NFL Thread [Tebow vs. Kluwe, for the affections of SE++]

Jasconius

It will be the most meaningful game played on Thanksgiving in like... a while.

Garlic Bread

what about my annual games of pocket pool before and after Thanksgiving dinner?

Peccavi

Ugh, facing Raijin in the B-league this week, after my team's performance last week I'm worried.

Garlic Bread

I have experience defeating him

I can give you advice

simo

Jasconius wrote:

It will be the most meaningful game played on Thanksgiving in like... a while.

while it doesn't have the divisional implications, 49ers-ravens should be pretty good too

Maximum

simo wrote:

Jasconius wrote:

It will be the most meaningful game played on Thanksgiving in like... a while.

while it doesn't have the divisional implications, 49ers-ravens should be pretty good too

It does however have major handshake implications.

Who will have the firmer end of game handshake, John or Jim?

Slider

CorporateLogo wrote:

The free market will police itself

There is no free market. Big Business does not allow competition.

Dead Legend

Hullis wrote:

Dead Legend wrote:

Dear John McCain,

You should've stayed a fucking POW.

It's a bit harsh to wish this on another human being, I think???

nope

fuck'em

JustinSane07

I'd rather watch Nickelback than fucking Madonna.

Hell, I'd rather Nickelback than fuck Madonna.

Jasconius

Congressional involvement in sporting leagues is among the worst things

I kinda-sorta understand baseball because there are special laws regarding the MLB, but really, stay the fuck out of football and basketball and hockey.

Peen

It's dumb but it's double dumb that they're trying to get the sport to do something they should be doing anyway.

Pellaeon

Welp, guess not enough people voted against that stupid breaston mccoy for fitzgerald chris johnson trade. Must be nice for the guy receiving mccoy, basically mulligans his first round draft bust into the number 2 fantasy rb.

Proud new chris johnson owner has drew brees at qb, maybe I'll grab peyton off the wire and offer him in a trade, since with ochocinco still on the roster I have to conclude he thinks we are using 2009 stats.

Marth

Ravens-Steelers better be good because that's the only game I'm seeing this weekend.

Peen

Ravens/Steelers is going to be a 10-7 horrible grindfest like it always is. And my wife's going to make me watch it because she loves the Steelers.

Goose!

Peen wrote:

Ravens/Steelers is going to be a 10-7 horrible grindfest like it always is. And my wife's going to make me watch it because she loves the Steelers.

But their week 1 meeting was 30something to 7.

KrunkMcGrunk

I can't decide:

Eric Decker at Oakland
Cedric Benson at TN

On the one hand, Decker is Tebow's prime target. On the other hand, Tebow. This game is either going to make or break him. And I'm leaning more towards break.

WeedLordVegeta

Decker will find a way to catch things.

Peen

Goose! wrote:

Peen wrote:

Ravens/Steelers is going to be a 10-7 horrible grindfest like it always is. And my wife's going to make me watch it because she loves the Steelers.

But their week 1 meeting was 30something to 7.

No no true those games are always terrible lalalalala

mcp

John Fox on Tim Tebow:

The goofy thing is, it's almost like if he doesn't have success it will be anybody's fault but his,” Fox said. “It's almost that kind of polarizing thing. They'll say it could be his supporting cast, or the type of plays. At the end of the day, we are what we are. We're doing everything we can to win, and we're finding out about a young quarterback, good, bad or indifferent.

Dead Legend

Hullis wrote:

Decker will find a way to catch things.

it would be a miracle if the broncos win

even against the palmeraiders

Pellaeon

Even with 5 turnovers in game one ben threw for 280 and a td.

I need big been versus ray rice shootout.

Dead Legend

if anything expect mendenhall to have a big game against the ravens

their run defense the last two weeks has been LOL

Pellaeon

Ideally ray rice would run for 99 yd tds, and ben would answer back with 99 yd td passes to antonio brown.

So yeah probably mendenhall all day

Goose!

I'm not a Tebow hater, hell I'd even say that, under different circumstances (not being a first round pick, being allowed to sit behind a good QB for a couple years and learn), he might even have developed into a good enough QB. But Broncos fans are delusional at best about his future and "how good he can be."

Dead Legend

i'm not a tebow hater

wait yeah i kinda am

laugh at his failure, his failure at making BIG BUCKS

Goose!

Dead Legend wrote:

if anything expect mendenhall to have a big game against the ravens

their run defense the last two weeks has been LOL

But that means that, especially against their biggest rival, their #1 focus in practice and on the field this week is gonna be stopping the run. I think Mendenhall does not have a big game. Mike Wallace, however, always has a big game against Baltimore, and I'm counting on that happening again.

Dead Legend

you know what #1 focus in practice means when you get on the field?

JACK FUCKING SHIT

Goose!

That's not true at all.

ThePrimm

steelers and ravens game will probably continue the trend of night games being blow outs. Who gets blown out is anyone's guess.

Slider

Will Tebow be the new Ryan Leaf?

mcp

I don't think there's a comparison.

Dead Legend

there is absolutely no comparison between tebow and leaf besides that they suck

people were doubting tebow's success at the nfl qb level for quite a bit, while leaf they were stroking his dick talkin about how great he was gonna be

STATE OF THE ART ROBOT

No, Tebow is at least not a shithead.

Peen

Also JaMarcus Russell was already the new Ryan Leaf. Now the new suck has to be the next JaMarcus.

Maximum

Was just browsing around looking for the biggest QB busts in NFL history to see if I could compare Tebow to anyone else and I came across this gem.

I always knew Todd Marinovich was terrible in the NFL but after reading this I really feel bad for the guy.

Take this quote Marinovich said as a teenager going into college: "This is the biggest decision of my life. It means not only where I will play football but, most likely, who I will marry, who my best friends for life will be, where I will live. It means everything. And the one thing I know for sure is I'm too young to make this kind of decision by myself."

Sounds like a pretty smart and grounded kid.

When he went to birthday parties as a child, he brought his own ice cream and cake that didn’t have sugar or processed flour. It has been said that he teethed on frozen kidneys as an infant.

His father was stretching his son’s hamstrings when he was less then two months old. The excessive restrictions and eventual pressure to succeed were astonishing.

It eventually caught up to him when he, away from home and on his own, was arrested several times for cocaine possession, suspicion of growing marijuana, and then for heroin possession in 2001.

In 2005, he was arrested yet again in a California public bathroom with drug paraphernalia. His getaway vehicle? A child’s bike. At the police station he stated his profession was that of an “anarchist."

KrunkMcGrunk

holy shit

Raijin Quickfoot

You guys have never heard the Marinovich story? It's pretty fucking crazy.

There really isn't a comparison to Tebow. I think the majority of his hype is purely from people who want so badly for him to succeed that they are ignoring the fact that he isn't a talented NFL QB. I can't think of anyone else who had a following like that.

Garlic Bread

I did

Back in '84

Xehalus

Tebow's business decisions with fascists is mostly my beef

He is good under a spread offense

Goose!

Damn. Nicks AND Bradshaw both listed as Doubtful for Sunday. Fuck.