"I don't know why on God's Earth Tony Romo has been anointed a superstar in the National Football League." - ILNFL WEEK 4

Detroit Lions at Chicago Bears
Cincinnati Bengals at Cleveland Browns
Seattle Seahawks at Indianapolis Colts
NY Giants at Kansas City Chiefs
Baltimore Ravens at New England Patriots
Tampa Bay Bucs at Washington Redskins - I refuse to pick a winner in this game.
Tennessee Titans at Jacksonville Jaguars
Oakland Raiders at Houston Texans
NY Jets at New Orleans Saints
Buffalo Bills at Miami Dolphins
St. Louis Rams at San Francisco 49ers
Dallas Cowboys at Denver Broncos
San Diego Chargers at Pittsburgh Steelers
Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings

excellent work

I'm probably going to have to watch that Bucs/Skins game too thanks to geography. Dammit!

after a 12-4 week i'm now at 35-13

Detroit Lions at Chicago Bears*
Cincinnati Bengals* at Cleveland Browns
Seattle Seahawks at Indianapolis Colts*
NY Giants* at Kansas City Chiefs
Baltimore Ravens* at New England Patriots
Tampa Bay Bucs at Washington Redskins*
Tennessee Titans* at Jacksonville Jaguars
Oakland Raiders at Houston Texans*
NY Jets at New Orleans Saints*
Buffalo Bills* at Miami Dolphins
St. Louis Rams at San Francisco 49ers*
Dallas Cowboys at Denver Broncos*
San Diego Chargers at Pittsburgh Steelers*
Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings*

Chicago Bears
Cincinnati Bengals
Indianapolis Colts
NY Giants
Baltimore Ravens
Redskins
Tennessee Titans
Houston Texans
NY Jets
Miami Dolphins
San Francisco 49ers
Dallas Cowboys
San Diego Chargers
Green Bay Packers

Detroit Lions at Chicago Bears - Baerz
Cincinnati Bengals at Cleveland - Browns Bengals
Seattle Seahawks at Indianapolis - Colts Coltes
NY Giants at Kansas City Chiefs - NYG
Baltimore Ravens at New England Patriots - Ravens in a not-squeaker
Tampa Bay Bucs at Washington Redskins - TB Will this one be on in the NY metro area? It wouldn't surprise me if it is for some reason and the NYG is not.
Tennessee Titans at Jacksonville Jaguars - JAX
Oakland Raiders at Houston Texans - OAK
NY Jets at New Orleans Saints - NO
Buffalo Bills at Miami Dolphins - BB
St. Louis Rams at San Francisco 49ers - 49's
Dallas Cowboys at Denver Broncos - DC (Not confident pick of the week)
San Diego Chargers at Pittsburgh Steelers - PS
Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings - GBP PLS GOD

The real winner of the Bucs/Skins game is inevitably the terrorists.

i apologize in advance for even paying attention to dumb power rankings but why according to two different sites are the steelers suddenly worse than half the league? does anyone want to step up and make an argument for this? i did not see either of their losses.

cause they're dumb power rankings?

Because they're 1-2.

Miami Dolphins

― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic)

A wise man making brave predictions.

I think Henne will be pretty good with a week of work with the first team (and might actually be able to make some long passes unlike other Chad), they'll be able to use Pat White, they're at home in muggy Miami, they have a better head coach, and they're vulnerable against teams with great quarterbacks (aka maybe not the Bills).

BEASTMODE is back this week, though I'm not sure it's as big a deal now since Fred Jackson has been a badass all season thus far.

Yeah, I'm not sure Lynch is better than Jackson, as much as it pains this Cal fan to say that.

Detroit Lions at Chicago Bears - bears
Cincinnati Bengals at Cleveland Browns - bengals
Seattle Seahawks at Indianapolis Colts - colts
NY Giants at Kansas City Chiefs - gints
Baltimore Ravens at New England Patriots - ravens
Tampa Bay Bucs at Washington Redskins - skins
Tennessee Titans at Jacksonville Jaguars - titans
Oakland Raiders at Houston Texans - texans
NY Jets at New Orleans Saints - saints
Buffalo Bills at Miami Dolphins - bills
St. Louis Rams at San Francisco 49ers - niners
Dallas Cowboys at Denver Broncos - broncs
San Diego Chargers at Pittsburgh Steelers - steelers
Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings - vikes

11-5 last week, 34-14 overall

i apologize in advance for even paying attention to dumb power rankings but why according to two different sites are the steelers suddenly worse than half the league?

theyre not that bad but they have def played shitty

Santonio Holmes has caught a case of Braylon Edwards Syndrome.

for a while i thought santonio was overrated, then i was thinking nah maybe not, but now i am thinking he is again

Since everyone is posting their records, I was 9-7 last week and am 31-17 overall.

12-4 in Week 3, 37-11 overall.

i suck so hard at picking winning teams

My Dolphins are 0 -- 3, but in predicting the outcome of their games, I'm a cool 3 -- 0.

It's tooo easy.

Going 15-1 in Week 1 helped out my average big time.

it is not clear to me beast mode is better than freddy jackson, either, but i think the bills are better with both of them rotating throughout the game. on the other hand i hate the stupid bills.

Bills Fan Has Popcorn Ready, Dumps It on Terrell Owens

When Terrell Owens walked off the field after the Buffalo Bills loss Sunday at Ralph Wilson Stadium, a fan dumped a bag of popcorn on the receiver's head. On the bright side, it was about time something got thrown Owens' way.

of course, we know that he didn't mind

http://www.gerrymay.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/to-popcorn.bmp

looooollllololol

i am still so mad i am humorless about that dumb bills fan. maybe it is time to dump some popcorn on dick jauron. i really felt for t.o. during his after-game press conference.

why? i don't feel it's an exaggeration to say he was being a passive aggressive dickhead

LEAVE T.O. ALONE

whatever he was totally right; offensive playcalling is and has been bullshit in buffalo for YEARS and dick jauron shows no evidence that he gives a shit. i know t.o. is insane but it must be surreal for him playing for such a team.

xpost also rogermexico otm

yeah he was being super immature for no reason other than to attract attention to his "issues" and stir shit up - it took him three weeks to start acting like a spoiled 10 year old again

eh i am okay with him acting like a spoiled ten year old if it causes dick jauron to resign in frustration

i know their offense is garbage, i also am pretty sure they were one of the only teams that would sign him. it's not hard to say "no comment" or um NOT TALK TO THE PRESS or at least figure out how to say cliches in the tone of voice that everybody else uses.

can i just

watching the game with the saints i was so damn envious of saints' fans, who have a coach who gets all riled up when his team gets bullshit penalties called against them, actually seeming like he cares if his team wins or loses. meanwhile it's not clear dick jauron cares if trent edwards lives or dies. the commentators were like, "dick jauron acknowledges that the bills aren't going to be able to keep the saints from moving the ball up and down the field." and i was like, that's nice. how about making your players feel like you have any confidence in them at all, motherfucker?

i am sorry to be so bratty but i am so mad you guys. i'm sick and tired of being sick and tired!

imagine the inspiring locker room speeches jauron must give

no one is disagreeing that jauron is a bad coach. but t.o. is not the dude you want out in front on that discussion.

i guess, cad. i'm not really arguing about t.o. anymore, just venting. but i do feel for t.o. these days. he might have agreed to come here, but he couldn't have known what it would fel like.

also i <3 the shirt t.o. wore at the press conference

it's not hard to say "no comment" or um NOT TALK TO THE PRESS

he tried - NFL front office told him that was officially Not An Option. maybe if the press stops turning every goddamn word out of his mouth into CANCER!! he'll get a little less surly. 'til then he's gold in my book minus a couple of big drops.

also i <3 the shirt t.o. wore at the press conference

― horseshoe, Tuesday, September 29, 2009 5:29 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark

this!!!!

he is v stylish

and yeah, I wish they'd gone for it but i'm not even going to hate on Jauron yet, really. dudes came in with a good game plan and flat-out shut down Drew Brees.

it's hard to score points when your center has a broken back and is rolling footballs to your quarterbacks ankles on first and 25.

stop being so nice and reasonable!

i didn't realize he had a broken back; i had like an apoplectic fit at that point in the game.

um btw, t.o. could've said "i think the playcalling is fine, it's only week 3" - the reporters were digging for something with t.o. that they wouldn't have with another bills receiver but it's not like it's uncalled for because uh hey it's terrell owens. it's obvious that he's pissed & unhappy & is gonna explode and it's the press' job to try and get him to speak about these feelings, likewise it's t.o.'s job to have enough composure to lie to the press and move on with his life and maybe bring it up with front office people/coaching staff if he feels like there is an issue with the playcalling or who trent edwards is throwing the ball too. plenty of athletes are adept at lying to the press so they don't run themselves out of the league for destroying team chemistry. t.o. is not one of these people, he never will be, he will never learn, even tho he should, because there is a good chance that he is going to get pacman jones'd into the cfl.

:( i think it is partially mental illness on t.o.'s part for real. he should probably get treatment.

stop being so nice and reasonable!

― horseshoe, Tuesday, September 29, 2009 3:36 PM

oh lawd i'm the ILN Dick Jauron

btw I didn't know about the injury until after the game either, so I was going pretty bonkers myself.

:( i think it is partially mental illness on t.o.'s part for real. he should probably get treatment.

― horseshoe, Tuesday, September 29, 2009 5:38 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

this is 100% otm - he has a serious personality disorder

the player is the last of this team's problems right now imo

there was a moment late in the bucs game where the camera caught him staring off into space w/ a haunted look. i know how melodramatic that sounds but he just looked dead behind the eyes. he makes me sad + i think this is a particularly wtf-y time for him.

xpost otm

now you guys can join chicago bears fans in one day reminiscing about the private hell each endured during a jauron regime /herzog voice

"now"

in the Browns broadcast the two CBS guys mentioned how Dick Jauron is like one of the best coaches in the league (or words to that effect)- yeah it was Gus Johnson (and his faceless counterpart) and he's a company guy (also completely insane in his enthusiasm for all things NFL) but still

guys this actually happened, I did not dream it like I thought I did

browns ran a QB sneak on first down at midfield such is the depth of depravity this fallen team has sunk

― brownie, Sunday, September 27, 2009 4:13 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark

Can the NFL revoke rights to a franchise?

i wish NFL would take ownership rights away from dan the snyder!

i really felt for t.o. during his after-game press conference.

Don't worry. T.O. will be much happier after this week's game.

guys this actually happened, I did not dream it like I thought I did

browns ran a QB sneak on first down at midfield such is the depth of depravity this fallen team has sunk

― brownie, Sunday, September 27, 2009 4:13 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark

― brownie, Tuesday, September 29, 2009 11:28 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

Oh, it did. It did.

Detroit Lions at Chicago Bears – The Bears are already pretty banged up, but I’d hope they can win.
Cincinnati Bengals at Cleveland Browns- This game is a must win for Mangini and is usually pretty close. That being said, I think the Bengals are decent and should win.
Seattle Seahawks at Indianapolis Colts- If Seneca Wallace starts, I just don’t see how the Seattle will be able to keep up with the Colts at all. Only way is to get a bunch of turnovers. Colts all the way.
NY Giants at Kansas City Chiefs- I think this will be closer than you think, but the Giants should win.
Baltimore Ravens at New England Patriots- Interesting matchup. NE seems not nearly as dominating as promised and the Ravens have pretty much destroyed all takers. I’m going with Baltimore in a road upset.
Tampa Bay Bucs at Washington Redskins – Bucs got to beat someone, but I would think Washington can win at home as Zorn gets to keep his job for another week.
Tennessee Titans at Jacksonville Jaguars- Didn’t this game happen last week? Neither club is that hot, but I will go with the Titans to get win #1.
Oakland Raiders at Houston Texans- It is obvious that Oaktown’s QB has really slid backwards. Texans are no great shakes, but they should win.
NY Jets at New Orleans Saints- Buffalo did slow the Saints video game offense down a bit and the Jets strength is on the D. This will be an interesting game, but I will go Saints to win at home.
Buffalo Bills at Miami Dolphins- I’m not sold on the Dolphins to be able to move the ball at this point, I’ll take the Bills in a road upset.
St. Louis Rams at San Francisco 49ers- 49ers should win, the Rams are still rebuilding.
Dallas Cowboys at Denver Broncos- I just wish a singularity would open up and swallow both teams. Denver is probably going to get some humble pie and get beat by the Cowboys, but I don’t care either way.
San Diego Chargers at Pittsburgh Steelers- Both teams are underperforming- I’m going Steelers at home, but I could see Rivers having a big game and pulling it out. The Chargers will win the big game, then lose to KC on an off week.
Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings- Mommy runs into Daddy and his whore girlfriend at the party. It’s Kramer vs. Kramer (Jerry vs. Tommy) in the football arena. I’m thinking the Pack in an upset.

Last week 12-4, over all 35-13.

lombardi: So I say keep your secrets, Eric -- who cares? After Week 3 of the NFL season, you’ve taken a proud city and proud franchise and put their team in those god-awful brown pants and destroyed their hopes for success. It’s not going to get better any time soon.

gus johnson is completely insane in his enthusiasm for everything, to be fair

I want to believe that Vince Lombardi is making those statements from the grave. I want to believe alot of things these days.

Derek Anderson named the starter Sunday. I can now make my prediction for the game, which wasn't possible before because it all hinges on who starts at QB. Browns win.

god damn mangini is crazy

"Has any Browns coach ever lost the faith of the fans faster than Eric Mangini?"

^first line of an article in todays paper

it's a good question.

oh shit i read as any COACH and it's a good question.

I really hate distractions like this because it sucks the joy out of my favorite sport but there it is.

oh shit i read as any COACH and it's a good question.

― yellow card for favre (call all destroyer), Wednesday, September 30, 2009

and you're not alone!

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/joe_posnanski/09/29/mangini/index.html

honestly, i think mangini will eventually get canned and become a bill callahan/lane kiffin-type hire for a big-time college team and will then embarrass said college team in a hilarious fashion. the only coaching hire i can think of that might actually suck more than mangini is bobby petrino, because even though he's a horrible douchebag and awful coach at least mangini is trying.

it's insane that there has been such a quick and swift groundswell that mangini is like the worst coach in the history of the nfl

the water bottle thing kind of ruined him

it's all antics with this guy- always trying to fool the opposing team with grade school bees-waxery. QB sneaks, hiding the starting QB at the begining of the season, running plays that will never work to catch the other team off guard, making players run laps, fining someone for a water bottle, busing guys to his football camp.

it's all head games

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygBtqWOLE74

still shaking my damn head at qb sneak on first down. you deserve better, brownie.

i need to lie down

the browns playbook is keyed towards getting those important second and nine situations. that's when their offense really comes to life.

keep 'em guessing!

ok, enough browns talk. sorry to derail the thread. on to week 4

What the hell are you getting at here, Cardinals fans?

http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/0909/nfl.fans.week3/images/cardinals.opou-7949-mid.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSb_n2KgjqQ

"Yeah, it's frustrating. Why is it not? I feel like I'm a playmaker. I feel like I can change the game. I just do what I'm supposed to do. I run my route and hopefully the ball will be there. If not, I move on to the next play then move on to the next one."

-- Cowboys wide receiver Roy Williams on not getting enough passes thrown to him (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

Roy Williams, locker room CANCER!!11!

apparently when he thinks he's open and isn't thrown to he just stands in that spot while everyone else goes back to the huddle

Oy. The neverending parade of douchey widereceivers. How come when I miss football season I forget about all that crap (ie roy williams whining).

And apparently Randy Moss is now pining for the Vikings? LOL.

http://www.cbssports.com/columns/story/12278749

haha this article shouldn't make me like Randy Moss more, right?

this guy is a moron (and apparently has a long track record of being one)--on the radio on monday they asked belichick abt this and he said that not only is moss not a low-effort player, he got one of the three gameballs they gave to the offense on sunday.

because you think he's awesome (which he is!) or because you like the idea of bad things happening to the patriots?

um... both actually?

i like moss because he is one of 4 athletes i have actually felt privileged to watch on a boston team.

doesn't moss lead the nfl in receptions? also, i understand he played through a bad back for 100 receiving yards against atlanta. sounds like low-effort randy moss isn't too much to cry about.

That column is pretty much the definition of "haters gonna hate".

i like moss because he is one of 4 athletes i have actually felt privileged to watch on a boston team.

And the others? I assume Tom Brady is another? And if you've been there long enough (or are old enough), I assume another is Larry Bird.

brady
kg
pedro

i have vague memories of larry but can't honestly say "i was there"

I was there. I'd put him alone up top. Maybe Brady next (I loathe to admit his greatness, tho).

yeah it's funny i loved loved loved basketball when i was v. young but he retired in 1991 when i was 7 so it's all like received stories and legends. i really wish i had been around for the 80s celtics (and 80s nba in general)

Half that column is just that dude speculating on how much the Patriots are 'in theory' annoyed by Moss. *eyeroll*

As an actual receiver, I like Moss for the most part. (especially b/c he gives props to his linemen if he gets a touchdown, which I like seeing). I always assumed that his dogging was largely just an age/injury thing...he goes after what 'counts' to him as worth chasing, and just doesn't want to get too banged up doing it. I dunno though. I think the fact that he doesn't apologise for it bugs everyone more than him actually doing it.

And whatever the case, dude has MAGIC hands.

yeah it's funny i loved loved loved basketball when i was v. young but he retired in 1991 when i was

haha anyone else misread this at first glance

http://www.missouridare.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/webassets/siren.gif

I feel like I'm going to get open every play, every time. But that's not going to be the case. Those guys get paid well. I feel I'm going to win regardless, but I have to be realistic. I feel I'm going to win 95 percent of the time and they can get the other 5."

-- Seahawks wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh on he was going to do on Sunday versus the Bears, a team that opted not to go after him as a free agent (Chicago Tribune)

"He didn't say anything. I think it was 95 to 5 the other way."

-- Bears defensive back Danieal Manning on if Houshmandzadeh during the game

"Of course [the Bears] did because they won. But I was open all game. They just didn't throw me the ball."

-- Houshmandzadeh on who won the trash talking (Chicago Tribune)

DESTROYING THE SEAHAWKS FROM WITHIN

release the hounds

the houndshmandzadeh of the baseahawkervilles

what is wrong with these guys

dude dropped his first pass iirc

it's all about respect, yall

http://uploader.ws/upload/200804/Respek_Knuckles.jpg

you never hear rams players talk like this! they are well aware they are never open and their quarterback is being carted off the field

WR1 is a weird position, in many ways both glamorous and thankless. 70% decoy, 25% crash test dummy, 5% hero. of course it breeds grandiosity, paranoia, and silicosis veneria.

the best-behaved WR1 of all time - OF ALL TIME! - is Marvin Harrison think about it

ha, i like your point

it's like, you are a wide receiver. this is your chosen profession. the nature of your job is that you run around a lot and sometimes you don't catch the ball. you might get bored or tired. you might think about sex the whole game. if you are one of the best receivers in the league, you might catch 6 balls a game. but, not to scare you away, this might mean that you attract more attention than some of the other players. in a few games, you might only catch 2 balls. in the next one, maybe you will catch 8. this is called the law of averages. now, the running back will touch the ball 20 times a game, and the quarterback even more than that!! but don't get discouraged, because this is your chosen profession. you are a wide receiver. now, go run 40 yards downfield as a decoy.

^channeling dr. lou tbh

i really like this kenny britt kid at Tennessee; Collins finally has a few options to choose from! Special teams though, I can't even

hines ward still manages to have fun

true

ha I was just about to say the only reason we won't about quiet, polite Hines Ward capping a motherfucker in 2012 is because he gets it out in the running game. dudes like him and TO and Irvin who are/were built for it must get serious grins when called upon to block for real.

because also blocking in the run game or on a WR screen or whatever is also one of the few times a WR1 gets to feel like he's part of the team instead of out on an island drawing double coverage so other guys can get the ball

this is some REAL blocking folks

http://i36.tinypic.com/2117w5z.gif

he just loves the game

havin fun

that looks like the textbook definition of havin fun

mind the shoulder

mind your head. jesus.

and no, that's not supposed to be a comma.

I'd think many football fans knew going in that Mangini was not going to be the guy in Cleveland. I can see why Mangini is pulling the switch, as the guy knows he is this close to becoming the offensive coordinator for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The Browns get smoked by the Bengals this week and it is going to be on for dragging him through the streets like the Duce. Losing your shirt to the Steelers or Ravens is one thing, but allowing the Bengals to kick their ass just doesn't work in Cleveland. I guess the dude figures that if this goes down wrong it will end both him and Anderson at the same time, clearing the table for Cleveland to start over for realz.

Last year I could pickup Cleveland sports talk radio on AM skip driving home. Those are some dark and demented football fans. They make the Cinci sports talk call in guys sound like up with humanity people, which is really saying something as Cincy fans hate pretty much everything except Bob Huggins after he got fired.

Take mind, most of them hated Bob Huggins as the coach, but once he was fired-- he got jobbed and was a genius.

Is Cleveland anywhere near Oakland? Sounds like they have the same talk radio we do. Yeesh.

Hey, where do you guys find these NFL animated gifs? Is there a board somewhere that pumps them out on Monday?

^^^^ question I'm glad someone asked, cause I never would have

My co-worker is a lifelong Browns fan, and every Monday it's like wrist-slashing time. It's hard enough when you can't get something going as a team, but it sure can't help to have Mangina appearing to be openly humiliating the team every Sunday.

"Browns sport talk radio fans are a particular darkly negative group, although I did get a chuckle when the one caller said that the Braylon Edwards commercial for the 5 Hour Energy Drink with him catching the football was not truth in advertising."

This was a post I did last year on listening to Cleveland football fans on talk radio. This was pretty funny.

i got that one from canks

lol

Cleveland Browns fans are the most disgusting savages etc. Every year is another in a de-evolutionary process that will eventually produce the missing link and thus a boon to science imo.

The Browns Board is divided into Quinn and Anderson camps, brother against brother, oceania vs east asia. There's more references to homosexuality in one thread than an epsisode of Will and Grace.

I think it's too late.

i was on the phone with norma lerner today. i should've said something about the plight of the browns. i mean, i don't know what i would've said. but i still feel i missed an opportunity there. i could've been the one voice that made the difference.

reach out, change a life

sometimes team specific message boards have gifs, ive found some by searching sites like tinypic.com and photobucket.com .. if you search by player name b/c it's more specific & then check the 'most viewed' category, you might find something good

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh5/vikessteel/FrerotteConcussion.gif

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u237/pacas_bucket/aztec%20art/4qgju68.gif

aw jeez... Leodis out for the season

http://www.buffalorumblings.com/2009/10/1/1065070/bills-place-cb-leodis-mckelvin-on

hey here's a weirdly-written article about how rashard mendenhall sucks!

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4525049

ten bucks that article was written by a disgruntled fantasy owner

http://espn.go.com/boston/columns/blog?post=4525323&name=reiss

Former Patriots linebacker Junior Seau was in town Thursday as part of his upcoming television show "Sports Jobs with Junior Seau", which will air on Versus starting Dec. 2. Seau was serving as an equipment manager for the Washington Capitals and rode the Zamboni between periods of the team's road game against the Bruins.

<3 junior seau. good to know what's going on, dc people on the twitter were like 'hey junior seau is driving the zamboni at the caps game' which seemed a little strange

let him be GM for the browns amirite

;_;

i'd like to see a browns game where after a braylon drop, webster slaughter just stands up from his seat, says "ENOUGH!", rips off his suit to reveal a browns uni underneath, and runs out onto the field.

you guys are having a good conversation and imma let you finish but i really hope the packers just humiliate the vikings on monday. or beat them so badly that, had the vikings been a team capable of feeling humilation, they would be humiliated, i mean.

noooooooooooooooooooooooooo

xp i think any1 not a minnesotan can get behind that sentiment

hate u

(but also kind of hate Favre)

(argh)

i think aaron rodgers should just rip brett favre's still-beating heart out on the 50-yard-line and i don't care if i have expressed that exact sentiment on ilnfl before

then he should eat it, to ensure that the beast is killed

wouldn't he risk then becoming favre? he needs to throw it into a volcano

after a long (playoff) journey

http://www.theonion.com/content/files/images/Packers_Vikings.jpg

freeze it in carbonite

guys, you can never take away brett's heart. he just loves the game too much.

this was linked by simmons today, and it's pretty incredible. this dude airs out zorn & the skins a few days after they initially hired him over guys like schwartz, rex ryan & mcdaniels but goes off specifically on the fact that they didn't hire singletary. simmons called it something like "one of of the greatest crystal ball moments of the past 25 years" (or something, you know how he is) and he might be right

http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/2008/02/11/jim-zorn-to-the-redskins-probably-the-worst-nfl-hire-of-all-time/

interesting that he wasn't well liked in seattle. my connection in the redskins' org feels similarly or so i'm told.

I am a big Kawakami stan. He is my favorite writer on the Raiders and Warriors.

I love the Ravens, but am a little apprehensive about all the hype this early in the season.

If the Ravens beat NE this weekend, I will officially be on the bandwagon. Until then, its too soon.

It's so exciting that they have an offense now!

I am getting on that bandwagon

looooooooooooooool

Brady Quinn's potentially costly benching has a variety of causes, but one unnamed offensive Browns teammate boiled it down to essentials to ESPN.

The teammate said Quinn was "probably too careful and definitely too mechanical."

Essentially, Quinn is playing it too safe on a team that requires some risk-taking. Quinn's completion percentage is high, but he was taking too many sacks and almost never looking down the field.

We have our doubts that Derek Anderson will be better, but Quinn has to be wondering what he's done to get called out twice in one week. The rapper Common, still trying to regain his Be-era mojo, also piled on Quinn at a Cleveland House of Blues appearance this week.

During a freestyle, Common rapped that he "Won't mess up like Brady Quinn."

Which is pretty awesome considering Quinn was in the crowd with a few teammates.

At least Common, unlike the teammate, had the decency to go on the record.

amazing

in other news, chicago has lost its fucking mind:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/chi-30-morrissey-jay-cutler-sep30,0,315321.column

ARE JAY CUTLER AND TOM BRADY ONE IN THE SAME? IT'S PROBABLE, ONE IS A SQUARE-JAWED FINESSE QB WHO USES MODELS AS BABY INCUBATORS REGULARLY, THE OTHER IS A DIABETIC WHO CRIES A LOT. MUCH LIKE CLARK KENT AND SUPERMAN.

tho the implied suggestion that cutler should be shot with a tranquilizer gun, regularly, like a leopard (?) is accurate.

The standard thinking is Cutler is the second coming of Brett Favre and thus must be given room to use all his considerable talents. That means big risks, big rewards and lots of excitement, some of which the Bears could do without. But after the last two games, he looks more like the second coming of Tom Brady.

And wouldn't the Bears rather have that?

haha so cutler is, by conservative estimates, somewhere within the spectrum of brett favre to tom brady, brett favre being the lower limit

picked a great photo too

http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/photo/2009-09/49557213.jpg

http://cdn.ksk.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/brady-cutler.jpg

same guy.

The surprising thing has been Cutler’s ability to make the delicate pass. No one told us a cannon could dispense velvet projectiles.

it's weird, how no one ever told you this incredibly gay thing that makes no sense.

hahahaha

god cutler looks so much like val kilmer in that photo

No one told us a cannon could dispense velvet projectiles.

welp, i think we have a week 5 name right?

http://deadspin.com/5373616/is-jay-cutler-the-next-tom-brady

^^^ this is my fault. everything i vaguely breathe upon turns into schefterblog eventually.

plz explain

i specially requested that post be written, to one of the writers working today, to amuse myself. i didn't expect them to go for it but hey!

word

guys i don't follow nfl or anything but i like these threads and miss canks :(

No one told us a cannon could dispense velvet projectiles.

welp, i think we have a week 5 name right?

― autogoon delight (J0rdan S.), Saturday, October 3, 2009

dunno but I already renamed all my fantasy teams and had to think long and hard and velvetly about the ol' screen name

plus also cankles was the heart and soul of the team imo

yes, why doesn't he just come back with a new username and hide here? we suggested this last week, our little anne canks. we should really be doing more.

thot he was IP banned ????

u_u i don't keep up with these things anymore. am i allowed to ask what happened or does that result in a ban or whatever for talking about those who are not allowed to speak for themselves?

he got sb'd again

it's weird, how no one ever told you this incredibly gay thing that makes no sense.

― everyone kills people (the schef (adam schefter ha ha)), Saturday, October 3, 2009 3:33 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i just want to say, i love you ally.

i miss ade so much and it's only week 4 ;_;

I thought about him while watching Georgia play today. The tears fell like rain for our perfect, golden canks.

ILNFL 2009

http://inyourface.freedomblogging.com/files/2009/09/cankles-450w-pre-post-dailymail.jpg

stop bummin me out

I sporadically post at another board where Ade is an admin, and this week I changed my name to "Anne Cank".

^^^ hero

also link plz

the before and after are different ppl -- check the lack of ankle bracelets. WHERE'S THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE.

Velvet Projectile = Ryan Mouton's new nickname

http://deadspin.com/5373855/eli-manning-signed-his-work-in-dallas

dude is a hero, can we all agree to love him now?

OH NO U GUISE

Jax game blacked out, but they're not giving me Ravens/Pats! It means I HAVE TO watch Bucs/Skins.

Braylon with a drop. Browns go three and out after blocking a field goal. goddamn

browns time of possession in the first quarter = 52 seconds

:(

My friend who is a Bears fan just made this his Facebook profile photo: http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs268.snc1/9528_163705416672_666106672_3195652_5917226_n.jpg

Sadly I have not seen Langsty much at the Crush Kill Crush board since last week. Mostly it is just dead now, unless the conversation is about judo.

Also, Joe the Flacco is pretty awesome.

cribbs!!

:) CRIBBS WITH A BIG RETURN

GO FOR IT PATS

me otm

no doubt.

OMFG!!!!

fumble returned for TD. 14-0

only the browns

it can't get any worse imo

i mean c'mon!

it can't get any worse imo

Wait until Mangina's contract gets extended.

ok yeah tom brady do not run into ray lewis

TOUCHDOWN
ok maybe do run into ray lewis, that worked out ok

oh, brownie

there's some weird acoustic issue at the fedex field during the broadcast, so that it constantly sounds like there's an airplane taking off. i wonder if this is a conspiracy by dan the snyder so people can't hear the fans booing the redskins again. (campbell picked off TWICE already)

also i didn't know what to think about NFL having players wear pink shoes/gloves/etc this week, but that shade of hot pink looks pretty good, at least on all the teams i'm watching right now.

3RD DROPPED PASS JESUS

what's the occasion? xp

some breast cancer awareness/fundraising thing. i wish they'd change all the NFL gear that they make for women in that awful baby pink to schiaparelli pink

oh no.. one of the ravens linemen got clocked pretty good.. top of his helmet hit joe the flacco in the back.. still lying on the field. he's moving though. ugh

Oh man, Ravens lineman might have suffered a spinal cord injury. I hope not, but the replay made it look like he accidentally went head-first (and possibly with his head tilted down, which is the most dangerous position) into Joe Flacco's back.

tying him to a stretcher :(

er, strapping him

Oops xp. At least he's got feeling in his legs and hands, apparently.

:<

CRIBBS

23 year old kid from maryland. horrible. just a freak accident too

You spine-board a dude anytime he is down and there might be the smallest chance that his neck is hurt, though. (They will usually reinforce this during emergency training by talking about how some guy somewhere broke his neck but felt fine, so they let him go, and then he turned his head and immediately died.) So hopefully they are just being overly cautious.

;___;

xp yeah hope so

He looks alert, at least. Hey, now the kid from the Blind Side is at Left Tackle!

that movie looks bad

BROWNS SCORE BROWNS SCORE

MASSAQUOI

FUUUUUUUCK UUUUUUUUU

Seriously, I never really understood why comic book people used to get all butthurt every time some shitty comic movie came out that totally bastardized the source material, and then I watched the trailer for the Blind Side movie. It physically pained me.

ok then

HEIDEN

C-L i was unaware that blind side was based on a true story! it just looked like a typical post-Crash inspiring race movie

k.k., more here:
Michael Lewis piece on the evolution of the left tackle in Sports Illustrated this week

Seriously drop whatever you are reading and read the book. It is AMAZING.

<3 ELI

leigh bodden INT joe the flacco
sweet

thx guys

I am pretty sure that Ryan Leaf was a better quarterback than JaMarcus Russell is.

pats secondary upgrade in the offseason has worked out amazingly well so far. really enjoying this game. meanwhile apparently fans are so pissed at the redskins they even booed the 2 minute warning

so chris johnson is literally the only player on tennessee then?

Tennessee is the best 0-2 3 4 team in football.

my god am I watching a competitive game after that 1st quarter?

harbaugh just got flagged for unsportsmanlike XD

^____^

DA picked off on 3rd & goal

redskins scored a touchdown. and had the point after BLOCKED.

woah, what? how did that just happen? i guess they scored another touchdown just now.

D. McFadden - 4 rush, -8 yards

so sad

TD

yeah i bet he sees felix jones running all over the place during cowboys games and cries slowly for hours

xp

ZOMG Bengals without a 1st downs since the 1st Q

Oh man, Jim Nantz just jinxed the Patriots into fumbling, and the Ravens recovered for a TD.

O_O ugh brady just lost a fumble -> touchdown bmore

he did jinx them! faulk coughed it up on the kickoff which never happens, bodden recovered, but.. idk, he just got blindsided by suggs right there

fumble recovered
BROWNIES ON THE MARCH

CANNOT STOP US

CHEST BUMP FLU AWARENESS

RANDY MOSS <3

WASH YOUR CHEST

i knew massaquoi could be a baddass in the nfl, but being drafted by the browns killed all my expectations. well done muhammad.

man Palmer throws some rainbows

massaquoi is looking really sharp

flacco_O

CRRIIIIIIIIIIBS

CRIBBS yet again!

damn had to settle for the 3 points- this game should be out of reach for the Bengals and I can't believe I'm typing this

AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH

BLOCKED XP

I'M BREAKING DOWN

20-20

Cundiff bringing it today too

stuff just got weird @ new england. how does baltimore have a challenge? did they not lose a challenge not too much earlier?

;_; Raiders ;_;

They didn't challenge anything before that Kevin Faulk catch, so they still had their second one left. I just didn't think you could challenge an illegal motion call, since it's presnap. Oh well, it means nothing anyway.

they challenged whether or not he was down in bounds & got the first down.. i think

overtime.

HERE WE GO

didn't the titans used to be good or something?

Ray Rice is a talented dude.

PATS <3 defense steps up! YAY

NFL Redzone Live is so fucking awesome.

now what i would really like to see, is the flying dawkins pick off three or four romo passes

could this be a tie

ARRGH! What a great game, with a horrible ending.

thnx fr a gd game brownie(s)

alright like, can we just put a moratorium on analysts getting hard dicks over quarterbacks throwing blocks on running plays. like, kyle boller did it last week, i don't think it's that big of a deal anymore. chill out.

well, that's the way it goes

lol @ mark sanchez

;_; (He's my ilnfl fantasy qb)

(not all bad, though, because the Saints are my ilnfl fantasy defense)

The Saints are fucking scary.

Also, LOL @ Jim Schwartz "That was the worst half of football I've ever been associated with."

Feeling pretty good about picking the Dolphins this week...

I went with da bills. :(

Way to really stick your self out Miles Austin...I realize Romo has been pretty much slobbered on by the media and now they are going back on him, but the Cowboys wide outs are a bunch of alligator armed sallies.

alright like, can we just put a moratorium on analysts getting hard dicks over quarterbacks throwing blocks on running plays. like, kyle boller did it last week, i don't think it's that big of a deal anymore. chill out.

― autogoon delight (J0rdan S.), Sunday, October 4, 2009 4:56 PM (1 hour ago)

JADED INTERNET POSTER ALERT

haha it's just super overplayed is all. i'm not even talking about favre.

broncos rbs: 6 catches, 64 yds
broncos wrs/tes: 5 catches, 49 yds

I watched the Colts/Seahawks and Bengals/Browns.

The Colts game really wasn't as close as the score indicates. Their drive right before the half was a crusher. They went 76 yards in a minute 22 for a TD. Totally crazy, even for the Colts. Robert Mathis is a beast and probably a bit slept upon in the shadow of Freeney, who also had a nice game coming off the bench. Seahawks really couldn't run on Indy and goes with Arizona for not really keeping on trying to get it done. Unless you have Brady or Rivers, you are not going to win a shootout with the Colts.

Browns D looked somewhat respectable. I don't know why they don't use that Cribbs guy more on offense, as he is obviously a way better athlete than most of their skill players. Maybe he has stone hands, I don't know, but the dude is fast and built like a tank. Bengals recievers dropped ALOT of balls. That run in OT by Palmer was pretty gutsy and it worked. Bengals are kind of ugly but it is working. Thing is that i don't know if they can get over the Ravens and Steelers in the long run.

What the heck happened in that Bears and Lions game? I look at the numbers and it doesn't really add up to a Bears 24 point victory.

Bills - lots of luck...they don't seem to have a plan do they?

The block thing will lose its luster when say Ben Roffles separates his shoulder throwing one.

so if kellen clemens was playing today the jets would be winning like... 13-3?

Against all reason and for no good purpose, the Dolphins may sabotage their perfect season today.

Also, LOL @ Jim Schwartz "That was the worst half of football I've ever been associated with."

he also said somethin like 'their trainer was even better than ours that half"

diggin the pink brim, rexy

i like it. i mean, who knew that every single NFL uniform would look sharp when accented with hot pink?

broncos colors look completely great with hot pink. seriously, they should just keep this extra color.

San Francisco DEF is totally for real today too (though overperforming against the Rams isn't the hardest thing to do).

sooo glad I picked them up this week - 40 fantasy points atm.

40!? holy shit

what the hell with the Bills

saints colors + hot pink is also a win. and the patriots. super cardinals should add hot pink, they don't even have another color really. i wonder what the players thought about it? because at first i thought oh god, that baby pink color is hideous, then i saw what color they were actually wearing & it really looks great. they should have the option every week to accessorize with the hot pink.

wow, saints *defense* looking great. coordinator: gregg williams, who was at washington & afaik a lot of the players were pushing for him to get hired as head coach after gibbs left, but nooooo, dan the snyder had other plans

#1 awesome catch
#2 bengals are worst uniforms in the league normally but bengals tiger stripes + shocking pink is fantastic IMHO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g27A7_xLPjo

what the hell with Brandon Marshall

cowboys tackling = HORRIBLE. excellent :)

40!? holy shit

ended w/ 42

niners are a playoff team this year woo

Michael CrabWHO?

ya srsly

man this dallas game is something

That was a hell of a play by Romo on that 4th & 3. I want OT, so it will take it up closer to the next game.

played against the niners' d this week ;_;

haha that is a pretty good reason to want OT, and I would agree w/ that if it weren't the dallas cowboys

w0w next week is BROWNS @ BILLS

dalolas cowboys

lol

Hurd did his best Romo imitation in the endzone.

Niners AND Broncos are playoff bound.

aww. love watching denver win this game.

lol @ the cowboys!!!

<3<3<3

I know I am supposed to root against Denver but LOL

Dallas and the Redskins have the same record.

Hot pink was looking awesome today all over the place.

Romo too good to wear hot pink anything (unless it's hidden in his pants, the jerk!)

i mean who knows what happens after this, but.. terrible defense last season, hired 33 year old coach, got rid of cutler, marshall's pissed, all signs pointed to disaster, and now they are 4-0. <3 NFL

thread title eerily prescient

i can't even tell you how much i love the pink.
next week is afl throwbacks so it's pat patriot instead of more hot pink, sadly

gree heee heeee @ this week

The Cutler love-in took another step after that helicopter run into the endzone today.

Cutler was pretty awesome today, as much as it pains me to say.

schefter:

Barring unforseen, Patriots are expected to sign veteran 40-year-old LB Junior Seau this week.

But he's got a tv show to do!

You guys, Bob Costas is pushing 60 and having a hard time hiding it.

rodney harrison asked about ray lewis' comments and is like let the guys play! it's football! i hate this! they protect the quarterbacks too much!

orton is like when you get a rental car and it gets you there but youre going "psshhh who the fuk would buy one of these srsly?"

lol

these last few plays have been hilarious. you can tell that al michaels was getting ready to gush about how BEN is making plays & scramblin & bein amazin and then he almost threw a pick to the d lineman and then fumbled but recovered it

love how espn's all romo romo romo until like the 15th paragraph and the one and only kyle o (20/29, 243 yds, 2 td, 0 int) mention

http://scores.espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=291004007

k i didn't really see any of the dallas game but romo is really fucking me over in my two-qb league. he used to at least put up empty stats--how is it that he has regressed this much?

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/6531/im003737qa0.jpg

romo hasn't regressed so much as he is no longer having any good moments where like some awesome receiver picks his erratic ass spiral out of space and runs off to the races with it! the sack and int #s are not really any worse than they were last year so far.

also lol @ romo getting sacked. one day, someone will beat the giants single game sack record and whoever that team is will be playing against tony romo, wherever he ends up.

god i just hate to believe that throwing to t.o. should make any kind of difference

i mean, who knows what it is. i want to say that they have no receivers (which i basically believe is true) but then again... the giants are romping teams with steve smith, mario manning(ham) and hakeem nicks. so maybe it is romo. they have three really really good rbs too.

i would def take the giants group over the cowboys wr's. i lol'd really hard this week when someone on tv said the problem with roy williams is that he's not very athletic.

mario manning-trap-go-ham

roy williams is not very good

steve smith is actually an excellent receiver in fairness, but yeah a lot of it is romo! he's just not very good! he's completely undisciplined, he looks panicked nearly every play. sports media keeps fronting with this "the cowboys are the most TALENTED team in football, but..." nonsense because it's actually not true and it's causing smart ppl to be confused by their shitty performances.

also speaking of sack magnets wtf ben roethislibertygers.

>:(

^^^^xxp

i think they should put martellus in routes WAY more often...but i <3 seeing them lose so hope they dont

yeah i guess what i'm saying is that everyone thought that the giants were gonna have issues this season w/o plax, but their non-big name receivers are actually pretty good. like, the cowboys & giants aren't that dissimilar but the giants offense is just way better. it's gotta be romo.

You guys, the NFL missed a great opportunity to play with pink footballs today.

maybe it's coaching -- i don't think romo can handle playing qb for dallas, mentally

Who do the Cowpokes have behind Romo on the depth chart, anyway?

oh it's def coaching at least at the head coach level. i think romo's career is v. different if he and parcells spend a couple seasons together somehow

yeah and it's quite possible that jason garrett isn't all they thought he would be

I'm not sure that Romo is really the major problem. I think the bigger problem is their O-line is old and slow.

i was thinking that exact same thing earlier, pink footballs.
i am really obsessed with finding some shocking pink gloves now.

http://i33.tinypic.com/vg7c5e.jpg

Remember when SD seemed to be completely loaded? Maybe the injuries are more key than let on, but they definitely are not that hot now.

serious question: am i the only person who is actually appalled by the pink? a) sorry guys, but i think it looks hella stupid, especially on the steelers right this second, because it clashes so bad with that mad ugly yellow. on some teams it looks better than others, like i imagine the raiders looked amazing, but, like, the giants? it just looked like they done threw their caps in the wrong wash cycle and the red got all screwed up. b) um, how much money was wasted making these special pink hats for the coaches and players that they could've just donated wholesale to cancer research?

i am enjoying the ribbons on the ref hats tho -- that is hilarious.

xpost i could get behind pink footballs, they'd be so much easier to see too.

i think that the majority of san diego's players are actually made out of glass is the problem with that team.

i like the pink with steelers yellow. i really haven't seen any bad use of the pink today. i also like the idea of elsa schiaparelli designing uniforms for the bengals because she invented animal prints & was known for use of this particular shade of pink

sorry this is stupid, but i have been looking at photos from all these fashion weeks and nothing has really struck me (though i still like the balenciaga) and then it is like THANK YOU NFL, this is a good fashion moment, it's too bad i am not a bengals fan because i want a tiger stripe jersey with shocking pink.

Earlier in the week, Ochocinco said he was going to wear every pink accessory he could put on his uniform. If he got fined, he'd match the fine with a donation to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. <3

yes

he had a pink mouthpiece

I love the pink with the Steelers uniforms. It's the only thing that isn't making me sad about this game. It's like putting a party hat on top of a puddle of mud.

It's like putting a party hat on top of Puddle of Mudd

ochocinco today

O_O at rodney harrison

A happy Chad O is one of my favorite things in all the NFL.

going the tiki barber route apparently

rodney just doesn't care. not like brady called the penalty!

according to his twitter ocho is at a restaurant in cincy buying dinner for fans that show up

i LOVE the pitt throwbacks

Rodney Harrison has undone every bit of ill feeling I had towards him since he has begun his TV career.

LOL @ harrison
'tom brady, if you're listening, take off your skirt and put on some slacks, toughen up'

eh tbh it was kind of a bitch move by brady to react the way he did

C-L otm

eh lost in all of this is that pats d-lineman mike wright grazed flacco's face on a sack and got the same penalty

wtf is drew brees wearing?

What would have made the Ochocinco picture even better is if the league allowed pink facemasks.

I do not like the Steelers or Chargers with the pink, though. Something about yellow + dark blue/black + pink doesn't work as well as it did with like, the Patriots. If the Chargers were wearing the powder blue it might be pretty awesome, though.

santonio holmes
how great is that color! i want those gloves

it just makes me happy, it's like some kid took out a neon highlighter and colored on the entire NFL

welcome to the mid 80s

tony romo's career has the exact same plot arc as one of those movies where a con man steals a dead man's identity and then shows up in the town the dead man was headed and he realizes everyone thinks he's the dead man, aka the tough guy who's supposed to save the town from this evil bunch of violent thugs. at first he gets by on luck, like one of the thugs chases him down and the con man accidentally spills some grease on the floor while he's running away and the thug slips and breaks his neck, and everyone looks at the con man and they're like, "WOW YOU'RE GOOD!" and all he can do is grin cockily and say behind that gritted grin, "jesus christ if these people ever find out..."

right now we're somewhere near the end of act two (act two ends with the realization finally dawning on the townspeople and their hopes being dashed)

black + yellow + hot pink is a serious good look imo

GUYS, especially bills fans:
http://twitter.com/thurmanthomas
http://twitter.com/DarrylTalley

these two are HILARIOUS, they are VERY UPSET with the modern day buffalo bills.

i think there should be a diff neon accessory color every week

Tune into SD & Steelers. This is how football is supposed to b played.
about 1 hour ago from Echofon

so is today the day when we can put to rest the idea that trent edwards is a good quarterback?

http://twitter.com/thurmanthomas/status/4613260887

peter king will never let the dream die

uh okay hold on xp

This game is so bad I'm actually paying attention 2 my wife right now.. More like staring at her breasts

lol

thats how twitter is supposed to b played

The Chargers are made of marshmallow. I never realized it before the pink accessories, but they're a whole team of peeps.

norv turner is so dreadful

he definitely looks like what happens when you microwave a peep

LOL for real ^^

norv turner is so dreadful

He's a classic coordinator. The nice guy who you want between the players and the head coach. But you don't want him as the head coach. See also, e.g., Dave Wannstedt.

other twitter updates: chad ochocinco announced on twitter what restaurant he was going to and invited anyone in cincy to join him, and is now posting photos and hanging with everyone who came from twitter.

this game sucks btw and i'm just tryig to pretend it isn't on.

so who's the asshole that had chad buy him a $27 steak

http://web9.twitpic.com/img/34141620-df67130674934af4a1097af53c4f1ce4.4ac95a77-full.jpg

this guy is the best

SO MUCH <3

lol white people btw

i think i'm gonna move to cincy

i know!

wow he is kind of a beautiful person

this kinda stuff is y i own a chad fathead

That guy crouching in the front looks like Philip Seymour Hoffman - 175 lbs.

i like how they keep replaying super bowl highlights because this game is so boring

when are these idiots going to learn to fall down once they can't go forward anymore

Al Michaels, you can say "that'll make it a ballgame" all you like, but we both know it's not true.

i really dislike listening to chris collinsworth

It is kind of troubling me how jazzed up Cris Collinsworth was about Hines Ward dropping his shoulder there, since if the helmet-to-helmet contact on that play was any squarer, somebody was gonna get a concussion.

Although watching that contact did remind me to look for news about Jared Gaither. He got discharged already, which is awesome. Plus he was apparently too big to fit in the MRI machines at Mass Gen!

Um how the hell did the chargers get back in this game! amazing.

Dammit, are the Stillers going to give this away to the San Diego Peeps?

they returned a fumbled punt for a td and got an onside kick

xp

very intersting now

Oh noes Pittsburgh.

no jordan i mean i saw all those things but i am still stunned by them, this is a houston oilers '93 playoffs level collapse IMO

holllllleeeee sheeeit.

San Diego saved all their touchdowns for the 4th quarter? If Stillers lose this, Tomlin will FITE his whole team on Monday.

the steelers have been falling apart 4th q all season but 28-0!

schef, i don't know! i've been sitting here the whole time like zzzzzz this is so boring and all of a sudden it's 35-28. well actually the same thing happened to the steelers team, so that is probably how.

It's not as bad as when the Bucs blew that big lead to the Colts, as that was 3 TDs in like the final 4 minutes, but this is pretty bad.

How are the Chargers in this game if, midway thru the 4th quarter, Rothlesberger has 311 yards passing to Rivers' 250, and San Diego's running game has a total of 16 yards gained?

Of course, it only works if SD defense can actually tackle someone.

hahaha, "DONG!"

hahaha a friend of mine told me a story this weekend of the first time she ever made out in high school and apparently the boy who she was getting hot & heavy with suddenly poked her (like with one finger) straight in the nipple and said "DING DONG" and that is what "DONG!" just reminded me of and I wanted to share.

yeah what was that

oh no, norv turner has to manage this situation

LT yelling at the defense to show some heart is some serious pot-kettle shit.

the sentiment isn't, but coming from him it totally is

San Diego D should all turn and flip him the bird. Or one runs off and asks him to sub for them.

Quentin Jammer all yelling some shit about Vizios.

LT is a dude whose perception has really changed in a couple of years. Dude used to be like saint football or something, then he fell apart twice in a row in the playoffs getting hurt, had that odd exchange after they choked against NE and it all went sour.

wtf happened here? i left 2 watch mad men @ 28-7! did philip rivers go all philip rivers?

LOL @ LL Cool J

hahaha

The real Chargers returned to the field. Cylon Chargers have left the building.

what the hell was that game

i'm glad it brought me closer to darryl talley finally, but still, what the hell was that game

ugh

It was typical Sunday night WTFness.

Colts/Titans next week should be a snoozer, but for some reason I expect it won't be.

So painful with Collinsworth and Michaels playing 'CHoose Your Own Adventure' on every fucking play. "What if they get in a spaceship and go to the moon on this down, Cris. What's your next move?'

http://imgur.com/LuouN.png
http://imgur.com/LuouN.png
http://imgur.com/LuouN.png

ALLLL PHILIP RIVVVVVERSSSSSSSSS!

the funny thing about that game is that since it went so long CBS just ended up showing the end of it iirc

cuz i remember him going ALL PHILIP RIVVVVERSSSSSSSS even tho i don't have directv

Yeah, I def remember watching it... but I see the Bucs games every week, so it's not out of the ordinary here.

red zone channel makes direct tv ttly unnecessary anyway

pretty sure that at least a couple times today i witnessed offenses making that decision to get on a spaceship and go to the moon, i mean i watched giants-chiefs and then alternated between jets-saints and cowboys-broncos, i'm certain that at the very least that was rex ryan's playcall on that bizarre sanchez endzone fumble.

I'm afraid of the redzone channel. It looks kinda seizure-inducing.

hahaha harrison explains the afc west
"you look at kansas city, they're in rebuilding mode, you look at oakland.. they're the oakland raiders"

I don't get red zone, because Brighthouse and NFL hate each other so much.

i could not actually watch redzone channel last week in that saints-vikings bar, it was too much. if instead of red zone highlights, there was a channel that was just hilarious sacks and safeties, i would watch that though.

chris collinsworth is like a combination of jay leno + steve doocy

65 TOSS POWER MOON

Just Oakland being Oakland ;_;

hahaha a friend of mine told me a story this weekend of the first time she ever made out in high school and apparently the boy who she was getting hot & heavy with suddenly poked her (like with one finger) straight in the nipple and said "DING DONG" and that is what "DONG!" just reminded me of and I wanted to share.

― everyone kills people (the schef (adam schefter ha ha)), Sunday, October 4, 2009 11:20 PM (25 minutes ago)

lmao

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i dunno but this is what came to mind when i read "65 TOSS POWER MOON"

that turned out perfectly i think - i wanted it to end up as an exciting game, but seeing norv, LT, and rivers lose was great

^district 9's chris johnson xp

i actually have tears in my eyes over warren ackbar, i need to maybe take some nyquil and go to sleep

haha daria

GUYS, especially bills fans:
http://twitter.com/thurmanthomas
http://twitter.com/DarrylTalley

these two are HILARIOUS, they are VERY UPSET with the modern day buffalo bills.

― everyone kills people (the schef (adam schefter ha ha)), Sunday, October 4, 2009 10:09 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

thank you ally this is how i plan to survive the season!

also i hate the modern day buffalo bills.

seems to me that ray lewis crying about calls that didn't go his team's way is way more pathetic than the officiating he's complaining about. and if he really doesn't understand why a qb is more protected by the rules than he is then he is dumb as well whiny. lost respect for that dude yesterday.

tbf, that was NOT roughing the passer

neither was the call on patriots d-lineman mike wright!

the suggs hit was too low. whether or not you think that should by the rule, the 'brady rule' is there and has to be enforced. but if you want to seem objective about criticizing a rule like that, don't cry about it to the cameras after you just got beat. it's not a good look.

In addition to enduring yet another difficult loss, the Oakland Raiders are bracing for the possibility that coach Tom Cable could be arrested soon in relation to an alleged assault on an assistant coach. Criminal charges against Cable could lead to a suspension by the league.

Gotta burn the team to the ground and salt the earth in order to rebuild anything worth having.

I will pay ten million dollars* if Al Davis takes over coaching duties.

Note: my current net worth is approximately -$100,000. Offer may not be valid.

Gotta burn the team to the ground and salt the earth in order to rebuild anything worth having.

sb'ed you on behalf of al davis

it is kinda blowing my mind watching the denver defense this season with the memory of how appalling they were last season. this seems to be the year of failed head coaches dropping back into coordinating (or even position coaching) and kicking ass.

take a situation like oakland - the franchise is so damaged from root to tip that the fix, whenever that may begin, is going to take some time, but something like this denver quick turnaround has to give a little kernel of hope to a follower of any struggling team about what can be achieved in the nfl at short order.

ARE YOU READY TO QUESTION ALLEGIANCES YOU'VE HAD SINCE CHILDHOOD
A MONDAY NIGHT SKULLFUCK
ALL MY SELF ABSORBED MULTIMILLIONAIRES ARE ON MONDAY NIGHT

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For the record, I really, really hate the Faith Hill / Pink song that opens Sunday Night Football.

it is kinda blowing my mind watching the denver defense this season with the memory of how appalling they were last season.

Half of the guys weren't on the team last year, and Nolan was a good defensive coach before he became a mediocre head coach. So it's not that surprising to me.

@thurmanthomas I don't want the government controlling my life

RT @thurmanthomas Maybe we sld wear bags over our head

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so apparently sean payton donated 250k from his salary so the saints could hire gregg williams as defensive coordinator? it's in mmqb today.

Half of the guys weren't on the team last year, and Nolan was a good defensive coach before he became a mediocre head coach. So it's not that surprising to me.

you say that as if finding half a defense of good players in one summer and gelling them into an immediately effective unit is no big deal

the suggs hit was too low.

the "hit" was a guy falling over/being pushed and barely brushing princess. you are the first person that i've actually seen defend this, congrats! the overblownness of these rules has seemingly lead to MORE subjectivity, not less. ray lewis sounded like a bitch when he whined about it, and tom brady looked like one when he freaked to get the call - everyone wins. except for that guy ray lewis murdered. he lost :(

i cannot wait for tom cable to get arrested and al davis to take over the raiders.

you say that as if finding half a defense of good players in one summer and gelling them into an immediately effective unit is no big deal

It's definitely impressive, but among my many incorrect predictions this summer was one where I predicted this will happen. So obviously I am psychic (except most of the time when I'm not).

I just saw Drew Brees in the store. Surprisingly, he was carrying a shopping basket, not a football.

cosign on schef's post, in toto

Anything that results in more Al Davis in my life is definitely a good thing.

ray lewis should have murdered brady than maybe thered be something interesting to talk about

suggs dove towards brady's lower legs. obviously he barely touched him, but the way i understand it that's now a straight roughing call regardless. i am not saying i am all in favor of that, but i am saying, 1. them's the rules, 2. ray lewis cried on national media like someone had just stolen his wowwypop

I was about to defend Ray Ray, but he did. He whined like a bitch.

what the hell is this about, was it posted already?

LeBron James called Cleveland Browns receiver Braylon Edwards "childish" for allegedly punching James' friend early Monday morning outside of a Cleveland night club.

braylon edwards is a selfish, immature wide receiver, shocking news

suggs dove towards brady's lower legs. obviously he barely touched him, but the way i understand it that's now a straight roughing call regardless.

wait, i thought they were actually pissed off that brady cried to the ref over non-call until ref threw the flag for him.

er just saw schef's post neeeeevermind

trent dilfer w/an excellent segment on missed roughing the passer calls from the weekend (vs. tacky ones that were called) on monday night countdown. really like trent as an analyst tbh.

trent dilfer w/an excellent segment on missed roughing the passer calls from the weekend (vs. tacky ones that were called) on monday night countdown. really like trent as an analyst tbh.

He's a little bland in his presentation, but he is a great x's and o's guy.

Keyshawn give it up, it's over. Dude is still hung up on getting cut out in Tampa. I'm surprised he is not taking out a picture of Wayne Crebet and tearing it up on the air.

It's all he's got in the world.

watchin this pregame is killin me

lol luckily i am writing something for school and don't REALLY have to pay attention

wtf @ brett favre's steakhouse btw

I noticed a weird 'excessive celebration' call in the Raiders/Texans game yesterday. And I am pretty restrained in my OMG RAIDERS CONSPIRACY THEORY crap, fwiw. Raiders CB Chris Johnson catches an interception at the end of the first half, goes down on his knees, sticks his arms in the air, praise jebus or whatver. 15 yard penalty. Next quarter, Texans take a touchdown; dude outlines a woman, slaps its ass, mimes a booty dance, and then high fives his lineman. No penalty. That rule is so weird. We got the "no jebus,only booty" ref?

though that Ref looked about as over the game as I felt watching it. I swear I saw him give an eyeroll with his whistleblows.

really like trent as an analyst tbh

agree! his preseason QB breakdown was pretty much the most useful piece of football writing i've come across this season

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/preview09/columns/story?columnist=dilfer_trent&id=4436281

yeah i remember that piece--that was cool!

I usually don't give into the super-hyped up TV games, but seriously, I have been looking forward to hating Brett Favre SO MUCH all day long.

Oh goddammit they are toying with my emotions by showing the highlights of Brett Favre's dead father destroying the Raiders, which is one of my five favorite games ever.

hahah

nice playcalling by packers

Yeah everything looked really nice until, well, that.

oh, rodgers ;_;
i wouldn't care who won this game, except i have to root against the favre

Rogers gets hit a bunch at least he did in both the Bengals and Bears games. He probably needs to let a few more passes just get flyed out.

Antwan Odom from Cinci sacked him 5 times!

what the fuck kind of stupid challenge was that?

Yeah the GB line right now is really sketchy.

it should be interesting to see which of our adjoining states will be plunged into full on civil unrest in a few hours

lock yr doors, hope u stocked up on bread and milk

jesus you guys i live two blocks from a billion sports bars

well, one, but it's TWO stories and i've seen people milling around in the neighborhood (nowhere near the dome) since fucking 2pm

does *anyone* actually care about favre vs packers drama? like is there a real person in the real world who is sitting there watching this game and thinks it is important? or is ESPN just warping the minds of children who are just starting to appreciate NFL and instead of studying Xs and Os are being taught about the legend of favre.

have u been to MN or WI before

LOL @ midwest. my dad's hometown has like 4000 people and probably 8 bars showing this game right now

yes i have! half my family is from MN and half is WI.

posted from my apple iphone smoldering remnant of a house

xpost yes. yes you do. i assume people are already killing each other in the parking lot of Liquor Lyles tbh

xxpost oh man the packers/viking hatefest runs deep, this is just more napalm on the kerosene really

i am not at all a football fan, but i'd say that to the casual fan (between yr sports nerd and don't give a fuck non-fan) the favre thing is making for lots of shit talk in TC bars

i'm not saying they don't care about kicking the crap out of their fellow midwestern NFL team, i'm saying do they care about favre. see i never got this because my dadz had his heart broken so many times as a vikings fan, he gave up, basically.

haw, i'm worried about Williams

the bar

near my hosue

walking score: 100

my aunt sent us a bunch of packers gear at christmas one year and i was like WAHHH MOM, PACKERS SUCK, I AM NOT WEARING THIS (it was the late 80's)

if one of the packers does not make a serious attempt to maim favre i will be v v surprised

oh man williams is like the worst place in the world srsly

i never get to watch a.p., jesus christ he is good

all clowds of peanut shells tufting from the back of aggro Sconis looking for cheese and flesh in their merriment/despair

I hate the ESPN hype-o-tron in every single way, but on top of the normal amount of energy I would bring to a Packers-Vikings game, basically mid-late 90s Brett Favre (along with the departure of the Rams and Raiders from LA) is the reason I started following the Packers, and really why I started following football for real. Then I had to watch the team have to adjust to suit his needs once he started being a liability, and then he started retiring every year, and then he signed with the Vikings, who I hate way, way more than the Bears. Dude just kills me.

Dudes who are not currently killing me: Aaron Rodgers, Jermichael Finley

Greg Jennings~

childress sucks--you must challenge

of course it doesn't matter because aaron rogers is FAILING

ok what happened the guys downstairs just started screaming

Jaws and Chucky started making out!!!!!!!11!!

Rodgers threw an interception.

that too

i just wanna know if i should board the doors or anything

My assumption (albeit as a Packer fan) is that this game means less to Vikings fans than it does to Packers fans. So you should be OK as long as there is not a super-cheap injury to Favre or anything.

grabbin my hatchet just in case. mostly cuz i'm bored, tho, tbh

Oh man Will Blackmon's MCL is torn as HELL.

mike mccarthy loves football fyi

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nice play!!!

Clay Matthews just became my favorite USC player of all time. FIGHT ON~

lame

k wtf kind of call was that

I guess it doesn't matter because the offsides call and the two big strikes up the middle before that, but still yargh that call sucked.

I forget how much I hate Brett Favre games. For any team. It's like Tom Brady games. Please, fellas. Shut. the. FUCK. up.

packer bench was probably yelling at allen because he is a dick guys

otm

LOL: http://www.americanhunter.org/ArticlePage.aspx?id=1778&cid=0

LOOOLLLL

"Awesome, I feel like frickin' Geronimo right now," he says through teeth clenched by pure adrenaline.
Allen pumps his fist as the elk runs tail-down into the distance, only to keel over a few hundred yards away with the spear protruding from its shoulder.
This is what Allen calls hunting's ultimate rush, an up-close and personal kill that requires all the talent and precision of his Native American ancestors.
Some might say Minnesota Vikings' No. 69 is addicted to adrenaline, both on the field and off. His life has become a tale of two thrills, and with his recent discovery of spear hunting, his archaic connection with the primitive hunter is all the more relevant.
But Geronimo never made an NFL quarterback quiver. Allen, a tried and true football soldier, does it 16 times a year.

"tried and true football soldier"

god honestly i mean i know hunting is a thing in lots of parts of the country but that is a portrait of a fucken maniac

That is some purple prose, although maybe that's just the verbal equivalent of the adrenaline surge of the archaic hunt.

yeah the article was pretty much unreadable.

btw anyone see the ditka/snoop commerical?

Yeah, the writing is the funniest thing about the article. Allen? I just get images of him storming the field with a retractable spear. Just a little too tightly wound for real-life.

wait, mr blue collar mullet wearing hunter guy is from CALIFORNIA? sorry i'm sure california has their share of those guys but idk, i expected he'd be from tennessee or at least SE ohio

he's from outside san jose which iirc is flat farm country all the way

why does brad childress get to wear a special non-motorola headset

is it because his head is too small y/n

I WAS WONDERING THIS!

What in the HELL

Vikings coach Brad Childress has sported a different-looking headset on the sideline, and one that bears little resemblance to the traditional Motorola headphones coaches are supposed to wear.

The NFL has inquired about the issue, but Childress, 53, has a very good reason for making the change. "I have a hearing deficiency," he said Friday. "You know the Americans with Disability law? ... I've gotten notes from the league on it and had somebody write an e-mail back to Ray Anderson [the NFL's executive vice president of football operations] to let him know. I'm not trying to circumvent anything. I'm just trying to hear."

Childress' problem was diagnosed at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. "They are testing your hearing and they said, 'Well, you've got some things. Are you ever around any loud crowd noise?' " Childress said. "I said, 'How about for the last 30 years.' "

Childress' new headset, which for lack of a better explanation looks like one a rock star might wear on stage, was designed by the Starkey Hearing Foundation in Eden Prairie. "[The device] goes right in my ear and stops the sound," Childress said.

packers defense just getting schooled.

haha ok i am thinking that gbx and i will survive the night, but good luck americas dairyland

should have managed to get to the wisconsin dells when i had the chance i guess

Be awesome if they could fashion an earhorn/headset for Childress out of one of those Vikings horns.

This young Vikings quarterback, Brett Farve, has a bright future ahead of him.

As often as I like the things the new defense can do, there are a bunch of instances where it seems like the personnel that they have are just way better suited for the defense GB played last year. I got used to Al Harris drawing 2 or 3 illegal contact calls a game, but watching him get burned 2 or 3 times a game instead is way less fun.

also: re Allen being from Cali...all I will say is in my limited experience, ain't no dirtbag like a California dirtbag.

xpost -- yeah I liked the old Harris.

bump and run = fun

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A lot of Californians (myself included) are only a generation or two removed from the sort of places more associated with American Hunter magazine. Some of us turned into soft liberals, and the others...well basically that is most of inland California.

"green bay has done very little in the run game tonite"

i mean do we even need to say this? you've got a line of crap dudes and ryan grant who is so obviously a one-year mirage.

this game is pissing me off

Man, Rodgers is getting flushed almost every single play now. Jared Allen is thinking about spearing wildlife or something.

GOD i would love to never watch ryan grant again.

I <3 aaron Rodgers

honestly this godforsaken offense is a waste of rodgers, jennings, and driver

i assume that someone has mentioned the disturbing similarity between aaron rodgers and ryan the temp

Oh Dear God.

not a fumble, but grant still sucks

favre is playing damn well huh

GAH!

this game has been super dope but i've been SO DISTRACTED by "true life: i'm changing my sex"

I am still clinging to the vague notion (not really borne out by last year at all) that Grant is for some inexplicable reason better in the 2nd half of the season. Because I am naive and foolish, probably, but still.

also yall, i don't want jon gruden to go back to coaching ever

favre hasn't had to do much in this game but made two SWEET throws on that last scoring drive

Awww man that was a good-ass throw, too.

gah

maybe i should watch the mtv instead. j0rdan this is how i feel about this game

Honestly until last year I used to hate it whenever the Packers were down by two scores in the second half, because that's when Favre really starts trying to do stupid shit. (The fact that the year the Packers were 4-12 the year the defense wasn't any good wasn't just because the defense wasn't any good, ya know?) But Rodgers never gives me the impression that he's going to try and make some preposterous throw just to get another score.

Aww Shep, I feel you dog.

i fear that's how shep's gonna feel about this week's ole miss game

still getting game reports from thumps and yells downstairs

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yeah for real

i have gotten the bj novack comparison too :/

uh what the hell was that thing

lol more like MEERcat amirite

being compared to BJ novak isn't a bad thing. He's a fine looking young man...

hahhahaha meercat

that's one of those plays that is pretty dumb even if it works

in my mind Aaron Rodgers = Superman, Brett Favre = Mermaid Man. Just waiting for Brett's 3rd quarter dementia to kick in. Bring on the interceptions!

xpost - and HIGHlarious when it doesn't

"Almost looked like he wasn't ready for it" is one way of saying "had not yet turned around completely".

what favre brings to the table--he throws to dudes running clear routes

refs better be ready to catch the ball when Favre's playing

no other quarterback does that and is old