NFL 2009 Season Thread

[SammyG]

lol Raiders beat Philly.

Also, fucking Rams. Almost won today.

[CSL]

lol 4.12 left in the game and the Patriots punt for the first time

[Emperor Smeat]

Ouch, CBS had a crazy stat on Titans-Patriots game. Just showed it as a graphic on screen and didn't bother to comment on it.

Collins pass completions = 2 , Brady TD passes = 6

[CSL]

Collins also completed a pass for -22 yards

[Triple A]

"This one has feta cheese and roasted red peppers"
- stupid fat bitch

[ClockShot]

59-0.

Can you say overkill?

[McLegend]

I knew this was gonna happen.

[Emperor Smeat]

Collins even had 1 rush for -3 yards to go along with his -7 yards passing

[OssMan]

I want to see someone score 100 points for once. Then my Madden game will become reality.

[SammyG]

I fucking hate these retarded announcers during Bills-Jets.

sanCHEZ

[Droford]

The only two things I can take away from today are I miss Matt Stover and at least the Ravens aren't behind the Browns in the AFC North. Oh, and Im not a Redskins fan.

[SammyG]

Yay for Thomas Jones and Randy Moss on my fantasy team.

[Innovator]

Ok, WHO betted on the Raiders?

[Kris P Lettus]

Collins also completed a pass for -22 yards

Kinda reminds me of one time during a Saints game JB came in to do a "game break" and said "Tommy Maddox threw his second TD pass of the day toooooooooooo the Tennessee Titans"..

It was pretty "lol"..

[Droford]

Ok, WHO betted on the Raiders?

+15 points probably got someone to bet on them. i still can't believe they outright won, I figured the Eagles would just have a hard time covering 15 points but I never actually thought they'd lose.

[Triple A]

Jets are def gonna lose this game. Awful.

[Hanso Amore]

Ryan Fitzpatrick is better than Trent Edwards....How sad is that?

I hope he never comes back from injury.

Sanchez is back to earth. Welcome to the NFL.

[Heros Welcome]

DIRTY BIRDS BABY!

Should be a good game. Always exciting when having a prime time game.

[Triple A]

laskdfjlasdjlasdjllalsdfklasdasdasdf yes

[Emperor Smeat]

what a shank of a FG by Buffalo

[CSL]

lol @ 'Under Pressure' playing right before the kick

[SammyG]

Jets are def gonna lose this game. Awful.

Don't stop believin', my friend

[Kris P Lettus]

DIRTY BIRDS BABY!



:foc:

[Loose Cannon]

wow, we may actually win this terrible game

[SammyG]

ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL

[CSL]

lol wtf

[Loose Cannon]

lol omg. are you fucking kidding me???

[Loose Cannon]

Marc Sanchez needs to start throwing passes in an ice chamber starting Monday

[Kris P Lettus]

wtf are y'all taking about??

[Loose Cannon]

shut the fuck up with "Y'ALL"

GOD

[Kris P Lettus]

Why??

It is part of my everyday vernacular..

[Team Sheep]

This is painful.

[SammyG]

My God, Sanchez...

[Loose Cannon]

just put the bullet in my head

[CSL]

This is gonna be a tie

[Droford]

Im going with a 4 team parlay next week that should definitely be a winner, or I'll quit being a degenerate gambler for the rest of the season:

Indy at St Louis
NE at TB by way of London
Green Bay at Cleveland
Philly at Washington MNF (despite being hosed by the Eagles today, its the Redskins who are quite possibly worse than the Raiders, though I might change my mind and just go with Indy/Ne/GB on principle)

The points for Indy and NE will be ridiculous, but Philly shouldnt be that big of a favorite.

[SammyG]

lol @ Assman text earlier:

"Oh you mad cuz I'm stylin on you"

[Droford]

bills win!

how about that

[Team Sheep]

Awful.

[Hanso Amore]

Fuck.

Now jauron will survive another few weeks.

[Heros Welcome]

ROODDDDDDDDYYYYYYY

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Bills could win the AFC championship and Bills fans would be pissed because it means Dick Jauron won't get fired.

[Kris P Lettus]

It's cause they'd lose in the Super Bowl..

:o

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Went to the Bengals game today. Not too fun watching Matt Schaub carve up the defense but what can you do?

Andre Johnson is a grown man.

[Kris P Lettus]

I tried to get tix for the game today but all my buddies who have season tix were going and the cheapest ones I could find online were $200 a piece for nose bleeds..

[Emperor Smeat]

ESPN is reporting Redskins coach stripped Zorn of play calling duties. Monday is when they announce who takes over that duty.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4575422

[Heros Welcome]

GONZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WOOOOOOOO

[Kris P Lettus]

Vilma will eat his heart..

[Heros Welcome]

Iono bout that one Krispy

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Cutler needs to not play night games. His blood sugar is low.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Also his double chin seems to get bigger every week

[Heros Welcome]

FALCON BALL!!!!!!!!!

Curtis Lofton :love:

[Heros Welcome]

son of a bitch

[Kris P Lettus]

woo

[Heros Welcome]

BURNER BABY BURNER!

[Evil Vito]

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BB pauses...
BB grants Fisher mercy

Your opponent has granted mercy. If you accept, you will accept the loss and will lose ranking points. The stats will be recorded and the game will end.
*YES
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[Supreme Olajuwon]

Kreutz looks like he could be called for a false start before every play.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

lol Orlando Pace :'(

[Heros Welcome]

VICTORY!!!!

[OssMan]

BRB being a fat fucker and falling down

[Heros Welcome]

Great tackling tonight. Defense came to play again. Stuffed Forte all night which is a big key. Again I was happy to see us being aggressive with our blitzing, but at times a little bit over aggressive.

All in all very happy with the win, was a big game! Now we travel to Dallas! Should be another good one! 4-1 BABY! I'M PUMPED UP!!!

[Skippord]

Fuck the Jets

[Skippord]

also yay Falcons

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

How the fuck did the Bears get 24 yards on 3rd & 25? God damn

I was hoping for another OT game. Good game though

[Fignuts]

Alright bills!

Way to win in the most ASS way possible.

So glad hockey is here.

[Triple A]

Kris Jenkins has a "severe knee injury". :( "will know more Monday"

Terrible.

[Reavant]

HAHAHAHA SanCHISE... I believe the Bills honestly tried to hand the game over to the jets and the jets still couldnt beat them :rofl:


if sanCHISE was wearing the number 4 i would have seriously thought i was in the twilight zone

[Supreme Olajuwon]

It's actually spelled "Sanchez."

[Reavant]

have you not heard the nick name he got in the first 4 games? they were combining sanchez and franchise... i wanted to puke but now its :rofl:

[Supreme Olajuwon]

I was just kidding around. Sorry.

[Reavant]

well i spell things wrong all the time so meh

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Sounds like a Jim Rome nickname

It's alright though because the Jets won the Superbowl in week 2

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Worst blowout in NFL history was 73 points. Pats should've gone for it.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Should have had at least 61. I mean I know it was a blow out but not calling it a safety when Vince Young got tackled in the endzone was pretty unreal. Reminded me of something I'd see in a high school JV game or something, not a NFL game.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

I hope New England works their throwbacks into their regular rotation next season. Those things are purdy.

[Hanso Amore]

Bills could win the AFC championship and Bills fans would be pissed because it means Dick Jauron won't get fired.

Well he is a horible coach. But we know thats not possible. hey will end up winning 6 games andmiss a good pick and somehow decide to keep Dick and his NFL worst winning percentage.


BTW, the Fire Dick billboard is up today

[parkmania]

WTH with turnovers on 5 consecutive plays in the Pit/Cle game!?!?!?

At least we managed to get a tie (record-wise) with the Bung-holes. (They're actually not turning out to be the Bungles this year.)

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Kerry Collins and Vince Young combined for -2 yards rushing, -7 yards passing, and 2 ints. The Titans literally would've been better off if Steve McNair was their quarterback yesterday.

[FearedSanctity]

Lol, wtf at that pigeon in the Eagles/Raiders game.

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[Supreme Olajuwon]

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That's gonna be a nice little suspension

[FearedSanctity]

And given that he's a 5th/6th string corner it could be worse, and of course he deserves it

[CSL]

Fucking deserves it as well

[FearedSanctity]

His profile on NFL.com says he's been playing 8 years, how in the fuck could he possibly think that was a good idea? That's not a rookie being stupid, that's just some old guy being bitter

[Hanso Amore]

Piece of shit

I wish they could have gotten hands on him

[Triple A]

Jenkins out 4 the season. "gutted"

Season is a bust. OH WELL.

Also the Houston Oilers / orange Patriot uniforms in the snow looked incredible.

[ClockShot]

Philip Rivers' undefeated streak against us ends tonight.

[FearedSanctity]

Dante Wesley suspended one game without pay. Not enough, in my opinion

[Team Sheep]

Shit news about Jenkins. Then again he completely ran out of gas at the end of last season so whatever. He was tearing up centers at the minute though. :(

[Emperor Smeat]

Should have been a minimum of at least 3 games (1 for the hit, 1 for the ejection, & 1 for the brawl that occurred) and then go up or add fines to it.

The amazing part is how bad the person responsible for handing out the punishments describes it and yet its just 1 game.

[FearedSanctity]

<<<<<<<<<

[Droford]

I just wanna say this one more time.

Fuck the Eagles.

argh

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Jenkins out 4 the season. "gutted"

Season is a bust. OH WELL.

Also the Houston Oilers / orange Patriot uniforms in the snow looked incredible.
The jerseys are red bro

[Triple A]

W/E it is like a red-orange/bright ass red. Should have said red "my bad".

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

100% RED BRO

Big fan of the uniforms though. Wish they would wear them more often or at least incorporate a new red alternative jersey into the mix.

[Skippord]

Eddie Royal :cool:

[FearedSanctity]

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http://cdn.ksk.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/orton-600x300.jpeg



I love the internet

[FearedSanctity]

We all know who the real MVP is....

http://i38.tinypic.com/vrujaa.jpg

[DaveBrawl]

http://i33.tinypic.com/1o13dx.gif

That guy's my hero.

[DaveBrawl]

Sooner or later, Jim Zorn's going to get canned like some cheap tuna. It could happen at any time, really. It could be at the end of the season, or it could be before I hit "publish" on this post, but it's happening.

According to one report, it would've happened already if Mike Shanahan was willing to take his job right now. Thomas George at FanHouse quotes "a Redskins management source" who says that the Redskins have already made a play for Shanahan, but that he didn't want the job in mid-season.

"Shanahan told the franchise there was little he could do in the middle of the season for them and that changing coaches during the season in the NFL rarely works,'' a Redskins management source told FanHouse. "Several people that Dan Snyder trusts have suggested, if he makes a move, he should turn it over to secondary coach Jerry Gray. That could still happen."

And what a treat that would be for Jerry Gray.

I don't know if I believe the report or not, but it doesn't seem unbelievable. Then again, there's not much that Dan Snyder could do that I would find shocking. It wouldn't shock me if he hired Shanahan. It wouldn't shock me if he hired Wayne Fontes. It wouldn't shock me if he took over as head coach himself. It wouldn't shock me if he traded for Vince Young(notes) and named him player/coach.

The Redskins play the Eagles on Monday night, then head into a bye week. My best guess for the timing of Zorn's firing is Monday night around midnight.


http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Report-Shanahan-was-offered-and-turned-down-the;_ylt=AsRy_FCB71c7DcHBNx_RR95DubYF?urn=nfl,196993

[CSL]

Josh McDaniels might be 'the real deal'

[DaveBrawl]

Love Josh McDaniels too.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Can't fucking wait for Minnesota v. Pittsburgh next week. Shit's gonna be EPIC.

[Shadow]

Poor Zorn. He's tried so hard but just can't call the right play.

Anyone know who's got that duty right now so I can curse that guy out when we lose to the Eagals?

[FearedSanctity]

Sherm Lewis

[Emperor Smeat]

We all know who the real MVP is....

http://i38.tinypic.com/vrujaa.jpg

:rofl:

[Shadow]

FUCK YOU SHERM LEWIS!

[SammyG]

LOLLLLLLL Rams trade Witherspoon, our best/2nd best LB, to the Eagles... for a rookie WR that has not caught a pass this year, and a 5th round pick.

0-16 here we come.

[Skippord]

think they were on their way there anyway

[Shadow]

Till they play the Redskins of course.

Do the Rams play the Redskins this year?

[parkmania]

No, but they play Detroit in Week 8.

[Shadow]

YAY! DETROIT GETS A WIN TOO!

God the Skins suck so much this year.

[SammyG]

Dude. The Rams have played the Skins already. We lost.

[FearedSanctity]

Need to trade the Rams for the UFL's Florida Tuskers

[Shadow]

Dude. The Rams have played the Skins already. We lost.

Damn it...why didn't you beat us!?

The Rams suck worse the the Skins.

[RP]

If the Titans fans didnt already want to kill themselves, they do now.

http://cmsimg.tennessean.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Site=DN&Date=20091020&Category=SPORTS01&ArtNo=910200807&Ref=PH&Profile=1027&Item=4&Maxw=542&Maxh=352&q=60

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[Team Sheep]

Going to Wembley Sunday to watch Brady destroy Tampa. Anyone else going?

[parkmania]

If the Titans fans didnt already want to kill themselves, they do now.

http://cmsimg.tennessean.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Site=DN&Date=20091020&Category=SPORTS01&ArtNo=910200807&Ref=PH&Profile=1027&Item=4&Maxw=542&Maxh=352&q=60

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What in the blue hell is going on there?!?!?!?

[CSL]

I'm pretty sure that's Tony Dungy there so probably something for his benefit

[#1-norm-fan]

Or the greatest heel turn in NFL history

[Hanso Amore]

Colts World Order?

[Emperor Smeat]

It was for a charity. Only bad thing was him saying "I just wanted to feel like a winner" while wearing the Manning jersey compared to how bad the Titans are right now. Would be crazy to fire him though since it was a charity event.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4581777

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Chad Johnson has his own iPhone app. For just $4.99 you can follow his daily exploits.


This does not surprise me in the least.

[Emperor Smeat]

Chad Johnson has his own iPhone app. For just $4.99 you can follow his daily exploits.


This does not surprise me in the least.

:lol: so basically your paying for something Twitter does for free ?

(Don't have an iPhone so not sure if it has Twitter for free)

[Reavant]

Or the greatest heel turn in NFL history

:lol:

[RP]

"I just wanted to feel like a winner"


LOL

That tells me he's praying to be fired from Tennessee.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Yeah that's biggest thing, his quote, not so much him wearing the jersey for charity. Watching Mike & Mike in the morning right now and they are totaling missing that part.

[SammyG]

Chad Johnson has his own iPhone app. For just $4.99 you can follow his daily exploits.


This does not surprise me in the least.

Who the fuck is Chad Johnson?

[Reavant]

shut up sammy

[SammyG]

Child please, Reavant

[ClockShot]

So The Govenator gives the green light to build a 75,000 seat stadium outside of L.A. Chargers, Raiders, and 49ers are on the list of seven teams to be approached to see who will make the move.

So football fanatics, which team is due for a change of scenery? And, who do you think are the other 4 teams?

[Emperor Smeat]

Would be crazy to move the 49ers since that team is an "elite" NFL team in terms of history. It would be like moving the Bulls out of Chicago post-Jordan. Also don't really see the Raiders with their decent fan base or the Rams with their decent support as a sports town loosing their teams.

Its probably going to end up the Jaguars leaving regardless if they get Tebow or not since most pro sports don't work well in Florida (except for Dolphins and maybe the Heat).

[Emperor Smeat]

Not sure if this belongs here or in the Wrestling Forum but The Miz (Browns fan) wants to beat up Eric Mangini for sucking as the Browns head coach.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=tsn-wrestlerthemizdoesno&prov=tsn&type=lgns

[RP]

Rams or Jaguars

[Reavant]

thank god ralph wilson is still alive or else it would be buffalo.

I dont think jacksonville will move.

If anything else happens with the coaching staff at oakland, then I see them moving back down there.

The state of michigan might form a milita and march on the rest of the united states if they take the lions.

St. Louis is a good chance too.

I can see san diego a little bit too.

Unless it is one of the cities like jacksonville or buffalo you can expect an expansion team in the next 5 years once they move a team.

[Reavant]

Oh and if any team moves to LA then they need to change the name of it to the "LA Riot"

[Gonzo]

I don't see the NFL expanding for a very long time.

[Droford]

If they expand they would need to get it to 36 teams pretty quick or else it would be messed up like it was before the Texans came in with an odd number of teams. I doubt they would expand in this economy BUT if any of the major leagues could pull it off it would be the NFL. Maybe an International Contingent with Toronto/London/Mexico City/Some other City in Europe

3 6 Team Divisions per Conference with the playoffs being the top 2 in each division and no Wild Card teams. The 3rd #1 seed would play the worst of the #2 seeded teams and the other 2 #2 seeded teams play each other. Best 2 #1 teams get byes just like now. Yay for going back to AFC/NFC East/Central/West as well. 18 Game schedule implemented as well. Each team in the division twice, plus all 5 of the same final standing in division teams from the previous year just like now, plus one additional team from the opposite conference's 3 divisions making for an even 12 In Conference Games and 6 Out of Conference Games (similar to 12 and 4 now)

[RP]

BOB SANDERS IS RETURNING FOR MY BIRTHDAY! Does it get any better then that?

[Droford]

BOB SANDERS IS RETURNING FOR MY BIRTHDAY! Does it get any better then that?
If I didnt have money on the Colts to win by 14 1/2, Id say I hope they lose to the Rams just for the embarassment that would bring, but honestly thats as likely to happen as the sun not coming up Sunday morning.

[RP]

Bob Sanders return = Edward Jones Dome being dead Ram storage

[Reavant]

If they expand they would need to get it to 36 teams pretty quick or else it would be messed up like it was before the Texans came in with an odd number of teams. I doubt they would expand in this economy BUT if any of the major leagues could pull it off it would be the NFL. Maybe an International Contingent with Toronto/London/Mexico City/Some other City in Europe

3 6 Team Divisions per Conference with the playoffs being the top 2 in each division and no Wild Card teams. The 3rd #1 seed would play the worst of the #2 seeded teams and the other 2 #2 seeded teams play each other. Best 2 #1 teams get byes just like now. Yay for going back to AFC/NFC East/Central/West as well. 18 Game schedule implemented as well. Each team in the division twice, plus all 5 of the same final standing in division teams from the previous year just like now, plus one additional team from the opposite conference's 3 divisions making for an even 12 In Conference Games and 6 Out of Conference Games (similar to 12 and 4 now)

they would never have a team in the NFL in europe

[Loose Cannon]

Colts World Order?

ROFL.

[Hanso Amore]

Im not saying the Bills will never move, but they wont move to LA. If the NFL wants a team in Toronto, it will be the bills. But they wont move them to LA.

My money is on the Jags. All the CA teams are making money, Jacksonville is a pit.

[Reavant]

I dont care what team moves to LA as long as they change their name to the "Riot"

[Emperor Smeat]

If they expand they would need to get it to 36 teams pretty quick or else it would be messed up like it was before the Texans came in with an odd number of teams. I doubt they would expand in this economy BUT if any of the major leagues could pull it off it would be the NFL. Maybe an International Contingent with Toronto/London/Mexico City/Some other City in Europe

3 6 Team Divisions per Conference with the playoffs being the top 2 in each division and no Wild Card teams. The 3rd #1 seed would play the worst of the #2 seeded teams and the other 2 #2 seeded teams play each other. Best 2 #1 teams get byes just like now. Yay for going back to AFC/NFC East/Central/West as well. 18 Game schedule implemented as well. Each team in the division twice, plus all 5 of the same final standing in division teams from the previous year just like now, plus one additional team from the opposite conference's 3 divisions making for an even 12 In Conference Games and 6 Out of Conference Games (similar to 12 and 4 now)


Only problem would be the traveling to and from Europe each week depending which teams are in the division with London. More likely to have multiple Canadian/Mexican teams than European teams since it would be cheaper to travel and quicker to move around from city to city.

Even that would be another issue in how much the CFL would allow its Canadian fan base to split support from its own league with NFL during the season.

[parkmania]

CFL probably wouldn't have any say if it came to that - HOSTILE TAKEOVER, BABY!

[Supreme Olajuwon]

A team in London is such an awful idea. What free agent is going to want to move to England? Who's going to want to put up with that travel schedule? London to San Diego is like a 16 hour flight. A London team is just going to be a bunch of rookies and castoffs that can't find other work.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

A team in London is such an awful idea. What free agent is going to want to move to England? Who's going to want to put up with that travel schedule? London to San Diego is like a 16 hour flight. A London team is just going to be a bunch of rookies and castoffs that can't find other work.

This

I don't want a team here. It just wouldn't work. Unfortunately every time it gets mentioned it results in the most retarded, xenophobic elements of the NFL fanbase coming out chest thumping and flag waving about "their" football, but to be quite honest apart from the logistics of it all the sport is not big enough here yet to support a full time team. We don't even have MNF right now because the TV rights cost more than any channel is willing to pay for a program that will be shown at like 1am, taking into consideration the falling ad revenue that is occurring everywhere. It sucks but it's the reality of the world we live in right now.

They're talking about having more than one game a season here, I don't want that either. It will a) take the shine off the one game that we actually get (even though tomorrow is going to be an asskicking of epic proportions, unlike the great game last year), most people won't be able to afford multiple games, especially in the current economy, and when people start picking and choosing which games they go to, overall attendances will fall and the whole thing will just end up falling away. One game a year is fine.

[El Fangel]

Ok, I have never been much of a fan of football, perhaps because I never really understood it/had interest in it.

Could someone explain how it works>

I mean with Downs, how points are scored, etc.
Simple please, I am not familiar with alot of the football jargon

[OssMan]

You get 4 chances to go 10 yards, if you get 10 (or more) yards, you get another 4 chances to go 10 more yards. If you don't make it in 3, though, you usually punt it away or kick a field goal if you are close enough, because otherwise the other team will get the ball where you left it. Field goals are when you kick the ball into the big yellow goal post thing. They are worth 3 points. When you reach the endzone at the end of the field you get 6 points and then you kick the extra point which is a mad easy field goal to make it 7. You can go for a 2-point conversion which is one chance to get a touchdown from 5 yards away I think. That has a much lower success rate though so teams usually only go for it when they need two points to tie the game or to be trailing by a convenient amount such as 7.

[El Fangel]

Ok, so let me get this straight then.

Game starts between say Patriots and Giants (first two teams came to mind)

Giants win coin toss so they go first.

They get 4 chances to gain 10 yards and gain 15 (putting them at the 65 yard line) they then get another 4 chances and punt it to the 80 yard line.

Then the Patriots start at their 20 yard line (80 years from the opposite TD zone)?

So regular field goals are worth 3 points and ones after touch downs are 1 point?

Or they could choose to do a conversion and try to get the ball 5 yards to the TD zone again?

[RoXer]

Aren't you American?

[ClockShot]

I'd like to see our British friends sport some red coats since the Patriots are coming to London.

:shifty:

[RoXer]

wtf fallen angel

[El Fangel]

Aren't you American?

A bit north in a much better country.

[RoXer]

I want to yell and scream at you and shit but a small part of wants to help out so I dunno what to do here.

Is it just football or are you not into all sports?

[RoXer]

A bit north in a much better country.

Oh. I guess that warrants some leniency.

[CSL]

I'd like to see our British friends sport some red coats since the Patriots are coming to London.

:shifty:

I wish I'd have gone to continue my giant Tom Brady mancrush but it wasn't to be :(

[El Fangel]

Aren't you American?

I want to yell and scream at you and shit but a small part of wants to help out so I dunno what to do here.

Is it just football or are you not into all sports?

Oh. I guess that warrants some leniency.

Just never got into football I guess.

I have always enjoyed hockey more, just I was over at my fiances and her dad and I were watching some game (in Boston) and it was snowing, we were chatting and having a beer and I had no sweet clue how the game worked.

[El Fangel]

Oh and watch most sports besides Football.

I love watching hockey, non-tv baseball and rarely basketball, like I said never got into football really.

[OssMan]

Ok, so let me get this straight then.

Game starts between say Patriots and Giants (first two teams came to mind)

Giants win coin toss so they go first.

They get 4 chances to gain 10 yards and gain 15 (putting them at the 65 yard line) they then get another 4 chances and punt it to the 80 yard line.

Then the Patriots start at their 20 yard line (80 years from the opposite TD zone)?

So regular field goals are worth 3 points and ones after touch downs are 1 point?

Or they could choose to do a conversion and try to get the ball 5 yards to the TD zone again?
Gonna help u

First of all the field is 100 yards long and "midfield" is at the 50 yard line, so the field is basically like

endzone-10-20-30-40-50-40-30-20-10-endzone

If one team has 90 yards to go until the other endzone, then they are on their own 10 yard line, and if they are on the other 10 yard line then it is just called the other team's 10 yard line, not the 90 yard line

The game starts with one team kicking the ball off from their side of the field to a dude on the other team who catches it and tries to run it back as far as he can. Where he gets tackled is where his team's offense starts from. It is possible to score a touchdown on the kickoff return.

When the offense starts it is always "first and ten" unless there is some penalty that puts them back a little but don't worry about that. So it is first down and they need ten yards for another first down. If they get five yards, it becomes "second and five." Then say they gain 20 yards, it becomes first and ten again. If it becomes fourth down and they are not in range for a field goal, they usually punt, and again a dude on the other team catches it and tries to run it back. Then the other team goes on offense.

[Requiem]

Football is incredible and you should watch it FA. Also, you should support the Colts.

[SammyG]

lol fallen angel, the 65 yard line

[DaveBrawl]

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[El Fangel]

lol fallen angel, the 65 yard line

:'(

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Also, Assman, as long as you keep gaining 10 yards, will you keep getting a first and ten until you get a TD?

[DaveBrawl]

Yep, you just have to Ram It into the endzone.

[Triple A]

lol @ fallen angel

[Hanso Amore]

LOL FA

You are worse than my wife.

[Gonzo]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gridiron_football

[Droford]

they would never have a team in the NFL in europe

Roger Goodell has been the primary backer of NFL Football going to Europe which is why they started playing games in London a couple years ago and why they will play 2 games there next year. Its going to happen eventually though it might be 10+ years away, or it might be sooner if a team like St Louis or Jacksonville gets moved. Supposedly they are also in talks to play a regular season game somewhere in Germany in 2011/2.

Also, the biggest issue with NFL Football is that its measured in yards. 3 feet to a yard! Screw your meters/metric system measurements!

[ClockShot]

Is it just me, or does today's football matchups seem rather lousy?

Steelers/Vikes is the only game that pops out as the marquee game today.

[RatedGSuperstar]

I feel bad for the Brits that the game in London every year ends up sucking and is in no way indicative of how good NFL football can be. It's a shame that the NFL season is so hard to predict that you don't know who's going to be good at that point...Pats/Bucs would've seemed like a halfway decent game in the offseason, but the Patriots seemed to be extremely average up until last week and the Bucs will be lucky to win more than 3 or 4 games this year. The NFL's only hope is that Tom Brady goes off for another 5 or 6 TD passes or something to get the crowd interested in the offense.

Edit: In terms of the other games this week, Niners/Texans should be a decent game featuring Mike Crabtree's debut, Bears/Bengals is a game between teams that seem to be the second best team in their divisions, and Falcons/Cowboys shouldn't be bad, either. I also think Saints/Dolphins could be a potential upset if New Orleans isn't ready to deal with the wildcat.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>I just can't see a team properly locating to Europe unless they fucked with the schedules big time.

NFL is still discussing whether or not to expand the season to 17 or 18 games. If they opt to go with 17, I say everybody should play one neutral site game...not all in the same week, spread out throughout the year. You can get some European games, a game in Mexico, a game or two in Canada, and even let some American states like Alabama have a game.

Hell, even if they upped it to 18 they could potentially have every team play TWO neutral site games...one within the country and another outside. Could net the NFL some big bucks from cities bidding for a game, plus it doesn't cheat any teams out of a home game.</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Feeling pretty good about the Giants tonight. I'm thinking the defense will be fired up after last week, the Cards typically don't do well on the East coast, Warner usually doesn't play that well against the Giants, etc.

A bit pissed I'm gonna miss most of the game doing something at school, so hopefully it wins up a Giants rout or something.</font>

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

HOLLA MAN

[El Fangel]

Who are the Giants playing tonight?

[CSL]

Cardinals me thinks

[Droford]

Arizona Cardinals

[CSL]

<font color=goldenrod>Feeling pretty good about the Giants tonight. I'm thinking the defense will be fired up after last week, the Cards typically don't do well on the East coast, Warner usually doesn't play that well against the Giants, etc.

A bit pissed I'm gonna miss most of the game doing something at school, so hopefully it wins up a Giants rout or something.</font>

lol like 2 posts above

[El Fangel]

I think I will actually watch a game today to see if I can understand it.

[Droford]

Brady got picked in the Red Zone which is apparently a rare occurence.

there are so many dud early games its not funny. The only good game is Steelers/Vikings.

[Gonzo]

I think I will actually watch a game today to see if I can understand it.

I love football more than any of the other major North American sports because it doesn't feel over saturated to me. The regular seasons on all other 3 major sports are tediously long.

[El Fangel]

I love football more than any of the other major North American sports because it doesn't feel over saturated to me. The regular seasons on all other 3 major sports are tediously long.

If you enjoyed watching hockey, it would not be long enough :(

[Droford]

Patriots have scored 80 straight unanswered points, first team since the 85 Bears to do that.

The field must be really slick, players are slipping all over the place on both teams.

[Gonzo]

I do enjoy playoff hockey. I live around Albany, NY so we get the NY teams and some NJ games around here. I always watch the playoffs, it's definitely exciting to watch.

[El Fangel]

I do enjoy playoff hockey. I live around Albany, NY so we get the NY teams and some NJ games around here. I always watch the playoffs, it's definitely exciting to watch.

Playoff hockey is amazing, you have to watch regular season hockey more though. Pick a team to root for and go with it, believe me if they make the playoffs, you wish with every fiber of your being that tehy win every game.

[Gonzo]

I usually root for the Devils when I watch. No idea how good they are now a days though.

[El Fangel]

They are doing decent this year.

6-3-0

They have a young superstar in Zach Parise. Travis Zajac is rather good, Brodeur is solid as he always is, bad thing is in a few years when he is out they have no visible signs of a replacement.

Also, they have a rather poor defense and for a team that for years has been centered around defense this is far from good.

[SammyG]

WHAT A NIGGA NAME?

MARC BULLLGERRR THROWIN' RED ZONE PIIICCKSS

[Droford]

Im going with a 4 team parlay next week that should definitely be a winner, or I'll quit being a degenerate gambler for the rest of the season:

Indy at St Louis
NE at TB by way of London
Green Bay at Cleveland
Philly at Washington MNF (despite being hosed by the Eagles today, its the Redskins who are quite possibly worse than the Raiders, though I might change my mind and just go with Indy/Ne/GB on principle)

The points for Indy and NE will be ridiculous, but Philly shouldnt be that big of a favorite.

I will go on an I95 RAMPAGE through DC and Philadelphia if the Eagles cost me $1,000 two weeks in a row.

[Gonzo]

How much did that parlay cost you?

[OssMan]

lol @ brittfar fumble

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Refs take away Vikings TD on some bullshit, Favre fumbles and Steelers score

great

[Droford]

How much did that parlay cost you?
The $100 delaware maximum

seriously

31-3 Packers
42-6 Colts
35-7 Patriots

I should have just done a 3 team. Would have won $600 already.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

YEAH PERCY

[SammyG]

lol vikings come right back, wowwwww

[Gonzo]

Spread or straight up?

I find it hard to believe the Eagles would lay a dud two weeks in a row.

[SammyG]

Haha Jeff Reed trying to tackle

[Supreme Olajuwon]

lol Jeff Reed you little bitch

oh my god

[Droford]

Spread or straight up?

I find it hard to believe the Eagles would lay a dud two weeks in a row.
Eagles - 7 1/2
Packers - 7 1/2
Colts - 14 1/2
Patriots - 15 1/2

[OssMan]

Refs take away Vikings TD on some bullshit, Favre fumbles and Steelers score

great
dude on the vikings went berserk on the ref on that kickoff now they know not to mess

[owenbrown]

that should be an automatic ejection, I don't give a fuck if the ref was in the way or not

[OssMan]

noh it was revenge

[Supreme Olajuwon]

shut your fucking face owenbrown

[Innovator]

That ref got JACKED UP

[Droford]

I dont think Favre is gonna get a chance for the comeback this week...which makes me sad as a Ravens fan hoping the Steelers would lose.

[Droford]

HTF did the Vikings not get on that fumble? argh

[FearedSanctity]

That's what happens when you think of the return before you actually have the damn ball. They were trying to run with it before they even had it

[Supreme Olajuwon]

William Gay just got TRUCKED

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Favre has done that same pump and dump for the past 3 plays

[Droford]

well fuckaroo

[Supreme Olajuwon]

God dammit

[SammyG]

Poor vikes :(

[SammyG]

That is all chester taylors fault. That would not happen if AP was there.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

I don't give a shit about the gay ass Vikings but god fuck I hate the Steelers

[Requiem]

that should be an automatic ejection, I don't give a fuck if the ref was in the way or not

what? refs get in the way and get mowed down all the time..

[OssMan]

Nah that dude is def getting suspended for the rest of the year

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Enjoy your Falcons and Cowboys, America. We'll see you at halftime.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

BENSON BOWL

[Droford]

Im getting the Benson Bowl too lol

ugh..NASCAR time

[Supreme Olajuwon]

What Bengals using the Wildcat. First time they've used it.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Didn't work too well

[FearedSanctity]

WOOO BENGALS

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Cincinnati Bengals
That's the team we're going to cheer to victory
TOUCHDOWN BENGALS
Put some points up on the board and win the game for Cincinnati

[RP]

Fucking Chad Simpson. You're not suppose to run it in on the first play. The Sorg needs to eat too. FUCK!

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Packers didn't give up a single sack today. Love them Brownies.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>I live in CT and I'm pretty sure every single Cowboys game has been on in my area. Fuck this America's Team bullshit.</font>

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Well if you're in the Giants market then you get Giants' divisional opponents' games.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

That was always a pain in the ass for me because the Bengals would play at 1 and then instead of getting Colts/Pats, we'd get Browns/Ravens at 4.

[FearedSanctity]

That's Peko with the immense hair right?

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Peko, Fanene, and Maualuga all have terrific hair.

[FearedSanctity]

I've seen Maualuga's, but one of them looks like they've got a small Cousin It on their back. Pretty sure that's Peko right?

[Evil Vito]

Well if you're in the Giants market then you get Giants' divisional opponents' games.

<font color=goldenrod>Is that actually how it works? I always thought it was just you get whatever team your market is in (in my case every week I see the Giants, Jets, and Pats) and then any extra slots are just filled with the "most popular" game at that time is.

Then again I guess that explains why even if the Cowboys had already played or play the night game I see the Bills instead cause it's also the Jets market.</font>

[FearedSanctity]

Yeah that's how it works. That's why I sadly get plenty of Colts, Titans and Jaguars games

[Supreme Olajuwon]

I've seen Maualuga's, but one of them looks like they've got a small Cousin It on their back. Pretty sure that's Peko right?
Yeah that's Peko.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Benson is going fucking ballistic out there. He needs to calm down cause he's not gonna be able to keep this pace in the 2nd half.

[FearedSanctity]

Christ, you're right. Cedric's gonna kill himself, but he'll die with like 300 yards rushing

[Supreme Olajuwon]

TOUCHDOWNNNNNNNNN

[FearedSanctity]

lol Saints

And relax Krispy, I know it's still the 1st, but lolworthy nonetheless

[SammyG]

I got Cincy's defense starting on fantasy. 11 points so far.

[FearedSanctity]

The eh quality of the stream I'm watching made it look like Chad grabbed that womans mammary gland

[FearedSanctity]

Bengals needed to:


<strike>Improve Denver's draft pick </strike>
Kill Cutler

ONE MORE LETS GO

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Cutler's playing well. But everyone else is playing awful.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Palmer is shredding this Cover 2.

[FearedSanctity]

Oakland FINALLY pulls Russell?

[SammyG]

Holy fuck, Dolphins.

[FearedSanctity]

lol Saints

And relax Krispy, I know it's still the 1st, but lolworthy nonetheless

Change 1st to 2nd, still true

[Triple Naitch]

Carson Palmer is tearing it up for my fantasy team.

[Droford]

This is ridiculous..

[Droford]

It looks like the Sabres are beating the Hurricanes 7-2

Oh wait..