2013 NFL Season Thread

[Your Mom]

Yeah, that St. Louis game is definitely winnable.

If Bradford was still around I would say no but come on Mick! You can beat Kellen Clemons!

Even with him around, it was still winnable. St. Louis sucks.

Thats true but Bradford was having a good season so I think the Rams would have won. Now? Not sure the Rams will win again this year

[livid]

Best pumpkin ever!

[Mick]

Yeah, that St. Louis game is definitely winnable.

If Bradford was still around I would say no but come on Mick! You can beat Kellen Clemons!

I don't want them to! I WANT SCHIANO TO LOOK LIKE AN IDIOT FOR ALL 16 GAMES!

[gunnar hendershow]

A neighbor of Dan Snyder's filed a trademark for the name Washington Bravehearts.

I hope this means a name change is coming and we can all make Mel Gibson jokes about the team.

[livid]

Wait, why is his neighbor doing it? Couldn't Snyder just have done it himself?

I mean, if you want to hide the fact that it might be the name or whatever, having your neighbor do it for you seems like an odd way of going about it keeping it a secret.

[Troy Maskell]

If Tampa Bay and Jacksonville both finish at 0-16 California could go under from Jim Rome's orgasm

[gunnar hendershow]

Wait, why is his neighbor doing it? Couldn't Snyder just have done it himself?

I mean, if you want to hide the fact that it might be the name or whatever, having your neighbor do it for you seems like an odd way of going about it keeping it a secret.

This is Dan Snyder we're talking about.

[Lowerdeck]

A neighbor of Dan Snyder's filed a trademark for the name Washington Bravehearts.

I hope this means a name change is coming and we can all make Mel Gibson jokes about the team.

I don't think it means anything, I doubt it would be renamed the Bravehearts of all things.

[Mick]

So, they're going to go from a team name that some people find racist and offensive, and change it to the title of a film starring and directed by someone who actually is racist and offensive?

[SeanDMan]

you can take away their team name, but you can never take their <s>freedom</s> racism!!!

[Mick]

The fucked up thing is, one of the team's early owners was George Preston Marshall. This guy was a completely racist fuck. The first year he owned the Redskins, black players were unofficially banned from playing in the NFL. He was the last owner to integrate his team, which he only did because Bobby Kennedy told him if he didn't, they'd revoke his use on the stadium (Federal property). So, he drafted Ernie Holmes (an incredible player from college), who promptly said "I'm not playing for that SOB". Holmes went to the Browns, were he was expected to start alongside Jim Brown, but died of Leukemia before he played a single down.

[gunnar hendershow]

Wasn't Ernie Holmes a part-time pro wrestler in the 80s?

I mean I guess there's another player with the same name and all, but that's what sticks out to me about the name Ernie Holmes.

[Mick]

...Ernie Davis I mean. Sorry, bit tired.

Ernie Holmes played for the Steelers. The Ernie you're probably thinking of is "Big Cat' Ernie Ladd. Now there's scary. Playing in the 60s (when the overall size was much smaller than today), you had a guy that was 6'9" and 315 pounds. As a defensive tackle.

[TCO]

I like how despite the Jaguars being the home team, NFL.com repeatedly says the 49ers opponent is the VIkings in the photo gallery and then this,

[Lowerdeck]

Is it just me, or are there a lot more injuries than normal this season?

Sebastian Vollmer just got rolled over on, and I'm thinking that's another ACL. Just seems to be tons of those in recent years.

[Your Mom]

I dont see them much but the Patriots arent as impressive as I thought they would be

[HC]

I dont see them much but the Patriots arent as impressive as I thought they would be

They're pretty shit this year by New England standards.

[Troy Maskell]

Michael Vick has been pulled for Matt Barkley

So basically Chip Kelly has turned this season into

[HC]

Eagles need Mariota.

[Mofoticon]

Michael Vick has been pulled for Matt Barkley

So basically Chip Kelly has turned this season into

Vick got hurt again...He'd never actually pull him for Barkley