2014 NFL Season

[doug rr]

Jay Cutler would've at least made this past super bowl competitive

shut your whore mouth

[Mecca]

Mecca, where does the role the Bills played in the 2008 Broncos collapse rank in terms of Bills highlights this century?

that win altered their draft position enough that they drafted Aaron Maybin. That game can suck a big one

[Lament]

Brian Orakpo, Brian Cushing, and Clay Matthews were all still on the board when they picked. Why do you think picking earlier would've turned out any better?

[Mecca]

Brian Orakpo, Brian Cushing, and Clay Matthews were all still on the board when they picked. Why do you think picking earlier would've turned out any better?

BJ Raji

[Mecca]

honestly, I had nothing to say about that game besides it was part of the Trent Edwards era. As a Bills fan, I hated him from the moment people fell in love with him in the preseason. Aside from one season starting 5-2 and ending 7-9, it was one huge blur that I'd sooner forget. The only Denver game I have any strong feelings about was Brandon Marshall's coming out party and the field goal unit rushing to line up and FG with time expiring from Matt Prater to end the game. Pretty sure Green Habit felt so bad from that game that he made me a mod.

[spike]

[Mecca]

[spike]

[BigRedLedbetter]

My Lions are going to suck (again) this year.

http://zippy.gfycat.com/AdolescentUnfoldedDairycow.webm

[Bammer]

If their fans turn into Patriots west (please god no) ... I will quickly grow to hate them.

Explain what you mean in 50 words or less and I will tell you, honestly, if it is happening here.

[Green Habit]

Apologies for all these quotes, but it is probably better than making eight posts in a row.

The season is less than a month away and I've still yet to see someone wearing one of the new ones in public. And I've been to Tampa like four times in the last month and a half

I'll have to keep an eye out to see if anyone around here dares to wear a new Doug Martin jersey. I've seen a couple of the old ones before.

Fuck Richie Incognito. Worthless piece of shit. I have friends who know him. The stories you hear....they are worse. I hope he never plays in the NFL again but he's good so sadly he will.

My thoughts exactly. People act like he was a good player too when he was mediocre at best. I honestly hope he never plays again and will actively root against any team that signs him.

I never understood how he stuck around so long as well. He should have been more suited for the WWE than the NFL.

Many guys make the Pro Bowl without deserving it

Damnit, I'm still proud that he made the Pro Bowl over Rivers that year.

Fuck Richie Incognito. Worthless piece of shit. I have friends who know him. The stories you hear....they are worse. I hope he never plays in the NFL again but he's good so sadly he will.

nebraska is rich in history with douche bags...I basically quit caring when osborne put lawrence phillips in to play in the bowl game

He was actually put back on the team a few games before the bowl game that season but I see what you are saying and agree. Lots of pricks. Good luck finding a college football program without their share of shady people though.

What Osborne did was wrong, but what was orders of magnitude worse was the Rams trading away Jerome Bettis in order to draft Phillips 6th overall. That, to me, was the worst draft pick in the history of the NFL. It's almost not fair karma-wise that they got Faulk to make up for that.

Mecca, where does the role the Bills played in the 2008 Broncos collapse rank in terms of Bills highlights this century?

Oh man, the what-ifs of the outcome of that game are fascinating. If you asked me in 2010 about this I would be raging in anger, but in 2014 I think it's clear to say that only one season of true pain was worth it given where they are now. If Shanny was still around the Broncos probably look like the Bears do right now: Cutler and Marshall still lighting things up while the defense is still terrible.

that win altered their draft position enough that they drafted Aaron Maybin. That game can suck a big one

I was confident that Maybin was going to bust and I remember being excited when he went off the board so the Broncos couldn't get tempted. At least Robert Ayers wasn't a bust but he also was no Clay Matthews.

honestly, I had nothing to say about that game besides it was part of the Trent Edwards era. As a Bills fan, I hated him from the moment people fell in love with him in the preseason. Aside from one season starting 5-2 and ending 7-9, it was one huge blur that I'd sooner forget. The only Denver game I have any strong feelings about was Brandon Marshall's coming out party and the field goal unit rushing to line up and FG with time expiring from Matt Prater to end the game. Pretty sure Green Habit felt so bad from that game that he made me a mod.

I don't remember if we modded you then or not, but even with all the craziness, that game sucked due to Kevin Everett's paralysis.

If their fans turn into Patriots west (please god no) ... I will quickly grow to hate them.

Explain what you mean in 50 words or less and I will tell you, honestly, if it is happening here.

You can correct me if I'm wrong, Bammer, but from the Seattle fans I talk to it feels like an huge wave of relief that can get uncontrolled at times. A Seattle team hadn't won it all since 1979. You had the turn of the millennium ALCS losses, Super Bowl XL (people are still real bitter about this one), and the statewide horror of every pro and college team that was 2008. To finally climb to the top of the mountain after all that...I can understand a bit of smugness--even when a good chunk of it is coming at my expense.

[E.H. Ruddock]

tl;dr

[Bammer]

If their fans turn into Patriots west (please god no) ... I will quickly grow to hate them.

Explain what you mean in 50 words or less and I will tell you, honestly, if it is happening here.

You can correct me if I'm wrong, Bammer, but from the Seattle fans I talk to it feels like an huge wave of relief that can get uncontrolled at times. A Seattle team hadn't won it all since 1979. You had the turn of the millennium ALCS losses, Super Bowl XL (people are still real bitter about this one), and the statewide horror of every pro and college team that was 2008. To finally climb to the top of the mountain after all that...I can understand a bit of smugness--even when a good chunk of it is coming at my expense.

Yes, there is some smugness. No doubt.

I say it is outweighed, however, by genuine excitement and a legitimate feeling that we have the best NFL team again this year. That is confidence with some merit behind it.

I will fully admit that I have jumped on the bandwagon. I am not a lifelong Seahawks fan. But I'm on the bandwagon because in Seattle we need SOMETHING sports-related to get excited about. And it's fun. And it's easy to get invested in. (I won't ever get on the Sounders bandwagon by the way, and I'll take that to my grave.)

Probably the funniest thing to happen since the Seahawks got good, is this guy famously tweeted a picture of himself at Seahawks mini-camp earlier this year. (By the way, tickets have sold out immediately the last two years for all open practices and anything you slap a Seahawks logo on sells out immediately...so the excitement by and large is genuine). Anyway the funniest thing...this guy tweets a picture of himself with the caption "Great day at Seahawks training camp. Got to meet legendary coach Pete Carroll" and the picture is of him shaking some old guy's hand, who really looks nothing like Pete Carroll. THAT is the kind of smug, bandwagon-jumper that I can see every other team's fan base hating and guess what: Seahawks fans hate him, too.

[Thejambi]

My Lions are going to suck (again) this year.

http://zippy.gfycat.com/AdolescentUnfoldedDairycow.webm

Nah...10-6

[Coach]

If their fans turn into Patriots west...

Bammer is doing his best, Nate.

He's skipping a few levels to full on: "this IS the next NFL dynasty" mode.

[BigRedLedbetter]

My Lions are going to suck (again) this year.

http://zippy.gfycat.com/AdolescentUnfoldedDairycow.webm

Nah...10-6

They won't be able to stop a nose bleed, won't have a running game, etc

[Lament]

My Lions are going to suck (again) this year.

http://zippy.gfycat.com/AdolescentUnfoldedDairycow.webm

Nah...10-6

They won't be able to stop a nose bleed, won't have a running game, etc

I can see them going 6-2 at home (losing to Green Bay & New Orleans), but man, that road slate is tough. I'd be amazed if they could go 4-4 on the road. I'd say 2-6 seems more likely.

[BigRedLedbetter]

My Lions are going to suck (again) this year.

http://zippy.gfycat.com/AdolescentUnfoldedDairycow.webm

Nah...10-6

They won't be able to stop a nose bleed, won't have a running game, etc

I can see them going 6-2 at home (losing to Green Bay & New Orleans), but man, that road slate is tough. I'd be amazed if they could go 4-4 on the road. I'd say 2-6 seems more likely.

I'll say 4-4 at home and 2-6 on the road. They are the Lions. They find a way to lose.

Super excited about Ziggy Ansah though.

[Lament]

Who else do you think beats them at home besides the Packers and the Saints? I suppose the Giants could surprise people.

[BigRedLedbetter]

Who else do you think beats them at home besides the Packers and the Saints? I suppose the Giants could surprise people.

Bears, Vikings, Bucs have a good shot, etc.

I hope I'm wrong and the Lions beat the Browns in the Super Bowl.