB position again.

    Finally get away from Bortles and now stuck with Foles' big contract while he sits on the bench. I thought he would be an okay signing but I have no idea how they ended up doing such a poor job with his contract for what he'd shown as a starter.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,092 ✭✭✭Christy42


    Foxtrol wrote: »
    Looks like the Jaguars have made a complete mess of their QB position again.

    Finally get away from Bortles and now stuck with Foles' big contract while he sits on the bench. I thought he would be an okay signing but I have no idea how they ended up doing such a poor job with his contract for what he'd shown as a starter.

    We got some contract skills. I mean Bortles is our highest paid QB this year (15mil from us, 1 mil from the Rams).

    I was cheered up by a friend who mentioned the Dolphins two biggest cap hits this year are Suh and Tannehill (their dead money is only very slightly smaller than their top 51 salaries).


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,687 ✭✭✭✭jack presley


    Ron Rivera sacked by the Panthers. That's what happens when you lose to the Redskins!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,433 ✭✭✭✭thomond2006


    I didn't expect that before Black Monday. Wow.


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,156 ✭✭✭✭Foxtrol


    I didn't expect that before Black Monday. Wow.

    It looked for a while like they'd come to the end of the road with him and the loss at the weekend was a great excuse. With their remaining games there was a risk that they beat one of the contenders or go on a run of wins making it more difficult to sell to fans/media.

    I'd say he'll be back in the league quickly if he wants it


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,972 ✭✭✭mikemac2


    Ravens sign Patrick Ricard to a two year deal. He was an undrafted player out of Maine in 2017

    Why should anyone care you say? He's the best example of a two way player in the league today. He attends both offensive and defensive meetings and plays defensive line and also fullback. He gets one on one sessions with the coaches to make sure he understands everything, its a lot to take in

    Has a sack, forced fumble, a TD and over 10 catches :) . Runs the ball and hits linebackers at over 300lbs. He also plays special teams.

    Sure there are other examples in the league but none play as many snaps as Ricard. Old skool football player here :cool:


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,177 ✭✭✭letowski


    Adam Vinatieri will undergo knee surgery which end his season, and most likely his career in the NFL.

    He will turn 47 years old at the end of the month and has been in the league since 1996. He has won 4 Superbowls (3 with the Patriots).

    He has struggled a lot since the end of last year, but he will always be remembered as one of the best kickers in the NFL.


  • Registered Users Posts: 532 ✭✭✭ItAintMeBabe


    mikemac2 wrote: »
    Ravens sign Patrick Ricard to a two year deal. He was an undrafted player out of Maine in 2017

    Why should anyone care you say? He's the best example of a two way player in the league today. He attends both offensive and defensive meetings and plays defensive line and also fullback. He gets one on one sessions with the coaches to make sure he understands everything, its a lot to take in

    Has a sack, forced fumble, a TD and over 10 catches :) . Runs the ball and hits linebackers at over 300lbs. He also plays special teams.

    Sure there are other examples in the league but none play as many snaps as Ricard. Old skool football player here :cool:

    And just to throw in, I met him when I went over for the browns game a couple of weeks ago and he's a really sound skin. Came straight over to us because we had an Irish flag and stood chatting and took pics etc.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,451 ✭✭✭Shedite27


    letowski wrote: »
    Adam Vinatieri will undergo knee surgery which end his season, and most likely his career in the NFL.

    He will turn 47 years old at the end of the month and has been in the league since 1996. He has won 4 Superbowls (3 with the Patriots).

    He has struggled a lot since the end of last year, but he will always be remembered as one of the best kickers in the NFL.
    To put some contest around that, the day he made his debut was the day Wexford won the All-Ireland in 1996, the Martin Storey "dancing at the crossroads" one, and was a week after Beckham scored from the halfway line. Vinitieri has been playing football since then :eek:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 704 ✭✭✭BoldReason




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,599 ✭✭✭ScrubsfanChris


    BoldReason wrote: »
    At this point a random dude in a Patriots jersey taking a selfie in the crowd would be called out for cheating :pac:


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 704 ✭✭✭BoldReason


    "Random dudes" team apologises for not informing the league or the bengals on what they were up to.
    https://twitter.com/Patriots/status/1204227854898208769?s=19


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,156 ✭✭✭✭Foxtrol


    BoldReason wrote: »
    "Random dudes" team apologises for not informing the league or the bengals on what they were up to.

    I'm leaning towards this being innocent but the problem when someone has a history of lying and cheating it makes people question when you're telling the truth. It is made even worse when the story you're now telling is the same as the lie you told in past

    https://twitter.com/johnbreech/status/1204146996430417923


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 704 ✭✭✭BoldReason


    Foxtrol wrote: »
    I'm leaning towards this being innocent but the problem when someone has a history of lying and cheating it makes people question when you're telling the truth. It is made even worse when the story you're now telling is the same as the lie you told in past

    https://twitter.com/johnbreech/status/1204146996430417923

    Haha ya I don't think there is much in it myself. Just joking around tbh as it seems to drive the fans towards this "haters gonna hate" tag which I love. :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,687 ✭✭✭✭jack presley


    If they were filming the Ravens etc. I’d say there maybe a case to answer, but the Bengals..???


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,156 ✭✭✭✭Foxtrol


    If they were filming the Ravens etc. I’d say there maybe a case to answer, but the Bengals..???

    That's the thing that really makes it seem innocent. I'm sure other teams are checking to see if there were Patriots camera crews that were granted access for other games this year.

    Isn't this how the original Spygate happened though, they initially thought it was a single game thing and it ended up being something crazy like they were doing it for 7 years?

    It seems pretty weak to claim they didn't know the rules of where to film, surely the Patriot scout they were there with would have been very aware of what was or wasn't allowed and stopped them.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,620 ✭✭✭✭AbusesToilets


    Foxtrol wrote: »
    I'm leaning towards this being innocent but the problem when someone has a history of lying and cheating it makes people question when you're telling the truth. It is made even worse when the story you're now telling is the same as the lie you told in past

    https://twitter.com/johnbreech/status/1204146996430417923

    A source from ESPN, who definitely haven't been guilty of misreporting stories about the Pats, and making midnight apologies when called out on it.

    Spygate was the biggest nothing story in NFL history. A fine for recording from the wrong location, not for filming. Such a surprise that this ****e about the Bengals pips to after one of the worst officiated games in recent memory...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,438 ✭✭✭j8wk2feszrnpao


    When Brady/Bill finish up, the weirdo conspiracy theorists and their infatuation with one team, will turn their ire elsewhere. The only benefit when it ends :D


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,156 ✭✭✭✭Foxtrol


    A source from ESPN, who definitely haven't been guilty of misreporting stories about the Pats, and making midnight apologies when called out on it.

    Spygate was the biggest nothing story in NFL history. A fine for recording from the wrong location, not for filming.

    They broke the rules to illegally steal signals of opponents for 7 years. How is that a nothing story? If it was such a nothing story then why wouldn't the Patriots let the tapes leave their facility?
    Such a surprise that this ****e about the Bengals pips to after one of the worst officiated games in recent memory...

    That is tin-foil hat stuff there, sure the NFL forced the Patriots to break rules again here.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,438 ✭✭✭j8wk2feszrnpao


    A source from ESPN, who definitely haven't been guilty of misreporting stories about the Pats, and making midnight apologies when called out on it.

    Spygate was the biggest nothing story in NFL history. A fine for recording from the wrong location, not for filming. Such a surprise that this ****e about the Bengals pips to after one of the worst officiated games in recent memory...
    Please don’t quote Foxtroll, I have him hidden for a reason. One of those creepy ones that has an axe to grind and won’t let it go.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 704 ✭✭✭BoldReason




  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,510 ✭✭✭Hazys


    Foxtrol wrote: »
    I'm leaning towards this being innocent but the problem when someone has a history of lying and cheating it makes people question when you're telling the truth. It is made even worse when the story you're now telling is the same as the lie you told in past

    https://twitter.com/johnbreech/status/1204146996430417923

    The lieing is from ESPN. John Breech is referencing a 2015 article that quotes a debunked 2008 article where the source is Matty Walsh who admitted he made it up that the Patriots were filming the Rams walk through and ESPN apologied for in a 4am broadcast. Doesnt matter if a lie has been proven false if people like Foxtrol want to believe it, they will.

    Also defensive coordinators no longer give hand signals on the sideline for plays since defenses have headsets now, they only give hand signals for positional groupings and those hand signals are often visible on national broadcasts and are not disguised. So the Pats had nothing to gain from filming the Bengals sideline. Its so stupid that this has to be explained but it doesn't matter people will believe what they want to believe.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,438 ✭✭✭j8wk2feszrnpao


    BoldReason wrote: »
    The Pats offense could do with all the help it could get :D
    I’m not very confident going to Cinci. Yes the Pats are expected to win, but it’s on the D and ST to give us the edge. It’s Brady and Edelman, with maybe a little White. But the rest are very stoppable. And with a leaky OL, there isn’t the time to get things going. It’ll be a grind.


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,156 ✭✭✭✭Foxtrol


    Hazys wrote: »
    The lieing is from ESPN. John Breech is referencing a 2015 article that quotes a debunked 2008 article where the source is Matty Walsh who admitted he made it up that the Patriots were filming the Rams walk through and ESPN apologied for in a 4am broadcast. Doesnt matter if a lie has been proven false if people like Foxtrol want to believe it, they will.

    I know about the Rams walk through part, which is why I haven't mentioned it at all. Can you share the link to that where the other parts were debunked or the ESPN apology that covers what John Breech quoted? I'm more than happy to admit that I'm wrong when I'm shown evidence, as I have many times here.
    Also defensive coordinators no longer give hand signals on the sideline for plays since defenses have headsets now, they only give hand signals for positional groupings and those hand signals are often visible on national broadcasts and are not disguised. So the Pats had nothing to gain from filming the Bengals sideline. Its so stupid that this has to be explained but it doesn't matter people will believe what they want to believe.

    I've repeatedly said I think this is likely innocent, even in the post you just quoted. I'm not sure who you're having that argument with.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 271 ✭✭Earleybird


    Please don’t quote Foxtroll, I have him hidden for a reason. One of those creepy ones that has an axe to grind and won’t let it go.

    How do you hide someone? Asking for a friend....


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,438 ✭✭✭j8wk2feszrnpao


    Earleybird wrote: »
    How do you hide someone? Asking for a friend....
    In the desktop view, click on their username and add to Ignore List.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,599 ✭✭✭ScrubsfanChris




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,332 ✭✭✭Always Be Closing



    Peters is a Grade A tosser though

    Should have put a zero at the end of that fine


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,931 ✭✭✭✭Realt Dearg Sec



    14,000 for a beer? Jesus I thought the prices were high in Soldier Field.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 704 ✭✭✭BoldReason


    Doesn't really look good from the video footage here.
    More dodgy carry on but are we really to expect more I guess?

    https://twitter.com/FOXSports/status/1206265478596816896?s=19


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,510 ✭✭✭Hazys


    An edited video leaked by the team aggressively trying to get the Patriots punished even though the video doesn't add any more real info to what we know already but obviously because there is a video (of a video) somehow it makes the matter worse. Well done NFL keeping the issue in house, clowns


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  • Registered Users Posts: 11,156 ✭✭✭✭Foxtrol


    BoldReason wrote: »
    Doesn't really look good from the video footage here.
    More dodgy carry on but are we really to expect more I guess?

    https://twitter.com/FOXSports/status/1206265478596816896?s=19

    "I can delete it" :rolleyes:

    Video doesn't add anything new but confirms some rumours and disproves others.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,510 ✭✭✭Hazys


    Foxtrol wrote: »
    "I can delete it" :rolleyes:

    Video doesn't add anything new but confirms some rumours and disproves others.

    That wasn't a rumor, we knew that, it was very widely reported that the Pats cameraman offered to delete the footage instantly.


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,156 ✭✭✭✭Foxtrol


    Hazys wrote: »
    That wasn't a rumor, we knew that, it was very widely reported that the Pats cameraman offered to delete the footage instantly.

    Widely reported based on unnamed sources.

    For a fanbase that so regularly complains about misreporting and the use of unnamed sources, that are claimed to be untruthful about their team, surely some transparency by seeing the tape and the interactions around it should be helpful. We're at least partially dealing with the same facts now, unless there's claims that this tape is doctored.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,196 ✭✭✭Guffy


    Hazys wrote: »
    That wasn't a rumor, we knew that, it was very widely reported that the Pats cameraman offered to delete the footage instantly.

    Its like my son offering to put the cookie back in the jar because i caught him putting it to his mouth before dinner :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,341 ✭✭✭el Fenomeno


    Since we're dealing in facts now, is anybody going to mention that it's now come out that this is the only game that the Patriots got accreditation for filming?

    So if their new scheme was to film sidelines with the cover story of it being for a documentary, they chose to do so not for Houston, Baltimore or Kansas City, but for the 1 win Cincinnati Bengals.

    Or is that disregarded as it doesn't fit the narrative?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,687 ✭✭✭✭jack presley


    That’s been mentioned multiple times in this thread.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,341 ✭✭✭el Fenomeno


    That’s been mentioned multiple times in this thread.

    That they only received accreditation from the Bengals? Where was it mentioned then? Because that information only became public 9 hours ago.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,687 ✭✭✭✭jack presley


    That they only received accreditation from the Bengals? Where was it mentioned then? Because that information only became public 9 hours ago.

    No, that they filming the 1 win Bengals.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 704 ✭✭✭BoldReason


    Asks us if anyone is going to mention something because it doesn't fit the narrative then proceeds to tell us that information was only made available 9 hours ago. :rolleyes:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,341 ✭✭✭el Fenomeno


    BoldReason wrote: »
    Asks us if anyone is going to mention something because it doesn't fit the narrative then proceeds to tell us that information was only made available 9 hours ago. :rolleyes:

    Oh so you would have posted it then?


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