2011 NFL Season Thread

[RipCity32]

That was a hell of a season opener. Too bad the Saints couldn't pull it out :/

 

[WHO-DEY-BENGALS_18]

My prediction:

Stafford will get about 25 fantasy points this weekend.
Freeman will get about 21-22.

 

[RipCity32]

I really hope Tampa decides to single cover Calvin again like they did last year when we beat them lmao.

 

[kam.]

I really hope Tampa decides to single cover Calvin again like they did last year when we beat them lmao.

Talib didn't play....

 

[RipCity32]

Lol, did I say he did or something?

 

[kam.]

Lol, did I say he did or something?

Just saying that he probably wasn't single covered last year because Talib didn't play, just was facing a shitty CB.

Talib will play this week and I doubt CJ puts up Monster stats.

 

[RipCity32]

No, he was single covered for most of the game. Which is why it was baffling since Talib didn't play.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

Man, I would have loved to get that TD and attempt a two point conversion but oh well.

Is there anything worse than getting down 7-0 and following that up with a fumble and giving them excellent field position? We were playing from behind all night and had the chance to send the game to OT against the Pack, in Lambeau, coming off their SB win.

Patrick Robinson, gtf.

 

[kam.]

Patrick Robinson, gtf.

Back shoulder fade = most impossible pass to cover.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

Back shoulder fade = most impossible pass to cover.

Aaron Rodgers, gtf with some of those throws he makes game after game.

 

[WHO-DEY-BENGALS_18]

I found this comment interesting....

1) The only way Palmer gets back into Paul Brown Stadium is if he buys a ticket! Brown has likely asked security to block him getting to the field/locker room.

2) Remember the Mike Brown/Sam Wyche “He Fired me!”, “No he quit” controversy. In that one, Sam apparently made an ultimatum to quit if Mike didn’t do something and Mike accepted it as a resignation. Mike never paid Sam’s last two years on his contract. The Carson ultimatum will be handled the same way.

Carson said to Mike that he’d retire if he wasn’t traded. Mike won’t trade him, so he will refuse to pay Carson nor let him near the field. (See Steve McNair lockout that took a court order to let him practice). In this case, Brown has a case as Carson’s agent went public and Carson never publically denounced it. So it is a reasonable assumption that Carson is retired and the club made changes based on that assumption.

3) IF Carson came back, expect Brown to sue him for damages and breach of contract. Carson’s refusal to play has cost the team a draft pick, a free agent QB pickup (Gradkowski), and probably at least 15,000 season tickets and the damage can probably be multiplied/accounted for the remaining years of his contract. That $50 million nest egg he has saved could go up in smoke in court and Brown would rightfully, in my opinion, be owed the damages for what Carson has done to the team.

4) Carson can’t simply retire and then unretire a’la Favre. It requires two things. First, after filing retirement paperwork, the team owning the contract must file with the NFL to relinquish it. Second, the comissioner must approve the reinstatement. Do you think Brown will voluntairily give up Carson’s contract? Do you think the Commissioner would approve Carson’s re-entrance into the NFL without Brown’s concurrence? NO!

Finally, Carson can’t wait three years until his contract expires. If he doesn’t show up before the sixth game each year, he doesn’t get credit for a year against the contract. Thus a three year hold out will result in him still owing Brown three years of service on the contract.

Carson received bad advice, whether it be from his agent or wife (wanting out of Cincinnati). Best he can do is be a commentator for one of the networks and use that as a bully pulpit to criticize Brown and the Bengals.

 

[elcheato]

And all of that could have been avoided if Mike Brown wasn't a stubborn old man.

 

[Lake Louise]

That was a great way to start off the season. Got me even more pumped for the season.

 

[DJT]

One heck of an ending to the opening game...Too bad Ingram couldn't punch it in, but then again I wanted the Packers to win.

I think that pass interference call was bogus. That looked like a nice play to me.

If Peyton Manning has played his final down in the NFL, the Indianapolis Colts might not be on the hook for the remainder of the five-year, $90 million contract extension the quarterback signed July 31.

NFL Network's Michael Lombardi reported Friday that Manning would be eligible for termination pay in the amount of $1 million in 2012 and $500,000 in 2013 if his recent neck surgery prevents him from playing again, according to a league source. Manning's contract includes a $28 million non-guaranteed option and a separate $28 million non-exercise fee in place if Indianapolis chooses not to pick up the previous option, the source told Lombardi.

According to Lombardi, terms of the deal leave a small window in which the Colts could cut Manning and not pay either sum, meaning he would earn $26.4 million in 2011.

GUess they can opt out...

 

[WHO-DEY-BENGALS_18]

Wow, an actual nice story involving the Bengals..

Just wanted to pass along a nice story about what the Bengals did for a friend of mine. I recently wrote the Bengals about my friend Jan who is in her second year of remission from Lymphoma, and just a few months ago gave birth to her first baby who was born very premature and is currently in the NICU. In the letter I explained Jan was a big Bengal fan and asked if they could send her something to help raise her spirits. In response I have received an autographed photo from Marvin Lewis, and a nice official NFL football signed by Marvin with a personal note from Troy Blackburn wishing Jan well. I then received a call from Mike Brown's personal secretary telling me Mike was delighted to help Jan out and to expect a package in the mail. Mike sent a very nice personal letter along with 4 tickets (lower level 50 yd line right behind the Bengals bench) and a parking pass for the Bills game on Oct. 2.

The Bengals and Mike Brown likely get thousands of letters a month. Granted, most of them are probably from disgruntled fans. Mike Brown didn't need to send Jan or Rob anything and I'm guessing that when Rob sent a letter to Brown he wasn't really expecting anything in return. It was really nice to see that Brown did something nice to them.

Rob also wrote that he knows that Brown gets a lot of bad press and that the majority of it is deserved. He said that the Bengals often get things wrong "but they really got this one right!!"

We agree.

 

[DJT]

Thats cool. Too bad it was Marvin's autograph lol. Would of hoped for a Dalton or Shipley or Green or Gresham...or anyone else haha.

 

[WHO-DEY-BENGALS_18]

Thats cool. Too bad it was Marvin's autograph lol. Would of hoped for a Dalton or Shipley or Green or Gresham...or anyone else haha.

I say an autograph from the entire team.. lol

 

[Rice18]

Fuck work IMO, I have to miss my Vikings missed last nigh, 10 out of 11 days right now. I need a break.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

Randy Moss visited the Saints this morning

 

[Elite]

No he didn't.

SI_PeterKing Peter King
RT @AdamSchefter: Is it true Randy Moss visited Saints today? ... Spoke to Saints and one of Moss' reps; neither knows anything about it.