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Social Forums => General Chat => Topic started by: Luther Lansfeld on July 26, 2011, 06:36:34 PM
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I am suddenly embarrassingly excited about the season. Reading people giving Aaron Rodgers love makes me happy. Good times~
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If half the team can avoid getting crippled (Finlay especially) I'm pretty sure Aaron Rodgers can break all records this year.
Including consecutive starts.
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Some major changes in the NFL!
Mcnabb is wearing purple.
Bush to the phins.
Ocho Cinco to the Pats....Haynesworth too.
Greg Olsen to the Panthers. Smith and D Williams staying in carolina.
Hasslebeck is a Titan.
Sidney Rice to Seattle.
Kevin Kolb to Arizona.
Steve Breaston to KC.
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just to name a few.
Bucs are quiet...as usual.
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I'm still confused about Tavaris Jackson being picked up. I mean, really?
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Welcome to celebrity rehab, starring Bill Belichick
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So New Orleans hasn't watched Sproles play a game in two years, I think.
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The Eagles are going the full blown comedy option route at quarterback.
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Matt Moore has signed with the Dolphins!
OUR PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED!!!!!!!!!
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Meanwhile, Shale is... happy... with Eagles management? This is new.
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For the Kolb trade? Yes. I'd rather have kept him and moved Vick, but there's no way to argue with the value they got from Arizona.
On the other hand, VINCE YOUNG?
Edit: On the third hand, NNAMDI ASOMUGHA! Throw on that secondary, Romo.
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Miami cuts vocal Crowder.
I can't say i am too sad to see him go. he was...ok? He just talked too much.
Seems as though the free agent frenzy is dying too.
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The Eagles sign Cullen Jenkins. That is going to be one fucking insane pass rush next year for them. Jesus.
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THE BUCS MADE THEIR MOVE IN THE OFF SEASON FINALLY! THEY GOT A PUNTER FOR 20 MIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I just noticed the Ravens' schedule. Holy shit, they might have to play up to five difficult games this year?
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Bucs v Dolphins tonight.
Superbowl preview. Just you wait and see!
*prances around like a giddy schoolgirl*
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"Breaking: Michael Vick and the Philadelphia Eagles have agreed to a six-year, $100 million contract."
Oh shale!
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Earthquake, hurricane, tornadoes and now this. How many signs of the apocalypse are we at now?
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VSM also is employed, you forgot that.
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I wonder when he is gonna break his leg this time...
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RIP Mr. Lee Roy Selmon. He truly was the first great Buccaneer.
*bows*
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Uh oh. It looks like Peyton Manning might need another neck procedure.
http://forum.walterfootball.com/showthread.php?23636-Peyton-Manning-needs-more-surgery
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/6931858/peyton-manning-indianapolis-colts-neck-being-re-evaluated-doctors-sources-say
Brett Favre can breath easily again.
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I am so ready for thursday!
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Predictions!
Packers v Saints
Falcons v Bears
Bungles v Browns
Bills v Chiefs
Eagles v Rams - upset
Bucs v Lions
Titans v Jags
Steelers v Ravens
Colts v Texans
Giants v Skins
Vikings v Chargers
Panthers v Cardinals
Cowgirls v Jets
Dolphins v Pats
Raiders v Broncos
Winners of each division!
AFC
North - Ravens
South - Texans
East - Dolphins BITCHES!
West - Chargers
Wild cards - Patriots and Steelers
NFC
North - Packers
South - Bucs
East - Eagles
West - Rams
Wild cards - Falcons and Saints
Super bowl - Bucs v Dolphins - aka the end of the world as we know it.
MVP - Chad Henne
RotY - Daniel Thomas
CPotY - Matthew Stafford
Most improved - Reggie Bush
Offensive PotY - Phillip Rivers
Defensive PotY - Mario Williams
BOOM!
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I think my joke predictions from last year were better.
If I recall, it was "Aaron Rodgers passes for 5000 yards and 75 TDs, while rushing for 2,000 yards and another 30 TDs."
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And while that didn't quite pan out, he did do a dragon punch and win the Super Bowl, so that's something.
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Also he has one more Super Bowl MVP than Brent Farve.
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So Peyton Manning's out for two to three months. Remember, the entire NFL (regular) season lasts four months.
Gooooooo Texans?
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If his cervical fusion goes badly he might have to retire. He's undergoing the same procedure that Edge, the WWF wrestler, underwent earlier this year, and he had to retire because it didn't heal right, and as a result, one blow to the head can kill him pretty easy.
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From the reports I've seen, Manning's operation is a one-level anterior fusion, much less intensive than the two-level procedure Edge went through. That bodes.....maybe not "well," exactly, but better.
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I wouldn't be surprised, unless Collins somehow pulls a miracle and keeps them in playoff contention, to see him sit out the season, given when he'll be available.
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Edge's neck was also very likely in worse shape, and pro wrestlers are one of the few careers where you take more of a pounding than an NFL athlete.
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What a great 1st game.
Much more entertaining then last years.
FOOTBALL IS BACK!
YEEEEEEEE HAAAAAAAAAAAA!
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I'll take that win. My poor heart.
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How awesome was Cobb rolling over that guy, though? Holy shit.
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So did anyone in that MNF game play defense at all?
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Henne had a good game?
I do not believe it!
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And Ted Ginn turned into an all pro on special teams. It is apparently 'Dolphin busts get good out of nowhere' week.
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So, which bandwagon team will get the bigger following: Bills or Lions?
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Speaking of awesome things: The bears still suck.
Edit: "Sad to see all these folks in Chicago missing every finger except the middle. I think they're trying to wave to us."
Tom Crabtree is hilarious.
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So to solve some of their QB problems, Indianapolis goes with Dan Orlovsky, the man who lost his spot to Curtis Painter.
Colts winning the Luck Draft fo sho.
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If nothing else, this should serve as a wake-up call to Garrard that his demands are too high.
Then again, he didn't really seem to get that memo when the Jags cut him in the first place, so.
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I sometimes think I'm running out of ways to troll Shale about the Eagles.
And welp, then I see the highlights of the game today.
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I bet Shale wishes we had Cowboys fans here at this point.
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Doubtful, the Eagles are behind the Cowboys so far.
I'd also add: GO PACK GO.
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Aaron Rodgers is better at real football than I am at Madden. On rookie.
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You know your fanbase is spoiled when it starts bitching about a 24-3 win. Aaron Rodgers is godmoding it up.
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Dolphins got outscored by the Florida Panthers tonight.
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Hahahaha.
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Dolphins got outscored by the Florida Panthers tonight.
Why are so many MNF matches bad this year, anyway? Sweet jesus.
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O_O Jesus christ Raiders!
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I have to admit, I kind of wanted the Lions' first loss to be to the Packers at Thanksgiving. It was partially for dramatic reasons but also because last time the Packers played the Lions at Thanksgiving, the Lions were 6-2 and got torn apart so badly it caused them to lose all but one game for the rest of the year and then every game the year after that. We bashed in their heads AND their minds.
I would have had the Packers run in and interfere, but on the other hand, I'd also make it legal to switch teams by striking another player with a folding chair and pulling off your jersey to reveal the other team's jersey underneath, so probably I'm not the guy to decide on how football games should go.
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Miami is on full Suck for Luck life support. LOVING IT!
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...why would you possibly be glad your team is giving up six weeks in? Not that it matters; he's still going to Indy in the end.
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On the one hand, they desperately needed to go out and get an actual QB to keep this season from crashing and burning. On the other hand, their hopes and dreams are now tied to Carson Palmer's knees.
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Why am I glad they suck this year? I am definitely NOT glad. At this point, it's expected. The Dolphins have not been good for a LONG time. Take away that one fluke Wildcat year and it becomes even longer.
But I do have HOPE. Not this year obviously.
I am hopeful that they suck enough to get Andrew Luck.
I can't stand Chad Henne. I want him gone from Miami. I don't want an average QB. I want a QB that instills fear and pain to the opposing defense.
Can you do that for me Miami.....please?
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I don't want an average QB. I want a QB that instills fear and pain to the opposing defense.
Can you do that for me Miami.....please?
Given the last 11.5 years, I'm going to go ahead and guess 'no'.
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So we had the misfortune of getting CLE/SEA. I think that was the single worst game of football I have ever personally watched. Holy shit.
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So we had the misfortune of getting CLE/SEA. I think that was the single worst game of football I have ever personally watched. Holy shit.
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I remember coming back from being out all day, reading up on that, and thinking we need to send disaster relief to anyone that watched more than five real-time minutes of that game.
And to think, thousands of people actually paid money to attend that travesty live.
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Well, we decided playing FF7 was a better idea than continuing the pain. Next week hopefully will have a good game... involving... Seattle..... just kidding, that probably won't happen.
EDIT: Just checked. Bengals. Will Seattle score a single point in that game? That's the real question.
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Thank you Tim Tebow!
Miami almost fucked up and won a game!
Suck for Luck continues.
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Brees still has a chip on his shoulder from the time he lost a game 64-3, doesn't he?
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http://i52.tinypic.com/o76rsp.jpg
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Counterbid:
(http://i.imgur.com/XVKcL.gif)
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That first image nicely sums up the Ravens game, yes. I'm more amazed they managed the TD late than anything else.
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I think that second image describes how all the viewers felt watching that game.
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so hey guys when you are 5-2 can you please not get blown out by a winless team
*slit*
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Well, guess there's now no doubt who the best QB in the NFL is.
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=)~
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Giants vs. Patriots... man... my poor heart.
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I could have done with a little less suspense myself.
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http://i.imgur.com/MS8mK.jpg
Goddamn Jay Cutler owns.
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What the fuck is it with Andy Reid and the fucking Bears?
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They win that game if Henery can throw a football like a high schooler. Also, Jay cutler is a goddamn houdini in the pocket, the Eagles were in his face all night.
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Gooooo 49ers
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Also, Jay cutler is a goddamn houdini in the pocket, the Eagles were in his face all night.
Clearly the offensive line's "tough love" strategy is starting to pay dividends. All goes according to plan.
Also to be fair to Reid it's also a Michael Vick problem, he's something like 0-5 against the bears now.
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Also, Jay cutler is a goddamn houdini in the pocket, the Eagles were in his face all night.
I imagine Jay Cutler's interpretation of the first half of the season was one long shounen training session, where his offensive line kept fucking up over and over and over and he gradually trained himself to deal with it better.
Now he is invincible.
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He may be stronger than before but he will never surpass Aaron Rodgers, because he only plays for himself and not his friends. That is a lesson Cutler will never learn.
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On the other hand, Aaron Rodgers has sex with homeless men
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I'm not sure what in shonen anime that would be a metaphor for, or if it's just a way to not have diabetes, but either way whatever he's doing he should just keep up. If his secret is carving up people and climbing inside their bodies, I say let him. Hell, volunteer people who are on death row; they'd be fucking honored.
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Aaron Rodgers may be the half-human son of the God of Football.
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He only completed like 75% of his passses and was held under 300 yards, not his best peformance. :(
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http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/moving_the_chains/When-Asomugha-was-on-Fitzgerald.html?ref=twitter.com
(http://i42.tinypic.com/15zi1w3.gif) Good lord.
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I'm handing over the razors in favor of chainsaws.
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I guess that'll teach me to think the Eagles would be smart enough to glue Awesome One to Fitzgerald the entire game.
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I guess that'll teach me to think the Eagles would be smart enough to glue Awesome One to Fitzgerald the entire game.
In fairness, they were just as dumb on offense.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/11/16/kolb-was-calling-out-eagles-plays-to-arizona-defense/
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Super, I know you and Dune post in TFF so you may have seen this, but I wanna spread it around.
Aaron Rodgers ruthlessly stomps on little girl's dreams. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUGq8hIBuhQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player)
(baste those chubby cheeks with tears of gravy.)
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Speaking of razors, they're saying Cutler's thumb injury might be season-ending.
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It's 6-8 weeks, they're not putting him on IR on the off chance that the Packers starting line dies in a plane crash or something and they wind up in the playoffs.
Kind of a pity, it looked like the O-line was starting to pull itself together (5 sacks in the last 6 games, Cutler was on track to have by far the least amount of interceptions in any year), and Forte has been a total boss lately. But so it goes, I guess.
I was hoping that the packers rematch would at least be close, but so much for that.
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They've still got three games they should win pretty handily.
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:(
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Would anyone like to step up and take control of the AFC?
...Anyone?
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Eh, it's like the NBA's eastern conference 15 years ago. Once the Bulls and Knicks went down people kinda realized most of the other teams were actually pretty bad.
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I am so getting a share of Packers stock for christmas.
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Awesome One got carted off the field during practice today.
This must be God punishing Vince Young for coining "Dream Team" and the defensive coordinator for not knowing how to use Awesome One properly.
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I am so getting a share of Packers stock for christmas.
Buying one for myself, as well. I can get into a game a year, so I figured why the hell not.
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This. Year. Sucks!
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Mmm, tears of a Florida homer. Delicious.
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Beast Mode!
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DeSean Jackson: Playing his way out of the NFL in a contract year.
Edit: http://oi39.tinypic.com/2u6l100.jpg
Eagles bad at defense, tackling, life.
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"Bad" does not adequately describe that play. It's like they forgot who they were supposed to tackle.
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Vince Young IS A GOOD QB YOU GUYS
Fuck Texas.
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But the Texans have already suffered so much. TJ Yates and Jake Delhomme?!
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As a result of how awful this year has been so far for Florida sports..I made this...to calm my soul.
http://www.sporcle.com/games/RadShadow/florida-sports-teams
Enjoy!
Also home of tons of murder, arson, and rape....but those aren't viewed so highly.
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Technically, they're the Miami Marlins now.
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I know, and if you write that is is accepted as a correct answer.
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So....
Tampa Might get a better draft pick then Miami at this rate!
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Super- congrats on owning the Packers, fellow Packers-owner. Ciato, do you also own the Packers, or will you not be going to the Shareholders meeting with Super and myself?
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It is my christmas present to myself. Such a silly waste of money, but hey.
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Haha. Oh, I am lame and missed it. (I am also kind of broke. Spent 1000 dollars on traveling and bullshit like that, and have another 2500 to spend in the next few weeks. Schoooool.)
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It's open until February.
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Better not miss it or you'll have to wait another 15+ years and by then Super and I will have already gotten the Aaron Rodgers Beltway built.
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Yay, my teams suck. Good draft picks next year though!
Also, this Tebow thing is getting out of control.
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It is gloriously trainwrecky. I can't complain.
:( to Greg Jennings getting hurt. Augh.
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And with the 4th overall pick...the Miami Dolphins select Robert Griffin the 3rd for Baylor.
BITCHES!
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At this point we are in a race with the Redskins and possibly Tampa for landing a franchise QB.
I am loosing faith in Freeman by the second.
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It is gloriously trainwrecky. I can't complain.
:( to Greg Jennings getting hurt. Augh.
It's the Trent Dilfer effect. He plays behind an amazing defense and has a -5.5 DVOA but he "just wins games." See also: Young, Vince.
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There's also the part where he has to come back against teams that have scored maybe ten points all game.
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Still...
1 and 4 before Tebow.
Now...
8 and 5
It's pretty incredible, and to say the Denver Broncos have an amazing defense might be the the overstatement of the NFL season. They are good, amazing? No way.
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They're huge on scoring defense (the defense that counts). Also there's shit like the Chargers game where Novak missed two FGs in a row. Denver didn't win that game, San Diego lost.
It's the defense keeping the score low and lucky bounces as much as anything.
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It's also playing Matt Moore, Carson Palmer in his second week as a Raider, 2011 Matt Cassel, Mark Sanchez, 2011 Philip Rivers, Christian Ponder and Caleb Hanie. Not exactly a murderer's row of QBs there.
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The one good team he did have to play (the Lions) won 45-10. As good as Denver's defense plays, Brady will be able to pick them apart.
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Re: scoring defense - in five of Tebow's seven wins, the other team has scored exactly one touchdown per game. That doesn't really make it hard for the offense to put together a win.
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It's that time again! Of course, not that I have much faith after being COMPLETELY WRONG last year...
(6) Cincinatti Bengals vs. (3) Houston Texans - Yates played decently down the stretch, but lots of injuries plague the Texans and they dropped the last couple of their games. On the other hand, I think the Bengals' relative inexperience will catch up to them here.
(5) Pittsburgh Steelers vs. (4) Denver Broncos - Everyone, including God himself, hopes this is the outcome.
(6) Detroit Lions vs. (3) New Orleans Saints - Both teams have something to prove. Lions want their first playoff win in a while, the Saints want to redeem themselves after losing to the Seahawks last year. I think the latter will pull it off, though it'll be close.
(5) Atlanta Falcons vs. (4) New York Giants - Depends on what Falcons and what Giants show up that day, but given the way the Giants pulled it together down the stretch, I'm leaning them.
(5) Pittsburgh Steelers vs. (1) New England Patriots - Depends on what condition ol' Rothy is in, really. Healthy, they have a solid shot. Not... well... yeah. Advantage is still in Pats corner.
(3) Houston Texans vs. (2) Baltimore Ravens - Despite dropping some bad games, I think the Ravens have it in them to win this one pretty handily.
(4) New York Giants vs. (1) Green Bay Packers - ... you know, it's tempting to say history will repeat itself. I'm gonna go with that, really, despite every bone in my body saying it won't happen.
(3) New Orleans Saints vs. (2) San Francisco 49ers - 49ers have a season of keeping decent offenses in check, but haven't quite met a Drew Brees yet and struggled with Romo and Manning.
(2) Baltimore Ravens vs. (1) New England Patriots - I think the quality of the Ravens D will shine through, in the end.
(4) New York Giants vs. (3) New Orleans Saints - Will be a great game, but the Giants D won't be able to match the Saints at home.
(3) New Orleans Saints vs. (2) Baltimore Ravens - Defense wins championships... usually. But I think Brees nets his 2nd title here.
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What will be lower scoring -- Denver vs. Pittsburgh or the National Championship game?
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Hard to say. I'm expecting the NCG to be one of the games where one of the teams is ridiculously rusty from its month off and gives up forty points. I'm just not sure which. Meanwhile, Tim Tebow is going to throw enough pick-sixes to outscore a typical Redskins game.
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I want the team to win that is more likely to beat the Patriots in the next round. <_< Which is a pretty obvious pick even with hobbly Ben.
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I'll gladly take on a hobbled Cheeseberger and a non-existent Mendenhall in Foxboro.
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You're always running the chance that this will be the game where James Harrison pulls a handgun out of his jersey and shoots Tom Brady in the head, though.
And then he would probably feast upon his remains right then and there.
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I have faith that the physical contact from one of Harrison's nine sacks of Tebow will open Harrison's eyes to the light of God and he will be a completely transformed individual by the time he comes here.
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OR it could fully awaken whatever terrible evil was sealed inside him and escalate his thirst for blood tenfold.
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I'm not an expert on the subject, but I'm reasonably positive that's not how God works.
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It's impossible to be reasonably positive how God works. The workings of divine beings are utterly incomprehensible to beings such as us. To quote the greatest deity of all, John DeLancie's Q, "You think in such three-dimensional terms."
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My interest in the Broncos, and football in general, remains nonexistent.
My interest in conventional wisdom naysayers getting egg on their faces remains high. As a former iconoclastic sportswriter, h8rs may feel free to continue to h8. :::: )
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My new hobby is to see how many people I can give an aneurism by occasionally dropping the phrase "he just wins games!"
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Gooo Patriots!
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I knew we'd get you eventually. <3
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I'm rooting for Brian Dawkins to be the only survivor of the divisional round.
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Come on, Patriots/Niners Superb Owl. The little badnwagoner kid in me wants to see the franchise of Montana and Young return to the title game.
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God damn it.
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Personally, I blame the ownership.
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Personally, I blame the ownership.
Seconded. This is bound to happen to any team co-owned by Super.
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I blame Super undermining MY ownership.
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You're sober enough to type, Rob? I'm surprised.
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Sorry Packers fans.
Now, you get to anticipate the draft like me for the rest of the season!
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You're sober enough to type, Rob? I'm surprised.
I has to come in to the office on Sunday. I had a feeling today would be a bad day.
STOP UNDERMINING MR.
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My only hope for a tolerable ending to this season is for Alex Smith to win a Super Bowl ring.
Fuck.
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Hey, you should be grateful to the organization that got you Asante Samuel and Ellis Hobokay yeah I can see where you're coming from.
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Goooooooooooooooo injuries!
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The good thing about here is that none of my friends IRL give a shit about the Super Bowl, so I can pretend it's not happening~
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Yay! The Patriots did not win!
I was pleased by this game if not more then the first time. hahahaha
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Man. It's a shame both teams couldn't lose, but I've still got to admit that was a great game.
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I think my heart stopped a few times, but I live. Somehow.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfIMy-ebZRk
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This article actually made me feel bad for Tom Brady: http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=dw-wetzel_tom_brady_super_bowl_gisele_bundchen_defeat_020512
Time to put him under suicide watch?
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Brady sitting, apparently catatonic, on the turf after throwing that interception was the greatest moment of the night.
(And even putting my Brady-hating ways aside, if anybody cost the Patriots that game it was him. Intentional grounding in the end zone, the INT to Blackburn is a huge completion if he doesn't underthrow Gronkowski, and Welker had to be a Cirque de Soliel contortionist to even have a chance to drop that pass in the fourth, it was so badly placed.)
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I wouldn't really say any individual won or lost the game for either team, and if I were forced to pick anyone at gunpoint it would probably be Justin Tuck winning it. I can't believe we had four years to find an answer for him and failed.
EDIT: Also, big ups to Steve Weatherford. Mike Scifres would be proud.
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Justin Tuck embarrassed the Pats. It was scary how well he played.