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1 minute ago, SFGiants58 said:

It’s not like Tom Brady was in his legendary form at Michigan either. So, drafting a good Michigan QB could make for an exceptionally garbage NFL pick.

Exactly. People are high on McCarthy because the media loves his "grit" (whatever the that means) and his coach pimped him like he was a $10,000 a night call girl. He was a good QB in the B1G, but I didn't see a thing from him that makes me believe he'd be a good QB in the NFL. He's a more annoying and better marketed Brian Griese.

10 hours ago, MJWalker45 said:

J.J. McCarthy should be available, but I can't see him being a day one starter on the Vikings. 

List of successful NFL QBs who played at Michigan.

1. Tom Brady

That's it. That's the list.

Draft McCarthy at your own peril. I could see maybe taking a flyer on him in rounds 5-7, but anything before that is a wasted pick.

3 minutes ago, The_Admiral said:

Tell me again how Kevin Warren was going to change everything because he has a law degree.

He did manage to clean up that Alan Williams mess pretty quickly.

22 minutes ago, BBTV said:

Lousy timing for Michigan, unless they're planning to promote from within.

My guess is Sherrone Moore gets the gig.

On 10/19/2023 at 9:23 PM, infrared41 said:

 

Translation: "I'm hanging everyone out to dry and saving my own ass. I'll see you all in LA with the Chargers next season."

Told ya.

8 hours ago, SFGiants58 said:

The Packers have fired Joe Barry.

Good.

59 minutes ago, Red Comet said:

I don’t get the complaints about Taylor Swift

Nor do I. People are losing their minds over cutaway shots.  Would they prefer more cutaways to drunk guys acting like buffoons in the stands? More cutaways to some coach talking into a Denny's menu on the sidelines? Taylor Swift is a huge star. If I were directing those broadcasts you can bet your ass I'd be using her for cutaways.

2 hours ago, dont care said:

Who’s dollar store Montana? Purdy? Just because he plays on the 9ers and happens to be good? Have him win atleast one Super Bowl before we can start calling him that.

Funny how a person with the name dont care is the only one who cared enough to take that seriously.

17 minutes ago, FiddySicks said:

I’m almost positive at this point that the 49ers are going to crush the Lions like a bug, then lose the Super Bowl on some more bull:censored: to Kansas City.

 

Wal Mart brand Patriots. 

Dollar Store Montana vs. the Walmart brand Patriots. Imagine the merchandising potential.

6 hours ago, oldschoolvikings said:

Viking fans like to point out that there was a small four year window when a team could win the NFL championship while still losing the superbowl but, trust me, nobody wants to hear it.  

Speaking of the NFL Championship, the Vikings beat the Browns to win the last "NFL Championship" in 1969. It was little kid me's first taste of what was to come as a Browns fan. Someone smarter would have switched teams right then and there. I really liked the 49ers too back then because of their uniforms and I thought 49ers was a really cool name. And Gene Washington was my favorite player. How different my NFL fandom would have been if I'd bailed on the Browns and jumped to the 49ers.

Just now, The_Admiral said:

I don't want to hear about how the 49ers are white supremacists so give me any of the other three but preferably Chiefs-Lions.

Norwood was number 11. Bass's is number 2. 1+1=2. I'm just saying...

For 's sake, Buffalo.

3 minutes ago, Ferdinand Cesarano said:

I remember this!

 

The AL East had been won by six different teams in the six previous seasons. To think that Cleveland was going to make it a full 7-for-7 was seductive.

The Clevelands were pretty solid in 1986. If memory serves, they won 84 games and looked to be on the upswing, but it was obvious two weeks into the '87 season that wasn't going to the case. They were abysmal in 1987.

I still have my copy of this SI baseball preview. SI missed the mark by just a little with this one. The Clevelands would go on to lose 100+ games that season.

22 minutes ago, DG_ThenNowForever said:

Childhoods? Not even. SI was as mainstream a publication as existed for generations. My dad used to get that and Inside Sports. I had a subscription as a young adult myself, alongside ESPN the Magazine.

Pretty much. I got my first subscription to SI when I was a kid in 1974. I even remember the cover of the first copy I received.

I think my last subscription ran out in 2018. From 1974 thru 2018, there were stretches when I wasn't a subscriber, but they were few and far between. SI was the gold standard for a long time. What happened to it is a shame.

R.I.P. Sports Illustrated.

14 minutes ago, DCarp1231 said:

 

For reference, Andrew Luck's entire NFL career was only seven years.

On 1/14/2024 at 8:21 PM, BottomlessPitt said:

In the end Jerry will probaby just keep McCarthy. Another lap dog just like the rest except for Johnson & Parcells. 

Good call.

1 hour ago, See Red said:

They’ll just give anyone a press pass these days.

As someone who used to have to go to these things, I wish I could say that is the dumbest question I've ever heard at a sports press conference, but it wouldn't even make my the top ten.

My guess is the NFL isn't her regular beat. She sounds like someone who was there because she was the only one available for the assignment that day. People that are actually in sports media ask way dumber questions than that. Like unbelievably dumber.

2 hours ago, Unocal said:

I am taking action on myself. Since I can’t delete my own account, I am going to permanently ban myself.

I blew a 2nd chance and don’t deserve a 3rd.

 

goodbye.

Warning points are just that, a warning. You're welcome to stay, but the trolling has to stop. The ball is still in your court.

48 minutes ago, Unocal said:

Is Todd Bowles the worst coach to ever win a playoff game?

 

44 minutes ago, Unocal said:

 

Tampa already won a fugazi Super Bowl 3 years ago. That would be anything but a fun story.

37 minutes ago, Unocal said:

Does anybody actually WANT to see these NFC games?

 

GB/SF is a stale rerun that everyone is tired of.

 

TB/DET sounds like a 1:00 chris myers/ron pitts game

 

PHI/DAL losing guaranteed there is a 50 percent chance of an NFC mid-off

 

NBC has to be crying knowing they have to make us pretend to care about Faker Mayfield and that fraud of a HC

34 minutes ago, Unocal said:

Jordan Love. Baker Mayfield.

 

What do they both have in common?

 

They are insufferable asshats

You've been warned twice now about the trolling. It's one thing to have bad takes, but it's clear that you're doing this just to get a response about of people.

I don't like to go full mod on anyone, but you've left me no choice. This nonsense either stops immediately or the moderating team will take action. That means you have a decision to make. Do you want to troll your way out of here in a blaze of glory, or do you want to stick around and try being a contributing member of the community? It's up to you. Full disclosure, I don't care either way. Consider yourself officially warned.