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Chancetragedy wrote: Best of luck byte and piston. May the best fantasy picker win!!! I'm already partying for the commercial bowl. As I won't be watching the actual game out of bitterness, frustration, and frankly just plain old pettiness.
Look forward to doing a fantasy league and pick em with you guys next year. Can't wait for the combine and draft. It'll be good to have something football related again.
And ALLDAY2K THE MVP!!! DID MANNING DO MANNING FACE WHEN HE LOST? I HOPE SO!!!
Chance... @ 0:12 to 0:16....
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Byte wrote: Sapp picked to HoF over Strahan? Thoughts?
I'm more upset that it was Sapp over Haley... Strahan and Sapp didn't really have the careers to warrant a first year and in ballot. Sure Strahan has much better numbers that Sapp (including the single season record), but I think that overall he shoulda gotten in AFTER Charles Haley... Given that after winning a SB with the 9ers and getting seriously injured, they said he was done. He only worked his ass off and won another one with the Cowgirls.
Do you realize the pressure he is under as a College football player.
If his team were 6-6, or 8-4 it would not have been an issue, but at 22yrs of age, and being seen as the leader of a 12-0 reg season team is a ton of pressure.
The stress probably got to him, and he was duped. He is young and has most of his life ahead of him.
Stress? Americans younger than that put their lives on the line everyday overseas in combat zones for months at a time. That's stress.
Than again he does primarily play a game and had a free ride through school. Maybe he was stressed enough to pillow talk with a man on the phone for 2 years... Or he's a village idiot.
You clearly have not played College football and tried to study, while practicing and trying to lead a defense.
It is okay, that life is not for all of us.
True, I've spent my youth deployed in warzones and working on the flight deck of aircraft carriers. I literally have 6 years deployed over my 23 years of service. Never had to pillow talk with a stranger on a phone because I was that stressed. I see American patriots everyday doing their best for their family and country and come up short. Making this personal? Come on man really? He plays a game... he's a student... keep things relative.
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Chancetragedy wrote: Best of luck byte and piston. May the best fantasy picker win!!! I'm already partying for the commercial bowl. As I won't be watching the actual game out of bitterness, frustration, and frankly just plain old pettiness.
Look forward to doing a fantasy league and pick em with you guys next year. Can't wait for the combine and draft. It'll be good to have something football related again.
And ALLDAY2K THE MVP!!! DID MANNING DO MANNING FACE WHEN HE LOST? I HOPE SO!!!
Chance... @ 0:12 to 0:16....
Haha love it! To be fair though i think manning just plain didn't deserve the MVP and AD2k is one of my favorites in the league so i sure am biased. And I am glad manning was as good as he was in his comeback because you never want to see people seriously hurt. But Peterson has just been a beast this year.
Chancetragedy wrote: Best of luck byte and piston. May the best fantasy picker win!!! I'm already partying for the commercial bowl. As I won't be watching the actual game out of bitterness, frustration, and frankly just plain old pettiness.
Look forward to doing a fantasy league and pick em with you guys next year. Can't wait for the combine and draft. It'll be good to have something football related again.
And ALLDAY2K THE MVP!!! DID MANNING DO MANNING FACE WHEN HE LOST? I HOPE SO!!!
Byte wrote: Sapp picked to HoF over Strahan? Thoughts?
I'm more upset that it was Sapp over Haley... Strahan and Sapp didn't really have the careers to warrant a first year and in ballot. Sure Strahan has much better numbers that Sapp (including the single season record), but I think that overall he shoulda gotten in AFTER Charles Haley... Given that after winning a SB with the 9ers and getting seriously injured, they said he was done. He only worked his ass off and won another one with the Cowgirls.
It wasn't Strahan's first year...
That doesnt change that he should have been in behind Haley, but ahead of Sapp.
Byte wrote: Sapp picked to HoF over Strahan? Thoughts?
I'm more upset that it was Sapp over Haley... Strahan and Sapp didn't really have the careers to warrant a first year and in ballot. Sure Strahan has much better numbers that Sapp (including the single season record), but I think that overall he shoulda gotten in AFTER Charles Haley... Given that after winning a SB with the 9ers and getting seriously injured, they said he was done. He only worked his ass off and won another one with the Cowgirls.
It wasn't Strahan's first year...
That doesn't change that he should have been in behind Haley, but ahead of Sapp.
The actual voters thought otherwise. No reason for you and I to try to make sense of it.
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"Sometimes the only victory possible is to keep your opponent from winning." - The Emperor, from The Outcast Dead.
"Tell your gods we are coming for them, and that their realms will burn as ours did." -Thostos Bladestorm
Alfndrate wrote: Ahahahahahaha! Art Model was not selected to the Hall of Fame! Suck it you team stealing old fogie!
Art Modell died in September.
Do people in Ohio seriously call him a team stealer? Its not like he left like a thief in the night, ala Baltimore Colts. From what I understand, Ohio wouldn't build a new stadium, since he was losing money hand over fist, so he went elsewhere.
Oh I know when Art died, and yes he stole the team. The city asked of he wanted to move downtown next to the.baseball field and basketball arena, he said no because at Municipal Stadium he had the yearly lease for a dollar and was making hand over fist because the Cleveland Indians played there, he actively BLOCKED the creation of an expansion team in Baltimore which allowed for the creation of the Jacksonville Jaguars, and when it became known that he was going to move the team, many different people and businesses in Cleveland offered to buy the team from him but he woudnt sell the team. When the owners met to approve the the transfer, bus loads of Browns fans went to Atlanta to stop the transfer and at least beg and plead for Tue name, colors, records, and history of the team would stay in Cleveland.
So yes, he stole the team from Cleveland just like that no holding call in the 4th quarter stole the super bowl from the 49ers.
Edit: I'm sure no one south of Akron, Ohio gives a flying feth as to whether or not Art stole the team, it's Browns fans that care, and most of us are up here in the Cleveland area .
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gorgon wrote: I think the Ravens lack quick-strike potential, especially in the playoffs when everyone really bears down on defense. It's hard to have to put 10 or 12 play drives together every time. Some of that is on Flacco. Some of that is on a very vanilla offense. Some is on his receivers. They seem to have some fast guys now...but are they good *receivers*? I'm not sure.
Suggs being out hurts. Reed and Lewis aren't they players they were (especially Lewis), but they're still probably two of the team's top four players on defense. I guess I have a hard time seeing them as an ascending team. Last year was their year to break through, IMO.
Man, what are the odds rayray comes back in insane time from a season ender only to go out a Super Bowl champ.... Grats to reed, and leech, and Lewis. Ravens earned it.
And gratz to byte!!!
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Byte wrote: True, I've spent my youth deployed in warzones and working on the flight deck of aircraft carriers. I literally have 6 years deployed over my 23 years of service. Never had to pillow talk with a stranger on a phone because I was that stressed. I see American patriots everyday doing their best for their family and country and come up short. Making this personal? Come on man really? He plays a game... he's a student... keep things relative.
So then you do not know what it is like.
people handle things differently.
Plus the guy that started it said that teo had nothing to do with it.
In NFL Action the 9res can suck an egg, I hate them so much right now.
All they had to do was pick up a 2nd and 2, and then a 3rd and 2 to get a first down and score a TD just before halftime. But no they suck and had to kick the field goal, missed out on $600 because of that.
but grats to the ravens and a hard fought cinderella story season for Ray Lewis.
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Ouch, $600 . Yeah, I was surprised the 49ers didn't go for it more early to get TDs instead of field goals (and even mid-game). Ravens certainly went all-in, that fake field goal call on 4th and 9 was gutsy and the players backed it up by forcing a 3-and-out then scoring a TD before half.
Definitely a tale of 2 games: 28-6 Ravens before blackout, 6-25 after . Almost gave me a heart attack but they had just enough left to stop Kaepernick and company and get the win! 49ers will certainly be back, they looked downright scary after the blackout.
Great game, no doubt. I'm a huge 49ers fan so I'm not too happy, but good job to the Ravens. I just hope we the people don't have to deal with Ray Lewis thanking God every minute of every day anymore. That got downright tiring; you'd half expect him to float up into heaven after the Super Bowl win.
As for the 49ers... they should have played in the first half if they wanted to win. People will whine about the hold on Crabtree, but I don't think it was worthy of a flag. Other calls were missed in my opinion (Ed Reed was clearly offsides during that 2 pt. conversion play which could have tied the game). That last red zone push by the 49ers was just plain sad. Seemed like they were just crossing their fingers on every play.
Better than bombing for the first 16 then dominating at the end.
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That is Kruger replaced but the Raven's Defence is still down 5 starters including 3/4 of their secondary
Miami has been spending like players are going out of fashion with Ellerbe and Mike Wallace being their best two additions, now if only they had a QB
And the Jets circus has kept running by signing Garrard and having Geno Smith for a private workout
Meanwhile I am contempt with the Bears signings.
Martellus Bennett is a huge upgrade at TE as is pro-bowl LT Jerome Bushrod.
The Urlacher business isn't pretty but the Bears stuck by their price and have signed a veteran saftey and two more LBs on the minimum to help keep this D on top
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No reason for you and I to try to make sense of it.
. What a crazy game, second of ours this postseason! (first being Denver)
. Yeah, I was surprised the 49ers didn't go for it more early to get TDs instead of field goals (and even mid-game). Ravens certainly went all-in, that fake field goal call on 4th and 9 was gutsy 
