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Frayed Knot Jan 04 2022 05:29 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Seeing as how the Washington Football Team (nee: Redskins) has chosen February 2nd for their announcement of the new team nickname and logo, it seems to me that the only logical assumption is that they're going to be called the Groundhogs. And there's already a pre-written theme song!! [YOUTUBE]qlTTvGNrAY8[/YOUTUBE]

MFS62 Jan 04 2022 05:58 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Tommy Lee, the groundhog that inhabits my back yard* told me he doesn't want to be associated with the Snyder family (that owns the WFT). Later * = No kidding. My wife has named them. The female is Tammy and the kids are Timmy and Tina.

Willets Point Jan 04 2022 07:23 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

February 2nd is also Candlemas so maybe they'll be the Washington Candles.

Lefty Specialist Jan 05 2022 05:52 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Frayed Knot wrote: Seeing as how the Washington Football Team (nee: Redskins) has chosen February 2nd for their announcement of the new team nickname and logo, it seems to me that the only logical assumption is that they're going to be called the Groundhogs. I'm all right with that. [YOUTUBE]itaUwBB8S0c[/YOUTUBE]

Edgy MD Jan 11 2022 09:01 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

I'm no NFL follower but some careers can't be avoided, and so I look on from afar at the retirement of Ben Roethlesberger, and I have to ask, "Is this guy the Roger Clemens of the NFL?" I mean, there's no perfect analog in a very different game with a very different culture, but how is it that I see tributes to him lovingly edited and narrated and ... I like him less?

Willets Point Jan 11 2022 09:22 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Roger Clemens, to his credit, has not been subject of allegations of committing sexual assault, to my knowledge.

Fman99 Jan 11 2022 09:39 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

I finally bailed on the fantasy football league I've been playing in for the last 20 years because I was tired of throwing away $100 every fall and never winning. And I found that between that, and the J-E-T-S being so damn terrible, and all these games happening during the prime Sunday napping hours, I watched virtually no NFL football this year. I would throw in the occasional $5 on a FanDuel game but even those I barely watched.

Edgy MD Jan 11 2022 10:03 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Willets Point wrote: Roger Clemens, to his credit, has not been subject of allegations of committing sexual assault, to my knowledge. Let us sadly recall the Mindy McCready saga.

seawolf17 Jan 11 2022 11:28 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

I watch virtually no football too, and yet I somehow have won our office fantasy league twice in four years.

kcmets Jan 11 2022 11:45 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL) Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 11 2022 01:59 PM

I watch, just not as intently as decades past... Your Wildcard Weekend schedule, brought to you by Rheingold: SATURDAY - 1/15 AFC: 4:30 p.m. (ET) No. 5 seed Las Vegas Raiders at No. 4 Cincinnati Bengals (NBC, Peacock, Universo) AFC: 8:15 p.m. (ET) No. 6 New England Patriots at No. 3 Buffalo Bills (CBS, Paramount+) SUNDAY - 1/16 NFC: 1:00 p.m. (ET) No. 7 Philadelphia Eagles at No. 2 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (FOX, FOX Deportes) NFC: 4:30 p.m. (ET) No. 6 San Francisco 49ers at No. 3 Dallas Cowboys (CBS, Paramount+, Nickelodeon, Amazon Prime Video) AFC: 8:15 p.m. (ET) No. 7 Pittsburgh Steelers at No. 2 Kansas City Chiefs (NBC, Peacock, Telemundo) MONDAY - 1/17 NFC: 8:15 p.m. (ET) No. 5 Arizona Cardinals at No. 4 Los Angeles Rams (ESPN/ABC, ESPN2, ESPN+, ESPN Deportes) https://www.kcmets.com/Rheingold.jpg>https://www.kcmets.com/Rheingold.jpg>https://www.kcmets.com/Rheingold.jpg>https://www.kcmets.com/Rheingold.jpg>

Willets Point Jan 11 2022 12:27 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

I spent way too much time trying to figure out how it is mathematically possible to have 9 games in the same round before I realized that the Sunday games are listed twice.

kcmets Jan 11 2022 02:01 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Thanks, wasn't paying attention to what the writing was but more making it pretty. Must've hit Ctrl-V twice...

whippoorwill Jan 11 2022 03:00 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Edgy MD wrote: I'm no NFL follower but some careers can't be avoided, and so I look on from afar at the retirement of Ben Roethlesberger, and I have to ask, "Is this guy the Roger Clemens of the NFL?" I mean, there's no perfect analog in a very different game with a very different culture, but how is it that I see tributes to him lovingly edited and narrated and ... I like him less? I have never heard of Big Ben doing anything Clemens like

G-Fafif Jan 11 2022 04:03 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

S'long, Joe Judge. Giants wisely dismiss their horrendous head coach.

ashie62 Jan 11 2022 04:29 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

The Giants can complete the trifecta and can Daniel Jones.

Fman99 Jan 12 2022 05:18 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

I had to look up online just to see which teams had the #1 seed/bye weeks. Literally no clue. Tennessee is good now? Who is the QB there? I couldn't begin to tell you.

Frayed Knot Jan 12 2022 06:49 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

And if you don't know QBs these days you don't know shit* cuz if you spend even a tiny bit of time listening/watching national sports talk shows -- all of which these days are some version of -- we interrupt this football talk to bring you football talk -- even those barely mention players other than QBs. It's basically 24/7 of: Will Tom win another?!?, Can Aaron win his second?!?, Will Ben retire?!?, Where will Russell play next year?!?, Did you hear what X tweeted about Y?!?, Who are your current top five?, etc. It's like a combination of a soap opera and those old VH-1 'List' shows. If you really want to measure how out of touch you are to the sport now, try naming players other than QBs (aside from your own team). And while I was never a big NFL fan to begin with, there was a time when I could at minimum told you who the key running back and top defensive players were on at least most of the teams. Now I'm not sure if I could get to double-digits on active non-QB players. * I don't know the Tennessee QB either

whippoorwill Jan 12 2022 08:24 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Spot on, especially the interrupting part! It's like they all talk over each other! Is it because so many of these talking heads are former QBs themselves?

kcmets Jan 16 2022 02:35 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Patriots and Eagles kinda sucked so far. Hopefully San Fran will follow suit. Hey, a Cowboys game without Joe Buck!. What a treat...

whippoorwill Jan 16 2022 06:00 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

In full Steelers regalia and ready to take that little dweeb and his wife or whatever the hell she is on! Go Steelers!

Frayed Knot Jan 16 2022 06:19 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

What a stupid game that 'Niners/'Boys deal was! There were actually some fun and daring coaching choices made. But then each team took turns playing their very best 'Stupid' card at the very worst moments and for that, plus a host of other reasons, it seemed like the second half of the 4th quarter alone took at least an hour. The Cowboys, btw, in many ways the NFL's signature franchise, keeps its streak alive at not even reaching an NFC final, now 26 years and counting where they've not been one of the playoff's 'Final Four'. It's not the worst in the league (I think Detroit's last appearance occurred back in the Hoover administration) but, to put it in perspective, it's an equivalent drought to that of the Cincy Reds not reaching an NLCS and only slightly shorter than the Pittsburgh Pirates.

kcmets Jan 16 2022 06:45 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL) Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 16 2022 06:47 PM

Cowboys were lucky to hold them to three field goals in the first half. They looked totally overmatched and under prepared.

Fman99 Jan 16 2022 06:46 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Watched a bunch of football this weekend, between attending a birthday party last night while both games were on (though we bailed early on NE/Buf due to the score) and the entire second half of the DAL/SF game, which was great. Already punched out on PIT/KC due to boredom though.

kcmets Jan 16 2022 06:54 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

I can't see myself making it much past half-time in this night cap. Go Steelers!

Frayed Knot Jan 16 2022 08:15 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

If this were a prize fight they'd stop it.

MFS62 Jan 17 2022 10:35 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

One of my favorite things to see on sports television is the face of (owner) Jerry Jones in the last minutes of a Cowboys loss. One of my other favorites is watching Patriots' coach Bill Belichick after they lose. I was 2 for 2 this weekend and am a happy camper. Later

kcmets Jan 17 2022 10:52 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

I was wrong on 4 of 5 games this weekend so far. Not even going to embarrass myself further by opining on tonight's wildcard shindig finale.

Fman99 Jan 17 2022 01:37 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

I've been a Jets fan for too long. The only joy I have now is the misery of fans of other teams. I took great pleasure in knowing that when Dallas lost that my sister in law's boyfriend and his son, both major Cowboys fans, would be devastated by the nature of their last second loss. I like them but they should be miserable like a Jets fan. Because fuck them. It's petty but it's really all I have left. I don't know a single Rams fan anywhere in the world, so, at this point, I think I'm rooting for them, or Tennessee, or Cincy, or even maybe SF, really, any other team of whom I can more easily ignore potential jubliant fans of theirs.

batmagadanleadoff Jan 17 2022 03:01 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

=Fman99 post_id=84733 time=1642451837 user_id=86] I took great pleasure in knowing that when Dallas lost that my sister in law's boyfriend and his son, both major Cowboys fans, would be devastated by the nature of their last second loss.

What last second loss? They were losing all game long, never had a lead and would've needed a miracle last second Hail Mary completion to win that game.



Fuck the Cowboys, whom I hate like a million and a half more times than I hate the Yankees. I especially hate teams and athletes that get way more attention and credit than they objectively deserve. Like the fucking Dallas Cowboys, who, for close to 30 years now, haven't been anywhere near as relevant as their press clippings and magazine cover appearances would suggest. And Derek Jeter. And the Gary Carter that played for the Mets.

Frayed Knot Jan 17 2022 03:39 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=84736 time=1642456900 user_id=68] What last second loss? They were losing all game long, never had a lead and would've needed a miracle last second Hail Mary completion to win that game.

Well, had they been able to spike that ball just a second or three earlier they would have had one shot at a tie (w/o PAT) and likely at the win (w/PAT) from inside the 30* at ...

... the last second, and from much closer than what is usually seen as 'Hail Mary' territory.









on edit: the 24

batmagadanleadoff Jan 17 2022 04:29 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Frayed Knot wrote: What last second loss? They were losing all game long, never had a lead and would've needed a miracle last second Hail Mary completion to win that game. Well, had they been able to spike that ball just a second or three earlier they would have had one shot at a tie (w/o PAT) and likely at the win (w/PAT) from inside the 30* at ... ... the last second, and from much closer than what is usually seen as 'Hail Mary' territory. on edit: the 24 But they couldn't spike the ball in time because the play that got them to the 24 was incredibly ill-advised to begin with. So I'm saying Hail Mary from the 41. It's the Cowboys own fault. And since when does the center get to spot the ball instead of the official? That's a new one. The center gets to decide where the ball is placed? Maybe he could run ahead 20 yards from the actual spot (time permitting) and decide by himself that the next play should start 20 yards ahead. Maybe the center could run up all the way to the other team's one yard line and spot the ball there. Maybe the baseball catcher should be calling balls and strikes, too. After all, he has a way better view than the home umpire. But either way, "last second loss" sounds like they were ahead until the last second.

Fman99 Jan 17 2022 05:31 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

I mean, you're kind of missing the point here in dissecting my choice of words. You get that, right? They lost. I'm sure that up until the last second my SIL's peeps were all jacked up about a potential comeback.

Frayed Knot Jan 17 2022 05:58 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

But they couldn't spike the ball in time because the play that got them to the 24 was incredibly ill-advised to begin with. So I'm saying Hail Mary from the 41. It's the Cowboys own fault. And since when does the center get to spot the ball instead of the official? That's a new one. The center gets to decide where the ball is placed? Maybe he could run ahead 20 yards from the actual spot (time permitting) and decide by himself that the next play should start 20 yards ahead. Maybe the center could run up all the way to the other team's one yard line and spot the ball there. Maybe the baseball catcher should be calling balls and strikes, too. After all, he has a way better view than the home umpire. But either way, "last second loss" sounds like they were ahead until the last second. Thank you for explaining to me both the rules of football and the reasons why the Cowboys lost by refuting every single point that I DIDN'T make before going on to carry those arguments (again, the ones I didn't make) to ridiculous conclusions that were neither said nor implied. You've done this conversation a great service with all that. It's certainly a much more reasonable route to take than one which might understand that a game in doubt until the last seconds might possibly be described as a last second lost.

batmagadanleadoff Jan 17 2022 07:52 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Frayed Knot wrote: But they couldn't spike the ball in time because the play that got them to the 24 was incredibly ill-advised to begin with. So I'm saying Hail Mary from the 41. It's the Cowboys own fault. And since when does the center get to spot the ball instead of the official? That's a new one. The center gets to decide where the ball is placed? Maybe he could run ahead 20 yards from the actual spot (time permitting) and decide by himself that the next play should start 20 yards ahead. Maybe the center could run up all the way to the other team's one yard line and spot the ball there. Maybe the baseball catcher should be calling balls and strikes, too. After all, he has a way better view than the home umpire. But either way, "last second loss" sounds like they were ahead until the last second. Thank you for explaining to me both the rules of football and the reasons why the Cowboys lost by refuting every single point that I DIDN'T make before going on to carry those arguments (again, the ones I didn't make) to ridiculous conclusions that were neither said nor implied. You've done this conversation a great service with all that. It's certainly a much more reasonable route to take than one which might understand that a game in doubt until the last seconds might possibly be described as a last second lost. You're welcome. OK. You're right. They could've won the game if they scored a TD + PAT on the last play. Happy? But it wasn't a last second loss because they didn't lose the game in the last second. Or last seconds. They were losing for virtually the entire game, And for most of the game, they were right on the cusp of getting blown out. And one could point to over a dozen instances that "cost them" or "lost them" the game. So yeah, you're very right. The Cowboys would've won the game by scoring a TD + PAT on the last play. Also, the Cowboys would've won had they scored nine touchdowns in the first half. Also, the Cowboys would've won had they held the 49ers scoreless all game long. And Buddy Harrelson would be the all time HR leader had he hit like 800 more HR's. Epilogue: The NFL reviewed the end of that game and determined that time ran out after the Cowboys spiked the ball hoping to stop the clock. Time did not run out prior to the end of game spike. That means that there was still time on the clock for the Cowboys to run one last play had they tried to instead of spiking the ball. Of course, that last play would've then been nullified if it resulted in a TD because no official spotted the ball. Now that would've been some ending for the ages.

seawolf17 Jan 18 2022 06:52 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

I'd say this is the stupidest argument we've had around here, but it's not even bottom ten.

batmagadanleadoff Jan 18 2022 12:41 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

=seawolf17 post_id=84757 time=1642513976 user_id=91] I'd say this is the stupidest argument we've had around here,

Could be.

Fman99 Jan 19 2022 05:40 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

I guess technically every loss is a last-second loss, once the last second has passed. You can't skip over that second.

kcmets Jan 19 2022 07:17 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Saturday, Jan. 22 AFC: 4:30 p.m. (ET) Cincinnati Bengals at Tennessee Titans (CBS, Paramount+) NFC: 8:15 p.m. (ET) San Francisco 49ers at Green Bay Packers (FOX, FOX Deportes) Sunday, Jan. 23 NFC: 3 p.m. (ET) Los Angeles Rams at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (NBC, Peacock, Universo) AFC: 6:30 p.m. (ET) Buffalo Bills at Kansas City Chiefs (CBS, Paramount+) https://www.kcmets.com/Rheingold.jpg>https://www.kcmets.com/Rheingold.jpg>https://www.kcmets.com/Rheingold.jpg>https://www.kcmets.com/Rheingold.jpg>

Johnny Lunchbucket Jan 19 2022 09:04 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

49ers-Bills SuperBowl would be cool, I think

kcmets Jan 19 2022 09:42 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

I'm thinking it'll be Chiefs-Rams, which probably means 49ers-Bills.

The Hot Corner Jan 20 2022 06:34 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

I don't think I watched more than 30 minutes of NFL games (cumulative for the season) this year. As I get older, I find that I watch far less sports on TV (as well as far less TV in general).

G-Fafif Jan 21 2022 10:36 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

New sheriff in East Rutherford by way of Buffalo. [tweet]https://twitter.com/giants/status/1484571891893354497[/tweet]

MFS62 Jan 23 2022 08:24 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Maybe the Packer receivers wouldn't have played like they were afraid to catch the ball if Aaron Rogers had been vaccinated. Later

Frayed Knot Jan 23 2022 09:59 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Good thing both #1 seeds yesterday had that home field advantage ... oh wait!

kcmets Jan 23 2022 08:00 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

As a life long Bills fan, I am devastated! So close, and yet so far....

whippoorwill Jan 24 2022 02:26 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Did not know that, KC!

kcmets Jan 24 2022 03:37 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Just funnin', I've been a Jets fan since the New York Sack Exchange years. Had season tickets for twenty years until the new stadium wanted $40K in seat-licensing fees. I don't miss the games so much, miss the tail-gaiting.

whippoorwill Jan 25 2022 09:53 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

:)

kcmets Jan 30 2022 04:20 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Pretty miserable second-half fold-a-roo by KC Chiefs.

Willets Point Jan 30 2022 04:21 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Cincinnati is going to the Super Bowl on the same day Dr. Johnny Fever dies? Coincidence?

Frayed Knot Jan 30 2022 05:11 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Nance & Romo kept harping on When KCC should score a TD as if the idea that they would was a foregone conclusion. The whole concept of "] Pretty miserable second-half fold-a-roo by KC Chiefs.

Mahomes didn't throw a single good pass in the 2nd half and made a bunch of bad decisions to boot (starting with the boner that ended the 1st half).

They deserved to lose.

kcmets Jan 30 2022 05:14 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Willets Point wrote: Cincinnati is going to the Super Bowl on the same day Dr. Johnny Fever dies? Coincidence? Good one, I had to borrow that.

whippoorwill Jan 30 2022 05:33 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Frayed Knot wrote: Nance & Romo kept harping on When KCC should score a TD as if the idea that they would was a foregone conclusion. The whole concept of "] Pretty miserable second-half fold-a-roo by KC Chiefs. Mahomes didn't throw a single good pass in the 2nd half and made a bunch of bad decisions to boot (starting with the boner that ended the 1st half). They deserved to lose.

Yahoo!!!!



Now if you don't have any other horses in this race, the 49ers kicker, Robbie Gould has been a family fiend since about 1990….

Frayed Knot Feb 01 2022 05:42 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

I think it's great that the NFL managed to drive their positive Covid tests down to zero just as the playoffs started.

Fman99 Feb 01 2022 07:21 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Happy to see two teams and two QBs in the Super Bowl who've never won one. Plus I have no horse in this race as I do not know a single Rams or Bengals fans. Hoping for a competitive game.

Willets Point Feb 01 2022 08:00 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

I feel like a few seasons back that the NFL scheduled the conference championship games and the Super Bowl on sequential Sundays and the world didn't end. Maybe if they're going to add another week of regular season football they don't need to have the gap week before the Super Bowl?

batmagadanleadoff Feb 01 2022 08:18 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

=Fman99 post_id=85391 time=1643725319 user_id=86] Happy to see two teams and two QBs in the Super Bowl who've never won one....

Super Bowl XXXIV - Rams 23, Titans 16. Game saving goal line tackle on the last play of the game. Greatest Show on Turf. The year of Kurt Warner.

Willets Point Feb 01 2022 09:06 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

The Rams haven't won a Super Bowl in LA, though, although in an earlier iteration they won the 1951 NFL Championship.

Fman99 Feb 01 2022 10:44 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=85397 time=1643728684 user_id=68] =Fman99 post_id=85391 time=1643725319 user_id=86] Happy to see two teams and two QBs in the Super Bowl who've never won one....

Super Bowl XXXIV - Rams 23, Titans 16. Game saving goal line tackle on the last play of the game. Greatest Show on Turf. The year of Kurt Warner.


Yah, forgot about that one. That was a fun team to watch.

Frayed Knot Feb 01 2022 11:39 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Willets Point wrote: I feel like a few seasons back that the NFL scheduled the conference championship games and the Super Bowl on sequential Sundays and the world didn't end. Maybe if they're going to add another week of regular season football they don't need to have the gap week before the Super Bowl? Except that what they're ultimately shooting for is the SB to coincide with President's Day weekend so as to not lose any viewers in the East who'll skip the game on account of having to get up early on Monday.

Willets Point Feb 01 2022 01:22 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Oy. I'm old enough to remember when the Super Bowl was played in mid-January.

Willets Point Feb 01 2022 01:26 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Frayed Knot wrote: Willets Point wrote: I feel like a few seasons back that the NFL scheduled the conference championship games and the Super Bowl on sequential Sundays and the world didn't end. Maybe if they're going to add another week of regular season football they don't need to have the gap week before the Super Bowl? Except that what they're ultimately shooting for is the SB to coincide with President's Day weekend so as to not lose any viewers in the East who'll skip the game on account of having to get up early on Monday. They could also move kickoff time into the afternoon.

Frayed Knot Feb 01 2022 02:51 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Earlier game starts means fewer viewers. Every sports exec & TV exec knows this.

Edgy MD Feb 01 2022 07:33 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

This Brian Flores lawsuit is pretty 'plosive, but the NFL has weathered worse. Flores seems like he's overplaying his hand, but accusing his owner of paying him to tank is serious biz.

Marshmallowmilkshake Feb 02 2022 06:21 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Looks like the new Washington name is Commanders. Sounds good. Maybe a little long -- and doesn't shorten well to Comms.

MFS62 Feb 02 2022 06:38 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Looks like the new Washington name is Commanders. Sounds good. Maybe a little long -- and doesn't shorten well to Comms. "Cmdrs" is the military abbreviation. They'll probably go with that. Since they announced it on February 2nd, I wanted it to be the Washington Groundhogs. Oh, well. Later

kcmets Feb 02 2022 07:02 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

I guess Washington Honkies never had a chance.... oh well...

Edgy MD Feb 02 2022 07:52 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

The Mandos.

seawolf17 Feb 02 2022 08:09 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

"Mando"s, Ranked: 1. Benitez 2. -lorian 3. Washington Football Team

Frayed Knot Feb 02 2022 08:15 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Edgy MD wrote: This Brian Flores lawsuit is pretty 'plosive, but the NFL has weathered worse. Flores seems like he's overplaying his hand, but accusing his owner of paying him to tank is serious biz. I have no idea abut the details or merits of his case. These things are notoriously difficult to prove and there's a good chance he's overplaying his hand although he's pretty much stated that he's in this more to make a point than further his own advancement. Which is good because his own advancement at this point is probably about as likely as Kaepernick's. What this case does point out is that the vaunted 'Rooney Rule' doesn't work. It doesn't work because there's no mechanism to make it work and, furthermore, it never has worked. All this despite claims from the NFL, and from their lapdogs in the press, that its very existence was proof of its success, or at least of the notion that the NFL had shielded itself from any charges of discrimination and was a progressive organization. MLB doesn't even have a Rooney Rule so how can they possibly be progressive? The NFL does!! Never mind that, while there are still a few off-season openings to fill, Miami letting Flores go left ONE black head coach currently employed by a league that's nearly 80% black, and that one is in Pittsburgh who tend to change their coaches about once every other decade.

Edgy MD Feb 02 2022 08:28 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Yeah, the notion that a rule compelling every team to interview a minority candidate before making a hire would lead to them interviewing minority candidates they have no interest in is completely unsurprising. That's why I thought the pay-to-tank accusation was more interesting. The idea that a genius like Bellichick doesn't know who he's texting is certainly good for comedy, though.

Frayed Knot Feb 02 2022 08:34 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

'Pay to tank' is interesting although I'm not sure how it fits in with the racial angle. I guess he's claiming that his refusal to go along with it was one of those things that made the team brand him as 'difficult to work with' which was essentially what Miami cited as reason for his dismissal and poisoned the water for his going forward. They had to claim something in order to justify firing the one coach in recent history who actually got some decent seasons out of that squad. What I'd like to see is the 'pay to tank' charge lead to a class action suit by the fans!

Lefty Specialist Feb 02 2022 01:01 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Edgy MD wrote: The Mandos. Love their new uniforms. https://www.looper.com/img/gallery/the-history-of-mandalorian-armor-explained/intro-1601990028.jpg>

Frayed Knot Feb 03 2022 05:39 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Looks like the new Washington name is Commanders. Sounds good. Maybe a little long -- and doesn't shorten well to Comms. "Cmdrs" is the military abbreviation. They'll probably go with that. Except that every team with more than a two-syllable name gets its pronunciation shortened by fans, headline writers, and sportscasters ['Niners, 'Sixers, D-Backs, Blazers, T-Wolves, etc.] so Cmdrs doesn't really help you there. The easiest one would be the 'Commies' but some might find that a bit problematic in the capitol of democracy. Uhhh, maybe they should have thought this out a little more.

metsmarathon Feb 03 2022 06:19 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

if they're looking for a nickname, i nominate "WC"

TransMonk Feb 03 2022 07:17 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

It's not like they didn't have time. I'm guessing the choice came down to copy writes and trademarks as much as coming up with a palatable name.

kcmets Feb 03 2022 07:45 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

They could have dropped the Red and just went with Skins*. Or added something else to Red like St John's did with Red Storm. I'm fine with Commanders and really wouldn't care if DC fell into the Potomac. * - provided the skinless are cool with that

Willets Point Feb 03 2022 07:48 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Then Kansas City could change their name to the "Shirts."

kcmets Feb 03 2022 08:15 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Shirts and Skins in the Super Bowl LVIV would be fun!

metsmarathon Feb 03 2022 08:25 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

coulda been the red skein, and really draw in the crocheting crowd.

MFS62 Feb 03 2022 08:36 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Frayed Knot wrote: Except that every team with more than a two-syllable name gets its pronunciation shortened by fans, headline writers, and sportscasters ['Niners, 'Sixers, D-Backs, Blazers, T-Wolves, etc.] so Cmdrs doesn't really help you there. He asked about the abbreviation for Commanders and I gave the actual one. It would save space in print(back page headlines), but I see your point about pronunciation. Later

Frayed Knot Feb 03 2022 11:30 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

=kcmets post_id=85512 time=1643899525 user_id=53] They could have dropped the Red and just went with Skins

I wanted them to stick with Redskins but while changing the logo to a potato. Nothing to offend there.

Frayed Knot Feb 04 2022 06:19 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

So apparently the investigation into the Washington [insert name here] football team, the one brought on by claims of sexual and verbal harassment & abuse from "dozens" of women, gave veto power over the release of any information found in the investigation to ... team owner Daniel Snyder. The team and the league decided that they had a "common interest" in what will or will not get released. This at least partially explains why long ago emails exposing Raider coach Jon Gruden leaked out but nothing about the actual target of the investigation has seen the light of day and, for all we know, might not ever. What kind of a corrupt organization is this? The league I mean, not just the one team.

Edgy MD Feb 05 2022 03:29 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

This is one more reason why we shouldn't be letting our sports leagues operate as cartels. If I'm a dry cleaner who treats his staff badly, I shouldn't expect the dry cleaning association and the rival dry cleaners in town to have my back.

G-Fafif Feb 09 2022 12:21 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

My favorite story of every Super Bowl week is the writers who've covered all LVI on site, from 1967 forward. Except now it's writer singular: Jerry Green of the Detroit News, planning on making this one his swan Bowl (though his daughter isn't quite so sure he won't keep the streak going). Even Tom Brady, it turns out, could not last forever. But on February 13, as he has on every single Super Bowl Sunday, 93-year-old Jerry Green expects to don a collared shirt and dungarees, loop his credentials lanyard around his neck and head to "the office." This time, that will be SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, where he'll watch the L.A. Rams take on the Cincinnati Bengals and then tap out some observations for The Detroit News. In doing so, Green will extend an unbreakable streak: He'll become the only newspaper reporter of the 338 credentialed journalists to document Super Bowl I in 1967 who will have attended and covered all 56 of them. "I'm the last one," he says with a grin. "How about that?" This one­—fittingly with the hot local angle of formerly long-suffering Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford competing in his first year with the Rams—might also be Green's finale. He's had to use a wheelchair at the games for the past few years and can't physically chase stories the way he did in 1969 when he raced to a hotel pool in Fort Lauderdale to be one of a half-dozen reporters present for an iconic impromptu press conference with a shirtless Joe Namath. Also, Green is charmed by the poetry in stopping at 56; in 1941, New York Yankee legend Joe DiMaggio, Green's childhood idol, hit safely in 56 consecutive games, "another unbeatable record. That might be enough." https://www.newsweek.com/2022/02/18/one-sports-writer-has-been-every-super-bowl-will-this-year-his-last-1677257.html

batmagadanleadoff Feb 13 2022 03:22 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Anyone going to a Super Bowl party today? Me, I'm doing the covid pandemic lockdown version of a Super Bowl party. Stayin' home and eating lotsa stuff.

Frayed Knot Feb 13 2022 04:21 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

The golf match on CBS is in a playoff and if it's not settled on the first hole their TV audience isn't going to hang around for the second.

Frayed Knot Feb 13 2022 04:35 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

I'm not sure my thighs are as thick as Rock's forearms.

The Hot Corner Feb 13 2022 08:16 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

My wife is a Rams fan, so she is happy. We stayed home, snacked, and watched the game. Used halftime to put the food spread away and refresh drinks.

Frayed Knot Feb 13 2022 08:27 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Of all of the (285) games played this season, this was one of them.

Johnny Lunchbucket Feb 13 2022 09:43 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

I made sticky Asian style wings and regular hot sauce style wings. The Asian ones came out better.

Lefty Specialist Feb 14 2022 05:27 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Watched at the in-laws. The halftime lasagna was delicious.

kcmets Feb 14 2022 11:22 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

No party, second year in a row. Not the same sitting home, just another game really only we were in three pools. Commercials mostly sucked. The cyber-money thing was almost clever with the bouncing Atari-esque QR grid. Frito Lay commercial was funny. Didn't watch half-time, artists involved just ain't my thing regardless of how much thunder was in dem thighs. Fell asleep after the third quarter. A toddler (one and a half years old) took the 2nd and 4th quarters in two pools for over $1,000 so that was fun! Go W-x-x-x-x-x!! Coupla weeks until the Mel Kiper's of the world start wowing us with draft analysis.

Frayed Knot Feb 14 2022 11:42 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

=kcmets post_id=85845 time=1644862979 user_id=53] Coupla [CROSSOUT]weeks[/CROSSOUT] minutes until the Mel Kiper's of the world start wowing us with draft analysis.

Fixed it for you.

MFS62 Feb 16 2022 10:58 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Here's a Super Bowl record you might have missed. Snoop Dogg set the all time record for the most times a performer grabbed his junk during a half time show. Later

whippoorwill Feb 17 2022 06:21 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

A little old for that

MFS62 Feb 19 2022 06:06 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Crotch grabbing, and more bad Super Bowl moves by the NFL. https://nypost.com/2022/02/17/nfl-nbc-made-every-super-bowl-2022-wrong-turn/?fbclid=IwAR1yvUfN_-LA4PtEmX6AxqQyMFCEql_Y7F7euKotix3VmA0OlHcvB2c3TUU Later

Frayed Knot Feb 19 2022 09:31 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Somehow I knew that was a Phil Mushnick column before even clicking.

MFS62 Feb 19 2022 12:48 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Frayed Knot wrote: Somehow I knew that was a Phil Mushnick column before even clicking. I showed the article to my wife, who also noticed the crotch grabbing. Her comment, "I agree with the guy but he's a terrible writer". Later

MFS62 Feb 21 2022 12:54 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

When the NFL gets around to announcing awards next year, I wonder if any writer will have the nerve to nominate Brain Flores as man of the year. He's showed more integrity, sacrifice and dedication than many players nominated will demonstrate. Later

kcmets Feb 21 2022 01:00 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

What did he do?

MFS62 Feb 22 2022 09:30 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

What did he do? He is a man of principle, which is rare in NFL organizations. He is the NFL coach who got fired by Miami because, when his GM told him to intentionally lose games so the team could get a better draft position, he refused. The team fired him, even though he turned a losing team into a competitive one in two years. Then, despite a league rule that Black coaches be interviewed for open head coaching positions, he called out a team that, even though they scheduled an interview with him, hired their (white) head coach before his interview. He has filed a class action racial discrimination suit against the league. He was recently hired as an assistant coach with the Steelers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Flores Later

kcmets Feb 22 2022 11:03 AM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

=MFS62 post_id=86112 time=1645547457 user_id=60]He has filed a class action racial discrimination suit against the league. He was recently hired as an assistant coach with the Steelers.

I'm more than a little surprised one can have an open lawsuit against the league

and get a new job in that league. I brought a small claims action against an employer

in the early 80's and I was shit-canned the next day.

ashie62 Feb 22 2022 12:32 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Odd indeed. In other news, I find it cool to see the old logos of the Ultra Shitty Football League being used for this reboot. They could however get rid of the Generals one.

TransMonk Mar 21 2022 02:34 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Buck and Aikman leave FOX Sundays for ESPN and Monday Night Football. Al Michael's leaves NBC's Sunday Night Football for Amazon's Thursday Night Football. No official word, but I would be surprised if our old friend Kevin Burkhardt wasn't the new #1 announcer for FOX football.

kcmets Mar 21 2022 02:49 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

Being spared Buck on Sundays is delightful news. I almost never watch Monday Night Football so 'so long, farewell and sayonara Mr. Windbag!'

Frayed Knot Mar 21 2022 07:36 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

I realize that how an NFL game is presented on TV is very important to networks as that's the way the vast majority of fans consume the game*. But it can't be more than maybe a tiny minority who choose to watch or not watch a game based on the announcing team and, as such, I find this latest arms race over talking suits to be a bit amusing. I don't care what they get paid or who winds up where. But I do wonder if it's money well spent on the part of the networks. btw, I've long thought the same about news anchors on TV. Remember when CBS couldn't back up enough trucks to dump money onto Katie Couric's lawn in order to steal her away from NBC? (see also: NBC w/Megyn Kelly from FOX, etc.) And then it turned out that the talent raiding networks were so consumed with landing their prize that they didnt always know what to do with it once they got it. CBS put Couric in the nightly news anchor chair then saw a ratings decline and had a quick change of heart. NBC seemed to have no place for Kelly so they shoe- horned her into morning television in an experiment which was over almost before it started. Both, I suspect, resulted in a heavy case of buyers' remorse followed by large buyouts. And speaking of the NFL and money: even with the, to put it politely, uncertain state of Deshaun Watson's status as an active NFL player, his trade and signing this past week showed, for really only the second time in this era (Kirk Cousins was the first) what a in-his-prime QB is worth onan open market. Those two -- one decent, the other better and younger but also more troubled -- are the two who got fully guaranteed contracts in a league where those essentially don't exist. Not Brady, not Rodgers, not Roethlisberger, not anyone named Manning, not Russel Wilson, and not Mahomes because none of them ever qualified as a FA in or near their primes. * I remember hearing a stat one time that the vast majority of self-described NFL fans have never, and likely will never, attend a live game.

Frayed Knot Mar 28 2022 07:32 PM Re: Pro Football 2022 (NFL, USFL and WTFFL)

No official word, but I would be surprised if our old friend Kevin Burkhardt wasn't the new #1 announcer for FOX football. And now it's official. Elsewhere in the NFL, the Buffalo Bills have had their new stadium request approved with approx 850 million of a 1.45 Billion dollar price tag being funded by a combination of Erie County and NY State. So Cheers! NYS residents. You're paying tax dollars to a billionaire for a stadium most NY'ers will never lay their eyes on much less ever sit in. But, hey, this project will "generate tax revenue" and "create "10,000 union jobs" that will "offset the cost to the taxpayers " says Gov Hochel.