Completely Non-FF Thoughts

[Chef99]

So is he saying the Tigers knew of Prince's bum neck?

It's just sour grapes. You gotta figure when a team offers you someone of Fielder's stature and throws in 30 mil, somethin' ain't kosher.

 

[averagejoe]

@Sam Sportboy
kind of disappointed in you.
I added Joe Walsh to the avi about 2 months ago and you didn't notice.

 

[Sam Sportboy]

@Sam Sportboy
kind of disappointed in you.
I added Joe Walsh to the avi about 2 months ago and you didn't notice.

Kinda looks like the non cartoon version of Speed Racer

 

[Barilko]

@Sam Sportboy
kind of disappointed in you.
I added Joe Walsh to the avi about 2 months ago and you didn't notice.

The Smoker You Drink The Player You Get

 

[SmokingMonkey]

was just watching some of the olympic highlights from today, forgot to tell y'all, I went to high school with Kevin Lisch - plays basketball for Australia. He's been playing pro ball over there for years, 2 time defending league MVP.

The kangaroos have enough NBA talent that he doesn't play a ton in olympics, but still pretty cool.

 

[SmokingMonkey]

@Sam Sportboy @Ram Tough

don't forget fellas, if you ram it just right, you can ram it all night

 

[TREFF]

Couple football thoughts, non fantasy, but football thoughts that have been swimming in my head for awhile (if for no other reason than to bury the hockey talk)

#1-why is virtually every defensive penalty an automatic first down, but every offensive penalty, except intentional grounding, never results in so much if a loss of down? I know, ratings driven offensive mindsets..but the competitiveness of the league as a whole would improve if there were some balance there, and the ratings aren't going to suffer if an offensive holding call results in a loss if down, nor if a defensive holding is just yardage.
#2- HOF thoughts. ..when Jerry Jones was selected to go into the HOF over Pat Bolen, the Denver media went apeshit. And this is something that has come up every year. People in Colorado have some delusion that the HOF has a bias against any Bronco player, starting with Randy Gradisher, but mostly about Terrell Davis. I don't see it. TD had 3 great seasons, and crap else. Where is the sympathy for Priest Holmes? If TD is worthy after 3 years, why isn't Preist? More yards, more TD's, he set a TD record, and I don't hear about anyone complaining he isn't in. But man o man, try telling the average Donkey fan that TD isn't worthy and holy hell get ready to rumble.

 

[Barilko]

@Sam Sportboy @Ram Tough

don't forget fellas, if you ram it just right, you can ram it all night

Or as Zappa said

Ram it
Ram it
Ram it
Ram it up the poop shute

 

[SmokingMonkey]

@TREFF
#1-why is virtually every defensive penalty an automatic first down, but every offensive penalty, except intentional grounding, never results in so much if a loss of down? I know, ratings driven offensive mindsets..but the competitiveness of the league as a whole would improve if there were some balance there, and the ratings aren't going to suffer if an offensive holding call results in a loss if down, nor if a defensive holding is just yardage.

my take:
Defense always gets shit on when it comes to rules/rule changes in the past 15 years or so. It's like the NFL is making up for all of its fledgling seasons of letting the defense man handle offensive players any way they saw fit. How many years were D-lineman allowed to bounce a QB's head off the field while making a sack or getting pressure?

I think we'd all agree too long, but that doesn't change the fact that the "safer" you make the game, the more and more the offense will be able to exploit the rule changes over the defense. I love your thought of making more offensive penalties equate to a loss of a down, but that would lead to more punts.
More punts = more returns, which in turn would = more big hits/high impacts/more injuries........exactly what the league is doing their best to avoid right now.

 

[TREFF]

@TREFF
#1-why is virtually every defensive penalty an automatic first down, but every offensive penalty, except intentional grounding, never results in so much if a loss of down? I know, ratings driven offensive mindsets..but the competitiveness of the league as a whole would improve if there were some balance there, and the ratings aren't going to suffer if an offensive holding call results in a loss if down, nor if a defensive holding is just yardage.

my take:
Defense always gets shit on when it comes to rules/rule changes in the past 15 years or so. It's like the NFL is making up for all of its fledgling seasons of letting the defense man handle offensive players any way they saw fit. How many years were D-lineman allowed to bounce a QB's head off the field while making a sack or getting pressure?

I think we'd all agree too long, but that doesn't change the fact that the "safer" you make the game, the more and more the offense will be able to exploit the rule changes over the defense. I love your thought of making more offensive penalties equate to a loss of a down, but that would lead to more punts.
More punts = more returns, which in turn would = more big hits/high impacts/more injuries........exactly what the league is doing their best to avoid right now.

Ughh, I never considered the more punts/returns issue. I actually like the more punts idea, but the returns aspect does totally contradict what they're trying to do. Gotta be some sort of good middle ground solution.

I just know I'm tired of watching a team be handed a first down on 3 and 12 becuase a DB held onto a receiver a split second too long. Give em five yards and 3rd and 7..not 1st and ten

 

[Chef99]

A pizza chain in New Zealand is aiming to become the first to offer delivery service via drone.

My question: exactly how much do you tip a drone?

 

[TKOSpikes]

Watching Bills v Redskins

If you can, somehow, find video of the roughing the passer penalty at 7:15 left in the 1st quarter.

Wow.

 

[TKOSpikes]

Googled it....

The Most Pathetic ‘Roughing The Passer’ Penalty In NFL History was Just Called dailysnark.com

 

[Barilko]

huh just watched that beyond terrible

 

[averagejoe]

Watching Bills v Redskins. If you can, somehow, find video of the roughing the passer penalty at 7:15 left in the 1st quarter. Wow.

Googled it....
The Most Pathetic ‘Roughing The Passer’ Penalty In NFL History was Just Called dailysnark.com

huh just watched that beyond terrible

So tackling is now a penalty?

 

[Chef99]

Tom Brady Has a New Haircut and Now Everyone’s Got Jokes

 

[Chef99]

How come whenever they show people from Seattle in a commercial, they are always buying a cup of coffee?

Isn't that stereotyping or profiling or something?

 

[TREFF]

How come whenever they show people from Seattle in a commercial, they are always buying a cup of coffee?

Isn't that stereotyping or profiling or something?

That's horsecrap profiling man! SEATTLEANS LIVES MATTER

 

[TKOSpikes]

@Chef99 - are you celebrating today??!!

The Amazing Mets amaze the world! Sign Tim Tebow to a mini league contract!

Who needs Thor? Or is it Conforto? ....no idea what position he "plays".

 

[Chef99]

@Chef99 - are you celebrating today??!!

The Amazing Mets amaze the world! Sign Tim Tebow to a mini league contract!

Who needs Thor? Or is it Conforto? ....no idea what position he "plays".