Your 2010 NFL Thread

[Yeti]

http://www.sporcle.com/games/chicagobearsqbs.php

You'll laugh, you'll cry.

Mainly you'll cry.

Jay Cutler proved to be my purloined letter.  D'OH.  The only other one I missed was Steve Bradley and I honestly have no recollection of Steve Bradley whatsoever.  I don' teven knwo who he is.  When the hell did that happen?  

Hohensee started the first two strike games in 87 but got hurt. Bradley started the 3rd strike game and the regulars came back after that.

Huh.  I always thought Sean Payton started that third game, and found it odd that when I typed in "Payton" he showed up, but with a zero.  

Payton came in in relief of Bradley, I believe.

If only there was some sort of network of, say, computers that had such information. This is why we need new leadership. Our technology is lacking.

[Bort]

http://www.sporcle.com/games/chicagobearsqbs.php

You'll laugh, you'll cry.

Mainly you'll cry.

Jay Cutler proved to be my purloined letter.  D'OH.  The only other one I missed was Steve Bradley and I honestly have no recollection of Steve Bradley whatsoever.  I don' teven knwo who he is.  When the hell did that happen?  

Hohensee started the first two strike games in 87 but got hurt. Bradley started the 3rd strike game and the regulars came back after that.

Huh.  I always thought Sean Payton started that third game, and found it odd that when I typed in "Payton" he showed up, but with a zero.  

Payton came in in relief of Bradley, I believe.

If only there was some sort of network of, say, computers that had such information. This is why we need new leadership. Our technology is lacking.

O RLY?

[Powdered Toast Man]

http://www.sporcle.com/games/chicagobearsqbs.php

You'll laugh, you'll cry.

Mainly you'll cry.

Jay Cutler proved to be my purloined letter.  D'OH.  The only other one I missed was Steve Bradley and I honestly have no recollection of Steve Bradley whatsoever.  I don' teven knwo who he is.  When the hell did that happen?  

Hohensee started the first two strike games in 87 but got hurt. Bradley started the 3rd strike game and the regulars came back after that.

Huh.  I always thought Sean Payton started that third game, and found it odd that when I typed in "Payton" he showed up, but with a zero.  

Payton came in in relief of Bradley, I believe.

If only there was some sort of network of, say, computers that had such information. This is why we need new leadership. Our technology is lacking.

O RLY?

I just sucker punched my monitor.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

Does Ben Roethlisberger own a hot tub?

http://www.dontevenreply.com/view.php?post=89

Loophole!

[SKO]

Andy Reid reverses course, says Vick will start this weekend. I can only hope Vick returns to being Mike Vick and Philly just falls apart.

[PenPho]

6. Why did some people think Jason Campbell would be enough to make the Raiders respectable? And I mean some people who weren't even Raider fans.

Took Cable 6 quarters to realize this wasn't true.

[powen01]

Andy Reid reverses course, says Vick will start this weekend. I can only hope Vick returns to being Mike Vick and Philly just falls apart.

[SKO]

Andy Reid reverses course, says Vick will start this weekend. I can only hope Vick returns to being Mike Vick and Philly just falls apart.

My bad. I just meant the on-field Vick that passed like the Black Bobby Douglass he truly is.

[SKO]

Chan Gailey, bringing the meh. It must really, really blow to be a Bills fan.

[Yeti]

Am I just a simple meathead because I don't like the NFL cracking down on these hits? I would hate to see a hit like Bennett's on that punter get Bennett a suspension (Punt returns often set up for huge fucking blocks, and that's sometimes the difference between a nice return and a TD). And that Robinson-Jackson hit? Violent and probably a little too "spear-y" but it wasn't helmet to helmet (it was helmet to shoulder pads [chest portion]). Goddammit, I love seeing these hits, too.

[Internet Apex]

Am I just a simple meathead because I don't like the NFL cracking down on these hits? I would hate to see a hit like Bennett's on that punter get Bennett a suspension (Punt returns often set up for huge fucking blocks, and that's sometimes the difference between a nice return and a TD). And that Robinson-Jackson hit? Violent and probably a little too "spear-y" but it wasn't helmet to helmet (it was helmet to shoulder pads [chest portion]). Goddammit, I love seeing these hits, too.

Pretty soon they're going to legislate football out of the game completely and start calling it soccer.

[Powdered Toast Man]

Yes, you're a meathead.  These hits are kind of dangerous and I mean that in a way over and above the normal dangers of football as a rough contact sport.  This is all due to the lost art of the tackle.  These morons do this new missle tackle with no wrapping up and all it does is endanger both players.  They just want to make SportsCenter and do a gorilla walk down the field for laying out some defenseless wide receiver.  Way to go, asshole.

This is also partially the QB's fault, too.  Don't lead your receiver so that he gets decapitated.  Leading with the helmet is pussified.  I'll stand by that statement and scream it from the mountaintops.

[Yeti]

Yes, you're a meathead.  These hits are kind of dangerous and I mean that in a way over and above the normal dangers of football as a rough contact sport.  This is all due to the lost art of the tackle.  These morons do this new missle tackle with no wrapping up and all it does is endanger both players.  They just want to make SportsCenter and do a gorilla walk down the field for laying out some defenseless wide receiver.  Way to go, asshole.

This is also partially the QB's fault, too.  Don't lead your receiver so that he gets decapitated.  Leading with the helmet is pussified.  I'll stand by that statement and scream it from the mountaintops.

See, I wonder if part of that might be changes in the way players are built. I might be off here but it seems to me that if you have a WR or RB running full speed (which may be about 5mph faster than it was about 35-40 years ago) then there is a higher chance of bringing him down by drilling his ass. I'm probably wrong, but that's a thought. If I was Dunta Robinson, I don't know if I would have changed the way I hit Jackson. If anything I would have led with my shoulder, because in that situation, Jackson was teed up perfectly for getting drilled. I don't see how anyone would have been able to resist it.

[Richard Chuggar]

Yes, you're a meathead.  These hits are kind of dangerous and I mean that in a way over and above the normal dangers of football as a rough contact sport.  This is all due to the lost art of the tackle.  These morons do this new missle tackle with no wrapping up and all it does is endanger both players.  They just want to make SportsCenter and do a gorilla walk down the field for laying out some defenseless wide receiver.  Way to go, asshole.

This is also partially the QB's fault, too.  Don't lead your receiver so that he gets decapitated.  Leading with the helmet is pussified.  I'll stand by that statement and scream it from the mountaintops.

Oh please.  Hit these fuckers as hard as you can.  You're making millions of dollars to entertain me.  SO ENTERTAIN ME!!!  As soon as some dumb monkey is knocked out of the game, another one that is just as awesome is there to take his place.  I say only hit with the helmet.

[Powdered Toast Man]

See, I wonder if part of that might be changes in the way players are built. I might be off here but it seems to me that if you have a WR or RB running full speed (which may be about 5mph faster than it was about 35-40 years ago) then there is a higher chance of bringing him down by drilling his ass. I'm probably wrong, but that's a thought. If I was Dunta Robinson, I don't know if I would have changed the way I hit Jackson. If anything I would have led with my shoulder, because in that situation, Jackson was teed up perfectly for getting drilled. I don't see how anyone would have been able to resist it.

There's no reason to lead with the helmet.  All you do is risk injury to yourself by jamming your neck and then to the receiver, who's usually defenseless.  Concussions aren't really great for you long term, and the argument can be made that these guys know this going in.  Still, going shoulder to shoulder would have done the same exact thing as the helmet to helmet hit and both guys would have gotten up.  There wouldn't be this stupid NFL rule changes bullshit.