I love Sherman and all, but aren't there rules to that kind of thing? Playing through that kind of injury?

Regardless, to have a torn UCL and only give up one reception in a game where Tom Brady had 37 completions, pretty boss. For all the morons trying to say that the loss should "shut this thug up" or whatever, they clearly didn't watch the game because he defs was not the reason they lost.

Hes probably going to miss 2015..pitchers that have TJ usually miss a whole year

<font color=goldenrod>Anybody who calls Sherman a thug at this point is clearly a racist.</font>

Huge Pats homer friend texts me he changed his phone background to Sherman's face after the int. I can't bring myself to even give him a good-natured "lol" response

Sherman isn't a thug. He is clearly an asshole though.

An asshole who is very good at playing cornerback

Man. Yesterday was insane. I just wanted the Seahawks to lose, I didn't think they were going to completely embarrass themselves on national television. That seriously could not have gone any better. That was better than if they were blown out. They essentially knew they were going to win then had their hearts ripped out of their chest. So satisfying to me.

Oh yeah. Clearly. Probably top 2 in the league. I would much rather be beaten by Revis or Haden though because they won't dance on our grave afterwards like a fuckhead.

You kinda sound like one of those curmudgeony old baseball traditionalists who hates Bryce Harper because he has any semblance of personality

Narc HATES it that the World Series isn't played in the afternoon like the good ol days

Still calls the Dodgers from Brooklyn

I love guys with personality. Jared Allen is probably my favorite player ever because of his personality. Sherman is just kind of vindictive and mean spirited.

What? Jared Allen is your go-to for "player with personality" ? Allen is like 10x more of a dickhead than Sherman is, pretty much one of the least-likeable sports figures ever

Revis soundly defeated Sherman by not responding to his antics.

Yesterday was seriously like a dream come true. All of it.

The Seahawks throwing a temper tantrum after the Pats went in to victory formation almost made me cum. It made me so happy. Like so unbelievably happy.

To be fair, if I was a Lion's fan, I would probably hate Jared Allen.

But he is wonderful. Just a wonderful human being overall.

Isn't Narc a 49ers fan? Kind of explains it.

I'm just glad that a national audience got to see what 9ers fans have known for quite awhile. When the Hawks are up, they stand over everybody after every tackle, they taunt mercilessly, and they throw temper tantrums when they don't get their way. I don't HATE them necessarily because top tier competition in the division just helps everybody get better, but seeing them get gut wrenched was pretty satisfying.

Their souls were taken. They will never be the same again.

Are you like just finding out in 2015 that probably more than 50% of being successful at sports is attitude? Putting yourself in that mindset is part of what makes them so good at what they do.

Johnny football just checked in to a treatment clinic.

You're acting like those antics are standard though, and they aren't. The reason people talk about them in that context is because they go overboard. Nothing was more satisfying than Sherman calling out Revis yesterday only to get his soul stolen at the end of the game.

Getting chippy is one thing, but if you're going to call out another individual player to the cameras, you better make sure you win. That's my problem with Sherman. Everybody gets mad/chippy but rarely do guys go out of their way to make it so personal. Calling out guys by name, calling out their numbers in the middle of a game, it seems so forced. We get the angle.

A Shitty QB clinic?

No Russel Wilson will be checking into that

Goodell apparently declined an interview on the SB pregame. But his league can fine players for not talking after week 3. what

Super Bowl was the most watched program in American television history.

where have you been, STD? That is the case every year.

By the way, congrats to Smelly Meatball for winning TPWW Pick Them this year

jesus :nono:
http://deadspin.com/cops-warren-sapp...ium=socialflow

Was released today by the Ravens and currently facing 15 charges (13 animal abuse, 2 drug).

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/12...d-animal-abuse

Five counts of animal abuse or neglect involving the alligator.

Probably decided he did not want to die so he locked the alligator in the basement.

Seriously though, fuck him for neglecting/bringing his dog to a early death. Probably was a terrible life for the dog too. Hope he gets the max on all the charges.

If Terrence Cody's name was Michael Vick, this would be a huge story.

Warren Sapp got arrested in Phoenix for soliciting a hooker. NFL Network promptly fired him.

Very disappointed by the outcome of the game obviously, and the horrific ending from a Seahawks perspective, but the Pats deserved to win. Brady truly is a legend, and I think he has a valid claim in being considered the GOAT. My personal pick for GOAT is Joe Montana, but I wouldn't complain if the general consensus was Brady.


Seahawks have a great core and will be a contender for years.

For your sake I hope you're right. Wilson is going to get his payday, Lynch may or may not leave, and their defense needs to be paid soon too. Could be difficult to retain that core.

No to Thomas Brady being the GOAT (it's Aaron Rodgers)

Sadly the Seahawks run is over unless they can find a legit quarterback to run there team.

I don't understand why Wilson is going to get paid like a superstar (As I keep hearing from people). The defense, offensive line, and Lynch carry the team. Sure Wilson is a above than average quarterback but to spend a ton of money on him may cripple the team.

Well he's not gonna get like Brady money but going from his current ~$900k to even a reasonable like $8-9M is a huge increase and will affect what else they can do with their cap

Lynch just signed a huge extension if I understand correctly (which is why the running joke in Seattle right now is why give a guy such a huge contract if you aren't going to give him the ball on the 2 yard line for the championship!).


As Clerk and Ruien allude to, Russell Wilson may not be the best Quarterback in the game right now, but I would argue that he's up there. I would also argue that a combination of Wilson's leadership, character, and what he means to both the players and the city, makes him worth every bit of the contract that the Seahawks will inevitably give him.

Ah okay. I heard they offered him (Lynch) an extension but wasn't sure if he signed.

I would put Wilson in the second tier of quarterbacks. He is not Rodgers/Brady/Manning/Brees but he could fall into the next catagory. I can't put him in with the best of the best because the offense runs through Lynch rather than Wilson. That is not to say Wilson is a game manager but Lynch (And the offensive line) is what makes the offense tick.

Top 10 QB's playing right now
1. Aaron Rodgers
2. Tom Brady
3. Andrew Luck
4. Peyton Manning
5. Drew Brees
6. Philip Rivers
7. Colin Kaepernick
8. Tony Romo
9. Ben Rothlesbigburger
10. Joe Flacco

Those are all entirely fair and accurate points. But Wilson will be getting a raise, and though he won't be making $20M/year like some of the top guys, it's not unreasonable to expect roughly half that.

Between a potential new Wilson contract and Lynch's extension, that alone will increase the 'Hawks' cap hit by probably about $12M+

Top 10 QB's playing right now
1. Tom Brady
2. Aaron Rodgers
3. Peyton Mannings
4. Andrew Luck
5. Drew Brees
6. Tony Romo
7. Joe Flacco
8. Matt Stafford
9. Russel Wilson
10. Cam Newton

Ya, he will be getting a raise. 8/9 million a year would be perfect. Giving him 20 million a year would be extreme and what could cripple the Seahawks if it happens.

I've been bullish on Brees in the past but I think I might put a couple of those guys ahead of him at this point. Seems he's on the downswing of his career.


Of course, next season he'll throw for 5500 yards and 46 TDs now to make me look stupid for saying that

Ya, he is on the decline. The gap between him and the next guy is very thin now.

Give manziel credit yea?

http://cle.247sports.com/Bolt/Manzie...eport-35318210

Manning should be number 10

<font color=goldenrod>Nothing against Brady but I don't really see how anybody other than Rodgers can be considered the #1 QB in the league.

Rodgers' numbers at home this season: 25 TD, 0 INT, 9.7 yards per pass attempt, 133.2 passer rating. And his last INT at home was in 2012. This season 1 INT for every 7 or so TD. No other QB in the league came even close to that.

He pretty much never makes mistakes.</font>

You're comparing apples to oranges, though, that's the problem.


See, Aaron Rodgers is a cyborg.

As of right now, I would take Brady over Rodgers to win a game for me. Rodgers has been destroyed by Seattle and San Fran for the past 3 years. Would rather take the guy that wins when the big competition comes to play.

Not that I would fault anyone for taking Rodgers over Brady.

Juror got tossed in the Aaron Hernandez case.

Not the best of signs already.

Of Ruien's list, I'd swap around Luck & Peyton and Wilson & Stafford. Peyton played pretty horribly down the stretch unlike Luck while Wilson arguably is looking like to be his generation's "Tom Brady"

If Russel Wilson was a better QB, he never would have thrown that pass in the first place. Not just in the run vs pass debate, but that pass all together, to that guy, on that part of the field. Just an awful choice. He choked under the pressure.

A better QB would have audibled at the line and changed the playcall, or hell, just improvised and pulled a QB sneak instead. A better QB wouldn't stand by their coach's bad call. They'd fucking fix it on the field and win the fucking Super Bowl.

Falcons confirmed the NFL's claims of them artificiality boosting crowd noise during games the past couple of years. Still going to take a few more weeks for an official report to be made though.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/12...-investigation

Think the Colts a few years ago also got busted or probed for something similar as well. Still get complaints about doing it every season.

I agree with the Luck and Manning swap but I am a Colts fan and did not want to seem biased.

At this point in their respective careers I would definitely take Luck over Manning right now. Manning may be the smartest (in terms of "football IQ") QB to ever play the game but he can't make the throws Luck can right now. And Luck mad nice/troll whenever he gets tackled, super duper

Luck has a lot of gunslinger in him. I think our offensive line gets a bad rep sometimes because Luck will hold the ball til the last second to make a play. Which I love. Peyton isn't done. I said it before we beat Denver. He was injured. Peyton don't miss practices and apparently missed two the week before the Colts game. Nothing else would make Peyton miss a practice unless he was seriously hurt. If he comes back next season, he'll be better than 85% of the starting QB's in the league.

I really like the comparison that Bill Simmons made about Peyton to Steve Nash. Right now, Peyton at his highest level can play as well as anybody in the league, Rodgers/Luck/Brady included. He still has that talent. But being able to do that for 20 weeks straight? That's where it becomes an issue.

If you could use NFL QBs like baseball closers, and just use Manning from like week 10 on, man he'd win a Superbowl no probs

Not buying that with Peyton. Nash has chronic problems like Larry Bird. I think Peyton played with one leg for the last 6 or 7 games for Denver.

Entirely possible. Wouldn't be surprised if he came back next season and lit some fools up.

Peyton always threw wobblers. We called them duck balls in Indy. All of a sudden he gets hurt and and old and people start saying he can't make the throws. Its not true. This guy sees things before they happen. He always has. That's why he is so good. His mind will make him better than most until he's 40. If Peyton can't make the throws, he'll retire immediately. That's Peyton. I really think he played hurt this year. He doesn't get the credit for being as tough as he is. I love this guy obviously.

I hope he plays this year because Denver is coming to Indy and it will be an amazing moment.

I have nothing to add and I agree with you, it just felt weird to see the NHL thread above this one on the forum list

A pretty dull season. Next season should be good.

Kings.

90 total catches Gertie including post-season.

The Kings are back on their throne.

Packers will face Patriots in super bowl next season

So, you are saying the Patriots will be the Booker T of the NFL?

I don't know what to say

Five Time NFL Champions you heard it first from Clerk. The Drive for Five begins now! Thanks Clerk!

It will be ANDREW MOTHER FUCKING LUCK coming through and losing in the Superbowl next year. NFC is so much up for grabs at the moment it is impossible to predict.

Hope Arizona goes 16-0 next season though with Carson Palmer being healthy.

This confuses me. What is allowed and what isn't? The Seahawks built a stadium that makes their crowd much louder than they actually are but if you pump crowd noise in, that's illegal? Odd to me.

I mean. It is kind of weird. But they could lose picks over this?

Yea why the Patriots go on deflating balls and get away with it.

Seattle does the 2nd thing too.

I feel like the Falcons thing would be worse if they did better than 3-5 at home.

Are they trying to put it with the past 5 seasons though? Because they use to be dynamite at home.

NFL preparing several penalties for the Browns over the texting violations during the season.

GM likely getting suspended a few games while the team could get fined and/or lose a draft pick.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/12...ting-sanctions

Jesus. Everybody is losing draft picks.

And with the final pick in the 1st round , with the 20th pick the Green bay Packers select...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Julian Edelman + giant-sized Richard Sherman meme at the Pats’ parade (via <a href="https://twitter.com/HeyRatty">@HeyRatty</a>) <a href="http://t.co/MAz9KNR5MR">http://t.co/MAz9KNR5MR</a> <a href="http://t.co/PVjkEaZav4">pic.twitter.com/PVjkEaZav4</a></p>&mdash; SB Nation (@SBNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/SBNation/status/563171613890588673">February 5, 2015</a></blockquote>
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:D

Love it!

Question. Do all of you think that playing with serious injuries is a noble thing to do or a selfish thing to do? At a certain point you'd think that your back-up would probably do a better job if you're hobbled.

LOL.


I love how the two greasiest posters on TPWW (SillyTickDamon and Mercenary) love the antics of Julian Edelman.


You win with class, and you lose with class. Period.


Sherman is a well known trash talker when things get heated, but when all is said and done, the guy is actually a class act. Case in point - him shaking Brady's hand after the Super Bowl.


Marshawn Lynch, same thing. When asked if he thought the coach made the right play at the end, Lynch emphasized that Football is a TEAM sport. Lynch could have easily buried Carrol and the Offensive Coordinator, but didn't.


All Edelman is doing, is proving that he has less class than Richard Sherman. Sherman is a dickhead in the heat of the moment. Edelman appears to be a dickhead in general.

Look at that douche haircut Edleman has. OMG I want to punch him hard.

I don't know. What happened last year when the Seahawks beat the 49ners?

Think you are taking Edelman's joke a little to serious.

you do realize that Heyman mentioned like 3x about "being a dickhead in a heated moment", and he was interviewed like a minute after he made the best play of the game against a divisional rival to send his team to the Super Bowl, right



also, if anyone thinks Sherman is a dickhead they are probably the worst

Acting like a dickhead while fired up immediately after a game is not the same as acting like a dickhead at the parade days later.

What about taunting Revis to the cameras? I'm somewhere in the middle. If he's going to act that way, he's going to have to deal with people thinking he's a dickhole.

The whole point of that meme was that Sherman was taunting Revis and they flipped it on him.

So how about the fight that the Seahawks instigated after the interception? They lost with class alright.

I think you're having difficulty grasping the "in the heat of the moment" portion of things here

No, I get it. But the Patriots are able to have class in the "heat of the moment". Granted, I skipped over that for my first response but the Patriots were not throwing a hissy fit when they were about to lose the game. They were not taunting or pooping on footballs after they scored a touchdown. Sure its in the "heat of the moment" but they are still acting like they have no class.
I also remember Sherman going into the interview saying Crabtree was not in his league.

The true judge of people is in the heat of the moment. When they are pushed they turn into thugs.

Whiny ass fake Seahawks fan upset over a meme. I doubt he even cared about the Seahawks 3 years ago.

Sherman was scared to cover julian edleman. quick little white boy

Oh good, playing up the "Sherman is a thug" narrative

Good job on the moral pedestal calling the Seahawks classy