2016-2017 NFL Thread

[WskyDK]

Famous last words:

WskyDK before Blount rushed for 1k yards and a league leading 18 TD's

Ouch.
Just ouch.

[Crackleslap]

What I hope to see next season is the raiders back in playoffs with Derek Carr. They got robbed so fkn hard with that injury.

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I really need to post more next season, didn't make it.

I did and would officially petition to trade two unhonorable mentions for an infraction each. Or so...


But seriously, thanks alot @xskarma. Great stuff.

[xskarma]

Ouch.
Just ouch.

I had already told you guys I was working on something a few weeks ago, way before the Superbowl. Had all these segments laid out and mostly filled in.

Can you imagine, after the first half of that Superbowl, if that had continued and the Falcons had won, that I'd had to post this gem:



xskarma should probably not trust his gut again

Falcons are secretly my team that will just bottom out this year for no apparent reason and just stink, Julio or no Julio. Gut feeling, nothing else.

Yeah, that would have been fun. I'm sure the Falcons fans would have forgiven me and not given me any flack for it.


Ouch indeed.

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(should probably add that it's monumentally, hilariously stupid sounding regardless, with the Falcons having an all-time offense and a Superbowl berth this season)

[Woz]

@xskarma a little CONTEXT would be nice! Made me go back and read the post! (was referring to Peyton not going into HoF first year he's eligible).

[Crissi]

Out of context quotes best quotes!

[draynay]

@xskarma a little CONTEXT would be nice! Made me go back and read the post! (was referring to Peyton not going into HoF first year he's eligible).

Yea I checked on that too, you had a nice list of records that Brees is going to break, and some he already has.

[Fencers]

I would amend my words on the Falcons to "I don't think the Falcons will win the super bowl this year." if I had a time machine. LOL

I also thought the Cowboys were really, really going to do it this year. So much so, I didn't think the Pats stood a chance against them dem 'boys realistically. Also pretty wrong about my "Lions are like a hobo under the bridge/" comment way early in the season.

I get emotionally invested sometimes.

[Pendulous]

Sam Shields released from the Packers. Says he intends to keep playing.

[Trollfat]

Sam Shields released from the Packers. Says he intends to keep playing.

He's crazy if he does. He has, what, 5 concussions? With the last one keeping him out the entire season.

Made a pretty salty post on Instagram with a bunch of hashtags including #Iwasgettingbetter and #nomorefreezingweather http://m.imgur.com/a/dMeES

[Grube]

He's crazy if he does. He has, what, 5 concussions? With the last one keeping him out the entire season

Took enough teams telling Wes Welker no to get him to retire, might take the same with Shields.

[draynay]

If it were easy to walk away they'd all do it.

Maybe the Bears will sign him with disability going away in five years.

[Norganon]

Dunno if this was discussed earlier, but apparently Shanny does not plan to hire an OC and run the offense by himself. Thoughts on this?

[draynay]

Dunno if this was discussed earlier, but apparently Shanny does not plan to hire an OC and run the offense by himself. Thoughts on this?

He's a 49er after all.

[Grube]

Dunno if this was discussed earlier, but apparently Shanny does not plan to hire an OC and run the offense by himself. Thoughts on this?

That was going to happen even with an OC. Might as well just not pay a guy to be his personal assistant like Dennison was for Kubiak for his whole HC career.

[Deleted]

Dunno if this was discussed earlier, but apparently Shanny does not plan to hire an OC and run the offense by himself. Thoughts on this?

Regarding game day, I'm fine with this.

I have absolutely no clue what things specifically 'headcoach-y' need to be done vs things being relegated to an OC when it comes to season preparation and weekly training. But if he really needs or wants additional input, his 'call daddy' wildcard should be one of the best options available.

[xskarma]

This is the selection from the playoffs, up untill the Superbowl (which had so many memorable things that I separated it in a final segment). These are still reasonably fresh, but still had a ton of great quotes.


The Play Offs:


Northern Goblin on the Raiders:

This all goes back to that Christmas Eve game, Oakland haven't been the same since Carr went down.

xskarma after Seattle's Paul Richardson made his second amazing grab

Richardson, AGAIN. What the hell have they been feeding this guy?!

Vetali

the dolphins defense is putting a lot of terrible tackling on show here.

THE Bigzoman after Dupree almost knocks Matt Moore's head off

Probably a loophole in the rules. Don't worry, they'll "clarify and amend it" once it has no negative impact on Pitt.

Vegas82, sensing the future

I guess I have to wait to see if the Giants can compete with the Packers tonight for a good game this weekend.

draynay, not knowing the future was about to get much worse

I don't like this year's playoff group, there's already pretty much no chance I'll watch the superbowl.

xskarma

Glaciers moved while Rodgers was holding the ball there and waited for someone to finally get open.

Grube after Rodgers Rodgers'd

It feels like the Packers are the only team a hail mary ever actually works for.

Darth Belichick after Clay Matthews forces and recovers his own fumble

Isn't it football 101 to always go for the football on the ground just in case it's still live?

xskarma going for the low hanging fruit

Also, guys, guys. I bet the Giants will get a boat load of criticism after this game.

Piglord who probably had a pretty good point

As a Cowboys fan, seeing these Packers makes me think facing the Giants would have been better.

Packers01 on Odell Beckham Jr. not taking the loss well

I guess ODB was headbutting walls and also punching holes in them.

xskarma with a rare good call

I don't think a straight up shoot out can be won against Rodgers in his current form.

apepi on Jordy Nelson's injury

Poor Nelson, you did so much work for me in fantasy league, sorry for you getting hurt man.

xskarma

Holy shit: Chargers apparently planning to go to LA, may be announced as soon as Thursday.

Northern Goblin

LA: Home of the two teams that lost to the Browns and the Niners.

Vetali with scattershot predictions with one very solid one

The season of no great teams.

xskarma dodges a "Famous Last Words" bullit

Defense wins championships. That Atlanta defense is like 1 ply toiletpaper.

Crackleslap has magic powers

And as soon as i say safety, a safety happens.

Fencers

Julio Jones is a bad motherfucker.

Pendulous

I have a proposition for Seattle. I'm 5'9", 175 pounds, and have not played any type of team football. I'd be glad to play offensive lineman for them as a pass blocker.

Grube

3rd and 18, guess Houston's real offense is back this week.

Northern Goblin

This might actually turn things for Houston, if Osweiler forgets that he's infact, Brock Osweiler.

thevoicefromwithin after Crissi tries to do xskarma a solid by jinxing the Texans

Are you reliable? The only one with a jinx quota of 75%+ is THE Unbanzoman and he's banned. Free him for great justice...

xskarma 3 weeks before The Comeback

I can't help but in complete awe how Brady seems to just have this on and off switch, where sometimes during games, the switch just goes from off to on, and he suddenly marches the team down the field like the other team is some kind of junior varsity team where the team has been struggling like mad previously.

Skayaq with the motto of the Texans season

Yeah, that's not gonna win you any football games Brock.

Skayaq on the playoff quality

something is wrong when the smallest margin of victory in the playoffs is 13 points.

xskarma during the Packers-Cowboys game

Last week it took Rodgers most of the first half to start clicking at this level...I think everyone aroudn the NFL just saw that drive and went "Oh shiiiiiiiii"

draynay

Cowboys manage to get a stop without holding and avoid a Hail Mary.

Northern Goblin when the game wasn't even at the good part yet

This is the best game of the playoffs so far.

xskarma 3 weeks before The Comeback

I'd rather have momentum late in games then early. Nothing worse than having to sweat out with a lead.

Grube

Wonder if anyone told the Packers they have to cover Dez Bryant, since it doesn't look like they know.

Vegas82

I will name my first born after this kicker if he makes this.... Bailey for a girl, Dan for a boy. Bargin stuck!

draynay

Just as I hoped, traded FGs and now HAIL MARY TIME

Vetali when Rodgers gets sacked

How the fuck did he hang on to the ball for sure thought that was gonna be a fumble.

Bdatik

Amazing catch by Cook

Packers01 after the game winning FG for the Packers

Dear lord, my heart!

Packers01 sensing trouble up ahead

Falcons might score 60. That was the one team I did not want to play again.

Pendulous not having any luck with his teams

I'm counting on KC to make my night better by making the Steelers cry.

Crissi

For what its worth, everyone give some thoughts to the GB / Cowboy teams right now. Confirmed tornado heading toward Arlington (which is where ATT Stadium is). They better get their asses hid real fast...

draynay

It's all drops and fumbles for KC, maybe Smith should keep on scrambling. ...and the Chiefs can't even take a timeout without screwing it up.

Packers01 after Kelce got a boneheaded 15 yard penalty

Stupid play by Kelce.

Vetali

It continues, no other QB than Brady, Roethlisberger, Manning, or Flacco in the past whatever years has made it to the super bowl in the AFC.

Pockitt

The Chiefs lost that game in the most Andy Reid way possible. Getting beat by a team scoring nothing but field goals.

Tyrgannus with the most understated shot call predictions of the year

Patriots and Falcons won't be a blowout though, not in the slightest.

draynay, part 1

I don't like Mike Tomlin, but hearing him call the Patriots assholes makes me hate him a little less.

xskarma, part 2

Having watched Tomlin from afar, I'm pretty sure he calls everyone assholes, not just the Patriots.

draynay, part 3

Then we have even more in common.

THE Bigzoman, going on a glorious rant that Tom Brady has probably lost it

It may be time to move on with Garapallo.

Darth Belichick

Nice drive by Falcons AND stupid penalty by GB. Liked that quick little shuffle pass.

Vetali is pretty good in sarcasm

Packers watched Seahawks defensive tape.

Northern Goblin

This is a ritual execution, not a football game.

thevoicefromwithin the first (but not only) to bring up Atlanta's past implosions

Arm punt. Still GB not dead. 49'ers were behind 0-17 in Atlanta 2013 as well...

Skayaq with a difficult choice

Great game by Atlanta. Now regrettably I have to say: Go Pats *Runs out to puke and guzzle a liter of mouthwash*

xskarma

Oh wow. Bell questionable to return with a groin injury, that's HUGE.

xskarma

Steelers keep forgetting to cover Hogan. Bold strategy.

Crissi with the good question

So...whats with all the blowouts in the playoff games?

Rennadrel 2 weeks before the Superbowl

Down 24-0 by half time means you aren't coming back unless you have a god mode offense that can blitz past the Falcons defense, which Green Bay doesn't have.

Northern Goblin

Falcons Patriots shoot out is going to be a great Superbowl.

Crissi summing up most people's feelings

And now to cheer for Atlanta

draynay

This was my worst case scenario Super Bowl, so I can't watch it. Oh well. How 'bout that draft?

draynay not knowing I was going through the whole thread collecting quotes yet

Mind those out of context quotes!

[draynay]

Yea, how bout that draft? Can't wait to hear about which prospects are the best cooks, and what types of devices they're using to increase their hand size.

[Rennadrel]

Whelp, at least I was right about the Packers offense @xskarma

[xskarma]

Dunno if this was discussed earlier, but apparently Shanny does not plan to hire an OC and run the offense by himself. Thoughts on this?

I think he's probably a fool to try it. Most HC that take on the coordinator duties as well spread themselves too thin. I wish him well, but I think he;s trying to be a one man show and that's never going to work. Belichick has basically all the responsibilities too, yet even he makes sure he has reliable people to do the coordinator work, and to help him with the personnel department.

For now my expectations for Kyle Shanahan are more towards what happened to Josh McDaniels then what happened to idk Belichick or Andy Reid or whoever else had this much power when he got the HC job.

Whelp, at least I was right about the Packers offense @xskarma

Yeah, that's why I love these segments. We say so many things that when you look at them later you go "wow, that was really valid when I said it, but that turned out way different during the course of the season" (in this case even within 2 weeks).

No one saw coming what happened in the Superbowl.

Yea, how bout that draft? Can't wait to hear about which prospects are the best cooks, and what types of devices they're using to increase their hand size.

Eli Apple, who turned out to be a pretty decent prospect after all for the Giants. So silly.

I'll be honest though, I read my first prospect ranking yesterday to get a feel for what's out there and in less than a month I'll be glued to my screen watching the Combine again.

I'd say it's: Playoffs > Season > Draft > Pre Season Games > Combine > Free Agency in order of importance for me on the NFL calendar. It's silly season in NFL terms, but it's still the main avenue through which new players enter the league, and that's the same players we cheer for and boo on Sundays 5-6 months later.

I hate the silly part and over hyped media attention for it, but it's so crucial that I still have to love it.