NFL Off-Season Thread: "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?"

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goldlion054 said:
I loved the first 2
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2 was a disappointment for me. They stripped the RPG elements down way too much for my liking and planet scanning can go fuck a goat. The most tedious game mechanic I've seen since Final Fantasy VIII's magic "draw" system.

I'll give 3 a chance but they need to scale back on the streamlining and return to some of the RPG elements from the first game. Just cause your inventory layout was a disaster in Mass Effect doesn't mean you trash it all together Bioware!
 
Futurevoid said:
2 was a disappointment for me. They stripped the RPG elements down way too much for my liking and planet scanning can go fuck a goat. The most tedious game mechanic I've seen since Final Fantasy VIII's magic "draw" system.

I'll give 3 a chance but they need to scale back on the streamlining and return to some of the RPG elements from the first game. Just cause your inventory layout was a disaster in Mass Effect doesn't mean you trash it all together Bioware!
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Agreed. ME1 was one of my games of this generation and they stripped practically everything I loved in 2.
 
Next person that requests a meeting with me an hour+ away from my house and then cancels it after the meeting start time is getting dead.
 
Some football news:

Giants closing in on a deal with Dominik Hixon. Also Manningham back pedals from the "75% sure he won't be a Giants" statement:

http://www.nj.com/giants/index.ssf/...=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_term=#nyg

Eric Metz, the agent for the six-year veteran wide receiver wrote in an email Monday night he's "hoping to finalize a contract very soon" to return Hixon to the team for whom he's played only two games in the past two seasons combined.

Metz added in a follow-up text message about the impending unrestricted free agent: "We expect him to sign with the Giants."
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Two ACL tears in two seasons? I'm not hopeful but he's a high character guy that can contribute. He'll be a cheap signing.

Plaxico is talking up the Eagles again:

Jeff McLane ‏ @Jeff_McLane

Plaxico Burress (via 97.5 The Fanatic) on becoming an Eagle "Nothing else would make me happier."
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eznark said:
If we have dinner we are doing it in a neutral location, like LaCrosse. I won't be lured to St. Paul by your fancy sounding restaurants and your skywalks.
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The great part of Minneapolis is that you tip a cow in the middle of a pasture, then be back in hipsterville in 15 minutes.

LaCrosse is great. I hear they have a Chuck E Cheese.
 
Mass Effect 2 is a shitty RPG and a tepid shooter with a crap story.

Mass Effect 1 is a fun but flawed RPG with a really enjoyable pulpy story.

Fuck Mass Effect 3.
 
Mass Effect 3 might be my most wanted game ever. I loved ME2, and I have loved both the SP and MP demos for ME3. Hell i have even read all the ME books, and really liked them.
 
TheLegendary said:
Joining the ME3 hate train.

"Hate" might not be fair, but Im just totally ambivalent towards it.
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Pretty much this. It doesn't help it any that it comes out on the same day as a game that it could never even hope to be in the same class as.

Just finished Mutant Blobs Attack. SO FUCKING GOOD!!

I still need to get three trophies, can't wait.
 
The planet scanning in ME2 is so bad that I have no choice but to use a mod to give myself all the resources and money I need. Then I just scan each planet for 1 second to see if I need to land on it for a mission.
 
Is there a general consensus as to which team everyone seems to think will land RGIII?

All homerism aside, I think the Skins will go get him.
 
SonnyBoy said:
Is there a general consensus as to which team everyone seems to think will land RGIII?

All homerism aside, I think the Skins will go get him.
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Patriots, along with Sanu, Poe, DeCastro...haha

eznark said:
What's your take on Reif v. Kalil? Think there is a huge talent gulf there?
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I barely watched Iowa, they were terrible. Knew Reiff was on the team but I couldn't stomach it. May watch a game or two on ESPN at some point. It's a ten minute thing, but I've been lazy.

Feel good about my Hightower comments after reading that.
 
LJ11 said:
Patriots, along with Sanu, Poe, DeCastro...haha
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Tom for the second overall pick. Man, you Bills gonna have it tough for years when you'll face RG3 throwing to Sanu behind that great line consisting of DeCasto, Konz and others + you have to face half the Bama D, Poe, Brockers and All Pro Devin McCourty.
 
Slo said:
Any reason to think Kalil can't be a long term LT?
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Anything's possible but no one has questioned his ability to play the position, you have seen some question Reiff, talk about him being a RT or a G.

Eye of the beholder, everyone sees something different. Well not everyone, but you get the point.

Dutch Patriot said:
Tom for the second overall pick. Man, you Bills gonna have it tough for years when you'll face RG3 throwing to Sanu behind that great line consisting of DeCasto, Konz and others + you have to face half the Bama D, Poe, Brockers and All Pro Devin McCourty.
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As if we weren't already fucked.
 
The latest in the Peyton Manning story involves a Manning-Reggie Wayne reunion, which I'm told at least two potential suitor teams would seriously consider in an attempt to lure the rehabbing Manning if the Colts cut him between now and the March 8 deadline Indianapolis has for exercising a $28 million option bonus to keep the legendary quarterback.

Such a pairing would not only be a plus for Manning, who would love to see it happen, according to one NFL source. But also it would allow him to go to his new team with one familiar receiving face, and if you can say one thing about Manning, it's that he loves familiarity, particularly in how his receivers anticipate throws and the precision of their route-running.

Wayne, who teamed with Manning for 10 of his 11 seasons with the Colts, would allow Manning to enter a new phase in his career with a receiver who could be the template for other receivers on the team to emulate. I'm told the 33-year-old Wayne, a looming free agent when the market opens March 13, is very interested in the combo platter also. Wayne caught 862 passes in his Colt career, including 397 in a four-year span with Manning.

Where would the best fit be? Let's examine Manning's most likely suitors to see where Wayne matches up with team needs:


• Miami. With Brandon Marshall at one outside receiver and Davone Bess a good slot player, Wayne could slide seamlessly into the other starting receiver spot, ahead of Brian Hartline.

• New York Jets. Not so good a fit for Wayne, with Plaxico Burress (assuming he re-signs in free agency) and the pouty Santonio Holmes penciled in as starters. But you saw GM Mike Tannenbaum erase the reliable and well-respected Chad Pennington easily in 2008 for Brett Favre. If the Jets have to let one of the receivers go, even by taking Holmes' cap hit, don't be surprised to see them do so if it means getting Manning.

• Seattle. The injury-prone Sidney Rice makes this a tough call. But the Seahawks certainly have the cash to make this happen, and it's exceedingly logical to think they'd be interested in both. With Rice and Mike Williams the current projected starters, you'd think Pete Carroll would use Williams and Golden Tate as swing players and injury insurance, with the heady Doug Baldwin the kind of slot receiver Manning could use as his new Brandon Stokley.

• Washington. The 'Skins are crying out for a No. 1 receiver, with stopgap Jabar Gaffney and aging Santana Moss the two incumbents. Washington could use two receivers, not just one. Imagine the Redskins with Manning, Wayne and Mario Manningham next fall. Scary ... if Manning's healthy, of course.

• Arizona. Manning to Larry Fitzgerald. Dreamy. Manning to Fitzgerald and Reggie Wayne. Dreamier.

• Kansas City. The Chiefs seem much more likely to build around Matt Cassel and a free-agent import to compete with him, and keep Jonathan Baldwin and Dwayne Bowe. But Peyton Manning can make teams do things they never foresaw.


The guess here? Manning's going to be in an incredible power seat if he and his rehabbing neck are healthy when he works out for teams in the near future -- assuming, of course, the Colts release him by the start of free agency. Miami's owner, Stephen Ross, will be drooling to get him. As will the Jets' triumvirate of Woody Johnson, Tannenbaum and Rex Ryan. Seattle, an upstart, would provide Manning the relative privacy he'd love in the remote Northwest, a superstar trying to win one more title with a smart staff and a rising defense. With Washington, Manning would be matched with a coach he greatly admires, Mike Shanahan, and a top-10 defense.

And one more note from potential free agency, according to a source close to another free-agent receiver: Pierre Garcon, another Colt soon to be free, turned down a five-year contract offer from Indianapolis last week. More than one general manager at the combine said that's a sign Garcon doesn't want to do anything until he knows what Manning is going to do. What if, say, Washington GM Bruce Allen, with $49 million in cap room before adding the earned-incentives from the 2011 salary-cap year, says to Manning: "We'll recreate your 2010 receiving corps, and you'll have a defense already strong enough to play at a Super Bowl level.'' Could be very tempting.

It all hinges, of course, on Manning being healthy enough to be Manning. It won't be long before we know if he is.
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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/peter_king/02/28/mail/index.html?eref=twitter_feed
 
One last thing with regards to that article.

They praise K.Wright's explosiveness, how fast he is and compare him favorably to a very good Pro receiver. Then you read the Floyd comments, won't run by anyone. You then get to the combine...lol
 
LJ11 said:
One last thing with regards to that article.

They praise K.Wright's explosiveness, how fast he is and compare him favorably to a very good Pro receiver. Then you read the Floyd comments, won't run by anyone. You then get to the combine...lol
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To be fair everyone was surprised by that.

Thus marks the first and last time I will defend the urinal sentinel
 
Take it for what it's worth: Rams have offers for #2 Pick

NFL League Source said:
After speaking to a team executive Monday evening, offers for the Rams' No. 2 pick have started coming in, and a few teams have already dropped out of the race.

The Cleveland Browns have been the favorite to land the pick, given they arguably have the most ammunition. Per the league source, Cleveland has offered the No. 4 overall pick, two second round picks and a fifth round pick, but not the No. 22 overall pick. However, if the No. 22 overall pick is a must for the Rams, while reluctant, the Browns would likely be willing to include it.

Another team with an offer on the table is the Washington Redskins. According to the source, Mike Shanahan's team has offered the No. 6 and No. 39 overall picks, along with a third round pick and a second round pick in the 2013 draft.

It is believed the Seattle Seahawks are another team who made an offer, but the details of the offer are unknown at this time.

Now this may shock you, but the Mark Sanchez-led New York Jets also spoke with the Rams about the No. 2 overall pick, but as of now, they weren't able to devise a package large enough.
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Donald Driver to be on DWTS. I would've watched if the producers of that show had taken the bold move and gotten Raji.
 
GCNemesis said:
Take it for what it's worth: Rams have offers for #2 Pick
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The Browns offer is clearly the best. Pull the trigger Fisher!

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