Obnoxious Football Trash Talk Thread

[dataz722]

And no, I don't play FFB anymore. Oddly enough i got too competitive about it and ended up not having any fun... and quit after like 6 years. Who wouldn't thunk?

So in other words, you sucked.

 

[the_bird]

You must have been a really ****ty FFB player.

"Crap, I need a tight end... Dallas Clark and Jason Witten are on the board, but **** it - I'M SELECTING BEN WATSON!"

 

[shecky]

Just for clarity's sake, anybody who refers to his/her team as "we" deserves to be beaten by the cast of "Glee."

 

[Cape Brewing]

So in other words, you sucked.

Actually no I didn't AirborneGuy. I actually went undefeated one year, won it another and ended up in the top three most of the other four years. I was pretty good. I just got too competitive and obsessed about it too much until the point it wasn't fun.

so... who ya' rootin' for this weekend??

Maybe looking for the Chiefs to pull of a big victory?? HEY!! The Jets seem to be a hot team right now. Maybe you can jump on that bandwagon.

 

[Cape Brewing]

Just for clarity's sake, anybody who refers to his/her team as "we" deserves to be beaten by the cast of "Glee."

(nodding in agreement)

Sheck is wise... even though he got rid of Dicky Barrett

 

[dataz722]

Actually no I didn't AirborneGuy. I actually went undefeated one year, won it another and ended up in the top three most of the other four years. I was pretty good. I just got too competitive and obsessed about it too much until the point it wasn't fun.

so... who ya' rootin' for this weekend??

Maybe looking for the Chiefs to pull of a big victory?? HEY!! The Jets seem to be a hot team right now. Maybe you can jump on that bandwagon.

Baltimore and whoever I have money on. Haven't looked at the lines yet so I don't know....... *******!

 

[Cape Brewing]

Baltimore and whoever I have money on. Haven't looked at the lines yet so I don't know....... *******!

WHOAAA Whoa!!! C'mon now airborneguy... NO need to get nasty and start name-calling.

Do you want me to gather up a few pictures of what color jerseys different teams will be wearing this weekend and you can chose that way??

 

[dataz722]

Do you want me to gather up a few pictures of what color jerseys different teams will be wearing this weekend and you can chose that way??

You really would do that for me? That would save me a lot of time.

http://tinyurl.com/yezb79x

 

[Airborneguy]

I'd never buy a Packers jersey, which is probably the best measure if you would consider yourself a "fan" or not.

I have 5 Packers jerseys (not counting 2 old Favre's), and only 1 Jets jersey, BUT, I have had Jets seasons tickets in the past and will again in the future at some point.

If your favorite team is an out-of-market team, I don't see how this is a conflict - especially when one is AFC and one NFC.

I obviously can't justify (or even get anyway) Packers season tickets, but I love going to games, so I got the Jets and root for them too.

 

[Airborneguy]

****, can I tell you a little secret? Promise not to tell... but a couple years ago, I started rooting for the Brewers. NL team - never play the Red Sox - and in a World Series I'd always root wholeheartedly for the Sox. They sucked at the time, this was before they became decent. I liked Prince Fielder. I like listening to games that Bob Uecker announces.

And... they're ****ing BREWERS.

I *almost* even bought a hat.... but I couldn't do it.

lol... I went through this too for the same reason. Figured if I got a Sabathia jersey it would be okay since he's a Yankee now, but they are still almost $100!

 

[Airborneguy]

And no, I don't play FFB anymore. Oddly enough i got too competitive about it and ended up not having any fun... and quit after like 6 years. Who wouldn't thunk?

You too competitive? No way!

 

[dataz722]

You went through that too? You you are a red sox fan that likes to watch the brewers while wearing a CC jersey??????

 

[Cape Brewing]

This topic is old. You're all obviously team flip floppers and no amount of common sense is going to snap some of you out of your weasley flip-flopping ways so lets get back to the real issue... Whether or not the pats have to be favored to win-out on the season. I think you almost have to expect them to at this point.

 

[Airborneguy]

lol... I'll have to say NO and go with my secondary team winning that division!

 

[Cape Brewing]

Yeah, you're obviously high. And not smart.

Besides, you've blown all credibility with that freakin "i pick teams for the jerseys" crap. Are you sure its not airbournegirl?

 

[dataz722]

The division hinges on Mark Sanchez. If he keeps playing the way he is then they will take the division. If he implodes when it gets cold, like everyone knows he will, then its really a toss up. Either way I don't see the pats winning it.

 

[Cape Brewing]

No problem... now I know where to find your pearls of wisdom when the season ends. It is always sweeter to come back afterwards and point out horrible theories.

 

[user 574]

Nice blast of smack today. I like it. FWIW I know some years ago I called the bird a closet cheesehead. He even had a Uecker avatar probably back in 07-08 timeframe. It's ok though since those are my teams

I have a difficult time picking a secondary team. Couldn't root for AZ Cardinals when I lived there for 12 years. Same with D-Backs except when they beat the yankees which was awesome. Don't mind watching Twins since I've known JJ Hardy since he was a kid. But, for those who do pick a secondary team these are exempt by virtue of bandwagon:

Cowboys
Notre Dame (passé now)
Steelers
Lakers
Celtics
Yankees
USC
Duke
Not sure but maybe Packers, Pats but they had some really lean years. Liked them when they sucked then ok.

 

[user 574]

...Love Clay Matthews, wanted the Pats to draft him. Love how his dad and uncle played what, forty years combined and missed maybe half a season between them? Old-school player.
....

But you see some of the user posts on ESPN about Clay? Calling him all roid'ed up etc. Wouldn't completly discount it but people need to do their homework on the lineage of that long NFL/College FB family starting with Grandpa Clay.

 

[dataz722]

You need to go with the combo of Yankees, Cowboys, Duke Basketball, Michigan Football, and Lakers.

 

[user 574]

You need to go with the combo of Yankees, Cowboys, Duke Basketball, Michigan Football, and Lakers.

Crap, forgot Duke.

 

[dataz722]

Its funny because I used to work with a guy that those were seriously his favorite teams.

 

[the_bird]

I work with a dude that's a Lakers/Cowboys/Yankees fan. He's Canadian, though, so he doesn't know any better.

 

[dataz722]

 

[the_bird]

Weirdest Canadian I've ever met, too. Never ridden a snowmobile. Not a hockey fan. Not even sure if he drinks Blue. He's less "Canadian" than all of my wife's Buffalo relatives.

 

[dataz722]

Cape, do me a favor. Don't cry hysterically when Moss gets traded to the Vikings.

 

[HopHead24]

Cape, do me a favor. Don't cry hysterically when Moss gets traded to the Vikings.

The Vikes had that fool once and he cried the whole time he was here. Why come back????

 

[the_bird]

... because if they don't, Favre will threaten to quit.

If Moss *is* whining for a trade (especially after last night), **** him. You've always known that Moss' shelf life, at best, was going to be about three years.

How 'bout a straight-up trade; Moss for Jared Allen!

 

[HopHead24]

How 'bout a straight-up trade; Moss for Jared Allen!

Oh He** No!!!

 

[cimirie]

Just for clarity's sake, anybody who refers to his/her team as "we" deserves to be beaten by the cast of "Glee."

For a pro team, I agree. For a college team I totally disagree (assuming of course you went to the school). If you went there, you are invested. You are part of the university community. You are connected to the team. It is perfectly acceptable to say we. And since college football is the only football actually worth following (for any reason outside of fantasy interest), I guess I renege my support for your theory and call you false. Sucks to be you! :cross:

 

[cimirie]

Just because it needs to be said (all you Michigan brewers out there), this is a HUGE week for football in the Great Lakes State! It will give Sparty something to cry about for the next year. Of course they'll wail about how the media/officials/NCAA/Michigan State police gave UM the game. But the truth is, you're just gonna get beat.

Drink to that!

 

[BraveSirRobin]

Oh wow, a huge trade is going down that came out of left field. According to Adam Schefter, the Patriots are trading Randy Moss back to the Vikings for a 2011 3rd round draft pick.

The Vikings and the Patriots have agreed to a blockbuster trade that will send Pro Bowl wide receiver back to Minnesota for the Vikings' 2011 third-round pick on Wednesday, an NFL source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.

http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/nfl/news/story?id=5653186

 

[Cape Brewing]

yeah yeah yeah... old news...

although I'm still trying to digest it.

 

[the_bird]

I had read at one point that if the Pats had just let Moss walk at the end of the season, they were going to get a third round draft pick anyway (albeit in 2012). Possible that provision would go away in the new CBA anyway, but if so... doesn't make a lot of sense to make that trade just to get the pick a year sooner.

Don't like the deal, although to be fair I think we all knew Moss had an expiration date of only two or three years when the trade for him was first made.

I'm *hoping* that Brandon Tate is ready to step up into a bigger role, at least being able to stretch the field for Welker, Edelman, Hernandez and Gronk. Hernandez has shown that he can stretch the field a little, as well; wondering if maybe we'll see him splitting out wide more.

I did just pick up Hernandez in the FFB league here, if Moss is gone that's got to mean even more targets coming his way.

 

[dataz722]

I had read at one point that if the Pats had just let Moss walk at the end of the season, they were going to get a third round draft pick anyway (albeit in 2012).

What? That doesn't even make sense. Who would that pick have come from? I have never heard of anything like that before.

 

[BraveSirRobin]

I had read at one point that if the Pats had just let Moss walk at the end of the season, they were going to get a third round draft pick anyway (albeit in 2012). Possible that provision would go away in the new CBA anyway, but if so... doesn't make a lot of sense to make that trade just to get the pick a year sooner.

Don't like the deal, although to be fair I think we all knew Moss had an expiration date of only two or three years when the trade for him was first made.

I'm *hoping* that Brandon Tate is ready to step up into a bigger role, at least being able to stretch the field for Welker, Edelman, Hernandez and Gronk. Hernandez has shown that he can stretch the field a little, as well; wondering if maybe we'll see him splitting out wide more.

I did just pick up Hernandez in the FFB league here, if Moss is gone that's got to mean even more targets coming his way.

I'm a big fan of Brandon Tate, I was when he was drafted. He was the best receiver on North Carolina before his season ending knee injury, even better than Hakeem Nicks. Had he not gotten hurt I think he would have been a first round pick. He's a guy I really wanted the Lions to take a chance on, instead they drafted Derrick Williams the pick before who is already pushing the 'bust' talk after only a year and a handful of games.

 

[Cape Brewing]

What? Who would that pick have come from?

your mom

 

[the_bird]

Compensatory picks.

Compensatory picks
In addition to the 32 picks in each round, there are a total of 32 picks awarded at the ends of Rounds 3 through 7. These picks, known as "compensatory picks," are awarded to teams that have lost more qualifying free agents than they gained the previous year in free agency. 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.

If fewer than 32 such picks are awarded, the remaining picks are awarded in the order in which teams would pick in a hypothetical eighth round of the draft (These are known as "supplemental compensatory selections").

Compensatory picks are awarded each year at the NFL annual meeting which is held at the end of March; typically, about three or four weeks before the draft.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League_Draft#Compensatory_picks

Don't you watch the draft, son?

 

[BraveSirRobin]

What? That doesn't even make sense. Who would that pick have come from? I have never heard of anything like that before.

Compensatory picks I assume. Which Moss could have very well fetched for the Patriots although there are other factors involved like number of free agents signed, number of free agents that leave, money spent, etc. The problem with compensatory picks is that they are at the end of the round and aren't trade-able. This pick from the Vikings gives the Patriots more flexibility in the draft than a compensatory pick would have.

 

[the_bird]

It's also 2011, not 2012. Pats are going to be loaded for bear in two seasons. Thing is, I'm convinced they could make a run this year, maybe they aren't a title contender but I could certainly see them making the AFC Championship game if they keep progressing as they have.

Now... a LOT hinges on whether Hernandez/Tate can do enough to stretch the D for Welker/Edelman underneath. Otherwise, you just drop everyone back, let Welker catch the ball for three or four yards and tackle him. Don't remember him breaking any tackles against Miami, he's still not 100%.