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34 minutes ago, FiddySicks said:

I think @RichardWitham has an authentic SF Redwoods jersey

Not too bad a look!

8 minutes ago, BBTV said:

 

That's usually the case.  Are you new here?

What gave away the “fraudiness” all the way back in week one?

5 minutes ago, BBTV said:

Going for 2 was absolutely the right call. They had momentum, they’re on the road. Dallas was reeling and tired, and he didn’t want them to potentially start OT with the ball.  I would imagine analytics show that going for 2 is the right play. Even if they don’t, it is. 
 

But after the penalty, maybe reassess. I still admire him, but it’s certainly questionable. 

Well, that does make sense. I just tend towards hyper-cautious attitudes in situations like this, even though it's probably the wrong call (see any number of overtime losses by the team that came back to win a game).

4 minutes ago, BBTV said:

Oh my gods this game. Detroit loses because a guy doesn’t report as eligible? 

That feels way more Vikings than Lions in terms of bizarre ways to lose a game.

Why not go for the XP and try your luck in overtime?

23 minutes ago, the admiral said:

URLOCKER

Oh god, how could I forget?!?

Urlacher jerseys attract the most pudding-brained people in the fandom.
 

For the Niners, I don’t know what jersey the morons pick up - the 2010’s black one, maybe?  

4 hours ago, the admiral said:

 

…an orange Bears jersey seems to pop up at tailgates on the dumbest people you'll ever meet.

Which players though? I’d think a Cutler or Grossman jersey in orange would produce extra numbskullery.

5 hours ago, the admiral said:

And hanging every shortcoming of Fields on bad coaching, bad protection, bad receivers, and good opposing defenses means that they, albeit in a different way, are also just basing their entire assessment on vibes. 

Putting any faith in Justin Fields on the field is like putting faith in a YouTube person to make a good apology video. It just won’t happen and time will make it look worse.

”All aboard!!! The Justin Fields train, riding down the tracks to the disappointment station…”

NY Jets vs. Cleveland

Detroit vs. Dallas

Tennessee vs. Houston

Atlanta vs. Chicago

Miami vs. Baltimore

New Orleans vs. Tampa Bay

New England vs. Buffalo

Arizona vs. Philadelphia

Carolina vs. Jacksonville

Las Vegas vs. Indianapolis

LA Rams vs. NY Giants

San Francisco vs. Washington

Pittsburgh vs. Seattle

Cincinnati vs. Kansas City

LA Chargers vs. Denver

Green Bay vs. Minnesota

I mean, I’m all for being cautious with Purdy. He’s good, but I wouldn’t call him MVP good. If you put him on another team, you’re looking at a sixth-seed team. The AFC North in particular is a weak spot for him this year.

My point about the AFC is more than I don’t think the NFC contenders can really hold up against what the AFC North (sans Steelers) and the AFCW/S/E winners have to offer.

7 minutes ago, BBTV said:

 

I think I'm on Team Baker now, as long as they bring back those commercials where he lives in the stadium.

Well, the RayJay seems like a decent living space. You’ve got a big pirate ship with which to mess around! The closest I’ll get is finally building the Lego pirate ship in my “I have no display space” backlog.

Indeed, this is the AFC’s Super Bowl to lose.

The Niners, when facing a well-coached defense, look like the raffle car from Father Ted. Either one.

Micromanaged to death or crushed between two trucks after a drunken priest took it for a joyride.

2 hours ago, Sykotyk said:

I'm still disheartened to see that Sacramento, now, will probably never be in MLS. 

Ask @FiddySicks why it’s probably for the best why that won’t happen.

36 minutes ago, Lights Out said:

 

I think the sport absolutely needs a salary floor so we don't have a bunch of "start-and-park" teams like the Marlins every year. But the big-market spending is becoming so out of control that unless there's also a hard salary cap, I don't see how it doesn't eventually end in disaster for the sport.

Get prepared for another big work stoppage once the next CBA negotiations start.

New Orleans vs. LA Rams

Cincinnati vs. Pittsburgh

Buffalo vs. LA Chargers

Washington vs. NY Jets

Detroit vs. Minnesota

Cleveland vs. Houston

Green Bay vs. Carolina

Seattle vs. Tennessee

Indianapolis vs. Atlanta

Jacksonville vs. Tampa

Dallas vs. Miami

Arizona vs. Chicago

New England vs. Denver

Las Vegas vs. Kansas City

NY Giants vs. Philadelphia

Baltimore vs. San Francisco

20 hours ago, Cujo said:

 

Wait until the redesign takes away the wrong lessons from the set.

6 hours ago, Cujo said:

 

Did you not see him in Atlanta last year? Or with the Titans at all? 

 

NO.

What was his potential before the Snatit ruined him?

1 hour ago, ruttep said:

The last couple of seasons, the AFC has been a three-team conference between the Chiefs, Bills, and Bengals. It's weird to see all of them struggling for different reasons.

You forgot the Ravens, who have never been 100% out of AFC contention since Jackson arrived.

LA Chargers vs. Las Vegas

Minnesota vs. Cincinnati

Pittsburgh vs. Indianapolis

Denver vs. Detroit

NY Giants vs. New Orleans

Chicago vs. Cleveland

Atlanta vs. Carolina

Tampa Bay vs. Green Bay

NY Jets vs. Miami

Kansas City vs. New England

Houston vs. Tennessee

San Francisco vs. Arizona

Washington vs. LA Rams

Dallas vs. Buffalo

Baltimore vs. Jacksonville

Philadelphia vs. Seattle

4 hours ago, DG_ThenNowForever said:

Dray out for the rest of the season seems the best punishment for him. The Warriors can't and won't control him; the NBA needs to.

At this rate, I’m expecting a big public freak out that ends with a TMZ headline and several thousand dollars in property damage. Think Barret Robbins or Alonzo Spellman-level bad.

You can't really replace the best three-point shooter ever (Steph), but you can replace the diminishing returns of the supporting cast around him.

Klay's decline is definitely troubling, especially after the contract talks stalled out earlier this year. While I don't think he'd leave the Warriors, leaving him behind to rebuild a younger core sure sounds appealing.

6 minutes ago, FiddySicks said:

I love Draymond. Dude was the glue for four championship squads. Even I think this is getting tiresome. The league should suspend him for half of the season at this point  

It's just depressing to see how trashy he's become the past two seasons. Like, how hard is it not to be slapping and punching players? I get that he might be "in the right" or "protecting the other players," but this trash is excessive. No suspension is going to fix those deep-seeded issues.

It's probably time for the Warriors to rebuild, given the state of the team right now. Ah well, getting four titles out of a championship window means I can't complain about the team for at least 15-20 years.

8 minutes ago, Cujo said:

 

But that's not the "Giants Way".

 

Since when has SF needed big name bats to win? They won 3 titles just picking dudes like Juan Uribe and Pat Burrell off the streets,

Well, last time the Giants went for big names (albeit in pitching), we had the whole Bobby Evans era where every signing and trade turned putrid almost immediately. Remember trying to give money to Cueto, Samardzija, and Melancon?

5 minutes ago, FiddySicks said:

 

Speaking of that, @Sport instituted a ten year moratorium on complaining about your team after winning a title (good rule). Giants are in year nine, and boy do I have some bitching to do. Can’t wait. 

 

If it's a rapid succession of titles like the Giants had, that moratorium is a little more in flux. But yeah, a decade moratorium works.

1 minute ago, Cujo said:

 

He gonna selfishly hold onto Trout until it's too late and they can get nothing in return for him, like they did with Ohtani?

Mike Trout is already on the back end of his career and very injury-prone. You would never get that much for him now and his legacy is now that the Angels utterly wasted his talent and he was never competitive or brash enough to escape that situation. Complacency means he's an all-time great who only has MVP trophies to show for it.

Just now, ruttep said:

 

 

Still think a salary floor is more important than a salary cap: Something that'll force all teams to at least field a competitive roster.

With this crop of owners? A salary floor will probably never happen, even though it's far more important an issue than growing player salaries.

So yeah, I can sense the "small-market" owners whining about wanting a hard cap at the next CBA negotiation, leading to another work stoppage.