Dumb Things We Say As Fans

[Papalou]

love fans criticizing the coaching


as if they fucking know what they are talking about

LOL I wont even go there

 

[boltfan72]

When the word "foot" is in the name of the sport, then yes, the kickers count. Every change of possession not involving a turnover involves a kick. Football is about scoring points, not about the ability to take or deliver a big hit. If that were the case I guess you couldn't call QBs football players either.

 

[boltfan72]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GM3WhwTl4Y]Best Kicker Tackle EVER - YouTube[/ame]

 

[dkmightyhammer]

Quarterbacks are protected as passers, if they leave the pocket and take off running you're free to blast them the same as any other runner.

Ya, maybe in theory. Try blasting Brady or Manning with a vicious blind side hit that de-cleats them while they are a runner and see if you don't get flagged.

Jon Ryan (Seattle Punter) said he had never heard that kicker's were considered defenseless throughout the play until the Huber hit. I don't think anyone knew about it until after last weekend. I've seen plenty of kickers take big hits over the years without flags. Not so much with star QB's.

 

[darken65]

Dumb things said from fans I have seen usually is as if they played the game.
"We handed you guys the game"
"We beat ourselves"
"The refs cost us the game"
Not saying it was on this site...just in general. My worst dumb thing has to come from my own fan base:
"Who's got it better than us?" That one caused many a joke and rebuttal!

 

[Dude]

When the word "foot" is in the name of the sport, then yes, the kickers count. Every change of possession not involving a turnover involves a kick. Football is about scoring points, not about the ability to take or deliver a big hit. If that were the case I guess you couldn't call QBs football players either.

Case in point the onside kick by Pats against Browns. That was a perfect kick at the right time that turned into a crucial NE win. Last time the Pats had a kick like that was as against ... the Browns many years ago, I think BB was their HC at the time.

Then you have the Vinatieri game winners with Pats and Colts. So the conclusion is that teams only have nine players (if you subtract the punter and kicker). Following the logic of some in this thread, scratch the QB too, so there are only 9 - 1 = 8 on offense + 11 on defense = 19. Add other special teamers and it still doesn't add up.

 

[Dude]

Ya, maybe in theory. Try blasting Brady or Manning with a vicious blind side hit that de-cleats them while they are a runner and see if you don't get flagged.

Jon Ryan (Seattle Punter) said he had never heard that kicker's were considered defenseless throughout the play until the Huber hit. I don't think anyone knew about it until after last weekend. I've seen plenty of kickers take big hits over the years without flags. Not so much with star QB's.

Speculation is your worst friend. Can you provide any examples of such nonsense?

 

[Dude]

Getting back to the point, how about this one:

"They only showed vanilla offense or defense."
Really?

 

[CarlSr]

The commissioner has it out for my team.


Lulz

 

[Dude]

"They didn't beat us, we gave them the game."

 

[Dude]

"Damn, I'm glad Hochuli wasn't in there reffing this one!"

 

[Dude]

The commissioner has it out for my team.


Lulz

Good one!

 

[Dude]

"Perfect spiral bullets are harder to catch, even 40-yarders, so it's better to put some air under the ball."

True story.

 

[Ironbreaker]

We only lost because...

We might have lost but we're still the better team...

 

[Dude]

"Why did he do that?!! I would have (...insert phrase...)"

Ugh, yeah, right.

 

[Dude]

"My grandam could have played better than your choking QB/WR/RB/OL/D etc.".

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Edit: Sorry, forgot about the kickers. They only play when they have to kick it. Hence, they are not players, they are ghosts ...

 

[jonvi]

The commissioner has it out for my team.


Lulz

"my team"

 

[jonvi]

Auburn's gonna win.

 

[Dude]

"I'm not a homer, you are."

 

[TDs3nOut]

When the word "foot" is in the name of the sport, then yes, the kickers count. Every change of possession not involving a turnover involves a kick. Football is about scoring points, not about the ability to take or deliver a big hit. If that were the case I guess you couldn't call QBs football players either.

This ^. I think that saying that kickers and punters aren't really football players is at least as dumb as anything that anyone has proposed in this thread so far. Funny thing about a Broncos fan saying it is that it wasn't too long ago when our punter and kicker were arguably the most effective players on our roster.