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swickles posted:The postponed that game in Philly a few years ago, the one where we had the Joe Webb Experience and the Govenor of PA making casually racist remarks about Chinamen, but that was because the stadium was literally packed to the brim with snow and not because of the weather itself. Wait, what? I don't remember this at all and I loathe Tom Corbett. Have a link or something?
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DOOP posted:Wait, what? I don't remember this at all and I loathe Tom Corbett. Have a link or something? It was Ed Rendell. http://espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5960674 quote:"We've become a nation of wusses. The Chinese are kicking our butt in everything," he added. "If this was in China do you think the Chinese would have called off the game? People would have been marching down to the stadium, they would have walked and they would have been doing calculus on the way down."
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swickles posted:It was Ed Rendell. Oh that. I remember now. Rendell had a week left in office at that point, which explains my memory. Still better than Corbett
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Basil Hayden posted:Yeah I was going to comment that I don't think I can handle watching Kentucky football and the Browns every weekend. Much as I have a weakness for traditionally bad teams, I don't think mere mortals were meant for that pair of rooting interests. If you want traditionally bad but currently in an upswing, I'd recommend the Lions. You also have the rapidly improving Jaguars and the Rams who have a storied history dating back to the 40's and are about to undergo a rebuild with ups and downs.
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Declan MacManus posted:If you want traditionally bad but currently in an upswing, I'd recommend the Lions. You also have the rapidly improving Jaguars and the Rams who have a storied history dating back to the 40's and are about to undergo a rebuild with ups and downs. Panthers or Chargers would work for this as well imo.
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Grozz Nuy posted:Panthers or Chargers would work for this as well imo. We're in a downswing
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Declan MacManus posted:If you want traditionally bad but currently in an upswing, I'd recommend the Lions. You also have the rapidly improving Jaguars and the Rams who have a storied history dating back to the 40's and are about to undergo a rebuild with ups and downs. I'd wait for the Jags to rapidly improve to a winning record before jumping on that bandwagon.
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Declan MacManus posted:If you want traditionally bad but currently in an upswing, I'd recommend the Lions. You also have the rapidly improving Jaguars and the Rams who have a storied history dating back to the 40's and are about to undergo a rebuild with ups and downs. The Rams are in the middle of a rebuild.
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JRizzle posted:The Rams are in the middle of a rebuild. Let's be real, the Rams have been rebuilding since 2004.
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Basil Hayden posted:On a totally unrelated note, I've felt like I should try to get into the NFL for a long while now, but I don't really have any attachment to any of the teams, nor are any of them close enough to my hometown that I'd pick them on a solely geographic basis (I think we're designated as a secondary market for the Bengals, but my uncle is such a prick about them that that's probably the one team I wouldn't pick). How do I figure this out? tbh your best route would be just to watch a fuckton of football on Sunday next season until you see a team you think you like. I'm gonna make a plug for the Bears tho because we are for real going to be a top 3 offense and a bottom 3 defense next season which means at the very least every game will be high scoring
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JRizzle posted:The Rams are in the middle of a rebuild. Grozz Nuy posted:Let's be real, the Rams have been rebuilding since 2004. They're about to start their rebuild over. hopterque posted:Embrace the Seahawks, Hail Satan. Do not root for the Seahawks.
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GNU Order posted:tbh your best route would be just to watch a fuckton of football on Sunday next season until you see a team you think you like. Last night I had a strange dream where I was rooting for something called a "Tennessee Titans". But yeah this is probably a good idea. Historically the only NFL game I've watched most seasons is the Super Bowl, so I know very little of what most teams look like. This may be part of the problem, really.
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Basil Hayden posted:Last night I had a strange dream where I was rooting for something called a "Tennessee Titans". Never go against dream-visions. You are now a Titans fan forever and ever and may Cuahutl the Serpent King, Bringer of Football Fandom, watch over you.
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Declan MacManus posted:They're about to start their rebuild over. How can they start a rebuild over when they have the youngest roster in the NFL already? Or are you saying they're completely rebuilding because they might need to draft a quarterback high again? The Rams really aren't in that bad of a spot, other than they play in the toughest division and the other three teams are better than them.
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JRizzle posted:How can they start a rebuild over when they have the youngest roster in the NFL already? Or are you saying they're completely rebuilding because they might need to draft a quarterback high again? The Rams really aren't in that bad of a spot, other than they play in the toughest division and the other three teams are better than them. I would assume they're about to scrap their entire offense which I would consider a rebuild.
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Barudak posted:Never go against dream-visions. You are now a Titans fan forever and ever and may Cuahutl the Serpent King, Bringer of Football Fandom, watch over you. Well, poo poo, I don't think I can argue with Cuahutl the Serpent King.
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Why do NFL teams get extra draft picks if one of their player's contracts expire and they go to another team via free agency? If they wanted to keep the player they should have extended him, yes?
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MC2552John posted:Why do NFL teams get extra draft picks if one of their player's contracts expire and they go to another team via free agency? If they wanted to keep the player they should have extended him, yes? They only get extra draft picks if they lose more free agents than they sign, it doesn't have anything to do with any specific free agent.
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Bob Morales posted:Was there no Thursday night game this week? No more games until the bowls start which is in a few days I believe. edit: I assumed you were talking about NCAA. If you're talking about NFL carry on.
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SteelAngel2000 posted:They only get extra draft picks if they lose more free agents than they sign, it doesn't have anything to do with any specific free agent. Yes and no. If you lose a player to FA that was really really good but do not sign anybody (drafting doesn't count) who is equally as good, then you get a higher compensatory pick as decided by an NFL committee. From wiki: quote:In addition to the 32 selections in each of the seven rounds, a total of 32 compensatory picks are awarded to teams that have lost more or better compensatory free agents than they signed in the previous year.[58] Teams that gain and lose the same number of players but lose higher-valued players than they gain also can be awarded a pick, but only in the seventh round, after the other compensatory picks. Compensatory picks cannot be traded, and the placement of the picks is determined by a proprietary formula based on the player's salary, playing time, and postseason honors with his new team, with salary being the primary factor. So, for example, a team that lost a linebacker who signed for $2.5 million per year in free agency might get a sixth-round compensatory pick, while a team that lost a wide receiver who signed for $5 million per year might receive a fourth-round pick.
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News/Views It's instant #hotsportstakes years ahead of its time.
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And often devolves into #hotfoodtakes because goons
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Was there some change to the length of the season in the 90s where they added a week? I seem to remember something changed to allow all teams (instead of just some teams) to have bye-weeks but the logic of that doesn't make sense.
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SkunkDuster posted:Was there some change to the length of the season in the 90s where they added a week? I seem to remember something changed to allow all teams (instead of just some teams) to have bye-weeks but the logic of that doesn't make sense. There was never a situation where only some teams had bye weeks unless I'm remembering completely wrong. The season length changes I remember are adding an off week before the super bowl, incorporating byes and getting rid of that off week, then adding the off week back in. Well unless you want to go back to adding in 2 more games in the late 70s. Oh wait there was an uneven number of teams for a couple of years during expansion, that's what you're thinking of and I'm forgetting. The Browns came back in and things weren't even until the Texans came in.
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I figured it out. It was 1993 where they added an extra week so all teams would get two bye weeks. Not sure why they got rid of it, though. Seemed like a good idea to me.
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SkunkDuster posted:Was there some change to the length of the season in the 90s where they added a week? I seem to remember something changed to allow all teams (instead of just some teams) to have bye-weeks but the logic of that doesn't make sense. There was a period of 2 possible scheduled Bye weeks so the regular season was technically 18 weeks
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balancedbias posted:There was a period of 2 possible scheduled Bye weeks so the regular season was technically 18 weeks That means more weeks of football and more matchups to push, and that just doesn't make sense to me
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Declan MacManus posted:That means more weeks of football and more matchups to push, and that just doesn't make sense to me I always thought it was weird that some teams would have a bye week in week 4 and others in week 12. By weeks should be between weeks 8 and 12. I understand its hard to do logistically, but you can see the advantage of having a bye week later than earlier.
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swickles posted:I always thought it was weird that some teams would have a bye week in week 4 and others in week 12. By weeks should be between weeks 8 and 12. I understand its hard to do logistically, but you can see the advantage of having a bye week later than earlier. Just have half the league have a bye week in week 8 and half in 9. Rotate it by division (this year AFC North, NFC West, AFC South, and NFC East have it on 8 and NFC North, NFC South, AFC West, and AFC East have it on 9 and then next year AFC North, AFC East, NFC West, and NFC South have it on 8 and AFC South, AFC West, NFC North, and NFC East have it on 9 and so on and so forth in endless permutations because it's really not that difficult)
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As much as I hate to say it I honestly have to wonder how much fantasy football plays in with how big it's gotten, because it would be really hard to field teams particularly in larger leagues with only 4 possible bye weeks and absolutely impossible if half the NFL was on bye at once.
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Big Ol Marsh Pussy posted:As much as I hate to say it I honestly have to wonder how much fantasy football plays in with how big it's gotten, because it would be really hard to field teams particularly in larger leagues with only 4 possible bye weeks and absolutely impossible if half the NFL was on bye at once. Well on one hand you could just have those weeks be byes for fantasy, and on the other hand who gives a gently caress. vvv I would secretly be in favor of that. Badfinger fucked around with this message at 02:08 on Dec 28, 2013 |
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Badfinger posted:Well on one hand you could just have those weeks be byes for fantasy, and on the other hand who gives a gently caress. I don't even like or play fantasy anymore but it brings a ton of casual fans to the NFL and is a non-zero consideration in how the league does its business. From the standpoint of stuff that actually matters Declan's idea is perfect but two bye weeks in a row for fantasy football or two weeks where you need to add/drop half your roster or whatever would probably kill it for a lot of people.
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Big Ol Marsh Pussy posted:I don't even like or play fantasy anymore but it brings a ton of casual fans to the NFL and is a non-zero consideration in how the league does its business. From the standpoint of stuff that actually matters Declan's idea is perfect but two bye weeks in a row for fantasy football or two weeks where you need to add/drop half your roster or whatever would probably kill it for a lot of people. I'm pretty sure non-fan society would benefit from that kind of break. Actual weekend work getting done, errands completed, etc
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Big Ol Marsh Pussy posted:I don't even like or play fantasy anymore but it brings a ton of casual fans to the NFL and is a non-zero consideration in how the league does its business. From the standpoint of stuff that actually matters Declan's idea is perfect but two bye weeks in a row for fantasy football or two weeks where you need to add/drop half your roster or whatever would probably kill it for a lot of people. My loving parents just got into fantasy a couple years ago. My mom is the most casual of casual fans and my dad was the kind of dude that used to beat up D&D nerds in high school, but they treat it just as seriously as the actual games. Fantasy is a very, very big deal outside of TFF.
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