2012-13 Subsim NFL thread (Mayan calendar edition)

[August]

Oh well, he may now come to the dark side. :D Were the players are considered thugs and violent. :stare: The fans are vicious dogs foaming at the mouth(some are :haha:). The team has now boundaries on or off the field no matter who is blowing the whistle.


Personally I want to see someone remove the kneecaps from at least one Raven the next time we meet. :yep:

[AVGWarhawk]

Personally I want to see someone remove the kneecaps from at least one Raven the next time we meet. :yep:

Suggs? He has diarrhea of the mouth.

[August]

Suggs? He has diarrhea of the mouth.


Actually I was thinking of Brandon Pollard but i'm fine with a substitute. Flacco's knees for instance.

[AVGWarhawk]

What did Pollard do? Flacco's knees? What did Flacco do other than his job to deserve having his knees broken? :hmmm:

[August]

What did Pollard do?

You didn't notice that helmet to helmet hit on Ridley? Apparently this Pollard guy is known for these cheap shots.

[AVGWarhawk]

You didn't notice that helmet to helmet hit on Ridley? Apparently this Pollard guy is known for these cheap shots.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1494820-nfl-needs-a-culture-change-to-eliminate-all-helmet-to-helmet-hits

Per NFL rules, the hit was not a penalty. Pollard was going for a tackle when Ridley lowered his head to brace for impact. The helmet-to-helmet contact was incidental, drawing no flag because the NFL rules do not protect running backs the same way they protect quarterbacks and receivers.

What's the problem? :hmmm: Cheap shot? :hmmm:

However:
The play may have been clean, but it was not football at its finest.

Ridley fumbled the ball after impact with Pollard because he was knocked cold from the blow, causing his arm to go limp and the ball to fall out of his grasp as he collapsed to the turf.

The NFL is a league where the rules prohibit the ground from causing a fumble, but knocking a player out is completely within the rules.


Then there is this:
Earlier in the game, Ray Lewis was penalized 15 yards for a similar hit on Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, where the helmet contact was just as incidental as with Pollard and Ridley. The difference in the two plays, per NFL rules, was that Ridley was a running back and Hernandez a "defenseless" receiver.

What transpired with Ridley was in the confines of the rules. It is not a cheap shot according to the NFL. Sometimes one just needs to tip their hat to the other squad.

[August]

Sometimes one just needs to tip their hat to the other squad.

Well if you'll look back I did. But legal or not it was a cheap shot by a guy known for it.

Anyways sorry about that. Wish your Ravens all the luck in the upcoming game.

[AVGWarhawk]

Thanks August. For once I don't have to say next year.

[soopaman2]

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/blog/eye-on-football/21604813/report-frank-gore-fined-105k-for-wearing-socks-too-low

10.5k$ because his socks was too low?!?

I think Goodell is either butthurt because his attempt to blackball Sean Payton went south, or he is just a bitter old man, looking to be the punishing commish.

My theory is that he was trying to save the monster attempting to hatch from Franks calf.



Old Roger shafted Brady with some Bullstuff too, he is just grasping for straws.

[mookiemookie]

How does Brady get fined $10k for his kick slide, and Gore gets fined $10.5k for his friggin' socks?

[soopaman2]

How does Brady get fined $10k for his kick slide, and Gore gets fined $10.5k for his friggin' socks?


I am telling you, Gore had a performance enhancing Alien in his calf (second pic in the article I linked has a great closeup)

I honestly think both fines are BS. Goodell did not get what he wanted with the bountygate, so he is trying to solidify his power by being stern.

Let the guys play.

Franks socks did not give an unnecessary advantage, The alien organism in his leg is another matter.

[AVGWarhawk]

How does Brady get fined $10k for his kick slide, and Gore gets fined $10.5k for his friggin' socks?

Easy, the cleated shoes was aimed at the crotch of a dodging defender. It was intentional. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DomVUdZJIM


http://www.csmonitor.com/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/content/2013/1-22-13-tom-brady-slide/14824119-1-eng-US/1-22-13-Tom-Brady-slide_full_600.jpg


I can't help you with the sock issue.

[soopaman2]

Easy, the cleated shoes was aimed at the crotch of a dodging defender. It was intentional. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DomVUdZJIM


http://www.csmonitor.com/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/content/2013/1-22-13-tom-brady-slide/14824119-1-eng-US/1-22-13-Tom-Brady-slide_full_600.jpg


I can't help you with the sock issue.

I think he was more speaking on how Gore got a higher fine for not having his socks up, there is pics in my (link) post a few up, I am too lazy to host them.

Gore got a 10.5k fine for not having his red socks pulled up to his knees, and had his legs (calfs) showing, college style, while Brady got 10k for (allegedly)trying to remove someones testicles.

Gore got unfairly attacked, for a petty reason, was his point, I believe.

I do not think he is was defending Brady, though I kinda was. ;)

[AVGWarhawk]

soopaman:
Gore got unfairly attacked, for a petty reason, was his point, I believe.

I do not think he is was defending Brady, though I kinda was.



I know he was comparing. :up: I said I could not help him with the socks. :haha: But, maybe the fine should be higher for Brady than the sock debacle? :hmmm: The sock issue is, well, stupid. :88)

There is no defending Brady. Just my opinion of the guy.

[soopaman2]

Bradys fine was fair, I believe a Niner LB caught a 10k for a helmet to helmet against the Packers, and it was fair. Bradys offense was less than a somewhat late helmet shot.

The socks was silly, and it coincided well with Sean Payton being back, and pretty much loved by everyone in and out of New Orleans.

My opinion, this is Goodell trying to show how much of a "disciplinarian" he is, and how he "don't take no crap"

Broadway melodramatics.

[AVGWarhawk]

I think with the sock issue was the fact he was wearing a pair of Hello Kitty with pom-pom.

[geetrue]

Easy, the cleated shoes was aimed at the crotch of a dodging defender. It was intentional. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DomVUdZJIM


http://www.csmonitor.com/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/content/2013/1-22-13-tom-brady-slide/14824119-1-eng-US/1-22-13-Tom-Brady-slide_full_600.jpg




When I saw this sunday it looked like he was defending himself from that defensive player falling on him to try nd disloge the ball like they do over and over on the poor recievers.

He should ask for a review ... this man Goodell is going to far in his assumptions.

[AVGWarhawk]

Two problems with that geetrue, roughing the QB is not rewarded. Yards are losted for the penalty. Second, shoe to the crotch is never considered a defensive move no matter how you cut it. IMO Brady knew exactly what he was doing. The text to Reed apologizing would indicate he did.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Different sport but in soccer they actually teach goalies when covering the ball on the ground to do this. To put your leg up to discourage a defender from coming in to make a play on the ball. My son is a goalie..

The call against Brady was correct, not a typical quarterback slide that he made.

[mookiemookie]

Bad lip reading the NFL:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zce-QT7MGSE

Everyone can rest easy now that Tom Brady has found Fido.

Who knew Adrian Petersen was that big of an orange peanut fan?

This girl made Adrian Petersen an orange peanut to sign :rotfl2::


http://imgur.com/a/mgzm2

[AVGWarhawk]

Different sport but in soccer they actually teach goalies when covering the ball on the ground to do this. To put your leg up to discourage a defender from coming in to make a play on the ball. My son is a goalie..

The call against Brady was correct, not a typical quarterback slide that he made.

I still don't know what to make of this maneuver.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTp-6FP6q6g

[geetrue]

2013 Pro bowl in Hawaii live right now

NBC 4:15 pm pst

[nikimcbee]

2013 Pro bowl in Hawaii live right now

NBC 4:15 pm pst

What's a pro bowl?:haha:

[RickC Sniper]

What's a pro bowl?:haha:


Its like flag football, but without the flags.

[nikimcbee]

So I looked into this "pro bowl" that Geetrue was talking about last night. (I totally forgot about it until he mentioned it:haha:) It took the NFL network ~20 before they even mentioned it last night. They weren't showing the score at the bottom of the screen.

Come to find out, the NFC won and Kyle Rudolph was MVP.:/\\k:

[soopaman2]

18 years.

I was a teenager last time they won.

I waited 18 years, and for the first time in a long time, I feel as if my team has the "right stuff"

Niners Faithful.

Nice to see the media so focused on Ray Lewis. I mean I like him, but he is not the only one playing tomorrow.

[Takeda Shingen]

Nice to see the media so focused on Ray Lewis. I mean I like him, but he is not the only one playing tomorrow.

Well, you know the guy's a future hall of famer and it's going to be his last game. And that game happens to be the Super Bowl and all. It's kind of storybook.

[RickC Sniper]

The last I checked Vegas was giving the Ravens 4 points.

I think I'd take them with those points.

[AVGWarhawk]

Good luck to the 49'ers! :yeah:

[soopaman2]

Good luck to the Ravens.:woot:

Gonna be a slugfest.

This pregame show is the best New Orleans tourist video I ever seen.

I do not know why I subject myself to it, my cousin is already drunk, he fell down the stairs already, we all laughed.

I hear giggles from the basement and an odd stench of marijuana wafting up the stairs. Upon reaching the bottom of the stairwell I see my old lady blowing out enough smoke to choke out a family of elephants.

My uncles just engaged in a chicken wing eating contest, and ate every last one before anyone else got to them.

I put a large gob of wasabi on a cracker, told my niece it was guacamole.

Laughs ensued.

Who needs a super bowl or a pre game show, when you have "Caligula" going on around you.

You should see our halftime show, it's gonna be like an "aristocrats" joke.:har:

[mookiemookie]

Good luck to the Ravens.:woot:

Gonna be a slugfest.

This pregame show is the best New Orleans tourist video I ever seen.

I do not know why I subject myself to it, my cousin is already drunk, he fell down the stairs already, we all laughed.

I hear giggles from the basement and an odd stench of marijuana wafting up the stairs. Upon reaching the bottom of the stairwell I see my old lady blowing out enough smoke to choke out a family of elephants.

My uncles just engaged in a chicken wing eating contest, and ate every last one before anyone else got to them.

I put a large gob of wasabi on a cracker, told my niece it was guacamole.

Laughs ensued.

Who needs a super bowl or a pre game show, when you have "Caligula" going on around you.

You should see our halftime show, it's gonna be like an "aristocrats" joke.:har:

That sounds like a good time! Best of luck to your Niners. Grew up as a Niner fan in the late 80s/early 90s when I was growing up in CA, so they're my team again for today.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Ravens for the win.....

[AVGWarhawk]

:D:up:

[soopaman2]

*drops the bolt cutters and sneaks out of the area*

Seems someone cut out the lights in the Superdome...

[AVGWarhawk]

:haha:

Gosh, this is crazy.

This was Bush's fault.

[Armistead]

If SF wins, gonna be hell to pay...

[AVGWarhawk]

Crazy. They will spend more time after this game talking about the outage and not the winning team.

[Takeda Shingen]

*drops the bolt cutters and sneaks out of the area*

Seems someone cut out the lights in the Superdome...

Well then you snipped the wrong cable. Baltimore's sideline didn't lose power; San Fran's did.

[Armistead]

I take that remark back

[AVGWarhawk]

Well then you snipped the wrong cable. Baltimore's sideline didn't lose power; San Fran's did.

So SF could sneak out unseen.

[soopaman2]

Nah, so they had time to grab some coffee and wake up.

I am starting to see signs of life, mission accomplished.

[Armistead]

The night the light went out in New Orleans...

[August]

Definite electricity going on the SF side. 28-20.

[AVGWarhawk]

Sheesh....going to be Outage Gate.

[Takeda Shingen]

If San Fran wins this game, then whoever caused that outage should be named MVP. The 49ers were on the ropes before that break.

[soopaman2]

Kaepernick is an amazing QB.

[Takeda Shingen]

I can't remember ever seeing so many lost helmets in a football game. Seems like there's a helmet on the ground every other play.

[soopaman2]

I think it may have to do with how hard they are plastering each other, they have been scuffling all game.

[Takeda Shingen]

I think it may have to do with how hard they are plastering each other, they have been scuffling all game.

I don't know about that.

[soopaman2]

So it ends.

Grats to the Ravens. I am just glad we made you fight for it.:salute:

[Takeda Shingen]

This was shaping up to be one of those lousy Superbowls. As silly as I think that outage was (boy would I hate to be the Superdome facilities manager) it really ended up being a very good game afterwards.

[soopaman2]

This was shaping up to be one of those lousy Superbowls. As silly as I think that outage was (boy would I hate to be the Superdome facilities manager) it really ended up being a very good game afterwards.


Someone is getting fired over that outage.

[Takeda Shingen]

Someone is getting fired over that outage.

100 million people watching and the lights go out. That's pretty embarrassing. Yeah, somebody's head is going to roll.

[AVGWarhawk]

Sweet! Love the Niners. Love the coaches. Great game!

[AVGWarhawk]

My neighborhood is going nuts. I did not know my neighbors have high power fireworks like they do. Sheesh, what else are they hiding?

[CaptainMattJ.]

Someone is getting fired over that outage.
Someone should get fired over that No holding call

[soopaman2]

Good for Ray Lewis. Great for Flacco, his contract is officially up now, and he can get some $$$

Good for the Niners, not a bad showing for the QBs 10th game as a starter, Kaep kept his cool down by 22 points.

Feel kinda bad for Randy Moss, he did great for us this year.

If that was Alex Smith, Ravens would have won 35-9.

To the future!

Look forward to the 2014 thread!

[August]

Good for Ray. It's nice to see him go out a champion.

[soopaman2]

Someone should get fired over that No holding call


I don't want to be the excuse guy, but yeah, that was kinda "meh"

I am trying to avoid coulda shoulda woulda.

[AVGWarhawk]

I don't want to be the excuse guy, but yeah, that was kinda "meh"

I am trying to avoid coulda shoulda woulda.

In the end I think it was the coaches game. John made the good coaching decision. Great game. Many at my home on the edge of the couch pulling hair.

[mookiemookie]

Someone is getting fired over that outage.

100 million people watching and the lights go out. That's pretty embarrassing. Yeah, somebody's head is going to roll.

I'd go so far as to say New Orleans isn't going to be hosting any more Superbowls for a long time.

Flacco played well, but Kaep surprised me with his poise for a guy in his 10th start. Bringing a team back from that far down in the biggest game of the year is no small feat.

[Wolferz]

Just killed the lights for a spell.
Well, somebody had to slow them Ravens down after that second half kickoff return by Jacoby Jones. It was makin the 49ers look bad and promised a boring second half blowout the sponsors wouldn't stand for.
Oddly enough, after the game they couldn't turn the lights off. Must have been a few lingering Katrina refugees stuck in the works.

[AVGWarhawk]

Flacco played well, but Kaep surprised me with his poise for a guy in his 10th start. Bringing a team back from that far down in the biggest game of the year is no small feat.

Kaepnicker is a fine QB and any team would love to host him as their starter. He is young and has a long career ahead of him in SF. This team will be playoff bound again next year. There is no doubt in my mind. :up:

[AVGWarhawk]

Oddly enough, after the game they couldn't turn the lights off. Must have been a few lingering Katrina refugees stuck in the works.


:har::har::har::har: Wolferz I laughed out load. That is hilarious!

[AVGWarhawk]

http://www.inflexwetrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/IFWT_win-Super-Bowl.jpeg

[mookiemookie]

They've already caught the culprit for the power outage.

http://reveriehound.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/1010-johnny-airplane-nxu3p.jpg

[AVGWarhawk]

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/563773_566697513343077_956436671_n.jpg

[soopaman2]

I never felt the Niners were out of it. Not with the Nevada Kid! (or should it be Wisconsin?)
Imagine if the Ravens lost, all the fuss about the power outage would have been magnified 10 fold.

As you said last nite AVG powergate.

Ravens winning sits alot better in my stomach than the Giants last year.

I don't mind the Giants, but I hate the fans. Hence losing to them, then them winning, and having to hear that crap all year from the locals chapped my posterior.

Giant fans were quiet this playoffs though, now they know I felt for 18 years!

Was that the last historically undefeated Super Bowl team?
(only counting teams with more than one SB appearance)

Edit: I am keeping my sig for awhile longer, I am vastly proud of the kid.

[AVGWarhawk]

The Niners were never considered out of it from where my butt was sitting. My brother on the other hand felt it was in the bag even with light off! Remembering the Falcons/Niners game we can see what Keapnicker can do with the ball! It truly is not over until it is over. Down to the last 4 seconds I had to explain to my youngest that if the ball is in play and the clock runs out the play needs to be completed. So we have to punt and give the Niners the 4 seconds. It is theirs to use.

I have nothing but respect for the Niners and the organization. They got to the SB and that is not a easy task by no means. The team will be a force for years to come. Watching the brothers bring what they got to battle it out was classic. In the end, the safety call from John trumped Jim. Great coaches and family.

And, if the world would just stop pooping in Flacco's Wheaties. Gosh, all they do is beat on the guy. Flacco will be writing his own contract in short order.

[soopaman2]

The Niners were never considered out of it from where my butt was sitting. My brother on the other hand felt it was in the bag even with light off! Remembering the Falcons/Niners game we can see what Keapnicker can do with the ball! It truly is not over until it is over. Down to the last 4 seconds I had to explain to my youngest that if the ball is in play and the clock runs out the play needs to be completed. So we have to punt and give the Niners the 4 seconds. It is theirs to us.

I have nothing but respect for the Niners and the organization. They got to the SB and that is not a easy task by no means. The team will be a force for years to come.

And, if the world would just stop pooping in Flacco's Wheaties. Gosh, all they do is beat on the guy. Flacco will be writing his own contract in short order.

If I look through this thread I am sure I can find a case where I beat Flacco, heck I think I beat on him in the 2011 thread. Not the first time I was wrong, surely.:)

His numbers speak for themselves. He made it look easy on the #2 defense in the league. He evaded some really hairy O-line breakdowns, and turned what should have been a long sack, into first downs.

He deserves all honors.

I really feel bad for Jack and Jackie Harbaugh. (Parents of the coaches)

What a spot to be put in.

It's like you can't really cheer for either team.

(edit: more on the Harbaugh clan, the sister (Joanie) is married to Tom Crean, Indiana coach, March madness coming up, ya know, family of winners.

[AVGWarhawk]

Thanks to the strong hands of Bouldin does Flacco shine. But it takes two to make it work.

As for the parents of Jim and John, this is not the first time one had to accept the loss. I can not say the game of Monopoly is remotely close to the Super Bowl but each experienced a win/loss somewhere along the way when growing up. The parents helped sort it out then and will now but I think life lessons from yesteryear will dictate the correct response for both. Both parents cheered both equally. As a parent of two I understand certainly. For me, the game was close, that makes all the difference. That makes all the difference for the brothers.

[soopaman2]

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/super-bowl-xlvii-records-set-tied-baltimore-ravens-san-francisco-49ers-jacoby-jones-colin-kaepernick-power-outage-020313

Numbers, I loves em, records, who doesn't love them.

Colin fell 2 yards short of most rushing yards in a SB. (McNair 64)

http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/kaepernick_puts_the_blame_on_himself/12830941

Here is is blaming himself for the loss.

Maybe if the defense was awake in the first half, Kaep would not be having to say this.

Maybe if there was not stupid penalties by our linemen...Or dumb holds, and bad pass interference penalties on third down.

Team effort.

The last person I blame is Kaep.

How about, the other team was just better on this given Sunday?

[AVGWarhawk]

Soopaman
The last person I blame is Kaep.

How about, the other team was just better on this given Sunday

I would agree. Countless Sundays I sat and watched the Ravens get picked apart.

[soopaman2]

By rights. AVG should be the one to start the NFL 2013 thread.

As the most outspoken member of the championship team, it is only right.

To be nominated by the most outspoken of the runners up should hold merit.

:O:

Come on, it is kinda a good idea, since NFL threads are kinda a tradition.:D

[geetrue]

By rights. AVG should be the one to start the NFL 2013 thread.

As the most outspoken member of the championship team, it is only right.

To be nominated by the most outspoken of the runners up should hold merit.

:O:

Come on, it is kinda a good idea, since NFL threads are kinda a tradition.:D


No way jose' ... :down:

This is nikimcbee's rice bowl for four years :yep:

He had to fight all of those Mayans just to get it this far
besides it's his birthday

Way to go Ravens, boy is brother Jim mad after he said he wouldn't be.

The Chargers almost beat them, Denver almost beat them, New england couldn't last and now the 49ers go down even after a blackout that revived them.

I would say a higher power is involved here :know:

[nikimcbee]

No way jose' ... :down:

This is nikimcbee's rice bowl for four years :yep:

He had to fight all of those Mayans just to get it this far
besides it's his birthday

Way to go Ravens, boy is brother Jim mad after he said he wouldn't be.

The Chargers almost beat them, Denver almost beat them, New england couldn't last and now the 49ers go down even after a blackout that revived them.

I would say a higher power is involved here :know:

:haha::/\\k:

[nikimcbee]

It's been fun to listen to my MN radiostation talk about Randy Moss not playing hard.:haha:

Great game though, glad I didn't bail at the power outage.:dead:

[eddie]

Yeah, that's twice that Moss has gotten to the SB and hasn't been on the winning team!

But 2 other former Vikes got a ring, McKinnie and Birk.:)

[AVGWarhawk]

Gotta love my boss! Returned from NO with the official Super Bowl program in gold leaf on the cover for me. Super nice! :D

[nikimcbee]

NFL thinking of widening field to CFL standards?

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/nfl-considered-widening-playing-field-35-feet-may-190404198--nfl.html

The NFL reportedly might consider widening the playing field to Canadian Football League standards, a drastic idea that would be one of the bigger rules changes the game has seen in a long time – if it comes to pass.

There would be many logistical issues. Many stadiums were built with the 160-foot wide field in mind, with every foot of possible room used for seats that generate revenue. Widening the field by more than 10 yards might make the playing area inside the stands a bit snug.


What's next?:doh:

[August]

That's a pretty radical idea.

Another question is whether college teams would change their regulation field size as well to match it.

[TarJak]

What's next?:doh:
Playing with no pads or helmets?
http://www.blitzbokke.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/chris-jack.jpg

[TarJak]

How about a little crowd participation if the field is too wide?

http://file2.stuff.co.nz/1250581081/708/2764708.jpg (http://www.stuff.co.nz/lightbox/national/videos/tvnz/2764706/Hearing-underway-after-school-rugby-brawl?KeepThis=true)