NFL - The Thread, '08.

I figured they would go Terry Glenn or something like that. Aged WRs are perfect filler material - no longer-term prospect and they know it, and they're only there for a short while so their limited physical ability doesn't have to be a problem.
 
Oh, also Young is the biggest pussy ever to touch the pig-skin. Seriously, dude, your mom has to come out to your defense. YOUR MOM?! Telling people to STOP PICKING ON YOU?!

If this embarrassment doesn't make him retire I don't know what will. I'll certainly be glad to get rid of the drama-whore. Y'know, the first time I realised why I loved the NFL is when I saw David Beckham on the sidelines after an England-someone football match, crying. CRYING. And throwing up! You're an athlete you fuck, man the fuck up.

I realised then that while I'll always love the finesse and technical requisites of football, the NFL offers a totally different charm, free of pussies and pansies. And now Vince Young has to step up and start blubbering about how mean people are and drama-whoring his way through.

GTFO Vince. Now. His incompetence on the field and the fact that he needed his D to cover his ass was already stretching it, but if you're going to whine more than Ocho Cinco and T.O. combined, you need to leave.
 
Hey, Football fans.

(Sorry to maybe be hijacking your seasonal thread for this question but help a guy out, please) :)

My wife spent a year in the US as an exchange student about 12 years ago and this fall her "American Dad" is coming to visit ...

He's a raging Football fan and wanted to know if I cared about Football and what teams I like etc ...

I am not a huge sportsfan in terms of watching sports - play them sure, but Football is not all that big here in Norway.

So.

Any good websites where I can get a quick grip of this game? Like Football rules for dummies or brief, but good explanations of the sport in general or the likes?

If you want to keep this thread clean feel free to PM me some tips.
 
Vince Young, I could care less about how much of a basketcase he is off the field. What's relevant is how bad he sucks on the field. He's just one of those college guys whose skills don't translate into a good NFL quarterback. Which is a pity, that Rose Bowl where he danced all over USC was one of the most exciting games I've ever seen in my life.

When it comes to throwing the ball, he just plain sucks. He twice as many INTs as TDs last year. That's unacceptable.



This shit is just not cool.
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Daimyo, get your hands on anything from NFL films.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmiVYFueNvQ[/youtube]
 
Cimmerian Nights said:
Vince Young, I could care less about how much of a basketcase he is off the field.
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I could.

I usually don't care what NFL players do off the field. But if you're blessed with exceptional athletic ability, in a play-off team, making millions each year, it really, really is not your place to whine about how tough you have it. I can stand Ocho Cinco and T.O. because they're funny, and if B Marshall wants to spend his off-season punching TVs that's his business, but please don't come a-poutin' about how difficult your millionaire life-style is.

Cimmerian Nights said:
What's relevant is how bad he sucks on the field. He's just one of those college guys whose skills don't translate into a good NFL quarterback. Which is a pity, that Rose Bowl where he danced all over USC was one of the most exciting games I've ever seen in my life.
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Yes. He is a bust and the Titans are over-hyped. But that's another matter.

Cimmerian Nights said:
This shit is just not cool.
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Actually, it's hilarious.

Maybe it shouldn't be but lighten up. People waste too much energy hating on the Pats and Bellicheat or waste even more energy defending the Pats and Bellicheat. It's a joke, and it's funny.

C'est la vie.
 
Daimyo said:
Any good websites where I can get a quick grip of this game? Like Football rules for dummies or brief, but good explanations of the sport in general or the likes?
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well, dame...it's a pretty complex sport and cannot be easily learned in just a few sittings. i've been watching the game since i was a lil' kid and there's still quite a few things that catch me by surprise.

best advice i'd give to you would be to go to http://www.nfl.com/home and watch as many gameday videos as you can. listen to the commentators, pay close attention to what you're watching...and if you're an observant chap you'll eventually start hearing phrases repeated. keep a wiki or google tab open and search the phrases you're curious about or don't quite grasp.

feel free to ask around in this thread as well, of course.



ALSO: as for "Emo" Young, jesus fuck man. somebody just let him slit his goddamn wrists already. drafted 3rd in 2006 and all the Titans got was a tall fucking running back who throws interceptions. GTFO, Young!
 
Brother None said:
Patriots are well and truly fucked.
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I agree. I was actually down on them even before Brady got hurt, for a very specific reason.

Last year everyone thought the Rams were going to be really good. As a Steven Jackson fantasy owner, I watched their preseason games - and got really worried really fast. They looked bad every single game before the season started. Everyone kept saying, "Relax! It's only preseason." But you expect the first-stringers to have a decent showing, even though winning or losing doesn't matter. The Patriots looked bad in preseason. Cassel looked horrible.

Some people think they'll rally, but I'll have to see it to believe it.

In other news, Justin Forsett was claimed off waivers by the Colts.


Brother None said:
Yes. He is a bust and the Titans are over-hyped. But that's another matter.
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I agree Vince is a bust. If you can't pass you can't succeed as an NFL quarterback. He can't read defenses, and he's inaccurate.

I don't know if the Titans are over-hyped, though. If that team had a really good quarterback (like say, Jay Cutler...) they could be legitimate contenders. The defense and running game are outstanding.

And yes, I drafted Chris Johnson.


Daimyo:

It's really easy to find the basic rules of American Football on the net. I found a couple links from a Google search:

http://www.football.com/rulesabc/pre-game.html

http://football.about.com/cs/football101/a/bl_football101.htm

Advice for dealing with your "American-father-in-law" is a different matter. It depends greatly on which team he likes. If he's a fan of a good franchise like the Green Bay Packers, Pittsburgh Steelers, Denver Broncos, or Dallas Cowboys (to name a few), you can probably safely bond with him by letting him explain the game to you. There's no reason not to learn the game by cheering for the same team he does.

If he's a fan of a franchise like the Detroit Lions, Oakland Raiders, or Cinncinatti Bengals, he's probably very frustrated, and you should tread more carefully.
 
UniversalWolf said:
In other news, Justin Forsett was claimed off waivers by the Colts.
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Good one.

Dude's got oodles of potential. Too bad the Hawks didn't have much of a choice but to release him, but he'll land on his feet.
 
UniversalWolf said:
Advice for dealing with your "American-father-in-law" is a different matter. It depends greatly on which team he likes. If he's a fan of a good franchise like the Green Bay Packers, Pittsburgh Steelers, Denver Broncos, or Dallas Cowboys (to name a few), you can probably safely bond with him by letting him explain the game to you. There's no reason not to learn the game by cheering for the same team he does.

If he's a fan of a franchise like the Detroit Lions, Oakland Raiders, or Cinncinatti Bengals, he's probably very frustrated, and you should tread more carefully.
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excellent advice.
 
Thanks for the tips Twinkie and Universal - I'll look into it shortly. :)

Hilarious video, Cimmerian!
 
Nothing much new. 'Skins and 'Boys have been the most valuable for some time now. I like the leap the two NYs make with their new stadium. Shows the importance of renewing stadiums after a while. Especially since the bottom feeders are in old ones.
 
When did I ever bitch about them scoring too much? I live in NE, they had training camp at my college when I was there, I'm a total homer. I've been a Pats fans longer when they were the laughingstock of the NFL, then their recent success.

You'll never hear me complain about the Pats scoring too much, because I can fucking remember the 85 Bears drubbing the Pats so bad that they even let the Refrigerator score a TD. They let a 350lb D-lineman score on the Pats, just because they could, and it was cute, and the whole nation was enamored with that Superbowl Shuffle bullshit. Biggest blowout in Super Bowl history. Up until Bill Parcells came here, that was our high water mark in franchise history.

Anyway Pats blowouts are a moot point this year.
 
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