The 2012 NFL thread

Vick's strength with the deep ball definitely helps, but I just don't see it happening. To even consider it, he would have to restructure his contract. 

Te'o can f*** off and do what he wants. The whole confusing story is stupid. He's clearly involved and was not taken advantage of, though I'm not not gonna bother too much caring about it.

Problem as I see it is, Notre Dame, and every football-driven institution, exists in a fantasy universe of booster cult worship and money-driven goals. High school football is not even exempt, and the NFL should certainly not be.
Why does a story about a possibly gay Mormon linebacker, and his team losing miserably in one of the most boring bowl games ever, get so much rabid national and media attention, but the culture of rape-and-cover by universities, all the way up to their highest levels of leadership, gets buried?

Why does a player like Ray Lewis who, at the very least was marginally complicit in the murder of 2 people, get a pass, and is then allowed to privately compensate the affected families, then gets to retire as a hero and will assuredly end up in the Hall of Fame?

I love football, but when the excitement of it comes to me at the expense of others, it's tarnished and filthy.

Te'o lied about a girl. Big deal. It's not the story that demands headlines.

The world over, we've forced our athletes to become heroes, and it's so wrong.


Edited by *frinspar* - January 18 2013 at 03:26

There's no comparison between the two. They're completely different.

Eagles need to dump Vick. He's a turnover machine who, even when his offensive line was healthy, kept throwing up bad passes and fumbling at will. Foles is raw but has a great arm and seems to read defenses well. He was actually decent as a rookie considering he was thrown into the fire and seemed to improve as the season progressed. No brainer, stick with Foles and get rid of Vick. I'm sure Buffalo or Arizona would want him.

Well, wouldn't have been my preference but obviously have no choice now but to root for the Ravens.
Clearly they are playing better than they really are thanks to rallying around Ray, and hey...whatever it takes. It's all about momentum these days.
Besides, that's what you can do when your teammates actually like you...unlike when Tiki Barber tried

GO NINERS!
Falcons are still weak

Oh this is bad, maybe the Falcons actually were good the whole time

Yeah that's what I'm hoping for. With the pressure on Matty Ice, ironically, still has yet to really impress me.
Kudos making the two huge passes when needed but can also give some flak to Seattle for allowing it when it was clear that's what they were gunna do.

We shall see. Falcons, Niners and Ravens would all be cool, honestly just want the damn Pats to lose lol

Yeah my faith in the Falcons is still quite low. They're doing it again, hot start, can't close and now can't step up with the game wide open. If they win and have to face the Pats it's game over. Sheesh, Ravens better not f**k this up, the G men are out so we don't have them to clean up the mess you in the AFC make :P

I want my mommy.

Not my favorite, the 49ers, where was the falcons

Edited by timothy leary - January 20 2013 at 17:11