NFL 2013

[sickrubik]

Vince Young wasn't THAT bad.

But, the Pack has some cap room, but let me tell you, as a Broncos fan (we're having some issues there right now too), the O-Line market out there is REAAAAALLY thin.

[ghost]

Cobb is a badass.  He could pull it off, in a short term.  VY has been out of the game for too long.  He used to be good but who fucking knows now?  Seems like a big risk to me.

[sickrubik]

Well, look at it this way, the organization hired him for a REASON, which seems to indicate they don't have a lot of faith in the other QBs on the roster. Also, tangently, Cobb got injured today.

Also, it's only a "big risk" if the money is a lot. Otherwise it's just depth.

[ghost]

Fuck.  I love Cobb. 

[Nevermore]

Wow.  Vince Young signs with the Packers.  I'm baffled, but happy for the guy.  Watch Aaron Rodgers get an ACL now....

I really wish the goddamn Packers had spent the money they wasted on VY on a goddamn left tackle. I dread the day this fuckup gets into the Packers lineup.

What left tackle should they have spent money on?  The Dolphins spend an ungodly amount of money on free agents this off season and still couldn't find a left tackle.  There just isn't anything worthwhile out there.  Only way they could actually upgrade that position would be to swing some kind of trade, but good luck getting anyone decent without paying a hefty amount.

[Segoris]

As much as I love all this recent Packer news (update: Nelson is out for the rest of camp now as well), their only option would be to try and pick up a decent right tackle who could switch sides. That is pretty unlikely with how thin the market is right now, and as Nevermore points out - even shitloads of money was making it difficult to land a decent to good LT (though his example using the Dolphins is flawed as money only goes so far in bringing in talent to the Dolphins ).

As for VY, I'm not completely sold on the thought that the Pack picking up VY as a practice dummy against mobile QBs. I'm simply not sure he's up to par to even play the dummy role compared to the current lineup of mobile QBs (especially compared to the ones the Packers actually play with RG3 and Kaep in weeks 1 and 2 respectively and Vick if he's starting/not-injured later in the season).

edit: more on the O-line spoilered, mostly ramblings

[sickrubik]

The Manning Brothers have done a r&b video for DirecTV.

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/08/peyton-manning-directv-commercial-eli-manning/

 

[sickrubik]

Philadelphia Fans Excited To Have One Of Their Own Playing For Eagles via The Onion.

I love it when The Onion goes trolling.

[shiznitz]

If you read Deadspin then this might be old news, but if you buy the Madden 25 Anniversary Edition for $100 you get a code to watch all NFL Sunday afternoon games on PC/tablet.  It is like getting DirecTv NFL Ticket for $40.  I do not own a console and have no intention of buying one, but I AM buying this game.  If anyone wants to buy the actual game from me after I use the code, let me know.

Use the f13.net Amazon link.

http://kotaku.com/the-cheapest-way-to-watch-the-nfl-this-year-1041559197

[sickrubik]

I'd be interested if it included playback on a console, but i'm not carting my computer to the living room.

[ghost]

Don't you have iPad or equivalent?

[MrHat]

I'd be interested if it included playback on a console, but i'm not carting my computer to the living room.

I have a PC in my living room, but I don't trust the "Only offered if DirecTV isn't available in your area" fine print.

They say:


Not sure if I want to gamble $100 on it.

[sickrubik]

Don't you have iPad or equivalent?

An iPad is not my big screen TV.

[ghost]

No, but it's better than nothing.  Sounds like the fine print would fuck you anyway though.

[sickrubik]

Especially since I HAVE DirecTV.

[WayAbvPar]

Tell them you have a tree in your yard that blocks the satellite exposure. That is what they always tell me when I want to tell Comcast to get fucked

[sickrubik]

No, but it's better than nothing.  Sounds like the fine print would fuck you anyway though.

No, watching on the computer would be better. Larger screen, better sound.

I want to sit on my ass on sundays and drink beer in the comfy chair. IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK, GHOST.

[ghost]

Tell them you have a tree in your yard that blocks the satellite exposure. That is what they always tell me when I want to tell Comcast to get fucked

They make chainsaws.   

[ghost]

I used to be a big fan of Wes Welker, but now he just sounds like a whiney fuck.  

Denver Broncos wide receiver Wes Welker told Sports Illustrated that Bill Belichick was hard on him toward the end of his six-year run in New England, chiding him in front of teammates in a way the coach hadn't done previously.

"It was just kind of hard," Welker told the magazine in a story that appears in this week's edition, "one of those deals where you have to endure him, put up with him. ... But he does it to everybody. It's the way he is."

This is major douchebag type stuff.  The way he played his last couple of years in NE, particularly in crucial situations, he needed to be fucked with.

[Paelos]

He would have been better off saying nothing.

[ghost]

Of course he would have.  He was trying to needle Belicheck, but came off sounding like a major wank. 

[Nebu]

He would have been better off saying nothing.

This. 

Waaaah my boss was mean to me while I was making a bajillion dollars waaaaah

[ghost]

I wonder what he's going to say when Peyton Manning tells him to eat a dick after he drops another wide open game winning touchdown pass?

[Segoris]

Eh, the writer makes him sound more of a whiny bitch than what he is actually saying imo.

But yeah, keeping quiet will usually be the smart move

[Tannhauser]

I wonder what he's going to say when Peyton Manning tells him to eat a dick after he drops another wide open game winning touchdown pass?

Exactly.  Peyton yells at you on the field with all the cameras on.  It's amusing.

[Bunk]

When I heard those comments, I actually took it totally the other way. It was kind of nice to hear someone say what they felt. Essentially he just found a polite way of saying that Belichek's an asshole. Which I've always kind of had the impression is an accurate statement.

I'd rather hear that than the typical stock interview bullshit I expected we'd get. The interviewer asked him for his opinion, and he gave an honest one. That's refreshing in sports.

It would be one thing if it was some washout making these complaints, trying to put his failure on the coach. That's not the case here.

[K9]

Another former NFL player dies young, brain damage identified during autopsy

This guy didn't even play that much, and didn't have much of a record of concussions. If someone like him can wind up with CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy) then I dread to think what some of those players who are concussion magnets like RGII or Troy Polamalu are like.

I guess this is going to put more pressure on the NFL to look at head injuries.

[K9]

[HaemishM]

God, that works on so many levels. 

[sickrubik]

Probably the biggest (at least almost) injuries just happened, with Tom Brady leaving practice after gripping his leg. The same that he injured back in 2008.

[HaemishM]

Please God, answer my prayers that New England starts Tim Tebow.

[01101010]

Probably the biggest (at least almost) injuries just happened, with Tom Brady leaving practice after gripping his leg. The same that he injured back in 2008.

Doesn't seem taht bad since the report on ESPN said he jogged off the practice field after being given the rest of the day off. Probably scared everyone on the staff so bad that he'll not be back till last game of the preseason.

[sickrubik]

Any injury to knee/leg that you've injured previously is a scare. Like I said "at least almost", but yes, it seems okay so far.

[HaemishM]

Titus Young - Crazy or Concussed?

Pretty good article about batshit crazy Titus Young and the break he suffered. Seems to think that all the hits the kid did in high school leading with his head as well as undiagnosed concussions from his rookie year in the NFL might have led to him being Fruit Loops.

[01101010]

Read that earlier today. It was actually kinda eery reading other's accounts of how he has changed. Wondering if there is any truth to the bit about finding a spot on his brain. Of course, there is also a good point in that schizophrenia generally appears at about his age which could explain things along with the head thing.

And seriously, watching that video link of him in high school... holy fuck I didn't know kids were allowed to flat out spear in high school ball.