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no more Run Ricky Run in the NFL.
Retired for good apparently. Now the Ravens need a spot RB. damnit. |
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#43 |
President of Freedonia
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ROFL @ Andre Brown during the City Hall SB ceremony
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#44 |
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Looks like the Giants already took care of one of their 21 impending free agents, Steve Weatherford is about to sign a multi-year deal. Love that guy.
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Patriots top priority is resigning Welker because regardless of the critical drop, he's been the team's best offensive option since he arrived. After that the defense needs a lot more quality and depth in the secondary.
Probably also going to need to draft a ground pound style RB because while Green-Ellis is good, he's not a pure ground pounder for RB. Giants had the luxury of having a pounder and a bouncer for the SB game which helped their rushing attack a lot in the 2nd half. |
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#46 |
Inno Knows.
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Patriots impending free agents: Receiver Wes Welker, defensive ends Mark Anderson and Andre Carter, receiver Deion Branch, running backs BenJarvus Green-Ellis and Kevin Faulk, guard/center Dan Connolly, defensive linemen Gerard Warren and Shaun Ellis, linebacker Gary Guyton, returner/receiver Matt Slater, defensive backs James Ihedigbo, Antwaun Molden, and Nathan Jones, and linebackers Tracy White and Niko Koutouvides.
Wow that can be brutal for the Pats. |
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#47 |
Inno Knows.
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Giants New York Giants
The @Giants announce that TE Jake Ballard suffered a torn ACL in the Super Bowl 6 minutes ago Well, looks like we're going TE adrafting. |
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#48 |
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Shit. At first they thought it was just a sprain too...wonder if he actually tore it while testing it out on the sidelines. He fell into a heap trying to cut.
No idea what the free agent market looks like for tight ends, but they're definitely going to have to sign and/or draft a new TE. Ballard and Beckum are locks for the PUP list at the least, who knows how long it'll take them to heal from there. At least Bear Pascoe has some extra job security. |
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#49 |
Inno Knows.
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Whatever they do, he must have an awesome midwest white guy name.
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#50 |
The Classic Dylan Staples
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Not a huge fan of Ballards59. I hope they draft a nice black tight end
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#51 |
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Thank you Giants for making Menounos pay off a bet
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#52 |
I believe in Joe Hendry
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#53 |
King of Love and Piss
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#54 |
I'm Mr. White Christmas
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http://www.thesuperficial.com/tim-te...nounos-02-2012
While Tebow politely chatted with many of the girls, one source told us that “he only seemed to have eyes” for brunette beauty Menounos, who was spotted “chatting to Tebow for over an hour. It looked quite flirtatious. They were taking pictures Tebowing together.” The two, along with a big group of friends, were the last to leave well after 2 a.m. BAM! |
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#55 |
Von Killer
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Aw shit, Timmy gonna lay it down
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#56 |
Inno Knows.
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AdamSchefter Adam Schefter
Brandon Jacobs to reporters on Tom Brady's wife, Gisele Bundchen: "She just needs to continue to stay cute and shut up." |
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#57 |
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I have a feeling Kurt Warner doesn't like Eli Manning.
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Formerly Fausto Carmona
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Wasn't he stuck with having to mentor him early in Eli's career?
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Yeah I think. He's just said weird things. Like
"Eli first two seasons were the worst Quarterbacking I've ever seen." And now "Eli is not a Hall of Famer" You don't hear current Qb's say that stuff about each other. |
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#60 |
Inno Knows.
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Eli can't hear Kurt over the sound of his deafening awesomeness.
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The joke of it is that Warner's the one who agreed to sign with the Giants in the first place, what did he think was going to happen? They were a team in transition and were always going to bench him to get Eli some starts as soon as it became clear that they weren't going to be contenders.
It's one thing to say you don't think Eli's a HOFer yet, but the way he goes about it just makes it pretty obvious that he's bitter. Eli 2, Warner 1 |
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#62 |
Soundly Defeated Wadding
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Oh my god. If Peyton Manning goes to the Arizona Cardinals I'm going to find a way to stab myself with an actual Cardinal.
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#63 |
You know that’s right
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would be a ripping good laugh if he went to Tennessee or Jacksonville
would also enjoy him as a Dolphin |
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#64 |
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Well ESPN thinks Peyton most likely is staying in the AFC with a strong possibility of staying in the division (Indy, Tennessee) or returns to the AFC East (Miami, maybe the Jets).
Then again very unlikely the Jets would get him mainly due to the fanbase would trash him if he doesn't instantly bring results, comparing him to Eli now who is considered a lot better especially in the playoffs, and their recent habit of favoring trash talking instead of winning. They also managed to reward Santanio Holmes who essentially quit the team with an extra $7.5 million for next year ($15+ million overall). |
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#65 |
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If Peyton signs with the Titans it would be the best marketing decision that club will ever make. Living in Knoxville, nobody gives a flying fuck about the Titans or the NFL in general for that matter. Those few that do follow the Colts simply for Peyton Manning. If he signed, the Tennessee Titans would actually start to get a following from the state and not just from Nashville.
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#66 |
The Classic Dylan Staples
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Really? Everyone there likes college football I guess right
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#67 |
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Yep. Most people here are pretty much anti-NFL because of its "lack of tradition and that it's too commercialised" apparently. Peyton Manning's the only thing that will catch their attention. I think I come across more NFL fans in Wales than I do here...
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#68 |
Listen to Killer Mike
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It was.the same way in NOLA and the Gulf South until the Saints started winning.. I'm sure intrest picks up during good seasons..
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#69 |
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You heard it here first. Kris P Lettus says SEC fans are bandwagoners.
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#70 |
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I wonder how many Saints fans have Aaron Brooks jerseys?
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Or Jeff Blake
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So apparently here's the list of the Giants' impending free agents. Since I'm bored I'm gonna go through them.
T Stacy Andrews: You gotta have a veteran backup OL on the roster and the Giants have used the extra blocker jumbo package quite a bit. Whether it's Andrews or someone else there are no shortage of vets who fill the same need and can be brought in for 1 year. TE Jake Ballard -- ERFA: Apparently ERFA means you get a 3 year deal from your old team for the veteran minimum. With the Giants' cap issues, veteran minimum is always a good thing. Ballard is definitely worth keeping around even though he will miss a large chunk (if not all) of the 2012 season. DT Rocky Bernard: He's nothing special but I doubt he's looking for a lot of money at this point in his career and would probably take a cheap 1 year deal to come back to the defending champs. If that's the case I'd bring him in for depth. LB Chase Blackburn: Mentioned it earlier but the Giants have a serious logjam going on at the LB position. He'd be a great guy to bring back but I'd expect him to get a lot of interest from other teams. PR/DB Will Blackmon: Meh. This guy did basically nothing for the return game the last 2 years and isn't even really good enough to warrant backup playing time on defense. He can go. QB David Carr: The season's over if Eli gets hurt anyway, but you gotta have a backup QB. Carr already knows the playbook and Coughlin prefers a veteran reserve option rather than somebody like Ryan "on and off the practice squad every week" Perriloux. If Carr leaves look for some cheap free agent vet to be brought in. WR Michael Clayton: Manningham's probably a goner so bringing him back in to compete for a backup job wouldn't be a big deal. CB Michael Coe: This guy pretty much sucked and I don't think he would have even made the final roster last year were it not for any of the injuries. No great loss. LB Jonathan Goff: Touched up on this already but his injury works in the Giants favor. He'll probably have to take a cheap deal to prove himself. Should re-claim the starting MLB job especially if Blackburn goes elsewhere. S Deon Grant: Decent player, but he's probably gotta take a really inexpensive deal (theme of the off-season) if he wants to come back. Wouldn't be surprise if he retired after finally getting a ring. KR/WR Domenik Hixon: It sounds like he wants to play despite 2 torn ACLs in 2 years. If he wants to give it a go I think the Giants should give him a shot in pre-season. If he even remotely resembles the player he was, he'd automatically be the best return man they have. CB Bruce Johnson -- ERFA: Forgot all about him since his injury happened so early on in the year. Veteran minimum salary and he's better than guys like Coe and Blackmon, so I'd bring him back. DT Jimmy Kennedy: See Bernard, Rocky. WR Mario Manningham: He had a pretty crappy regular season but his postseason performance and amazing SB catch probably guaranteed he'll get good money elsewhere. I can't see the Giants putting up big bucks for him especially since Nicks is gonna get a huge deal soon, so he's a goner. If nothing else his place in Giants lore is secure. S Derrick Martin: I seem to remember a ton of ST penalties from this guy. He's not gonna make a lot of money either way so he'd be an extra body competing in pre-season if anything else. T Kareem McKenzie: The more I think about it, the more I think he's gonna be gone. I have no doubt another team will offer him more and he's probably too old to justify it. Beatty, Brewer, or a draft pick will probably fill in instead. TE/FB Bear Pascoe -- RFA: Don't think another team will try to sign him and really the Giants have no choice but to bring him back anyway. Decent role player and an awesome name. CB Aaron Ross: He works way better when he's not starting. I really have no idea what the interest level from other teams will be though, so this is really a toss up. Prince Amukamara being healthy from the get go next year would relegate him to a #4 CB so I'd say he's likely gone. KR/WR Devin Thomas: Worth bringing back. The guy was a good special teams contributor, and I'll take that from a #4-5 WR any day of the week. CB Terrell Thomas: Same thing with Goff, should be had for cheap. Huge, huge boost for the secondary and the fact that he'll probably be had at a great price makes it all the better. DE Dave Tollefson: Love this guy and would love to have him back. I think he'll finally get a pay raise from somewhere else though and would get a lot more playing time on a team that wasn't loaded on D-line depth as is. DB Justin Tryon: Didn't get much of a chance to play before his injury. Probably worth another pre-season look. He's gotta be better than the Coes and Blackmons of the world. T Tony Ugoh: See Andrews, Stacy. P Steve Weatherford: Weatherford is the fucking man and kept getting better as the year went on. Definitely gotta give him a multi-year deal and lock up the punting position for the forseeable future. |
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#73 |
Listen to Killer Mike
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#74 |
It's High Noon!
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I don't see Shad Khan spending the money to get Manning, let alone wanting him.
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#75 |
Soundly Defeated Wadding
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SEC fans are INDEED bandwagoners. You wouldn't believe all the people who "bleed purple and gold" wearing UL New Orleans Bowl Championship tees. And the fact that the Raging Cajuns were the only team to bring in a championship this football season and LSU was shutout in the National Championship puts a smile on my face.
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#77 |
feel the madness
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I think this guy played the majority of the Dolphins game with a broken arm. I would bring him back for a shot based on that alone.
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YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS NAME CHANGE
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Another guy to take into consideration (who I had totally forgot about) is Chad Jones. Sounds like he might actually be ready to play after his horrific 2010 accident. |
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Cruz wants to get paid, I say yes.
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