sean10mm posted:

That's like Suh tier face chubbiness.

Jim Caldwell posted:

"I’m an old-school guy — don’t make any mistake about that. It’s kind of the way of the world these days,’’ said Caldwell who admits at times he’s been oblivious to the celebrations.

And then he went into story-telling mode.

“I was sitting down with my grandsons early on when they were very small and they were kind of going through the video games. And I watched the video games and the guy would make a tackle, or make a sack or whatever and he’d get up and on the video game he’s doing all these different sort of gyrations and all these different kind of things,’’ Caldwell said. “He’s moving around and I’m saying, ‘That’s unrealistic. They don’t do that.’ And then I thought about it and I started just kind of watching after the play and it was true to life. Obviously, they do a lot of those things. I just think that’s kind of the way things are these days, so it’s fine.”

wandler20 posted:

https://twitter.com/GamePhreak845/status/867528977367400449

No Butt Stuff posted:

Shangri-Law School posted:

That's my coach, that is.

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Breakfast was two scrambled eggs, plain oatmeal made with water, two pieces of fruit, and milk and water. Lunch brought turkey sandwiches (provolone cheese but no condiments), 15 baby carrots, a banana, water and milk. Dinner was cooked chicken breast, spinach without dressing, whole wheat pasta with no sauce, and more milk and water.

Ches Neckbeard posted:

Counter to fat Benjamin here's Cody Kessler's diet. I love my plain oatmeal QB.

wandler20 posted:

https://twitter.com/nypost/status/867693190673047553

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And so, a few plays later, when Sherman picked off Wilson, it wasn't enough just to make a great play. He wanted to get inside Wilson's head, to remind the young Pro Bowler that despite his Super Bowl fame -- and endorsements that many on the defense felt they deserved -- Sherman still owned his rear end.

According to witnesses, Sherman threw the ball back to Wilson and yelled, "You f---ing suck!" Another fight broke out. Sherman was cussing and yelling; Wilson seemed stunned. Pete Carroll stopped practice and would later hold a series of meetings to remind the players they needed to build each other up, not tear each other down -- and that they needed to support their quarterback, further pissing off a defense that already thought the head coach went out of his way to protect him.

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If the hardest thing in football is to manage the celebrity that attends a Super Bowl win, the next-hardest thing is to forget a catastrophic Super Bowl loss. Something complicated and vital to the chemistry of a great team was broken on that interception. According to interviews with numerous current and former Seahawks players, coaches and staffers, few have taken it harder than Richard Sherman. He has told teammates and friends that he believes the Seahawks should have won multiple Super Bowls by now. And with just one trophy and the window closing fast, he has placed responsibility for that failing on the two faces of the franchise: Wilson and Carroll. Sherman, who like Wilson declined comment for this story, thinks Carroll hasn't held Wilson or many young Seahawks to the defense's championship standard. He's been disillusioned not only by that single play more than two years earlier but also by his coach's and quarterback's response to it.

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Tension flared at strange times last season, blowing little issues into big ones. One day, Sherman walked into a team meeting and found rookie guard Germain Ifedi sitting at a desk. That's a no-no. Rookies sit on the floor; veterans get the desks. Sherman lorded over him, but Ifedi did what Sherman might have done as a rookie: He stayed at the desk.

Finally, Sherman broke: "Get up." Ifedi stood up and knocked over the desk, tossing it aside. The 6-foot-5, 325-pound Ifedi stared at the 6-3, 195-pound Sherman as if ready to throw down. Ifedi eventually stepped aside, but Sherman later told friends that he saw the incident as emblematic of a bigger problem. The offense, led by Wilson, was in the midst of a season in which it would score fewer than 13 points five times, but the only players being held to the lofty standard created by the defense were the members of it.

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Sherman has always been a man of extremes, of loud arrogance and quiet desperation, who plays as if his self-worth were at stake. It's how a skinny kid from Compton who shied away from contact in youth football willed himself to Stanford and became one of the most physical corners in football history. He's famous in the building both for being a teammate you can go to with any personal problem and for pointing fingers.

"He's always looking at what other people are doing," says a former assistant coach who has had many talks with him. "He's made it personal. It's your fault we're not winning. It wears guys thin."

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But all the resentment towards Wilson was manageable -- until the 1-yard line. The Butler interception gave it a life of its own. Carroll hosts "Tell the Truth Monday" during the season, when he breaks down film. Some Seahawks joke that it should be renamed "Tell the Truth to Certain People," because Wilson seems exempt from criticism. For as great as Wilson has played at times, for as well as he serves as the face of the franchise, for as tough as he is -- last season he played through a sprained MCL, a high ankle sprain and a strained pectoral on his throwing side -- only twice in his five years have the Seahawks finished in the top 10 in points scored. Sherman and the defense know the difference between very good quarterbacks and great ones. They see how Wilson, only 5-11, struggles to anticipate open windows; they see the offensive staff breaking down film of the Saints' offense to figure out ways to deploy tight end Jimmy Graham, an All-Pro in New Orleans and a highly paid, ineffective red zone weapon in Seattle. It galls the defense to hear Wilson, ever positive, stand behind a podium and insist that the offense "made some great plays" after games in which the Seahawks barely score -- and then be propped up as if he were Aaron Rodgers.

"Guys want Pete to call out Russ in front of the team," Smith says. "That's not what Pete does. Pete will single out a guy, but he does it the right way."

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When Carroll was a quarterback at Redwood High in Larkspur, California, his coach, the late Bob Troppmann -- Coach T, Carroll calls him -- ordered him to run the ball late in the fourth quarter of a game seemingly in hand. Carroll instead called a pass, which, you guessed it, was intercepted.

Intruder posted:

Speaking of, oh man I got to hear the spiciest take this morning about how players who don't show up for voluntary workouts think they're bigger than the game and don't respect it and god the flowery language about how sacred and holy the game of football is and how lucky these guys should feel to get to play it was just amazing.

Apparently players think of themselves as corporations and are trying to get the best deal for themselves and this is SO VERY WRONG for reasons

SHOAH NUFF posted:

it's okay that OBJ is missing OTAs, most star players skip OTAs unless you are some cornball like Joe Thomas, the real issue is who he is dating, and why he doesn't have better standards for himself as a famous handsome athlete living in NYC

SHOAH NUFF posted:

it's okay that OBJ is missing OTAs, most star players skip OTAs unless you are some cornball like Joe Thomas, the real issue is who he is dating, and why he doesn't have better standards for himself as a famous handsome athlete living in NYC

SKULL.GIF posted:

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/19446657/seattle-seahawks-cornerback-richard-sherman-let-go-problem-nfl-2017






Full article is really worth reading.

Starting to wonder about the Seahawks' internal dynamics and whatever happened with Golden Tate, Percy Harvin, and Marshawn Lynch, and other players who've recently left the team on bad terms.

Jonathan Fisk posted:

A goon complaining about standards in beards, now I've seen it all

Jiminy Christmas! Shoes! posted:

Being a player friendly coach never seems to work in the long term. Especially when you run into adversity and have to hold guys acountable.

SKULL.GIF posted:

Rodgers' beards are excellent and he spends most of his time in Green Bay; surely OBJ can do even better while living in NYC?

Intruder posted:

Apparently players think of themselves as corporations and are trying to get the best deal for themselves and this is SO VERY WRONG for reasons

Intruder posted:

Gary Kubiak and Dick Vermeil have both won Superbowls

Jiminy Christmas! Shoes! posted:

I suppose, but Kubiak won a Super Bowl his first season, and Vermeil his third. Both were gone shortly after. So it may not conflict with my theory that in the long run player friendly coaches lose control of their teams.

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Wilson required guests to sign nondisclosure agreements before entering his box at Mariners games.

Intruder posted:

Speaking of, oh man I got to hear the spiciest take this morning about how players who don't show up for voluntary workouts think they're bigger than the game and don't respect it and god the flowery language about how sacred and holy the game of football is and how lucky these guys should feel to get to play it was just amazing.

Apparently players think of themselves as corporations and are trying to get the best deal for themselves and this is SO VERY WRONG for reasons

FizFashizzle posted:

OH MY GOD

Dexo posted:

https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/867807905571102723


https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/867808695077527553

Glennon's year has arrived