NFL 2012

[HaemishM]

What...

The...

Fuck? 

[sickrubik]

It contains IGF-1 which is banned in the NFL

The problem for Lewis is that the extract contains IGF-1, which is on the NFL’s list of banned substances.  For the NFL, the problem is that Lewis will retire after Sunday.  So there’s really nothing that can be done — unless Lewis admits to it on Tuesday and the league puts the investigative process into the highest gear possible.

[ghost]

I will become interested in these shenanigans when they start taking away titles and voiding wins from teams that play players who are cheating. 

[Paelos]

You can blame the players association for blocking that. They are the ones trying hard to keep HGH testing out of the league.

[WayAbvPar]

For easily the 5999th time since he came into the league- FUCK RAY LEWIS.

[K9]

rebuild your brain via your small intestines

Lets hope they don't rebuild the brain too much, otherwise you might regain sufficient faculties to see what utter bollocks this stuff is.

[ghost]

You can blame the players association for blocking that. They are the ones trying hard to keep HGH testing out of the league.

I'm sure that the owners are putting up a stiff resistance.   

[El Gallo]

Anybody who thinks PEDs aren't widespread in the NFL is a fucking moron.  I don't think your average 60 year old white sportswriter hates Lewis nearly as much as they hated Bonds, so hopefully we'll be saved the years of self-righteous bullshit.  I can hope anyway.

[ghost]

I am under the working assumption that any high level professional athlete (NFL, NBA, MLB, track and field, tennis, even golf) are on PEDs of some sort.  It's just the way pro sports work. 

[Paelos]

Congress is starting to get pissy again too about the PED's in the NFL.

[ghost]

Great use of tax dollars.  We can see how successful their efforts were in baseball.   

[MrHat]

I am under the working assumption that any high level professional athlete (NFL, NBA, MLB, track and field, tennis, even golf) are on PEDs of some sort.  It's just the way pro sports work.  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playmakers



Heh.  Canceled under pressure from the NFL.

[Paelos]

The Commish should suspend Ray for one game. Then have a press conference.

Commissioner Goodell why would you suspend a man on the eve of his retirement?

"Well I heard him often say that no weapon forged against him would prosper. I guess he never met..."



"The Ginger Hammer"

[Rasix]

[Paelos]

 

[Paelos]

http://deadspin.com/5979970/facebook-data-provides-the-most-accurate-nfl-fandom-map-ever-created

Neat map of fanbases via US county, based on facebook data.

[Sjofn]

lol Jets

I'd be curious to see the breakdown for my home county. It broke for the Giants, but I knew a lot of Eagles fans too. Just curious how close it was!

[Cyrrex]

I'd also like to see a version of that same map where they warp the proportions to fit the population (like they do with the redstate-bluestate maps sometimes).

[K9]

NFL salaries by team and position

A really cool widget from the Guardian.

[Cyrrex]

That's cool.  Interesting to see that there appears to be zero correlation between how much you spend, and your ability to make the playoffs.  At least, for this particular year.

Look at how cheap that Seattle defense is right now.  Surely that can't last.

[Paelos]

The salary cap keeps things interesting in the NFL.

Unlike baseball, where the dollar determines your chances for the most part.

[Ingmar]

I think the salary cap has less to do with it than the fact that the playoffs let a lot of teams in and the games are all single elimination. (Which is not to say that the salary cap is not involved.)

[K9]

The fuck is going on?

[luckton]

The stadium is having Katrina flashbacks 

[Paelos]

I'm going to go ahead and go full conspiracy theory that somebody had money on the Niners and pulled the plug.

[Chimpy]

It's like some SF people hit up voodoo Stevie Wonder. 

[WayAbvPar]

Eat so many dicks, Jim Harbaugh.

[Malakili]

Having no rooting interest, it was a very entertaining game.  I thought that on the 4th and goal from the 5, that Crabtree was obviously held and it felt a bit cheap that their last offensive play ended that way.   I know you can argue that Crabtree had his hands on him too, but it looked very clearly to me like he was being held and was trying to get away.  Games don't come down to one play at the end, so I don't think it cheapens the victory for the Ravens at all, just from a spectators point of view what had been an absolutely riveting last quarter and a half ended in a way that just wasn't particularly satisfying to me.

Nonetheless, great game.

[Ingmar]

There were also egregious missed holding calls on the TD return and the safety. That said, IMO Culliver lost us that game.

[Sjofn]

The Great Gay Conspiracy made Culliver play like shit, obvs.

[WayAbvPar]

The Great Gay Conspiracy made Culliver play like shit, obvs.

 

[Abagadro]

There were also egregious missed holding calls on the TD return and the safety. That said, IMO Culliver lost us that game.

A penalty on the safety doesn't get you any benefit.  Didn't see any holding on the return at all. 

Overlooked with the complaining about the hand jousting on the 4th down play was the fact that the ball was uncatchable in bounds.

[Cyrrex]

There were also egregious missed holding calls on the TD return and the safety. That said, IMO Culliver lost us that game.

A penalty on the safety doesn't get you any benefit.  Didn't see any holding on the return at all. 

Overlooked with the complaining about the hand jousting on the 4th down play was the fact that the ball was uncatchable in bounds.

I didn't see the play, and I may be downright wrong, but if it is a question of holding (before the ball is thrown), it doesn't matter if it is catchable or not.  That only comes into play if the ball is in the air (where it changes from a holding penalty to possible PI).  No?

[Abagadro]

Ball was definitely in the air. Any contact prior to Kap throwing the pass was within the 5 yard allowable space.

[Hoax]

There were also egregious missed holding calls on the TD return and the safety. That said, IMO Culliver lost us that game.

A penalty on the safety doesn't get you any benefit.  Didn't see any holding on the return at all.  

Overlooked with the complaining about the hand jousting on the 4th down play was the fact that the ball was uncatchable in bounds.

Bullshit ball was uncatchable, they haven't called it that way at all this season especially when the WR can't make any progress because he's being held completely up. That was holding on the defender and it got worse and worse looking every time they showed it. No idea about the penalty on the safety being of any benefit but it was blatantly obvious even live during the play and the guy staring it down didn't throw a flag. I didn't see anything wrong with the return either.