Author Topic: The NFL Thread (Read 2772428 times)

KillieRed · « **Reply #47680 on:** March 27, 2018, 03:55:36 pm »

Quote from: bryanod on March 27, 2018, 03:14:49 pm

5m less than Dolphins were due to pay him too, don't hear that been mentioned much after all the lambasting. Perhaps market was slightly weaker so went for the one-year ring play.

Dolphins still got a huge dead-money hit on this I believe.

Zaffarious · « **Reply #47681 on:** April 4, 2018, 12:12:28 am »

Brandon Cooks to the Rams from the patriots for the rams 1st round pick and a 4th rounder.

Old No7 · « **Reply #47682 on:** April 4, 2018, 08:29:39 am »

Rams really are all in on this season

Trev20 · « **Reply #47683 on:** April 13, 2018, 10:18:07 pm »

Cowboys have released WR Dez Bryant.

voodoo ray · « **Reply #47684 on:** April 19, 2018, 03:54:08 pm »

Individual tickets for the 2 Wembley games go on sale at 10am on Tuesday May 1.

Zimagic · « **Reply #47685 on:** April 19, 2018, 03:57:43 pm »

Quote from: Trev20 on April 13, 2018, 10:18:07 pm

Cowboys have released WR Dez Bryant.

Very not-Dallas behaviour. Are the 'Boys finally being run on business/footballing decisions rather than sentiment?

voodoo ray · « **Reply #47686 on:** April 19, 2018, 07:42:18 pm »

and the jags have binned their shitty 2 colour lids.

http://www.nfl.com/photoessays/0ap3000000927330

deFacto please, you bastards · « **Reply #47687 on:** April 19, 2018, 08:27:16 pm »

Quote from: voodoo ray on April 19, 2018, 07:42:18 pm

and the jags have binned their shitty 2 colour lids.

http://www.nfl.com/photoessays/0ap3000000927330

looks good and clean finally for once.

voodoo ray · « **Reply #47688 on:** April 19, 2018, 08:39:20 pm »

miami have also made changes http://www.nfl.com/photoessays/0ap3000000927361/Miami-Dolphins-new-uniforms-revealed

voodoo ray · « **Reply #47689 on:** April 19, 2018, 08:45:30 pm »

and this is amusing because the browns even managed to bugger this up

http://www.nfl.com/photoessays/0ap3000000926953/Draft-selection-cards-a-closer-look

rodderzzz · « **Reply #47690 on:** April 19, 2018, 09:34:54 pm »

I liked our two tone helmets 😞 would have looked good lifting the Lombardi trophy in it

voodoo ray · « **Reply #47691 on:** April 19, 2018, 09:39:32 pm »

I guess there was always bound to be one person who liked them

Red Viper · « **Reply #47692 on:** April 20, 2018, 08:05:01 am »

Quote from: voodoo ray on April 19, 2018, 03:54:08 pm

Individual tickets for the 2 Wembley games go on sale at 10am on Tuesday May 1.

How hard is it to get tickets? If I'm online at the time of them going on sale will I have a problem sorting a few or will I need about 4 devices open just to get in a queue?

Socrates7 · « **Reply #47693 on:** April 21, 2018, 08:12:05 pm »

I started taking a serious interest in NFL towards the end of last season and now I absolutely love it! I just need a team to follow... what would be the LFC of the NFL? Patriots seem to be the Mancs..despised by everyone!

Statto Red · « **Reply #47694 on:** April 21, 2018, 08:17:17 pm »

Quote from: Socrates7 on April 21, 2018, 08:12:05 pm

I started taking a serious interest in NFL towards the end of last season and now I absolutely love it! I just need a team to follow... what would be the LFC of the NFL? Patriots seem to be the Mancs..despised by everyone!

49ers or the Steelers, or watch NFL America's Game should you get a chance to choose from the stories from that, it's great documentary featuring every Super Bowl champion & told by the players & coaches from the team.

voodoo ray · « **Reply #47695 on:** April 21, 2018, 08:38:36 pm »

Quote from: foreveragnome on April 20, 2018, 08:05:01 am

How hard is it to get tickets? If I'm online at the time of them going on sale will I have a problem sorting a few or will I need about 4 devices open just to get in a queue?

I've managed 3 years in a row just using one machine.

and to the punter above, there is no LFC of the NFL. sports teams don't equate like that.

Socrates7 · « **Reply #47696 on:** April 21, 2018, 08:56:22 pm »

Quote from: Statto Red on April 21, 2018, 08:17:17 pm

49ers or the Steelers, or watch NFL America's Game should you get a chance to choose from the stories from that, it's great documentary featuring every Super Bowl champion & told by the players & coaches from the team.

Thanks I've watched quite a few of those already. I have a vague memory of Rice and Montana from the 80's so I'm leaning towards the 49ers.

Quote from: voodoo ray on April 21, 2018, 08:38:36 pm

I've managed 3 years in a row just using one machine.

and to the punter above, there is no LFC of the NFL. sports teams don't equate like that.

True but I have to choose somehow!

Rob K · « **Reply #47697 on:** April 21, 2018, 10:13:22 pm »

Quote from: Socrates7 on April 21, 2018, 08:56:22 pm

True but I have to choose somehow!

try this: http://nfl.lvis.io/teampicker/desktop

voodoo ray · « **Reply #47698 on:** April 21, 2018, 10:14:39 pm »

I've been watching the sport decades and never bothered supporting one team. and it'd just be weird if I did now.

KillieRed · « **Reply #47699 on:** April 22, 2018, 11:07:43 am »

Quote from: Socrates7 on April 21, 2018, 08:56:22 pm

Thanks I've watched quite a few of those already. I have a vague memory of Rice and Montana from the 80's so I'm leaning towards the 49ers.

True but I have to choose somehow!

Las Vegas are getting a new team soon...

Statto Red · « **Reply #47700 on:** April 22, 2018, 11:41:44 am »

Quote from: Jim McDonald on April 22, 2018, 11:23:11 am

Green Bay Packers will suit you down to the ground. Elite QB, mental fans, a team that, like Liverpool, has promised much and delivered little with a great history behind them.

Only franchise owned by the fans, population of the Town is only just above what the stadium holds, one of the smallest Towns to have a major league franchise in the US, the Super Bowl trophy is named after there legendary head coach from the 60s, it gets very cold in winter, can get to -10 & below, with wind chill even colder.p

Socrates7 · « **Reply #47701 on:** April 22, 2018, 06:14:20 pm »

Thanks for the suggestions lads. Never knew that about Green Bay. I think I'll just enjoy the new season and probably naturally gravitate towards a team.

KillieRed · « **Reply #47702 on:** April 23, 2018, 08:39:55 am »

Quote from: Socrates7 on April 22, 2018, 06:14:20 pm

Thanks for the suggestions lads. Never knew that about Green Bay. I think I'll just enjoy the new season and probably naturally gravitate towards a team.

That`s probably what most of us did (non-stateside).

I became a Raiders fan when they were playing the heavily favoured Redskins in the Superbowl 30-odd years ago, and because my mates supported Washington. It worked out well for me that night!

fredfrop · « **Reply #47703 on:** April 23, 2018, 12:03:45 pm »

Quote from: KillieRed on April 23, 2018, 08:39:55 am

That`s probably what most of us did (non-stateside).

I became a Raiders fan when they were playing the heavily favoured Redskins in the Superbowl 30-odd years ago, and because my mates supported Washington. It worked out well for me that night!

The night Marcus Allen broke my young, tender heart

Something Worse · « **Reply #47704 on:** April 23, 2018, 03:41:27 pm »

Quote from: Statto Red on April 22, 2018, 11:41:44 am

Only franchise owned by the fans, population of the Town is only just above what the stadium holds, one of the smallest Towns to have a major league franchise in the US, the Super Bowl trophy is named after there legendary head coach from the 60s, it gets very cold in winter, can get to -10 & below, with wind chill even colder.p

Green Bay fans are awful

ALPH1217 · « **Reply #47705 on:** April 24, 2018, 03:23:58 am »

Quote from: Claus on April 23, 2018, 03:41:27 pm

Green Bay fans are awful

How so?

Something Worse · « **Reply #47706 on:** April 24, 2018, 05:14:53 am »

Quote from: ALPH1217 on April 24, 2018, 03:23:58 am

How so?

They boo their team almost as much as Everton, and everyone stopped going to games and started selling tickets as soon as Rodgers got hurt.

KillieRed · « **Reply #47707 on:** April 24, 2018, 08:10:25 am »

Quote from: fredfrop on April 23, 2018, 12:03:45 pm

The night Marcus Allen broke my young, tender heart

What a player, badly treated by Al in the end.

We had Marcus, Bo and Napoleon MacCallum at one point. Eric Dickerson & Roger Craig (who were both on the downslope, if not washed-up) came in to fill Allen`s boots when he went on to play at a high level much longer.

redsox0411 · « **Reply #47708 on:** April 24, 2018, 10:23:07 am »

When I started following the NFL I picked my team on the basis of who had the first pick in the upcoming draft. So Drew Bledsoe is the reason why I ended up a Patriots-fan. Ironically there wasn't before he was injured there was a lot to root for. So if I were to pick a team this year I would have ended up rooting for the Browns. (Who could have been the Patriots if they hadn't fired the hooded one)

Thomas · « **Reply #47709 on:** April 24, 2018, 10:45:30 am »

We are taking a trip to see some friends we met whilst on holiday who live in Alabama.

They are going to be taking us to our first American Football college match when Alabama Crimson Tide play at home in October

voodoo ray · « **Reply #47710 on:** April 24, 2018, 11:19:31 am »

Quote from: Thomas on April 24, 2018, 10:45:30 am

We are taking a trip to see some friends we met whilst on holiday who live in Alabama.

They are going to be taking us to our first American Football college match when Alabama Crimson Tide play at home in October

At least you'll have a decent chance of a home win.

Thomas · « **Reply #47711 on:** April 24, 2018, 12:37:03 pm »

Quote from: voodoo ray on April 24, 2018, 11:19:31 am

At least you'll have a decent chance of a home win.

they play in red and were established in 1892.

ALPH1217 · « **Reply #47712 on:** April 24, 2018, 02:14:39 pm »

Quote from: Claus on April 24, 2018, 05:14:53 am

They boo their team almost as much as Everton, and everyone stopped going to games and started selling tickets as soon as Rodgers got hurt.

That's funny because I've always considered them to be the best fans in the league. I'm also saying that as someone who has probably been to 100 NY Giant games going back to the 60's.

voodoo ray · « **Reply #47713 on:** April 24, 2018, 02:21:19 pm »

Quote from: Thomas on April 24, 2018, 12:37:03 pm

they play in red and were established in 1892.

Similarities end there in terms of recent success unfortunately

Something Worse · « **Reply #47714 on:** April 24, 2018, 04:00:09 pm »

Quote from: ALPH1217 on April 24, 2018, 02:14:39 pm

That's funny because I've always considered them to be the best fans in the league. I'm also saying that as someone who has probably been to 100 NY Giant games going back to the 60's.

Lots of people do, it's a myth because of the "small towns, community owned" stuff. They're terrible.

Best fans are probably Oakland for however long they exist.

filopastry · « **Reply #47715 on:** April 26, 2018, 11:18:24 am »

So, what is everyone's hopes for the draft for their team?

Personally I think Giants should go QB or trade down, I could see ownership getting in a panic over the backlash against Eli's botched benching last year and going for Barkley or Chubb at 2, even though they have a seemingly declining 37 year old QB and a team full of holes.

Red Viper · « **Reply #47716 on:** April 26, 2018, 11:34:40 am »

Quote from: filopastry on April 26, 2018, 11:18:24 am

So, what is everyone's hopes for the draft for their team?

Personally I think Giants should go QB or trade down, I could see ownership getting in a panic over the backlash against Eli's botched benching last year and going for Barkley or Chubb at 2, even though they have a seemingly declining 37 year old QB and a team full of holes.

Well as an Eagles fan I hope the Giants don't go QB and carry on with Manning.

A lot of the mock drafts I've seen seem to think they'll stay at no.2 and go for Barkley.

Curious to see what the Bills and Patriots do. Think they'll both try to trade up.

Ray K · « **Reply #47717 on:** April 26, 2018, 11:35:56 am »

Gettleman's apparently never traded down, and I don't think he'll go for QB, so it'll be either Chubb or Barkley.

I'll set fire to my tv if the Browns pick Josh Allen at #1. Dude can't throw.

voodoo ray · « **Reply #47718 on:** April 26, 2018, 11:37:46 am »

The gints should go for a qb. They seem to be in the perfect spot to sit him behind manning for a year then replace at the right time. Even if the pressure will be there as soon as manning chucks a single interception.

Buffalo could trade up for a qb too.

bryanod · « **Reply #47719 on:** April 26, 2018, 11:37:55 am »

Darnold, Barkley, Mayfield first 3 picks.

Kinda agree that Giants should really trade back, if they don't Broncos might at 5 to someone desperate **cough buffalo**