The entire season has come down to this: Rams vs. Seahawks. Fuck you, NFL! — WEEK 17 Thread

Dolphins at Patriots
Bills at Jets
Bengals at Ravens
Buccaneers at Saints
Panthers at Falcons
Vikings at Lions
Raiders at Chiefs
Steelers at Browns
Giants at Redskins
Cowboys at Eagles
Chargers at Broncos
Titans at Colts
Bears at Packers
Cardinals at 49ers
Jaguars at Texans
Rams at Seahawks (SNF)

Went 10-6 last week, and 141-99 on the season. Blech.

Dolphins at Patriots: PATS
Bills at Jets: JORTS
Bengals at Ravens: RAVENS
Buccaneers at Saints: SAINTS
Panthers at Falcons: FALCONS
Vikings at Lions: VIKINGS
Raiders at Chiefs: CHIEFS
Steelers at Browns: STEELERS
Giants at Redskins: GIANTS??
Cowboys at Eagles: EAGIRLS
Chargers at Broncos: BRONCOS
Titans at Colts: COLTS
Bears at Packers: PACKERS
Cardinals at 49ers: CARDS
Jaguars at Texans: JAGS
Rams at Seahawks (SNF): GORAMS

Uh oh, Garrard is out for the Texans game, so I'm switching my pick.

Packers/Bears at Lambeau will be huge. Hopefully Packers absolutely crush.

Eagirls still makes me lol

Rams at Seahawks (NSFW)

lol

SNF BTS

Why exactly did they flex that game into Sunday night? Maybe they're trying to force Al Michaels into retirement.

this is peter king's explanation from this week's mmqb

Why a game with two losing teams Sunday night? Come on now.

Obvious disclaimer: I work for NBC, so if you think that's going to so color my opinion on the game that's being aired in Week 17 Football Night in America, move along. Your call.

For those who stay, a couple of points. One: No teams are excluded from consideration for the final Sunday night game of the year. Networks cannot exercise veto power, as they can in Weeks 11 through 16, on some of their team's games. Two: The NFL has the juice to select the week 17 game. It's not something NBC strongarm. I said all along that the league would pick the game with the biggest playoff implications.

That game, clearly, is St. Louis (7-8) at Seattle (6-9) for the NFC West title Sunday night at Qwest Field in Seattle. It's the only game that you can look at, six days out, and say with certainty that it's a winner-take-all pre-playoff playoff game. And it's the only game, in my mind, that the league could have chosen to remain true to its word of putting the most playoff-significant game on TV in Week 17.

During Weeks 11 through 16, when NBC flexes games, there's no question that viewership has something to do with it. This weekend's choice of Philadelphia-Minnesota was obviously influenced by the raging success of Michael Vick as a TV draw, with the possibility that Brett Favre might play in the game. But in Week 17, all ratings concerns take a back seat to the game that mean the most to the playoff picture.

Overnight, I had scores of Twitter queries asking about three other games. Let's go through them and discuss why they weren't flexed into the Sunday night slot while the Rams-Seahawks was:

• Chicago at Green Bay. It's a playoff game for Green Bay, but not for Chicago, which has already clinched the NFC North title -- and which could enter a Sunday night game having clinched the second seed in the playoffs. The NFL could not wait until Wednesday morning to flex out the game, and even if the league did, it would still risk the Bears entering a Sunday night game with nothing to play for because Philadelphia would have finished its game with Dallas before the Sunday-nighter started.

• Tampa Bay at New Orleans. An intriguing game -- if the Saints lose tonight. (A Saints win at Atlanta tonight clinches a playoff spot for New Orleans.) But let's say the Saints lose tonight, and we enter next weekend with the scenario that the Saints would have to beat Tampa Bay to be assured of making the playoffs. The only way the Bucs can make the playoffs is if they win in Week 17 and either New York or Green Bay lose. If the Bucs-Saints is the Sunday-nighter, and the Giants or Packers both win earlier in the day, the Bucs would have nothing to play for.

• Tennessee at Indianapolis. Other than the fact that the Titans look like your classic mail-it-in team with bags packed for the offseason, the AFC South race has one fatal flaw: If Houston beats Jacksonville earlier in the day, the Colts would be the division champs and have nothing to play for. And when the Colts have nothing to play for, it's Curtis Painter time. And nobody's watching that outside of the state of Indiana. And, come to think of it, probably inside the state too.

One side note: Looks like the league's plan to play all division games in Week 17 has panned out to give us at least one division title game in the last week of the season. Even though it's a title game in the worst division in NFL history, it's still a game where the winner goes on and the loser goes home.

This is a cyclical league. Bad teams get competent. New stars get cycled into the mix every year. Will Sam Bradford ever be a Manning? Who knows? But I think it's good to see new teams get exposure. You're going to be watching Sam Bradford play for a long time (and, from the looks of it, play big games for a long time). This is his first really big one, and it's the one most deserving of a national airing Sunday night -- even though, and I understand why, a lot of you will use the time to catch up on the Food Network episodes you've been DVRing all fall.

there are 0 games i want to watch this week

i guess ill still do picks -- terrible 7-9 last week, 141-100

Dolphins at Patriots - pats
Bills at Jets - jets
Bengals at Ravens - ravens
Buccaneers at Saints - saints
Panthers at Falcons - falcs
Vikings at Lions - vikes
Raiders at Chiefs - chefs
Steelers at Browns - steels
Giants at Redskins - giants
Cowboys at Eagles - eagles
Chargers at Broncos - broncos
Titans at Colts - colts
Bears at Packers - pack
Cardinals at 49ers - 9ers
Jaguars at Texans - jags
Rams at Seahawks (SNF) - squawks

I'll probably get Bucs/Saints and maybe Fins/Pats at 1pm, and likely Jags/Texans at 4. Then Rams/Squawks. Only looking forward to one of those.

i might have missouri stockholm syndrome but i'm excited for rams-hawks -- it's a playoff game! and will obv bring the lulz w/ charlie whitehurst starting -- rams offense can be fun to watch at times

the last week of the season they allow the double doubleheader (or at least they have the last few years) so u should get 2 games at 1 & 4

gotta think ill still just watch redzone if anything

yea i kinda like a lot of the components of the rams team when ive seen them (pass rush, bradford, amendola) but they seem to blow or let a lot of games stay too close. i legit think the squawks are garbage but picked them based on home field adv

guys this
<3 tomlin

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-films-sound-efx/09000d5d81d4de76/Sound-FX-Tomlin-wired

tomlin: hey, you know how to dougie?
roffles: no
tomlin: hey! hey byron! teach him how to dougie!
roffles: i don't wanna know how to dougie

what's up dennis

best video of all time

"what's up dennis?" is the name of my new mike tomlin fan blog, if anyone is interested in posting

Want Mike Romlin to be my life coach

Tomlin, obv

mike tomlin is so fun! i mean, it's prob easy to be fun in a late-season game against the panthers, but still!

it's v sweet when he shakes that kid's hand

that video really made me like mike tomlin and the steelers. he seems like a pretty down-to-earth dude that puts a lot of faith in his team.

"what's up dennis?" is all-time for real

love that.

He's the most chill, simultaneously crazy-intense dude. LOVE him.

lol @ the 'I don't want none a your John Wayne bullshit' to Big Ben

Even Ben seems awesome in that.

Yeah, he has that cool line in the huddle: "It's December football. If you don't know what that means, ride with someone that does."

Last week 11-5, for the year 159-81

Dolphins at Patriots - Pats
Bills at Jets- Jets
Bengals at Ravens- Ravens
Buccaneers at Saints- Saints
Panthers at Falcons- Falcons
Vikings at Lions- kind of a tough call, I'll go Vikings
Raiders at Chiefs- Chiefs
Steelers at Browns- Steelers
Giants at Redskins- Giants
Cowboys at Eagles- Eagles
Chargers at Broncos- Chargers
Titans at Colts- Colts
Bears at Packers- Bears
Cardinals at 49ers- Cards
Jaguars at Texans- Texans
Rams at Seahawks (SNF)- Rams

John fox fired

inevitable i guess. i hope he gets a shot somewhere else

9-7 last week, 148-91 on the season

Dolphins at Patriots - pats
Bills at Jets - jets
Bengals at Ravens - ravens
Buccaneers at Saints - saints
Panthers at Falcons - falcons
Vikings at Lions - vikings
Raiders at Chiefs - chiefs
Steelers at Browns - steelers
Giants at Redskins - giants
Cowboys at Eagles - eagles
Chargers at Broncos - chargers
Titans at Colts - colts
Bears at Packers - bears
Cardinals at 49ers - 49ers
Jaguars at Texans - jags
Rams at Seahawks -seahawks

happy new years ilnfl!

http://www.mocksession.com/30fps//2010%20December%2031%2020%2032%2015.jpeg

i heard broncos trying to get frazier as head coach, but maybe fox?

148-92 on the season, 8-8 last week

Dolphins at Patriots pats
Bills at Jets jets
Bengals at Ravens ravens
Buccaneers at Saints saints
Panthers at Falcons falcons
Vikings at Lions lions
Raiders at Chiefs chiefs
Steelers at Browns steels
Giants at Redskins gigantes
Cowboys at Eagles eagles
Chargers at Broncos chargers
Titans at Colts colts
Bears at Packers pack
Cardinals at 49ers 49ers
Jaguars at Texans tex
Rams at Seahawks (SNF) rams WHY

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/extramustard/hotclicks/12/30/alyssa-milano-2010-year-in-review/index.html?eref=sihp

has anyone linked to the video at the bottom of the linked page before, it's how wilson makes nfl footballs? much more hand fabrication than i would have guessed.

one part of me wants to see a 7-9 team win the West just for the "lol told you so" nature of it, but another part of me doesn't because of how the NFL may overreact and needlessly tinker with teh playoff system.

but all in all I think I'd like to see the Rams return to the playoffs. interested to see what they bring to the table next year.

i daresay u get ur wish

God forbid the Seadorks go any further

also dolphins are gonna lose big tomorrow and I'm not even gonna watch. not sure I want to see Sparano go though. definitely has done some "o_O" things this year but I do think he was largely responsible for the return of swagger to the franchise. if only he was coaching like he did in 08.

I still harbor resentment for the Seahawks contributing to one of the worst, most boring Super Bowls of all time.

"We want the ball and (I'm going to throw an interception")

it's v sweet when he shakes that kid's hand

totally. i love hearing those "wired" features. i'd like to compare and contrast tomlin's sideline demeanor with, say, bill bellichek.

Vege I felt bad for Hasslebeck in that scenario cuz it was nice to see that kinda child-like 'street football' excitement when he said that.

It was like an after-school special on the meaning of hubris, lol.

I actually like old man Hasselbeck for the most part

fuck the BCS suits, TCU just won. lols at them defending the broken system after this.

i am so baffled by this talk of charlie weis going to florida. after a few years of being portrayed as a clown the dude is finally scooping plaudits again at KC. even if dude has unresolved issues re college ball he isn't gonna get over that by being OC at florida. my first thought was that maybe pioli was maneuvering him out to get mcdaniels in, but wtf would you do that when the offense has clicked so nicely this year, and weis is mcd mk I anyway. plus some dude on espn says mcd isn;t going there anyhow.

me idgi

ppl are saying that weis is just trying to better position himself to get another college head coaching job

also apparently todd haley isn't the easiest person to work for

Zomg lol

& really unless you're a total nfl guy, offensive coordinator at a school like UF is at worst as prestigious a job as offensive coordinator of the chiefs

and i'm sure he's not taking a pay cut

this is one of those cultural things i am still not really getting. i mean, i understand the gators are a big deal, but why the fuck are they comparable to a proper goddamn nfl team.

this country. rmdh.

anyway, at least first post makes sense. thanks js.

why the fuck are (the gators) comparable to a proper goddamn nfl team.

gators pay their players better than some nfl teams so . . .

just placed a $200 bet on the Texans straight up. this will make for an exciting afternoon.

i mean, i understand the gators are a big deal, but why the fuck are they comparable to a proper goddamn nfl team.

The NFL is a nice Sunday diversion. College ball is LIFE imo.

FL loves its college football powerhouses, it only 'kinda likes' its pro football teams

I haven't looked it up, but have draft picks #1-2 ever been offensive and defensive rookies of the year before?

At least in the until the last 10 years or so, being a coordinator even at a top school wasn't as good a job as a coordinator anywhere in the NFL. I'd imagine the money has gone up for both jobs a ton over the last 10-15 years, but at the top colleges probably way more than the NFL (being probably ball park now salary wise). Being an assistant coach in college used to be a pretty marginally paid job.

Listening to the radio this morning I guess the deal is that Weis is kind of not needed or the main offensive guru in KC as Haley was an offensive coordinator with the Cards and is still quite involved with game plans and play calling. There was also some theorizing that Weis liked being a college head coach, so he might be trying to position to get back into that kind of job.

i mean, i understand the gators are a big deal, but why the fuck are they comparable to a proper goddamn nfl team.

The NFL is a nice Sunday diversion. College ball is LIFE imo.

it's a southern thing, i think?

also lol @ working for todd haley

http://i49.tinypic.com/10z3hxf.jpg

Dolphins at Patriots - pats
Bills at Jets - jets
Bengals at Ravens - ravens
Buccaneers at Saints - saints
Panthers at Falcons - falcons
Vikings at Lions - lions
Raiders at Chiefs - chiefs
Steelers at Browns - steelers
Giants at Redskins - giants
Cowboys at Eagles - eagles
Chargers at Broncos - broncos
Bears at Packers - bears
Cardinals at 49ers - cards
Jaguars at Texans - jags
Rams at Seahawks (SNF) - rams

lost track of my season total :(

I'd be very pleasantly surprised if the Eagles won today. I doubt Vick/Jackson/Maclin/McCoy play a full game

kolb is starting and desean is questionable - i don't see why they would even bother putting him or asante in tbh

bet on the Steelers to win by more than 5. man I hope I don't regret this.

i'm just glad boring ass college football is almost over so i can concentrate on basketball & nfl. college football ruins saturdays for me

I'm actually hoping GB and NYG both lose so the Bucs can get in. Who am I and what have I become? A Bucs fan?!

xp U R INSANE

Also, regular season NBA, really? Who gives a shit about any of it until the spring?

AHAHAHAHHA YES, POLAMALU PICK AND ROETHLISBERGER THROWS A BOMB TD

mccourty INT
nice

I mean, I understand why people in other parts of the country (outside of Texas and the Southeast) don't care as much about college football...because most of the teams suck...but I don't see how it could ever be considered boring.

lol so apparently (I'm not watching) henne threw yet another INT. just getting comical at this point

the Steelers really really want that division title.

Sparano stays HC in Miami, but gets some new staff and they go after Cam Newton in the draft. BOOK IT.

yeah henne INT was on about the 4th play of the game

i love that after Henne throws a pick he always has an emotionless "what i did?" look on his face

from the high class chat room of the feed of the Steeler's game:

9:47 premieleugue: What your name,Nigel_scoot ?
9:59 i_have_a_dream23: where are you come from? Jtv
10:04 theryanleppard: poo
10:04 i_have_a_dream23: hello every body
10:04 theryanleppard: lick my puussyy
10:05 i_have_a_dream23: what your name
10:05 theryanleppard: yourface
10:06 i_have_a_dream23: i don't undersend
10:14 rmw301: i don't think he is being very nice

so far this bet is making me very very happy.

woodhead fumbles it away to miami - 1st pats turnover since week 9(!)

Browns defense resembling Keystone Kops

no one will ever win games with the WILDCAT now, miami

don't worry Henne will give it right back

yea the Wildcat was a great idea in 2008 to revitalize a stagnant offense but it just impedes the progress of their standard formation nowdays. I can see using it inside teh goal line now and then but fuck making it a regular thing.

Steelers 14-0. looking like easy money at this point

Yeah, this is Mangini's going-away party...thrown by Pittsburgh.

Another nice play from McCourty

i'm just glad boring ass college football is almost over so i can concentrate on basketball & nfl. college football ruins saturdays for me

― k3vin k., Sunday, January 2, 2011 1:02 PM (22 minutes ago) Bookmark

heh, that's a cool opinion you've got there......

NOT!!!! http://oi32.tinypic.com/33upd14.jpg

xxposthttp://triangulations.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/mr-schadenfreude.gif

Edelman!!!

Taking a page out of the Woodhead book.

Josh Cribbs down.

14-0 pats
i think ben-jarvus green-ellis is only about 40 yards shy of 1,000 on the season now

Go Law Firm!

Raiders are sadface

looks like the decision not to watch the Fins was wise

Campbell injured, Boller in at QB for Raiders

Zack Miller noooooooo
Jason Campbell nooooo
Kyle Boller sack in 3 2 1 UGH

come on steelers d

bucs/saints announcer talkin about THIS GUY raheem morris

Haley looks more unglued than usual with 5 o clock shadow. Like he's sleeping in his car or something

HOLY SHIT at Polamalu leap over the o-line

God I should just turn this game off now

fans booing Mangini decision to kick fg

henne benched, thigpen playing now..

Commentary team for Raiders game is as fittingly lame as the game itself.

Mendenhall has some serious skills

yay fuck Henne. Thigpen sucks too but maybe that'll inspire Henne next year

wow, shocked that brady is already out

yeah, me too. but if hoyer fucks up anything they'll put brady back in

ok so this Steelers game is out of reach, even having a bet on it isn't enough to keep me watching.

roddy white just broke team record for catches in a season (112)

roddy is the best

pretty clear pass interference on the saints there, cool play anyway

Yay touchdown Chaz Schilens!

I believe these Raiders can beat these Chiefs.

Depends...Raider offense can capably beat themselves.

This Saints-Bucs game is getting interesting

Brady back in.

Gronk!

Colt McCoy another pick. geezus

lol 28-3 Steelers and there's still 5 mins left in the second quarter

c'mon Saints!

there was early contact on that

ANOTHER Colt McCoy pick. geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezus

boy the Saints tackling is piss poor today

edelman!

wow how did the Bucs colossally fuck that up

Finally, a little life in the Saints D.

31-3 Steelers, Pittsburh on pace for over 550 yards of offense.

horrible call.

geezus Bush

wow just miscue after miscue

rmde at announcer shocked at Saints being 11-4 despite Brees throwing 22 INTs this year.

HELLO THE SAINTS THROW A LOT AND HE'S ALSO THROWN 32 TDs.

Miami, Carolina, Cleveland - Way to show up. The bags are packed and you are half way out the door.

awful games in first slot this afternoon

dolphins keeping it much closer than i expected awesome sign for the future of the franchise.

miami, good grief. 3 guys can't tackle brandon tate

awwwwwww those kids in the stands

lol. other than the 1-15 debacle, I can't think of a less enjoyable season of football than this year's Dolphins. Sure, there's been worse seasons in recent years in terms of W-L record, but the 'wins' this year haven't even been enjoyable, other than the Raiders and Vikes games, because they've often been 'barely escaped' affairs, and the Jet win was painfully bad football on both sides. plus watching your team lose 7 times on their homefield is excruciating.

it's also harder for me to watch one unit excel so much more than the other like the defense schooled the offense in the second half of the season.

I mean even that 4-12 season had that Patriots upset

cannot believe what I'm watching here with the browns. goodbye Eric

my condolences man, but at least you've escaped Mangina now...

now no more taking on any more expatriate Patriot coaches

surprised Roethlisberger hasn't been pulled

i realize the nfl's draft rank-order is based on a won-lost record, but given today's performance, but there should be a "mercy rule" pushing the dolphins up a few slots in the draft

f---g a.

drawing the other team offsides on 4th and short NEVER works.. except vs the fins today

lol the superdome scoreboard operator has been ordered to not provide updates on the falcons game

y'all are probably overreacting to a meaningless week 17 game

i'm not even watching the Fins, my opinion of this season was formed after last week's game.

probably overreacting to a meaningless week 16 game

O_O mike williams

the buffalo game was really the u_u one -- anything after that was meaningless

that mike williams 4th and 1 catch was crazy

the Buffalo game was infuriating, especially given that I had the flu and was holed up in bed the whole weekend and that gamew as one of the few things I had to look forward to.

I really need the Texans to win

Palmer has now thrown 20 picks on the year. sad that the man's career was irrepairably damaged the moment Kimo Van Oelhoffen accidentally fell on his leg.

Do we really need a other dance-based reality show?

think the scoreboard operator might as well be allowed to show the Atlanta game score now. so the Saints don't needlessly gas themselves.

shame the browns can't get Charlie Weis

;-0

I love you Shane Lechler

wow nice throw freeman

Michael Huff INT!!!

Cassell throws out of his own end zone, gets intercepted, Raiders ball at the Chiefs 10

Jacoby Ford TD

THis game is so crappy I can't believe Raiders are actually winning

that was a nice reverse.

Weird thing you just did there, Bucs.

that was horrifying

Pick-6 for Routt!

Raiders!

goddamn, Raiders got something in thier craw this afternoon

It's called Kansas City

I hate Al Davis but IMO it's good to have the Raiders back at 8-8 territory, and the Broncos in last place.

It's a very strange feeling lol

indeed.

tell me more of this mysterious "8 -- 8."

They said on ESPN this morning that Cable's almost def on the way out, though, so just as soon as the Raiders get something good going, they potentially fuck it up. Would be cool to see Jeff Fisher go out to Oakland, though. In fact, I'm just happy there's a universe where that might actually happen.

Fuck, I don't want Cable out

pay your bill then

har

>:(

never has a team been so excited about so small an accomplishment.

nice catch tho

The Bucs are really doing their part to get into the postseason. Now the Packers and Giants just have to fold up in the late games.

it's amazing how spoiled I was growing up though. started watching the Dolphins around 1989, and they didn't have a losing season from then through 2004 (which was the 4-12 year). many of the years were pedestrian 8-8 or 9-7 affairs so initially this whole "season being over" by like week 11 or 12 thing was alien to me. Now sadly I'm used to it.

First 500 season in fuckknows and we fire the coach? That is an awesome idea JERKS

it hasn't actually happened, you know

I think to prevent these whole 'teams shutting down when they find out the game is now meaningless' scenarios in week 17, teams should be sequestered from the outside world from August through the end of regular season, with all methods of sharing scores from other games shut down.

maybe they even live in bubbles

I haven't heard anything locally about Cable leaving the Raiders. Although I wouldn't put it past Al Davis to do something like that. Cable seems to be popular with the players, which is an achievement within that franchise.

This is Raidertown, of course it would happen

Yeah, I was actually surprised when Mort said Cable was on the hot seat this morning. I hadn't heard anything about it before now.

I really really hope they don't

I think Al Davis has the misguided notion that every team he assembles is 12-4 caliber so everytime a team fails to make the playoffs he's ready to pull the trigger. don't be surprised if he hires Bo Jackson to coach.

Can Carson Palmer win with 43 seconds to go?

ravens 30 yard line, down by 6, 42 seconds left

arthur blank hugging all the falcons! so cute!

at the 10! 33 seconds to go!

i hope so. be nice for Carson to at least end a wasted year on a good note.

2 yardline!

19 seconds to go!

bummer

oh god that sucks

i'd say i was disappointed in our record this year, but i actually figured we'd be 6 -- 10, so i should be pleasently surprised?

worst thing, for me, is that miami is the most boring team, and the most offensively-rudderless ship, in the league.

lol i can't believe the nailed arthur blank with water!!

wallace tied the awesome john stallworth for most 100 yard receiving games in a steelers season.

Xpost Really? the cold would kill him surely

yeah he took it ok but didn't look thrilled--dude wears nice suits!

Woooooo Riaders win

chiefs are gonna get pasted in the playoffs

Yeah Ravens are gonna cream them if they play like that next week

Yeah Ravens are gonna cream them if they play like that next week

Hahah

go Texans!

looked like Walter stepped out before he caught that

YEA FOSTER

Jag run D looks asleep

lol at Trent Edwards starting

Houston I know your defense is one of the worst units in the league but pls don't get gashed by the second-string QB/RB.

SACK

Anyone wd think you have money on this game lol

hahaha. well I have bad luck with bets. I had money on the Colts - Titans game for the Colts to uphold the spread and I had the bet won until Tennesee scored a meaningless TD with no time left. also lost $500 on FSU in 09!

only reason I still do it is cuz I won almost $500 on a Suns playoff game last year

dang Titans in Indy territory

i am going to strangle phil simms

does eli know how to slide at all?

buffalo strangler

jesus Tennessee driving

no court would convict me!

xp

wtf Colts you're playing against Grandpa Collins

10-0 Texans but they left an easy TD on the table by not picking up the first on 2nd or 3rd down.

Cannot seem to sustain any interest in today's games, watchin' Iron Man 2 instead.

yea week 17s become more and more wastelandy every year

lol waht

Vince Wilfork possibly the first NFL player in history to conduct post-game press conference in SpongeBob T-shirt.

I hate that just about every team that has playoff aspirations is playing somebody who couldn't give a fuck

hollis thomas begs to differ

http://graneyandthepig.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/hollis.jpg?w=450&h=324

ROFFLE

Houston's defense has about as much speed as Harriet Tubman

redskins are terrible

GANO

wtf

misses a 30-yard FG

it's as if they're saying "no, really, don't watch"

jesus christ Jags score a TD and don't throw the ball once on the entire drive. granted I know that's fairly normal for em but christ that was like 8 yards a carry,

lol giants

we need a rivers throws pass to self gif, stat. loooool.

Indy driving!

that wasn't on eli to be fair, but .. one million interceptions

my mom's probably thrown her eli bobblehead by now

Schaub with a sick playfake

Indy settling for field goals, man what they'd give for a running game

lol the defense in this game is NCAA level.

you can't stop Kerry Collins, you can only hope to contain him

Chris Johnson .5 yards per carry

why do they insist on interviewing people WHILE THE GAME IS IN PROGRESS

christ they ran like 7 plays during that interview

jesus christ. Houston's defense is one of the worst in the league. this doesn't bode well if it goes into the half tied. they've only stopped Jax once, on the first drive. meanwhile Jax has a better defense and is making adjustments.

lol@ Packers not being able to score against a half-trying Bears team.

Can't believe the NFL thinks fans want an additional two games i.e. week 17's going forward.

just think of how many minutes of advertising that comes to

um, REDSKINS. you might want to cover manningham

c'mon http://i54.tinypic.com/1j14s2.jpg

THIS GUY rex is creating opportunities for himself, that was a BIG TIME throw on that play..

hahaha

nice pass http://i54.tinypic.com/1j14s2.jpg! excellent

whats gon on dudes whats the playoff picture look like, who is hatcat for playoffs

i heard tommy brady capped off a record breaking regular season today btw

hello, Bad Rex

i heard tom bardy needs a haircut

that http://i54.tinypic.com/1j14s2.jpg pass was unbelievable

but how about this guy charles tillman

i heard tom brady was perfect and handsome in every way

who is hatcat for playoffs

sanchez?

no question

unless the colts end up playing in foxboro, then peyton

coughlin irate yet again

sanchez can be 1st round hatcat then after hes knocked out peyton 2nd round

cannot believe this peyton hatcat talk

yeah i agree tbh im prob jinxing stuff just talking abt it lets forget that ever happened

i think http://i54.tinypic.com/1j14s2.jpg is round 2's hatcat.

lol culter that is.

o baers!

ugh y u timeout bears

I hate that the NFL has put me in the position of rooting for the Redskins this afternoon.

redskins on the move! aaannnnd... grossman loses the football thanks to osi

how do you think i feel? i've been rooting for them all season!

oh well, if Green Bay pulls this out, it will be all for nothing.

Bucs, u were so close!

really have had enough of "strip sack" as a buzz phrase tbh

heheheh one problem of having tiny brandon banks returning punts is that even the kicker can actually push him out of bounds pretty easily

don't understand why the colts keep calling run plays also don't understand why so many drops

wish Smith would just pull the damn starters

can someone explain to me what games matter right now

like does indy need to win

Rams vs Seahawks

lol

Jim Tomsula is havin' fun out there, like a kid.

indy either needs to win or jax needs to lose

a little enthusiasm, please. this is SNF

RAMS v. SEAHAWKS, FOR ALL THE MARBLES

ah and gb needs to win right

If Green Bay wins, they're in. If Green Bay loses and the Giants win, the Giants are in. If both teams lose, Tampa goes in.

lol jags wtf u lame

wish this indy game was meaningful rite now

If everyone loses, we all win

lol it would be funny if every game played today ended in a tie.

should just give the trophy to the winner of sea/rams or maybe just to seattle regardless

yes. pete carroll has nice salt-and-pepper hair. richly deserving of a super-bowl trophy, even if his team doesn't win it.

GORAMS

haha forgot carroll was an nfl coach again, when will anyone learn anything

Never forget

I don't know what that means it's just fun to say

feelin p good abt gb i like this team / h8 giants

I'm just going to gorge on Christmas candy until it's over

its p hilar how everyone always wants to fire coughlin cause hes a huge asshole regardless of the fact that hes a v successful coach

yeah, he's had a reputation for being a tough-guy, all the way back to boston college iirc.

one play drive -> TOUCHDOWN, washington redskins

F*** IT HE'S GOIN DEEP etc

colts receivers on strike from catching

wait why would you onside kick it with 5:50 left in the game?

to be tricky tbh

tbt tbh

Lols?

Dear Mike Martz,

Run the freaking ball sometimes.

thank you,

Bears Fans

Dear Jay http://i54.tinypic.com/1j14s2.jpg,

If no one's open, throw the freakin' ball away.

thanks,

Bears Fans

damn hatcat cant be herded its true

yall feel a http://i54.tinypic.com/1j14s2.jpg int coming or waht

either that or an injury

huh indy has to win to get the jets or else its ravens

Jim Nance needs to stop talking

its cool w/me if indy/balt play

nantz-sims might be the most worthless announcing team extant yet they get all the games

phil simms makes me so glad my team's in the nfc

Try Randy Cross and wotsisname for the Raiders u_u

simms has truly out-stupided himself tonight

Phil and Nancy drive me batshit

bears are kinda dicks for playing their starters all game, respect

LOL fumble

looks like indy may be playing ravens

feel like bears are waisting clock here

hahaha http://i54.tinypic.com/1j14s2.jpg

http://i54.tinypic.com/1j14s2.jpg http://i54.tinypic.com/1j14s2.jpg http://i54.tinypic.com/1j14s2.jpg

Green Bay it is.

just http://i54.tinypic.com/1j14s2.jpg being http://i54.tinypic.com/1j14s2.jpg

philly-green bay rematch for wildcard game

who'd have thought http://i54.tinypic.com/1j14s2.jpg would eliminate the giants from the playoffs like that

o yeah that one kinda sailed on http://i54.tinypic.com/1j14s2.jpg

Oh this game

Fumble again! Everybody fumble!

titans are an absurd football team

LOL fumble

― VegemiteGrrrl, Sunday, January 2, 2011 7:04 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

x2

redskins people @ fedex made the decision not to post any updates on the pack/bears game on the scoreboard. until just now w/the final score SORRY GIANTS LOL

Just give Peyton & Collins each a gun with 1 bullet, end this game with Russian Roulette

AHH FUCK YEA WON BOTH BETS

indu gwana win this

btw how are the bears the 2 seed, they seem not so good

Loser bowl in an hour or so

welp

u_u

Stay tuned for our long national nightmare

couple of remarkable things i've seen noted in the wake of the miami/new england game: (a) the patriots have the nfl's youngest defense; (b) the patriots have two draft picks in the first, second and third rounds and (c) chad henne's first-quarter rating was 21.4 (if you're 0-1, the rating is 39.6).

really hope seattle wins, usa needs this

damn redskins

if only there weren't four turnovers and a missed chip shot FG in this game, they coulda won..

i'm sure next season will be uh exactly the same

bears really put on a throwback to week 3 performance there

jets @ colts / ravens @ chiefs are two v good playoff match ups

i figure ok, at least one team i really hate will be gone after round 1

bears are terrible i dont understand them and they do not interest me

the bears will not win a playoff game

their qb is jay http://i54.tinypic.com/1j14s2.jpg

jets @ colts / ravens @ chiefs are two v good playoff match ups

― J0rdan S., Sunday, January 2, 2011 7:17 PM (40 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

colts and ravens roll imo

i have no idea who the chiefs even are tho so

chiefs are underrated

imho u guys are crazy re the bears. last few games i saw them in they played really strong, esp on offensive and i think they'll be tough in the playoffs

they were p good against the new england patriots

their defense is good -- then again, jay http://i54.tinypic.com/1j14s2.jpg

i boycot the bears their story even what is it

isn't the Bears' first game against ATL?

would like to see a playoff bracket

they're #2 seed

the chiefs are rated just about right. bears are winning with great defense and special teams - poor man's jets basically. i don't love them in the playoffs, but i wouldn't want to play them at home either.

bears aren't beating saints or packers maybe they could beat eagles again

bears are poor man's jets yes + homefield advantage, you never know

being a poor mans jets sounds like the worst thing

they could easily beat the saints or packers, c'mon - saints just got merc'd by the injury decimated bucs and the packers have noted playoff choker aaron rodgers at the helm

do u just wander around eating garbage

ban tamtam

feel like tamtam really needs to get on board w/ilx bears consensus

amped for this snf game! gorams.

you're the one making it sound like cut1er is rex grossman dude

those are the same guy iirc

u dont rc

rex http://i54.tinypic.com/1j14s2.jpg grossman sure

noted playoff choker aaron rodgers

hasn't he only been in two playoffs?

i thought he played well in that one crazy game last season

playoff sked http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2010/news/story?id=5981573

http://i54.tinypic.com/1j14s2.jpg is turnover prone but Grossman plays football like throwing completions will give him AIDS

I forget that was just last season. It seems like Kurt Warner's already been retired for a decade. xps

only one! but http://i54.tinypic.com/1j14s2.jpg's been in zero so

calling Rodgers a playoff choker is lol, I GUESS 45 POINTS WAS A CHOKE JOB

3 of 4 1st round games feature inferior teams hosting

can i just say that hatcat autoreplace isnt funny? i dont want to be a jerk but it's a three year old joke, nothing stays fresh that long except for Twinkies

hatcat is our mascot

Marty Mornhinweg is apparently the guy Mike Holmgren wants in Clevo. Hmmm...

hatcat is better when he's unpredictable. i think culter has been hatcat for too long

if he hadn't been hatcat today, green bay might not be in the playoffs

waht if hatcat was smaller like 150px x 125px

insult to injury: ronnie brown may sign with the patriots this offseason? hadn't heard that as a possibility, but ughhhhhh . . .

certainly doesn't sound like brown will be back with miami. brown said it's tough" to not reach a $500,000 performance bonus because dolphins' running game was abandoned.

finally, brandon marshall unloaded after the game:

In the video below you’ll see Marshall explain how he views this offense, in which he said the players “don’t speak the same language.” The quarterbacks and the receivers, he said, “aren’t on the same page.” And, of his five seasons in the NFL, this has been “the worst” in terms of disappointment and frustration.

I support the smaller hatcat theory.

dere u go http://grab.by/8auY just pulled that off gis

hmm could be smaller still tho

make it an invisible microdot that'd be cool

aww, small hatcat is even cuter

maybe winner takes hatcat in nfc west SHOWDOWN tonight

ayo http://grab.by/8av2 blah blah

could be like this http://grab.by/8ave

or cropped a lil http://grab.by/8avf like so

need to be careful with these hatcats.

http://www.threadbombing.com/data/media/18/hat_cat.jpg

aw

yeah, cute now but later . . .

http://www.fugly.com/media/IMAGES/Strange/cat-with-knife.jpg

Tamtam in yellow card territory...Aaron Rogers choke wtf and hatcat hate?

Bears offense is an odd thing. Mike Martz play calling as it is want to do got way out of sync and in the second half pretty much ignored their run game and the Packers just started blitzing like mad. 39 attempts (+6 sacks +2 http://i54.tinypic.com/1j14s2.jpg runs) - 19 carries by their backs, Bears can't win with that kind of play mix. C'mon man that is like 2x1 pass to run after in the first half being perfectly even on the total yardage. They had three times with three and outs where they threw the ball each and every time. Stupid thing is that the Bears put up like 65 yards running the ball in the first half finishing with 91. Even worse, when they do throw the ball and a team is blitzing on them, they seem to be trying to go deep with everyone. When they got into those habits early in the year, they were about as bad an offense in football. http://i54.tinypic.com/1j14s2.jpg is going to try to do what the plays are called, so if you are sending most of his recievers on 15 yard outs, he is going to have to hold the ball to have a shot to deliver the pass. The wise thing would be to chuck it more often, but his problem like many QBs is that he doesn't just get rid of it and give it a shot next play.

I don't know why they would not try some kind of safty screen with Forte, especially once the Packers got up and pretty much sent everyone at each play. Goofy play calling, but it definitely isn't the first time the sin of pride has caused Martz to stop looking at what the defense is throwing and change his plans. Criminy that weird TO by Lovie that backfired was probably him checking whatever crazy shite that Martz was running that play.

Lovie has definitely got to step up like Dungy would at times and have them take the hands off the accelerator and play smart. If he lets the mad-scientist Martz run rampant, he can and will do some dumb crap. Criminy the Rams would have won that Superbowl easy if he would have done ANY type of clock control and actually handed the ball off to Faulk a few times instead of incompletions stopping the clock. Martz is good, no doubt, but that kind of crap will lose games and get you fired even if your defense is great.

i dont really think aaron rodgers is a choker i was just poking holes in jor's lame 'HEH CUTL3R'S A TICKING TIMEBOMB' stuff

i dont want to be a dick about hatcat because i know a lot of people here enjoy him, but i am staunchly opposed to his autoreplace status... let people pick and choose their hatcat moments

just now talking about bradford & pressure of being the #1 pick.. dungy says 'i wasn't there but when we picked peyton we knew he could handle it and it wouldn't be a distraction' and harrison is like 'unfortunately you left us ryan leaf, i was playing in san diego'

haa

rodney is the best

Yeah, that was lolzy.

Also, it's cool that the only major purchase Bradford has made with his millions is a ping-pong table.

lawyer milloy not selling me with that pep talk

I can't believe that dude is still in the pros. He has to be old as dirt.

Brady being MVP of the Dolphins game is not exactly a complliment lol

i have a lot of affection for lawyer milloy

37 years old, 15 seasons - pretty long career, especially for a DB.

Milloy was the dude that killed the Colts back in some of those early Pats/Colts games. I think he had 2 or 3 interceptions in the first big playoff game.

it's a shame they couldn't have worked out a way to keep him in new england. same for deion branch.

PLAYOFF FOOTBALL IS HERE FOLKS

GO CORNHUSKERS

Marty Mornhinweg is apparently the guy Mike Holmgren wants in Clevo. Hmmm...

― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Monday, January 3, 2011 12:35 AM (31 minutes ago) Bookmark

That nutter that answered his cellphone during a press conference and won the overtime coin toss and chose to kick? WHY??!?!?!?!?!?

I like Mangini and hope he stays. The absolute last thing I want is for Colt McCoy to go through four different head coach/OC's like what happened to Tim Couch.

isn't it crazy to think that there are rabid Seahawks fans?

it is weird that they have good fans, because they're so forgettable

Their craziness is denial personified

Like Raider craziness but sadder

i'm a big fan of the seahawks moving to LA

GO SEAHAWKS <<die hard life long seahawks fan

old seahawks logo was super classy before they fierced it

GORAMS < I just like thieir helmets and Sam Bradford is adorable

i am appalled at this revelation, icey

What was their old logo

Wait whar

i wish the rams were better

seahawks to win superbowl, whitehurst mvp

http://grab.by/8axe

new one is on top

i'm a big fan of the seahawks moving to LA

― Roberto Spiralli, Sunday, January 2, 2011 8:34 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

they've already lost a basketball team--in good conscience i could not just leave them with a stupid baseball team.

eye on the old one is weird.

old seahawk is wizened, stoic

The Seahawks' offense has a good amount of interesting facial hair.

I'm sure there are die-hard Seahawks fans, but that seems like a weird thing to be. Other than some of the years when Holmgren was there and they won some games, they are pretty much a mystery for people outside the upper-northwest.

Seahawks won't ever move to LA, they actually sell crap loads of tickets and corp. sponsorship unlike the Panthers or Jaguars.

http://grab.by/8axl

against all reason i instinctively blame the city of seattle for the ssonics' departure. and i really hate the dumb way the seahawks seem to run. give it to magic imo

l.a.a should not get a nfl team - if u cant be bothered for 15 years or w/e just nevermind

I agree

i am totally indifferent to l.a. getting a team--clearly ppl in jax and nc can't be bothered either so

But if LA did get a team they should be called the LA Whatevers

cmon, los angelinos deserve an nfl team they can love until its first losing season

I think the Panthers should move to LA and lose that weird powder blue and make the colors a mix of the Rams/Raiders.

L.A. Panthers sounds bad ass.

there should be a second nfl team in chicago

I'd definitely go for a velvet black panther look.

i still sort of think of the raiders as being in l.a. even tho they were only there for like four years it was when i started watching football as a kid - apologies in advance

I think the Panthers should move to LA and lose that weird powder blue and make the colors a mix of the Rams/Raiders.

L.A. Panthers sounds bad ass.

― earlnash, Sunday, January 2, 2011 8:43 PM (30 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i like this

SB ice cr?m Apology not accepted

LA Laws. helmets could look like those judge wigs.

An AFC Chicago NFL team would be interesting, but the McCaskey's would put cut off horse heads in the owner's beds that would vote for it to happen.

haa xp

LA Panthers does sound cool!

tbf, the west coast is a mystery to most of us until the time comes that we need to know which cities are which.

LA Entertainment Lawyers

LA Lohans

I'm going to blow up a hyundai dealership if they don't stop those commercials

LA needs a team if only just so NFL players can 'go hollywood'

Charlie Whitehurst looks stoned to the bone in his little head shot picture.

LA Entertainment Lawyers

down with this ^^^^^^^

LA Bloods

The Los Angeles Same Gangs

they should put flashing red LEDs all over the helmet and call themselves the LA Gear. THEN i will vote for their helmet.

― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, November 23, 2010 4:54 AM (1 month ago)

stand by this idea

amen TamTam. i'll drive the getaway car

they should put flashing red LEDs all over the helmet and call themselves the LA Gear. THEN i will vote for their helmet.
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, November 23, 2010 4:54 AM (1 month ago)

tough but fair

Way to quote yourself Roberto lol

feeling like changing the dolphins name would be helpful in developing a killer instinct. suggestions appreciated.

old seahawks logo was super classy before they fierced it

― ice cr?m, Sunday, January 2, 2011 8:36 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark

i was actually just thinking about this indisputable fact earlier today - the old logo is great cuz its more totem-y plus the slightly depressed and uncaring eyes perfectly reflect the average seattleite

btw here i am blowing everyone's mind:

http://i.imgur.com/hV6Gx.png

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:xLOlPP7SbHvyJM:http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii74/cherokeeking/Animals/BLACK_PANTHER.jpg&t=1

Something like this would be baddass on the side of a helmet.

Criminy you could make a billion bucks just selling gear to hip hop fans.

wtf dolphins are savage predators

they're cute and people-friendly

miami savage pedators would work tho

http://i.imgur.com/hV6Gx.png

its, beautiful

Tamtam I will happily form a wetwork crew for the Hyundai job

so they are going to play grunge before every commercial, huh

http://charlottecommunitiesonline.com/files/2008/08/carolina_panthers.gif

This thing just sucks. It screams 'snap into a slim jim' or something.

my gf, who clearly has not watched that much football w/me this year, is finally harshing the hyundai commercials big time tonight

xp yeah its very macho man

it screams LA GEAR but no shoes

haha i know im its only defender in the world but i love the panthers logo/logotype

panthers logo is fine.

"fine"

I am a native Southern Californian and really rather enjoy there not being a football team in LA. For one thing, the Rams and Raiders left just as I was actually getting into football, so I got to pick whichever team I liked most, before the sort of unofficial Raiders vs Chargers split developed. Plus they almost always show the big national game (especially for the NFC), which I did not appreciate until I lived in the land of the 49ers/Raiders and now the Redskins. Also really we are shitty fans to everyone except the Lakers, there's absolutely no reason an NFL team would change that.

talkin some sense

so it's settled

Seriously I had to scramble around for a half-hour to find a place to watch Packers vs Bears, because my regular bar was closed and the only thing on normal TV here was Redskins vs. GIants.

cool we will just throw the panthers into the ocean then

Done and done

Agree that LA is probably out. It's fun to speculate about Jax, Carolina and Minnesota, but there's really nowhere for any of them to go.

they could convert to ice hockey

las vegas

http://zombiecowboy.type-100.com/files/2010/09/TheLastBoyScout.jpg

Dear Carolina Panthers, 1991 called and they want their font back.

Tarheel blue usually looks cool, but they got it a shade too dark and it looks funky to me.

its really weird how l.a. cant get it together to like the nfl btw

At first I thought Pomplamoose were the new Monkees but I guess they're the new Banana Splits with extra diabeetus.

Texas could probably handle a third NFL team, but it's iffy.

http://www.losangelesfootballstadium.com
Magic Johnson Trying to Bring NFL to Los Angeles

it is inevitable

its been inevitable for 15 years yet

to think we might see a coach that lost more games than he won this year getting Gatorade poured on him and hoisted upon Seahawk shoulders. oh dying for this to happen

Next year Faith Hill will be replaced by Pomplamoose

WTF is pomplamosse

I don't know Texas, so maybe this town might be die-hard Dallas fans, but I'd think think St. Antonio might be big enough and far enough from both Houston and Dallas to support a club.

terrifying (xxp)

L.A.'s never happening because the city's obsessed with getting any new team to play in the coliseum, which just wont cut it for a modern nfl stadium - plus 'we're moving to L.A.!' is so useful to the league as a threat

even the official doesn't wanna be there he's not paying attention

i always assume everyone in texas is a diehard dallas fan, including houston-ites, but maybe that's wrong

which just wont cut it for a modern nfl stadium

hate this logic

VG, they're that cute couple o' kids who sing and cavort and make you want a Hyundai.

'According to ESPN, there are at least six teams that have the potential to be moved to Los Angeles: Buffalo Bills, Jacksonville Jaguars, Minnesota Vikings, Oakland Raiders, St. Louis Rams and San Francisco 49ers.'

lol 49ers have been trying to get a new stadium out of relocation bluffing forever

wonder what the ratings for this game are, I'm sure it's somewhere between How I Met Your Mother and this year's airing of The Red Shoes....

Bills more likely to move north than west.

I was just back in Southern California and there are currently at least two (probably three, but Walnut isn't as big a player as City of Industry and the LA Convention Center West Hall) stadium proposals going on right now, the Jags/Vikings/Chargers rumors have never gone away, and there's been off/on talk of Saints, Seahawks, Panthers, Raiders, and probably some other teams for the past 15 years. The Broad/Wasserman kinda dudes really seriously want a team back in town, but as far as I can tell most actual residents like the Chargers or Raiders or the team from wherever the hell they're from, and would much rather see the Lakers win the NBA title again than have the Jaguars relocate just so they can say that they have their own team.

The West Hall Convention Center idea is the most dynamic urban thing, but it would be a traffic apocalypse.

hate this logic

― iatee, Sunday, January 2, 2011 9:05 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

what logic? you need luxury boxes to make money dude!

Toronto Bills makes no sense, though. I'd hate for that name to be lost forever.

xxxpost especially given the NFL's desire to add a team outside North America. it's not like they're gonna add a team in Mexico, after all

johnny it could be an anomaly like in basketball (Jazz, Lakers, etc)

6 punts in a quarter!

Toronto Bills makes no sense, though. I'd hate for that name to be lost forever.

― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Sunday, January 2, 2011 9:08 PM (14 seconds ago) Bookmark

the name is going to be lost forever tbh.

I think this 7 point lead might be insurmountable

If the Raiders move to LA: after going on a killing spree and checking myself into a mental hospital I am converting to Green Bay.

what logic? you need luxury boxes to make money dude!

yeah and that's fine, but only when these luxury boxes aren't being funded w/ taxpayer dollars

Talk of Raiders moving makes me ;_;

I feel like most of those relocation rumors are teams using Los Angeles to be like "No that's cool you guys don't want to help us with our new fancy stadium, that's OK, I bet the second largest market in America sure would like to have us..." without expecting the appropriate counter-response of "OK have fun being Kobe's bitch".

Lol

damn athletic jukes by Jackson

Vegas Bills lol

man watching this game is like watching a dude with one leg trying to ride a bicycle

With a crowd goingWOOOOOO

AMERICANS, PLEASE WELCOME YOUR NEW SUPERBOWL CHAMPIONS... THE SEAHAWKS

little momentum here. hmm this Steven Jackson guy is pretty good

The Niners might move out to San Jose or one of the burbs, but there is no way they leave the bay completely behind.

I can't see the Vikings leaving without it turning into some Browns type deal where they leave the history behind with a team to happen again.

It remains to see how this Bills deal with Toronto works out. Packers went through some lean years where they had to loan the team out to Milwaukee a few games a year, but that was a bit different. I don't think the players association would have to have a club where the team gets paid in Canadian dollars (which seems to be a big gripe for baseball and basketball players), but I think the NFL would love to have a strong franchise in that city.

Who knows about the Raiders, I can't think there are any cities that will deal with Al Davis but I think he has said he will sue whoever tries to move into LA, stating he owns that market. It seemed weird they moved to LA anyway.

can we send the Seahawks to the Arena League pls

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

the bills have to stay put. if they moved the 3rd most populous us state wouldn't have a football team.

AFAIK the original Raiders move was just one of Al's signature F-U's...like his giant dish designed to block out the sun, and the laser designed to kill pandas

maybe one of these teams will be this year's version of 08 arizona super cardinals

Yeah, I've only been to New York City once, but how the hell do they get away with calling NY home when both teams play in Jersey?

I don't think the players association would have to have a club where the team gets paid in Canadian dollars (which seems to be a big gripe for baseball and basketball players), but I think the NFL would love to have a strong franchise in that city.

― earlnash, Sunday, January 2, 2011 9:14 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

iirc the nba covers any tax/exchange rate discrepancies for toronto

maybe one of these teams will be this year's version of 08 arizona super cardinals

Nope, because that Cardinal team was likeable.

the local sportswriter here has always called the Jets/Giants the "East Rutherford Jets/Giants" in his columns. he refuses to call them New York anything

Yeah, I've only been to New York City once, but how the hell do they get away with calling NY home when both teams play in Jersey?

― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Sunday, January 2, 2011 9:18 PM (53 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

lol dont talk abt this

pooplemoose

tbf north jersey is in the metro new york city area - so they are the new york city giants/jets is the thing - lots of teams dont play in the city limits

Jesus Johnny you wanna start a civil war ITT? :)

Collingsworth seems way more sure that that was a catch than I am

Didn't realize it was such a sore subject tbh.

if we want to get technical about city designations, the Dolphins would be the "Opa Locka Dolphins"

foxborough patriots

Arlington Cowboys

If they tried to make the Giants/Jets change, they'd have to get the Landover, Maryland Redskins to change too.

Also before they left the LA Rams played at Angel Stadium and were basically the Los Angeles Rams of Anaheim.

xp "New England" is vague on purpose iirc

San Leandro Raiders

It would be cool if a team relocated to LA and the Industry site won the bid, so they'd have to be "The City of Industry Jaguars" or whoever.

Alternately, the Walnut Vikings has a nice ring.

VIKINGS OF INDUSTRY sounds like a metal band.

feel like if the patriots plan to move to south boston like 12 years ago had gone through thatd be far superior to what we have now - and they shouldve changed their name back to boston patriots

Hassellbeck rocking the fat pants lol

Walnut Vikings is lololol

Raiders of Industry would also be pretty awesome-sounding, like they were pirates who came into office buildings and tore shit up.

http://grab.by/8azz

yeah and if they had moved to hartford i don't even know xxp

Los Angeles, that's where I'm a viking

how many teams are actually within the political boundaries of their name? like half?

the Bucs actually do play in Tampa tho and jaguars do play in Jacksonville....

I guess what we're really saying here is that the league should contract back to 28 teams.

also these helmets are dope

http://grab.by/8azF

the seahawks have like 4 offensive plays

wow i don't know if i've ever seen that helmet!

Tecmo Super Bowl Seahawks

I for one miss the World Football League (prior to it becoming the defunct NFL Europe) and the ORLANDO THUNDER

boston bat hats

I wonder what's under that "WARNING"

http://www.gameuseduniverse.com/vb_forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=29962&stc=1&d=1254100372

jimminy

Awww this Youtubed Saints Fans celebration commercial is the best thing. Especially the dude who bodyslams his friend on the couch.

"the black-eyed peas take the stage for their first superbowl show ever!" << get ready for new yearly tradition, America

i only wish to know what that feels like sometime in the near future

I want some Fergie boob.

yeah awful foreshadowing there

Lol @ that giant picture of Bradford

http://media4.teenormous.com/items/www.distantreplays.com/distant-assets-product_images-GSJ48BOSL.jpg

no halftime show is ever gonna beat Prince at the Colts/Bears

San Te otm Prince was awesome

tru

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8BVcGoREYwc/SVr2YcF5UHI/AAAAAAAADWg/BPr-VsxAdys/s400/1959+Pennants+Cardinals.jpg

Maybe Fergie will change it up and pee her pants on stage again

the best halftime show was michael jackson when the entire stadium held up cards to form the image of children of the world holding hands, prince played a foo fighters song ffs

Maybe there will be an awkward Fergie wardrobe malfunction, though.

Although come to think of it I would really rather not have that happen at all.

Prince played a meh Foo Fighters song and made it awesome.

and yea ok hard to ever beat Michael Jackson in any regard...think that was 1991?

they're just going to come on stage and do the chorus of "I Gotta Feeling" on loop for 30 minutes

I never saw the MJ halftime show

I still think Janet was framed. I mean, it was Timberlake who pulled her clothing off.

mmmmmmmmmmmm Olivia Munn

http://grab.by/grabs/b78a58f845b2ae4a527bbf51eb17edb6.png

wow has uh pat patriot been.. taking something?

Whitehurst runs like he's playing Frogger

did Collingsworth just say "almost ate himself out" of the league?

Almost nothing. He was successful.

this is a halftime show http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4r3qz_michael-jackson-full-superbowl-half_music

that prince shit was embarrassingly small scale and a huge disappointment tbh

man eff that the Prince halftime show was dope HE PLAYED PURPLE RAIN IN THE RAIN WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT

prince just came out and did prince things, thinks hes too good for the superbowl smh, didnt even bring out steven tyler or pink or will smith or anything

Okay yeah, now I remember that MJ performance. It's cool-ish...but Prince was so much better.

Also, Springsteen's slide across the stage putting his dick in the camera was cool too.

I really only remember halftime shows in a 3 or 4 year halo unless someone's boob pops out.

sure as hell better than hearing an elder Roger Daltry miss about half his notes last year

man fuck Steven Tyler, he was at the 2001 Super Bowl

I think a good portion of the audience actually watched The Simpsons the year that MJ was the half time show.

Springsteen slide was rad

PRINCE DOING PRINCE THINGS IS AWESOME GODDAMMIT I WILL SB YOU ICE CR?M ;)

I totally miss the Bud Bowl commercials

they should switch it up and book Merzbow next year

^^^otm x2

i miss the beavis & butt-head halftime

prince and springsteen showed no reverence for the institution of the superbowl and are communists as far as im concerned

yessir merzbow f/masonna, boredoms NOIZE BOWL

Give the crowd 90,000 guitars and do a Glenn Branca piece at halftime.

also with special guest melt-banana

i am a huge fan of both of prince & boss but they think theyre too good for the superbowl which is the height of hubris

Prince IS too good for the Super Bowl...but he did it anyway

neither of them has made good music in forever so fuck em more or less

Michael Jackson probably didn't even know what teh hell a first down was

killdozer reunion halftime w/ those dudes from the cowboys who have a metal band

77,777 BOADRUM

man fuck that Musicology was great and it came out in like 2005, and 3121 was pretty good too. and that was like 2006 or 2007.

no one is too good for the superbowl THE SUPERBOWL IS BIGGER THAN ANY ONE PERSON plz leave ilnfl if u disagree

SUPER BORE

You are a communist ice cr?m if you do not understand Purple. Rain. In. The. Rain.

foo, fighters