The NFL Thread

I wouldn't say it's not a big factor, it's less of a factor than other sports but it's still there.

At the end of the day only the Patriots, Ravens, Seahawks, the Saints and the Bucs have won the Superbowl since 2000 for the first time in team history.

Saints and the Buc have yet to be back and only the Ravens and Pats have won it again.

I'm not saying that I don't think that the Jags could make the Superbowl but there is a reason why the bookies have the Ravens at a shorter price and why you'd imagine they're more likely to make it this year than the Jags.

Lol gay soccer lol mahow cunt

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Lockette's retiring, which is far from surprising after that hit he took.

Gronks on the cover of the new Madden game.

Had to be between him or Watt surely(with Beckham being last year).

Could have been Von.

First time in a good few years that they didn't hold a fan vote though, I guess they really wanted it to be Gronk.

The Madden curse on Gronk :drool:

The curse is dead.

Megatron broke it with Sherman and Beckham also not being afflicted with it.

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Archived games :drool:

Keenan Reynolds has been given permission to play this year by the Navy.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...y-in-nfl-in-16

Not the greatest day for the Bills.

Their first round pick, Shaq Lawson is out indefinitely (they expect him to be out for around the first half of the season) after having shoulder surgery and Sammy Watkins has broken a bone in his foot but should be fine for week 1 unless he has a setback.

And the Ravens have signed Jerraud Powers who is probably going to start, possibly as the nickel corner which is good. We needed better options at corner.

With Sports Authority going bust there's a lot of stuff in the Post at the moment about what's going to happen to the Mile High naming rights, with Sports Authority wanting to sell them to the highest bidder. Seemingly they're not allowed to just do without written consent and yet it looks like it could end up in a situation where a court just says "Nah, that's fine."

I'd rather they just didn't sell them at all but I suppose that's unlikely.

Jalen Ramsey's torn his meniscus.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...ix-nfl-seasons

Walter Thurmond has decided to retire at 28.

I'm not really sure why, he was getting offers of around $4m a season to play after he had his first ever good season having been converted to safety by the Eagles.

28 does seem far too young to retire without it being for injuries. Last season being the first time he played a full 16 games too.

In other news Ryan Fitzpatrick is being backed into a corner quite fast. The Jets offer on the table is for $36m over 3 years with $24m guaranteed. It has $12m in the first year, so they are trying to cover off having to cut him/pay him for his last 2 years.

Fitz has rejected that and countered with a one year, $12m fully guaranteed deal. The problem with this is that the Jets can't accept without cutting someone, but Fitz has nothing to push them into it. No one else is interested in him and they are in no rush to pick him up.

I think we're going to see more of that sort of retirement going forward. From guys who aren't necessarily threatening to win a ring but have made enough money to set themselves up for life, anyway.

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It seems a bit bonkers when you think about it but I suppose what's the difference between having 5 and 15 million in your bank account?

The Fitzpatrick think is a bit odd. He must still fancy himself to play for a good 2 or 3 more years. Otherwise why not take the longer contract and then just let the jets cut him and take his guaranteed money (or sit in a backup role like Matt Moore and be comfortable knowing he's getting paid without damaging his health).

Ballsy move for someone who could easily flame out.

Is it just me who can't get my head around that?

24m possibly riding to 36m over 3 years implies that the 24m is guaranteed. Given the 24 is made up of 12 + 6 + 6 he had been offered 12m guaranteed for this year. How can they afford that but can't afford the 12m one year deal?

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Is it just me who can't get my head around that?

24m possibly riding to 36m over 3 years implies that the 24m is guaranteed. Given the 24 is made up of 12 + 6 + 6 he had been offered 12m guaranteed for this year. How can they afford that but can't afford the 12m one year deal?

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They can Defer money out to the back end of the deal. So it's probably not an issue this year but a fucking massive one next year.

I've not seen anything to confirm it yet, but there's strong rumours that Aqib Talib was shot in a club in Dallas last night.

It's true but he has been discharged from hospital.

Shot in the leg. Lucky escape.

Was the gun in his own pocket? Amateur if not...

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Or somebody wanted to piss him off / ruin his career and made a mess of it.

The consensus is that he shot himself accidentally. No official word yet though.

Some contract news about the league as news has been a little slow lately.

The Broncos talks with Von Miller have stalled days after saying 'real progress' had been made.
Malcolm Butler is on hold out from Patriots practice over wanting a new deal. He earned $500k last year which was a pro bowl year, but stands to make 'only' $600k this year.
Gio Bernard has signed an extension with the Bengals, 3 years and $15.5m.
The Panthers are planning to tie up a lot of their team. They've got Norman off the cap and are looking to front load all of their extensions so that they pay a lot less after this season.

Lastly is Andrew Luck. This season is his 5th year option which will bag him $16m. If they can't do a deal there than franchise tagging him would see him earn $25m in 2017 and then if they tagged him again, he'd earn $35m in 2018. The talk is that there are 2 types of deal being explored. One is a 10 year contract, so he will essentially spend all of his career with the Colts. The other, more realistic one, suggests a 5-6 year deal that would make him the highest paid player in the league, possibly of all time. The current top earner is Joe Flacco who is on about $23m per year, so he's about to get paid.

Sooner or later Denver will just give Miller the money if they can't get him to budge at all.

I've no concerns about it getting done.

He turned down a deal that would have made him the highest paid non QB. What on earth does he want?

More.

$115m turned down. :serious:

MMQB say, via Schefter I think, that the current stall is no longer over the total size of the contract but the guaranteed money.

The people of San Diego have delivered a 110,786 strong signature petition to the City of San Diego. They got that number in 6 weeks.

It gets submitted to a test, which if it passes, I believe entitles the people of San Diego to vote on whether or not the Chargers get their stadium money.

http://www.chargers.com/news/2016/06...tiative-ballot

Luck's career would probably be better off if he played out his franchise years until the Colts can't afford him, and then goes to a proper team, but he'd be silly to turn down the guaranteed payday given his injury history recently.

Breshard perriman has buckled his PCL 12 months after doing his ACL.

No luck for the kid - 26th pick in the draft last year and struggling to get on the field.

@Mahow

Fucking hell.

Oh and it wasn't an ACL last year, it was his PCL in his right knee.

This one is a tear of his ACL in the left knee.

Speaking of knee injuries. One of the Saints only proper pass rushers Hau'oli Kikaha has torn his ACL. He was only drafted last year but that's his 3rd ACL tear already(2 while at college). Probably done for the season.

It was a bit strange that all the media were touting Perriman to instantly come in the team though.

There's no chance that the coaching staff would put him instantly ahead of Kamar Aiken in the depth chart.

It's less of a blow than last year as Aiken came on strong in his first season as a starter. We've also got Steve Smith coming back, the 2 we drafted this year (including Keenan Reynolds), Campanaro is coming back from an injury and looked great at times last year (that rushing TD against the Steelers was fucking brilliant), Mike Wallace (lol), Chris Matthews who went mental a couple years ago in the Super Bowl and a couple of other promising youngsters.

Last year it was so much bleaker.

Super Bowl rings really are the most hideous things, aren't they?

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They're so typically American.

The early ones aren't too bad.

http://www.playinthepaint.com/wp-con...per-Bowl-1.jpg

And this one from 5:

http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/...20130109174859

Was Aiken really any good? His fantasy performances were abysmal.

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He was the 30th best in terms of Fantasy points scored last year at WR, abysmal is a bit far.

He started a little slow last year but he was great, 944 yards with 5 TD's is a good return. Especially as he didn't feature that much in the first few games and he had to catch balls from Mallett, Clausen and Schaub who started 6 of our games last year.

30th? That's shocking. I had him on my roster on and off all year but he never seemed to score much at all.

He was one of the Ravens only passing targets not taped together and still got the ball well. He'll drop off I think now they have 50 odd tight ends and RBs to feed.

Their only serviceable player was Steve Smith until he broke. The rest were all forgettable, fantasy wise.

Fletcher Cox has extended his deal with the Eagles. 6 years $103m with $63 guaranteed. :|

The Lions have signed Andre Roberts and are meeting Boldin. Yea... that'll replace Megatron.

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As good as he is, that seems far too much.

Especially as he's being shifted to DT as Schwartz is moving them to a 4-3.

Perriman has been lucky. After checking on him they've decided it can be treated with Stem Cells and he should be okay for most if not all of 2016.

Run DMC in Dallas hasn't been so. He broke his elbow trying to dive to save his mobile phone and has had to have surgery.

The other news of the day is Joey Bosa. He still hasn't agreed his contract and is now on a hold out. The dispute comes from him wanted all of his contract money, regardless of if he gets cut or moved on or whatever. Essentially if he becomes a free agent and switches teams, he could end up being paid by two teams at once, should he get what he wants.

We're trying to trade Monroe which makes sense.

He was great when we first signed him but he's on the decline and far too injury prone.

Stanley-Alex Lewis/John Urschel/Ducasse-Zuttah-Yanda-Wagner should do fine.

Left guard is a bit of a mess with one option being a rookie (who has impressed in training apparently but that means fuck all) and Ducasse being bounced around a few teams. Favourite right now has to be Urschel who has played a few games along the line.

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Perriman has been lucky. After checking on him they've decided it can be treated with Stem Cells and he should be okay for most if not all of 2016.

Run DMC in Dallas hasn't been so. He broke his elbow trying to dive to save his mobile phone and has had to have surgery.

The other news of the day is Joey Bosa. He still hasn't agreed his contract and is now on a hold out. The dispute comes from him wanted all of his contract money, regardless of if he gets cut or moved on or whatever. Essentially if he becomes a free agent and switches teams, he could end up being paid by two teams at once, should he get what he wants.

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That's what contracts should be, so don't have an issue with that. He's the number 3 pick on a shit team. Particularly given the new rookie wage scale, I don't really get why more of them don't just turn up and say fuck it, I want it all completely guaranteed.

Trade talks with the Giants broke-down so Monroe has been released.

Likely going to the Giants or Seahawks.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...eds-knee-scope

Trent Richardson needs knee surgery.

His chances of making our roster have gone from microscopic to zero.

Justin Forsett, Kenneth Dixon, Javorius Allen and Lorenzo Taliaferro should be our four.

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I've just worn that shirt for the first time today and it's warn so I've been sweating in it. It looks like the black dye of the shirt has come through the white numbers.

Kind of disappointing for what's supposed to be a $300 shirt. I'm hoping it comes out in a wash but I doubt it.

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We'd tidied the wardrobes up so I'd forgotten about this shirt until I came across it the other day.

I got in touch with the US NFL store about the issue and they credited my account with $10 without seeing the shirt. They said normal practice is exchange or refund but as they all went in the sale(they would being reduced from $300 to $20) they could only offer a refund. It's technically not worth all the hassle as I'd only get the $20 back I think, no shipping costs/tax. So I thought fuck it and bought some spray to put on it which supposedly removes dye that has run and then put it on a wash.

Other than a couple of tiny specks which are hard to spot it almost entirely came out. Basically gave me my shirt back. Still maintain that it's awesome, but I'll be washing it separate to everything else just in case that dye decides to run again.

It's been revealed what the mistake in Wade Phillips' ring was:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ClGskobUsAUdk3E.jpg:large

I was thinking an extra L in the name...

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...can-stay-clean

"Heaven help us if one of the conditions is to pee in a bottle," the attorney wrote.

:D

You can vote on NFL.com for the "best game of all time" and the top 3 are going to be put on Youtube. I don't know anywhere near enough about historic games to vote, and I wouldn't want to watch something I've already seen, so I won't bother, but seems pretty good. Hopefully something I've not seen before will make it.

Andrew luck won't be short of a few quid.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...colts-contract

Woof.

It just got slightly harder for the Chargers to build a new stadium. They now need a 2/3rds majority vote rather than a simple 51% in their favour now.

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/...h-vote-hurdle/

Also just in case any team wanted to take a punt on Manziel, he's banned for 4 games after essentially no showing the players union meetings(they were there to try and fight for him) involving the case.

Rolando McClain suspended for 10 games.

The Cowboys wont have shit.

Oh and Darren Waller who we (fuck you John) drafted the other year has been suspended for 4 games. He was a long shot to make the team especially after we asked him to move to TE but that's pretty much sealed his fate.

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Dr. Z week on MMQB has been ace. It's all worth a read, especially if you've not read his stuff before, I'm currently reading his all-time teams.
http://mmqb.si.com/mmqb/2016/06/24/d...e-team-offense
http://mmqb.si.com/mmqb/2016/06/26/d...-special-teams

Can't believe Zimmerman had the stroke so long ago. He used to be the one writer I'd look forward to every week. Time absolutely flies.

Brady suspension stands.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...ains-suspended

I'd let it stand, they'd lose to the Cards even with Brady and then their next few games are winnable even without him.

This afternoon is the deadline for franchise tagged players. If they don't sign by 4pm ET then they either have to sit the year out without pay, or play at the one year tender rate.

Players still not signed:

Kirk Cousins
Von Miller
Alshon Jeffery
Eric Berry
Justin Tucker
Muhamamad Wilkerson
Trumaine Johnson

By the sounds of it only Miller is close to signing. And signing for $114m and $70m guaranteed by 2018 at that.

I hate this thread because it reminds me my LOLphins still exist :(

Tucker is off next season unless they offer him a deal today.

Tom Brady has also given up and will serve the ban.

He's still not admitting any wrong doing either. Not that I ever thought he would. His ban is basically the entire of September plus 3 days of October and in that time, he is allowed no contact with the team. Might be a little rusty his first game back but that may be wishful thinking.

The Cousins and Jeffery situations are interesting. The Redskins are still to be convinced Cousins is the real deal despite finishing the season on fire and aren't too keen on handing him anything long term until he proves it next season. We'll see how he deals with that pressure.
Jeffery though is a known quantity. His ability says he should be getting a good pay day, but his being likely to be injured by a slight breeze would suggest most of his offer wouldn't be guaranteed. I don't think they'll end up agreeing.

His game back is against the Browns, he'll be fine.

Miller and Broncos have agreed on 6 years $114m. $70m guaranteed.

And yeah, RIP in pieces, Browns.

Ravens and Tucker have come to a 4 year $17m deal with nearly $11m guaranteed.

Chiefs and Berry have failed to agree. The Chiefs wanted Berry to pay for a disability policy that named the club as beneficiary. He said no.

Good deal that, best kicker in the league and we've locked him up for not too much.

No surprise that the Miller deal got done. It'll probably stick in Elway's craw a bit given this is the first big negotiation with the Broncos where he seems to have felt the need to back down but it was the right thing to do so at least he's not a total control freak.

Arian Foster to the Dolphins is happening.

Just seen the Packers and Bears are doing the colour rush thing in October :sick:

I've actually liked the colour rush uniforms.

All 32 are doing it this year I've just read. If this chart is correct there's some strange colour choices too.

http://mweb.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on...ust-get-leaked

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That signing might make them a little bit watchable.

Why have a 'colour rush' and put us in fucking silver.

This had better look good.

Le'Veon Bell is looking at a 4 game suspension for missing a few drugs tests. That'll change some drafts up :D

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...011-sf31516011

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...ded-four-games

Josh Gordon has been reinstated, albeit after he has served an additional 4 games out. He last played in December 2014 and he'll be back on October 9th. I wonder how long until he's caught again.

Also a few players have decided to retire:

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...ement-from-nfl - Phil Loadholt
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...ement-from-nfl - Eugene Monroe
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...seasons-in-nfl - Darnell Dockett
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...nfl-retirement - Greg Jennings

However one retired player is coming back:

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...-reinstatement - Anthony Davis.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...l-ot-jake-long

We've signed Jake Long which is a great move, assuming it's for close to the veteran minimum. The geezer has talent when he's not injured.

Also, Randy Gregory is facing another ban:

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...nal-suspension

He was already set to miss the first four games of the new season for failing a drugs test.

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http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...eyear-contract

Fitzpatrick has gotten a contract. One year $12m with a chance to make another $3m.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...elease-request

Nick Foles has been cut by the Rams.

Andre Johnson is doing a tour of the AFC South by signing for the Titans:

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...nnessee-titans

Jags next season to complete the set.

Also Jake Long wont be joining us as he declined to sign the injury waiver.

"This is the healthiest and best I've felt in probably about five, six years," Long said. "My knee's back. I've just been working out, feeling good and ready for the opportunity when it comes along."

Clearly he knew he was chatting bollocks or believed it was only a matter of time until it gave out again.

That's my number 1 pick in the draft sorted then. Andre Johnson can't let me down again!

DeAndre Hopkins has gone on official contract holdout. In other words, he wants a new deal and wont take part until he gets one. Some would say he deserves one after being a top 5 WR last season. However Brock Oswieler and Lamar Miller have both signed for good money so the Texans might not really have all that much left to play with. This could all lead to a trade but it wouldn't leave the Texans with all that much to throw to.

I didn't even think he could get one as a 2013 rookie.

He's contracted to the end of the 2017 season and could potentially be franchise tagged after that if the Texans played hardball. He's due $1m base this coming season and I'd imagine the leap up to what he wants would be something like $13m a season. I think he could end up being disappointed.
Still, he gets fined $40k per day he misses so he'd better make up his mind soon.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...6year-63m-deal

Chiefs have given Eric Fisher a 6 year deal worth $63m with $40m guaranteed which is fucking nuts.

He was wank in his rookie season and hasn't been much better in the previous two years. He's now being paid top 8 in terms of average per year and top 5 in total contract value.

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Those were in his rookie season.

PFF graded him as the 36th best tackle last year.

They won't trade him. He'll end up going back.

Apparently RG3 is taking all first team reps in practice for the Browns.

If they actually make him the number one for the season :harold:

Griffin leading the Browns to the playoffs :cool:

He was never going to sit behind McCown in fairness.

Are there any preseason games on Sky or are they all on game pass? :moop:

Why would you want to watch a pre-season game? They're awful.

I thought RG3 was essentially confirmed started when they gave up their draft pick in the 1st round.

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Was going to say exactly that. Pre-season in every sport is shit but especially in the NFL.

It's a shame but it was to be expected. Trent Richardson has been waived.

Was always going to be a struggle for him as we had 4 solid options and then drafted a 5th.

Is there genuinely going to be a RBBC in Baltimore? Surely it's still Forsett and then the others.

Well obviously there's a lot of smoke and mirrors, as is the case in the pre-season.

It wont be a committee but I also don't see Forsett carrying the load like some RB's. We will work in the other 2/3 that we keep around, I can see Buck Allen and the rookie Dixon getting a decent number of touches in the season. That's primarily because the coaches don't know who will be the guy after Forsett.

You guys doing a fantasy league or anything?

There's a separate sign up thread for it, but yeah. We just need to agree on a draft day.

We've lost one of our rookies, Bronson Kaufusi, for the season. Which sucks a lot, it was looking likely that he might have the biggest impact on the team other than Stanley as we needed more pass rushers.

Also, the Chiefs have picked up Nick Foles and the Giants have signed Leon Hall.

Strangest news of the day is the Niners giving NaVarro Bowman and HUGE contract extension.

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The 49ers are also giving Bowman a raise on the remaining portion of his old contract. Under the old deal, Bowman would've made roughly $23.55 million over the next three years. Under the new deal, Bowman will pull in $33 million over the next three years, which gives the deal a total of value of $77 million over seven years.

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He's 28 and already had 3 years on his contract, struggled in coverage last year (especially in his first few games although he was still great against the run) and he's still pretty fresh off the injury table.

Went to the domestic final today. Absolutely horrible flag riddled game but last minute TD at least made the end exciting.

I'd love to get involved with the local stuff. It's got a fair following around here, with some people from work in one of the teams. Unfortunately I'm 5 ft 8(9 on a good day) and slow as fuck, so I'm a bad fit for almost every position that isn't on the sideline.

How about holder?

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I'd love to get involved with the local stuff. It's got a fair following around here, with some people from work in one of the teams. Unfortunately I'm 5 ft 8(9 on a good day) and slow as fuck, so I'm a bad fit for almost every position that isn't on the sideline.

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I catch any game I can get to in the area (5 teams within half an hour) and have got into a few fundraising bits for one of them but of never think of playing again. You're only asking to miss time in work with injuries.

Today had a decent enough turnout. I'd hazard a guess at around 1500 as they'd only one side open and the stand was half full (Shamrock Rovers seats 6000). A lot of them were other teams players that ran buses to it though.

Tyrod is staying at the Bills and betting on himself to have a big year. On the surface it looks mental, but they're effectively giving him $9.5mill this year and raping themselves if they decide to keep him beyond that.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...ills-extension

Picked up tickets for BC v Georgia Tech last night. Both are shit but hopefully it'll be close.

Denver's offensive line issues aren't getting any better. Going to need backs and tight-ends to pull their weight with the bloocking this year, I feel, if Sanchez or Siemian aren't going to get battered.

Sounded like if you can take anything from pre-season games it would be mostly positive for the game against the Bears though, which is nice.

Carson Wentz has cracked some ribs in his first practice game. Bodes well for the future that.

Dorian Green-Beckham has been traded to the Eagles.

And the Bills have a PED cheater as a NT who's going to get banned.

http://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/...2-fa3fb8415dd7

The never ending knee injury continues, still no idea on when Perriman will return.

Shambles.

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Dorian Green-Beckham has been traded to the Eagles.

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Guy at work is fuming over this. He's a massive DGB fan. Even drafted him last year and never put him in his lineup once just so others couldn't have him. We're short at WR really so here's his chance to shine. All I know of him is that he's rapid as hell.

Green Beckham isn't that fast. Yeah he's pretty quick but I wouldn't say 'rapid as hell'.

Good big bodied receiver though but he has his problems and you got him for fuck all by trading some shit guard for him.

Worth the punt either way. Not likes he's any worse than what we have now. Matthews and fuck all else :D

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...t-negotiations

Could only happen to the Chargers.

Chargers latest offer to Bosa has been rejected.

Almost certainly won't start the season playing now, and going by the details San Diego released in their statement it does sound like Bosa's side are being greedy bastards, but then that report is coming directly from the team on the other side of the deal.

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Not even into the season proper and Romo has broken a bone in his back. Never change, Tony.

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Good thing they've got Dak. The saviour. It would be amazing if he went on to be amazing and wentz/goff face planted.

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Good thing they've got Dak. The saviour. It would be amazing if he went on to be amazing and wentz/goff face planted.

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His stat line for the pre-season (lol) is amazing thus far. He'll probably be a Kaepernick though in regular season if he actually has to play any games.

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Good thing they've got Dak. The saviour. It would be amazing if he went on to be amazing and wentz/goff face planted.

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By the sounds of it Wentz/Goff need a fair bit of work to be ready so this wouldn't shock me.

I can't see Goff even starting the season.

From Hard Knocks it seems that they want him to learn from the bench rather than pushing him in at the deep end.

There's no point rushing him in anyway. Unless the Cardinals/Seahawks suddenly shit it up then you have them battling for not bottom. That's not likely to change this or probably next season either so break him in gently.

Eddie Lacy seems to have found the fridge again.

He's on about cutting his hair to help himself out. How is he compared to last season?

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Looks about as good as he did last preseason. Pity he'll be 4 stone heavier by November.

Ben Watson out for the season after tearing his achilles. IT'S ALL HAPPENING AGAIN, ffs.

Pitta is also still recovering from his hip injury and a broken finger, Nick Boyle is suspended for 10 games and Maxx Williams has been missing practices for an undisclosed injury.

Rolling with Crockett Gillmore and a former WR who is suspended for the first 4 games :cool:

What a fucking shambles.

Might be going to LA for Christmas (with some time in New York before that), if it happens I'm going to the fucking Coliseum to see the Rams take on the Cardinals on New Years day :drool:

How easy is it to get tickets to an NFL game? Can you actually just show up on the day & get in or do you have to book ahead? I feel like that's a dumb question, but for some reason I've always had it in my head that games are pretty much impossible to get tickets to without booking way in advance.

In roster news, the Colts have picked up Stevan Ridley after he was released by the Lions, who have also traded Jeremy Kerley to the 49ers for offensive lineman Brandon Thomas. Also, Eric Berry has signed his franchise tender with the Chiefs, although he's unlikely to see the field before the start of the season.

Available to buy right now from ticketmaster with the cheapest going for $65 which doesn't seem too bad.

I've also read some articles (admittedly they're a bit old) that say you get the best deals a day or two before the game.

When the kids get older I'd love to go over and watch a game there.

There's a Ravens fan at work who has booked 2 weeks off when they have back to back home games. Steelers and then Browns. Twickenham will have to do for me.

I'm going to do the Lambeau stadium tour next year, but I know there's no point in wasting my time looking for tickets. I'll never see a game.

We've cut Randle after only signing him a couple of months back. DGB or Huff must be impressing.

Siemian set to be Denver's started for the season.

Question is how long before it's Sanchez anyway because Denver's offensive line gets Siemian killed?

https://vine.co/v/5e5X60Ije5m

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Getting NFL tickets is easy as fuck. If they're sold out on ticketmaster just go on stubhub.com and get them.

If you guys ever have any problems getting tickets, have questions about things, or really anything with the States in general please feel free to reach out and I'll do my utmost best to help you. :)

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How easy is it to get tickets to an NFL game? Can you actually just show up on the day & get in or do you have to book ahead? I feel like that's a dumb question, but for some reason I've always had it in my head that games are pretty much impossible to get tickets to without booking way in advance.

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Nah no way bro. Mind, you may have to pay a little extra than face value the closer to the game, but you'll constantly be able to find tickets somewhere in the stadium.

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Available to buy right now from ticketmaster with the cheapest going for $65 which doesn't seem too bad.

I've also read some articles (admittedly they're a bit old) that say you get the best deals a day or two before the game.

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$65 isn't bad to get in at all, but be careful. I heard the Coliseum isn't the best with views in some spots.

https://www.barrystickets.com/los-an...ting-chart.jpg

That entire half of the stadium will be blocked off for the most part and those top upper corners are going to be miles from the field.

http://aviewfrommyseat.com/venue/Los...rial+Coliseum/

^photos from diff seats

http://losangelesramscoliseum.io-med...web/index.html

^3D view where you can plug in your seats and it gives you a virtual idea

The University of Southern California also plays there, so there should be plenty of seat views to judge your seats.

I saw they have some for that game on the 50 yard line on the visitors side for $188 or so as well.

One thing I'd suggest as well is seatgeek.com

seat geek basically takes all prices from all of the ticket websites and puts them in one spot

Now, I generally will only buy from ticketmaster or stubhub, because they have various insurances behind their seats, but that doesn't mean the other sites are bad.

Just be careful who you spend your money with.

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Nah no way bro. Mind, you may have to pay a little extra than face value the closer to the game, but you'll constantly be able to find tickets somewhere in the stadium.




$65 isn't bad to get in at all, but be careful. I heard the Coliseum isn't the best with views in some spots.

The University of Southern California plays there, so there should be plenty of seat views to judge your seats.

I saw they have some for that game on the 50 yard line on the visitors side for $188 or so as well.

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I was looking around again last night at the stadium. Home side, near the 50 up in the nosebleeds is $140-odd which is much better than the cheap seats. I probably wouldn't mind spending around $200 though to make sure I'm home side and near the 50.

Edit: Shit, they were visitor side. Blah.

I'd have preferred home side but visitor will do actually, fuck it. I like the Cards too.

to be honest it's not as if the stadium will be 50/50 split anyhow

it's nice to be on the home side but to be honest being on the visitor side is perfectly fine if you don't really care about "oh look there's (my favorite player) !!!!!

Also being "on the 50" is obviously great but to be completely fair I've enjoyed games from basically all areas of a football stadium.

On seatgeek they're showing seats around the 40-30 on the Rams side for $215 each in Row 6, which isn't bad either.

One thing I will say, being up a bit higher is def. ideal.

Sitting right on row 1 is cool for a little bit because you're right on top of the players basically

But it's hard to see the game if it's not right in front of you in fairness.

When you get closer to making a purchase by all means hit me up and I'll gladly dive in to see what can be found.

A couple of hundred dollars for a seat is hugely lol. Are all American sports like that, or do NFL sides just need to coin it in to pay their fifty players eleventy billion quid each?

I remember an old episode of Home Improvement where Tim buys season tickets for some sport or another and ends up having to auction off specific games because his wife wants him dead for spending the money. It always struck me as odd, with my little four hundred quid Rangers season ticket, but if they're getting a hundred and fifty quid a game out of people then that episode suddenly makes sense.

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A couple of hundred dollars for a seat is hugely lol. Are all American sports like that, or do NFL sides just need to coin it in to pay their fifty players eleventy billion quid each?

I remember an old episode of Home Improvement where Tim buys season tickets for some sport or another and ends up having to auction off specific games because his wife wants him dead for spending the money. It always struck me as odd, with my little four hundred quid Rangers season ticket, but if they're getting a hundred and fifty quid a game out of people then that episode suddenly makes sense.

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I had to pay $120 a ticket to go see the Texas Longhorns college team before and that was seemingly going rate even for that.

No wonder they all turn up in vans with their own drinks and barbecues. You'd want to make a day of it for as little money as possible after you've been fucked to death for the ticket.

The tailgating is :drool:

You're right though it is more of a whole day event, in football anyway. There's loads turn up for all that and don't even go to the game.

Yep that's exactly why tailgating has become half of the exercise in itself.

I spent $250 or so to watch the Dolphins play the Patriots a couple years back.

Spent the same to watchthe University of Miami college team play their archrivals. Just checked the prices for the same game for this season: $170 just to walk in the fucking door.

This, again, is amateur football. Not even NFL.

It's really crazy, to be honest.

But honestly the tailgating is really so much fun, especially for big games.

Everyone grilling, drinks flowing, people are lighting up blunts in the middle of the parking lot lol, women are losing their inhibitions slowly but surely..

I can't wait for the previously mentioned University of Miami vs. Florida State game this year for this exact reason. Plus, the game itself is a lot of fun especially if it's a big game like that. The atmosphere is crazy.

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But honestly the tailgating is really so much fun, especially for big games.

Everyone grilling, drinks flowing, people are lighting up blunts in the middle of the parking lot lol, women are losing their inhibitions slowly but surely..

I can't wait for the previously mentioned University of Miami vs. Florida State game this year for this exact reason. Plus, the game itself is a lot of fun especially if it's a big game like that. The atmosphere is crazy.

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It was one of the best atmospheres I've experienced that day, and that was a shit Longhorns getting stuffed by Baylor. So I can only imagine what a Canes FSU game or an Michigan ND game is like.

Miami FSU games, especially years the game is in Miami, is an epic shitshow of hilarious proportions.

This was actually in Tallahassee (where FSU is) last year:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w3dlWmnIS0

It's like this every fucking yeaaaaar and even worse when it's in Miami. (South Florida is basically a magnet for scumbags).

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to be honest it's not as if the stadium will be 50/50 split anyhow

it's nice to be on the home side but to be honest being on the visitor side is perfectly fine if you don't really care about "oh look there's (my favorite player) !!!!!

Also being "on the 50" is obviously great but to be completely fair I've enjoyed games from basically all areas of a football stadium.

On seatgeek they're showing seats around the 40-30 on the Rams side for $215 each in Row 6, which isn't bad either.

One thing I will say, being up a bit higher is def. ideal.

Sitting right on row 1 is cool for a little bit because you're right on top of the players basically

But it's hard to see the game if it's not right in front of you in fairness.

When you get closer to making a purchase by all means hit me up and I'll gladly dive in to see what can be found.

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Yeah I'm looking at the high seats, I want to actually see things. Lol at them charging a couple of grand for a touchline seat when you won't see shit of the actual game.

Bosa's finally signed.

It's a classic supply and demand surely. The fact that the alma mater of a college is several thousand a year, never mind relatives, locals or 'extras'.

You're better comparing it to an Arsenal or Man United season ticket. They're fucking expensive, but people pay it. There's only 8 home games a year too, so not like you can decide to just go to a cheap game.

Basketball/baseball I imagine is much cheaper because they play mid week too and about a million games a year. Supply and demand...

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I'm disappointed with this. I wanted to see what would happen with a player refusing to sign for the team who drafted him. Is he allowed to look for another team? I don't remember an example of it happening before.

Closest thing I can think of is Eli Manning.

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I'm disappointed with this. I wanted to see what would happen with a player refusing to sign for the team who drafted him. Is he allowed to look for another team? I don't remember an example of it happening before.

Closest thing I can think of is Eli Manning.

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They go back in to the draft next year. Well it used to be that way under the old CBA and I don't think it changed.

It hasn't. I saw a report which said that Bosa would re-enter the 2017 draft and the Chargers would get nothing. Whilst it would have been stunningly harsh for the Chargers it would have been very 'lol'.

Also, Donald Trump has told Kap he should find a new country after refusing to stand during the anthem:

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...nother-country

:harold:

"Yeah I think Colin should go back to his o-..... whaddya mean, Milwaukee? Well shoot, the point still stands, just look at him."

If he's annoyed Donald Trump then maybe I don't hate him so much after all.

A thirty second Google has thrown up a stonking quote from the coach of the 'Baltimore Ravens'.

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"Voltaire so eloquently stated, 'I may not agree with what you say, but I'll defend it until death your right to say it,'" John Harbaugh said, per ESPN. "That's a principle that our country is founded on. I don't think you cannot deny someone the right to speak out or mock or make fun or belittle anybody else's opinion."

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Top, top stuff.

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A couple of hundred dollars for a seat is hugely lol. Are all American sports like that, or do NFL sides just need to coin it in to pay their fifty players eleventy billion quid each?

I remember an old episode of Home Improvement where Tim buys season tickets for some sport or another and ends up having to auction off specific games because his wife wants him dead for spending the money. It always struck me as odd, with my little four hundred quid Rangers season ticket, but if they're getting a hundred and fifty quid a game out of people then that episode suddenly makes sense.

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That is pretty much the secondary market but that the secondary market dominated US ticket sales is a huge issue.

Teddy Bridgewater's picked up a non-contact injury in his left knee, and it sounds like it could be pretty serious.

Got taken away in an ambulance & players were praying around him, apparently.

I can see them doing something stupid like trading for the Sanchez now.

They'd be heroes if they called up Interceptaurus Rex though.

Sanchez is going fucking nowhere. If anything we need more quarterbacks to endure all the fucking sacks they're going to be taking. I reckon we should sign Jared Lorenzen and put him in for a third of all passing downs just to soak up the punishment and score the odd bulldozing touchdown.

A shame for Bridgewater though. As meaningless as camp and pre-season is he was looking in decent shape by all account.

Real bonus for the division though. Minnesota were pretty much set to win the North before he got hurt.

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Sanchez is going fucking nowhere. If anything we need more quarterbacks to endure all the fucking sacks they're going to be taking. I reckon we should sign Jared Lorenzen and put him in for a third of all passing downs just to soak up the punishment and score the odd bulldozing touchdown.

A shame for Bridgewater though. As meaningless as camp and pre-season is he was looking in decent shape by all account.

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The Broncos are trying to sell Sanchez to the Cowboys.

It's potentially a season ender, according to Zimmer.

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It's potentially a season ender, according to Zimmer.

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:drool:

Tebow hasn't been picked up by an MLB team yet, has he?

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I'd missed this entirely. And I genuinely think it's a terrible idea. I have no faith in our line.

Can someone legit tell me why Tebow is no longer an NFL player?Granted i've seen only Youtube footage on the guy,but he seemed with the Broncos at least,a very decent mobile QB.Why did it go downhill so quickly and secondly why are teams that are actively searching for a QB not taking a punt on him?Surely guys like Glennon,EJ Manuel are not better than him.

Rotoworld saying he's out for this year and possibly won't be ready for next year. Fuck...

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Can someone legit tell me why Tebow is no longer an NFL player?Granted i've seen only Youtube footage on the guy,but he seemed with the Broncos at least,a very decent mobile QB.Why did it go downhill so quickly and secondly why are teams that are actively searching for a QB not taking a punt on him?Surely guys like Glennon,EJ Manuel are not better than him.

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Because the league have realised that mobile quarterbacks have to, somewhat shockingly, actually know how to pass.

Defences are getting better at dealing with mobile quarterbacks because they've stopped thinking 'oh but he's probably going to pass this time'. They're actively getting better at making sure that mobile quarterbacks have to stay in the pocket which is where they're complete bullshit.

See also RG3 (the Browns are mongs for taking a punt on him) and Kaepernick.

Cam Newton and Russell Wilson on the other hand happen to be great at actually passing the ball and running with it.

I see your point.Wasn't he famous also for his long throws as well?Or am i mistaken?And lastly,do you think he could cut it now with the state that the game has been elevated?

He was famous for one long throw.

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I see your point.Wasn't he famous also for his long throws as well?Or am i mistaken?And lastly,do you think he could cut it now with the state that the game has been elevated?

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He's got decent arm strength but again, his accuracy is a fucking mess. Most of his biggest passing plays were shorter throws which receivers like Demaryius Thomas made more out of:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAxM-z0CSgI

An 80 yard TD but Tebow passed it about 25 yards or so, Thomas did the rest.

He'd be an absolute disaster if he had to play now.

He had a workout for the MLB yesterday and scouts graded him below average for arm strength for throws like this:

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It shouldn't be bouncing from there.

I love how even years on, when a teams #1 QB goes down, we turn to Tebow :D

So Teddy suffered a torn ACL, dislocated knee and has structural damage to the area. He's done for the season but expected to make a full recovery.

What the hell did he do to manage that?

Unfortunately but predictably, Keenan Reynolds has been cut :(

Prime candidate for the practice squad if he doesn't get picked up by anyone.

Also, Goff will start the season as the third quarterback.

Oh and Perriman actually lives.

http://www.nfl.com/videos/baltimore-...wo-NFL-catches

Finally.

If he's back then who are the Baltimore Gooners going to lose to injury in his stead? They didn't get Wilshere on loan did they?

Well we already have 7 on IR.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37265886

Just because I hadn't seen the hair til now.

He should mention THE CONSTITUTION. Apparently nothing that's happened over there matters once you mention it.

Thankfully I didn't go to Boston College v Georgia Tech today. Absolutely horendoua game.

Sam Bradford replaces Bridgewater for a 1st and 4th rounder.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...b-sam-bradford

What the fuck...

Jesus.

The Vikings must feel that they have the (rest of the) team to take them all way this year.

I kind of feel we're waving the white flag before the season has even started.

So we're all going to be battling to take Bradford and/or Daniel in the first round tonight now then, yeah?

I'm expecting Bradford to go first pick now to be fair. Cam Newton ain't got shit on him.

I've just seen that the Vikings cut Moritz Boehringer :(

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Just about to post this :(

Hopefully he gets a spot on another team.

We're short of receivers. Couldn't hurt to give him a shot.

Don't send him to Baltimore, he'll only get injured. He could be DGB's German relative at Philly, so I guess that's a option.

He could do worse than Chicago, who have one reciever who takes 30% of the targets but is pretty likely to get hurt at some point, one who appears to be a work in progress and then presumably some other guys exist, but they could all just be myths for all anyone knows.

He won't go to Baltimore, we're stacked at WR. Even dropped a guy who was making plays like crazy in the preseason. Jeremy Butler, I'm pissed he got cut.

Fuck knows what's happening in Baltimore. We were expected to keep one of Michael Campanaro or Jeremy Butler but both have been cut. Then when that news hit it seemed that either Terrance Brooks (a good safety who was been at the team for a couple of years) or Victor Ochi (undrafted rookie linebacker who played really well in preseason) would take a spot. Both of them have just been cut.

We are going to sign Devin Hester though but there was room for him without cutting all four of those.

Edit: Hell, some were even predicting both Campanaro and Butler to make the final 53 after Ben Watson got injured.

Not sure what Thompson is at with that one.

http://yhoo.it/2ciAkdh

Maybe the Ravens have seen that and are creating space for him.

Well I hope so at least.

That seems pretty mad considering the state of their line last year. You'd think somebody would be more than happy to offer them something for him, if only to make sure they don't miss out on him if he gets dropped.

Losing anyone off that shambles of a line means Rodgers will probably be in a body bag by week 4.

Stanley - Sitton - Zuttah - Yanda - Wagner.

Pull the trigger Ozzie :drool:

You'll probably end up having to use him as a tight end in three weeks time.

Justin Forsett has been cut :uhoh:

Ozzie must be on the fucking whiskey.

So Terrence West starting with Buck Allen (who was being projected to be cut) as backup until Lorenzo Taliaferro and Kenneth Dixon are back from injuries.

The Sanchize :(

Lol at that Bradford trade btw, fucking mental.

He's only signed for the Cowboys :lol:

So apparently we've been trying to shop Bradford out since we saw Wentz debut. Our asking price was high and putting people off, but Teddys knee exploding pushed the Vikings into it as they think they've got a shot in the play-offs. The only problem for them is Bradford hasn't posted a winning season since 2008.
We've got our 1st round pick back and that 4th rounder could move up to a 3 or even a 2 depending how the Vikings do this season.

The problem is now Chase Daniel thought he was the backup to Bradford, but has been told Wentz is almost straight in the team when fit again. He's not a happy chappy.

A Football Life are finally going to cover Jim Brown :drool:

Apparently there's a reasonable chance the Ravens will just re-sign Forsett to a lower contract.

He will be back.

We only have 2 fit RB's for the first 2, possibly 3 games.

Hester is also joining today.

I imagine that we'll move Elam to IR and cut one of the backup CB's to make room.

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He will be back.

We only have 2 fit RB's for the first 2, possibly 3 games.

Hester is also joining today.

I imagine that we'll move Elam to IR and cut one of the backup CB's to make room.

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Tough part of the business really. Forsett turned down more money to stay with the Ravens a year or so ago, and now he's having to take a pay cut to stay.

Still think it's BS that player contracts aren't guaranteed.

Money is usually guaranteed once a certain date is hit, then bonuses on top etc.

Does back teams/players up into a corner sometimes though.

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Money is usually guaranteed once a certain date is hit, then bonuses on top etc.

Does back teams/players up into a corner sometimes though.

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Within a particular season of a contract perhaps. What I mean is if you sign a 3 year $10million contract, you should be getting $10million. What it really means is contracts are completely irrelevant if they're not 'guaranteed'.

Feel like the players union missed a trick within the whole CBA thing. The Bosa stuff this year also highlighted the flaws in the CBA. If 'star' rookies are feeling ripped off then somethings gone a bit wrong. It really shouldn't be difficult for the NFL to standardise it either.

Before I order Sky, are they actually showing the NFL on Sundays this year? They've nothing on their listings bar the small hours games on Thursday and Monday and Redzone for Sunday. Bit of a shitter of nobody is showing Sunday.

They are.

Next Sunday will be Packers/Jaguars and then Giants/Cowboys

So two of the guys who shouldn't have been cut (Ochi and Butler) got pissed that the Ravens wanted them for their practice squad and have gone and signed for the Jets and Buccaneers practice squads.

I would be shocked if a team doesn't put him on their active roster before this month is up.

He should have made the team last year but they put him on the practice squad and it's more stunning that he was cut that Forsett this year. Played well in games last year due to injuries and was making plays for fun in the pre-season.

I believe Sky are showing TNF, SNF and MNF as normal.

Not sure about the London games though.

The London games are usually on the BBC anyway.

The BBC have them again this year.

Where did you see the Sky line up for this Sunday evening @Mahow? I couldn't find anything bar Red Zone on their website.

http://www.nfluk.com/tv-and-radio/tv-schedule.html

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Fingers crossed they do the week 1 Pick TV thing again.

Red Zone in HD for 4 weeks on SSMIX from Sunday.

So we've named Wentz as week 1 starter. I would not have predicted any of this when we drafted him.

Forsett has re-signed for us.

Be interesting to see what happens. It looks like the coaching staff see the number 1 as rooms Kenneth Dixon and Forsett would have stayed away had he been fit. RBBC with West until Dixon is back.

So apparently Bruce Miller went to a hotel on Sunday night and was told it was fully booked. He returned on Monday morning, knocked on a room's door at the hotel. A 29 year old male answered, told him he had the wrong room and Miller decided to fight with him.

The guy was staying with his 70 year old father and he tried to help his son so Miller punched him in the face and broke some bones. He was arrested after running to a hotel across the street where this video of him bloodied was captured:

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49ers have since cut him and Miller is being charged for 'battery and assault with a deadly weapon, which was not a firearm. Miller also faces charges of aggravated assault, elder abuse, threats and battery'

:cab:

Mental.

So the Saints have cut QB Garrett Grayson (last years 3rd rounder).

That leaves them with Brees and Luke McCown. They must have had zero faith in him going forward as a potential successor.

Lord Brees-us has signed a new 5 year contract(he's 37) that can void to 2 years. $44m fully guaranteed over the next 2 seasons. It also has a no trade clause so he'll be retiring in New Orleans.

This also saves the Saints a shit load of money, while avoiding having to tag him going into next season. That would have cost them $43m in cap space alone.

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Lord Brees-us has signed a new 5 year contract(he's 37) that can void to 2 years. $44m fully guaranteed over the next 2 seasons. It also has a no trade clause so he'll be retiring in New Orleans.

This also saves the Saints a shit load of money, while avoiding having to tag him going into next season. That would have cost them $43m in cap space alone.

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Guess that explains the Grayson exit then. "Win now" and pick up a high draft pick when brees goes to shit.

shame they traded away Jimmy graham. Bonkers trade.

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Guess that explains the Grayson exit then. "Win now" and pick up a high draft pick when brees goes to shit.

shame they traded away Jimmy graham. Bonkers trade.

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Not really.

He's a locker room dick apparently, they needed interior help on their line and Graham wanted to be paid like a top WR. They also thought he wasn't very tough. Plus thought that Brees could throw to anyone.

Sounds like Denver's plan this year is to squeeze every penny they've paid for out of CJ Anderson, get Booker taking some of that load and basically trying to run a tedious ground-and-pound offense to protect Siemian and let the defense do the rest.

If the D follows up on last year and we have an eye-bleedingly hideous offense doing it's fair share I'll be loving life.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...ng-rb-vs-bills

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The NFL's new injured reserve rule allows teams to designate one player for return as long as that player remained on the roster for one day after final cuts. Baltimore's brass wanted the option to designate either defensive tackle Carl Davis or safety Matt Elam for a midseason return.

The Ravens essentially convinced Forsett to function as a human loophole. As a vested veteran, he immediately reached free agency rather than being exposed to the other 31 teams on the waiver wire. The running back received a couple of calls over the weekend from interested teams, but no offers were close to Baltimore's.

To sweeten the pot, the Ravens included a $100,000 incentive if Forsett surpasses last year's rushing total of 641 yards.

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Got the same contract back too.

Not a bad way to get round the new rule and what should be an easy extra $100k for Forsett.

Noticed that the UK could finally use Draftkings :drool:

I'm in the following contests:

http://i.imgur.com/ZeyiGd6.png

With these two lineups:

http://i.imgur.com/Wy94lfR.png

How much will I get back from my $13-odd? Probably nothing.

I still don't get what they actually did with Forsett from that article. Why is it of benefit regarding Davis or Elam?

If they had moved Davis or Elam to IR before the final cuts they wouldn't have been able to do the IR with return. They'd have been out the whole season.

As it is one of them could start practising again in week 6 and be playing by week 8.

Davis will be the favourite unless we get some safety issues or a big name player gets injured for multiple weeks.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07w0tds

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Reggie Yates presents a look at America as seen through the eyes of the NFL. Reggie travels to Green Bay, Wisconsin, to meet with the Green Bay Packers, visit a cheese factory and meet the superfans. The Packers are the only NFL team owned by their fans, and Reggie meets key local characters who epitomise the city's passion for the game. Travelling through the small town of Green Bay and the broader Wisconsin area, Reggie soon realises why they are considered to be the most hardcore supporters in the whole of the US.

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Fuck Reggie Yates and fuck the Packers, it could have had potential without them.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...-new-york-mets

TEBOWMANIA is back in New York with the Mets.

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Fuck Reggie Yates and fuck the Packers, it could have had potential without them.

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Even as a Packers fan, Yates already means I wouldn't switch it on.

Football is back :drool:

I've cracked open a beer and put some chips & onion rings in the oven :drool:

It's going to be 13-7 or something horrible, but who gives a shit, we have football again.

Yet another shit version of the American national anthem. Thanks :moop:

One day they'll get someone to sing it who doesn't just use it to show off how many different notes they can hit over the course of a single word with no interest in actually singing a song well. Taking a breath mid-way through a word is the sign of a particularly excellent vocalist.

Trev :cool:

Big Trev looking better than Manning did last season.

I didn't realise Star Lotoulelei was part lion.

Denver looking much better than last year on offence. That's pretty worrying if their defence hasn't suddenly turned to shit.

What a great first carry, well played Booker.

Booker :face: Bet they wish they'd kept Hillman now.

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I didn't realise Star Lotoulelei was part lion.

Denver looking much better than last year on offence. That's pretty worrying if their defence hasn't suddenly turned to shit.

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I fucking love him.

https://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/0NV...51/cats2.0.jpg

Whole team doing that shit dab but he looks like he wants to murder them all. Hero.

Nah, don't throw to Benjamin. He doesn't need yards or touchdowns. While you're at it Cam, don't bother throwing to Olsen either.

Janovich showing Booker what to do on the first carry of your career.

He's been a beast this far, blocking so well for Anderson.

Janovich :cool:

What a mong, jumping for that.

Looks like Cam might've picked up a knock on that sack from DeMarcus Ware...

When CJ Anderson is on it he's brilliant.

Also, despite the 2 picks I think Big Trev has done well thus far.

What a fucking interception by Harris.

Get fucked Carolina :drool:

Well that was a pretty good opening game in the end :)

Newton asking the ref for a flag everytime he got decked is a bit :harold: really.

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There were a couple cheap ones though.

On one the Bronco player legit launched himself helmet to helmet at him and nothing was called lol.

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It was called but because Cam intentionally grounded the ball the penalties offset.

Quite enjoyed that despite not really liking either team. Luke Kuechly is just brilliant to watch though, what a fucking player.

Siemian didn't look too shabby there either. Couple of nose-bleed moments with his under thrown INT and potential pick on the 1 yard line but he made some pretty sly moves.

Don't think the Panthers were at their best there though, think they'll get much better as the season goes on.

Siemian looks like he's one to watch now that the Manning shadow has subsided somewhat.

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It'll be horrible when Osweiller bombs in Houston. Elway will look like a genius.

Yeah, I thought Siemian was very impressive. The offence looks pretty good in general, with CJ Anderson potentially in line for a breakout season, assuming he doesn't get usurped by Andy Janovich.

The Dolphins have traveled without Jay Ajayi. He's not injured, so he's obviously pissed the coach/team off. They now have the reliable strategy of having only Arian Foster. I can't possibly see that going wrong.

Janovich creating a beauty of a hole for Anderson and then romping home for a TD of his own. Love a fullback.

Delighted with that overall. The defense looked pretty good again and would have overrun Newton if he hadn't played it smart with getting rid of the ball and making the most of space he created for himself. And although he struggled a couple of times when the pocket collapsed and made a couple of silly errors overall I liked what I saw and it'll do him some good to have got the win despite the errors.

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Wasn't the only instance I remember though? Maybe I'm misremembering.

Sunday evenings are back. :drool:

Already happy I got Sky Sports, even though I'll be wrecked every Monday for the next 4 months.

Where's the best place to stream Red Zone?

Baltimore are starting two rookies on the left side (Stanley at tackle and Alex Lewis at guard) which is the first time an NFL team has done that since 1995 :cool:

We're also going to be starting rookie Tavon Young at nickel corner and with Dumervil injured we'll be rolling with a mixture of Zadarius Smith and rookie Matt Judon.

Going young today :drool:

Will be interesting to see how Smith and Judon fare as they're both really good pass rushing guys, especially Judon who was stunning in the pre season.

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Can't you just record one/two of the games. That's what I'm doing and it's brilliant. Limit yourself to one-a-day and the season is like a continuous stream of new games. Brilliant.

It's back. :D

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Can't you just record one/two of the games. That's what I'm doing and it's brilliant. Limit yourself to one-a-day and the season is like a continuous stream of new games. Brilliant.

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I'd never watch a game I recorded once I know the score. Obviously I'm not going to stay up for Arizona and the Pats, but I'll still only be getting to bed at around 1 and up at 6.

Brees :harold:

3 passes for Osweiler to get picked. Thought it would take another pass or two.

Nice of Jordan Mathews to knock a cameraman out and not even check on him after.

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Avoid the scores until you watch the games. It's not difficult.

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It's inconvenient to my routine. I like to watch all the NFL.com highlights with a coffee when I get to the office on a Monday morning. I don't mind not seeing the really late games in full anyway.

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It was a pretty solid int from the CB though. It wasn't a hopeless Shaub effort. He'll come good. Maybe. Hopefully. Probably not.

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It's the Texans, no QB can ever come good there.

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Perriman :drool:

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We should just play watt there and see what happens. Can't be much worse than historically.

So at the moment I've left Benjamin & Gordon on the bench, both of whom have scored TDs, and dropped Sanu, who already has 60 yards.

Can we just have every player we draft eligible to score? :moop:

You just knew that Folk would miss that kick after CBS said that he hasn't missed at the Metlife in the month of September (what a shit stat that is).

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It's one of the worst 'stats' I've heard. Oh, and Latavius Murray just scored - I benched him in another league too.

Has that college kicker with the perfect record binned his first kick wide yet?

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Nope but he was binning loads in the preseason so he's got it in him.

When you've to spell Lacy on the third possession of the game and the option is James Starks, you know that trophies aren't in a teams future this season.

Not a good day for kickers so far. Except Aguayo, ironically.

Definitely glad I dropped Sanu right now...

Jags defence actually looks respectable here, which is a change.

That's fine so long as it doesn't mean bortles stops hay making it down the field because "fuck it".

I know it's only the Browns, but Wentz looks the part so far.

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Not a good day for kickers so far. Except Aguayo, ironically.

Definitely glad I dropped Sanu right now...

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Good for the beast that is Justin Tucker too.

1/1 from 50.

Melvin Gordon is actually doing things :\

Benched him in one league.

Two punts downed inside the 5 :moop:

Flacco and Mike Wallace :drool:

We're fucking ON IT.

This is so sloppy from Green Bay. Shouldn't have completely disregarded preseason.

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Benched him in one league.

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Benched him in two.

I don't want to play fantasy football anymore - it's ruining my enjoyment of games :(

I'm 11/13 in an accumulator and Kansas City have decided to shit it up against the fucking chargers. Bastards. :moop:

Chiefs being taken apart 21-3 at home to the Chargers.

Why would you have benched Gordon? Your own fault chumps, he was steamrolling people all pre-season even against starters. Absolute dynamite. I mean unless you benched him for AP and started CJ Thursday night or something.

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I rolled with Ware, CJ, AP and Hyde.

Should have benched Hyde :(

RG3 is back :drool:

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David Johnson & McCoy, with Moncrief as my flex. DeAngelo & Gurley in the other one, with Marvin Jones as flex.

RG3 making things a bit better by chucking a pick, and McCoy getting in the endzone is nice too.

Always flex tier 2 RBs over tier 2 WRs :dc:

Not Keenan Allen injured again :(

Keenan :uhoh: Hopefully it's not serious.

That was a tasty bit of work from Charles Sims :drool:

Jesus that was a bit good from Rodgers and Adams.

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Just outrageous. Some qb.

That catch from Adams :drool:

Cutler :harold:

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I know but I like lolling at Cutler more.

Sounds like Allen might have done his ACL :(

Brandin Cooks is so damn quick.

The Saints :cool:

I'd better not be up against CJ Anderson AND Brandin Cooks this week.

Benched Cooks for Julio. Mugged off.

That catch from Mike Evans was top notch.

Allen Robinson cannot get a pass today - 1 catch for 8 yards & loads of balls just out of his reach while Sam Shields climbs all over him.

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Benched Cooks for Julio. Mugged off.

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Can't complain about that, you go Julio every single week.

Mariota you twat. What did he throw that ball at all for?

Where do you (non American) lot watch this stuff? I have a very mild interest (Read: I didn't hate the Superb Owl once) and wouldn't mind watching some more if there's nowt else on.

Is there a highlights show on British TV that I haven't noticed? Or do you heve to stream it? If so, fuck that.

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Where do you (non American) lot watch this stuff? I have a very mild interest (Read: I didn't hate the Superb Owl once) and wouldn't mind watching some more if there's nowt else on.

Is there a highlights show on British TV that I haven't noticed? Or do you heve to stream it? If so, fuck that.

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Sky sports for live stuff and there is a highlights show late on Tuesday nights on BBC two.

There's a highlight show starting up on BBC midweek, I believe. In terms of live viewing I think most are on Sky Sports while I have an NFL GamePass subscription.

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Is there a highlights show on British TV that I haven't noticed? Or do you heve to stream it? If so, fuck that.

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There's a final score type thing (only with actual coverage) on Sky Sports Mix since 6pm too.

I don't bother with Sky Sports but I'll give the BBC show a go. Cheers.

I'm very pleased that pretty much everyone I fancied to have big seasons has scored so far - Anderson, Hill, Evans, Sanu, Snead, Gordon, Minnesota DEF. Even Will Fuller has just had a nice reception.

Shame I'm playing literally none of them in any of my fantasy teams :moop:

EDIT: Actually I have Minnesota in one league.

Add Fuller to the list of scorers.

Falcons need to get throwing to Julio.

Vikings D :drool:

Mariota is having a shocker.

What a first carry from the rookie running back in Oakland.

This Raider/Saints game is mental.

It's all going crazy at the end here :D

That was too close.

The Raiders :cool: :drool:

Shame about the shit taunting penalty though.

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

Derek Carr, Jeremy Langford, Spencer Ware, Mike Evans and Latavius Murray are doing their best to try and win me some money. Hold on lads.

Jack del Rio has monstrous testicles.

The Chiefs :drool:

What a fucking comeback.

Alex Smith once again showing people that he's not just a 'game manager'. Eat shit Niners.

Dolphins going for it on fourth down in the first half & getting stuffed :D

Kenny Stills should be instantly cut for that drop.

Jesus fuck.

It was so bad it should count as about three drops.

Or maybe give him half of the subsequent sack.

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The more I see it the worse it is.

That penalty flag. :cool:

The Colts defence might actually match ours for shitness, except they've had to have their entire roster if cornerbacks injured to be that awful.

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Got to love a blocked kick.

I was so close to dropping Eli for Stafford :mad:

This Dolphins/Seahawks game is pretty trash. Miami might even win it :D

Victor Cruz :cool:

I wanted to do the dance icon but I'm on my phone & I don't remember what it is.

Seahawks only just getting out of that with a win.

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'dance' with colons.

This one on the 'fuge is better though:

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Terrance Williams :harold:

What a fucking mong.

Eat a dick Jerry.

Terrance Williams probably shouldn't check his Twitter this week.

What the fuck was that play :serious:

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They had to lateral it as they had no time to actually take the kickoff and then try and score a TD. Like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_zg-J0q42M

Or this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zd0NbgX5tw

I hope the Cardinals dick on the Pats. Sky insisting on calling Garropolo 'Jimmy G' is infuriating.

Chenoworth is so shit, awful rendition of the anthem.

She's got a voice like a car alarm.

Jimmy Garropolo passing to Jimmy Garropolo is great.

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Russell Wilson is likely to be out Week 2 at least.

That dirty wanker Suh.

He clearly wants me to fail in the TTH league.

Griffin gone on IR. Shame that, he could have had a decent season there.

Fucking hell, that's massive.

Jesus that kick from Arizona :face:

RG3 is made of paper mache.

RG3 is on IR?! :D

The Browns are cursed to be shit forever. Although to be fair, it's unlikely he would've done a whole lot to change that anyway.

Bet they're glad they didn't trade McCown now. Or, do they continue the youth movement & throw Cody Kessler in :drool:

The best part about the Browns is they can say they fired Bill Belichick once lmao.

Imagine being the franchise that fired Bill Belichick lmao

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Imagine being the franchise that fired Bill Belichick lmao

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The Baltimore Ravens fired Bill Belichick after completely fucking over his final season.

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Yeaaaa I guess that's true.

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From 1991 until 1995, Belichick was the head coach of the Cleveland Browns. During his tenure in Cleveland he compiled a 36–44 record, leading the team to the playoffs in 1994, his only winning year with the team. Coincidentally, his one playoff victory during his Browns tenure was achieved against the Patriots in the wild card round during this postseason. In Belichick's last season in Cleveland the Browns finished 5–11, despite starting 3-1. In November of that year in the middle of the ongoing football season, Browns owner Art Modell had announced he would move his franchise to Baltimore after the season. After first being given assurances that he would coach the transplanted Baltimore Ravens, Belichick was instead fired on February 14, 1996, one week after the shift was officially announced

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Fuck my life.

Watching Sunday Night Football & I'm not convinced by Carson Palmer this season, I have to say. Lots of iffy passes & he just accepted a couple sacks when he probably could've got rid of the ball.

Similarly, John Brown did absolutely fuck all. Don't think he even saw a single target in the first half, and he's only seen two in Q3, both of which were incomplete (one Palmer overthrew by miles & the other he dropped).

On the other hand, Larry Fitz is an undying God, Jimmy G is sufficiently Brady-ish for the Pats to go 4-0 pretty easily, and David Johnson still looks like a beast.

Oh, and Andre Ellington needs to stay the fuck in the endzone on kickoff returns - think he lost at least 5 yards each time he ran it out.

I'll take thank you's for RG3 on behalf of the team. Apparently the IR designation means he will be out for at least 8 games. This does however bring McCown back in and he loves a throw to Barnidge.

Is it wrong that I'm really liking this anthem rendition?

Give it one lad.

He's not pissed about and tried to put his own stamp on it and made it 3x longer. So well done him.

Or try to make it sound like he's being autotuned.

Well fuck :D/:face:

Big Ben :harold:

Josh Norman really is bloody good.

He made Beckham his bitch to the point he chimped out. He was right on Brown too. I can't wait for him and Beckham to go at it again.

That was a fucking brilliant and gutsy call on 4th down there.

Everything about that was superb.

This Rogers kid has potential. He just needs to stop falling down at the end of all his plays.

You like that, Cousins?

:harold:

YOU LIKE THAT! He's been dire so far.

Breeland is getting roasted by Brown.

Washington need to get Norman to shadow Brown.

Big Ben to Brown is so lethal.

I wouldn't abandon Palmer and the Cardinals after one week against the Patriots. The Pats had a solid month to gameplan for the opener and Belicheck is the master. If the Cards can't get it going against less well coached and prepared teams, then it might be panic time.

Oh fuck, Lindsey Stirling :cool:

She's so awesome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g9poWKKpbU

That ain't good.

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Get Sean Mannion in there ASAP!

Rams are going to win the big homecoming next week now.

Rams always turn up for the Seahawks but they're going to need to more than ever after that.

The world must be ending.

28-0 against the fucking Niners? Jesus.

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Blurp

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I'm going to have to get one. No idea if it should be Mosely or Williams though.

I don't mind it as it's a solid colour, but it's too close to this work of evil

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The Broncos have gone a similar route to Baltimore in as much as it's just the shirt colour throughout. All orange, in Denver's case.

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http://news.nike.com/news/nfl-color-rush-uniform-2016

http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/nike-unv...ws.24052.html?

Here are all of them.

Jags one is nice, as well as Cardinals.

The Packers just have their normal jersey with white bottoms.

Is there any purpose to this color rush business or like the throwbacks is it just another rinse?

Rinse.

The new highlights show is on now.

I'm a little behind.

Champman is wank, still but Osi is amazing. Especially after bashing Cleveland in about 90 seconds.

Our colour rush shirt is just the pissing black alternate one. At least do something different!

The Saints one with the white shirt and gold numbers/sleeves looks slick though.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...der-cj-spiller

Spiller has been cut.

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So much lol.

That BBC show was a bit odd. Cutting at half-time to the fellas just saying 'look at this, he's good and now he's dancing, back to the second half'

https://youtu.be/Wopy6Ntd834

Did we discuss this at all? It's probably the best bit of commentary we'll get all season :D

The worst part is he probably got reprimanded for that, considering they've made initiative to not show the 'streaker' on television as to not encourage others.

edit: I'm just assuming it's the streaker call by Kevin Harlan, apologies if it's not.

That didn't actually happen did it? :D

Yeah, it's real, it's just that nobody managed to watch the game long enough to hear it.

"THE GUY IS DRUNK! BUT THERE HE GOES!" :D

:D

Just brilliant. Take that killjoys who won't show the action.

The Jim Kelly, Joe Namath and Kevin pissing James intro was horrific.

Slightly saved by the daughters of Kelly and Namath. They were all stunning. No idea if they were the actual daughters or actresses.

Also fuck Sky for not paying the studio to be on late night games.

So, Quincy Enunwa is the Jets' #1 receiver now apparently...

Fitzpatrick is having a pretty shaky game already.

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Fitzpatrick is having a pretty shaky game already.

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Yeah and I've benched the prick in every league I have him in :\

I've benched all Jets and Bills though.

I've started McCoy, but I'm not thrilled about it. Got the Jets defence too, so hopefully the Bills are shit but McCoy nicks a TD & some decent yardage.

That was a really odd drive.

Oh shit, yeah I started McCoy in the one league I have him too. Keep forgetting that he is there.

Oh shit, Goodwin failed at the Olympics but he blew the shit out of the defence there.

Revis has been shit in the first 2 weeks thus far.

The island is being nuked.

RIP Revis.

That went about as badly as it possibly could've for my fantasy team. Knew I should've picked up Baltimore instead :moop:

Preston Brown & Jerry Hughes have looked very good on the Bills defence so far. Shame the cornerbacks can't help giving up plays on third down.

That doesn't look good for Marshall.

ACL?

Oh here we fucking go. We had every RB die last year & now it's WR death season.

The sound of the hit on Forte was so satisfying, fuck knows how he kept his legs going to cross the line.

My stream died. Is Marshall out?

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He got his knee twisted up, looked really bad but he walked off.

Doesn't look great on the sideline but he appeared to be walking.

If he can walk then it's probably not a full tear.

He's in the locker room now though.

He'll probably have strained the ligaments or at worst have a minor tear. A few weeks out either way but shouldn't be season ending.

Apparently he tried to jog on the sideline but was in too much pain.

Jogs out though, must have had an injection.

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Fuck knows how he's back on the field making catches.

Benched Decker, sigh.

Snap on that.

Jets are either great going forward, or the Bills terrible at stopping them. I can't decide which.

This one could get ugly if it carries on like this in the second half.

Are the Kentucky Buckets actually the LA Rams?

I have Decker, Marshall, Enunwa and Taylor across all my teams. All benched, all doing well.

I started McCoy though who has done fuck all. I am the mega jynx.

The crazy laugh after Manuel hit the sneak, lol.

Fucking hell :face:

They've been complete wank, barring two 70yd+ TDs.

EDIT: And now the fumble TD. Get Jalen Marshall out of the game - he's been rubbish from kickoffs too.

Lol at the Jets.

They're trying to outshit each other and the Jets are winning.

Ej Manuel in now as Tyrod is in concussion protocol.

Taylor back in & immediately throws a pick :)

I want EJ Manuel's job. Occasionally comes in to fall forward or scream 'HUT' about 30 times in 20 seconds.

That was such a Rex Ryan play :D There were so many hardcounts it almost felt like it deserved an unsportsmanlike conduct flag.

Well the Bills look really, really bad. Gotta be one of the worst five or six teams in the league. The offence was almost as bad as the Rams'.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...tor-greg-roman

Bills have fired Greg Roman their OC.

Some are saying it's a poor decision because they put up 31 points but 7 came from the defence and 14 from two big bombs. Other than that they were shit and even worse on Subway against the Ravens.

Also, because of his poor offence the defence couldn't get any sort of rest. They were on the field for almost 40 minutes.

It's a poor decision because you should know this stuff earlier than two weeks of the season if you have any handle on your team at all.

Well yeah, there is that.

It is Rex Ryan though. He's fucking clueless at times, just look at him insisting on having Rob Ryan on his staff.

Touchdowns from long bombs still get the same number of points, right? I assume so otherwise there are QBs (hi, Joe!) who have rings that wouldn't.

Binning coordinators is an easy answer to problems caused by people higher up the chain.

I know but they were horrendous on offence yesterday and against the Ravens (they only managed 160 total yards with 11 first downs).

It's clearly desperation mode but it's not like he was doing all that well and Rex can't and wont ever blame his shithead brother.

Twat.

http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=17569101

Desean Jackson levels of mongness.

I dunno, Will Greenwood did the rugby equivalent of that in the world cup final.

Hope the bengals fuck the steelers here. :yn:

Fuller :cool: Sure am glad I benched him in the league I have him in...

Osweiler chucking a pick at the goal line to waste it all. Cam already has an INT too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVD8c6sVkzc

Lol at South Parks take on the anthem thing.

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I really like this Texans team.

That was a beautiful pass and catch from the Panthers.

Teddy Ginn :cool:

What an idiotic interception from Adam Jones. Looks good on his stats at the end of the year, but cost his team 20-25 yards today.

Adam Jones and idiotic have been a good match his whole career.

It was a nice catch though.

Garoppolo is dicking the Dolphins here.

I think the Patriots are going to be just fine when Brady retires.

Our defence which was so good last week is shitting it up.

85 rushing TD to Isiah fucking Crowell :face:

Could have driven a bus through the fucking hole that was there.

The Browns are going to the SuperBowl now they've ditched RG3.

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Our defence which was so good last week is shitting it up.

85 rushing TD to Isiah fucking Crowell :face:

Could have driven a bus through the fucking hole that was there.

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I started them in one of my leagues. Sorry about that...

I have no idea who this Swaim guy playing TE for Dallas is but he doesn't run like a human.

Speaking of TEs nobody's ever heard of, Xavier Grimble just scored for the Steelers. Maybe Blake Bell is next.

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The Ravens haven't bothered to turn up here. Did they decide to just go party at manziels gaff instead?

20-2, fucking hell.

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McCown always fucking plays well against us, it's mystifying.

We also had an assistant defensive coach die from cancer yesterday, might be on their minds.

McCown injured already :P

I think the Browns & Giants have got their offences mixed up.

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Kessler apparently looked like dick in the preseason.

We'll probably make him look like Kurt Warner.

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Fucking hell :D

Terelle Pryor will be in by the end of the game.

Garoppolo is going to be the next Matt Flynn.

He's going to get fucking paid at the end of the season.

Pats are blowing Miami away here.

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He's going to get fucking paid at the end of the season.

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He's still got a lot his rookie deal still to go no?

That lob pass to Matt Jones was the stuff of nightmares. The next pass to Garcon was even worse.

Cousins does not look very good so far this season.

The Saints defence just made a play, and the game is 0-0 after a quarter :cab:

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Oh shit, ofc.

Could trade him and he'd get paid but they'd need a stupid offer to do that.

Gabbert to Torrey Smith = points

Stafford :D

The Saints have TWO turnovers. Maybe we should only play guys we signed off the street the week before.

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I bloody love this new Matt Stafford :D

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Hero.

Don't tell Browning about Torrey Smith.

Thanks for not doing that last week Greg Olsen :thbup:

Now throw everything else to Kelvin Benjamin.

Kirk Cousins is so fucking bad.

Marcus Peters & Jarvis Landry :harold:

Arian Foster might be out with an injury too. Shocker.

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This Saints/Giants game is going to end 0-0...

The Saints :harold:

Jimmy G is hurt. Brissett coming in.

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Typical :face:

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Jimmy G is hurt. Brissett coming in.

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Dolphins injured Wilson last week too.

McCown is going to get fucked next week.

Oh and a TD \0/. 'Mon Ravens.

Lol at the Lions.

On the 1 yard line and now 2 penalties.

3 penalties.

1st and 26 :harold:

It's just more yardage that Stafford can pass for

How much money would you have got on 0 offensive TDs in the first half of the Saints/Giants game?

Steve Smith :cool:

Keep going lad.

Flacco to Wallace is such a great combo thus far.

Just as well Bruh benched him or I'd be in serious trouble.

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Jimmy is out for the rest of the game.

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Thanks for not doing that last week Greg Olsen :thbup:

Now throw everything else to Kelvin Benjamin.

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That's more like it.

Would be nice if Mariota would chuck some TD's to Tajae Sharpe.

Dalton looks to have picked up a knock. He was limping to the line after getting hit.

I'm feeling pretty good about my decision to stream Mike Nugent this week. Shame almost everyone else has been awful so far.

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Snead coming through now though. Just need our defence to turn to shit again so Eli can start racking up some points.

Marcus Peters might be the best intercepting DB in the league right now.

He's always taking balls out of the air.

So McCown has a separated left shoulder and is still passing all over us :face:

That was fucking class from Benjamin.

Corey Coleman is balling out today. Nice to see Kelvin Benjamin getting the ball in the redzone at last.

Every single time Blount hurdles someone it surprises me.

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Probably because he looks more like a jeep than a man.

Cam :D

Zeke has two fumbles on the day too, which is a slight concern. He's not been quite as good as the hype suggested so far.

Cowboys :cool:

Morris was always going to score.

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Cam :D

Zeke has two fumbles on the day too, which is a slight concern. He's not been quite as good as the hype suggested so far.

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Especially with 'THE LINE' there. I reckon I could grab 100 yards a game with no fumbles running behind it.

Justin Tucker :drool:

So fucking good.

That was fucking old school Andre Johnson.

Had no idea his old man hands still worked.

Tannehill hard as a bag of spanners there.

Fuck off with the knees Eli.

CJ mother fucking Mosley :cool:

You beautiful fucking beast.

That's two horrid calls in the bengals game.

Perish Cox you beauty.

Gio Bernard trying to lateral to a lineman :D

Didn't realise the Rams were back to their proper colours :cool:

Fucking loving the Rams throwbacks.

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Reminds me of Kurt Warner in the Superbowl the second I see them.

That catch from Fitz was fucking stunning.

I never realised Redzone lasted for the later games too. And I've been sitting through that shite in LA.

RIP Woodhead.

Woodhead :(

I bet Pleb loved it the bastard.

The Jags have looked just as shit as usual so far this season.

Doesn't bode well for the Packers if the Jags are this bad.

They're not looking any better in the second half either.

Jameis is looking like going from 4TDs 1INT last week to 4INTs 1TD this week.

Meanwhile, the Seahawks are losing to the Rams again. They're another team who've massively underperformed so far.

Wrong Johnson Arizona you fucks :panda:

Oakland's defence has been pretty bad compared to all the hype they were getting in the preseason.

Speaking of which, the Jags are getting utterly molested by Travis Benjamin.

Del Rio is a fucking hero.

The penalties :harold:

Rams :cool:

Fisher :cool:

Well that escalated quickly...

The Vikings line is a fucking mess.

I'd be throwing some screens to AP so he can at least get into some space.

Steffon Diggs is brilliant.

In the last five games, going back to the playoffs last season, Denver have allowed Roethlisberger, Brady, Newton (two games) and Luck to throw a combined three touchdowns and amass a collective QB rating of 67.

No doubt a means will be found of making Dalton look like Montana next week now I've said that.

Credit to McCown for finishing his game against the Ravens. Apparently he's in excruciating pain. Browns down to 1 QB on the roster now.

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This is an amazing stat. 2 guaranteed HoF QBs there and two top guys. Mental defence.

That one floating around on twitter about Rodgers not having a QB rating of 100 for 14 straight games now is one I'd never have thought. He's on some slide.

Woodhead confirmed torn ACL. Out for season.

I was just about to say it's weird that we haven't heard anything about any of the injuries.

Any news on the others?

Peterson was up and walking this morning apparently. Not as bad as first feared but still needs a scan.

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Torn meniscus.

Speaking of injuries, McCown is out of the game against the Dolphins next week and DeMarcus Ware is out for at least 3 weeks with an ulna fracture.

Jonny Stewart is out for 1-2 weeks and Garoppolo is out for the next game and perhaps longer.

Also, the Seahawks have lost a 5th round pick and been handed some fines:

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...ffseason-rules

All that extra practice and they've been shit thus far.

What a shit anthem rendition.

Have you always commented as much on pre-game anthems as you have this season and I've just not noticed?

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:D

They are bit in the spotlight after Kaepernick and all.

They're showing the singing of the anthem more because of the Kaepernick thing.

The commentators are even commenting on what players are doing during the anthem.

Three players (Malcolm Jenkins and 2 others) were standing with their arms raised.

http://www.trbimg.com/img-57e0854b/t...02/750/750x422

One thing that did strike me at the weekend. Certain matches had barely a 3/4 full crowd. It might have been misleading at what stage of the game I saw, but is it a common thing over there?

Some teams actively cordon off parts of the ground/ sell less tickets to avoid getting blacked out, I think.

I was pretty shocked with the Steelers game being what looked like half-empty. I always thought they were football mad and had a packed stadium every week.

Chargers are looking another step closer to LA.

Yeah when the fans stop turning up to the games, the nails are being prepared for the coffin.

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Yeah I know that the Rams have shut down part of their stadium.

I didn't realise America's Game for last season had been aired in America. I wonder if Sky will get it (assuming I've not missed it.) Can't find it, stupid internet (I probably just don't know where to look.)

Looks like the Chargers have publicly said they expect to lose the City vote on their stadium funding. They're trying to put the pressure on now by making noises about the LA move again.

I honestly don't get it. It's a no brainer to me. Give them the funds. All they'd need is to host one Superbowl in the next 10 years or so and they'd make it back through that alone.

It's absolute nonsense that NFL teams seem to get stadia paid for by the cities they're in anyway.

Okay so the city or state or whatever argued that they'd put up things like hotel tax so they could cover the revenue but not punish local people or whatever it was they claimed but it's still rubbish.

You're not short of money, lads. Build your own fucking stadium.

It's mad. I'm sure it's $350 million from the City/State and then the NFL themselves would throw another $250 million in.

Surely you can build a state of the art 90k seater stadium complex for that? Look what Football teams do in Europe. The Emptihad cost £110m at the time. Imagine if they'd had 4 times the money.

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It's mad. I'm sure it's $350 million from the City/State and then the NFL themselves would throw another $250 million in.

Surely you can build a state of the art 90k seater stadium complex for that? Look what Football teams do in Europe. The Emptihad cost £110m at the time. Imagine if they'd had 4 times the money.

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The one in Carson was going to be around $1.8bn. I'm guessing the directors all requested golden shitters.

Fucking hell. Wembley was a massive pisstake but even that at around £800 million, would do a team like the Chargers fine.

Love this note from MMQB, that Adam Vinatieri's debut was in 1996, two months before Clinton was elected.

Warrant out for Josh Gordon in a paternity case. I'd say we can draw a line under that career at this stage.

What a fucking mong.

And it'll cost him millions of dollars as well.

Good. He's a fucking shitbag.

What an absolute fucking mug.

In other news, if 'Jimmy G' can't go on Thursday, they will play Edelman as a QB.

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What about the guy that replaced Garopolo? Was he that bad?

Also, Peterson is out until at least December.

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Okay he'll actually be QB2 on the night but ready to go incase Brissett isn't up to much or goes down.

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Here's hoping he does for the craic.

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They've signed Ronnie Hillman. :D

Abdullah is on IR too. :(

Is the League still hellbent on a London team?

Less talk of it these days. I'd say they're realising it hasn't a chance.

I think they're more trying to push the Jaguars as 'our' team instead.

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This.

Plus the talk only really starts 2 weeks prior to the London games, then ends just after the last game.

Actually, the talk is late in starting this year.

http://www.nfluk.com/events/regent-street.html

Not too long to wait.

How many on here are going to games this time round then? I'm going to the Redskins game as my brother-in-law is a fan and I don't care enough about any of the teams involved this time to have a preference.

For what it'd cost me, I'd rather pay the extra and go to one in the US. I never like the idea of it full of a big mixture of all 32 teams fans.

There was a group decision among the work lads that before the last game, if the Rams ended up facing the Giants that we'd go. Obviously I wanted an Eagles loss in that game so the Eagles came over instead but I'm still waiting for them. Going Giants v Rams instead.

I'm a season ticket holder so yea, I'll be at all 3.

I wont be going to any, I'm holding out for either a MEGA game that I can't resist or the Ravens.

If I end up going to LA for Christmas I will be going to the Rams/Cardinals game in week 17 which will either be shit (if they're no playoff ramifications) or fucking amazing. Even if it's a shitter of a game I imagine I'll have a decent time. Especially if the food is as good as the rest of the league.

Corey Coleman has broken his hand. The Browns are the NFL's Arsenal.

I don't understand how you can hate Gordon. He's a beautiful example of humanity, with all it's flaws and wrinkles. 100% talent, 0% fucks.

Peterson might be out all season, so congrats if you won the McKinnon waiver wire race in your fantasy leagues.

The Browns :(

Asiata & Hillman will ruin the McKinnon hype within two weeks.

Thursday Night Football, anyone?

I'm banking on a shit anthem.

In terms of the uniforms, the Patriots win.

Nice run by Brissett, liked that he didn't want to step out and went for the end zone.

Charles James has clearly got his 'play like shit' socks on today.

Pats can barely lose if they try.

The Patriots are just the hands down best run organisation in US sports.

I thought we (Texans) were garbage from what I've seen.

ASJ(Bucs TE) has been arrested on suspicion of a DUI offence and a 'Drivers Licence Violation.'

As a result the Bucs have had enough and cut him.

I think they've been waiting for something like that to get rid of him.

Promised so much when he came in as a rookie but has been woeful.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...-bucs-practice

A third year guy not knowing where to line up in practice is proper mental.

Oh and Brissett has a thumb sprain so the Pats might have to use another new QB (or Edelman) if he or Jimmy G can't recover from their injuries.

They host the Bills next week, so they could probably line up with Belichick at QB and win 27-0 again.

Just a damn shame that Tebow has a job.

http://lockerdome.com/thefakeespn/67...22643580303892

:D

Washington and the Giants is the biggest reason for Redzone ever.

McCown is out 2-4 weeks, strain and hairline crack to his non throwing arm. He asked the team to put a harness on it so he could play today, but they said no. Fair play to him.

McCown is a tough dude, you have to give him that. I hope Kessler doesn't get destroyed, but he really has nothing around him even if he does well. At least Gary Barnidge might see twenty targets I guess.

Yeah, I thought Kessler was the next man up. Opportunity for hue jacksons man to prove why he opted for him over Prescott, cook etc.

If Miami weren't hopeless I'd fear for them for another drubbing. They could legit go 0-16 though. Relying on terelle Pryor to be your go to man. :uhoh:

It's alright, Josh Gordon will be back soon to save them (and my fantasy team).

Browns are a great shout for 0-16 this year, especially considering their better players are dropping like flies. They only really have Crowell as an option right now who has shown anything.

I can't believe they passed over on Wentz in favour of RG3 though. We all know they'll be back in the top 3 picks next year picking up a QB anyway.

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Gordon could be done, depending on the Browns stance. There's a warrant for his arrest out over a paternity claim. I'm not sure there's an NFL rule against what he did but teams themselves have cut people for it. The Ravens used to be ruthless for it.

Never change, Tannehill.

Great start from both QBs in the Dolphins game :D

The penalty thrown on Nick Perry for doing a throat cut gesture is pretty lol

Sounds like all our benches are scoring well so far.

Pryor is already in at QB :D

2 QB system, lol.

The new Ron Jaworski and Randall Cunningham but so much worse.

Big Joe and his gimpy knee rolling :cool:

Our O-Line is fucking brilliant when they're onit.

Mosley pulling out an Odell Beckham :drool:

Fuck me he's back to his best this year.

Fabulous pick from Mosley. Bortles is trash though.

Can we call the Packers game already?

Christ, another awesome interception.

This time by Peterson.

Patrick Peterson just matched Mosley's pick.

Tannehill needs to be taken out back and put down.

I sure am glad I didn't drop Eli for Tannehill this week :D

Arizona have been awful so far.

The fuck is happening in Buffalo?

I benched Shady as I had the Cards defence.

I have both & played both. Gotta hope Taylor throws some more picks & David Johnson gets going.

What's happening to Kelvin Benjamin?

Nothing, apparently.

At least Allen Robinson has got in the endzone at last though.

Have Arizona in my accumulator. :moop:

Glad I decided to play Marvin Jones in one of my leagues.

Detroit are still getting smashed though.

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I went hard on Cardinals in my Draftkings lineups this week :\

I'll take anything from Kelvin. I'm leading but need wiggle room.

Jags are hard done there.

Looked good to me.

Has to be a catch. These reception rules are such bullshit.

Fucking lol at the Cardinals there.

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I'd like it more until I seen an image of a happy Rex Ryan.

Fucking hell Arizona :face:

Odell Beckham has been a shambles the first three games. Meanwhile, the Minnesota DEF is beastly.

What's going on to Arizona? Murphys Law is in effect.

Mariota is having a terrible start to the season too - he's just giving up turnovers like they're radioactive. Even Sean Smith has got one from him.

That catch was lovely by Jordan Reed.

Jones got some clatter there.

David Johnson saving my blushes in not playing McCoy. Vikings look tough on D.

That hit looked like a game ender. Definitely gotta get Matt Jones checked out after a shot like that.

Fake punt. And I thought this game would be shite.

What a 4th down play :D

Punter made Kirk Cousins look like Tebow.

That fake punt from Washington :drool:

Vikings giving the Panthers a lesson and showing why they wanted a win now QB.

Let's go Cleveland. A win with their third string QB & WR both playing under center - it's too good to be true. And it probably is literally too good to be true, to be fair.

Can I just put on record that Adam Theilen is rapidly rising up my underrated player rankings after his start to the season. He's like Amendola and Cole Beasley, except even more anonymous.

The real Odell Beckham has shown up at last too.

The Packets shitting their pants.

Get a pick, give it straight back :face:

Played lads.

lol at Odell Beckham's chimp out.

Terelle Pryor is carrying the Browns here. Give him AFC player of the week. Marvin Jones has probably got the NFC award locked up.

Raven block a FG, and the Giants block a punt to give Eli another chance to throw a pick & piss me off further...

Nevermind, the penalty ruined the block.

Blocked kick :cool:

Fuck off Jags.

Please don't fuck this up Baltimore.

That late hit in the Titans game was ludicrous. Looks like Taylor Lewan might've injured himself doing it too.

Tajae Sharpe donning Sean Smith though :cool:

Justin Tucker have my babies.

T-Sizzle is shittng on Bortles.

Blake Bortles is an awful, awful quarterback.

Zach Orr :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:

THE AWAKENING IS HERE.

I dropped him last week, obviously.

Tannehill :harold:

I'm wide awake.

Tannehill :harold:

Browns looking for a kicker Monday.

Parkey is so fucking shit.

Typical Browns :D

Denver donning it. Nice to see Siemian rack up some points too.

Carson Palmer. 0 TDs, 4 INT.

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They picked him up off the street yesterday.

He started well for the Eagles a couple of years ago then turned to horse piss.

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Carson Palmer. 0 TDs, 4 INT.

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Is it still too early to wonder if he's fallen off the QB cliff?

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He just hasn't been the same ever since he dislocated his finger.

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Two of them were fairly late when chasing the game in fairness.

Speaking of QB's and the cliff.

Brother Eli doing what he does best, lobbing picks.

:D

i'm wide awake.

Well, I guess Cleveland fans are used to misery at least...

Oh and :harold: at the Bengals.

Dalton wont even have a chance to choke in the playoffs this year.

The Chargers have had their crippling injury for the game early - Manti Te'o just went down untouched.

The ghost of his former girlfriend tackled him.

Marcus Peters is mental.

I'm adding Adam Humphries to my list - evidently I have a thing for vanilla midget slot guys.

Marcus Peters is a pick machine.

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The ghost of his former girlfriend tackled him.

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Outstanding work, sir.

Carson Wentz might just be the better Carson at the minute. He's certainly already better than Blake fucking Bortles.

This I will add, is the Carson Wentz who the Browns thought was not worthy of a 1st round pick and took RG3 instead.

He looks 100% legit right now. Gotta give some credit to the coaching staff (most of whom are ex-QBs) for getting him ready & drawing up an offence that suits him perfectly.

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He'd fail at the Browns anyway.

They'll be picking in the top 3 again.

'Double (or higher) box' needs to fuck right off.

I'd rather watch something happen in one game then see a replay of what just happened in another. Barely being able to see action in 2 games then having to watch a replay of both is so shit.

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He'd fail at the Browns anyway.

They'll be picking in the top 3 again.

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If you look at their fixtures, I see 2 games they stand a chance in. At the Titans in week 6 and hosting the Cowboys in week 9. They really could be going 0-16 this year.

It sounds like there aren't really any franchise QBs coming up this year either, so they'll probably end up trading down again & trying to build up the rest of the team for when they can finally get someone decent.

I've just taken a look at the stats Minnesota put up earlier - 8 sacks, 3 picks, a safety & a defensive TD :cab:

Chiefs might do even better at this rate. Horrible stuff from the Jets so far.

Oh, and Saints era Jimmy Graham is on the field for Seattle today.

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I don't watch College ball but apparently DeShone Kizer and Deshaun Watson are better than Wentz/Goff.

Brad Kaaya too.

Yeah, I really need actually watch some college games - Lamar Jackson has something like 12 TDs in two games, which feels more like a statement of how shit college defences are than how good he is.

Having said that, Mike Vick reckons Jackson is miles better than he was, so maybe he'll do alright.

Still prefer watching College than the NFL. Standard isn't as good but there's nothing to match the atmospheres and the scheme varieties. Colorado Oregon last night was brilliant.

That was great by Wentz.

Even better by Sproles.

Sproles still going like a demon. Must be near a decade now.

That play from Wentz & Sproles :drool:

It's great to watch us again.

Wilson is in trouble again by the look of it. Might be the other ankle too.

Yep, Boykin is in while they check him out. Only for one play though.

Christ the Niners are shit.

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Poor roster adds Chip Kelly. Was never going to be pretty.

Yeah, we can probably say the Chip Kelly Experiment has failed at this point.

Boykin is back in now as Wilson is on the treatment table.

Aguayo is falling to bits.

We might actually be good again!

Eric Berry :cool:

The Chiefs play Give It Away when they get a turnover :D

Eat shit Pittsburgh.

We're coming for our AFC North crown.

TY Hilton is giving Jason Verrett nightmares today.

They're getting fucking fisted :drool:

Philly v Baltimore in the SuperBowl this year then.

Just turned on Red Zone.

Jesus Christ.

I can't decide whether Jameis Winston is good or not. He has moments of quality then he chucks in loads of turnovers to set himself back again.

This Jets drive is slightly taking the piss :D

No idea why QB's still pass to receivers covered by Marcus 'Pick Machine' Peters.

The Chiefs DEF must have fifty fantasy points by now.

If they don't he could actually beat Night Train Lane's interception record.

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23. Still no Vikings(28) yet though.

Cameron Brate might actually get the game time he earnt last year now the Bucs have ditched ASJ. He's also on my list, by the way.

How the fuck was that pass interference? :D

These penalties :D

Check his next 2 games out and think again. :D

Third and 37 :roflol:

That attempted tackle on Austin is fucking disgraceful.

Tavon Austin looks like a mild breeze could take him down.

Alright these passes are getting a little bit silly now.

Fitzpatrick 0 TD, 4 INT

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How about now?

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How about now?

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25. Must try harder. :D

There's probably time for Fitzpatrick to get the ball again.

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Fixed.

And now?

Fucking hell. Put Geno i.... on second thought, carry on.

The Bucks getting a garbage TD :harold:

Mike Evans is fucking brilliant.

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Told you :D

We want 6, we want 6.

The Chiefs DST were somehow free agents in my main league.....

Fixed that.

Tavon Austin is a mong.

Touchback, son, touchback.

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Fixed that.

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And TTH league...

What the fuck was Tavon Austin doing fielding that kickoff?! :D

Fitzpatrick :D

6! Fucking hell.

Bucs game delayed :serious:

There are no words :D What's Fitzpatrick's fantasy score?

Gotta love having a weather delay in a game that's almost over :moop:

Why?

http://www.pro-football-reference.co...ingle_game.htm

Namath did 6 twice so the Jets are used to it.

-2.3. Did I mention my opponent has played him over Cousins?

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Assuming you're asking about the Bucs game.

It's due to lightning.

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There are no words :D

What's Fitzpatrick's fantasy score?

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I'm wide awake.

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Me too. 23.10 points :D

Hey Dan.

I'm going 0-3 :moop:

Matt Ryan to throw three long TDs to Sanu to give you a glorious late win :nodd:

Deangelo Hall must be done now.

32 and a suspected torn ACL.

If San Diego gets a TD :drool:

Well that was something.

Fire the Colts special teams unit if they lose this now.

Looks like Dez is hurt already.

If Dak keeps this going, I don't see how they can put Romo back in.

There's a WhatsApp group for the lads in our Fantasy League and in it I've just dared to suggest that the Seahawks don't have a great offense and are a defence first team. The Seahawks fans(since 2014) have all seethed into calling me an idiot and "what have the Eagles done in the last 5 years?"
As a test I asked if they thought Brees or Wilson was the better QB and they've all decided I don't know what I'm on about, despite me not actually giving an answer to that question. Got to love the bandwagon fans.

Did you not see them destroy San Francisco yesterday? How many points have the Saints scored this week?

Case closed.

It's an offence that succeeds in spite, and a defence that succeeds because. Even the most blinkered of fans should see that the o-line is a load of sweaty balls.

Doug Baldwin's a king amongst men at the moment though

That was nicely done, and shockingly intelligent for an NFL player.

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That's brilliant.

I was assuming he was waiting for it to go out of bounds (I know of said rule due to Madden and some shit air kicks) but I didn't realise he could put himself out of bounds, touch it and thus the ball was out.

Speaking of shit things, I thought a guy as inexperienced as Siemian would be in a bodybag by now behind this Denver o-line but so far it's actually been remarkably solid. Whether they've clicked, whether Kubiak is working around it like a boss, whatever, I dunno. It's working so far though and the No Fly Zone* is doing the job too.

* My initial response to nicknames like this is a solid :sick: but then I have no issues with even the daftest nicknames of the past, such as Denver's Orange Crush or Minnesota's Purple People Eaters. So I think I might just be a miserable cunt.

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Did you not see them destroy San Francisco yesterday? How many points have the Saints scored this week?

Case closed.

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It's an offence that succeeds in spite, and a defence that succeeds because. Even the most blinkered of fans should see that the o-line is a load of sweaty balls.

Doug Baldwin's a king amongst men at the moment though

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At least I'm not the only one who thinks it. I mean, Wilson is a good QB, but I wouldn't put him in that top bracket. They don't exactly have great weapons for him to throw to either. Baldwin is going strong but other than that? Not much.

Oh and hey look there's Coby Fleener.

Coleman has 2 TDs already and my fantasy team is in trouble unless Cooks and Jones start getting points.

We're a bad defence. I don't know if anybody has noticed yet, but it's true.

Twat.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...-from-football

If you get concussed in your second game back from a concussion related retirement, you're probably better off binning it.

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When you expect to be an absolute hero and end up a backup Guard you're probably better off binning it.

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We're a bad defence. I don't know if anybody has noticed yet, but it's true.

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I watched live and it was really, really bad. It's more a case of having to cobble a team together from anything you can find, But when Matt Ryan can pick you apart with ease, even toying with the defence sometimes, you're in trouble. All of that was without Julio doing anything.

JJ Watt is done for the season by the sounds of it.

Even as a Colts fan that sucks.

Josh Gordon has checked into rehab and there is no timetable for his return.

Just cut him for fucks sake.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...rehab-facility

Fucking hell.

Pryor is about the last Browns player standing. He'll have to be the kicker soon...

GODDAMMIT :moop:

Thanks for wasting a roster spot for four weeks Josh.

DOOOOOOOOM(ervil) will make play in his first game of the season on Sunday.

Adding our best pass rusher to an already awesome rush defence is going to be madness.

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GODDAMMIT :moop:

Thanks for wasting a roster spot for four weeks Josh.

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Keep him, I'm sure he'll turn things around.

I did a draft kings just on this fucking match. Picked both Bengal RBs because there's fuck all for Miami.

I hope they cut to some fat guys in the crowd wearing a Dolphins colour rush uni. They'd look exactly like a pumpkin.

Oh and lol at Maxwell being demoted in the fourth game.

Former WR who was a fifth rounded has replaced him.

It's confusing me that the Bengals are at home, but not the team wearing orange.

Surprised that Stills didn't drop that.

God damn it, Bengals...

Have they tried that play every game?

If that could be Hill out the game, it would help me greatly.

AJ is so good.

Also I still maintain that Bernard is so much better than Hill. He can run, block and catch all really well. His block for that pass play was brilliant.

AJ Green is #2 WR in the league for me. He literally has everything.

Imagine if they had a quality QB behind him.

Lady Gaga has been given the halftime show at the Superb Owl. Lol.

I suppose no one big is left really.

She's got enough good stuff to fill 10 minutes, happy enough with that.

Josh Gordon is about to be cut by the Browns.

Sammy Watkins is now on IR.

Just a reminder gents that there's 4 games on tomorrow. The Wembley game (colts jags) is on bbc from about 1.30pm.

Is gus Bradley going to be hit by the London curse? His jags seem to be better than previous years but that counts for nothing if you're 0 and 4 and on en route to a top 5 draft pick for the third consecutive year.

Could be interceptions galore tomorrow.

Going to be there and it's going to be awesome. Shame I have one player from each team in my Fantasy line up so I won't be supporting either team majorly, just cheering on Robinson and Gore. :cool:

Nice one, never realised it was on early. Had just presumed it'd be a 6pm on both BBC and Sky.

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Indeed.

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I've watched that back 3 or 4 times and I don't believe what my eyes are telling me.

He's airborne for about two seconds before the ball even reaches him, sweet Jesus.

Yeah it looks like that should be one where he's totally mistimed his jump like when I control a DB on Madden and sprawls over the floor while the guy moonwalks into the endzone with the ball.

The end of Tennessee Georgia sounds absolutely mental.

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-Tennessee takes down Georgia quarterback Jacob Eason in in his own end zone to take the lead with 2:56 left in the game. 28-24 Tennessee.

-Jacob Eason throws an interception to Malik Foreman with 2:10 left in the game. 28-24 Tennessee.

-Tennessee goes three-and-out…. 1:07 left in the game. 28-24 Tennessee.

-Eason takes Georgia down the field to take the lead back. Four plays, 81 yards, 57 seconds. Unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on the Bulldogs places the ball at the 20-yard line for the ensuing kick off. 31-28 Georgia.

-After a short kick, Micah Abernathy returns the ball to the Georgia 40. Hail Mary pass from Joshua Dobbs to Jauan Jennings completed…. 43-yard touchdown pass. Game Tennessee. 34-31 Tennessee.

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That first play there doesn't make any sense to me. How did they "take the lead" by 4 points off a safety? Also Tennessee would have then got the ball? I'm guessing college has different rules.

You can recover a safety in the same way you can a kickoff, maybe they did something like that. And I assume they've just worded the bit about the scores badly.

Click and watch the highlights. It doesn't say anything about a safety because there wasn't one. Forced fumbled recovered in the end zone, going from 21-24 to leading 28-24.

Tennessee also were 17-0 down, including losing a fumble as the receiver was prancing towards the end zone (on the one yard line) which the defence recovered in the end zone.

The game before that, Texas v Oklahoma State was pretty good too because it was two pretty good offences versus two absolutely horrible defences. Texas in particular must have had a sweepstake on who could miss the most tackles in the game.

NCAA football is :cool: It's pretty cool seeing obvious superstars in amongst joe bloggs who's going to sell car insurance next year.

Lamar Jackson and Leonard Fournette being pretty good examples. Capable of making most opposition players look very silly.

God I've missed Carlson.

And now for Mahows take on the anthem.

Impressive.

It's pretty damn good tbf.

Did she just say 'I can cock'?

The fuck is going on with the commentary?

I see her feeling up his arm/shoulder. Unnecessary roughness!

Ngakoue :cool:

God damn it Robinson.

He's so good at those double moves in the end zone.

He absolutely roasted Shareece Wright with one for his first TD against us last week.

Wide open. WIDE OPEN. :mad:

A struggling Luck is a joy.

The Colts look damn awful. Both sides of the ball.

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They're just lucky the Jags are a complete shitshow. I really had expected them to be better this season.

Taunting for spinning the ball? Fuck the NFL.

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If it's in front of an opponent.

It's such bollocks, you can hardly do anything to celebrate near someone.

He'd get ejected if he does something similar too.

I'm reminded why I don't like watching this live.

The Wembley games seem to be fairly consistantly pretty poor.

This colts offence is hopeless. The defence is also shit. The Texans might manage to shit their way to the division even without jj watt.

I had been wondering whether to switch straight to the golf now or wait this one out but they're making it a fairly easy decision.

I'm convinced some of the Colts defence have money on themselves losing by this point.

Christ this hockey player is hot and pretty damn knowledgeable.

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The halftime stuff suddenly got interesting there.

The beast!

Twitter sez the Ravens may even deactivate Forsett today.

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Wouldn't be surprised.

I'm stunned that Buck Allen has been a healthy scratch for 3 weeks.

Yep, club has Forssett down as inactive.

What's that about?

He's been shit, so they're giving the younger guys their chance.

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We've only gone wth 2 backs in all of our games thus far. Not entirely sure why though.

I'd have left him active as he's still been our best pass blocking RB.

Probably trying to send a message to the other guys waiting. Perform or else.

Allen Robinson has been open on every single play. He deserves more than this team.

It's Dixon's role now anyway unless West or Allen go bonkers tonight.

And there's the game. Glad it wasn't the other Allen.

Or not... how do you leave someone that open in an obvious passing play?

Oh Jalen.

Ugh, I didn't know this was the first Sky game.

Rawls apparently ruled out until November.

Never change Buffalo.

Edit: Lol.

It will be a good game.

I'm gutted that it's not the later game, I cant say no to Redzone during the early ones.

That was stunning by Graham.

He might actually be back.

The Browns are going to get demolished, again.

Who's the top rated QB next year. He might as well start perusing houses in Cleveland.

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Sounds like there is no definitive answer with 3/4 battling it out to be declared the number 1.

The Browns are getting to the stage where the #1 QB might pull an Eli anyway.

Guess which tight end I'm up against this week :moop:

Washington are going to run wild on the Browns.

Carolina are playing for an early draft pick this season. Matt Ryan is competing against Cousins to see who can destroy the shit defence they're playing this week the most.

Bills are gonna do the Patriots as well.

The Browns :cool:

Browns don't need a QB, they only need Pryor!

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Brad kaaya (Miami)
Baker mayfield (Oklahoma)
Chad kelly (ole miss)

Assume Deshaun Watson and Lamar Jackson aren't eligible.

Am I close?

I've heard Watson is in the discussion too as most believe hell declare.

Tanner McEvoy is a great name.

Oh and you forgot Kizer.

How long until the Bears realise Brian fucking hoyer is a better option than jay cutler?

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Notre dame are wank. He's going to get fucked by being on a shit team.

Shareece Wright needs to be benched. He's been fisted thus far this year.

Julio Jones really is fucking brilliant. Him and AJ Green coming out the same draft is mental.

Shareece Wright has had 5 TDs scored against him thus far.

Two already today.

Please don't let Rex Ryan win. He'll never fucking shut up about it.

DeMarco Murray is having a fantastic season so far. Another 2 TDs already this week, I believe.

Newton getting shown up as a one season wonder no better than RG3 this year :harold:

Juice <3

Also, Hurst who is starting for Stanley is getting abused by Khalil Mack.

That was woeful from Stafford.

Stafford :D

Bet the Panthers wish they'd paid Josh Norman right now.

The Bears seem to wear these throwbacks every week.

Oh Cleveland...

This Patriots game is awful.

Will Fuller :drool:

Cam is getting the shit kicked out of him the last few weeks. Pretty much everything has gone backwards on both sides of the ball for them.

Why did we accept that penalty?

Jesus, Stafford with another mongo interception.

Anderson > Newton.

Fitz has another two INTs today. So far...

Fucking hell Julio has all the points today.

37 away from holding the record for Julio.

Christ.

Fuck that, Steve Smith just dragged his body 52 yards. That's 364 in Julio Jones yards.

Lol, Fitz fumbles and a Jets player picks it up and runs it 40 odd yards for a TD.

Talk about FitzMagic :D

Our defence is amazing.

We're fucking winning the Superbowl bitches.

All that talk about West in the preseason & they decided to play Forsett instead. Looks like they've realised that was a mistake. Hopefully he'll get a run at it for a few weeks at least.

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I don't think there's ever been a worse looking 4-0 team.

10-6, wildcard exit.

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It's Dixon's job when he comes back next week but West has earned a nice split for himself. He might even get more carries next week.

Shit, I could probably intercept Fitz.

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I don't think there's ever been a worse looking 4-0 team.

10-6, wildcard exit.

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It's fucking glorious :drool:

Our defence, bar Shareece Wright who is a knob, is brilliant.

Is Amari Cooper actually playing in this game? I literally haven't heard his name once.

Fitzpatrick is really trying to get Geno a starting job.

Winston, lol.

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Is Amari Cooper actually playing in this game? I literally haven't heard his name once.

Fitzpatrick is really trying to get Geno a starting job.

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He's got a couple of catches but Jimmy Smith has locked him up.

That's why Tampa should run more.

Did I say 4-0?*

(*though they probably still will be)

Kendrick Lewis and Shareece Wright. Fucking dickheads can't cover for shit.

Set up for another Tucker winner though.

Terrence West you beautiful bastard.

I had forgotten what a running game looked like.

These lateral plays are universally awful in the NFL :D

Why are Baltimore leaving Oakland's best WR uncovered? That Cooper scrub doesn't need any attention.

Also, how the fuck have Atlanta let the Panthers back into the game?

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These lateral plays are universally awful in the NFL :D

Why are Baltimore leaving Oakland's best WR uncovered? That Cooper scrub doesn't need any attention.

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Shareece Wright and Kendrick Lewis would give up catches to a blind, one legged midget.

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Nevermind.