NFL 2011

[Azuredream]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned that the lockout is over and the season is on after all.

I think most people figured it would be back at some point before the season. I followed the whole story but I bet most people just said "come get me when the lockout is over." I'm looking forward to all the free agent activity being condensed.

[Paelos]

Now that it's all over I'm reminded that both sides are assholes for doing this publically.

[WayAbvPar]

Very torn. Want the Seahawks to do well, but if they are bad, they need to be REALLY bad so Andrew Luck comes to town a year from now.

[ghost]

Very torn. Want the Seahawks to do well, but if they are bad, they need to be REALLY bad so Andrew Luck comes to town a year from now.

They'll probably win 5-6 games and miss out on any good players.   

I'm still not particularly sold on Pete Carroll as an NFL coach.

[Rasix]

Very torn. Want the Seahawks to do well, but if they are bad, they need to be REALLY bad so Andrew Luck comes to town a year from now.

Maybe they'll catch whatever is afflicting the Mariners.

[El Gallo]

Very torn. Want the Seahawks to do well, but if they are bad, they need to be REALLY bad so Andrew Luck comes to town a year from now.

They'll probably win 5-6 games and miss out on any good players make the playoffs.   

Jokes never get old for me.  It's a gift.

[WayAbvPar]

Welp.

Everyone reporting that Hasselbeck is definitely out, and that Tarvaris Jackson is flying to Seattle tonight. Looks like it is plan B and Andrew Luck. I just hope he shaves that godawful beard before draft day.

I seriously don't give a fuck who they sign now- if our QB is either Jackson or Clipboard Jesus we are well and truly fucked. This is going to be a long, shitty season.

[Paelos]

The Cowboys finally cut Roy Williams. Speaking for Cowboys fans everywhere, THANK GOD!

That may be the worst bust we've had in years.

[01101010]

The Cowboys finally cut Roy Williams. Speaking for Cowboys fans everywhere, THANK GOD!

That may be the worst bust we've had in years.

Which the Browns will pick him up and then come the end of a 3-13 season, blame it all on McCoy. 

[HaemishM]

Why the fuck would the Seahwaks want Tavaris Jackson? I'd rather have a paraplegic Hasselbeck than Tavaris Jackson. Shit, he couldn't win a starting job with one of the best running games in the league and got beat out two years in a row by a man twice his age (granted that man was Favre, but still). I guess they didn't want to trade for Kolb? Or, I don't know, search Skid Row for some crack addict? If the Cardinals really do get Kolb in a trade, I look forward to them and the Rams fighting over the NFC's yearly 7-9 playoff berth.

[Rasix]

Welp.

Everyone reporting that Hasselbeck is definitely out, and that Tarvaris Jackson is flying to Seattle tonight. Looks like it is plan B and Andrew Luck. I just hope he shaves that godawful beard before draft day.

I seriously don't give a fuck who they sign now- if our QB is either Jackson or Clipboard Jesus we are well and truly fucked. This is going to be a long, shitty season.

You do play in the NFC West.  The best team on paper might be the Rams.  THE RAMS. 

[Malakili]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned that the lockout is over and the season is on after all.

Thats the power of strikes/lockouts, I stop paying attention.  I did know before reading this that it was back on, but the funny thing is I'm actually less excited by the news than I normally would be for football at this point.

[Ingmar]

Plus it is baseball season! 

Hearing rumors that Hasselbeck might end up down here. Maybe his wife won't let him come play in liberal land though. 

[Rasix]

That's Tim's wife.

[Ingmar]

I'm not sure he's any improvement on Smallhands anyway, really all we have to hope for is that Kaepernick pans out. Having watched him destroy Cal basically by himself I am somewhat optimistic.

[stu]

Andrew Luck. I just hope he shaves that godawful beard before draft day.
 

Klopeeeeeeeek!!

[Tannhauser]

Donovan McNabb rumored to be coming to Nashville? 

[JWIV]

Donovan McNabb rumored to be coming to Nashville? 

Michigan is what I saw - Vikes are taking him on the cheap.

[WayAbvPar]

Hasselbeck to Titans, McNabb likely to Vikings (LOL), Arizona frontrunners for Kolb. My only consolation is that Hasselbeck didn't go to AZ or SF. That would have blown ass.

'Experts' keep trying to talk me into Tarvaris Jackson- I ain't buying. Seattle now has 3 backup QBs (Leinart is en route to date rape his way through the local sororities by all accounts), plus some undrafted rookies- and we are supposed to start someone out of that group? 

[Paelos]

Donovan McNabb rumored to be coming to Nashville?  

Michigan is what I saw - Vikes are taking him on the cheap.

 

[JWIV]

Donovan McNabb rumored to be coming to Nashville?  

Michigan Minnesota is what I saw - Vikes are taking him on the cheap.

 

I blame the lack of coffee this morning.  I'm not even sure where I pulled out Michigan from.  

[ghost]

Hasselbeck to Titans, McNabb likely to Vikings (LOL), Arizona frontrunners for Kolb. My only consolation is that Hasselbeck didn't go to AZ or SF. That would have blown ass.

'Experts' keep trying to talk me into Tarvaris Jackson- I ain't buying. Seattle now has 3 backup QBs (Leinart is en route to date rape his way through the local sororities by all accounts), plus some undrafted rookies- and we are supposed to start someone out of that group? 

You make it sound like date rape is a bad thing. 

[Bunk]

has anyone locked down Sexy Rexy yet?

[HaemishM]

Hasselbeck to the Titans is a good move for them. McNabb to the Vikings I don't think is that bad either, but really, he SHOULD just have to hand off to Peterson and toss the odd TD. They can't get much worse than they were with Favre at QB last year because Favre was fucking AWFUL. But the Seahawks? I really cannot see what the fuck they are thinking. Whitehurst is your best option, or at least you'd think so based on what they traded for him. Tavaris Jackson? I can't even say that with a straight face. The Hawks are going to be face-fucking bad this year. It will be painful to watch them. It really looks like the Rams knew what they were doing with Bradford, because he is now the best QB in that division and can apparently carry a team through the NFL's version of the National Paraplegic League. If Arizona was serious, they'd whisper some sweet nothings in the Broncos' ears and get Kyle Orton. Neckbeard can sling it. Kolb would be the "sexier" option, but the Eagles are going to price themselves out of that trade. Kolb will be the highest priced backup to a convicted felon in the league.

[ghost]

Kolb is overrated.  He wasn't that good when he played for the Eagles.

[Paelos]

Kolb is overrated.  He wasn't that good when he played for the Eagles.

Kolb is untested in my view.

[ghost]

Maybe you could say that.  When he played he looked like shit.  It's the same feeling I got from Garrett Gilbert in the national title game versus Alabama.  Yeah, he hasn't played a lot but I'm not optimistic. 

[HaemishM]

He looked inconsistent, which comes from that untested bit. He's probably got the chops to be a decent starting QB on the right team, but the Eagles haven't really let him show how bad or good he can be. They knew Vick was their guy after week 1, so they only used Kolb when they had to, and then it was right back to Vick. Someone is likely to trade too much for him because of how bad some of the QB situations in the NFL are (HELLO CARDINALS!). A terrible Kolb would be an improvement. It will come down to whether the Eagles want to eat the cost of that huge contract they gave him to ride the pine as a "What if?" or want to take less than top value for him in a trade.

[Paelos]

Maybe you could say that.  When he played he looked like shit.  It's the same feeling I got from Garrett Gilbert in the national title game versus Alabama.  Yeah, he hasn't played a lot but I'm not optimistic. 

I think you are forgetting his game against Atlanta early in October. He absolutely drilled a very good Falcons team.

[Tannhauser]

Yeah, I got to work and found McNabb maybe at Vikes.  Sucks to be them!  I'm...OK with Hasselbeck at the Titans, they cut Young and Old Man Drinky McDrinksalot retired. 

[Hoax]

Who gets Namdi is so much more interesting then these not so great QB's shuffling around. If Caron Palmer ends up somewhere it could have playoff implications ( even outside of the NFC west) though I'd put money on him continuing to choke terribly.

I think the 49ers have positioned themselves well, if Arizona doesn't take up the Eagles crazy offer perhaps they can trade Clements for Kolb, after picking up Namdi of course. Not my team but it'd be nice to get to watch good football every sunday.

[Paelos]

My prediction, the NFC west will continue to be a never-ending embarrassment to the sport of football.

[WayAbvPar]

My prediction, the NFC west will continue to be a never-ending embarrassment to the sport of football.

And yet 3 of the 4 teams have been to a Super Bowl more recently than your beloved Cowboys (49ers missed it by a year). Rams are going to be a lot better, and if SF and Arizona unfuck their QB situations they will also be better. Seattle is another, more depressing story. Although rah rah Carroll may surprise me.

[HaemishM]

There's a reason Pete Carroll was coaching college. He's already fucked up two jobs as head coach in the NFL. He's going for the trifecta with the Hawks.

[Paelos]

My prediction, the NFC west will continue to be a never-ending embarrassment to the sport of football.

And yet 3 of the 4 teams have been to a Super Bowl more recently than your beloved Cowboys (49ers missed it by a year). Rams are going to be a lot better, and if SF and Arizona unfuck their QB situations they will also be better. Seattle is another, more depressing story. Although rah rah Carroll may surprise me.

Funny, because the Cowboys play in a division with two double digit win teams. Just like the North and the South that had 2 and 3 double digit win teams. When's the last time that happened in the NFC West? Oh that's right, 2003. That division has been total ass since they realigned in 2002 and created it as a joke for football fans.

Oh and all those West teams lost the Super Bowl. Who cares if they "made it", even the Falcons managed to pull that off one year. What about the Bills, they "made it" too!