Quoted from DanMarino:Jim Brown was before my time, but my dad would talk about how great he was. Losing these legends is always a bummer.
Seems rare too that these former long time greats make it to almost 90.
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Quoted from Erik:center?
Center is the most important offensive position IMO after your QB. Most teams keep one on the roster with the hope a tackle can fill in if needed. Bad snaps can lose games.
Quoted from tomdrum:Center is the most important offensive position
Don't know what you are talking about -- the Raiders did just fine without their center in Super Bowl XXXVII -- just fine...
Quoted from mof:Don't know what you are talking about -- the Raiders did just fine without their center in Super Bowl XXXVII -- just fine...
Yes, their center had a lot to do with giving up 48 points.
It’s been so long since Washington lost to the raiders in the Super Bowl that I’ve forgotten what the excuse for their performance was supposed to be.
Punter pulled a hamstring?
Raiders were 4 point favorites
Center went AWOL the night before
Gannon got crushed
no hamstring involved...
gg
Here’s one list of the top 25 nfl players of all time. Has exactly one active player (Aaron Donald) although Mahomes could well join the list.
Not sure if I agree with how high Marino is but he was a stat maker.
Might be a little RB heavy (5) for my liking tho. I never saw Gayle Sayers play but to have him on the list you might as well have players like Gronk or Mahomes.
Dion Sanders should be on that list.
Quoted from Erik:League passed a rule to allow a 3rd QB from the gameday inactives to be eligible to play if the other QBs are injured during the game
That's great.
Nobody wants to see some 2nd string running back taking snaps in the 3rd quarter of an important game.
Owners approved flexing the final 5 TNF games. Only two can be flexed this season and a team cannot be flexed from Sunday if they already played a road TNF game. Teams must be given 4 weeks notice.
Great for Amazon and those watching on TV. Sucks if you're a season ticket holder and have to make arrangements to attend from a Sunday to a Thursday night. Lots of tickets will be hitting the secondary market.
Quoted from DanMarino:The independent neuro doc told the NFLPA to shove it and then the NFLPA’s feelings were hurt so they had him removed.
#judo
#giant helmet
#run the ball some
#collect reject offensive linemen from AFC East teams
That sounds like what an elected official might try to do when things don't go their way.
#13 ranked at #13 is fine with me. He was great, but not great in AFC Championship games or the Super Bowl. He was a competitor for sure. Always gave the team a chance to win. The game has changed a lot since he retired.
Here are the picks for the 2023 Healthy Tua Contest so far.
jandrea95 didn't follow the rules and picked 19, so I'll drop him down to 17 for a complete regular season
boscokid 17
Deaconblooze 17
tomdrum 14
Erik 13
MikeHogue 13
DanMarino 12
nwpinball 10
Slugmeister 9
TheLaw 9
rai 7
CrazyLevi 6
fosaisu 4
Jamesays 3
I think Tua is going to protect himself a lot more. And hopefully his line will too. I also think defenders will pull up rather than smash him into the turf. But it just takes one hard hit.
Quoted from tomdrum:I think Tua is going to protect himself a lot more. And hopefully his line will too. I also think defenders will pull up rather than smash him into the turf. But it just takes one hard hit.
On a concussion case it doesn’t even take that.
Any tackle or glancing blow can do it.
I saw this for 5 years with Jordan Reed, and had numerous arguments with redskins fans that it was time to cut bait with him and send him out to pasture.
“But he’s so good!”
Yeah, that doesn’t help when you can get concussed by sneezing.
Quoted from CrazyLevi:On a concussion case it doesn’t even take that.
Any tackle or glancing blow can do it.
I saw this for 5 years with Jordan Reed, and had numerous arguments with redskins fans that it was time to cut bait with him and send him out to pasture.
“But he’s so good!”
Yeah, that doesn’t help when you can get concussed by sneezing.
Forget about Jordan Reed. Kid had tons of talent but a concussion magnet. Move me down to 8 games with Tua.
Here are the picks for the 2023 Healthy Tua Contest so far.
jandrea95 didn't follow the rules and picked 19, so I'll drop him down to 17 for a complete regular season
boscokid 17
Deaconblooze 17
Erik 13
MikeHogue 13
DanMarino 12
nwpinball 10
Slugmeister 9
TheLaw 9
Tomdrum 8
rai 7
CrazyLevi 6
fosaisu 4
Jamesays 3
It’s great if you are a Packer fan, but if you aren’t it’s just sorta meh…. I have been to a few Packers/Bucs games, and wasn’t overly impressed. I was actually surprised how close everyone sits together, but when it is -20, it’s probably out of necessity.
I think Miller Park is way more impressive than Lambeau field.
Quoted from tomdrum:Seeing a game at Lambeau is on my bucket list.
Quoted from tomdrum:Owners approved flexing the final 5 TNF games. Only two can be flexed this season and a team cannot be flexed from Sunday if they already played a road TNF game. Teams must be given 4 weeks notice.
Great for Amazon and those watching on TV. Sucks if you're a season ticket holder and have to make arrangements to attend from a Sunday to a Thursday night. Lots of tickets will be hitting the secondary market.
Lets quickly review which eight teams sided with fans and voted No on Thursday flexing
Bears
Bengals
Giants
Jets
Lions
Packers
Raiders
Steelers
Quoted from newovad:Any Bengals fans thinking about buying the Puma Frosted Flakes shoes?
Ahhh that be NO!
Quoted from newovad:Any Bengals fans thinking about buying the Puma Frosted Flakes shoes?
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I am now. Thanks
Quoted from Erik:Pucker up! Schefter reports the league is investigating another group of players for gambling violations
Just curious but I assume the players can’t play fantasy football?
Are they not allowed to bot on any sports or just football?
Quoted from DanMarino:Here are the picks for the 2023 Healthy Tua Contest so far.
jandrea95 didn't follow the rules and picked 19, so I'll drop him down to 17 for a complete regular season
boscokid 17
Deaconblooze 17
tomdrum 14
Erik 13
MikeHogue 13
DanMarino 12
nwpinball 10
Slugmeister 9
TheLaw 9
rai 7
CrazyLevi 6
fosaisu 4
Jamesays 3
I say week 6 in buffalo....
Quoted from flynnibus:I say week 6 in buffalo....
Is your pick that he will play 6 full games, or 5?
PSA: Was looking for a printable schedule for a buddy, found this and figured I'd share here. Full season schedule, all teams, one page, easy reference.
https://www.printyourbrackets.com/images/nfl-grid-schedule.pdf
Quoted from Deaconblooze:I'm calling a SOL post by thelaw week 1.
*Real* fans don't go SOL until at least 0-4. Heaven help this thread if they start 2-0.
I try to go to a game before mathematical elimination so should be safe @ Ravens week 7
Quoted from boscokid:*Real* fans don't go SOL until at least 0-4. Heaven help this thread if they start 2-0.
I try to go to a game before mathematical elimination so should be safe @ Ravens week 7
Now a Lions game isnt a Given,I actually like the team.Did I say that out loud.
I feel like the banquet for the 2023 season to call out everyone’s stupid bookmarks from the season needs to happen at VFW next year.
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