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BigAT

Member
Really don't get the big deal about Brees contract. Of course its going to be higher than previous QBs, the cap increases mean contracts will keep going up.

But if anything it really shows how underpaid NFL stars are. Drew Brees is making Eric Gordon and Andre Ethier money.

What cap increases? The 2012 salary cap is just $0.6 million higher than last year, is lower than it was three years ago and is expected to be fairly static over the next few seasons.
 

Fox318

Member
You are young seeing as how you are just going to college now.

Unfortunately you missed out on the glorious 80s.
Every generation says that about their childhood.

I could say the same thing about people who missed out on Tex Avery and Chuck Jones or Mighty Mouse and Speed Racer. Each generation also holds the same bias towards the next:"I can't believe the shit on tv", "The stuff I grew up with was better than the junk kids today watch". It's one of the reasons I'm actually thankful my first gaming experience was an Atari 2600. I feel it helped me understand and appreciate how far things move when you can compare it to something as primitive as the 2600.

I'm sure that the people who watch MLP or shows similar will say the same things about content in 10 years.
You're only like 20 though, right?

It blows my mind that there are kids on this very forum who never had any exposure to Transformers until the first movie. Transformers (and marbles) ruled my childhood.

22. The worst part is I feel old.
 

MechDX

Member
Really don't get the big deal about Brees contract. Of course its going to be higher than previous QBs, the cap increases mean contracts will keep going up.

But if anything it really shows how underpaid NFL stars are. Drew Brees is making Eric Gordon and Andre Ethier money.

When is the cap actually going to go up? Didnt for the 2012 year and isnt for the 2013 year.

As much as I appreciate and understand how NFL revenue sharing keeps the league consistant I am starting to hate it at the same time.
 

squicken

Member
Except the QB position is way more important than the other 51 guys. The discrepancy of highest paid QB to highest paid other positions should really be even higher than it is right now.

Can't remember where I read it but if basketball had no max salary, of all the sports, it would be the one where the top players made all the money. Lebron should have made 90% of the wages the Cavs were paying out
 

truly101

I got grudge sucked!
Don't say that mang!

Gotta set those expectations low as to not be disappointed. C'mon, this is second nature for most Saints fans.

Also Brees worth every bit of 100 million. If you suffered through Aaron Brooks, you'd understand. Hell, Aaron Brooks is just the tip of the shitty QB iceberg.
 
I agree and wish I could still go to movies.

Dark Knight was really awesome on IMAX for the 2 or 3 scenes that used it.

Can't help but feel this movie will be at the very least slightly disappointing after Dark Knight. The first 2/3s of that movie set the bar too high.

The trailers look great but I highly doubt it will live up to the DK. I am just going in hoping for a good movie and a good conclusion. It is sad to think that this might be the last Batman movie that I ever care about.
 

Fox318

Member
Can't remember where I read it but if basketball had no max salary, of all the sports, it would be the one where the top players made all the money. Lebron should have made 90% of the wages the Cavs were paying out

Yup. Basketball players effect the game more than any NFL player simply because there are less of them on the court and on the squad.

QBs wouldn't be shit though without the rest of the squad though. The a good QB can cover up bad offensive players but a great line can't help bad or mediocre qbs. Look at the Bills last year. Their offensive line was the best in football but that couldn't mask an ok qb.
Cam will tell the Panthers in 2014 that he wants 150 million for his signature.
and $40 mill to sign it with a personalized statement.
 

bionic77

Member
Every generation says that about their childhood.

I could say the same thing about people who missed out on Tex Avery and Chuck Jones or Mighty Mouse and Speed Racer. Each generation also holds the same bias towards the next:"I can't believe the shit on tv", "The stuff I grew up with was better than the junk kids today watch". It's one of the reasons I'm actually thankful my first gaming experience was an Atari 2600. I feel it helped me understand and appreciate how far things move when you can compare it to something as primitive as the 2600.

I'm sure that the people who watch MLP or shows similar will say the same things about content in 10 years.
Except in this case I am right. The 80s was fucking awesome! Toys, movies, videogames (the leap from Atari to SMB was my first holy shit moment in videogames), etc. The only things that were objectively worse in the 80s were fashion (girls are simply better looking today) and football (man the 80s sucked ass for AFC fans).

I love the internet but it ruined childhood.
 

bionic77

Member
Can't do that. Pats being the perverted franchise they are actually wanted Brady but realized they could stiff him (like his wife does with her crazy Brazilian strap on). Niners went just short of telling Alex Smith to fuck off, then when they couldn't get their guy had him tuck his incredibly small dick (using his tiny hands) between his legs and crawl back.
Fixed
 
Video of Martellus Bennett working out. It goes over his full workout schedule and is about a half hour long. Some comments about the perception that he's lazy, his weight (he's down to 275) and what he wants to accomplish with the Giants:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SPJN7-E5Ac&feature=relmfu

I hope he's right and he takes advantage of the opportunity. There's a glaring hole at TE that needs to be filled for the Giants.
 

Fox318

Member
The old days fucking sucked.No cell phones,no internet,no cable.Plus a bunch of other stuff that sucked.


Pretty much this. For as much as we tend to fictionalize a horrid future things have always been improving. That does not mean the past was bad rather that things are always improving. I think I can say to some extent that you should be able to time travel into the future and regardless of your race/creed/beliefs/or sexuality its almost always better than traveling back in time.

"Let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice."
 

squicken

Member
Pretty much this. For as much as we tend to fictionalize a horrid future things have always been improving. That does not mean the past was bad rather that things are always improving. I think I can say to some extent that you should be able to time travel into the future and regardless of your race/creed/beliefs/or sexuality its almost always better than traveling back in time.

"Let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice."

I didn't live through the 60s but I do not dispute that it was the peak of music. Some things are just true. Like the 80s being the peak of Western Civilization
 

Plinko

Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
The trailers look great but I highly doubt it will live up to the DK. I am just going in hoping for a good movie and a good conclusion. It is sad to think that this might be the last Batman movie that I ever care about.

Why all this Dark Knight talk when Batman Begins was by far the better movie?
 

Kave_Man

come in my shame circle
80s baby checking in.

Obviously things are better now then "back in the day" but I think the life experience was so much better back then. I am bitter as hell to the kids nowadays who can just google whatever naked chick they want.

Back in my day one of the kids would steal his dad's playboy and bring it around before school to show everyone.
 
Video of Martellus Bennett working out. It goes over his full workout schedule and is about a half hour long. Some comments about the perception that he's lazy, his weight (he's down to 275) and what he wants to accomplish with the Giants:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SPJN7-E5Ac&feature=relmfu

I hope he's right and he takes advantage of the opportunity. There's a glaring hole at TE that needs to be filled for the Giants.

Omg an nfl player works out AND wants to accomplish goals with his team!? This is definitely a must-watch video! Incredible!
 

Zeke

Member
Video of Martellus Bennett working out. It goes over his full workout schedule and is about a half hour long. Some comments about the perception that he's lazy, his weight (he's down to 275) and what he wants to accomplish with the Giants:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SPJN7-E5Ac&feature=relmfu

I hope he's right and he takes advantage of the opportunity. There's a glaring hole at TE that needs to be filled for the Giants.
Don't hold your breath guy was a bum in Dallas. I'm a huge A&M fan so I was really excited when Dallas got him but he's been a huge disappointment. He shows flashes but thats about it guy never showed any drive always seemed lazy.
 

Milchjon

Member
I couldnt disagree with you more. I liked Begins, but the DK is great. TDK is right up there with Memento and the Prestige as my favorite movies of all time.

Your taste in directors is impressively varied.

I also think BB is superior. TDK has several sequences that are only enjoyable the first time around. Should've been streamlined a lot more.

But I also just love origin stories.
 

bionic77

Member
80s baby checking in.

Obviously things are better now then "back in the day" but I think the life experience was so much better back then. I am bitter as hell to the kids nowadays who can just google whatever naked chick they want.

Back in my day one of the kids would steal his dad's playboy and bring it around before school to show everyone.
Don't be. I am convinced that too much porn at a young age is bad for you.

No young boy will believe me on that or stop looking at it, but it definitely is not what I would consider a positive for kids of today.
 
There are a few GAF leagues I've seen, but I want one with the active folks on this thread. I'll put one together if people are interested.

What I've noticed is people stay interested if there's cash involved. Here's a league proposal:

$50 entry, 10/12 teams.
350/450 winner
100 2nd
50 3rd

I'll give $50 for a pot. This pot will be for a random drawing at the end of the regular season. The teams with the best record over the last 4 weeks of the season will have a better chance of winning the pot (reverse of the nba lottery). This should keep bad teams still interested in the last weeks. If anyone else wants to pitch in extra to this pot it'd be cool.
 

bionic77

Member
Man, you really sound like a parent.
I actually thought this even before I became a parent.

You obviously need to have sex or masturbate on a regular basis or you are going to go crazy. But I think it is just healthier in general to have sex (with a STD free person and with protection so she doesn't get pregnant) and I don't think too much porn is healthy and definitely not for younger people.

This is obviously going to be my most unpopular opinion ever on GAF...
 
What I've noticed is people stay interested if there's cash involved. Here's a league proposal:

$50 entry, 10/12 teams.
350/450 winner
100 2nd
50 3rd

I'll give $50 for a pot. This pot will be for a random drawing at the end of the regular season. The teams with the best record over the last 4 weeks of the season will have a better chance of winning the pot (reverse of the nba lottery). This should keep bad teams still
interested in the last weeks. If anyone else wants to pitch in extra to this pot it'd be cool.
. This seems like it could be a good idea. I'm already in two money leagues but like I said before id love to one with you guys
 

GraveRobberX

Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
I miss 80's porn

=/

Had a video shop which would let us rent Nudies for $1.50 a night, great summer were had

First VHS, then DVD's,

Now Blu-rays kill that magic and make everything so fucking crystal clear, also 3D (yeah that shit is funky as fuck)

I want my Tori Wells/Delicious Nina Hartley/Cheyenne Silver back ; ;

Fuck these coked/meth induced females, with a trillion tattoos and demeaning themselves to the point of being sub-human

Give me Where the Boys Aren't, Jenna Jameson when she was young and fine, not BARBIE plastic (I still remember her solo masturbating clip on a bed wearing a white tank top shirt and blue/aqua panties... GOOD LORD!), where men at least varied, each one out there now looks like WWE rejects with Strong Johnson, Evil Dickery as their ring names
 

Milchjon

Member
I actually thought this even before I became a parent.

You obviously need to have sex or masturbate on a regular basis or you are going to go crazy. But I think it is just healthier in general to have sex (with a STD free person and with protection so she doesn't get pregnant) and I don't think too much porn is healthy and definitely not for younger people.

This is obviously going to be my most unpopular opinion ever on GAF...

It's certainly the most vanilla opinion ever.

And Nina Hartley is pretty ugly, Mr Beard.
 

bionic77

Member
I miss 80's porn

=/

Had a video shop which would let us rent Nudies for $1.50 a night, great summer were had

First VHS, then DVD's,

Now Blu-rays kill that magic and make everything so fucking crystal clear, also 3D (yeah that shit is funky as fuck)

I want my Tori Wells/Delicious Nina Hartley/Cheyenne Silver back ; ;

Fuck these coked/meth induced females, with a trillion tattoos and demeaning themselves to the point of being sub-human

Give me Where the Boys Aren't, Jenna Jameson when she was young and fine, not BARBIE plastic (I still remember her solo masturbating clip on a bed wearing a white tank top shirt and blue/aqua panties... GOOD LORD!), where men at least varied, each one out there now looks like WWE rejects with Strong Johnson, Evil Dickery as their ring names
They still have all the old porn on sites. I agree that shit was 100x better than the mutants they have now.

Who are these guys that want their porn to continue getting more and more extreme? I don't get it. Before they just had relatively good people have sex and pretend (or sometimes not) that they were enjoying it. Not shit is cray.

Probably should stop talking about porn in an NFL thread though!
 

cajunator

Banned
LOL at that contract. No player is worth that much.

I'm happy they got it done. What else do the Saints have really? Some good Olinemen and a few decent receivers but Brees holds it all together. The team is literally nothing without him in there. He has consistently performed well above expectations and puts up huge numbers. Im just happy we can move on to the season now. About fucking time.
 
And not to be "insular" or anything but I'd like to fill the league out before fans who wont stick around long start to come in and try and join. Nothing against them but they are likely candidates to not show up to stuff.
 

GraveRobberX

Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
Hey bionic or one of Steelers-Age owes me a hat for my beard upkeep just like Brett Kiesel's
Remember one you saying it

Brett:
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Me:
From this:
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To this:
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Zeke

Member
You gotta work on the mustache.
needs to handle bar it would look even more epic
Why is it always linemen wearing those crazy beards?
speaking as a former linemen its because they are in the trenches doing the dirty work and get no glory. Only time anyone talks about linemen is when one gets beat for a sack. I loved playing on the line its just a head to head battle all game. Tossing a dlinemen on the ground was always satisfying.
 

GraveRobberX

Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
You gotta work on the mustache.

I'm trying

It becomes difficult to eat sometimes

Ice cream becomes a fucking chore =/

Also my beard has become sort of safety nest, a couple chips fell and landed on my beard, picked them up munched away

BEARD what can't it do!

Also end goal is still long away

< My avatar = end goal
 
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