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NFL Offseason Thread 2013 - Here comes the wait
- Thread starter DeaconKnowledge
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That's all you had to say, although it was fairly obvious from your posts
Futurevoid
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Spectral Glider
Member
Darn, I thought they were going to bring back Foxtrax.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
You have to be fucking kidding me. This is a travesty.
The one thing ESPN did right was soccer coverage. They got the best of the best in the likes of Ian Darke and Martin Tyler. Darke in particular was already an American soccer legend and he does such an amazing job.
Gus Johnson is great for college sports. Hes okay for the NFL. He is a lousy soccer commentator. FOX really fucked up everything ESPN did right for the sport.
what....
At least they're giving him 5 years of prep. I think it's a little much to throw him into announcing huge Premier and Champions League matches so soon, but eh, he'll sink or swim.
ConradCervantes
Banned
For reference:
GOAT
He played a very poor game for much of the first half, but I blame the majority of that on the defense. Kaep was getting down the field and James had a silly turnover. No, most of the blame is on Culliver and the secondary. I can't forget about the complete disappearance of Aldon Smith in the last half of the season. Justin Smith wasn't really effective either and I'm not dick riding enough to not call out his non sack having ass. Hell we probably had a better chance starting Ricky Jean. They couldn't get anything without a blitz for Atlanta or Baltimore. Culliver was actually covering decent for the most part but when you let Joe Flacco out of the pocket guys are going to make plays and get open.
I'm going to need to see the evidence. How can you be sure he's lousy at it if he's never done it?
Your typical slot WR, sure, but he's has gotten lots of YAC and has 19 TD's over two years. He's not Nicks in the redzone, but he has been efficient enough. Still, I'm not going to insist he's the top WR on the Giants like some may think. The offense stalled because of Nicks' big play ability was taken away. With him in there and with Cruz on the other side the offense is one of the best in the league. With Cruz, I think he's leveraging himself up a bit high but he should be wary of what situation he'd be stepping out of if he did walk away. It won't be this year anyways unless some team deals out a first (Colts were one I had thought of previously).
The_Darkest_Red
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Grossly overthrowing a teammate?
DeaconKnowledge
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ThatCrazyGuy
Member
ESPN did the world cup well I thought. I cringe what Fox is gonna do to it. I guess the stuff they show now is fine that I have watched, but I think they will try to "step it up" for world cup. Their college bowl stuff was terrible to me.
I'm going to guess I hate Randy Moss more than any one this board considering 1. He was a Viking and 2. I have proven my capacity for abject hatred far surpasses anyone posting here and even I don't blame him for that throw.
I'm siding with Moss over a cool guy who wears a Brewers hat. Case closed.
The_Darkest_Red
Member
I thought about posting that one this morning but I didn't want Dutch to get mad at me...
I don't know, Ez. Deac is a pretty strong hater. You'd have competition at the NFL-GAF Haters Ball.
I didn't say I wasn't to blame. Just a comment on the state of the offseason: it's here.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
This has already happened once. CBS tried Gus Johnson on another sport he was completely clueless about in MMA. Was a fucking disaster.
mastershake
Member
Gus is invading soccer? Nooooooooooo! 
Steelers fans rooting for murderers and cheats. What's new?
yankeehater
Member
I totally want to go to that now.
Was it ESPN corporate that taught you how to snitch on people?
He was just keeping it real with his "Sometimes these things happen in mma" talk. Not much separating it from pro wrestling.
BaltimoreLarry
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Watching live feed of the parade. 80k+ in the stadium for the rally afterwards, Ray was last out with the trophy. He did the dance one last time, then Ed walked back and did the dance too. It was pretty awesome.
"I don't know how many championships we can keep bringing home without losing that chip on our shoulder, but I hope it never happens"- Steve Bisciotti
Live Feed of the Magic
"I don't know how many championships we can keep bringing home without losing that chip on our shoulder, but I hope it never happens"- Steve Bisciotti
Live Feed of the Magic
So instead of answering my question you decided to make fun of who I work for again. Weird considering what happened last time. You must be a masochist.
And I told you last you can't say anything to hurt me. You'll just make yourself look like a middle school bitch again like last time
DeaconKnowledge
Member
All I remember was you getting really pissy last time.
Last time you made yourself look like a fool.
Goro Majima
Kitty Genovese Member
If people want Gus Johnson, wouldn't it be easy to find some guy to yell into the mic the whole game?
Best commentators are still the radio guys! Bit of a different art but they're my favorite.
Best commentators are still the radio guys! Bit of a different art but they're my favorite.
Damn i wanna be there :'(
I can't even be mad. I'm just happy the Browns got included is all.
Is that a shit wave? So racist.
I can't even be mad. I'm just happy the Browns got included is all.
Looks like your team is winning that particular battle.
For reference:
All I see is fuel for Alex Smith defense-foce.
And I told you last you can't say anything to hurt me. You'll just make yourself look like a middle school bitch again like last time
Doubtful. I'm proud to work for a great company. Not many people can say the same.
Your memory is pretty foggy.
Typing it doesn't make it so.
It's a terrible angle that doesn't show how far away Reed is from Moss. That throw was horrendous, almost as bad as the Niners play calling.
https://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2013/02/05/2012-scoreboard-splits/
Cool chart showing what percentage of the time a team was leading, behind, or tied. Colts trailed more than 50% of the time but still went 11-5. Everything about their season screams regression
Cool chart showing what percentage of the time a team was leading, behind, or tied. Colts trailed more than 50% of the time but still went 11-5. Everything about their season screams regression
BaltimoreLarry
Member
They'll replay it. The crowd broke down the barriers during the parade and walked behind Ray Lewis as they funnelled into the stadium. Amazing.
I'm crying here, good thing my office has a door and my office mate is also a Ravens fan (I had him shipped from Baltimore).
Neil would never make a throw that bad.
Reed has to slow down and adjust to the ball.
Good old Neil hits the DBacks in stride or right between the numbers.
They got outscored by a lot for a team with a +6 win differential. Pretty incredible season really. Reminds me of the Orioles 29-9 record in one run games.