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NFL 2015 Wild Card |OT| - A Fraud Goes Wild
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Clockwork5
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Defensive rookie of the year Marcus Peters will do his best to make sure that happens in the first half, again.
Is Jon Gruden leaving ESPN or something? why would an ESPN guy called another ESPN guy a fraud?
I wanted us to fire him so we could hire Chip .......
I liked naively optimistic Eagles fans better
For better or worse Chip was building this roster with a specific plan in mind. Things that are coming out show that it was time for him to leave and I get that. But now we'll have a new coach who isn't using this plan, so these last few years have resulted in us just getting rid of talent with no follow through. Ertz, Hicks, Matthews and Rowe are positives, and I believe in Agholor and Barner, but there's still a lot of issues to plug. And who knows if we'll have Bradford next season
Paul Noonan's take on the game (nailed pretty much this entire month so far):
http://shepherdexpress.com/article-27095-the-packers-match-up-well-against-washington.html
http://shepherdexpress.com/article-27095-the-packers-match-up-well-against-washington.html
Why not? They might want Gase as the #1 choice but know full well he wants to visit other teams and then make a decision. If he chooses some other opening you don't want to be caught with no other candidates lined up.
Remember back when Chip was hired. He initially said he was going back to Oregon. Eagles were about to hire Gustav when Chip changed mind and took the job minute.
That's assuming that the Bengals and the Chiefs win. I'd worry about the Texans first. Peters has to stop Nuk, then maybe he'll get a shot a getting some more floaters thrown to him on a bad foot.
Meh.
We do know he was their top candidate and they interviewed for 8 hours. They might have even finalized a contract/$$$ but he will still explore. Earlier reports said Eagles have given Gase up until Saturday to make a decision. 2nd interview talk probably grew out of that.
Regardless I am happy to see Eagles interview other options. Shocked they haven't lined up interviews with Hue and McDermott.
I wonder how the Austin interview went.
Personally think Lurie is set on hiring an offensive coache and the real options are Gase, McAdoo, and Pederson in that order. Why Hue isn't on their radar I don't know.
The_Darkest_Red
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Nice avatar!
It'll really come down to if/how the Packers cover Jordan Reed. I don't see how this guy can be as confident as he sounds. Jordan Reed, DeSean Jackson and Pierre Garcon provide a lot of options. Especially if the Packers top CB is out.
I listen to him when he has interviews I'm interested in, but no I do not follow him.
He had an interview with Grigson last year around mid season, and Grigson came off as a pretty nice dude and seemed to have a grasp on the teams issues. So when reports came about him having problems with Chuck I was somewhat dumbfounded since their relationship seemed fine. I do think there is some truth to the internal issues, but they might've been inflated some.
He seems to think Pagano is a total phony and a total shit head.
Saw you playing Dark Souls II last night.
Beat the Witch of Hemwick. Easy fight. Now in the Forbidden Forest. Also made the mistake of defeating Vicar Amelia before doing some of the optional stuff. Probably have a long way to go, but I've been chipping away at it.
You're getting to some awesome stuff soon. I didn't like the Forbidden Forest much tho the layout was kinda confusing and it didn't seem to have the tight design of Yharnam
The_Darkest_Red
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Very nice! I hope you're enjoying it. Vicar is one of those fights that can be very tough or a breeze depending on when you choose to do it. Fighting her before WoH is the tough way to go.
You have a good ways to go but Bloodborne isn't nearly as long as the Souls games. I would say it's my favorite of the bunch by a good margin, though.
I played through Dark Souls II on PS3 but for the PS4 version they changed up a lot of the enemy encounters and added all the DLC I never bought. It's been great fun revisiting it so far.
Oh did you? I'm at work for another 5 hours so I can't see it.
skLaFarebear
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Need to get back to Bloodborne soon. I beat the game and have the DLC and people won't stop telling me how good and difficult the Old Hunters is.
yup, playing my game now though so don't decide until after you play yours or the trade won't go through.
Spincreep.
I think it's been pretty good so far. Took a bit to get used to it versus Demon/Dark, but I like the speed of it a little more.
I beat Vicar before WoH. I totally lucked out of Vicar, in that I beat her the first time without being hit. Saw a note someone left that said fire is effective. Used some fire paper, side stepped hit the legs, she buckled, and just went to town. I don't know how I got that lucky, but it was nice after being waxed by Blood Starved Beast a few times.
I still need to get on the Old Hunters, I just burned so much money at the end of the year with games that I don't have time. And DSIII is right around the corner. Maybe I'll grab it when Sony does a PSN Flash sale that has the Old Hunters cheap
I'll probably play mine too when I get home, but may wait.
This tank ain't gonna drive itself after all.
Gunning for that #1 pick
On Lovie.
After the Bucs choked like dogs against the Racist Scumbags, I wrote this meldown-y post about Lovie (and management and ownership, but for now Lovie).
Thing is, even when the Bucs actually had a shred of hope, my feelings about Lovie were...basically a less harsh version of that.
I mean, look at what has happened under him. Smith, a supposedly defensive coach, and Leslie Frazier took over a bad-to-mediocre defense and somehow made them worse. In his second year here, we finished tied for the league lead in penalties with Buffalo. So he didn't bring any sort of defensive prowess or discipline with him. So what exactly did he bring? The best thing I can say about him is that he was a good mentor type for Jameis (or so I've heard), a role he was saddled with only because he was able to draft him first overall since we bottomed the fuck out in his first year here.
I am concerned that our coaching carousel is starting to mimic that of the Browns, and if we ever end up like that we are royally fucked. But what's the alternative? Keeping him around just for the sake of keeping him around? Going another all-offense or near all-offense draft because Lovie thinks his schemes with the right guys (aka wrong guys aka Chris Conte) will be enough for the most part?
I hope Koetter is promoted; dude did a phenomenal job this year and going in house will help maintain a semblance of stability. Getting a defensive coordinator worth a damn will be critical to our success though.
After the Bucs choked like dogs against the Racist Scumbags, I wrote this meldown-y post about Lovie (and management and ownership, but for now Lovie).
Thing is, even when the Bucs actually had a shred of hope, my feelings about Lovie were...basically a less harsh version of that.
I mean, look at what has happened under him. Smith, a supposedly defensive coach, and Leslie Frazier took over a bad-to-mediocre defense and somehow made them worse. In his second year here, we finished tied for the league lead in penalties with Buffalo. So he didn't bring any sort of defensive prowess or discipline with him. So what exactly did he bring? The best thing I can say about him is that he was a good mentor type for Jameis (or so I've heard), a role he was saddled with only because he was able to draft him first overall since we bottomed the fuck out in his first year here.
I am concerned that our coaching carousel is starting to mimic that of the Browns, and if we ever end up like that we are royally fucked. But what's the alternative? Keeping him around just for the sake of keeping him around? Going another all-offense or near all-offense draft because Lovie thinks his schemes with the right guys (aka wrong guys aka Chris Conte) will be enough for the most part?
I hope Koetter is promoted; dude did a phenomenal job this year and going in house will help maintain a semblance of stability. Getting a defensive coordinator worth a damn will be critical to our success though.
The_Darkest_Red
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You guys are in for a treat. It's as good or better than anything in the main game. Nearly doubles the weapon count as well.
Wow, that is very impressive. BSB destroyed me for hours my first time through, probably because I was stubborn and always went for risky parries. One big adjustment from the Souls games is the importance of certain stats. HP is much more important in Bloodborne and stamina is much less important. Focusing on Vitality early on makes Bloodborne substantially easier.
skLaFarebear
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Same here, but I had to make an exception for Bloodborne. The game is so amazing, but man I forgot how close DS3 was.
I hear some of those weapons are really great. I didn't care about the lack of variety in weapons compared to past games since every weapon in BB was viable unlike half of them in previous souls games which were junk, but increasing the weapon variety is still a big plus.
I know it sounds crazy, but I don't really use the pistol.
Also I might have made a huge mistake because I started out as Troubled Childhood. Am at level 50, and have put almost all my points towards endurance. Vitality, Strength, and Skill are all at like 16 iirc.
Hopefully I didn't screw myself.
I assume you already have a football phone?
I got the football phone, mini helmet, pull over sweater, VHS, and the swimsuit issue.
Life was that fucking awesome.
Edit: Me and my dad never did smoke enough to get the red felt Marlboro pool table though.
Hey, did you forget already that our defense won us at least 7 of Peyton's 9 wins this year?!? The D is doing nothing but rest , so it can pump out a big load of hurt on all who come.
Peyton's offense only won against the Packers and he uplifted the team against the Colts, but did little special himself except get more catches out of Demaryius than Brock ever did (my guess is better timing between the two veterans).
If he turns the ball over, it's still going to be trouble for us.
I agree with what you've said though.
Getting conflicting info, in that some are saying that it's sink or swim with Peyton. While others are saying he'll be on short leash if he starts turning over the ball.
I don't really care who the QB is as long as the fight to they death and don't lay down like they did last year. If I see another 3 & 5 with 15 yards of open field and Manning doesn't run for that first down like last year, I'm going to be playing the shotgun and pistol with my TV.
Sorry.
I assumed that GAF didn't post hot pictures of children.
From now on I will confirm age of any GIFs of hot chicks I see on GAF before getting any erections.
The_Darkest_Red
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I agree, I always thought the complaint about weapon variety was silly. It's quality over quantity in Bloodborne, and with the DLC you get both. My favorites are the Rakuyo for a pure skill build and Holy Moonlight Sword for arc/str. The concept of trick weapons is incredible. The transitions are just too good:
A lot of people don't bother trying to parry, it's not really necessary just more efficient in some cases. The pistol is never really for damage, just parrying (unless you're a bloodtinge build). It's great fun when you get the hang of it.
Nah, your stats are fine. It's hard to mess them up too much in this game and min/maxing doesn't really matter unless you are way into PvP (I'm not). That said, 25 Endurance is more than enough. I'd suggest around 30 Vitality by the time you're done but the sooner the better unless you want a tougher challenge.
I can talk about stats in Soulsborne games all day so I'll go ahead and stop myself there.
Dutch Gronk
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You Poor man, all you need to get an erection is that .gif?!
You must not get any since the twins arrived huh
There is an incest defense force on GAF. I wouldn't assume anything.
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