Super Bowl LI

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Thu Jan 14, 2016 3:32 pm

Isgrimnur wrote:Is there a combination of train wreck and dumpster fire that I'm not familiar with?

You're a Buffalo fan, right? So no, you've seen them all.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Jan 14, 2016 3:35 pm

We've never finished winless.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Jan 14, 2016 3:39 pm

He was apparently pretty good as a player.

rshetts2 · Post by **rshetts2** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 11:18 am

What was once old is new again, the Lions have found their head coach . Quinn has decided to retain Caldwell and his staff. The only question mark is Austin who has interviewed for some HC positions. Many of those have been filled though so hopefully we can hold on to him for another season as well.
I like this move, they played very good ball once Lombardi was booted and theres a lot to be said for maintaining some continuity in coaching.

LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 12:01 pm

rshetts2 wrote:What was once old is new again, the Lions have found their head coach . Quinn has decided to retain Caldwell and his staff. The only question mark is Austin who has interviewed for some HC positions. Many of those have been filled though so hopefully we can hold on to him for another season as well.
I like this move, they played very good ball once Lombardi was booted and theres a lot to be said for maintaining some continuity in coaching.

I'm fine with it. Caldwell isn't terrible.

And at the very least it's more times we get to hear TV guys say Jim Bob Cooter.

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 11:37 pm

naednek wrote:Niners= the new Raiders

Damn

I don't think it's a bad hire. The Yorks actually spent money. It's risky and it may not pan out, but it isn't another "we don't care about winning" hire.

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Sat Jan 16, 2016 1:59 pm

Chris Mortensen on ESPN has Stage 4 throat cancer...was just confirmed on Friday. Cancer sucks.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Sat Jan 16, 2016 11:52 pm

Super Bowl I rebroadcast - NBC Sports

Friday night’s re-airing would be a historic moment.

Instead, it was a major disappointment.

Although NFL Network did, in fact, show every play of Super Bowl I, its presentation fell far short of a full re-broadcast of the game. NFL Media had said the game would feature the original radio call of Jim Simpson, who passed away this week at the age of 88, but what NFL Network mostly showed was its own analysts, in their familiar Los Angeles studio, talking over the game. The commentary wasn’t particularly interesting, didn’t offer much historical insight or actual analysis of the game, and served only to detract from what should have been a big event for NFL Network.

Perhaps NFL Media thought it needed that kind of filler content because the NFL Films footage didn’t include all the moments between plays. Maybe it would have seemed jarring to viewers if the broadcast had been full of stops and starts. But even if thats the case, the filler content could have been so much better. The good stuff — like an interview with Len Dawson, the Chiefs’ quarterback in Super Bowl I — was far too brief. And the bad stuff — like the Los Angeles studio commentators informing us that The Beatles and The Monkees were the top musical acts in January of 1967, when Super Bowl I was played — went on way too long. I could listen to Len Dawson talk about Super Bowl I for three hours, but I don’t want to listen to NFL Network analysts who had no connection to Super Bowl I talk for three hours.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 11:03 am

Buffalo

The Cardinals made significant waves at the outset of the season, hiring Jenn Welter to serve as a training-camp assistant coach, working with inside linebackers. When camp ended, so did Welter’s assignment. The Bills are now taking the next step in the evolution of female football coaches.

Per a source with knowledge of the situation, the Bills have hired Kathryn Smith to serve as a special teams quality control coach. She becomes the first full-time female assistant coach in NFL history.

The position was made official with the league office on Tuesday, and the Bills have not yet issued a formal announcement of the move.

Smith worked as the administrative assistant to coach Rex Ryan in 2015, a position she also held during Ryan’s final year with the Jets. Before that, she spent seven years as a player personnel assistant with the Jets. Previously, she was a game day/special events intern and a college scouting intern.

Moliere · Post by **Moliere** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 4:10 pm

Bill Belichick Visits Hospital To Watch Terminally Ill Fan Die
Maybe he was there to cheat death.

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 4:21 pm

I love The Onion, but this was a miss in my opinion.

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 4:41 pm

stessier wrote:I love The Onion, but this was a miss in my opinion.

It would be more hilarious if it wasn't causing my browser to crash.

EvilHomer3k · Post by **EvilHomer3k** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 12:17 am

Moliere wrote:Bill Belichick Visits Hospital To Watch Terminally Ill Fan Die
Maybe he was there to cheat death.

The article was nowhere near as funny as your comment. That said, the comment was well worth the price of admission.

LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Fri Jan 29, 2016 7:37 pm

Rams and Chargers to share a stadim in Inglewood.

Wha?

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Fri Jan 29, 2016 8:19 pm

LawBeefaroni wrote:Rams and Chargers to share a stadim in Inglewood.

Wha?

Huh? ESPN says no deal worked out yet.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Fri Jan 29, 2016 11:59 pm

Chairman's message

Dear Chargers Fans,

Today I decided our team will stay in San Diego for the 2016 season and I hope for the long term in a new stadium.

I have met with Mayor Faulconer and Supervisor Roberts and I look forward to working closely with them and the business community to resolve our stadium dilemma. We have an option and an agreement with the Los Angeles Rams to go to Inglewood in the next year, but my focus is on San Diego.

This has been our home for 55 years, and I want to keep the team here and provide the world-class stadium experience you deserve.

Everyone on both sides of the table in San Diego must now determine the best next steps and how to deploy the additional resources provided by the NFL.

I am committed to looking at this with a fresh perspective and new sense of possibility.

With deep appreciation for your years of support,

Dean A. Spanos
Chairman

pr0ner · Post by **pr0ner** » Sun Jan 31, 2016 6:31 pm

Sorry, Loins fans, but Megatron is retiring.

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Sun Jan 31, 2016 8:40 pm

He's pulling a Barry Sanders!

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Sun Jan 31, 2016 9:45 pm

Lions currently denying it, but that's natural no matter the veracity of the report. If he's done with the Lions, I hope he goes somewhere competitive (though the Lions schedule is going to make them look competitive next year).

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Mon Feb 01, 2016 12:33 am

The Meal wrote:Lions currently denying it, but that's natural no matter the veracity of the report. If he's done with the Lions, I hope he goes somewhere competitive (though the Lions schedule is going to make them look competitive next year).

If he's retiring, wouldn't there be contractual rules preventing him from going somewhere else for at least a little while? Or else a brief 'retirement' would be an easy way for a player to get out of their contract.

RunningMn9 · Post by **RunningMn9** » Mon Feb 01, 2016 8:10 am

If he retires, the Lions retain his rights forever and the remaining time on his contract never tolls. Unless he's an impending UFA, he cannot go anywhere unless the Loins trade him.

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Mon Feb 01, 2016 9:18 am

On sports radio yesterday, they were discussing this to death. The assumption is that he has enough money (made $115M over his career) and at this point, still has all of his marbles. Problems suffered by age-peer Antwon Randle-el among others may have convinced him playing further is just not worth the risk to his long-term health.

They also concluded this will be at the expense of his legacy -- he is currently 27th among all receivers statistically, and with today's pass-happy league, he'll be buried further by the time he is HoF eligible. Lack of post-season will also hurt in this regard.

They also said this is not a ploy to avoid playing for the Lions anymore, although who knows if trading his rights to a contender might interest him in playing a bit more.

rshetts2 · Post by **rshetts2** » Mon Feb 01, 2016 11:59 am

This has been all over the local sports for a month. He has not announced his retirement and nothing has changed since the original statement he made in January. The report form ESPN is just them once again trying to create news. It is expected by many that he actually will retire but local reports have also said that he is now leaning towards coming back for one more season and stated so last week when he was having a private dinner with some team mates. In other words until he officially announces he is retiring, all we are getting is conjecture and noise. Will he retire? Its likely. Has he retired? No he hasnt.

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Mon Feb 01, 2016 1:40 pm

rshetts2 wrote:Has he retired? No he hasnt.

So all of this is needlessly getting my hopes up?

EvilHomer3k · Post by **EvilHomer3k** » Mon Feb 01, 2016 2:59 pm

Jeff V wrote:
rshetts2 wrote:Has he retired? No he hasnt.
So all of this is needlessly getting my hopes up?

With no Patriots cheating controversy this year there is a lack of stories for the sports media to drone on and on about. Manning and the Broncos are pretty boring by comparison. What ever happened to the Manning PED story? They dropped that pretty quickly.

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Mon Feb 01, 2016 3:14 pm

I haven't been listening to sports radio much since football season ended more than a month ago. I didn't think it was worth hooking up my phone to listen to an audiobook for the 5 minute drive to store last night, though.

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Wed Feb 03, 2016 9:38 am

You see, what had happened was...

Moliere · Post by **Moliere** » Wed Feb 03, 2016 11:58 am

Super Bowl I footage

It’s worth pausing for a moment just to appreciate the significance of the remarkable fact that the world apparently contains but a single copy of that historic broadcast. It’s a nice little illustration of how far we have traveled, sociologically and technologically, in the past 50 years. Both CBS and NBC — both of whom (oddly enough) televised the game — seem to have lost or destroyed their master copies of the live broadcast (or, perhaps, never made such copies in the first place, which was a startlingly common practice in the days of yore).

And, of course, in 1967 there were no reasonably priced commercially available VCRs. Recording equipment necessary for the task was something only a professional studio could afford.

But somehow, and for unknown reasons of his own, a guy named Martin Haupt, in Shamokin, Pa., got access to a professional-grade Quadruplex reel-to-reel video recorder and recorded the broadcast onto two reels of Scotch 2-inch recording tape. Into Haupt’s attic they went, until they were rediscovered a few years ago by his son, Troy.

He offered to sell this copy to the NFL for $1 million — the NFL countered with an offer of $30,000. Seems like a low-ball offer to me for a pretty significant piece of football history, but it’s their money, I suppose, and they can do with it what they want.

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Thu Feb 04, 2016 2:21 pm

The NFL is expanding the Rooney Rule to apply to women for executive positions. I approve and look forward to seeing how this plays out.

Moliere · Post by **Moliere** » Thu Feb 04, 2016 3:15 pm

stessier wrote:The NFL is expanding the Rooney Rule to apply to women for executive positions. I approve and look forward to seeing how this plays out.

Slippery slope?

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Thu Feb 04, 2016 3:20 pm

Moliere wrote:
stessier wrote:The NFL is expanding the Rooney Rule to apply to women for executive positions. I approve and look forward to seeing how this plays out.
Slippery slope?

Broadening their appeal?

*Who said that?*

YellowKing · Post by **YellowKing** » Fri Feb 05, 2016 9:50 am

Our work suspended the dress code today so that people could wear Panthers (or Broncos) clothing. Yeah, NCers are going nuts. I've been here 8 years and I've never had my work suspend dress code for *anything*.

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Fri Feb 05, 2016 9:57 am

YellowKing wrote:Our work suspended the dress code today so that people could wear Panthers (or Broncos) clothing. Yeah, NCers are going nuts. I've been here 8 years and I've never had my work suspend dress code for *anything*.

Our company abolished dress code on Fridays altogether (which I suppose means no more panhandling $5 donations to some cause just to wear jeans on Friday). Except in certain circumstances, such as during client visits. I'm at our downtown corporate HQ today...and there be a client visit.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Fri Feb 05, 2016 10:27 am

Fri/Sat are jeans days. T-shirts require special dispensation. We still have the panhandling. I'll get to wear jeans on a random weekday for donating blood that day.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Fri Feb 05, 2016 10:57 am

Jeff V wrote:
YellowKing wrote:Our work suspended the dress code today so that people could wear Panthers (or Broncos) clothing. Yeah, NCers are going nuts. I've been here 8 years and I've never had my work suspend dress code for *anything*.
Our company abolished dress code on Fridays altogether (which I suppose means no more panhandling $5 donations to some cause just to wear jeans on Friday). Except in certain circumstances, such as during client visits. I'm at our downtown corporate HQ today...and there be a client visit.

I was the one who suggested charity Jeans Friday for my company. We raise about $3000 a year for charity this way. People feel good about it. They get tax deductions and it makes Friday less ominous.

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Fri Feb 05, 2016 11:29 am

The thing is at my company, each floor has one or two people designated to beat the drum and collect such donations. Except the first floor, which houses the crapeteria, facilities, and...my department. So all those paid jeans days came and went without participation from my group despite the fact we sometimes have to get ourselves dirty running cabling, working in IDF closets, or crawling under desks.

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Fri Feb 05, 2016 3:47 pm

This could be interesting.

Ian Rapoport ‏@RapSheet 2m2 minutes ago
Wow. Roger Goodell says he'll pursue a policy of, if a player gets two personal fouls in a game, it results in an automatic ejection.

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Fri Feb 05, 2016 4:00 pm

If they keep calling pass interference penalties like they did this season, most teams will need to double the number of d-backs on their roster.

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Fri Feb 05, 2016 4:05 pm

Pass interference isn't a personal foul. Face masks can be though. Roughing the passer. I can't imagine this idea passing.