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I'm stupidly superstitious. And after that post my team scored like 60 points so it did its job. It's down to brass tacks last ditch efforts. Anything to win this time of year.
The combination of Seattle winning, Tampa Bay losing and the Giants losing has given Seattle at least a 6th seed lock in the NFC playoffs. Currently, the Hawks own the tiebreaker with Minnesota for who gets the 5th seed, but it remains to be seen how it pans out in the end.
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After a slow start to the season, the Seahawks have surged back into the postseason. With Sunday's win over the Browns and the Giants' loss to the Panthers, Seattle clinched its fourth consecutive postseason berth.
Right?
Anyway, the Seahawks look to be the Dreaded Team That No One Wants to Face In The First Round (or later!) right now, just like the Steelers in the AFC!
After a slow start to the season, the Seahawks have surged back into the postseason. With Sunday's win over the Browns and the Giants' loss to the Panthers, Seattle clinched its fourth consecutive postseason berth.
Right?
Anyway, the Seahawks look to be the Dreaded Team That No One Wants to Face In The First Round (or later!) right now, just like the Steelers in the AFC!
That's pretty amazing given all the big names on the injury list.
I was #1 seed in one FFL, and #2 seed in the other.
And I'm about to lose both opening playoff games - and they won't even be close!
Argh, yeah I'm wondering about going to a 2-week average for ours... the top seed got knocked out by someone who barely snuck into the playoffs (got in because 3 others lost the final week)! But I guess that's realistic for the actual playoffs...
As a Ravens fan, this season is lost, but I'm consoling myself by rooting for the (still local) Redskins on the other side of the league... and yes, I Like That
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Alpharius wrote: No one really cares about the NFC East, I guess?
I care about the NFC East.
The division may be a burning dumpster fire, but the Redskins are on the top of the trash heap so I'm happy. Having initially doubted Kirk Cousins, I'm thrilled to see him transform into a legitimate NFL quarterback. His stats over the last month (and all season, really) are just incredible.
d-usa wrote: "When the Internet sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're not sending you. They're sending posters that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing strawmen. They're bringing spam. They're trolls. And some, I assume, are good people."
Alpharius wrote: No one really cares about the NFC East, I guess?
I care about the NFC East.
The division may be a burning dumpster fire, but the Redskins are on the top of the trash heap so I'm happy. Having initially doubted Kirk Cousins, I'm thrilled to see him transform into a legitimate NFL quarterback. His stats over the last month (and all season, really) are just incredible.
Just one in a long line of copyrights. Lakers' former head coach, Pat Riley, trademarked "Three-peat". As soon as some phrase becomes popular, someone tries to make a money grab by cornering the market on T-Shirt sales.
Well now... I may actually finish NOT last place in FFL...
NFL wise, I am hoping Philly can win out to finish the season. Sats game with Wash could set the stage. Besides the Eagles finish against 'Lil Eli' who has had problems with Philly once winter starts.
Of all the races of the universe the Squats have the longest memories and the shortest tempers. They are uncouth, unpredictably violent, and frequently drunk. Overall, I'm glad they're on our side!
Office of Naval Intelligence Research discovers 3 out of 4 sailors make up 75% of U.S. Navy.
"Madness is like gravity... All you need is a little push."
Was a doomed season from the start for the Ravens, but with a season sweep of the Steelers after todays upset, I'm a happy fan.
The battered Ravens took it to them.
"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
Article that accompanies the program on Al Jazeeras site:
Inside a hotel room in Austin, Texas, a pharmacist advises a professional athlete on taking performance-enhancing drugs.
“One anabolic, and I can give you something to use right now, is this Delta 2 stuff. It’s a steroid. There’s a bunch of football players who take this,” he tells Liam Collins, a British hurdler reporting undercover.
In another conversation, a Vancouver pharmacist poses a question to the same athlete.
“Have I doped people? Oh yeah. And no one’s got caught because the system is so easy to beat. That’s the sad fact.”
Later, a Naturopath doctor explains how he would destroy medical records if investigators came looking for them.
“I can just document everything not in this chart but on my own chart. And if somebody ever comes sniffing for it, it’s very easy to just delete and say no, this is the real chart. If say, WADA [World Anti-Doping Agency] comes sniffing around.”
Normally these conversations take place behind closed doors, but a new investigation by Al Jazeera is bringing them to light. Liam Collins, working on behalf of Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit, spent six months undercover investigating the murky world of performance-enhancing drugs — what athletes refer to as “the dark side.”
“For me, it was an opportunity to be the guy, to go undercover, and make a change,” said Collins. At 37, he competes as a hurdler at an international level. For the investigation he claimed that he was making one last push for the Rio Olympics and was willing to do “whatever it takes” to get there.
The investigation has exposed the crucial role of pharmacists and doctors in creating and prescribing programs of performance-enhancing drugs designed to cheat the testing system. It also raises questions about some well-known athletes in American football and baseball who the medical professionals claim to work with.
The athletes and medical professionals who responded to requests for comment denied any wrongdoing. This includes Peyton Manning, a football player for the Denver Broncos, whose wife, one pharmacist alleged, was supplied with human growth hormone.
That pharmacist, Charlie Sly, has disavowed his statements to Collins that were caught on hidden camera. In a follow-up email, he said that when he spoke with Collins “was in no state of mind to be making any coherent statements as I was grieving the death of my fiancé.”
Manning in an interview Sunday on ESPN emphatically denied that he has ever used performance-enhancing drugs. He also said he is “sick” that his wife, Ashley, “is being brought into this."
Regarding his treatment in 2011 for a severe neck injury, the Denver Broncos player said, “I busted my butt to get healthy.
“Time and hard work was my best medicine,” Manning said. “It stings me [that] whoever this guy is says that I cut corners, I broke rules to get healthy.”
Manning said he used a hyperbaric chamber, received 35 days of treatment to enhance blood flow in his muscles, and had nutrient therapies. “All under coach authorization,” he said. “Anything else this guy is insinuating is complete garbage.”
In a statement, the Broncos said, “Knowing Peyton Manning and everything he stands for, the Denver Broncos support him 100 percent. These are false claims made to Al Jazeera, and we don’t believe the report.”
Dr. Dale Guyer, the head of the Guyer Institute in Indiana, where Manning received treatments, also denied the allegations in a statement to sports website Bleacher Report on Sunday.
Sly also named baseball players Ryan Zimmerman of the Washington Nationals and Ryan Howard of the Philadelphia Phillies, raising questions about whether they use the hormone supplement Delta-2. Both have denied the allegations.
In a statement to the Philadelphia Inquirer on Sunday, Zimmerman and Howard's lawyer William Burck said, "The extraordinarily reckless claims made against our clients in this report are completely false and rely on a source who has already recanted his claims." The Nationals also issued a statement in support of Zimmerman.
Correction: An earlier version of this article reported on an allegation about possible links between Ryan Zimmerman and Ryan Howard and human growth hormone. The substance alleged was Delta-2, not HGH.
Seems like shoddy reporting, but I am so jaded with pro athletes getting busted that I wouldn't be suprised if its true. Particularly aging athletes trying to squeeze out a few more years.
Otherwise, Al Jazeera America which is already struggling after never catching on in the US market, will have a lot of rich athletes looking to get richer off their potential slander.
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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
One thing to mention on the Peyton manning thing. Is that at that time there was no HGH testing. So even if he used it there is going to be no proof that he "failed" a test. But I can't wait for the "my wife was taking HGH" defense.
Sad day in the Pittsburgh area.... Steelers chocked hard. Hopefully the Steelers will pick up a CB that can cover a receiver in the off season. Steelers secondary is horrible
Pretty much how I imagine the meeting between Chip Kelly and Eagles Head Office:
Chip Kelly fired.
"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
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