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NFL Pre-Preseason Thread |OT| Milana Vayntrub presents "Wet Dreaming of a Super Bowl"

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RellyRell28

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Greg

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went to this random bar that had 2 lighted sand courts for volleyball, and we played until 1 in the morning

hadn't played volleyball since gym class in high school, and never played on sand before

footing is weird, but it's pretty damn fun being able to throw yourself around without worry
 
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Kastrioti

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Detroit Lions defense ahead of where it was last year?

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ALLEN PARK — The Detroit Lions' defensive line doesn't have Ndamukong Suh anymore. Nor does it have Nick Fairley.

George Johnson is gone, too, and so is C.J. Mosley.

That's four of the Lions' six best defensive linemen from a year ago, for those scoring at home. And how Detroit absorbs those losses will be pivotal to their playoff chances in 2015.

But according to defensive end Darryl Tapp, there shouldn't be much to worry about. When asked whether they were ahead of last year at this time, Tapp said, "At this point, yes — night and day."

"The system is already in place," he explained. "Last year we were still learning the scheme. This year we understand the scheme, so we're focusing on the little things that make us that much better."

Detroit didn't seem to have much of a problem learning the scheme last year, leading the league in total defense for most of the season. It eventually finished second only to Seattle, and allowed a staggering 69.3 rushing yards per game.

That was top 10 -- of all time.

The Lions' strength up front, particularly on the inside, was the biggest reason why they were so stingy. Now with Suh and Mosley in Miami, and Fairley in St. Louis, and Johnson in Tampa Bay, they hope to achieve the same results a different way.

"I think we have some talent up front — we'll be able to get the job done," said defensive coordinator Teryl Austin, who is sporting a beard these days. "It may work differently than it did last year, but we'll still be able to get the job done. We just need to make sure we're getting better every day as we go through training camp.

"I think it's going to be different because we have different people. Nobody is going to play the same or look the same. We'll figure out a way to get the job done. I can't say exactly how it's going to look, but it'll take shape as we go."

Austin drew acclaim from around the league last year for his ability to scheme and game plan around a barrage of injuries. That kind of creativity could serve Detroit well this season as it figures out how to stop people with a whole batch of new faces up front.

But up-and-coming defensive end Ezekiel Ansah is back and healthy, which should help the pass rush. Five-time All-Pro defensive tackle Haloti Ngata was acquired via trade, which should fortify the rush defense. Second-year tackle Caraun Reid is starting to come of age, which provides some unexpected depth, and Austin is high on the newly acquired Tyrunn Walker as well.

"Those guys are both doing well," Austin said of Reid and Walker. "I think that they're both practicing hard. They both bring a little different skill set, but they both can be effective at what they do. So it's going to be a heck of a battle. And the big thing I can say is they'll both play for us and they'll both play a lot for us."

There are question marks up front, but it's apparent that Detroit likes its chances of replicating last year's gaudy numbers on defense. All those returning starters at linebacker and in the secondary -- nine for nine -- certainly don't hurt.

"Whoever is out here on this field — for offense, defense, special teams — that's who were rollin' with," Tapp said. "We don't really care about any outside things right now. People telling us what we can, who we are, anything like that. We're focused on getting better each day, looking forward to this first preseason game against the Jets, and the first game against the Chargers."
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WanderingWind

Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
mr2xxx said:
Bills Mafia? What kind of shitty fanbase picks that name? They have everyone's sympathy for being the team equivalent of some Sanchez/Romo off spring but with calling yourself a mafia, nahh.
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Kave_Man said:
Everything about the Bills is terrible.
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Coming from a guy whose fanbase is appropriately named after filthy animals who fuck in their own shit, and another guy whose team name is synonymous with actual shit, this means nothing.
 
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Bowser

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Cam Newton gives the shirt off his back to a Wounded Warrior

If it turns out that Panthers quarterback Cam Newton does indeed have a fake smile — as draft pundit Nolan Nawrocki declared in 2011 — it’s the longest con in the recent history of the NFL.

Last night, the Panthers quarterback literally gave the shirt off his back to a Wounded Warrior.

According to Bill Voth of Black and Blue Review, the Panthers were visited at their practice in downtown Charlotte by U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Cedric King.

King lost both his legs and part of his right arm after stepping on a land mine in Afghanistan, and has served as an inspiration to the team since 2012. He was sitting in the tunnel just off the field last night, and after practice, Newton stopped to talk while fans were screaming all around for an autograph.

The quarterback then pulled the shirt off his back — his blue Superman shirt he was wearing under his jersey — to give to King.

It was a small gesture, but continues to build a larger storyline about the Panthers quarterback. Throughout his career, he’s done a number of things such as this offseason’s trip to see the families of the Charleston church shooting victims, or befriending a 6-year-old cancer patient Braylon Beam (shown here) who has become the team’s honorary coach that go largely unnoticed — largely because Newton doesn’t seek out attention for them.

Newton entered the league under a cloud of suspicion based on his college days at Florida and Auburn, and there were plenty of questions about his character.

Most of those should have been answered already, but the Panthers quarterback continues to prove that he’s not what a lot of people assumed he was going to be.

And also that some of those pre-draft assumptions that get repeated blindly can create narratives which turn out to be the opposite of the truth.
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bionic77

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Greg said:
went to this random bar that had 2 lighted sand courts for volleyball, and we played until 1 in the morning

hadn't played volleyball since gym class in high school, and never played on sand before

footing is weird, but it's pretty damn fun being able to throw yourself around without worry
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Was everyone appropriately homoerotic with each other?

When Tom Cruise invented the game back in the 80s in between blowing up MIGs and banging the shit out of his teacher he was playing intense shirtless games of beach volleyball.

Keep that in mind the next time you play.
 
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Greg

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bionic77 said:
Was everyone appropriately homoerotic with each other?

When Tom Cruise invented the game back in the 80s in between blowing up MIGs and banging the shit out of his teacher he was playing intense shirtless games of beach volleyball.

Keep that in mind the next time you play.
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yes, there was some shirtless action!

had a weird pain about an hour in though right under knee/top of shin, but it went away by the end of the night and doesn't bother me this morning
 
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