2008 Wildcard Playoff thread - no dogs no Romos

Saturday January 3, 2009
Atlanta 4:30 pm EST
Arizona NBC

Indianapolis 8:00 pm EST
San Diego NBC

Sunday January 4, 2009
Baltimore 1:00 pm EST
Miami CBS

Philadelphia 4:30 pm EST
Minnesota FOX

Saturday January 3, 2009
Atlanta 4:30 pm EST
Arizona NBC

ATL

Indianapolis 8:00 pm EST
San Diego NBC

SD (INDY run-D goes to tits. Sorry Paytown :()

Sunday January 4, 2009
Baltimore 1:00 pm EST
Miami CBS

Quoth the Ravens: LOLTIMORE :[ B[ YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOW

Philadelphia 4:30 pm EST
Minnesota FOX

PHI in a workman-like game.

atl
indy
bals
flyin dawkins yahhhhhh -_-

atl
colts
bmore
phil

i'm thinkin we're gonna have damn similar picks you guys.

guys i am really excited!

I dunno about this ATL/AZ game. Can I trust a rookie QB on the road? tossup for me but I might lean AZ if they get some points in the spread.

SD/IND is the momentum bowl but I'll be damned if SD doesn't pull off the upset at home.

Baltimore should demolish Miami.

I'll pick Philly.

could very well be a sweep by the visiting teams this weekend

it always pleasantly surprises me at the end of the season when the wildcards happen right after the final reg season game. i don't know it seems like we should have to wait? but we don't!

arizona has been sucking ass. go falcons!

not only don't we have to wait but we are treated to an ORGY of football

no possibility of bad weather though :/

yeah wow what a weather-free sched of games..

no way ariz gets pts at home...they will be a fav..3.5-4.5

it always pleasantly surprises me at the end of the season when the wildcards happen right after the final reg season game. i don't know it seems like we should have to wait? but we don't!

― horseshoe, Monday, December 29, 2008 10:44 AM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

ya same~!

i could see zona winning, especially if DC clancy pendergast cooks up enough of his mad scientist shit to confuse ryan. angry bird fite~~~!!!!

atl
indy
baltimore
MINNies

With Crennel and Savage gone it's like I can see clearly for the first time in years and I think the Chargers are going to win.

atl
indy
miami
philly

btw when i was little i used to think an ami was a relative miami your ami etc prob lots of little kids think this

i dunno about that one

atlanta
indy
baltimore
philly

Atlanta, San Diego, Minnesota, Baltimore

Atlanta
Indianapolis
LOLtimore
Philadelphia

BREAKING: SAN DIEGO CHARGERS PLAYOFF SPOT AWARDED TO NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS - COMMISH RULES IT ILLEGAL FOR 11 WIN TEAM TO MISS PLAYOFFS

ZONA
PAYTA
BALLA
SOTA

(sorry falcons but u almost lost to rams. I do hope jesus mcwarner gets hurt.)

BREAKING: SAN DIEGO CHARGERS PLAYOFF SPOT AWARDED TO NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

PATS GOT ROBBED! FAAACK YOU NFL!

winter depresses the hell out of me, I am having flashbacks to late december and january during 04-05 seasons, when I was like FAAACK YOU NEW ENGLAND IT SUCKS TO LIVE HERE! (but, go pats!)

seriously, why can't daylight saving time add more sunlight in the evening so it doesn't get dark at 5pm
need to move to atlanta

Saturday January 3, 2009
Atlanta 4:30 pm EST
Arizona NBC

As badly as Zona's been playing lately, and as much as I want Kurt Warner to shatter his knee in a thousand pieces in retaliation for him completely and totally murdering my fantasy team Week 15... MATT RYAN ON THE ROAD!! MATT RYAN ON THE ROAD!!! MATT RYAN ON THE ROAD!!!

Indianapolis 8:00 pm EST
San Diego NBC

YEE-HAW!! Giddy-up Colts!

Sunday January 4, 2009
Baltimore 1:00 pm EST
Miami CBS

fins in a low-scoring borefest

Philadelphia 4:30 pm EST
Minnesota FOX

Philly in a blowout and a half. This would be my "Mortgage cars, house, even family members Lock of the Week." Tarvaris Jackson is absolutely fucking awful.

I'm thinking snrub otm as usual but the scales have fallen from my eyes and I see things now in a different light which means the Chargers will win. The Ravens win as well which leads into my second eye opener that snrub may not contain the wisdom to guide me through this wildcard weekend.

cankles might have to give me solace under a falcon wing but I can't believe just yet.

schef's rib may also be affecting judgement around these parts so I'm left like Moses in the desert.

Atlanta's 4-4 record on the road had me fooled into thinking that Matt Ryan could cope okay, but i am glad to be set straight. it would be awesome if mr snrub could share the insightful tactical info he has that exposes Ryan as the terrible road-game liability he is.

I wish I was someone else
I'm confused, I'm afraid, I hate the loneliness
And there's nowhere to run to
Nothing makes any sense, but I still try my hardest

Take my hand
Please help me man
'Cause I'm looking for something to believe in
And I don't know where to start
And I don't know where to begin, to begin

If I was stupid or naive
Trying to achieve what they all call contentness
If people weren't such dicks and I never made mistakes
Then I could find forgiveness

Take my hand
Please help me man
'Cause I'm looking for something to believe in
And I don't know where to start
And I don't know where to begin, oh no

I can't be someone else
I don't feel that it's hopeless
I don't feel that I'm useless

I can't throw it all away
I need some courage to find my weakness
And with your love, I know with all my heart I can win

'Cause I'm looking for something to believe in
And I just need something to believe in
I'm looking for something to believe in
And I just need something to believe in

http://www.zetatalk.com/thubfire.jpg

ATL over AZ thx to a few warner fumbles and michael turner pounding it up the middle.

IND over SD though it will be close.

MIA over BAL by a td, i predict BIG THINGS for ricky williams in this one.

PHI over MIN but there will be plenty of fuckups in this game and it will be unwatchable.

guyz I am drunk on wine and listening to bananarama and i just wanna say that this is the coolest forum on the interweb.

guys, how the fuck are the vikings, the dolphins, the falcons and the cardinals in the goddamned playoffs.

I'm gonna cheer for wackiness so I say chargers, dolphins, eagles and falcons for the lulz. I can't bring myself to root for minnesota even though the chance of a postseason rematch with the fbgony could be sweet. super manning bros xliii is just too retarded a concept, it would just be like a four hour oreo advertisement.

Falcons over Cardinals - I'll take the rookie QB being able to hand off to Michael the Burner Turner. Even in a cruddy game last week, Ryan made some big throws. C'mon Atlanta is going to ARIZONA...that's like going on a long weekend with the wife, not an incursion into Cambodia.

Indy over SD - I'll be pissed if the Colts come out and do all of the dumb sxxt they have done two of the last three times they faced the Chargers. SD intercepted Manning like six times in one game and it still took AV to bonk the kick to get beat. LT definitely looked to be running better against the Broncos, it looks like he can cut better now. This isn't logic, I just have the team I want to win. I figure Dallas Clark might be a key dude for Indy.

Miami & B-more - I might have to think on this one for a day. I think this is the tightest and hard to figure match-up. Miami is fun to watch and I have to agree with Simms assessment in the last game that Ricky Williams has not lost any speed. I'm sure it will be Ray Ray vs. Porter doing a bunch of jawing the whole game. I'm kind of leaning Miami, just as Pennington has to be a bit of an edge on Flacco. I could see this one as a 13-10 kind of matchup. Special teams and turnovers will probably be pretty crucial in this game, as I would figure both offenses might get bogged down a bit.

Philly over Minnesota - Whose fans are more morose? Even with the Philly fan rep, I got a feeling this is a more tight call than you might figure. I dated a girl whose family was all from Minnesota, those folks are all crazy on hockey and the Vikings. They are a morose bunch to begin with and their football team has only added to the winters of discontent. The Vikings are made to break a fans heart, their QBs are not that dependable, they are a bit banged up and their coach seems real distant. On the other hand, the Eagles are a love hate kind of club. Philly fans like to blow McNabb and Andy Reid a bunch of static, but I think they really like the dude until he pisses them off. They can't hate Andy Reid, the dude looks like one of the fans. Look at Andy Reid in that Cowboy's game, the dude looks like he had polished off a twelver the night before woke up hung over with a three day beard with sausage gravy all down his jacket, then they went out and gave an epic asskicking to the Cowboys. Whatever happens this next week, that Dallas destruction will go down like the Michael Irvin standing ovation when he went of on a stretcher at the Vet in the lore between the two clubs. Philly has won a lot of playoff games, a lot...give them that with Andy Reid, even if they never got the big one. I have to think Philly's Defense will completely confuse Jackson into mistakes. It could give up a big one to Peterson, but I don't see Minnesota having enough offense to put Philly on their back foot and get them into bad play calling. I'm sure Childress will really study that Redskins game from two weeks ago to try and put up a game plan, but I don't think it will be enough.

Criminy...I got three road dogs picked, I must be off, then again the divisions are kind of screwy this year.

also, in another thing-that-football-analysts-will-probably-think-is-important-but-actually-isnt, brad childress was out off. coordinator for a good while, so maybe he "knows the offense"

our*

i would like to hear mr. snrub's back-up for either of his qb assessments up there since they're statistically un-back-up-able but wtfever.

well, I think what you are failing to understand is that Tarvaris Jackson is awful, and also, MATT RYAN ON THE ROAD!!! *sweeps clutter off of desk in single violent motion* MATT RYAN ON THE ROAD!!! *jumps onto desk* MATT RYAN ON THE ROAD!!! *begins to dance*

All you people who are picking against my Chargers are breaking my drunk heart.

Atlanta vs. Arizona - Ryan on the road against what is basically a really shitty defensive secondary. Michael Turner against a poor run defense, I'm thinking the Falcons, especially if they can get any kind of pressure on Warner.

Indianapolis vs. San Diego - I can't figure out San Diego. They looked good against the Broncos, but the Broncos' defense is putrid. If it's close and a minute to go, Indie takes it.

Baltimore vs. Miami - The Ravens look downright scary, so nevermore Miami.

Philadelphia vs. Minnesota - I'm not sold on Tavarvis Jackson either, putting up huge numbers on crap teams doesn't mean you've figured it out, it just means you've played crap teams. I'm thinking Flying Dawkins makes Jackson cry; add a few Peterson fumbles and it could get ridiculous.

well, I think what you are failing to understand is that Tarvaris Jackson is awful, and also, MATT RYAN ON THE ROAD!!! *sweeps clutter off of desk in single violent motion* MATT RYAN ON THE ROAD!!! *jumps onto desk* MATT RYAN ON THE ROAD!!! *begins to dance*

― TOMBOT, Tuesday, December 30, 2008 1:31 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

lmao

atlanta
indy
baltimore
philly

this is most definitely the coolest forum on the interweb

also chargers - indy might be really close IMHO, but i just don't trust norv turner to win a playoff game.

poly i will be rooting for the plucky cum from behind chargers

but i just don't trust norv turner to win a playoff game.

What about when he won two of them last year without a healthy Rivers.

Thanks canks!

I like the Turner/Ron Rivera team a lot more than I liked the Turner/Cottrell team.

i guess i've only watched the pats knock the super chargers out of the playoffs x2, esp 2006 when NE was pretty overmatched and didn't seem to be playing well at all for most of the game. that was martyball though. i forgot about the early rounds 2007, i don't think i watched them unfortunately! this year will be different

i think in this situation indy is the come from behind team because they have only beaten the chargers once in the last 736 years.

oh i just meant how they started the year like 4-8 and then went on to win the division

sd are deffo the worst possible WC matchup for indy tho, ya - bet they wish they crapped away a few games so they could've gone to miami

u guys i hav secret inside info: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/12/30/sports/30nfl3-337.jpg

Great animations on that NYT thing!

Watch as the safety and IT IS AS IF U R THERE

you can watch from the perspective of little mr. ping ping darren sproles guys!!

yah totally http://projects.nytimes.com/nfl2009

The perspective animation is hilarious Madden graphics from like 1998.

"I like the Turner/Ron Rivera team a lot more than I liked the Turner/Cottrell team."

Who doesn't?? Ted Cottrell, good god.

I'm picking Baltimore to represent the AFC in the Super Bowl.

In greater detail:

Atlanta over Arizona: It is possible that Arizona has simply been coasting for the last few weeks, and they do benefit from playing at home. Kurt Warner has been there before, and I guess that helps. Arizona has some guys on defense who can really play, especially Dansby. But they don't have a guy with more than 5 sacks, don't have a guy with more than 4 INTs, their PPG allowed is down there with the Kansas Citys and Denvers of the world. They do force a lot of fumbles, which is the only thing they do well on defense, arguably. On offense, their running game has been atrocious from week 10-17. Tim Hightower hasn't done anything over that period. Kurt Warner's two good performances down the stretch were against Seattle and St. Louis. The team's two best wins were against Miami and Dallas, and the Miami win was before Miami really started to gel in my opinion.

Atlanta has five losses. Three were road games within the division. The other two were Philly and Denver, before Denver started to self-destruct. They have a good quarterback (16 TDs to 11 INTs doesn't sound like a world-beater to me, at least not yet), one great running back and an excellent backup. Atlanta's defense is mediocre, but I assume they will dare Arizona to run the ball, and I don't think Arizona is up to the task. Atlanta 27, Arizona 10

Baltimore vs. Miami: Baltimore is straight up gangsta. Every time I watch their defense I get a little scared. Baltimore has five losses, and all of them were to genuine Super Bowl contenders. Three of those games were very close. Baltimore beat Miami pretty handily early in the season, although that was arguably before Miami became the team they are now. But Baltimore completely shut down the Miami run game, and if you can do that, I don't think Pennington is good enough to make up for that. Baltimore 20, Miami 13

Minnesota vs. Philly: Here's what Donovan McNabb has done since week 11... played like shit against Cincy, played like shit against Baltimore, beat the shit out of Arizona, played a solid game against the Giants despite Westbrook doing most of the work, beat the woeful Browns, played like garbage against Washington, and then singlehandedly destroyed Dallas until Dallas decided to destroy themselves. The perceived wisdom is that he's been better since he's been benched, but all he's really done is cut down on mistakes. He's been erratic all season. Westbrook has played well lately, but let's not forget that he didn't even rush for 1000 yards this year. He didn't rush for ten touchdowns, and this is in one of his most productive seasons in ages!

Adrian Peterson has been a beast this year, but yet he has as many rushing TDs as Tim Hightower or Le'Ron McClain or Jonathan Stewart. He leads the league in fumbles and fumbles lost. If he can't get into the endzone, it will be up to Tavaris Jackson to finish, and that is asking a lot of a very erratic quarterback. As down as I may be on McNabb, I can't shake the fact that Jackson is way worse. Last week they struggled to beat the Giants' second unit. I originally picked Minnesota by virtue of their being at home, but I amend that to say Philly 24, Minny 20.

San Diego vs. Indy: After scraping out a win against Pittsburgh in week 12, the Colts barely beat San Diego before San Diego got their shit together, beat the Sage Rosenfels by 6, barely beat Cleveland, beat up on Cincy, were neck and neck with Detroit until they pulled away late, struggled to beat Jacksonville, and let Jim Sorgi beat up on Tennessee's backups. So you will pardon me if I'm less than impressed? Peyton Manning has been great, almost enough to make up for the terrible running game (what happened to Addai?). They have three good receivers and also Marvin Harrison. On defense, they are great against the pass, which is the Chargers strength.

San Diego whooped up on Denver, but only a complete meltdown allowed them to beat Kansas City in Week 16. Then again, all of their losses came against quality opponents, and their three home losses were close games against very good teams (Carolina, Indy, Atlanta). Their victory over Tampa Bay is tainted by Tampa Bay losing to Oakland in the following week, and beating Denver is so easy, a Buffalo could do it. So I'm not exactly over the moon yet. But they're at home, healthy, and always play well against Indy. I will somewhat optimistically say San Diego 33, Indy 27.

That NY Times safety really needs to go in a whole lot harder there...

polyphonic, re: eagles, mcnabb cutting down on his mistakes is EXACTLY what needed/needs to happen. when he doesnt make mistakes, i'll take him over about everyone but a select few. adn westbrook really hasnt played all that well of late tbch. i haven't checked his stats, but ive watched just about every play, and it seems to me the majority of his rushes have been of the 2-4 yard variety...he hasnt hit the hole as well as he usually does. he has, however, had some really really big and clutch breaks for like 30+ off screens and passes and stuff. re: his stats being down for the year tho, youve gotta remember he was either injured or playing hurt for about a third of the season.

hmm has Shanahan been fired?

"After the 2008 season, when the Broncos became the first team in NFL history to lead the division for 16 weeks and not make the playoffs, Mike Shanahan was fired as Denver's head coach."

polyphonic, re: eagles, mcnabb cutting down on his mistakes is EXACTLY what needed/needs to happen. when he doesnt make mistakes, i'll take him over about everyone but a select few. adn westbrook really hasnt played all that well of late tbch. i haven't checked his stats, but ive watched just about every play, and it seems to me the majority of his rushes have been of the 2-4 yard variety...he hasnt hit the hole as well as he usually does. he has, however, had some really really big and clutch breaks for like 30+ off screens and passes and stuff. re: his stats being down for the year tho, youve gotta remember he was either injured or playing hurt for about a third of the season.

Westbrook is always hurt, what else is new. I agree with you about his rushes mostly being short, though.

I may be underrating McNabb a bit because he was my fantasy qb this year. But even if you subtract the stretch when he played like garbage, he's still been pretty hit-or-miss for most of the season.

Shanahan out on ESPN: http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3800768

schef im sorry ur best friend got axed :(

this is worse than jake plummer day

also: Jauron staying, Browns now talking to Mangina for some reason (Def Coord? would be awesome if they made him a budget offer to be secondary coach)

speculation that clevo will become patriot midwest --> bring in mangini(DC), pioli(GM), mcdaniels(HC) & keep romeo in some anomolous defensive position.

"I had an outstanding conversation with Mike Singletary this afternoon. I believe he will be an outstanding head coach in the National Football League," Martz said in a statement issued by the team. "I wish him nothing but the best. I am not what he is looking for offensively. I understand that. This is just a part of professional sports."

& it will be a lol disaster if it happens btw xp

i don't know why that would be a disaster. depends how well they manage McDaniels' expectations because he would basically be a glorified OC. but top front office guy + top OC + top DC (if you swap in Romeo, since he is willing to stick around) seems like a decent formula. what's not to like?

http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/12/30/vikings-tickets-14000-remaining-great-seats-available/

uh what the hell, minnesota

xp yeah idk i just see it as a fiasco in the making and it would freak me out if i was a browns fan. maybe it would work there's some good talent there

the comments on the strib article are gold btw, there is a man who is ranting about how classless vikings fans are because they curse and drink a beer while watching a football game so instead he will be taking his son to wild games.

he is going to take his son to professional hockey games, for the class.

jake plummer retired
shanahancin' in the dark

are the chargers to be scared of? or did they just beat up on some shitty teamz

You can say the same thing about Indy!

On the other hand, I don't think the Chargers beat even one playoff team.

san diego doesnt even hav a winning record fyi everyone

BREAKING NEWS

in fact its weird how theyre in the playoffs at all - too bad there isnt some more deserving team out there

I can't think of any other than this one team the Chargers beat the shit out of.

that was so long ago i cant even remember it so i hav no idea what yr talking abt

Chargers could take Miami, T or F circle one

trick question

Chargers could take Miami,

T

i was going to correct you guys re: chargers until i realized what was going on, FAAACK YOU SAN DIEGO

re: strib article vikings have decent seats at $30, WTF, why aren't people there? shitty seats for shitty games at fedex field are $64, FAAACK YOU DAN SNYDER

it IS weird how a team can be 4-12 and still be in the playoffs, like the chargers, yet another team can be 16-0 and be out of it.

OPINIONS 4 U

cards - falcons

i like the falcons here but im wary of them - i think the cards passing game could get hot (@ home) and kind of burn them out. like if the game goes atl fg-az td-atl punt-az td/fg does ryan start to press? i guess the falcons have seen the saints twice but if memory serves, those games were pretty close. i think the cards not being to run AT ALL eventually dooms them but ive started to come around to the idea of this one being a bit of a toss-up

eagles - vikes

lol tavaris right? yeah, i think that's eventually the name of the game. i can't imagine a vikings win not becoming contingent on jackson leading them down the field at some point and based upon all the types of shit that the eagles did to romo last week i can't imagine what jackson will be like when he's facing some hot off the grill jim johnson shit

fins - ravens

no hom(o)er but i think the fins have a really good shot at this. idk if people realize this but this is like a kind of immovable object vs unstoppable force type game w/ the dolphins having a historically low turnover number and the ravens having reed and co. i think if the fins can manage to not turn the ball over (or only once) and **lol sportswriter alert** make flacco beat them consistently on long drives then this could be really close. im concerned about the fact that the ravens have been able to stretch the field really well lately w/ clayton but the dolphins can pop off some big plays themselves. all that said i do think the fins were gifted an easy schedule and a hurt brady and if you put a gun to my head i'd pick the ravens

chargers - colts

i guess the chargers are on a roll and all but idk im starting to buy into the idea that peyton is just single handedly willing the colts to consistent victories. so i dont really know about this game - my head tells me that the chargers should eventually out last them as the superior team in terms of talent but my heart head also tells me that i could see peyton doing a good job controlling the ball and eventually just making sure that the colts win. i think the chargers do have too much though - i think rivers is a douche but he's a really really good qb with lots of talent around him and they are "peaking at the right time" so i'd say bolts

none of you humorless sweatpants footballs geeks acknowledged my genius schefsteen lyrics above so I am just gonna repost them on the more appropriate thread ok

whoa chill doggie, i stole the shanahancin in the dark thing and used it on several other MBs, ur work is appreciated~~~

I'm taking Atlanta
over Arizona

The Colts
over San Diego

The Dolphis will beat
Baltimore

And the Philadelphia Eagles will beat
Minnesota

yeah i love the lyrics, tom!

aw thanks you people are wonderful

i would've done it differently, that song is for jake plummer and jake plummer only imho, so i had a hard time complimenting you on "shanahancing"

i dont deal in any lix lyrics related posts - i cant go for that no can do

the nfl network has made a choice to begin 2009 by showing all the Vikings "Lost Rings" episodes of America's Game. I don't know what this means in the big picture but since it is all of a sudden 2009* I do feel a great deal of unacceptable sympathy for the vikes

* lol adult beverages in the dark

i like all the eagles love folks are giving the eagles, makes me feel better about the vikes, who always seems to do the opposite of what everyone expects.

hope the damn game isn't blacked out!

is there anyway around that, like if you have the season ticket or something?

could i go to a bar to watch maybe if they had the national package??

justin.tv worst comes to worst

georgia v mich st. game mike patrick: "georgia is pulling a plaxico in this game...it is shooting itself"

Mike Patrick is always on the pulse of pop culture:

http://arrowheadaddict.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/jared_allen_nigros.jpg

peyman has won mvp

jason allen has won something else

update: vikings, cards still not sold out, received extensions of deadlines to blackout.

they should play each other then ppl would pay them to not do this terrible holocaust.

i know an 11 win team that somehow got left out of the playoffs who wouldve sold out in 1 sec

http://a.espncdn.com/i/page2/topstory/pg2_01022009_232.jpg

this explains everything u need to know about the playoffs.

ahahaha wow that is amazing, but the vikings thing is a mystery2me i thought they were a pretty popular team?

ice cream u soundin like bill simmons lately my doggie ;[

xpost lmao

i know an 11 win team that somehow got left out of the playoffs who wouldve sold out in 1 sec JUST LIKE BONO!

- bill simmons boston sprts guy

honestly im not that torn up abt the pats not making the cut since i pretty much i hate them and the nfl forever anyway

;_;

rong bord

lazy zing bill simmons

The Falcons, like Ellen Barkin, don't look as great from every angle.

^^^ this is an actual line from bill simmons's current column fyi guys

i think bill simmons may have JUMPED THE SHARK

fwiw i like simmons plenty when he is only talking about basketball and red dawn

hey can we take a second to get off the topic of nfl and discuss this charles barkley thing wherein he goes to some kind of bar/strip joint (unsure) with michael strahan and urkel and gets really drunk and then drives around the corner to get a blow job and gets arrested? what is that? also what do you think strahan, urkel, and barkley discussed?

i know its not really yr turf but heres an ilh thread on the topic sir charles aka the round mound of rebound

i am scared to venture past our borders

back to topic of nfl, this is an actual comment on a strib story about the vikings:

"These teams match up so well they are almost mirror images of each other. In the end it may be a coaching duel that determines the outcome."

^^^ a coaching duel between reid and childress is like a dance off between two legless men is it not??

remember when the vikes were all having group sex on a boat - aw theyre kinda lovable in their own way

LOOOL WAHT XD

remember how the vikes used to have a coach who would buy them sex boats? now they have this rat faced fool, with no sex boats.

fucking management get a clue

also btw that youtube

ice cream y u haet nfl/braek hart?

clue: something to do w/a helemtcatch

that happened like 4 years ago already

yeah we need u at least u are not a bills fan for fuck's sake.

i really appreciate u all trying to help me move past it but i think im scarred 4 lyfe

http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/43/events/pepsi-smash

how can u hate the nfl just look at this amazing experiential event they've created just 4 u

hosted by jerry o'connell, one of hollywood's most sought after talents

hosted by jerry o'connell, one of hollywood's most sought after talents
hosted by jerry o'connell, one of hollywood's most sought after talents
hosted by jerry o'connell, one of hollywood's most sought after talents
hosted by jerry o'connell, one of hollywood's most sought after talents
hosted by jerry o'connell, one of hollywood's most sought after talents
hosted by jerry o'connell, one of hollywood's most sought after talents
hosted by jerry o'connell, one of hollywood's most sought after talents

haha omg waht pepsi smash featuring ws09 covergirl rihanna - it just must be the cosmos telling me to let go of painful past seasons burdens - thx cosmos and schef!

http://i39.tinypic.com/30c0ld1.png

like you don't have joc fan site bookmarked

http://www.tasteofthenfl.com/images/stories/tom_c.jpg

i have decided to link this instead of post it because -- well, you will see why once you click. it is sfw (i mean it is from the nfl's website)

taste of the nfl.

when u see it u will shit brix :[

is that how he built this minicity

btw guize i own that nfl cookbook. it's got a lot of recipes for chili in it. and, oddly, chocolate martinis.

thats what they serve @ nfl boat orgies btw

btw there's a samsung ad on the nfl site that if you click on it, it lets you make regis philbin crank call ppl telling them to buy you a television. i have instructed the reeg to call my bf and insist i get a 55" lcd pronto (it wouldn't let me make regis say "because of the rack" so i had to get creative with the reasoning so that it would still imply "because of rack"), i am sitting here positively giddy with anticipation of this event. this is as good as that john tesh religious phone calls day!!!

o also anyone want to watch the games together in person tomorrow because i think i have some friends who are doing this.

wait he fucking lurks here why did i post that

lol pwn

i just suggest banned myself

why does everyone care if a pats fan hates the nfl

i mean i love joe and everyhting but.... more patriots fans should be like him and drop out

most of them do when the team has a little dip don't you worry about that!!!

ally i might take u up on taht and come by tomorrow if i dont have anything to do

that would be awesome, u would like these guys

why do u keep callin him joe his name is ice cream

yah who is joe????

sorry joe aka jhøshea was an old sock of mine.... ice cr?m reminds me of him

btw ally maybe i will come for gametime - webmail me yr addr - maybe i will bring delicious food but maybe just cans of beer

omg phone is ringing

regis is talking lol

http://i42.tinypic.com/34fgmk2.gif

lol thx ive been waiting for that

the look on westbrook's face really fuckin kills it

now donovan u know me and brian the whole team andy and everyone we love u thats why in fact were all gathered here to ask u to stop dancing forever

the thousand yard stare on his face when confronted with this is amazing

his eye do slightly widen - he doesnt want to see what hes seeing yet...

i imagine donovan is making chicken noises while doing this btw

CAW CAW

bu-caaaaw bu-caaaaaw

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Modest_Mussorgsky_-_pictures_at_an_exhibition_-_v._ballet_des_poussins_dans_leurs_coques_-_scherzino._vivo_leggiero.ogg

lol donovan

that was amazing

i am still upset about last season, whatever.. i can't help it.

also i would totally join you guys for football but, how about meet up again the week after? i have to work sunday!!! i was in the office today (still here) and the tv has nfl network, however i realized that most of the day, nfl network is like.. those videos for redneck nascar fans that are nothing but the best wrecks from the whole season. nfl network was basically just dudes trash talking, yelling, and all the sickest hits from the past week.

vikings, cards still not sold out, received extensions of deadlines to blackout.

ok it's not just that a certain team doesn't have a playoff game.. it's that here in DC tickets for a team that has played HORRIBLE games most of the season, always sell out, and cost over twice as much. i mean if i was in minneapolis i would immediately buy a ticket because it is an NFL playoff game, i don't even care who's in it, come on!

i would be down for meeting up to watch football all of these weekends!

lol did anyone see jeff garcia on madden nation on espn? dude looks like the biggest douchebag ever.

of course probably why he's smashing carmella decesare (sp)

everyone hates jeff garcia its unanimous

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2009/0102/pg2_g_mcnabb_400.jpg

am i not turtly enough 4 tha turtle club :(

kinda boring games tomorrow

or at least ones which don't interest me

yeeeesh...ladainian might not be playin tonight.

interesting...

otoh he didn't play vs the colts last year and sproles shredded them

or was that turner?

The Browns have continued their search process, interviewing other candidates, but sources say Mangini had a "compelling" interview and owner Randy Lerner is fascinated with him.

it is pretty sad that i recognized that screenshot as being what it is without having to watch that video.

lol steve wyche is reporting that they're keeping the roof closed in arizona to 'take advantage of the crowd noise'

SD's gonna wear the powder blues tonight tho so that's cool

nfln now running exclusive schefter interview w/shanahan - i guess he gets the denver exclusives since he wrote Romo: My Life on the Edge Living Dreams and Slaying Dragons

was someone responsible for this line in schef's wiki?

After years as a bachelor, Adam got married at age 40.

i hope he asks him about elam's books

lol

omg omg nfln is doing this behind the scenes thing following deion around in his home - HE IS RIDING AROUND HIS HOUSE ON A RASCAL

haha "rick blackman"

sry rich

marshall faulk appears to live a lonely, desolate life in a fancy hotel room

omg get me a gif of that last scene w/ the breakfast tray on the rascal!

ahaha that was incredible

i'm so glad u could share in this experience w/me johnny crunch

nfln is the gift that keeps on giving

guys my dad got tickets for the vikings game tomorrow, will this be a good game y/n

depends who you're rooting for

it'll be... a game

yea just get there 5 hrs early + tailgate it'll be good

i am not looking fwd to this bunch:

Announcers and Network: Tom Hammond, Cris Collinsworth, Tiki Barber (NBC)

argh

SO EXCITED YOU GUYS

also i don't have nfln anymore so sad i missed deion @ home :(

I can't believe they dragged Matt Millen out for the pre-game show.

This crowd is pretty quiet considering that the roof is closed.

INTERCEPTION!!

That was a pretty bad pass, Matt Ryan.

Larry Fitzgerald is fucking rad.

LARRY FITZGERALD IS SO COOL

whoa nice catch

That was an incredibly impressive drive. Edge is looking powerful today.

The footage of Fitz practicing one-handed catches was awesome.

After watching the Alabama/Utah game last night, I'm underestimating no one. Cards are on it today!

from ESPN.com:

Eric Mangini, fired Monday by the New York Jets, is emerging as the favorite to become the next head coach of the Cleveland Browns, team and league sources said Saturday.

NOOO!!! NOO!! PLEASE GOD, NO!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Romolicious is crying in her car.

I love this commercial.

Dang, that hit on Douglas was fast even in slow-mo.

Hood has been really great so far.

Except on that play, yikes.

Saturday Afternoon Jihad with the field goal!

Utah Utes score again, omg.

I am going to rewind to watch Lawyer Millol get picked.

Roddy White, u gotta catch that homie.

arizona d has completely collapsed

YAAAAAHHHHH MATT RYAN JIZZING IN YOUR ASS

ok i am gonna go cloister myself away now so i can support my bwoyz in peace~

Dungy implying he's not ready to retire yet: "I wanna do some things with young men... some hands-on things that I would really enjoy doing..."

arizona d has completely collapsed

― cindy㋡bert (brownie)

Returned to form more like.

Hi, I'm Antrel Rolle. I'll take that.

I am not sure if Jamal Anderson is angry that Antrel Rolle just did the Dirty Bird celebration after recovering an ATL fumble, or happy that someone out there is still doing the Dirty Bird.

Oh fuuuck!!!

This game is gettin' sloppy.

wtf is collinsworth talkin abt? you cant fault him for that?? its a needless 15 yd penalty~

i really don't have anything to say about this game so far

im watching impartially & this games been alright

ok, so did the super cardinals decide at some point they would do a uniform redesign, and then during training camp ordered up a bunch of generic red + white practice jerseys.. and were like "fuck it, we'll do it live"

They are doin' it live today. DRC with the pick.

I HATE THE FALCONS I HOPE THEY ALL GET EXECUTED ON THE WHITE HOUSE LAWN ESPECIALLY MIKE MULARKEY

i didn't even know lawyer milloy was still in the league, have most definitely not seen a falcons game in a couple years

why did they call a pass on that play?? jeez

arizona d totally collapsing

on matt ryan, in the endzone

okay well

i've decided i will become a soccer fan now

BYE FOOTBALL FOREVER

lol @ ref trying to grab celebratin az'er

looking fwd 2 next game but dnw 2 root 4 either team - solution is going to get more beer stat

Yeah, I was much more interested in this one than IND/SD later. SD seems to have Peyton's number, though, so I'm looking forward to seeing him get flustery.

nice ATL

i was like, on 4th down are you kidding me. cool.

cankles come back it's not over

YAGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH GAME WITHIN REACH IT AINT OVER TILL ITS OVER BABY YAHHHHHHHHHHHH

btw brownie i just noticed ur username and i approve A+++

;D

nice reverse super chardinal

well, uh, that's it probably

wow big third down pickup

every ATL defender should be shot in the face in front of their families

cankles = XTREME

god now I have to watch another super cardinals game this year

wait who is steven spock i just got back

xp god will not save u daria

that's nice for az. they've been through so much! </catholicgrandmother>

aw ade that was heartbreaking.

matt ryan's older brother is kind of scary

edge was awesome, i have to say

chargerz are doin some wacky shit defensively. id be worried theyre gonna eff themselves

peyton doesn't exactly look confused out there

chargers better answer with some points imo

Look, I like Springsteen a lot, but I wouldn't call his halftime performance "History being made."

lol but u dont know what the boss is going 2 do

Expose a pierced nipple and all is forgiven.

08 nfl season in a nutshell

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k212/jwilliamson77/Comedy-1.gif

end around to dallas clark - i approve

hahahahaha i love the intense discussion of peyton's hair

lol pats fans message board: The Unofficial Classy Bowl 2009 Discussion Thread (Chargers vs. Colts)

lol yeah i am reduced to rooting for death in this game, which has been boring as hell btw.

i've been watching the Legend of the Seeker in between plays and am strangely fascinated, like a Mangini interview

my tiny sproles

http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp127/deanofsomething/peytonsimportanthair.jpg

damn, indy caught a break there. ok another just now.

sproletariat working hard

Bummed to see Hester has been relegated to being a blocking back, but really...when you have Sproles on your team you've got to use the shit out of him.

love this FCK talk

also omg @ sproletariat

I have to say, not having Brett Favre on my team anymore has made it much easier to be annoyed with TV guys talking about Brett Favre. Bob Costas went through like five minutes of recapping AZ-ATL and SD-IND, made a gay Star Wars (not Trek) reference about the Steve Spock catch, seemed pleased with himself, and then turned to Peter King and was all, "So, what about the Gunslinger?" WTF.

Oh man Dallas Clark still has the longest run for the Colts so far?

nice use of sponge 'wax ecstatic' nbc!

God that is a song I could stand to forget. Unlike, say, "Molly (16 Candles)"

Way to go, bolts.

nice one

The battle going on between SD's defensive masking and Indy's snap timing is totally fascinating me now.

yeah i agree. that TD play was hilarious, cromartie totally unaware they snapped the ball, chargers coaches on the sideline like NO FAIR

http://bendenweyr.dyndns.org/lolnorv.jpg

what's norv gonna do here

If the Chargers get one more bad break I think it may be time for LaDainian to sit quietly on the bench with his helmet and visor on again.

like an owner who hires marty and norv in succession?

I feel like the bolts did a really nice job with both the offensive and defensive gameplans, but because they are the bolts who knows if they are ever going to execute without some kind of crippling error.

Damn look at rivers run

Hahaha the Philip Rivers scramble!

it's bizarre

still the bolts :(

wau, what?!

all that work and he throws a pick

the football gods are definitely on indy's side so far tonight

i mean, that colts fumble that wasn't, and peyton easily could've had a couple of those passes picked off, then the sproles fumble in the end zone...

oh yeah colts are playing v. poorly by their standards and sd has looked inspired, colts just getting every lucky break.

what was that, a five minute drive that netted 15 yards?

11 plays, 22 yards!!!!

Closest spot EVAR!

1st down!

rivers giving me heart attck

You would think the Chargers would be a little more wary of trying to throw the home run ball by this point.

no doubt. he's throwing into double/triple coverage too.

wow, that was big.

Colts do NOT deserve to win this game.

Wow, Mike Scifres is fucking incredible.

jesus he really is robo-punter

lol scifers' brace face. way to go tough guy

yeah, the punter A++++ this whole game. unbelievable.

does whoever wins, deserve to win? y/n

Also, before that punt, the Golden Globes commercial was the creepiest thing ever. It was basically like "Masturbate to actresses in HD!"

i know rivers is a good qb but bolts are def not at their best when going really pass-heavy.

xpost that commercial got even more wtf because the last shot was a giant nicholson face.

WOW that never happens to Manning.

I think the implication that Jack was going to try to have sex with all of this women...in HD!

WHOA THAT JUST HAPPENED.

omg

daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn. this game!

my brain aches

O_<

http://images.chron.com/blogs/askacat/hatcat.JPG

thank you for hatcat

dang look at those crazy chinese pps dance

i'm glad i'm not a fan of one of these teams i would be freaking out right now.

Oh man the Peyton Manning face!

I smell OT

Gates you GO!

why on earh would they spike the ball there?????

they have no time outs..

to have some real talk

they gotta think about stuff for a while

o god I've seen this before

Dungee timeout?!!!!!

Oh come on fucking go for it, Chargers.

oh man i'd love for them to go for it.

yeah i'd love it too GO FOR IT NORV

that spike could lose them the game, leaving too much time for peyman

Basically the Chargers have been wildly unlucky this whole game so it is entirely probable that they will lose the coin toss and then Antonio Cromartie will stare at the sideline again or something.

24

I do kind of love that before the FG--the do or die moment for the whole season--the Chargers PA tried to get the crowd hyped by playing TI's "Whatever You Like". WTF?

Also on the prior Colts possession they tried to hype up by playing "Firestarter", which is probably still effective in SD.

addai you fucknut

I did not know that happened when a team with no timeouts had an injury.

he really needed to juke for 3 extra yards in that situation

you get a 4th injury timeout, 5th = 5 yard penalty

I know it is basically impossible because teams play for FGs instead of TDs in overtime, but I would kill to see an NFL OT go into multiple quarters.

it's happened - STL-CAR was last one iirc

I think I missed that due to my complete hatred of the Rams.

(Although now that they are terrible I kind of miss saying "Gayest show on turf".)

1962 AFL CG went to 3 OT, but coin toss at start of each OT

Oh man after a certain point in like 3 OTs I would think it would turn into like a war of attrition kind of thing. Dudes would just be limping out of there.

that is some fucking deer hunter type rules situation

sproles is running wild

Jesus SPROLES.

Although if the Chargers brought back Tomlinson for the sole purpose of having LT throw it I would probably start shrieking with glee.

WOW sproles 300 APY.

way too many shots of LDT considering he will not impact this game in any way.

Gates is a BEAST.

indy gonna lose this

yeah i always forget how good gates is at getting yards after the catch.

lol @ dungy--your guys have been drawing those calls for YEARS.

lmaooooo

penalty-fest

what an idiot.

Oh man THAT is an awful penalty.

OLOLOLO

sprole-fest

good for sproles

OSPROLESILUVULITTLEMAN

sproles 23 indianapolis 17

manning bowl RIP

san diego super sproles

Hahaha the Colts do not want to be filmed right now.

A-HAW

scifres=mvp

I get a perverse thrill out of the fact that Proven Winner tomlinson had fuck all to do with that game.

sproles 23 indianapolis 17

^^^!

http://bp1.blogger.com/_ulAVxpgU9zk/SGASlPwPRUI/AAAAAAAAAdw/d0xB53l-FnI/s320/riverssuxcox.jpg

YEEEEEEEE HAWWWWWWWWW

I think Sproles basically just got franchise tagged.

riverssuxcox.jpg

Man I get the feeling that this game will be on NFL TV or ESPN Classic or something in like ten years and I will be like "JESUS CHRIST THIS GAME".

how about those morons on the colts d with those penalties? i think dungy is going to assassinate them.

i am sad even though i guess there is no reason to be.

the colts need to get themselves a running game.

http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp127/deanofsomething/ohnoindy.jpg

the lesser team won both games today...this is good

man the eagles better win tomorrow or i really will have to face the reality that teams i like are cursed.

Rivers just called Norv Turner "Norv." That's a pretty casual relationship they have there in SD.

hahah gates "obviously, praying had a lot to do with this night."

i wasnt rooting against indy but i was rooting for the chargers if that makes sense~~

anyway i will call it now everyone, SD wins superblorbs

xposts dude they better...i was thinking it would be a road sweep weekend but now i'm having doubts

about the eagles winning, not about it being a road sweep for obv. reasons

actually this does not affect the eagles game at all. lol this is what listening to madden for 3 hours will do to a man

Yeah, I like Peterson and all, but if the Iggles blow it tomorrow I might cry.

The only thing keeping me from thinking SD has replaced Denver as the best system for RBs is that Turner is still awesome in Atlanta. But Tomlinson-Turner-Sproles is just ridiculous.

pats fans all like LOL indy penalties what goes around comes around

the chargers are the team i like best in the afc now that indy's out so i'm fine with them going to the super bowl.

I'm kind of rooting for a Cards/Dolphins bowl now...for as long as its still possible.

me: btw neil what did you think of millen's interview/studio bullshit today

LB: Man. Whenever I see Dave Wannstedt on TV, my internal mental reaction is basically like one long clip of the cat from Pet Sematary hissing all demonic-like witht he glowing eyes and shit. I can only imagine Neil's reaction to Matt Millen must be like that times a factor of ten.

neil: I muted it. Fuck that guy. Any sounds coming out of his blowhole would have just made me react like a werewolf on pcp. I wish the set would have collapsed on him and then a bunch of wolves or something would have wandered in, raped his corpse and then eaten him.

Dude we should probably just officially merge ILNFL and the CKC Sports Forum. We need Neil.

pats fans all like LOL indy penalties what goes around comes around

?

almost surprised NBC didn't put up another graphic of LADAINIAN TOMLINSON after that gamewinning TD

haha i immediately thought of neil when millen started talking.

honestly though, i really hate seeing a game like this come down to three stupid penalties on one drive. of course i guess you shouldn't commit them if you want to win

whoa ebola is that u dude i didnt recognize u... i thought u just lurked man!!!

They did show a half-second shot of him looking kind of distant until some Colt came to congratulate him, then he smiled for a moment and went back to staring.

also I think I ran out of fingers and toes trying to count all the WHAT THE FUCKS I was able to lip-read thanks to the magic of HD

i think there is an ongoing conspiracy thing re: pats board about refs basically trying to mess with their team, it's pretty funny. anyway i can't believe that guy with the face mask, how hard was it to NOT do that???

I mostly just lurk because I have nothing to talk about except for sports and medical school.

honestly though, i really hate seeing a game like this come down to three stupid penalties on one drive. of course i guess you shouldn't commit them if you want to win

haha did you see the shot of Norv right after Sanders' facemask where he had this look like "oh man I don't want to beat them with FLAGS"

the chargers seemed like they wanted to win a little more all through the game, tbh, and i say this as the most ridiculous peyton manning fan ever.

also i think i've seen five or six super chargers games this season & don't recall LT having a major role in any of them.

norv being norv, as a charger fan they are lucky that choice wasn't up to him

yeah LT has had a bum year :(

MVP Awards:

1. Darren Sproles
2. Chargers Defense
3. Mike Scifres
4. Mathis & Freeney
5. Reggie Wayne
6. Peyton Manning
7. Antonio Gates
8. Antoine Bethea
9. Dallas Clark
10. Nate Kaeding

also i think i've seen five or six super chargers games this season & don't recall LT having a major role in any of them.

I don't remember any either. Most of his touchdowns have been giftwrapped at the goal line.

My ex-San Diegan friend is saying that they didn't interview Sproles after the game because he apparently has a really bad stutter. Aww...poor little dude ain't gonna get his Vizio commercial.

i think there is an ongoing conspiracy thing re: pats board about refs basically trying to mess with their team

the only pats fan I know personally sent me an email basically blaming the Commisioner for the Pats not making the playoffs

whoa yeah polyphonic your punter is sick!

FREE DARREN

okay the thing about these pats fans conspiracy theories is that the pats have won three superbowls.

mathis and freeney did have a great game.

~*entitlement*~

also i always want to pronounce scifres as 'shit fries' am i alone on this

well really i think your brownie's pats fan friend should think twice before sending such an email to a browns fan.

does shit fries have braces? it looked like he did.

Playoff wins, history:

Coryell: 3
Turner: 3
Ross: 3

i love conspiracy theories, the internets has a beautiful way of allowing self-selecting groups of people to depart, bit by bit, from facts and reality

The pats didn't make the playoffs because they blew the second jets game. And I hope to god most pats fans understand that, though I have my doubts.

does shit fries have braces? it looked like he did.

Yeah, they looked adorable.

Scifres and Kaeding are both adorable little children of the corn.

i was about to say kaeding looks like a tiny little baby!

the pro bowl should not be AFC vs NFC, it should be all the tall guys versus the short guys

polyphonic you should go on at length about how happy you are; it will make me feel better.

the pro bowl should not be AFC vs NFC, it should be all the tall guys versus the short guys

I <3 this idea

xpost but I have been watching the colts for a long-ass time and manning long ago perfected the "float a pass out of bounds and see if we can draw pass interference or d-holding" technique, so i was amused to see river successfully execute same.

sproles, jones-drew, welker FTW

Kaeding reminds me of the picture of Jon Papelbon they use in The Dugout. He should play Spies!

sproles, jones-drew, welker

Throw in Troy Smith just for funz.

I did not know until tonight that Bob Sanders was 5'8".

polyphonic you should go on at length about how happy you are; it will make me feel better.

I feel conflicted, because I don't feel like the Chargers deserve to be in the playoffs, even though I honestly think they are more talented than many other teams in the playoffs. But there are so many guys on the team who I love who played well -- Gregory, Weddle, Williams, Dobbins, Cooper, Goff, Anthony Waters, Naanee, Dielman, Hester, Bennett, Jammer, Osgood ... all of these dudes played mistake-free, impact football. When you get that kind of performance from your role players, you can overcome a horrible Rivers pass, a crucial Sproles fumble, etc.

Also, it is amazing to beat the Colts when the Colts are arguably at full strength. They got every break, and yet the Chargers just outplayed them. I think it would be hard to argue that the Colts are the better team. After all: the Chargers should have won the earlier Colts game this year, but Rivers blew it at the end.

Also, the team I'm most frightened of among the remaining AFC teams is the Baltimore Ravens, and if we play them, we play them at home.

welker

Former Charger :(

Does anyone give up on a play quicker than Philip Rivers? He must have thrown the ball away twenty times.

deserve, shmeserve.

I hope the Chargers send a playoff share to the Buffalo Bills.

there is some background information re: gloating over Indy losing because of defensive penalties. goes back to the pats-colts afc title game in 2004 when NE basically beat up their receivers, and, subsequently, colts owner polian pushing NFL re: making those calls -

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/19/sports/football/19colts.html

The National Football League eventually did, with Polian’s prodding. The following off-season, the league issued a point of emphasis edict from the competition committee about how defensive holding and illegal contact would be officiated. Since then, defenders have had to be more careful about touching receivers beyond the first 5 yards of a play. How important has that rule become? After the Colts defeated the Baltimore Ravens, 15-6, last week in a second-round game notable for an absence of touchdowns, Polian expressed concern on the Colts’ Web site that downfield contact was being overlooked.

of course, the face mask was not possible to overlook.

i think there is an ongoing conspiracy thing re: pats board about refs basically trying to mess with their team,

this statement does not compute with anyone else in the world besides pats fans and basically everyone on the pats board should be blown up? but that's just me, having watched the pats get gift-wrapped plays for F'ING YEARS. brady is nearly as bad with the phantom roughing calls as mr. manning. THIS IS MAKING ME GO >:[ the colts are douches on this front but ppl in glass houses shouldn't be throwing stones.

i love conspiracy theories, the internets has a beautiful way of allowing self-selecting groups of people to depart, bit by bit, from facts and reality

― disco is the reason (daria-g), Saturday, January 3, 2009 11:58 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i love this post btw

dar1a don't take that personally, of course.

chargers fans have a legitimate issue with that first broncos game.. didn't they have something equally ridiculous happen when they lost one or two other games?

whoa chill schef think about ur fursona

no...I AM SO MAD THAT I DON'T CARE FOR MY FURSONAS!!!>:[

i'm j/k btw guys

Rivers talking about how well liked sproles in the lockerroom, bet he actually spends every day skulking around avoiding people due to speaking disability

rivers A+ style points at his press conference for wearing a regular old t-shirt, i don't think he should try wearing a suit, ever.

rivers is such like... a jorts-wearing dad, and i mean that in a good way

god idk

wait guys what is a fursona? i missed it.

yeah i kind of love rivers's big round head; is that wrong? everyone seems to hate him.

okay i really should have been able to intuit what a fursona is

I understand why everyone hates Rivers, but he is maybe my favorite Chargers QB of all time.

http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp127/deanofsomething/reek.jpg

lol

Baltimore at Miami should be a lot of fun to watch. I love watching the Baltimore defense so much.

i like rivers, he played pretty tough in last year AFC title game even though he was injured, also, most fans at NFL games deserve to be taunted IMHO

http://i32.tinypic.com/i5ue5s.jpg
http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs10/i/2006/106/f/c/Fursona_Reference_Sheet_by_RevengeZero.jpg

sexual fursonae~

xpost

i mean at least rivers isn't jay cutler.

rivers is such like... a jorts-wearing dad

i had no idea there was a name for those, until there was a photo of jason campbell wearing them posted on cooleyblog, and the one comment was like "campbell rockin the jorts, dude spend more than $12 on your clothing"

RIvers is kind of fascinating because he seems like such a loudmouth d-bag generally, except that he is so quietly efficient playing quarterback. It is not shocking or anything that a guy who is really good at being quarterback would be essentially a giant date-rapey frat dude kind of guy but sometimes he almost seems like Ryan Leaf except that he is much much better at football, and thus less likely to fuck up and be a dick about it.

I dunno.

i think that personality type is basically exactly the classic good quarterback type.

Rivers and his wife, Tiffany, began dating in the seventh grade. They have three daughters (Halle, Caroline and Grace) and one son (Philip "Gunner").

yeah the fact that rivers has been a dad since he was like 12 is pretty endearing to me somehow

i sorta think the privers as douche meme gets more play than is merited, i blame cutler (and the broncos in general) for inciting him

Sproles attended Rolling Ridge Elementary, then Oregon Trail Junior High ... He was a star in football, earning the name "Tank," after being born at 10 lbs.

....

He graduated (from Kansas State) with a degree in speech pathology.

aw!

Mike Scifres (born October 8, 1980 in Metairie, Louisiana) is a punter for the San Diego Chargers. He was selected with the 14th pick of the fifth round of the 2003 NFL Draft out of Western Illinois University. He has twice been an alternate for the Pro Bowl, most recently as a 1st Alternate for the 2007 Pro Bowl ahead of Shane Lechler. He hit a 66-yard punt in the 2008 divisional playoff game versus the Indianapolis Colts in the Colts' victory. In the Chargers' 2009 playoff game versus the Colts, Scifres kicked a 67-yard punt, as well as two punts inside the ten-yard line. He is also known as the only active NFL player with braces.

Yeah the QB personality thing is what makes that Michael Lewis piece from the NYT Magazine about Eli Manning one of my favorite pieces ever. And even Eli Manning has a bunch of pictures where he is drunk and hanging on some blond girl.

Sproles conference! Aww man he is the best dude.

I wonder if a non-punter could even get away with wearing braces in the NFL. Even with a mouthguard it kind of seems like an invitation for horrible mouth trauma.

In January 2008, Kaeding began writing weekly movie reviews for [2]CorridorBUZZ, a daily arts & entertainment web site serving the Iowa City/Cedar Rapids, Iowa corridor.

http://corridorbuzz.com/articles/nate_kaedings_best_and_worst_seven_movies_of_2007_.htm

Kaeding's 5 Favorite Movies of 2008: Recount, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Milk, In Bruges, Religulous.

http://corridorbuzz.com/articles/view_after_reading.htm

REVIEW: ‘MILK’ DOES A (HETERO) BODY GOOD
12-08-2008 | Movies
By Nate Kaeding

http://corridorbuzz.com/articles/review_milk_does_a_hetero_body_good_.htm

i'm hetero btw

3. “I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry”
Adam Sandler, come on man. You are better than this. This film reeks of ignorance and insensitivity.

<3

"I’ve always felt inclined to support gay rights. It‘s just seemed like the right thing to do."

But when engaged in debate with numerous teammates on the topic, I would provide simple, surface justifications for gay rights thus eliciting such remarks like “they shouldn’t marry because they can’t reproduce,” or “do you want gay guys going into the bathroom with your daughter?" or (my personal favorite), “yeah, well you’re a fag.”

aw okay he's been arguing for gay rights with pro football players. <3

Lol xp I am way too slow on the c&p.

I am just saying that I would put $20 on Rivers saying one of these (and probably "Yeah well you're a fag").

Kaeding respect level was already high, but now through the roof.

I went to the opening night of a limited release showing in Hillcrest, the center of San Diego’s gay and lesbian community, to get a visceral feel for how the movie might affect contemporary homosexuals.

HE SAW IT IN HILLCREST aka the Castro of San Diego. That rules.

why wouldn't anyone want gay guys going into a bathroom with their daughter? i don't understand.

“Che” — I absolutely love it when a director just goes way off the reservation to make a film with absolutely no commercial potential. Sometimes you get “Southland Tales,” sometimes you get “Apocalypse Now.” I trust Steven Soderbergh more than almost any other director working, so if he feels he has to make a four-hour film about a Socialist revolutionary, then I’m there.

I took a furtive glance at your furtograph. You look furrific! I like adding all these fur prefixes to our furnacular.

er i didnt mean to post that

Wow this thread on Kaeding, Scifres, Sproles, Rivers makin' me hate the bolts a bit less. If they cut LDT we'd be getting somewhere.

the effect of ilnfl on my football allegiances has been such that pretty soon i won't even hate the pats anymore. it's insidious.

nobody here likes cowboys or jets, right?

i think someone is a jets fan. dave r maybe?

http://www.manningface.com/

TS: Nate Kaeding vs. Lil Wayne

jimhalpertface.com amirite?

great thread so far - keading ^____^

“In Bruges” — It is in Bruges where two British hit men (Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson) spend a few days to cool off after they knock off a priest back in London. And oh how interesting those few days turn out to be! Good luck finding a darker, brasher or more affecting comedy in 2008. There are some lines in this film that will have you shaking your head and laughing hysterically at the same time. Yet, this movie is not all funny business as it touches on grander themes such as human guilt.

Wow, Sproles really is uncomfortable when interviewed:

http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/videopage?videoId=3808828&categoryId=2459789

I'll say one thing, the Chargers/Colts matchups have always been interesting. There has been some odd plays in every one.

I still think SD biggest problem is whoever is calling the plays. I think the Chargers would have rolled if they would have just run the ball more often. I know LT was unavailable, but they were chewing up Indy on the ground and having middling luck with the pass.

also I think I ran out of fingers and toes trying to count all the WHAT THE FUCKS I was able to lip-read thanks to the magic of HD

― TOMBOT, Saturday, January 3, 2009 11:50 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

http://www.manningface.com/images/1195951341_peyton.jpg

Also this^^^ on the manningface.com site. Nice cell phone pix in ur new shades have fun in hawaii bro

good sc clip of sparano pacing the field in a suit w/ a dip bottle

oh hey I have to explain my pats friend conspiracy theory real quick it's lol- bascially the NFL moved the Jets/Dolphins game to 4 so that the Jets would have nothing to play for after the Ravens beat JAX (at 1pm) for the final playoff spot thus dooming the pats

it was all done with malice aforethought btw

thing is tho the jets never had anything to play for in the 1st place cause theyre the jets that what this theory doesnt take into consideration

sry abt the falcons canky i was rooting srsly 4 those guys :'(

did u say but the ravens/jax wuz at 4pm also u loon

bascially the NFL moved the Jets/Dolphins game to 4 so that the Jets would have nothing to play for after the Ravens beat JAX (at 1pm) for the final playoff spot thus dooming the pats

LOL did they miss that ravens/jags played at 4? i did read other conspiracy theory though, that jets got moved so mangini would throw the game to screw over the pats, or was it that pats/bills got bumped to 1pm so jets would think they had nothing to play for, assuming ravens would win

jets would think they had nothing to play for, assuming ravens would win

yes, this was it

wheels within wheels

i was rooting for atlanta too. heh, i went to 51st state for 1st half to have a guinness and a sandwich (food terrible as ever).. there is a nicer bar next door but last time i was there in week 1, tom brady, HE DIED. anyway so i walk in and there are some cards fans, and one guy rooting for ATL, he asked who's your other team.. i said redskins + pats & he's like, patriots, WTF that's not right

^pats fan

there is a nicer bar next door but last time i was there in week 1, tom brady, HE DIED.

― disco is the reason (daria-g), Sunday, January 4, 2009 12:07 PM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

lol i watched the games yesterday w/some ilx type dudes at the bar where i saw BRADY DIED

ok i feel bad, let's go back to today

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http://scoopsnoodle.com/lix/brettx.jpg

regarding that fathead scenario^ never happened btw

w✧✧✧@deads✧✧✧.c✧✧ to Joe show details 9/13/07

Ha. This is the first one of these I've liked. I might use this tomorrow. And thank you.

Best,
Will

will at deadspin dot com^

lulz. also I am an admirer of how hard flacco throws the ball

Ed Hochuli is the ref in this Miami/Baltimore game.

i was just wondering when miami would break out the lolcat

fail

guys this game is boring

yeah. i was just thinking, IMHO the all white uniforms are a good look for the fins

guys this game is boring

Yeah, kinda agree.

Please don't show close ups of Dan Henning in HD please!

d'oh. pennington took a shot on that play too

guys i just 'got' 3conomics

http://www.tmtunes.com/acatalog/paintdry_m.jpg

This game is really something.

wow phil simms this is some hard-hitting color commentary on the leeway you get to call a time out when the play clock has run down.

o_<

Spoke too soon! Ed Reed omg.

ed reed
that is all..

chad should not throw deep ever

this game has been 3conomics amirite

wait no i am not right, anymore u_u

wow phil simms this is some hard-hitting color commentary on the leeway you get to call a time out when the play clock has run down.

― horseshoe, Sunday, January 4, 2009 2:07 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

lmao

i have muted the game and decided to listen to george michael while i watch it

why even throw anywhere near that guy, seriously.

phil simms is wrong btw that was straight up a penalty and i think ed hochules should be fired immediately for his indiscretions there.

Haloti Ngata with a MONSTER block on that runback.

when jim nantz was promo-ing inside the nfl and naming the lineup i like to think that when he added "and this guy," meaning simms, he was saying it in that "this fucking guy" way.

btw i love that nantz called rex ryan 'rex reed'

I guess if any PBP guy was going to do it, it'd be Nantz (unless Bryant Gumbel is still allowed to call games), but STILL.

"father figure" is kind of a good soundtrack for the nfl, really

nfl films should get on that

Whoever first decided to put a green screen behind the announcers in the booth did not properly anticipate how weird-looking it would be.

i thinks simms just learned the word "scheme" today

simms be schemin

i guess the mentalist spends an hour giving everyone cheeky grins

i have to say i think that dude is pretty dreamy

the mentalist, not simms

"ladies i am MENTALLY undressing u" *grin grin wink wink*

yeah i remember thinkin he was pretty good lookin in the devil wears prada (lol shutup ~_~)

he is in a dumb romantic comedy with sanaa lathan that i watch on oxygen all the time. :-/ he is dreamy

http://community.post-gazette.com/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.00.21.57/mentalist.jpg
hi dere canky

dolphinzzzz vzzzzz ravenzzzzz

this extremely boring game is causing me to overshare

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0e4g6tFftE1we/340x.jpg
heloo horseshoe ty for supporting my work

omg they so didnt get that play off wares the FLAG

they should replace phil simms with the mentalist

also ed hochuli, maybe

did the nfl suspend delay of game last night?

also i support this new mentalist turn

he would use actual knowledge of football to make us believe he has some idea of whats happening in the game

i'm glad i still had this on with sound because i just got to hear the amazing unknown-to-me-til-now tail of bill cowher cheap shotting jeff fisher and breaking his leg!

http://www.nfl.com/players/jefffisher/careerstats?id=FIS435061

yah enjoyed the lol broke yr leg banter too

no really, why is phil simms?

it sounded like he just said that the dolphins are shitting blockers

Jeff Fisher as longest-tenured coach is mindblowing.

something is the mater w/this game

hey chad your team is wearing white

Pennington is really buca di beppo all over the place.

http://tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:KMEHHB0H8rvBYM:http://www.anica.com.br/wp-content/uploads/mentalist.jpg hay chad im using my powers to see how bad u suck

lol @ shot of parcells alone in a booth thinking about things, angry things

what's the over/under that parcells just gets confused and tries to call down to the announcer booth to curse out simms

that would be awesome

poor chad pennington

It's like everyone forgot how mediocre he is.

http://www.royalshockey.com/assets/sponsorship/Buca%20copy.jpg

oh honestly dolphins

I guess at least that one was not Chad Pennington's fault.

patriots wouldve played better than 5 of the 6 playoff teams weve see so far fyi nfl

It is unfortunate that Roger Goodell's velvet hammer conspired to keep them out of the playoffs, then!

look doggie i wanna see randy win one too but it's gotta be under the right conditions, ie. with cassel ridin the pine or playing for the lions and nowhere near the patriots

lol roger goodell's velvet hammer

that's disgusting

Anti-Patriot conspiracies often are.

i feel my blood boiling again >:[

let's all get off this subject and look at this

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h283/Cher_777/Cats/2573.jpg

it's a pretty fat kitten

damn i love a fat feline

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/040412/040412_fatcat_vlarge12p.vlarge.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g85/robinjade3/fat_dog.jpg

O_<

Is it me or does that kitten have very long front legs relative to the rest of it? It is like the Tayshaun Prince of kittens, to me.

this guy looks nervous
http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2008-04/xu-jirong-fat-cat.jpg

god this game is still on :(

are you fucking kidding me

crazylegs reed

guys, ed reed. seriously.

ok i have been marinating on this one for a while but i think it's time to hit the glass panel and bust it out now:

http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=129344&title=Stocky-Raccoon

OH JESUS

mauch chunk rd, PA!

http://www.modernpooch.com/archives/FatDog.jpg

how the fuck did that raccoon get so fat

like genuinely why did that happen

that dog looks sad ;_;

That raccoon is amazing.

The part with the Baked Lays was terrific.

thank you for inspiring me to watch old daily show clips rather than this game, ade. the one where stephen colbert deep-throats a banana=a+++

oh boy what a catch

That was fucken sweet.

LOLOLOL xtrapoint

wau, baltimore special teams

has a team ever won a game in which they threw an interception every play?

cause itd be pretty sweet if miami did that

lol

also this viagra comm. just said "sex" in lieu of "sexual activity", which was kinda whoa did tey just say that?

how the fuck u do that on an ex pt btw

that's been happening all of the time lately guys

i meant particularly getting so far backfield that u can block the kick while lying on the ground

um, baltimore offense. you might want to think about keeping your defense off the field for more than 30 seconds

http://i40.tinypic.com/20kor5u.jpg

what....what was phil simms just trying to say

nice play

jesus christ

My TiVo has reminded me that Pac-10 basketball is on. Priorities~

ok really miami

Man, Oregon has decided that it is going to keep sticking with the lettering of the last names on the jerseys being the same color as the jersey, just sort of shinier. Nike is just so cruel to the Ducks.

The Dolphins have gone cold in a hot town like Miami...

:[ B[

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWW

http://www.rivalfish.com/rivalroom/uploaded_images/Matt-Hasselbeck-740906.jpg

I really love Lorenzo Neal, I hope he gets hall of fame consideration.

:[ B[

A+