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NFL Week 10 thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by RecoveringJournalist, Nov 5, 2014.

  1. Gehrig

    Gehrig Active Member

    I saw the McGahee injury live when he was at Miami, but Lattimore's is probably the most brutal I've ever seen. I don't think I'll ever get the image of his floppy noodle leg out of my head.

    This is exactly why I don't fault high level prospects from taking it easy in their junior years nor do I fault NFL players who want the money when they can get it. You never know when a single play may come that effectively ends your career.
     
  2. 3_Octave_Fart

    3_Octave_Fart Well-Known Member

    It will cycle back.
    Nobody wants to remember when the Patriots started Marc Wilson and Hugh Millen at quarterback, and when no one gave a bloody shit about them- but it happened.
    Teams can become laughingstocks very quickly in the NFL. The Dolphins and Bills proved that.
     
  3. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    Buffalo having billionaire money will change things quite a bit, I imagine.
     
  4. RecoveringJournalist

    RecoveringJournalist Well-Known Member

    It will be very interesting to see what happens to the Pats when Belichick and Brady retire and it wouldn't surprise me if it's at the same time.

    Welcome to the Josh McDaniels and Jimmy Garropolo show.
     
  5. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    Dear 3 Octave: I covered the Millen-Wilson Pats. I'm unlikely to ever forget them. I remember at the tail end of the Sullivan family era walking into the Boston federal building to cover one of the three (!) separate bankruptcy hearings involving the franchise. It was an even money bet the Pats were leaving town. So you're right, things can turn around, but Buffalo's turn has been waiting for awhile now.
     
  6. RecoveringJournalist

    RecoveringJournalist Well-Known Member

    Will it? It certainly won't hurt, but teams like the Bills and Steelers and Packers need more than anything is a good GM. These are not exactly places where free agents flock. You need a GM who can find and develop talent and then add pieces as needed.
     
  7. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    Why does the NFL keep pushing London so hard, when in the end, it will be a non-starter? Just another of the so many examples of the Goodell era of pushing product nobody wants (being at the leading edge of domestic violence issues, 18 game season, etc).

    http://www.espn.co.uk/more/sport/story/365249.html

    I read somewhere that in order to be in the running for a future SB, you have to give up a home date to London.
     
  8. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    I think Goodell is fucking Pippa and wants to get over there a couple times during the fall.
     
  9. bigpern23

    bigpern23 Well-Known Member

    Wait, since when is the NFL "at the leading edge of domestic violence issues?"
     
  10. bigpern23

    bigpern23 Well-Known Member

    Do season ticket holders get any reprieve for the London home dates (i.e., their season ticket package includes seven home games instead of eight)? Do they get the chance to purchase similar seats at Wembley for the same cost of their regular season tickets? Just curious.
     
  11. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    Okay, "attempting to be".. see below - here are two.
    http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/10/nfl-owners-domestic-violence

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/23/nfl-players-no-more-domestic-violence-ad_n_6034896.html
     
  12. RecoveringJournalist

    RecoveringJournalist Well-Known Member

    I don't mind them playing a few games over there, but putting a franchise there would be such an epic failure that it's hard to believe anyone is stupid enough to let that happen.

    I think the closest they could get to that would be to play 6-10 games a year over there so they're getting roughly the same number of "home" games as a franchise.

    It's one thing when you're taking home games away from Tampa, Jacksonville, Atlanta, Oakland and places where attendance is shaky at best, but it would be a mistake to take home games away from the Steelers, Packers, Seahawks, Cowboys, Redskins, and other places that regularly support their teams.

    I get wanting to expand the NFL brand, but I've never really gotten the sense that anyone in London or Europe gives half a shit about the NFL.
     
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