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NFL Week 15 thread -- Starry nights at Lambeau

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Cosmo, Dec 15, 2020.

  1. Junkie

    Junkie Well-Known Member

    Well, let's see. Warner played for the, um ... *checks notes* ... Rams. Unitas played for ... *Googles* ... the Colts. They chose to keep those franchises going. The league, at the behest of Cleveland fans, who are somewhere between fanatic, lunatic and pathetic, stopped the Browns franchise in 1995, then a new one with the same name was started in 1999. The Baltimore Ravens did not exist until 1996. Some of their guys were teammates in another city the year before. That's it.

    Jim Brown did not play for the fucking Ravens. So he holds no Ravens records. How hard is it to understand the difference? There was a break in the history. When it picked back up, it was the Cleveland Browns. Same franchise? No. Same team? Yes. Uniforms and everything! Also, who fucking really cares? Why do you guys get so bent over this? You're not Browns fans. I'm a Browns fan, if anything. I want my little kid to be one, because it was fun being a Browns fan when I was a little kid, and I thought he might enjoy that. I would love it if Mayfield could be to him what Sipe and Kosar were to me. And as a Browns fan, I could not give a rat's ass over which record belongs to whom, and I don't know any Browns fans who do care about that. We just want a team that, just once, doesn't monumentally suck. So why do you care so much? Records are numbers. They have no bearing on what happens at 8 tonight in New Jersey.

    (PS: This discussion may get even more interesting in spring of 2022, when the Caucasians take to the field at The Jake for the first time. Wait ... I'm hearing it's not The Jake anymore? Shit ...)
     
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  2. Junkie

    Junkie Well-Known Member

    This is way better than last week's slap fight, you have to admit.
     
  3. Junkie

    Junkie Well-Known Member

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  4. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    I can't say I'm deeply bothered by it, but the inconsistency and delusion of it all captures my interest just enough to get into the occasional discussion on a message board.

    The Ravens did exist before 1996, just as the Titans did exist before 1999 and before 1997. That is an apples-to-apples comparison in all the ways that matter.
     
  5. Sam Mills 51

    Sam Mills 51 Well-Known Member

    Run Like Hell ...
     
  6. Junkie

    Junkie Well-Known Member

    When the Titans decided not to be the Oilers anymore, the Oilers should have ceased in all ways. Until or unless another Houston team called the Oilers starts back up.
     
  7. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    I wonder how a Ravens fan is looking at things right now. They look like they are going to win their final five games of the season to go 11-5, but one of the four teams ahead of them would still have to lose a game. The Titans should easily win their final three. The Dolphins still have to play the Bills, but that game could be meaningless for Buffalo.

    That leaves the Colts and Browns. The most difficult game either of those teams has remaining is the Steelers, who could easily lose both of those. If the Steelers win tomorrow night, they will have nothing to play for Week 17 against the Browns. That said, if the Colts and Dolphins both win today, and both are in close games right now, that leaves the Ravens having to root for the Steelers.
     
  8. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    That isn't what happened. What happened is the NFL demonstrated its inconsistency yet again.
     
  9. Junkie

    Junkie Well-Known Member

    So the Steelers got screwed? #CrossSlapFight
     
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  10. Scout

    Scout Well-Known Member

    No dark sarcasm in the week thread

    Wrong, can’t you read?
    If you don’t go for two, you can’t have any wins.
    How can you expect to win yer games if you don’t go for two?
     
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  11. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Dolphins run a fake punt to perfection, with the punter throwing it to a guy wearing No. 51 on the line for a first down. Except the guy forgot to report to the refs as an eligible receiver, and it’s called back.
     
  12. RickStain

    RickStain Well-Known Member

    I’m ready to let myself be disappointed by Mitch Trubisky again
     
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