***Official 2012 NFL Thread***

[Hawk]

Eagles suck...cheer when a player suffers what looks like a life/career threatening injury.

also

[dthorne04]

[dthorne04]

BUT SERIOUSLY WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT? GOLDEN TATE PRETTY MUCH MOLESTED THAT DUDE THAT SHOULD'VE NEGATED THE CATCH TO BEGIN WITH JESUS CHRIST PAY THE REFS SDFJL:FKLSJFSDFJl

[fjuanl]

holy mother of god. so glad im not a packer fan

[Trashcona]

Wow. Fuck you refs!

[Hawk]

Wow. Thank you refs!

fyp

[Trashcona]

At least real refs should be back soon after this fiasco.
What a gong show.

[dthorne04]

[baudib]

Santa Claus had it coming. So did Irvin.

[a500lbgorilla]

The Seattle WR is in possession of the GB DB who is in possession of the ball.

That's a TD contract or no.

[Sasquach991]

Heard something yesterday like:

The first time a quarterback has ever won a game by throwing an interception on the last play of the game.

[Hawk]

[bikes]

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[bikes]

[a500lbgorilla]

Tom Brady, though.

[bikes]

HOLY FUCK CATCH THE GOD DAMN BALL GRONK

[bikes]

dear almighty tom brady and other football gods.

please deliver to the patriots a win, i've had a horrible enough week already.

[a500lbgorilla]

Buffalol

[bikes]

fuck you bitches

[bikes]

this needs to be shown once a year.

[dranger7070]

Lions drop two gimme games, kfficially in playoff mode vs anyone in the nfc. Beating the texans would fucking help also.

[dranger7070]

Also. DIE PETTIGREW. Someone please apply massive amounts of gorilla glue to this man's hands during pregame warmups please.

[bikes]

TOM BRADY

[Hawk]

RUSSELL WILSON!!

[surviva316]

RUSSELL WILSON!!

Lol, your eponymous team is making things weird whenever they play at home.

[Hawk]

RUSSELL WILSON!!

qft

[Hawk]

Being at home helps for sure, but I am confident we can get it done on the road too.

I'm so high on these guys right now. With a laughed at 3rd round pick rookie starting at qb, we've taken down Rodgers, Romo, Newton, and Brady. I can't wait to see how good we are once he has more experience.

[bigred]

Mods in favor of banning hawk fan for life, say aye

[dranger7070]

Lions tho..oh wait.

[Hawk]

RUSSE..... nevermind.

Our D was definitely not elite last night, but our offense cost us that game. So many dropped passes that were perfectly delivered.

I'm sad today, but that was the toughest game on our schedule this year and it was close.

[a500lbgorilla]

Mark Sanchez is terrible.

[a500lbgorilla]

Mark Sanchez is horrible.

[bode]

make up your mind!

[dranger7070]

I feel physically ill about this monday night game already.. -___-

[spidyberge]

LIONS HALF TIME REPORT

CHICAGO 10
LIONS 0

COMMON LIONS
YOU CAN DO THIS

[BennyLaRue]

COMMON LIONS

I know, right?!?! That's the problem!

[dranger7070]

Lmao. There goes my blood pressure.

[dranger7070]

Am surprised the lions have anything left to stand on after shooting themselves in the foot so many times.

[surviva316]

Am surprised the lions have anything left to stand on after shooting themselves in the foot so many times.

Lions doin their best South Carolina impersonation tonight.

[spidyberge]

Lions game is over and the crying starts.
With a 13 - 7 loss against Chicago.
When will this pain end.

[a500lbgorilla]

Some of the best comments from the r/soccer and r/NFL April Fools switch (xpost from r/soccer) : nfl

This is the funniest thing I've seen in a while.

[a500lbgorilla]

RG3 is a pretty good QB. Plenty of pretty throws after smooth roll-outs.

If only he wasn't playing against the Pittsburgh Steelers' defense. Forcing dropped balls like no one else.

[fjuanl]

robert meachem is an awful football player

[Hawk]

gg lions...

[lolzzz_321]

chiefs got qb problems and i don't like any qbs that will be in the draft this year

[dranger7070]

Fucking Lions start their 10-game winning streak today! Clinch division in Week 17 and ride momentum to first SB appearance! FUCK YEAH!!!

[dranger7070]

Sweep of GB incoming.

[dranger7070]

And your team.is awesome at bribing refs, lets call it a wash.

[bigred]

And your team.is awesome at bribing refs, lets call it a wash.

Watched the entire game not really caring which team won. Not sure what you're talking about.

[dranger7070]

Watched the entire game not really caring which team won. Not sure what you're talking about.

Clearly exagerrating.

Lions didnt have a 'ton' of cheap shots either. Although I recall at least three on stafford that never got called.

It went both ways, Texans are guilty of the same stuff the lions are, minus suhs oh-so-obviously-on-purpose groin kick. Stafford got hit/dove on after sliding by two guys and was smashed in the back of the head and no flag was thrown so I mean, its kinda ridiculous to say the lions were dirty while implying the texans played some squeaky clean game.

[Lukie]

oh and JJ Watt is a freaking animal (and yes I know he has been doing that all year)

[dranger7070]

I'm perfectly happy being the dirtiest/Raiduuhhhhh's team in the league. Its better than being the laughingstock of the league. I'd rather be hated with loads of talent than laughed at and blown out every week.

Maturity comes eith continued success, once winning becomes the norm.in detroit we'll see the lions settle down.

[a500lbgorilla]

I'm perfectly happy being the dirtiest/Raiduuhhhhh's team in the league. Its better than being the laughingstock of the league. I'd rather be hated with loads of talent than laughed at and blown out every week.

Maturity comes eith continued success, once winning becomes the norm.in detroit we'll see the lions settle down.

Hey, welcome to the team.

QB raping women? DE knocking fools into early dementia? WR beating up his wife? WS being a little bit racist when he rants about politics?

Forget that noise, look at all these wins!

[bigred]

LOLOLOLOL

[Pascal]

Odd question. Are the Bills good lads or are they full of rapists, wife beaters and racists? Genuinely have no idea

[dranger7070]

The who?

[Pascal]

The Official Website of the Buffalo Bills

[a500lbgorilla]

What the hell is a Bill?

[Pascal]

[a500lbgorilla]

All the bad people are either playing OLB for the Steelers, or DT for the Lions, or QB for the Steelers, or coaching the Patriots. Otherwise it's a league of standup gentlemen.

[bikes]

I thumb my nose at your insinuation that a bad man is coaching the New England Patriots.

[a500lbgorilla]

Bill Belichick is coaching the Patriots, if you didn't know.

[bikes]

Bill Belichick is coaching the Patriots, if you didn't know.

Bill Belichick is a God among men fair sir. A benevolent titan who is ahead of the curve. A man who's only fault lies in the last drives of Superbowls.

[a500lbgorilla]

Bill Belichick is a God among men fair sir. A benevolent titan who is ahead of the curve. A man who's only fault lies in the last drives of Superbowls.

My gentle Bikes, it is with deep convictions that I write you this post on such a chilled post-noon.

I was taken with your description of Bill Belichick as a Man of no peer for He may be no Man at all. I was struck with a sense of parallel and dug through my many correspondence to find a letter which I shall quote you hence.

"L Ron Hubbard exists as the Waylay of the Lords above. He perseveres through this, our human world, towards His Homespace in the Heavens above and all faults must be held in this Light."

The quote extends in some breadth in either direction but I am left to wonder if you have mistaken Bill Belicheck, a Man who has demonstrated no moral compass, with the Good L Ron Hubbard.

I have enclosed His likeness to banish any confusion that my correspondence may cause.

[Lukie]

How much parity really is there in the NFL? At the start of the season, most reasonable and unbiased fans would have picked the following teams to win their divisions:

Patriots
Texans
Broncos

Packers
Falcons
49ers

Then either Baltimore or Pittsburgh in the AFC North and G-men in the NFC East, but Philly or Dallas would have been reasonable as well IMO

Saints would have been a reasonable choice as well, until the bounty scandal and suspensions hit.

[Lukie]

By the way, here are my picks for division winners in the 2013-14 season

Ordered by 1. most likely to win division, 2. 2nd most likely to win division, not necessarily that I think they will specifically place 1 and 2

AFC East: Patriots, Dolphins
AFC North: Ravens, Steelers
AFC South: Texans, Colts
AFC West: Broncos, Chargers

NFC East: Giants, Redskins
NFC North: Packers, Bears
NFC South: Falcons, Saints
NFC West: 49ers, Seahawks

Of course, with the rest of the season AND off-season some of my picks may change, but my point (I think?) is this: parity is largely a myth. The NFL can sell hope with early draft picks, 0-0 records, and game of inches/variance and obviously sometimes teams come out of nowhere partly for that reason. But teams with great QBs, coaching staff, and front office, oh and a great QB gives a team a huge advantage... year in and year out.

On that note, teams who most likely won't win their division next year:

Bills, Browns, Jaguars, Chiefs, Eagles, Vikings, Cardinals

Basically, most of the teams that are bad every year

[dranger7070]

Chiefs probably wont, but exoect them to make a move for a franchise qb in the draft which would immensely improve their chances... Peyton Manning tho.

[Lukie]

random question

what % of NFL games are won by the team that is favored?

[a500lbgorilla]

random question

what % of NFL games are won by the team that is favored?

If anyone can answer this with any rigor, they'd clearly be making a mint off of sports betting.

My database is empty, but I'm going to say 51% or better.

[Lukie]

seems like relatively simple stat keeping to see how many past favored teams have a) covered the spread or b) simply won the game. I'm asking about B. I'm not sure how either would lead to making a mint off sports betting. What am I missing here? Your humor?

[a500lbgorilla]

seems like relatively simple stat keeping to see how many past favored teams have a) covered the spread or b) simply won the game. I'm asking about B. I'm not sure how either would lead to making a mint off sports betting. What am I missing here? Your humor?

We're both missing the database.

[Lukie]

ha, this is true

[Hawk]

Soooo....that was a fun game today.

[dranger7070]

Ladies and gentlemen, your Detroit Lions!

At least Megatron will break Jerry's record pretty handily barring an injury.

[bikes]

LEE. WE COMING FOR YOU.