NFL Thread

[roamyn]

Well, the Browns are officially eliminated (so are the Jets, so yay!), but I can 'console' myself with this:

Cleveland has the

1) reigning NFL Coach of the Year

2) Newly minted MLB AL Manager of the Year

3) Leading candidate for NBA Coach of the Year

Maybe someday these awards will end up with a championship.

Edited Monday at 03:41 AM by roamyn

[twoods]

Another Mahomes interception called back because of a defensive penalty. Yawn, time to watch some Christmas movies because even though I know the script to those, they don’t make me annoyed. 

[Carey]

51 minutes ago, roamyn said:

Well, the Browns are officially eliminated (so are the Jets, so yay!), but I can 'console' myself with this:

Cleveland has the

1) reigning NFL Coach of the Year

2) Newly minted MLB AL Manager of the Year

3) Leading candidate for NBA Coach of the Year

Maybe someday these awards will end up with a championship.

To be fair, 3-1 = Championship!

[Crashcourse]

Thanks to the Chiefs, I now hate football.

[bluegirl147]

14 minutes ago, Crashcourse said:

Thanks to the Chiefs, I now hate football.

I just hate them.

They have not won by more than 13 points this season.  10 of their wins were by a TD or less.  And this with Patrick Mahomes at QB with all his weapons.  They play Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Houston and Denver the next four games.  They could lose two or three of those games. 

And I know we have talked about this before but I just can't with the tomahawk chop the fans do at their games.

[Crashcourse]

1 minute ago, bluegirl147 said:

They play Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Houston and Denver the next four games.  They could lose two or three of those games. 

I hope they get pounded by any of those teams.

[TVbitch]

I can't watch another Chiefs' game unless I know ahead of time that they lose. Then I will watch and delight in it. 

Is Brady getting any better? I mean, he stopped saying "wow" every five seconds, but now he says "A+" about every good pass or reception, so it's kind of a wash. I'll even gladly take Romo over him. 

[roamyn]

20 minutes ago, TVbitch said:

. I'll even gladly take Romo over him. 

Not me.  I do think Brady has loosened up a bit.  No one's as bad as Romo.

 

1 hour ago, bluegirl147 said:

And I know we have talked about this before but I just can't with the tomahawk chop the fans do at their games.

As a Guardians fan and a wife to someone w/Arapahoe & Cherokee bloodline, this ticks me off.  How is that not racist, when the term "Indians" is a GENEALOGICAL TERM classifying a people's?  OK, Native American is better, but "Indians" is certainly less racist than Braves or Chiefs.

[mojoween]

Brady and Romo are equally shitty, IMO.

I’m wondering - who is the audience supposed to be for The Simpsons simulcast?

[Notabug]

41 minutes ago, roamyn said:

Not me.  I do think Brady has loosened up a bit.  No one's as bad as Romo.

 

As a Guardians fan and a wife to someone w/Arapahoe & Cherokee bloodline, this ticks me off.  How is that not racist, when the term "Indians" is a GENEALOGICAL TERM classifying a people's?  OK, Native American is better, but "Indians" is certainly less racist than Braves or Chiefs.

Because the Braves and the Chiefs were able to convince local indigenous tribes to endorse their team names by giving them free advertising $$$ for their casinos and other business ventures.  Since there are no reservations or local tribes near Cleveland, or Washington DC; those teams were unable to cut a deal and had to change their names.

Interesting that the two teams that promote the most offensive gesture in sports, the Tomahawk Chop, are allowed to continue to do so.

The fact that the original name 'Indians' was meant as a tribute to native American Cleveland player Louis Sockalexis, is irrelevant too, it seems.  Back in the day, fans used to exhort the rest of the team to 'play like the Indian' who was their best player and this lead to the name being changed to The Indians.

[Fukui San]

2 hours ago, Notabug said:

Because the Braves and the Chiefs were able to convince local indigenous tribes to endorse their team names by giving them free advertising $$$ for their casinos and other business ventures.  Since there are no reservations or local tribes near Cleveland, or Washington DC; those teams were unable to cut a deal and had to change their names.

The former Redskins changed the team's name amidst the 2020 national protests about racism and their former owner having a number of cascading personal controversies which, in addition to being a terrible owner, ultimately led to his selling the team. While I appreciate that an actual slur is no longer the team's name, it was one of a series of distractions that Daniel Snyder put forth in that time period like the hastily arranged tribute to Sean Taylor meant to draw attention away from his awfulness.

[Carey]

8 hours ago, roamyn said:

Not me.  I do think Brady has loosened up a bit.  No one's as bad as Romo.

Tony Romo > Joe Theismann

Probably is rather simple to say so as I've grown on Romo.  Like Gus Johnson, he's toned it down.  Still can do without, but there's a difference for me.  With TB12, I'm used to his material on MNF (Westwood One) so I actually don't hate it.

Speaking of Brady vs Romo, I'll give credit to the former as he actually contributes to the league outside of calling games.  Romo gets paid a ton of money for 3 hours of work.  Can't really blame him but I'm more of a fan of people like Simms, Collinsworth, Olsen, Gruden (when he was calling games) and several other people.

For what it's worth, someone created a mute button for one's remote control, so there's that

[Marley]

Bengals & Cowboys? Boring.

Edited Tuesday at 03:05 AM by Marley

[Lamb18]

Regarding Daniel Jones, the local gossip here in Minneapolis is that he came to the Vikings for "quarterback camp." Seeing the success Sam Darnold's had this year after being washed up for a while, people think Jones wants some mentoring and coaching to set him up for success. We'll see.

It seems like all of a sudden I'm watching games where someone touches the football too soon after a kick and the other team recovers the ball.

[Magog]

1 hour ago, Marley said:

Bengals & Cowboys? Boring.

Not really. It had a very very happy ending.

Bengals 27 - We Dem Boyz  20. 

HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!

Jerry Jones is very very sad right now & his pure sadness is my happiness.

Edited Tuesday at 04:21 AM by Magog

[Bastet]

Thank you, Bengals.  I mean, you lucked into recovering a blocked punt, but thank you, anyway, for shoving a big ol' lump of coal down the throat of the reanimated corpse of Jerry Jones and giving me that shot of his despondent face.

[baldryanr]

Credit to the Cowboys, they keep finding inventive ways to lose.

[merylinkid]

I can't even be excited about getting a high draft pick.   I know Jerry Jones will mess that up badly too.

[bluegirl147]

9 hours ago, Lamb18 said:

Regarding Daniel Jones, the local gossip here in Minneapolis is that he came to the Vikings for "quarterback camp." Seeing the success Sam Darnold's had this year after being washed up for a while, people think Jones wants some mentoring and coaching to set him up for success. We'll see.

Sometimes it just takes a different coach and a different system and a QB gets better. Justin Fields came to Pittsburgh and had a 4-2 record before Russell Wilson took over.  

11 hours ago, Carey said:

but I'm more of a fan of people like Simms, Collinsworth, Olsen, Gruden (when he was calling games) and several other people.

You lost me at Collinsworth.  LOL.  

2 hours ago, baldryanr said:

Credit to the Cowboys, they keep finding inventive ways to lose.

And Micah Parsons looked mighty frustrated with that.

[Carey]

I know at least most of you hate the Cowboys while disliking the Chiefs.  That's fair enough, but for me, I cannot wait until next year when Dallas, in victory formation & 0:05 in the 4th quarter, fumble in an area where Kansas City runs it back for a score and triple zeros on the clock

[Carey]

4 hours ago, bluegirl147 said:

You lost me at Collinsworth.  LOL.  

I sure did haha.  I know a ton of people in our area hate him.  I used to be included there.  While the disdain was super pure, I guess I've become "nicer" in a way.  Plus, a ton more people with legitimate egos entering the Sports Media world probably makes Cris look "favorable" IMO.

Speaking of Sports Media, it shouldn't last too long for Coach Bill.  Didn't really talk about his UNC future here as that's really a College Football subject

[bluegirl147]

23 minutes ago, Carey said:

Speaking of Sports Media, it shouldn't last too long for Coach Bill.

He isn't a real talkative guy.  I don't see him doing media work long term.

[Crashcourse]

I laughingly hate dem Cowboys (and Jerry), but I seriously hate the Chiefs.

[Carey]

Even if I didn't "dislike" them, sorta difficult to root for the same damn outcome to close the NFL season.  Still one's hate for the Chiefs will never rival my disdain for the Flyers in terms of sports teams.  So there's that

[shoregirl]

On 12/4/2024 at 9:43 AM, mojoween said:

Ouch.  And the missing team probably isn’t getting there any time soon.

Then there's the NFC east who have not had back to back champs in 20 seasons

 

 

Edited Wednesday at 10:19 PM by shoregirl

[mojoween]

2020 still irrationally makes me mad.

[Carey]

And Washington hasn't even won a game to make good on being the champs!

[mojoween]

13 years ago on this date the Giants blocked a field goal attempt and (much of) the country cheered.

And even longer ago …

 

Edited Yest. at 01:54 AM by mojoween

[mojoween]

Ok so I don’t know why this is a thing, but “will probably still play for the Jaguars” made me laugh 

 

[merylinkid]

17 hours ago, mojoween said:

2020 still irrationally makes me mad.

Washington  only wins in really weird seasons.   Their two Super Bowls came in strike seasons.  

I did not realize that the Cowboys and Eagles traded first place so much.   At least the Eagles won the Super Bowl during that time.   

[Carey]

I don't think 1983 and 1991 were that weird.  1972 was just unlike the other 104 seasons.

Even when Philadelphia wasn't winning Super Bowls, at least they were close to getting there (and sometimes getting there to lose the game).

I'm sorry to tell you that Dallas is basically a bye for a team that's fortunate enough to play them in the postseason.

[mojoween]

I have the game on off to the side and I swear to Satan every time I look at the iPad someone is punting.  Is it the rain?  Good defenses?  Sucky offenses?

[ebk57]

51 minutes ago, mojoween said:

I have the game on off to the side and I swear to Satan every time I look at the iPad someone is punting.  Is it the rain?  Good defenses?  Sucky offenses?

Yes

[Marley]

What a trash game. I don’t really care about either team. Kittle annoys me irrationally tho so I hope SF loses lol.

[Carey]

Well the final score validated suck a crap ass game, but the Niners did lose, so there's that!