NFL Thread

[bluegirl147]

2 hours ago, Moose135 said:

Yeah, I get it, but you don't pay someone as well-known as Brady a bazillion dollars and put him on the D team.

But why pay Brady a bazillion dollars?  It's not like he has a dedicated fan base that would tune in just because of him.  Fox overestimated what they thought they were getting with him.  They thought he would be a prize jewel or something.  I remember a lot of us here predicting he wouldn't be good in the booth.  Brady is used to being the one being talked about not the one talking about someone else.  It was never going to be a good fit.

Edited 6 hours ago by bluegirl147

[Bastet]

On 1/13/2025 at 8:14 AM, Carey said:

To our NFL fans here that are in & around the LA area...how are you doing today?  I hope you are all well. 

Thank you.  We're used to wildfires (and even that there's no more fire season, it's a year-round threat), but this is beyond; the scope of physical destruction is hard enough to take in, and how many aspects of life will be changed for many years to come threatens to shut down the mind.  Even for those of us - like me - whose families, pets, and homes are safe, this has been a stressful time (a "Where next?" worry keeping people close to home) and remains an unspeakably sad one -- I literally don't know a single person thus far who doesn't know someone who has suffered a loss.

If this was a football city, the Rams victory would have been HUGE.  We're not, but it was still a nice distraction for those of us who could get lost it in for an evening.  (I finally left my house for more than a grocery run, to watch with my parents at their house.) 

Going into the playoffs, I was 90% sure we'd lose, and 50% sure it would be a decisive loss.  I didn't think any "Win one for L.A." motivation once the fires took over would have an effect.  To instead get a dominant win was quite the pleasant surprise.

(Against the Eagles, I think the Rams will go down hard.  That will bum me out on two levels - the Eagles being a division rival of my first and foremost team the Giants - but I had no hopes whatsoever of reaching the playoffs as the season began, so to reach let alone win the Wild Card round means I can't complain.