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NFL Off-Season Thread: "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?"
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Manning Watch leading into Flynn Watch and ending with Favre Watch. Old man Favre could make those deep throws Brady can't anymore. Belichick should give him a call.
DeathbyVolcano
Banned
Praise Tebow.
Alligatorjandro
Banned
No.Though I did come across an elderly couple who were Giant fans.
DeathbyVolcano
Banned
Also, new avatar time.
I could see this easily being flipped. I'll take either one at this point.
Edit: Welcome to the Underwood Curse Era. That cut marked the beginning of the decline.
Dutch Gronk
Banned
I'm sure Tebow would understand if you pushed them in the swamp.
Of course you helped them out afterwards.
Schattenjäger
Gabriel Knight
I hate the long wait for football 
Is there a chance we will see an 18 game season soon ?
Is there a chance we will see an 18 game season soon ?
Plz plz plz, Andy/Howie, get us some decent linebackers. I beg you. That's all I want this off-season. Draft Kuechly/Burfict, sign Tulloch, trade for someone available, anything so a 2nd-year guy like Brian Rolle isn't our best LB next season.
Other than that, I think we'll be fine. We'll need to get DeSean figured out, but I think he'll be back (and if not, we'll sign/draft a replacement for sure). We'll probably upgrade the two sides of the line as always, maybe get more depth at safety, because Allen/Coleman/Jarrett aren't that convincing yet, and probably say goodbye to some vets like Asante and Jamaal Jackson.
I think a full off-season of prep will help Vick, and hopefully he'll return to what he was two years ago and bounce-back from the turnover troubles like Eli did this season.
Other than that, I think we'll be fine. We'll need to get DeSean figured out, but I think he'll be back (and if not, we'll sign/draft a replacement for sure). We'll probably upgrade the two sides of the line as always, maybe get more depth at safety, because Allen/Coleman/Jarrett aren't that convincing yet, and probably say goodbye to some vets like Asante and Jamaal Jackson.
I think a full off-season of prep will help Vick, and hopefully he'll return to what he was two years ago and bounce-back from the turnover troubles like Eli did this season.
Alligatorjandro
Banned
The one player I really want is Courtney Upshaw.Idk about anybody else.
I have a hard time laughing at the Kraft.gif. He's been through a hell of a lot this past year and he was so close to the most prestigious trophy in all of sports. That has to be a huge kick in the nuts.
Congrats to the Giants and all of Giants-age. I hate all of you and I'm still extremely salty over the loss but the better team won the Super Bowl.
Niners going to be right in the thick of things again next year. We should be able to make it to the second round of the playoffs as long as we sign all of our key players. In the draft we need; WR, OG, WR, WR, CB. Fuck I hate the offseason.
By the way; that Cruz fumble was the exact same as the Bradshaw fumble. Fuck these inconsistent officials.
How many non-fumble fumbles did the Giants have this year?
Congrats to the Giants and all of Giants-age. I hate all of you and I'm still extremely salty over the loss but the better team won the Super Bowl.
Niners going to be right in the thick of things again next year. We should be able to make it to the second round of the playoffs as long as we sign all of our key players. In the draft we need; WR, OG, WR, WR, CB. Fuck I hate the offseason.
By the way; that Cruz fumble was the exact same as the Bradshaw fumble. Fuck these inconsistent officials.
How many non-fumble fumbles did the Giants have this year?
Great season!!!! Really close game but Godgers pulled it out in the end like always. now to repeat for next year. Im guessing we will got 15-1 or something along those lines. Cutler will probably get injured again like a few weeks ago in the NFC championship game. the lions might even have a shot at the wild card. Congrats to the pack once again!!!
Season is still early and the rockets gave us a serviceable pg in Lin.
Bill Murray
Banned
Super excited for the draft, oh boy!
:'(
Oakland Raiders 2012 draft picks said:
:'(
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
One damn good game and Knicks fans are already treating him like god damn Tebow. Dude is a career d-leaguer.
Wellington
BAAAALLLINNN'
OK finally home and here are my thoughts on a bunch-a-shit in random order.
- My buddy and I flew into Chicago and drove down to Indy because that was definitely a much cheaper and pretty painless option to flying into Indy and staying there. I was very surprised how many other both Pats and Giants fans did the same thing. We partied damn near everywhere in downtown Chicago Friday and Saturday night and there were people all over the place with their gear on. Everyone was crazy classy. Awesome shit and it made just talking to random strangers even easier.
- We ended up getting the tickets on Stub Hub afterall. They started at $2500+ for the cheapest tickets but ended up falling down to ~$1400 the night before the game. We got ours for $1500. Picking them up was easy as hell, and they had a party with food and drinks. Doesn't make their 10% purchase fee feel any better, but it was a nice gesture on their part and gave us a spot to chill most of the day.
- Fuck people trying to price gouge. We parked a mile out and walked in. Saw signs for $50 through $100 parking.
- The Super Bowl Village itself was awesome. Saw celebs walking around (Larry Fitzgerald, Paul Mooney), huge but well managed crowds, lots of attractions, lots of decorations... here:
^Tony Gonzalez
It was a great time and from my point of view the city of Indianapolis did a terrific job handling it.
- Lucas Oil Stadium is likely the best stadium I've been to, which is saying a lot from me. The only thing that sucks is that yeah there are some obstructed views, but definitely not worse than Yankee Stadium. Getting in was a little ridiculous though, so many winding lines and going around shit, but I guess it's necessary for such a large crowd. BTW, Kenny Phillips' sister is thick as fuck and Justin Tuck's son is cute as a button. The Phillips family and Tuck's girl were directly ahead of me as we entered.
- View from my seat. Yes, high up, but we wanted a sideline view and it was cheapest/best available:
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On the game itself (going off of memory, still haven't seen the broadcast):
- The crowd was like 3 to 1 or 4 to 1 Giants fans. It was ridiculous. I think the section we were in was designated for Pats season tickets tho as we were vastly outnumbered. The stadium acoustics are very good as the cheering was damn near deafening at points.
- When the Pats were on O I keyed most of the game on the receiver/tight end routes. Most every play had a pick, rub, screen, whatever you want to call it at either medium or shallow depths (as was expected). The Danny Woodhead TD in the second was a perfect example. He came across right to left and Boley (I think) was picked. Same with the long Welker gain in the first. That's been the design of the Pats O for the last few years, but it's a pain in the ass as a fan of an opposing team. It's no surprise that (by my count) there was only one completed pass that wasn't on a crossing pattern or in the middle of the field.
- Seemed to me that the defensive ends did a lot less stunting as a whole to try and stop the crossing patterns. Almost as if they were told, if you can't beat your man just sit in your lane and wait for Brady to try and throw over you. Both JPP PDs had that kind of flavor, I also think that both of Tuck's sacks came from the inside position. It wasn't until near the end of the game that Fewell let it rip with the DL IMO. I'll watch again to verify.
- After that first drive, the protection on Eli was much improved. Something I hadn't seen much of the year from Gilbride was 3 WRs and 2 RBs. He ended up doing that a lot in the second half with combos of Hyno/Bradshaw, Hyno/Jacobs and Jacobs/Bradshaw. I swear I saw on the final drive Bradshaw staying in as protection and Jacobs going out on routes and chipping the fuck outta dudes or submarining blitzers. That was an awesome and versatile package.
- This was likely Kareem McKenzie's last game as a Giant. Was talking to a Pats fan before the game on how much he has regressed in pass pro, sure enough Ninkovich eats him for lunch most of the game. He needed help all day by way of chips or the TE staying in on his side.
- I'd never really seen this from the Pats D (tho I don't watch them that much) but they sat in a Tampa 2 most of the game to limit any big plays. The safeties were very tight to the sidelines, Eli kept trying the corner posts but the Pat safeties were always on top of it, AND the Giants couldn't draw them in because of the coverage in the middle. Well played BB.
- I don't know what happened in the fourth with Brady, but as ya'll saw, he couldn't hit the broadside of a barn for whatever reason. Mid and deep ACC was shot.
- You could hear a pin drop on that last hail mary attempt. No one could see wtf happened until the ref signaled. What a fucking heart attack.
Overall, DEFINITELY worth the money. What an awesome trip!
- My buddy and I flew into Chicago and drove down to Indy because that was definitely a much cheaper and pretty painless option to flying into Indy and staying there. I was very surprised how many other both Pats and Giants fans did the same thing. We partied damn near everywhere in downtown Chicago Friday and Saturday night and there were people all over the place with their gear on. Everyone was crazy classy. Awesome shit and it made just talking to random strangers even easier.
- We ended up getting the tickets on Stub Hub afterall. They started at $2500+ for the cheapest tickets but ended up falling down to ~$1400 the night before the game. We got ours for $1500. Picking them up was easy as hell, and they had a party with food and drinks. Doesn't make their 10% purchase fee feel any better, but it was a nice gesture on their part and gave us a spot to chill most of the day.
- Fuck people trying to price gouge. We parked a mile out and walked in. Saw signs for $50 through $100 parking.
- The Super Bowl Village itself was awesome. Saw celebs walking around (Larry Fitzgerald, Paul Mooney), huge but well managed crowds, lots of attractions, lots of decorations... here:
^Tony Gonzalez
It was a great time and from my point of view the city of Indianapolis did a terrific job handling it.
- Lucas Oil Stadium is likely the best stadium I've been to, which is saying a lot from me. The only thing that sucks is that yeah there are some obstructed views, but definitely not worse than Yankee Stadium. Getting in was a little ridiculous though, so many winding lines and going around shit, but I guess it's necessary for such a large crowd. BTW, Kenny Phillips' sister is thick as fuck and Justin Tuck's son is cute as a button. The Phillips family and Tuck's girl were directly ahead of me as we entered.
- View from my seat. Yes, high up, but we wanted a sideline view and it was cheapest/best available:
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On the game itself (going off of memory, still haven't seen the broadcast):
- The crowd was like 3 to 1 or 4 to 1 Giants fans. It was ridiculous. I think the section we were in was designated for Pats season tickets tho as we were vastly outnumbered. The stadium acoustics are very good as the cheering was damn near deafening at points.
- When the Pats were on O I keyed most of the game on the receiver/tight end routes. Most every play had a pick, rub, screen, whatever you want to call it at either medium or shallow depths (as was expected). The Danny Woodhead TD in the second was a perfect example. He came across right to left and Boley (I think) was picked. Same with the long Welker gain in the first. That's been the design of the Pats O for the last few years, but it's a pain in the ass as a fan of an opposing team. It's no surprise that (by my count) there was only one completed pass that wasn't on a crossing pattern or in the middle of the field.
- Seemed to me that the defensive ends did a lot less stunting as a whole to try and stop the crossing patterns. Almost as if they were told, if you can't beat your man just sit in your lane and wait for Brady to try and throw over you. Both JPP PDs had that kind of flavor, I also think that both of Tuck's sacks came from the inside position. It wasn't until near the end of the game that Fewell let it rip with the DL IMO. I'll watch again to verify.
- After that first drive, the protection on Eli was much improved. Something I hadn't seen much of the year from Gilbride was 3 WRs and 2 RBs. He ended up doing that a lot in the second half with combos of Hyno/Bradshaw, Hyno/Jacobs and Jacobs/Bradshaw. I swear I saw on the final drive Bradshaw staying in as protection and Jacobs going out on routes and chipping the fuck outta dudes or submarining blitzers. That was an awesome and versatile package.
- This was likely Kareem McKenzie's last game as a Giant. Was talking to a Pats fan before the game on how much he has regressed in pass pro, sure enough Ninkovich eats him for lunch most of the game. He needed help all day by way of chips or the TE staying in on his side.
- I'd never really seen this from the Pats D (tho I don't watch them that much) but they sat in a Tampa 2 most of the game to limit any big plays. The safeties were very tight to the sidelines, Eli kept trying the corner posts but the Pat safeties were always on top of it, AND the Giants couldn't draw them in because of the coverage in the middle. Well played BB.
- I don't know what happened in the fourth with Brady, but as ya'll saw, he couldn't hit the broadside of a barn for whatever reason. Mid and deep ACC was shot.
- You could hear a pin drop on that last hail mary attempt. No one could see wtf happened until the ref signaled. What a fucking heart attack.
Overall, DEFINITELY worth the money. What an awesome trip!
Alligatorjandro
Banned
Pats fans don't forget about Ras-I Dowling.He looked pretty good before he got hurt.Just hope that he stays healthy.
Watch the Pats draft more cornerbacks!
I would love to see Lloyd on the Pats.
Shut your jelly ass up.
Dutch Gronk
Banned
Just saw highlights...
Sad Brady stays.
Sad Brady stays.
Dutch Gronk
Banned
Pats pick said:
Don't worry, we will trade something to you for your first rounder next year.
To do the same thing the year after that.
And the year after that.
Alligatorjandro
Banned
Belichick has to use these picks on players this year.He has to.
Great write-up, that's definitely a once-in-a-lifetime type of trip/experience. I wish/hope I'll be able to experience something like that one day with the Eagles.
I also noticed the same-type of easy-going/friendly atmosphere when I attended the draft a few years back. And I love how we all have our rivalries and shit-talk, etc, but when you're all at an event like this, there's still civility. Definitely also noticed that crossing stuff the Pats do, as they did it against us this year. And the awful part is that you can see it coming, but it's impossible to stop when Brady's locked-on and has a full, healthy complement of targets.
What was the general reaction in there after the Welker drop/Bradshaw TD?
Anyway congrats, Welli and the rest of Giants-Age again. I f'n hate that another divisional rival won it (though, that's more due to our incompetence in not even winning one) but y'all keep it classy, and there's next season.
Dutch Gronk
Banned
ActStriker
Member
Yeah, he showed some good stuff his first year, but that was the same thing for McCourty his first year.
If he can show up and plays pretty well again, then we could put some faith in. But having him shouldn't necessarily stop us from trying to stockpile a bunch of DBs.
Could you imagine how pissed off you'd be if you didn't buy tickets? No laptop within 100 miles would be safe.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Moreno was arrested for DUI.
That pretty much wraps up his Broncos career. Easily the biggest bust of the short lived McDaniels era.
FOX 31 in Denver reports that Moreno was pulled over by Denver Police on February 1 for driving 70 miles an hour in a construction zone where the limit was 45 miles an hour. The officer smelled alcohol and Moreno failed a roadside sobriety test, according to the report. Moreno was driving a Bentley convertible with license plates reading “SAUCED.”
That pretty much wraps up his Broncos career. Easily the biggest bust of the short lived McDaniels era.
FOX 31 in Denver reports that Moreno was pulled over by Denver Police on February 1 for driving 70 miles an hour in a construction zone where the limit was 45 miles an hour. The officer smelled alcohol and Moreno failed a roadside sobriety test, according to the report. Moreno was driving a Bentley convertible with license plates reading “SAUCED.”
Bill Murray
Banned
Damn, that looks like a Madden type of draft right there. Holy shit.
:jnc
Spectral Glider
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Glad you had a good time! Can't believe the money that changes hands at that event, but it is what it is. I've heard nothing but praise for Indy as a host town, that was needed after the Jerry World fuck up last year.
As for Brady, heard some media types laying blame on his hurt shoulder, Boomer Esiason for one.
HarryDemeanor
Member
GO BRONCOS!
Can't wait for next season's AFC West win along with the eventual Super Bowl run right after.
Bill Murray
Banned
Woo I won pickem no confidence for last year. I sucked giving out points though I guess, got 4th there.
Congrats! Your prize is a comemorative plate!
The Rams are the lone team with a GM spot open, and are apparently just going to interview someone from every team in the league, starting with their own division. No real hurry since personnel departments have contracts that run through the draft, but it's a little worrying that no one is clearly in charge of free agency
Fortunately the Rams suck so they really don't have many people to try and resign
Fortunately the Rams suck so they really don't have many people to try and resign
Moreno showed some flashes here and there, but never really put it all together. In the game he got hurt, he looked great for a few plays irc. Moreno was a worse pick than Tebow in my honest opinion. It's still hard to grasp that he was a 1st round - 12th pick. Hopefully we can get some fresh faces at RB, because McGahee isn't getting any younger and the other guys we have Ball and Jeremiah Johnson are serviceable at best at the moment.
WTF you laughing at?
I don't see why people hate Kraft either but I wouldn't worry. A completely classless asshole Jets fan isn't something to aspire to anyway.
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A ton. Like I said. I'm not discrediting the Giants at all when I say they were lucky to recover fumbles at the rate they did.
Alligatorjandro
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If only Miles Austin caught that pass from Romo....
That one play affected the whole NFL.
That one play affected the whole NFL.
Dude can't throw it AND fucking catch it!
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