* * * * The National Football League - 2011 * * * *

The Juggler

The Fixer wrote:

The Juggler wrote:

people need to move if they can't take this heat or if they can't handle blizzards and shit. i love how we have all 4 seasons in this part of the country. i'm not fond of the extremes, but they don't last long. the fall is not too far off my friend

It's only bad here for 2 months out of the year (recently it's been unbearable). I don't know how people live in florida, texas, or arizona (I tried florida and lasted a year...fuck that).

Fall is the best season IMO...

agreed. spring and fall are the best.

81

love me some september

norm

:yawn:

let me know when it's january :P

Newch91

The Fixer wrote:

Fall is the best season IMO...

:thumbup: Agreed.

Flagg

The Fixer wrote:

The Juggler wrote:

people need to move if they can't take this heat or if they can't handle blizzards and shit. i love how we have all 4 seasons in this part of the country. i'm not fond of the extremes, but they don't last long. the fall is not too far off my friend

It's only bad here for 2 months out of the year (recently it's been unbearable). I don't know how people live in florida, texas, or arizona (I tried florida and lasted a year...fuck that).

Fall is the best season IMO...

Lots of A/C.

Today will be the 25th day in a row in Dallas of temps above 100 degrees. And we have 100+ in the forecast every day for the next two weeks.

That's one huge reason why I look forward to football season so much.

patrickredeyes

PACKERS WILL REPEAT!!!!

jimed14

Don't have the patience to resize the image to fit on the PJ board, but this cracked me the hell up ...

http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/photos/ ... HkLpjWU%3D

Oh Robert Kraft, do you not realize hugging a Colt will create such a stir in Boston?

The Juggler

jimed14 wrote:

Don't have the patience to resize the image to fit on the PJ board, but this cracked me the hell up ...

http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/photos/ ... HkLpjWU%3D

Oh Robert Kraft, do you not realize hugging a Colt will create such a stir in Boston?

the link didn't work. i'm assuming it was saturday hugging kraft though?

funny picture, but a nice moment none the less.

Jeremys Spoken

The Fixer

gonna be a wild week

Monday, 6 p.m. ET: Official free-agent list published.

Tuesday, 10 a.m. ET: Trading begins. Teams can sign rookies and undrafted free agents. Teams can negotiate, but not sign, veteran free agents.

Thursday, 4:01 p.m. ET: Team can begin to cut players.

Friday, 6 p.m. ET: Teams can officially sign free agents.Players who sign must report to new teams but can't participate in physical activities until start of league year Aug. 4.

Aug. 4, 4:01 p.m. ET: Clubs must be within salary cap.

81

the new league year is sort of odd. i get it, but you are going to have a ton of training camps going with a lot of players doing nothing.

there was talk that workouts were like 50/50 participation, so we could see a lot of out of shape players....that'll be kind of fun, sort of an old school feel to it, at least until they start pulling up lame.

The Fixer

81 wrote:

the new league year is sort of odd. i get it, but you are going to have a ton of training camps going with a lot of players doing nothing.

there was talk that workouts were like 50/50 participation, so we could see a lot of out of shape players....that'll be kind of fun, sort of an old school feel to it, at least until they start pulling up lame.

yeah man. most of the camps are gonna start and the teams don't even know who's on their team yet!

are they allowed contact in training camp? I read something that said they would only be allowed to have 10 practices during the year where there was hitting. Ridiculous

At least the lockout is over. Looks like the season will start on time, even if it is at the expense of the on-field product (which is goodells legacy)

mca47

Yeah, it's gonna be interesting for sure...

I don't expect many of the FA vets to be THAT out of shape. If they knew what was good for them, their non-practice workout regamine should have stayed strong. If they didn't keep up, then that's their problem.
Hell, I know if I was at that level and making millions of dollars, I'd be busting my ass off every day in the offseason, even if there wasn't going to be a season...especially if you were on the older side.

I think they only thing that might be pretty noticable is the lack of timing on the field. Getting those reps in really counts when the season starts. I could see the first couple of games being really sloppy.

The Juggler

81 wrote:

the new league year is sort of odd. i get it, but you are going to have a ton of training camps going with a lot of players doing nothing.

there was talk that workouts were like 50/50 participation, so we could see a lot of out of shape players....that'll be kind of fun, sort of an old school feel to it, at least until they start pulling up lame.

...the less hitting and less ota's are a definite "win" for the players. coaches probably hate that shit.

i know the eagles usually have one of the toughest camps in the league. reid probably is not a big fan. then again, his teams have been fading towards the end of the season the last few years so maybe this is a good thing.

i hear you on the old school feel to it. i kinda like how teams are gonna be forced to be more vanilla this year. more basic formations and stuff. i'm hoping that means more old school smash mouth football than the pass heavy stuff teams have morphed into over the last decade. defenses will definitely have an advantage. we're gonna see a lot of low scoring games early on (think i'm gonna be all over the unders in september). i like those kind of defensive minded games though.

cowboypjfan

The Juggler wrote:

we're gonna see a lot of low scoring games early on (think i'm gonna be all over the unders in september).

Agreed. The only thing I hate about the under bet is that you can be on the edge for the whole game while over bets can be won well before the game is over. Either way, it sure is exciting to start thinking about the season and being able to start placing some bets soon!

Are you heading out to Wisconsin, Jeags? If so, I'll challenge you to a game of cornhole at our tailgate. We have a big bus with nearly 30 people...

Ms. Wes C.addle

cue expected girl comment, in 3, 2, 1:

Thank god Clay Matthews ass will be back in spandex, where it belongs!!!

The Juggler

crazypjfan wrote:

The Juggler wrote:

we're gonna see a lot of low scoring games early on (think i'm gonna be all over the unders in september).

Agreed. The only thing I hate about the under bet is that you can be on the edge for the whole game while over bets can be won well before the game is over. Either way, it sure is exciting to start thinking about the season and being able to start placing some bets soon!

Are you heading out to Wisconsin, Jeags? If so, I'll challenge you to a game of cornhole at our tailgate. We have a big bus with nearly 30 people...

nah not going out there. i'll be down the shore. i would crush you in cornhole though.

81

The Fixer wrote:

81 wrote:

the new league year is sort of odd. i get it, but you are going to have a ton of training camps going with a lot of players doing nothing.

there was talk that workouts were like 50/50 participation, so we could see a lot of out of shape players....that'll be kind of fun, sort of an old school feel to it, at least until they start pulling up lame.

yeah man. most of the camps are gonna start and the teams don't even know who's on their team yet!

are they allowed contact in training camp? I read something that said they would only be allowed to have 10 practices during the year where there was hitting. Ridiculous

At least the lockout is over. Looks like the season will start on time, even if it is at the expense of the on-field product (which is goodells legacy)

I'm seeing 14 in season,.11 in the first 11 weeks. Just wow.

cowboypjfan

The Juggler wrote:

nah not going out there. i'll be down the shore. i would crush you in cornhole though.

Don't tempt me because I WILL make a special trip out to Philly with my cornhole boards, beat your ass, have a beer and then drive right back home!

The Juggler

81 wrote:

The Fixer wrote:

81 wrote:

the new league year is sort of odd. i get it, but you are going to have a ton of training camps going with a lot of players doing nothing.

there was talk that workouts were like 50/50 participation, so we could see a lot of out of shape players....that'll be kind of fun, sort of an old school feel to it, at least until they start pulling up lame.

yeah man. most of the camps are gonna start and the teams don't even know who's on their team yet!

are they allowed contact in training camp? I read something that said they would only be allowed to have 10 practices during the year where there was hitting. Ridiculous

At least the lockout is over. Looks like the season will start on time, even if it is at the expense of the on-field product (which is goodells legacy)

I'm seeing 14 in season,.11 in the first 11 weeks. Just wow.

i don't think that is a big deal. most teams don't hit too much during in-season practices anyway. you really only have 3 days of practice a week. most of them are walk throughs.

but it is kind of funny that the players accuse goodell of turning this into a flag football league then insist on reducing the amount of hitting in practices