[nfl] the kyle orton era has begun

Jars

the nfl season is upon us and here is a quick recap of recent events

- the patriots lost and looked terrible
- the bears lost and sunk a ton of survival pools
- nick foles is still an elite quarterback
- ray rice is still a wife beater and finally got released from the ravens several months after the event because PR control reached critical mass
- the raiders are still the raiders
- tony romo still throws interceptions
- micheal sam is on an nfl team!

Bogey

We still believe in you, Tom Brady!!

Isoldae

This OP could be so much better.

Where are the gifs of the raiders new butt fumble or that one TB interception play?

Or even that gif where the steelers player kicks that dude in the face?

STATE OF THE ART ROBOT

I got a bad feeling that the Lions are going to do badly this season.

Jars

a lot of those gifs are too big to post but I can add an addendum that the raiders are still the raiders

Raijin Quickfoot

Hopefully the Lions poor season starts tonight!

Butters

Are there any repercussions expected on that flying kick? That didn't look even remotely like a football play to me.

Raijin Quickfoot

Also this whole Ray Rice thing is making me sick to my stomach. I don't understand why a video had to come out actually showing the punch before he got any real punishment.

Everybody suddenly speaking out against Rice that didn't before this video are hypocrites.

Jasconius

- the packers are generously handicapping themselves to keep the NFC north interesting into the winter

Sweeney Tom

I have ESPN on just so I can keep hearing the words "Ray Rice has been released"

Also LaMichael James asked for and was granted his release from the 49ers. Hope he goes to a place with a not-good RB corps, because he probably wasn't going to last much longer anyway with Hyde being great last night.

Magell

Butters wrote: »

Are there any repercussions expected on that flying kick? That didn't look even remotely like a football play to me.

I think it might have been an attempt to hurdle the defender and the defender staid in place instead of moving forward so Brown ended up landing on his face instead of going over him.

Sweeney Tom

@gregaiello
Roger Goodell has announced that based on new video evidence that became available today he has indefinitely suspended Ray Rice.

Gyral

Sweeney Tom wrote: »

I have ESPN on just so I can keep hearing the words "Ray Rice has been released"

Also LaMichael James asked for and was granted his release from the 49ers. Hope he goes to a place with a not-good RB corps, because he probably wasn't going to last much longer anyway with Hyde being great last night.

Yeah, between Hyde's performance and the fact that James wasn't doing kick/punt returns anymore, James had to know he needed to find elsewhere to play.

DJ Eebs

"new"

Isoldae

Didn't roger goodell say that he had access to everything the police had?

How is this evidence new?

Gyral

"Newly released to the public" is the new definition of NEW.

cornell

Isoldae wrote: »

Didn't roger goodell say that he had access to everything the police had?

How is this evidence new?

Either he lied, or they were covering it up until BASTION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE TMZ got their hands on the tape and now everyone is bending to social pressure.

Either way, can we depose this guy yet?

simo

alright, now hopefully the media doesn't just say, "well, case closed" and there is actually some follow up investigation and accountability for goodell, the ravens, and the nj prosecutors office

DJ Eebs

Talk is that Rice's career is basically over. Michael Vick made his way back into the league, but there's video of Rice, and Rice was already starting to become kind of shitty. Nobody's going to risk that kind of backlash for a shitty running back.

We probably shouldn't lose sight of the actual victim in this, because she's probably not going to have a great time of this, either.

Isoldae

Can anyone find the tweet or article or whatever that says goodell had the same evidence as the police?

DJ Eebs

Isoldae wrote: »

Can anyone find the tweet or article or whatever that says goodell had the same evidence as the police?

http://deadspin.com/someone-is-lying-about-whether-the-nfl-saw-the-ray-rice-1631901404

Transporter

Raijin Quickfoot wrote: »

Also this whole Ray Rice thing is making me sick to my stomach. I don't understand why a video had to come out actually showing the punch before he got any real punishment.

Everybody suddenly speaking out against Rice that didn't before this video are hypocrites.

I'm responding to this because, and I'm going to use all cap's even though I shouldn't....

FUCKING.

SERIOUSLY.

His mannerisms and his reactions after getting off the elevator from the FIRST video tells you EVERY FUCKING THING you need to know.

EVERY SINGLE GODDAMN THING.

His "oh man what a pain in the ass attitude", him literally DRAGGING her out of the elevator. This is not how a stable person act's after someone is literally unconcious. Like, I'll GIVE HIM, for FREE the first 10 seconds after it happend thinking it's faking.

But at NO FUCKING POINT did he show actual fucking concern about the person, his SIGNIFICANT FUCKING OTHER, that maybe, MAYBE she's NOT overreacting to you STRIKING HER SO HARD SHE WAS KNOCKED OFF HER FEET UNCONCIOUS.

That is ALL YOU GODDAMN NEEDED TO KNOW.

Sweeney Tom

Isoldae wrote: »

Can anyone find the tweet or article or whatever that says goodell had the same evidence as the police?

http://deadspin.com/has-peter-king-read-his-own-reporting-on-the-ray-rice-f-1631901579

To: Our readers.

From: Peter King, editor-in-chief, The MMQB

An addendum to the Ray Rice coverage:

Earlier this summer a source I trusted told me he assumed the NFL had seen the damaging video that was released by TMZ on Monday morning of Rice slugging his then-fiancée, Janay Palmer, in an Atlantic City elevator. The source said league officials had to have seen it. This source has been impeccable, and I believed the information. So I wrote that the league had seen the tape. I should have called the NFL for a comment, a lapse in reporting on my part. The league says it has not seen the tape, and I cannot refute that with certainty. No one from the league has ever knocked down my report to me, and so I was surprised to see the claim today that league officials have not seen the tape.

I hope when this story is fully vetted, we all get the truth and nothing but the truth.

PeterKing.txt

Zen Vulgarity

Fuck PEDs investigate the NFL and the NJ prosecutor s office.

Angry

https://twitter.com/JasonLaCanfora/status/508975439013232640

https://twitter.com/JasonLaCanfora/status/508975593711763456

Randy Butternubbs

STATE OF THE ART ROBOT wrote: »

I got a bad feeling that the Lions are going to do badly this season.

What is even a 'superbowls' ?

Angry

Everyone that was involved in this incident that wasn't the victim has acted in about the most despicable way they possibly could have.

DJ Eebs

and here's this:

http://m.thenation.com/blog/181523-revictimizing-janay-rice

Sweeney Tom

Robert Mathis is out for the year. Tore his Achilles last week.

Angry wrote: »

https://twitter.com/JasonLaCanfora/status/508975439013232640

https://twitter.com/JasonLaCanfora/status/508975593711763456

@judybattista
I've been told that the Ravens were told a "softer" version of the events that were shown on the videotape.

hahahahah

ed: VV No, but the chances of him actually giving an actual answer to it that's honest are.

Marathon

The chances of Goodell actually having to sit in front of a camera and answer the question of whether or not he was lying about seeing the video are basically zero right?

A Dabble Of Thelonius

Suspended indefinitely as well eh.

STATE OF THE ART ROBOT

Randy Butternubbs wrote: »

STATE OF THE ART ROBOT wrote: »

I got a bad feeling that the Lions are going to do badly this season.

What is even a 'superbowls' ?

Answer: When the sadness bowl at KFC goes on sale.

Maximum

Happy to see James go. He was sort of a twat about not playing in every interview I've ever seen him give.

If I had to bet on who was behind the rumors of players getting sick of Harbaugh, it would be him.

Gyral

Maximum wrote: »

Happy to see James go. He was sort of a twat about not playing in every interview I've ever seen him give.

If I had to bet on who was behind the rumors of players getting sick of Harbaugh, it would be him.

When Ellington got the start for KR/PR I knew James' time was short.

Raijin Quickfoot

Can we get NFL highlighted in the thread title?

It's hard to find.

Seg

I am more concerned about the DA dropping that case then I am about the behavior of the NFL and the team.

Jars

if you tell me how to highlight it then yes

Maximum

Jars wrote: »

if you tell me how to highlight it then yes

[NFL]

statler

https://twitter.com/TheOnion/status/509059693118255104

Jars

oh right I actually have a highlight in another thread title

A Dabble Of Thelonius

Herm Edwards on ESPN explaining that Baltimore needs to make sure his friends on the team need to stay in contact with him, "check on him" as his support structure.