The National Football League

tbergs

mrussel1 said:

tbergs said:

Wobbie said:

pjhawks said:

Wobbie said:

mrussel1 said:

Wobbie said:

This made me laugh.

You get a newspaper?

the decline of newspapers is just another example of the decline of society….these days, instead of objective NEWS, you can just cater your digital feed to whatever you want to hear. that said, what’s left of our paper sucks…we get a print version on wednesday and the “sunday paper” comes on saturday. there’s not much “news” anymore…it has morphed into feature stories that they beat to death. how many times do I need to read about the shrinking great salt lake? they cover local sports a little but I don’t really care about the NHL or MLS teams and the jazz suck. the rest of the sports section is imported from other sources.

so, yeah, I used to love newspapers and am sad to see their demise. I much prefer reading newsprint over scrolling on a phone. that said, when our local paper went to only two days a week and the rest a shitty digital version with shitty “feature” content, I was all for (sadly) canceling it. My wife now pays for it.

100%.   the Philadelphia Daily News used to have an awesome sports section and the Philadelphia Inquirer had great news.   I read those religiously for about 35 years and finally pulled the plug like 3 years ago.  Even the Sunday Inquirer sucks now.  

at one point (in vegas), I could get a boxscore and write up on every single MLB game, every single day. that horse left the barn a long time ago. Now, you get shit online, written by AI. I haven’t seen a Time or Newsweek in ages…is the decline the same?

Newsweek has gone to shit, but I don't know about Time. I think The Atlantic and The Economist's content is still pretty solid. Newspaper in general blow. I was really enjoying WaPo, but Bezos seems to be on a mission to sink it.

The Economist is a tremendous cure for insomnia. It’s so dense for no apparent reason. 

Straight information which is what I prefer. My wife always asks why I punish myself when I get books from the library because I go for the heavy dense reads instead of lively fiction.

Merkin Baller

F Me In The Brain said:

I don't agree that there is an issue with a devision winner hosting a WC team with a better record.  
You play your division 2x.  Some years that works for you, some against.

Same... off the top of my head I can only think of 2 times we've seen a WC team travel to play against a host w/ an inferior record, including this year. 

Want to host a playoff game? Win the division. 

mrussel1

tbergs said:

mrussel1 said:

tbergs said:

Wobbie said:

pjhawks said:

Wobbie said:

mrussel1 said:

Wobbie said:

This made me laugh.

You get a newspaper?

the decline of newspapers is just another example of the decline of society….these days, instead of objective NEWS, you can just cater your digital feed to whatever you want to hear. that said, what’s left of our paper sucks…we get a print version on wednesday and the “sunday paper” comes on saturday. there’s not much “news” anymore…it has morphed into feature stories that they beat to death. how many times do I need to read about the shrinking great salt lake? they cover local sports a little but I don’t really care about the NHL or MLS teams and the jazz suck. the rest of the sports section is imported from other sources.

so, yeah, I used to love newspapers and am sad to see their demise. I much prefer reading newsprint over scrolling on a phone. that said, when our local paper went to only two days a week and the rest a shitty digital version with shitty “feature” content, I was all for (sadly) canceling it. My wife now pays for it.

100%.   the Philadelphia Daily News used to have an awesome sports section and the Philadelphia Inquirer had great news.   I read those religiously for about 35 years and finally pulled the plug like 3 years ago.  Even the Sunday Inquirer sucks now.  

at one point (in vegas), I could get a boxscore and write up on every single MLB game, every single day. that horse left the barn a long time ago. Now, you get shit online, written by AI. I haven’t seen a Time or Newsweek in ages…is the decline the same?

Newsweek has gone to shit, but I don't know about Time. I think The Atlantic and The Economist's content is still pretty solid. Newspaper in general blow. I was really enjoying WaPo, but Bezos seems to be on a mission to sink it.

The Economist is a tremendous cure for insomnia. It’s so dense for no apparent reason. 

Straight information which is what I prefer. My wife always asks why I punish myself when I get books from the library because I go for the heavy dense reads instead of lively fiction.

Economist is straight, for sure.  I think it's a touch pretentious in its writing.  I think you can have quality writing without going as dense as they do, but I love how they cover international stories in a way that no US periodical would touch.  

Carry on... 

Poncier

Merkin Baller said:

F Me In The Brain said:

I don't agree that there is an issue with a devision winner hosting a WC team with a better record.  
You play your division 2x.  Some years that works for you, some against.

Same... off the top of my head I can only think of 2 times we've seen a WC team travel to play against a host w/ an inferior record, including this year. 

Definitely more than 2 including this year.
2020 7-9 Redskins hosting eventual SB champ wild card TB Bucs and 7-9 Beast Mode TD run beating the Saints in Seattle (2014 maybe) come right to mind, but there have been a few others.

Johnny Abruzzo

Poncier said:

Merkin Baller said:

F Me In The Brain said:

I don't agree that there is an issue with a devision winner hosting a WC team with a better record.  
You play your division 2x.  Some years that works for you, some against.

Same... off the top of my head I can only think of 2 times we've seen a WC team travel to play against a host w/ an inferior record, including this year. 

Definitely more than 2 including this year.
2020 7-9 Redskins hosting eventual SB champ wild card TB Bucs and 7-9 Beast Mode TD run beating the Saints in Seattle (2014 maybe) come right to mind, but there have been a few others.

It's happened quite a few times. I mean if they're gonna have divisions and you play over 1/3 of your schedule against your own division, might as well make it important. Generally the divisions fluctuate between being good and bad. (AFC North and AFC South being kinda the exceptions)

Ledbetterman10

2008 Chargers were 8-8 and hosted and beat the 12-4 Colts. 
2010 Seahawks were 7-9 and hosted and beat the 11-5 Saints
2011 Broncos were 8-8 and hosted and beat the 12-4 Steelers. 
2014 Panthers were 7-8-1 and hosted and beat the 11-5 Cardinals. 

I personally don't like the system. I'm fine with these shitty division champions making the playoffs, but then I'd reseed. I wouldn't give them a home game. But my team never factors into any of this anyway so whatever...

JOEJOEJOE

Johnny Abruzzo said:

Well the Vikings had 2 shots at the Lions and lost both. Darnold didn't make the throws. Those are the rules so they gotta play on the road. It's not like they'll be at a crowd disadvantage playing in LA, though - let's be real.

The game may be moved due to the fires in L.A.

MayDay10

I'm on board with re-seeding based on record.  Make division winner the first playoff seeding tie breaker

Would be:
Afc the same, but Houston @ chargers

Nfc
Rams @ philly
Tb @ vikings
Gb @ wash

Poncier

JOEJOEJOE said:

Johnny Abruzzo said:

Well the Vikings had 2 shots at the Lions and lost both. Darnold didn't make the throws. Those are the rules so they gotta play on the road. It's not like they'll be at a crowd disadvantage playing in LA, though - let's be real.

The game may be moved due to the fires in L.A.

Arizona is the backup plan.

Wobbie

Poncier said:

JOEJOEJOE said:

Johnny Abruzzo said:

Well the Vikings had 2 shots at the Lions and lost both. Darnold didn't make the throws. Those are the rules so they gotta play on the road. It's not like they'll be at a crowd disadvantage playing in LA, though - let's be real.

The game may be moved due to the fires in L.A.

Arizona is the backup plan.

that’s fucked up but probably the right thing to do.

The Juggler

Wobbie said:

Poncier said:

JOEJOEJOE said:

Johnny Abruzzo said:

Well the Vikings had 2 shots at the Lions and lost both. Darnold didn't make the throws. Those are the rules so they gotta play on the road. It's not like they'll be at a crowd disadvantage playing in LA, though - let's be real.

The game may be moved due to the fires in L.A.

Arizona is the backup plan.

that’s fucked up but probably the right thing to do.

It'll be mostly Vikings fans either way. 

Wobbie

how much for Brock Purdy, F’me?

isn’t mookie also a niners fan? as one philly guy mentioned, mookie has been quiet of late.

Johnny Abruzzo

Wobbie said:

how much for Brock Purdy, F’me?

isn’t mookie also a niners fan? as one philly guy mentioned, mookie has been quiet of late.

I think he was studying for PSAT's. He'll always have 12/3/2023 - the greatest day of his life.

F Me In The Brain

Wobbie said:

how much for Brock Purdy, F’me?

isn’t mookie also a niners fan? as one philly guy mentioned, mookie has been quiet of late.

Hope they take a pass on extension and let him play the last year out.  
Nobody outside of the top 4-5 guys are worth max qb contracts 

Wobbie

F Me In The Brain said:

Wobbie said:

how much for Brock Purdy, F’me?

isn’t mookie also a niners fan? as one philly guy mentioned, mookie has been quiet of late.

Hope they take a pass on extension and let him play the last year out.  
Nobody outside of the top 4-5 guys are worth max qb contracts 

he’s getting paid, F’me….by the niners.

F Me In The Brain

Wobbie said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Wobbie said:

how much for Brock Purdy, F’me?

isn’t mookie also a niners fan? as one philly guy mentioned, mookie has been quiet of late.

Hope they take a pass on extension and let him play the last year out.  
Nobody outside of the top 4-5 guys are worth max qb contracts 

he’s getting paid, F’me….by the niners.

Stuff it, Dak!  

Wobbie

F Me In The Brain said:

Wobbie said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Wobbie said:

how much for Brock Purdy, F’me?

isn’t mookie also a niners fan? as one philly guy mentioned, mookie has been quiet of late.

Hope they take a pass on extension and let him play the last year out.  
Nobody outside of the top 4-5 guys are worth max qb contracts 

he’s getting paid, F’me….by the niners.

Stuff it, Dak!  

Just tellin’ ya, bud.

hey…. the sexual assaulter (ALLEGEDLY!) could miss 2025…so, things could be worse.

F Me In The Brain

Wobbie said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Wobbie said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Wobbie said:

how much for Brock Purdy, F’me?

isn’t mookie also a niners fan? as one philly guy mentioned, mookie has been quiet of late.

Hope they take a pass on extension and let him play the last year out.  
Nobody outside of the top 4-5 guys are worth max qb contracts 

he’s getting paid, F’me….by the niners.

Stuff it, Dak!  

Just tellin’ ya, bud.

hey…. the sexual assaulter (ALLEGEDLY!) could miss 2025…so, things could be worse.

That dude is trash, even when he tries to play.  
Guaranteeing his contract hurt the whole nfl.  
They stink.

eeriepadave

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Glorified KC

F Me In The Brain said:

Wobbie said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Wobbie said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Wobbie said:

how much for Brock Purdy, F’me?

isn’t mookie also a niners fan? as one philly guy mentioned, mookie has been quiet of late.

Hope they take a pass on extension and let him play the last year out.  
Nobody outside of the top 4-5 guys are worth max qb contracts 

he’s getting paid, F’me….by the niners.

Stuff it, Dak!  

Just tellin’ ya, bud.

hey…. the sexual assaulter (ALLEGEDLY!) could miss 2025…so, things could be worse.

That dude is trash, even when he tries to play.  
Guaranteeing his contract hurt the whole nfl.  
They stink.

Was it horrible, the first thing I said when he fell down and grabbed his leg was "I hope it's an achilles"?