2012 NFL Season Thread

[pmoehrin]

Here comes trouble

Just saw this on twitter from Roger Vacchiano Eagles RB LeSean McCoy told @SportsRadioWIP a replacement ref told him during a game: "I need you for my fantasy" football team. #NFL

Yeah pretty sure refs aren't allowed to play fantasy football. And by pretty sure I mean all but certain.

[cameroncrazie07]

Here comes trouble

Just saw this on twitter from Roger Vacchiano Eagles RB LeSean McCoy told @SportsRadioWIP a replacement ref told him during a game: "I need you for my fantasy" football team. #NFL

Was just going to post about that. Not good for the NFL, hopefully this will finally be the tipping point on getting the real refs back.

Here's the link anyways

[Funky Bunky]

Here comes trouble

Just saw this on twitter from Roger Vacchiano Eagles RB LeSean McCoy told @SportsRadioWIP a replacement ref told him during a game: "I need you for my fantasy" football team. #NFL

Are we sure the Ref wasn't just kidding?

[pmoehrin]

Here comes trouble

Just saw this on twitter from Roger Vacchiano Eagles RB LeSean McCoy told @SportsRadioWIP a replacement ref told him during a game: "I need you for my fantasy" football team. #NFL

Are we sure the Ref wasn't just kidding?

Then he winds up coming off as some fanboy who's completely over his head, which is almost just as bad. You can't make those kinds of jokes if your an NFL official during a game. Your there to do a job, not crack jokes or have fun.

[IceCap]

Here comes trouble

Just saw this on twitter from Roger Vacchiano Eagles RB LeSean McCoy told @SportsRadioWIP a replacement ref told him during a game: "I need you for my fantasy" football team. #NFL

Are we sure the Ref wasn't just kidding?

Maybe he was, maybe he wasn't. After having to pull an official from the Saints/Panthers game to a conflict of interest, however, this just looks bad.

[OnWis97]

By now this is old news...but I wanna know if I just missed something.

Vikings/Colts

First Half, Colts gain two yards and get flagged, after the play, for a personal foul: "Replay first down." (1st and 23)

Second half, Vikes gain two yards and get flagged, after the play, for a personal foul: "Second down" (Second and 23).

I am not doing this to whine as a vikes fan...they picked up about 20 yards on the next play and converted on 3rd and 2, so it did not negatively impact them (plus the first half personal foul on the Colts was BS). I just figured I'd hear all about it from Vikes fans, but I did not, nor on local sports radio. So my point is that I think the refs absolutely screwed one of those up (the first half...dead ball should have still been second down), but maybe I am missing something.

In any case, it was the first NFL I watched this season and I am officially piling on the NFL official-bashing bandwagon.

Here comes trouble

Just saw this on twitter from Roger Vacchiano Eagles RB LeSean McCoy told @SportsRadioWIP a replacement ref told him during a game: "I need you for my fantasy" football team. #NFL

Are we sure the Ref wasn't just kidding?

Maybe he was, maybe he wasn't. After having to pull an official from the Saints/Panthers game to a conflict of interest, however, this just looks bad.

Yeah, if it was a joke then these guys should get a PR crash course.

should get a PR crash course.

[NJTank]

I dont care if it was a joke or not this does not look good, as we speak Ed Hochuli is benching a Smartcar and laughing his ass off.

[NJTank]

Steve Sabol has died

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000063643/article/steve-sabol-founder-of-nfl-films-dies

[NEW.ERA]

Farewell to a legend. You'll be right next to your Dad in Canton.

Rest in Peace, Steve.

[ninersdd]

Wow, RIP Steve.

On another note how Michael Turner's DUI was mentioned, he might be one of the worst RBs in the league at the moment. About 7 of his last 8 games have been mediocre to bad stat lines lines for him. His only great performance was that last week of the year against the Bucs, who weren't even trying for the last month.

[pmoehrin]

Steve Sabol has died

http://www.nfl.com/n...-nfl-films-dies

To me the Sabol name is almost as synonymous with football as that of Butkus, Elway, Marino, Montana, Rice or anybody else you want to throw in there. It could be argued no other non player did more for the NFL then Steve Sabol.

Shame he had to suffer this long. Never heard a single negative thing about him and seemed like someone who would have a great sense of humor off camera as well.

As far as Michael Turner goes, he may not be the starter in Atlanta for much longer. Really hard to justify someone being a first or second string back when they are zero threat in the passing game as Turner is. I wouldn't be shocked in the slightest if Atlanta uses his DUI as an excuse to give Jacquizz Rodgers the starting job, or turn Turner into strictly a short yardage back.

[NJTank]

Steve Sabol has died

http://www.nfl.com/n...-nfl-films-dies

To me the Sabol name is almost as synonymous with football as that of Butkus, Elway, Marino, Montana, Rice or anybody else you want to throw in there. It could be argued no other non player did more for the NFL then Steve Sabol.

Shame he had to suffer this long. Never heard a single negative thing about him and seemed like someone who would have a great sense of humor off camera as well.

Steve Sabol and his dad both made the game what it is today, no highight film can top NFL Films. From the slow motion view of a spiral with the dramatic music and the naration of John Facenda they make a game that happened before you were born just as real as if you saw it live.

[The_Admiral]

NFL Films made football seem like something other than a tedious cavalcade of stop-starts and grab-ass between commercials for cars and beer. Football is #1 in large part because of his work, for better or worse.

[NEW.ERA]

Without the Sabol's creating NFL Films, it'd be scary to see where this league would be now.

It transformed Pro Football of yesteryear into cinematic masterpieces, it gave the younger generations a source of seeing how the game was played in the day, the innovations to way we watch the game today, the blooper reals wouldn't be the same, the music, the voices. It made football much more than just a game.

[TFoA]

NFL Films made football seem like something other than a tedious cavalcade of stop-starts and grab-ass between commercials for cars and beer. Football is #1 in large part because of his work, for better or worse.

Agreed 100% with this. As much as I dislike the rampant commercialism that has taken over the NFL (it's taken over pretty much ever sport, but none moreso than when it comes to Protecting the Shield...), NFL Films was the main thing that turned football from just being something to watch on Sundays in the Fall to America's modern pastime.

Plus, feels like a bit of my childhood died since I basically grew up watching NFL Films. Watching the NFL Yearbooks on ESPN during the preseason was basically appointment viewing for me as a kid. Might sound corny, but NFL Films is the main reason why I got into football, so it's really sad. Knew he was sick, but it's still sad to see the man go. What a legend.

[IceCap]

NFL Films made football seem like something other than a tedious cavalcade of stop-starts and grab-ass between commercials for cars and beer. Football is #1 in large part because of his work, for better or worse.

Agreed 100% with this. As much as I dislike the rampant commercialism that has taken over the NFL (it's taken over pretty much ever sport, but none moreso than when it comes to Protecting the Shield...), NFL Films was the main thing that turned football from just being something to watch on Sundays in the Fall to America's modern pastime.

Plus, feels like a bit of my childhood died since I basically grew up watching NFL Films. Watching the NFL Yearbooks on ESPN during the preseason was basically appointment viewing for me as a kid. Might sound corny, but NFL Films is the main reason why I got into football, so it's really sad. Knew he was sick, but it's still sad to see the man go. What a legend.

All of this. Back in 1997 I got up early on Super Bowl Sunday and started flipping through the channels looking for something to watch until everyone else woke up. I discovered that program they run on the day of the Super Bowl, where they show the NFL Films highlight episodes of each Super Bowl up until the current one. It's become a tradition of mine since then, and NFL Films in general just made the game feel epic. I know "epic" gets thrown around a lot, but I think it fits here.

[ADW77]

I will leave this here just to show my disdain for the replacement officials.

@MikePereira

“@SamSchleisman: if you come out of the bottom of the pile with the football with no clear initial recovery shouldn't it be your ball?”>yes

Also, please, just because I'm a Broncos fan, don't insinuate that I'm implying that the refs are the reason the Broncos lost the game. While the refs had a horrible effect on the game, Manning threw three picks and Moreno STILL put the ball on the ground, no matter who recovered it.

I'm just one in many voicing my displeasure of the replacement officials in general, not just in Broncos games.

[TFoA]

I will leave this here just to show my disdain for the replacement officials.

@MikePereira

?@SamSchleisman: if you come out of the bottom of the pile with the football with no clear initial recovery shouldn't it be your ball??>yes

Also' date=' please, just because I'm a Broncos fan, don't insinuate that I'm implying that the refs are the reason the Broncos lost the game. While the refs had a horrible effect on the game, Manning threw three picks and Moreno STILL put the ball on the ground, no matter who recovered it.

I'm just one in many voicing my displeasure of the replacement officials in general, not just in Broncos games.

[/quote']

I'm pretty sure that the hate is nearly universal among all NFL fans. The officials basically ruined the game for me last night, and my team won. I guess you really don't know what you've got until it's gone, or locked out.

[BlueSky]

So Michael Turner got busted for DUI following Monday Night's win.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000063590/article/michael-turner-atlanta-falcons-rb-arrested-on-dui-charge?module=HP11_headline_stack

Driving 97 in a 65...drunk. Great judgement, especially since metro Atlanta has seen an unusual number of horrific DUI accidents in the last month or so. Wrong-way on the interstate headons and such.

[The_Admiral]

hyeah, he's a :censored:in' All-Star, hyeah, trade him to :censored:in' Ottawa or something, hyeah.