Hopefully there will be ways for us to get around the geo blocking for that.Originally Posted by Mahow
Hopefully there will be ways for us to get around the geo blocking for that.
It's the one night that has games that I absolutely cannot stay up, so fuck that.
Yeah that's going to make no difference to me whatsoever.
@Giggles: Hola, no?
The games will still be on Sky anyway.
Hola seems to be working with less and less things these days though. It has even stopped being able to get me on to proper Netflix.
Exactly, which is why they'll be blocked on Twitter for the rest of us.
How're you using Hola, Giggles? Just the add-on or the weird standalone thing? Still works for Netflix for me.
I have the app on my tablet so I open that and then open the Netflix app through it as US or UK but I still always end up with the shitty local library. It used to work, and stuff like iPlayer work OK still, but I know Netflix have been doing their best to stop workarounds.
I can only watch Thursday games live every other week. Though it'll still be good to have more ways of watching.
Pre-season schedules are up.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...602-sf23926602
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...ter-10-seasons
D'Brickashaw Ferguson (who has never missed a game in 10 seasons, hell he only missed one snap in 10,708 and it wasn't due to injury) has retired.
A bit of a shocker that and despite helping the Jets massively in terms of cap space they have no left tackle now.
Goodbye to the best name in football.
Another smart man. He must be loaded.
I've always preferred Captain Munnerlyn.
It seems there are loads of mental names in college that don't make it.
http://www.nfl.com/photoessays/0ap3000000508871
I'm rooting for Weston Steelhammer and Chongo Kondolo.
There was a guy came through the draft on one of the Maddens (seemingly everyone got the same players) called OJ Justice. Someone must have been taking the piss.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...e-with-broncos
Clady and a seventh round pick to the Jets for a fifth rounder.
It's the best they could have hoped for but Clady is made out of glass.
Clady was a proper beast when he first came into the league and is still good on the game every third blue moon when you find he's actually fit. Better got rid of.
Former Saints DE Will Smith killed in road rage incident.
http://www.sportsjoe.ie/us-sports/su...-orleans/73710
Throwing away 2 lives and ruining several more over a pissing car crash. For fucks sake.
Anyone done a mock draft?
I'm tempted to put one together to see how I do.
I think Jacksonville will be interesting at 5. They seem to be in the habit of drafting Florida guys which unless Ramsey falls horrendously would mean a serious reach for Hargreaves.
The 49ers doing a Rodgers mark 2 with Goff (if available) is drool worthy too.
I think the top 10 is pretty much locked in.
I've got:
Jalen Ramsey
Carson Wentz
Laremy Tunsil
Joey Bosa
Miles Jack
DeForest Buckner
Jared Goff
Ezekiel Elliot
Leonard Floyd
Ronnie Stanley.
I keep hearing noise about Ramsey to the Titans, they feel he's a special talent and that they can get a offensive line help in the second round.
I've got a feeling the hue Jackson Carson wentz talk is all a ruse to make the 49ers think they don't need to trade up. It would be brilliant if they took Goff.
Josh Gordon was attempting to get reinstated after a year long suspension.
Problem is that he's tested positive for marijuana again
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...ana-last-month
I was just about to post that. What a tit he is.
Browns need to start taking players lifestyles into account when they draft them.
I'm in the "does it really fucking matter" camp.
He's a grown man. If he's shit and can't control himself he'll get released. Basically holding a talented player, who wants to play, back is just ridiculous.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...minique-easley
Former first-round pick Dominique Easley played exceedingly well for the New England Patriots last season when he was healthy. That makes his release all the more surprising.
NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reported Easley was released on Wednesday after playing only 22 games over two seasons. Tom Curran of Comcast SportsNet New England first reported the news.
Must be more there because it's hard to believe a team would give up on a first rounder, who has played well after only two years.
Looking at that Gordon story:
In February 2015, Gordon was suspended without pay for at least one year for violating the NFL Policy and Program for Substances of Abuse. Gordon tested positive for alcohol, and later acknowledged he had two beers and two cocktails on a private jet to Las Vegas.
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Fuck off is that worth a year ban.
It's because he's not allowed any because of an earlier offence. Like a probation.
See my post above. There's trying to set an example that foul play won't be allowed and then there's taking the piss. All the lads going for steroid bike rides but god forbid josh Gordon gets a tipsy mile high.
He was prohibited from drinking alcohol whilst in an NFL substance abuse program after drinking whilst under the influence though.
Oh right, I didn't know he was under probation.
Sorry Gabby, you're not allowed shisha. If we catch you with a cigarette again we'll ban you for 38 games.
Having been arrested a few months prior to that for drink driving...
The NFL were trying to help him with a substance abuse program, he agreed to it all and then violated it.
First pick traded to the LA Rams.
LA gives Tennessee:
2016 1st round (15)
2016 2nd round (43)
2016 2nd round (45)
2016 3rd round (76)
2017 1st round
2017 3rd round
Tennessee gives LA:
2016 1st round (1)
2016 4th round (113)
2016 6th round (177)
Holy fuck.
Well Carson Wentz is probably smiling now as he's in for a bigger payday.
If the Titans play this well they could become a serious fucking team, they wont because they're the Titans.
I now have the draft going like this:
Wentz
Goff
Tunsil
Ramsey
Myles Jack (Bosa is another option)
DeFores Buckner
Joey Bosa (or Myles Jack)
Ezekiel Elliot.
Rams are idiots.
Andrew Brandt's logic on MMQB that they're doing fuck all in that division without a QB upgrade makes some sense but that's still a hell of a deal for Tennessee.
The Titans are going to be busy boys in this draft. They're getting a ton of early round picks. It's not like they're end of rounders either, they've basically 2 1s, 3 2s and a 3.
That trade is right up there with the one the Rams were on the receiving end of from Washington a few years back in terms of the ridiculous number of picks involved.
Who do we think the Titans will be taking now then? Tunsil & Ramsey will both be long gone by #15, and it's likely that Ronnie Stanley could be off the board too. Meanwhile, Jalen Ramsey cannot be replicated by anyone. Do they still target those positions early, or do they switch to building other areas?
Stanley might still be there, if he's not they will take the next best lineman which is probably Conklin.
As a Rams fan that trade is scary. We have so many holes on offence we need the picks and last time we took a QB 1st round it didn't go so well. Without a WR and a TE all the QB will be doing again is handing off to Gurly.
It's not like we're good at picking in the 4th and later rounds either.
What did I miss today? Jeez.
That trade is hard for the Titans to turn down because they can seriously sort out their team now, if they do it right. For the Rams it's a little mad, but I understand it. They've been pussyfooting around with QBs over the last few years now and without one were probably destined to go 7-9 until the end of time. They needed to take a chance here. I'm guessing they want Wentz and he looks like he's got the goods.
Big losers from this deal are the 49ers. They're now looking down the barrel, QB-wise. Eagles have also taken a hit on this. Our move up to #8 looked decent but now we're looking at being locked in to taking Elliott.
Also Percy Harvin is done and the Eagles 2nd half of the season looks seriously difficult.
And thus the whole mock draft pish of the last month was deemed pointless
That's a batshit trade by the Rams though, I'll be glad to see the Giants shit on whichever quarterback they choose
I'm just not sure they're going Wentz.
New home, number 1 pick, re-establishing a fan base, a 'top' rated QB from California who played his college ball an hour away.
It'll all depend on what big Jeff thinks. It'll be really interesting to see if they pick QB @ 1 and the Browns bottle it and trade the pick to the 49ers for Kaepernick plus a whole bunch of picks. I'm exciting about the draft.
If they could get an inkling who Cleveland want and then trade them the #1.
They'd want Wentz, Hue Jackson seems mental enough to actually think that Goff's hand size is too small to play in the division.
"It matters because we play in a division where all of a sudden there's rain, there's snow and it's different. I think guys that have big hands can grip the ball better in those environmental situations," Jackson said.
Manziel has pretty damn big hands (touch under 10 inches) so clearly it's not all a load of complete and utter bollocks...
Sep. 11, Buffalo Bills, 1:00 PM, CBS
Sep. 18, at Cleveland Browns, 1:00 PM, CBS
Sep. 25, at Jacksonville Jaguars, 1:00 PM, CBS
Oct. 2, Oakland Raiders, 1:00 PM, CBS
Oct. 9, Washington Redskins, 1:00 PM, FOX
Oct. 16, at New York Giants, 1:00 PM, CBS
Oct. 23, at New York Jets, 1:00 PM, CBS
BYE
Nov. 6, Pittsburgh Steelers, 1:00 PM, CBS
Nov. 10, Cleveland Browns (Thu), 8:25 PM, NFLN
Nov. 20, at Dallas Cowboys, 1:00 PM, CBS
Nov. 27, Cincinnati Bengals, 1:00 PM, CBS
Dec. 4, Miami Dolphins, 1:00 PM, CBS
Dec. 12, at New England Patriots (Mon), 8:30 PM, ESPN
Dec. 18, Philadelphia Eagles, 1:00 PM, FOX
Dec. 25, at Pittsburgh Steelers, 4:30 PM, NFLN
Jan. 1, at Cincinnati Bengals, 1:00 PM, CBS
Battering the Steelers in Pittsburgh on Christmas
The most annoying thing about the fixture list being released today has made me remember just how fucking far away the new season is though
You could potentially have 5 wins on the board before your bye week there. That's also assuming that the Giants and the Raiders costly additions work out for them. Ravens/Steelers games are always tasty
It is far away though which is why I've been getting myself involved in very early fantasy talk. Keeps you sane while waiting.
Brandon Browner has gone back to the Seahawks.
It's really happened. He's gone
Unless that's for the league minimum I'm not sure why the Seahawks have taken him back.
I know that he was alright there but he had far too many penalties and corners look better due to the safety help from Thomas and Chancellor.
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