2016/2017 NFL thread: The Final Battle

[Erzengel]

Says the person who lives in New Jersey.

The Braves are far and away the most popular team in our state, followed by the Falcons/Bulldogs. Stop pulling stuff out of your ass, Erz, or i'll kick it right back up there and you'll enjoy it.

As for Matt Ryan, people seem to forget he came into a pretty ****** situation with our team and fanbase being torn apart by Michael Vick's actions... No excuse for 2012 (i believe), Tony G's last year, though. We should have been in or won the superbowl tha year.

That's cute. Tell em' Fire.

Wrong.

 

[Reek]

I am by no means wrong. Bulldogs aren't as popular as the braves. Theres a reason the entire Southeast is called Braves Country. I feel like we have way too many Auburn and Tech fans here.

 

[NewYorkSpider]

I am holding out to see what happens in the post-Rapistberger era.

It's amazing that he's only started all 16 games twice in his career. He'll be 35 next March. You have to wonder with his injury history how many more years he has left.

 

[JewishHobbit]

But mostly because I just can't bring myself to hope for something that means more glory for a rapist. MAybe its time I find a new team. I should jump on Jacksonville, NYJ, or Buffalo or something. If I start when a team is low, then no one can accuse me of being a bandwagoner.

Heeeeeyyy... then it's a good time to jump on the Cincy bandwagon while they're low but still good enough to rebound. And imagine how great it would feel to see Burfict and Atkins break Roethlisburgher twice a year!

 

[Matt]

Heeeeeyyy... then it's a good time to jump on the Cincy bandwagon while they're low but still good enough to rebound. And imagine how great it would feel to see Burfict and Atkins break Roethlisburgher twice a year!

I said I want to get onto a team with low prospects, not no prospects

 

[Immortalfire]

I am by no means wrong. Bulldogs aren't as popular as the braves. Theres a reason the entire Southeast is called Braves Country. I feel like we have way too many Auburn and Tech fans here.

You lost me.

Also, the bugs don't have fans, everyone knows that.

 

[Reek]

Don't know what confused you. Don't forget I am also a Dawgs fan... but when it comes to a team the state universally gets around, its the Braves, not UGA. We have Auburn fans all over the place. it's sickening.

 

[Lantern Venom]

So I haven't kept up with any of the playoffs until a buddy of mine texted me a link of the KC-Pitt game highlights. He's a Niners fan as well and follows Alex Smith. Even though he knew that I didn't care about the game's outcome, he said the vid was worth watching to see how a team that scores two TDs and gives up none still loses.

My question is whether the Steelers' O is that good, the Chiefs' D is that bad, or if KC just had a really bad game plan? There were several times in that highlight package that a Pitt TE or WR caught a pass in the middle of the field and several seconds elapsed before any Chief defender even entered the screen. To me, it looked like the game would have been a blowout had Pitt been able to finish all of those deep drives instead of just kicking FGs. My friend was right because that looked like one weird game.

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

I am by no means wrong. Bulldogs aren't as popular as the braves. Theres a reason the entire Southeast is called Braves Country. I feel like we have way too many Auburn and Tech fans here.

and yet somehow the Braves can't even draw flies to the stadium, even when they're in the playoffs.

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

Chargers getting trolled hard....

San Diego Companies Refuse to Move Chargers to L.A.

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/spo...-Refuse-to-Move-Chargers-to-LA-410785025.html

Anyone who has ever moved before understands what an undertaking this is. You have to pack up the boxes, prepare the furniture, finally address all the junk that’s been accumulating in the garage … it’s not a small endeavor, and that’s just for a house.

The Chargers are moving offices and a practice facility. That means they have to pack up and transport all the tackling sleds, all the computers, all the files … basically 55 years-worth of stuff. For that they will have to hire a moving company.
Finding one, however, has proven to be a problem.

“We were just sitting there thinking about the physical move of the Chargers,” said Ryan Charles, head of sales and marketing for www.HireAHelper.com. “We were thinking we would not want to be a part of that, having been born and raised here and being a lifelong Chargers fan.”

Charles asked the companies within the Hire A Helper network if they would refuse to help the Chargers move and they all said yes. But the movement did not stop there.

“Other moving companies, our peers, might not want to, either,” said Charles, “and wouldn’t it be cool if we all banded together to say that we wouldn’t?”

“The feedback was immediately positive,” said Charles. “I got chuckles, people were laughing, there were guys saying ‘I wouldn’t move them for X amount of dollars.’”

That variable is likely in excess of $100,000, by the way. With all the offices and training equipment, plus the likelihood of having staff and players jump on board, this is a monster payday these companies are turning down to stick to their principles.

As of Sunday night 22 movers based in San Diego had vowed not to move the Chargers north and more are expected to sign on in the coming days. An email is being sent to as many movers as Charles can think of.

“It’s almost like the last line of defense. We were making this last statement of loyalty to the SAN DIEGO Chargers,” said Charles.

 

[Themanofbat]

That's awesome... but as the offer to pay goes up, someone will balk...

 

[_Superman_]

I am looking forward to next season. This season could've been our year if not for the injures. Either way it good that the NFL now knows that the Autumn Wind is blowing once again.

 

[Matt]

So Joey Porter gets arrested for violence against a police officer and Mike Tomlin won't comment. Antonio Brown does something that slightly embarrasses Tomlin by posting his speech and Tomlin calls him foolish and selfish (Brown is the hardest worker on the team, he is anything but selfish) publicly and suggests that Brown has lost the team's respect. Glad to see where Tomlin's priorities lie. Be a thug, be a criminal, incur penalties on the field, whatever, he won't call you out. Pick a fight with another player, he'll defend you. But post a video of Tomlin saying embarrassing things and he will tear you a new ass hole publicly.

 

[Rowsdower!]

LOL, yeah. Ridiculous. I know I defended Tomlin a few pages back but I have to admit this is getting ridiculous on his part. If the Steelers get blown out this weekend then maybe the Rooneys should seriously consider looking elsewhere for a head coach. They've given him 10 years... maybe it's time for some new blood.

 

[Matt]

LOL, yeah. Ridiculous. I know I defended Tomlin a few pages back but I have to admit this is getting ridiculous on his part. If the Steelers get blown out this weekend then maybe the Rooneys should seriously consider looking elsewhere for a head coach. They've given him 10 years... maybe it's time for some new blood.

It won't happen. Art II doesn't care. As I said on the last page:

It was the whole organizational culture. Dan Rooney started taking a step back after Cowher won his Super Bowl. It was all downhill from there. Dan Rooney was pure class who led by example and let a culture of discipline and integrity come from top down. Art II is your typical, sleazy, money grubbing NFL owner. Dan would've never stood for players repeatedly failing drug tests, acting like thugs on the field, getting arrested, etc, no matter how talented they were. Art II...he just asks himself these questions: "Are butts in the seats? Are jerseys selling? Are our TV contracts lucrative?" If the answer to all three is yes, he has no problem.

Our ****ing coach tried to trip a player on a nationally televised game for goodness sake. Art I and Dan would've been humiliated (I'm sure Dan was but he no longer has any power in the locker room). Art II? He defends the coach.

Its sad to see a once classy organization become this.

 

[Warhammer]

Yeah, I agree with that ridiculousness. It makes Tomlin look petty as all hell. I don't think many people actually cared about this and it would have been swept under the rug in a few days. New England sure doesn't care. There was no media firestorm. It was foolish to be caught on camera saying New England are assh***s as a head coach but everyone knows that teams and personnel talk s*** about each other. That's why Brady, Belichick, and Hightower didn't really give a f**.

But to throw Brown under the bus like that was ridiculous. He's the best receiver in the league, a media darling, and a class act. He's never in any trouble. Tomlin should have just called Brown doing a video on Facebook Live foolish and moved on.

 

[Warhammer]

So I haven't kept up with any of the playoffs until a buddy of mine texted me a link of the KC-Pitt game highlights. He's a Niners fan as well and follows Alex Smith. Even though he knew that I didn't care about the game's outcome, he said the vid was worth watching to see how a team that scores two TDs and gives up none still loses.

My question is whether the Steelers' O is that good, the Chiefs' D is that bad, or if KC just had a really bad game plan? There were several times in that highlight package that a Pitt TE or WR caught a pass in the middle of the field and several seconds elapsed before any Chief defender even entered the screen. To me, it looked like the game would have been a blowout had Pitt been able to finish all of those deep drives instead of just kicking FGs. My friend was right because that looked like one weird game.

Kansas City's loss proved one thing that 90% of the league already knew. Alex Smith is not going to win the game for you. If Pittsburgh's red zone offense hadn't underperformed and Kansas City's red zone defense hadn't been clutch, Pittsburgh would have had 42 points easily. Pittsburgh statistically dominated every category and could only post 18 points. Smith as the opposing quarterback was a blessing.

Smith will keep you in the game because he does not make mistakes. He will surprise people and rush for a smooth 20 yards. He will make the occasional deep throw down the field. But if the defense doesn't play top quality football or plays against a subpar defense, Smith won't be able to win the game. If that was Tony Romo out there as quarterback instead of Alex Smith, hot damn.

That is what Jim Harbaugh had foreseen as the San Francisco head coach. If Andy Reid were smart, he'd allow himself to see it as well and take a chance at a rookie QB in the draft or something. Give up what you need to get someone new.

 

[TheCommissioner]

so, I saw Tomlins reaction to Antonio Browns cinematic expressions

now Im sure all the old mentality bargle bargle football fans are like "yeah"

but Tomlin fails to realize, this is the world now

 

[Kaleb]

 

[Matt]

Shanahan would be both arrogant and foolish to take that job.

 

[TheCommissioner]

that job is a dumpster fire, whoever takes it needs 2-3 seasons to sort things out

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

So Joey Porter gets arrested for violence against a police officer and Mike Tomlin won't comment. Antonio Brown does something that slightly embarrasses Tomlin by posting his speech and Tomlin calls him foolish and selfish (Brown is the hardest worker on the team, he is anything but selfish) publicly and suggests that Brown has lost the team's respect. Glad to see where Tomlin's priorities lie. Be a thug, be a criminal, incur penalties on the field, whatever, he won't call you out. Pick a fight with another player, he'll defend you. But post a video of Tomlin saying embarrassing things and he will tear you a new ass hole publicly.

I'd say the difference is the Porter thing was a potential criminal act that he wasn't present for whereas the Antonio Brown thing is just stupid trash talk in the locker room that got posted online. Stakes are slightly different.

 

[Reek]

https://medium.com/sportspickle/aar...yan-out-for-ice-cream-66ddb0778a29#.t4ljf0o4j

 

[Lantern Venom]

Kansas City's loss proved one thing that 90% of the league already knew. Alex Smith is not going to win the game for you. If Pittsburgh's red zone offense hadn't underperformed and Kansas City's red zone defense hadn't been clutch, Pittsburgh would have had 42 points easily. Pittsburgh statistically dominated every category and could only post 18 points. Smith as the opposing quarterback was a blessing.

Perhaps the highlights don't tell the story, but the game looked like a defensive breakdown on KC's part, not underperformance on Smith's part. The Chiefs fans who occasionally come to the 49ers MB said that it was actually one of Smith's better games, and the real nail in the coffin was Reid using all of his timeouts prematurely, which made locking the game up at the end easy for Pitt.

If I were a KC fan, I'd be much more concerned about a secondary that seemed to forget that the middle of the field is part of the game. If the D lets the opposition run unimpeded all day, don't blame the QB because he can't work magic to counteract a bunch of guys not doing their jobs properly.

 

[Warhammer]

If I remember correctly, Smith ate up seven minutes in Q4 just to get KC to 15. That inability to drive down the field in time, man...

All I'm saying is if Kansas City got a stronger QB, they'd be too dangerous.