Rockstar Matt

1 hour ago, Brian E said:

 

FWIW, i'm totally torn on the giants. i love the home white pants, and thought that was a huge upgrade for their set. i know why the fan base loves the current roads (won 42 and 46 in them), and in a vacuum, they're fine.  big upgrade over the set they replaced. it's my personal taste, but i far prefer their color rush set to the current road.

 

all that said, i think some royal blue could be worked into the sleeve/pants striping to get the best of both worlds. 

For me, I felt like the CR set for the Giants, and the prior LT/Simms set the color rush is replicating, was the definition of a generic football uniform. Literally a basic red, white and blue uniform with a simple GIANTS wordmark across the helmet.

I know that's ironic considering their current set is consisting of just a plain blue jersey with white numbering, and a white jersey with red numbering, but with that being paired with the fantastic helmet, logo and the pant combos makes for, IMHO, a quintessential football uniform. It also helps that the current set is essentially a uniform the Giants wore for years prior to the 70's, giving it that old-timey, yesteryear look shared with the other old NFL franchises. 

And again, I absolutely love the blue dominant at home, with the contrasting red dominant on the road look. 

On 7/11/2021 at 9:22 AM, DNAsports said:

The Cowboys and Giants are two of the worst teams in terms of uniform cohesiveness. One team can’t even settle on a blue/silver scheme and has mismatching uniforms while the other team also has mismatching uniforms and refuses to add red to their home jersey and blue to their away jersey.

The Cowboys need to standardized their blue and silver (ideally, to the blue and silver graphic oldschool posted above) so that their iconic white uniform actually looks cohesive.

But the Giants do not belong in the same distinction as the Cowboys. Their uniform set is phenomenal. I know they're a rival, but I've long loved their blue at home and red on the road set. It's fantastic. Not every team needs to have matching home and away sets with just the colors reversed. The Giants are a perfect example of how that can work beautifully

2 hours ago, DG_ThenNowForever said:

 

You know he was enjoying every second of that. Especially as the classy El Tri fans were showering them with beer and trash

EDIT: Is this not the sickest picture of USMNT history? I might make this my profile pic.

That was the best US-MEX game in years. Excellent fight from the young USMNT.

There's so much potential in this roster, but the defending still needs a lot of work. Tim Ream and Kellen Acosta should never see playing time for USMNT again. They're just not good enough. Berhalter needs to stop demanding we play from the back in that 3-4-3 formation. We just don't have the players on our back line that can make those passes consistently. 

In WCQ, I hope to god we start putting our best players in their best positions, moreso defensively. Like Ream and Acosta shouldn't be playing when Adams, Dest and Munsah/Weah are available. 

Hopefully Berhalter can get the most out of this team, because talent wise the USMNT will be there close to, or equal to, to the footballing giants by 2026.

10 hours ago, DG_ThenNowForever said:

Too bad Pulisic didn't poke that one in. Would have added something to an otherwise pretty nothing game.

I would have lost it if Pulisic got that chip in. 
 

Selfishly, I wish he started but can’t argue with him being a sub considering the result Chelsea got. Hopefully he starts and plays more next season. 

15 hours ago, colortv said:

I will say, the gold jersey numbers on the purple jerseys are a definite upgrade over the white ones, look great on tv. This is what they should look like:

 

 

I still detest it. It goes against 50 years of Lakers’ history to have the purple jersey with yellow numbers and a white outline.
 

Of course it’s not the abomination that are the black side panels, but that’s another discussion. They need to throw away the whole jersey and start again. 

4 hours ago, Crabcake said:

I’m really torn on this final. I don’t particularly like either of these teams, probably two of my 3 most dislike English teams. 
 

I’ll probably end up (reluctantly) pulling for Chelsea though, for a few reasons. Pulisic, for one, but also I think it would vindicate Thomas Tuchel as a manager after his largely successful stints at Dortmund and PSG ended without the trophies that really mattered to either of those teams. Plus I would absolutely love to still be able to hold 0 UCL’s over City’s head for a generation. 

For me, the USMNT is my favorite team in the world. I love them more than any footballing club, even more than LAFC. I’m not the biggest Chelsea fan and to be honest, before Pulisic arrived there, I didn’t even like them at all.
 

But I root for USMNT players above all else and their club success. For example, my two least favorite European teams are Man United and Real Madrid. I generally root for their opponents every game, without fail. But if any American were to play for them, I’d support them in a heart beat lol. 
 

With that in mind, I have zero issue supporting Chelsea now lol. I’d dare say that I’ve even become a supporter of theirs now, but it’ll only last so long as Pulisic plays there. 

As for the Final, I know Steffan plays for City, but he’s a backup and there’s no chance he plays even a second in the Final. So I’d rather see the team that actually prominently features an American win the title. 

Another UCL match, another score contribution for Pulisic, this time off the bench. He directly contributed to the two of the three goals Chelsea scored in the semifinals in less than 90 minutes of game time. Unreal.
 

He’s simply sensational. There’s never been an American footballer who was so hyped when he was coming up and then lived up to/surpassed all expectations. He became the youngest player to score a goal and assist in the UCL semifinals in a decade. Not youngest American, but the youngest period. 
 

Chelsea as a whole was phenomenal today. Kante especially. He was the best player on the pitch. Defensively they were outstanding while only giving up one true opportunity for Real Madrid to score, which Mendy made an outstanding save.

Havertz, I thought had his best game for Chelsea since arriving last summer. He was incredible today. But the front 3 as a whole were stellar in the counterattack and probably should have had a few more goals. 
 

At the end of the day, an American footballer will play in the Champions League Final as his team’s best attacking player and as its number 10. 

Pulisic just scored against Real Madrid in the semifinals. Should have had an assist earlier had Werner not botched it. Absolutely incredible.
 

The dude is a great player and borderline world class (he will be once he manages to stay healthy). However, for some reason in big games throughout his career he steps it up a few levels and plays not only like the world-class player we all know he is, but he’s usually the best player on the pitch too. He does this consistently. The USMNT has never had a player like that. Ever.
 

Donovan and Dempsey were the previous best USMNT players (excluding keepers) in terms of performing on the big stage in the biggest moments. 
 

But Pulisic routinely makes fools of other world-class players when he’s on form. 

The Nuggets have made the WCF three times: 1985, 2009 and now 2020.

They’ve played the Lakers every time. 

I just have four.

2007 Divisional Round loss to the Giants

2014 & 2016 Divisional Round losses to the Packers.

And I think the worst one of them all, the USMNT loss to T&T in 2017 to eliminate the US from the World Cup. 

That last loss changed me forever. I no longer get too happy or too down depending on if my team wins or loses. 

2 hours ago, pitt6pack said:

Updates. I normalize the colors, so same reds / silvers, and made the Patriots blue darker. I resized the logos and wordmarks, and made the Falcons endzone red as well. At some point I'll have to change the colors and pattern of the wall design. Looks like they used a greenish blue in a lot of places throughout the stadium in banners and such.

 

Aside from not having conference logos again (shame on you, NFL), this will be the best looking field since 2012, I think. 

These are okay, but nowhere near as good as people claim them to be.

Clippers' Pacific Division title banners at their practice facility. Doc and the players refuse to have them at Staples

I think they kind of outwitted themselves on this one. You wait all these years to start winning any banners and now you won't acknowledge them because the Lakers share the place?

To be fair, they would look pretty stupid next to the Lakers' Championship Banners.

Me personally, I am only fans of teams that I have connections to. That would be the Rams, Cardinals, Blues, and Mizzou. I must also admit that I am a partial fan to Oregon, because I dream of designing football uniforms and I have always had some kind of bond to them.

But for me, I hate when people support teams that they have absolutely no connection to. To me, being a fan of a team is great, and part of it is going with the ups and the downs. I feel like people (for example) who liked the Heat when LeBron joined are cheating. I feel like they aren't getting everything out of sports.

These threads seem to pop up once or twice every year. Now to the bolded quotes.

This is what we like to call irony. You hate (strong word, by the way) people who enjoy rooting for teams who they don't have connections to (by connections, I assume you mean local teams and/or teams who have/currently employing family members), yet you admit to have taking a liking to Oregon.

Now, would you hate someone who grew up without football in their city and chose to follow the team his father rooted for and happened to play 1,000 miles away?

Food for thought.

Probably unpopular, but I didn't mind the Giants in red as an alternate. It wasn't a true throwback but it brought back an old look for them.

Is that Thomas Landry as in the Cowboys Legendary Coach, Tom Landry?

Yes, as a New York Giant during his days as a player.

I know he was a Giant. I just thought how ironic it is that cmm posted a player card of an old Giant player who happens to be the most recognizable Dallas Cowboys figure.

Probably unpopular, but I didn't mind the Giants in red as an alternate. It wasn't a true throwback but it brought back an old look for them.

Is that Thomas Landry as in the Cowboys Legendary Coach, Tom Landry?

True, very true, but like I said, use the helmet from that era with the modern unis, and you'll have a beautiful uniform. I hate their new helmet.

I think the Seahawks' Green Jersey is one of the best looking jerseys ever.

The only way this uniform would have been better is if they used their white pants with it. Then, it would have been one of the best uniforms ever.

Also, I think this is the best the Bills have ever looked.

I will add that if the Bills used the helmet from the Oh-God-help-us-not-them-again-Bills era, with their current uniforms, then their current set would be the best in Bills history.

I've been hearing and reading reports that Toronto is going to lose the Raptors. And it looks like Sacramento is getting their act together. I left New Orleans because I can't think of a place they'll move to.

Seriously. Plus, moving Toronto but keeping the others allows for a division lay out that makes sense.

In light of the possibility of Seattle getting a new arena and with that, a new basketball team, this is my new NBA.

Same division lay out and such.

WEST

Pacific Division

LA Lakers

LA Clippers

Golden State

Phoenix

Sacramento

Northwest Division

Seattle (Toronto's team)

Utah

Denver

Minnesota

Portland

Southwest Division

Oklahoma City

Dallas

San Antonio

New Orleans

Houston

EAST

Central

Chicago

Detroit

Cleveland

Indiana

Milwaukee

Atlantic

Boston

Philadelphia

New York

Brooklyn

Washington

Southeast

Miami

Orlando

Charlotte

Atlanta

Memphis

What do you guys think?

Cowboys - My all-time favorite team, period. (Football is my favorite sport) My dad is a Cowboys fan so naturally I became a fan as well and I've been one for as long as I can remember.

Lakers - I'm from Los Angeles and plus if you like basketball growing up in LA, you like the Lakers, not the Clippers (unless you're purposely rebelling just because or your family roots for the Clips.)

Raiders - I'm from LA, and I root them because my mom loves the Raiders. I will root for them to win every game, except when they play the Cowboys.

Angels & Ducks - Truth be told, none of my family members really like either sport so I never grew up with it, but just through being a sports fan (and a kid once upon a time) I watched those disney movies about the Angels and Mighty Ducks and I became fans of them. Watched both their championship runs, have been to a couple of games but that's about as far as I watch them.

LA Galaxy - My two best friends growing up loved soccer, and through them, I grew to love the sport too. So since they're the LA MLS team, I root for them.

Newcastle United - This one is a bit strange. I became interested in the club through a movie I watched (and I can't remember the name), plus whenever I played the Manager Mode in FIFA, I always chose Newcastle. So now I watch them whenever I can.

This next part is an example of how the relegation and promotion system works:

AFC

East:

New England Patriots 12-4

New York Jets 10-6

Baltimore Ravens 8-8

North:

Cincinnati Bengals 9-7

Pittsburgh Steelers 13-3

Indianapolis Colts 11-5

South:

Houston Texans 11-5

Tennessee Titans 9-7

Miami Dolphins 8-8

West:

San Diego Chargers 10-6

Denver Broncos 8-8

Oakland Raiders 7-9

NFC

East:

Philadelphia Eagles 11-5

New York Giants 9-7

Carolina Panthers 6-10

South:

New Orleans Saints 12-4

Dallas Cowboys 12-4

Atlanta Falcons 11-5

North:

Minnesota Vikings 10-6

Green Bay Packers 9-7

Chicago Bears 5-11

West:

Arizona Cardinals 9-7

San Francisco 49ers 8-8

Seattle Seahawks 4-12

AFC PLAYOFF SEEDINGS (Four Divisional Winners guaranteed a spot, but seeding is based on purely record. Like normal, playoffs determine the Champion)

1. Steelers

2. Patriots

3. Colts

4. Texans

5. Chargers

6. Jets

NFC PLAYOFF SEEDINGS

1. Saints

2. Cowboys

3. Falcons

4. Eagles

5. Vikings

6. Cardinals

____________________________________

NFL TEAMS THAT ARE RELEGATED:

(Four teams from each Conference)

AFC RELEGATED TEAMS:

Raiders, Dolphins, Broncos, Ravens.

NFC RELEGATED TEAMS:

Seahawks, 49ers, Bears, Panthers.

_____________________________

League 2

East:

Buffalo Bills 10-6

Washington Redskins 13-3

Jacksonville Jaguars 11-5

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7-9

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 8-8

Toronto Argonauts 4-12

Montreal Alouettes 13-3

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Florida Tuskers 9-7

Hartford Colonials 2-14

UFL Virginia 0-16

West:

St. Louis Rams 11-5

Kansas City Chiefs 13-3

Detroit Lions 12-4

Cleveland Browns 8-8

Calgary Stampeders 9-7

BC Lions 7-9

Edmonton Eskimos 6-10

Saskatchewan Roughriders 8-8

Las Vegas Locomotives 9-7

Sacramento Mountain Lions 5-11

Omaha Nighthawks 3-13

(Top 6 teams in each conference advance to the playoffs.)

EAST PLAYOFF SEEDINGS (Again, based on regular-season standings):

1. Washington Redskins

2. Montreal Aloulettes

3. Jacksonville Jaguars

4. Buffalo Bills

5. Florida Tuskers

6. Hamilton Tiger-Cats

WEST PLAYOFF SEEDINGS

1. Kansas City Chiefs

2. Detroit Lions

3. St. Louis Rams

4. Calgary Stampeders

5. Las Vegas Locomotives

6. Cleveland Browns

PLAYOFFS (Normal NFL Format.

1st Round:

Jaguars 31, Tiger-Cats 27

Tuskers 24, Bills 21

Rams 34, Browns 13

Stampeders 35, Locomotives 32 OT

2nd Round: (all teams that made it to the 2nd round are promoted.)

Alouettes 41, Jaguars 23

Redskins 38, Tuskers 30

Rams 31, Lions 30

Chiefs 21, Stampeders 9

Conference Championships (Each Conference Champion is guaranteed Promotion as well as the runner-up):

Rams 23, Chiefs 20

Redskins 35, Alouettes 21

LEAGUE TWO TITLE GAME:

Redskins 37, Rams 6 <--- (Both guaranteed promotion)

LEAGUE TWO PROMOTED TEAMS:

Redskins, Stampeders, Rams, Alouettes, Jaguars, Rams, Lions, Chiefs, Tuskers.

New NFL Teams and where they are placed the following season.

Italics denote promoted teams.

AFC

East:

New England Patriots

New York Jets

Florida Tuskers

North:

Cincinnati Bengals

Pittsburgh Steelers

Indianapolis Colts

South:

Houston Texans

Tennessee Titans

Jacksonville Jaguars

West:

San Diego Chargers

Kansas City Chiefs

Calgary Stampeders

NFC

East:

Philadelphia Eagles

New York Giants

Washington Redskins

South:

New Orleans Saints

Dallas Cowboys

Atlanta Falcons

North:

Minnesota Vikings

Green Bay Packers

Detroit Lions

West:

Arizona Cardinals

St. Louis Rams

Montreal Alouettes

New League Two placement of teams:

East:

Miami Dolphins

Chicago Bears

Carolina Panthers

Baltimore Ravens

Buffalo Bills

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Toronto Argonauts

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Hartford Colonials

UFL Virginia

West:

Oakland Raiders

Denver Broncos

Seattle Seahawks

San Francisco 49ers

Cleveland Browns

BC Lions

Edmonton Eskimos

Saskatchewan Roughriders

Las Vegas Locomotives

Sacramento Mountain Lions

Omaha Nighthawks

I was watching an English Premier League Game, and the thought came to me... what if the NFL combined with the CFL (Canadian) and the UFL to make two leagues with consistent promotion and relegation between the two.

32 NFL teams + 8 CFL teams + 6 UFL Teams = 46 "New" NFL teams.

The 1st season would have the Main league "dubbed the NFL" have 24 teams

(Everything based off of 2009 standings for the NFL. CFL and UFL teams automatically put in the 2nd League)

AFC

East:

New England Patriots

New York Jets

Baltimore Ravens

North:

Cincinnati Bengals

Pittsburgh Steelers

Indianapolis Colts

South:

Houston Texans

Tennessee Titans

Miami Dolphins

West:

San Diego Chargers

Denver Broncos

Oakland Raiders

NFC

East:

Philadelphia Eagles

New York Giants

Carolina Panthers

South:

New Orleans Saints

Dallas Cowboys

Atlanta Falcons

North:

Minnesota Vikings

Green Bay Packers

Chicago Bears

West:

Arizona Cardinals

San Francisco 49ers

Seattle Seahawks

_____________________

2nd League will be split into two 11-team conferences

East:

Buffalo Bills

Washington Redskins

Jacksonville Jaguars

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Toronto Argonauts

Montreal Alouettes

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Florida Tuskers

Hartford Colonials

UFL Virginia

West:

St. Louis Rams

Kansas City Chiefs

Detroit Lions

Cleveland Browns

Calgary Stampeders

BC Lions

Edmonton Eskimos

Saskatchewan Roughriders

Las Vegas Locomotives

Sacramento Mountain Lions

Omaha Nighthawks