[NFL] NFL Thread

jwhouk

jwhouk

The Packers looked horrible, and yet we still beat the Seahawks.

I really don't know what to think after that.
 
Bubble181

Bubble181

Covar said:
I love football, but the rules really need an overhaul.
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1) Only touching the ball with the foot
2) Let's use an actual ball instead of some weird elliptoid
3) Let's get rid of the body armor
4) Let's have two halves of 45 minutes each, with maybe some extra time if the play's stopped for a duration.
5) Why not put the goal on the ground, and put a net behind it, so the ball doesn't go flying off into nowhere
6) Maybe have a dedicated person to keep the ball out of the goal? Like, a goal...keeper?
7) ...

15,843) Hurray! We can now all enjoy a proper game of Badminton! Wait, what? I took a wrong turn somewhere.
 
Covar

Covar

Number 4 is pointless. There's such a thing call a stopwatch. It's this crazy device that lets you count how much time elapses and you can pause and resume it if there's a stoppage in play. :p

I think you got distracted by the shuttlecock.
 
DarkAudit

DarkAudit

Bubble181 said:
1) Only touching the ball with the foot
2) Let's use an actual ball instead of some weird elliptoid
3) Let's get rid of the body armor
4) Let's have two halves of 45 minutes each, with maybe some extra time if the play's stopped for a duration.
5) Why not put the goal on the ground, and put a net behind it, so the ball doesn't go flying off into nowhere
6) Maybe have a dedicated person to keep the ball out of the goal? Like, a goal...keeper?
7) ...

15,843) Hurray! We can now all enjoy a proper game of Badminton! Wait, what? I took a wrong turn somewhere.
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The ball is round. The game lasts 90 minutes. Everything else is pure theory.
 
Gared

Gared

jwhouk said:
The Packers looked horrible, and yet we still beat the Seahawks.

I really don't know what to think after that.
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The Hawks looked like trash, and honestly, even without the officiating issues, I don't see them winning that game yesterday. The O-line isn't so much a line as it is a sieve, Wilson was sacked three times - three fucking times - and the best pic of the day may be this one:
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How in the hell does that even happen in the pros? Carroll keeps harping on wanting to get back to being a run-first offense, which was great when we had Marshawn Lynch in his prime, but much less great when you have Thomas Rawls post-multiple-fractures. And even if they did want to get back to running the ball more, that only works if you can push the defense off the line. Which one of those four fools do you see pushing defensive players off the line? If you really want to get back to being a run-first offense, you don't trade your best center to NO for a tight end who has so far been fairly ineffectual in a run game and sat out most of his first year so he wasn't useful in the passing game either. For crying out loud, Graham was targeted 7 times yesterday, had 3 receptions, and a total of 6 yards. Six. I feel like Roger Dorn from Major League 3, "$18 million over three seasons and he doesn't even wave the bat at the ball?!" We had no run game, no passing game to speak of, no pass blocking, no run blocking.

Our defense looked good, for the most part, in spite of the fact that we were playing a second string corner against Aaron Rogers most of the game after Lane was ejected for not throwing a punch at someone (the third player this year to be ejected for "throwing a punch," including week 3 preseason). Of course, they were on the field for far too damn long, but that's been par for the course for the last eight years. Walsh looked good - I'm really hoping the Vikings' former punter being unable to get the laces out was Walsh's big problem last year.

Ultimately, it's the first game of the season. Sample size is too small to extrapolate meaningful data.
 
General Specific

General Specific

Bubble181 said:
1) Only touching the ball with the foot
2) Let's use an actual ball instead of some weird elliptoid
3) Let's get rid of the body armor
4) Let's have two halves of 45 minutes each, with maybe some extra time if the play's stopped for a duration.
5) Why not put the goal on the ground, and put a net behind it, so the ball doesn't go flying off into nowhere
6) Maybe have a dedicated person to keep the ball out of the goal? Like, a goal...keeper?
7) ...

15,843) Hurray! We can now all enjoy a proper game of Badminton! Wait, what? I took a wrong turn somewhere.
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1) Kick a ball around a field for 85 out of 90 minutes.
2) The other 5 minutes, get close to scoring, but ultimately kick it out of bounds
3) Have majority of games end in a tie or 1-0
4) Pretend game is "Beautiful" instead of boring

;)
 
B

BErt

Tress said:
Dear god, the 49ers looked like total shit. It's going to be a looooooong year.
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If only your team had a QB...who could throw for 16 TD to 4 INT last year in a shitty offensive system before being pulled...and had previously led a team to a Super Bowl berth. But where the fuck would you find one of those?
 
Covar

Covar

What the hell is happening over in Bristol where they decide to put a Spanish Soccer commentator on the sidelines for MNF?

Were they too caught up with which set of PTI clone hosts should pull double duty on sports center?
 
blotsfan

blotsfan

The annual second MNF game is always a bit of an odd collection of people since it's literally the only time ESPN needs a second football NFL team.

That being said, I thought he was a football guy, he just normally works for ESPN deportes.
 
Covar

Covar

I might have just misunderstood when I heard he calls football games and that English was his second language.
 
Gruebeard

Gruebeard

Bubble181 said:
1) Only touching the ball with the foot
2) Let's use an actual ball instead of some weird elliptoid
3) Let's get rid of the body armor
4) Let's have two halves of 45 minutes each, with maybe some extra time if the play's stopped for a duration.
5) Why not put the goal on the ground, and put a net behind it, so the ball doesn't go flying off into nowhere
6) Maybe have a dedicated person to keep the ball out of the goal? Like, a goal...keeper?
7) ...

7,667)get rid of the men, promote the cheerleaders.

15,843) Hurray! We can now all enjoy a proper game of Badminton! Wait, what? I took a wrong turn somewhere.
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Well, I'd rather watch badminton instead of soccer anyway. So good job!

also, added one idea.
 
Celt Z

Celt Z

Nnnhhhhhh.... I'm going to have to take a hard pass on this one, Gruey. It's like owning "The Men of I.T." calendar.

 
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