NFL: 2012 Season News and Discussion Thread

Sep 13, 2012 | 10:46 PM

#241

Yumcha

Senior Moderator

Quote:

Originally Posted by DIZAZNDOOD320

exactly y Clay Matthews shut his dumb mouth up lucky he didnt break any part of his body

Cutler is stupid because he's been hit in the head once too many times with all the sacks he's endured the last few years in Chicago.

He's probably coloring with crayons daily.

Duh. Wow, do you know anything about football?

Sep 13, 2012 | 10:50 PM

#242

DaChef320

Registered Member

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yumcha

nope but i did play football when i was in high school LB to be exact

anyways Packers won u MAD?

Sep 13, 2012 | 10:51 PM

#243

Yumcha

Senior Moderator

Mad? Nope. Just more amazed how a team like Chicago continues to not address the O-line.

Sep 13, 2012 | 10:53 PM

#244

DaChef320

Registered Member

ohhh btw yummy nice avatar hope u wont have nightmares tonight gnite

Sep 13, 2012 | 10:57 PM

#245

asianspec

Senior Moderator

this game was kinda lame. sucks to hear about Forte going down.

Sep 13, 2012 | 11:03 PM

#246

Yumcha

Senior Moderator

Quote:

Originally Posted by asianspec

this game was kinda lame. sucks to hear about Forte going down.

Yup. He's on my roster too. Hope it is not serious.

Whatever, Chicago needed a lesson...too bad it was from Pink Gay Fackers. But, still, they needed to come back to orbit. Beating a very young Indy team was nothing to be cocky about.

Sep 13, 2012 | 11:05 PM

#247

asianspec

Senior Moderator

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 5 (4 members and 1 guests)
DIZAZNDOOD320, fsttyms1, RyanCHICL

Sep 13, 2012 | 11:08 PM

#248

Yumcha

Senior Moderator

What's sad is that if Chicago wins against the Rams, which aren't a strong team, they'll go back to thinking they are a top team again.

I think they will make the playoffs. But, they are not a Top 3 team.

Sep 13, 2012 | 11:09 PM

#249

jupitersolo

nnInn

Sucks about Forte, hope he's not that bad, but I do have Micheal Bush on my FF roster.

Sep 13, 2012 | 11:09 PM

#250

Yumcha

Senior Moderator

Quote:

Originally Posted by jupitersolo

Sucks about Forte, hope he's not that bad, but I do have Micheal Bush on my FF roster.

Yeah, he was good in Forte's absence today.

Sep 13, 2012 | 11:11 PM

#251

asianspec

Senior Moderator

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yumcha

What's sad is that if Chicago wins against the Rams, which aren't a strong team, they'll go back to thinking they are a top team again.

I think they will make the playoffs. But, they are not a Top 3 team.

well you can also thank the media for that too. apperently they are sooo hyped on the Culter and Marshall reunion that it made it seemed they forgot there was 31 other teams they had to go against.

Sep 13, 2012 | 11:12 PM

#252

asianspec

Senior Moderator

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yumcha

Yeah, he was good in Forte's absence today.

I have Bush on my bench but, with Ray Rice and Frank Gore as my flex, i can't break up that combo.

Sep 13, 2012 | 11:12 PM

#253

jupitersolo

nnInn

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yumcha

Yeah, he was good in Forte's absence today.

He got me some great points last week, with goal line TD's.

Sep 13, 2012 | 11:13 PM

#254

jupitersolo

nnInn

Quote:

Originally Posted by asianspec

I have Bush on my bench but, with Ray Rice and Frank Gore as my flex, i can't break up that combo.

Gore and Bush are my starters.

Sep 13, 2012 | 11:13 PM

#255

Yumcha

Senior Moderator

Quote:

Originally Posted by asianspec

well you can also thank the media for that too. apperently they are sooo hyped on the Culter and Marshall reunion that it made it seemed they forgot there was 31 other teams they had to go against.

Lame. While it was nice to see them getting WR help for Cutler, that was not the #1 problem at all the last few seasons. The got Marshall and stopped. They should've kept going and did some work in getting in help for the line.

PROTECT THE F*CKING QB. They even made a freaking Hollywood movie about it with Sandra Bullock about protecting the QB. How hard of a concept is that?!?!?

And Marshall's dropped passes today should not surprise anyone. He is like, up there if I remember correctly for the most dropped passes...

Sep 13, 2012 | 11:15 PM

#256

Yumcha

Senior Moderator

Quote:

Originally Posted by jupitersolo

He got me some great points last week, with goal line TD's.

Nice combo. Seems like Bush will be the short yardage RB in the red zone anyhow.

MDJ is my other runner. That guy better deliver if Forte is out long.

Sep 13, 2012 | 11:18 PM

#257

asianspec

Senior Moderator

Quote:

Originally Posted by jupitersolo

Gore and Bush are my starters.

Nice, hopefully Gore can stay healthy. if so I am a happy camper.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yumcha

yea, didn't surprised me as well. saw it all the time with the dolphins. Its almost like he puts his hands up and forgets what next what to do.

Sep 13, 2012 | 11:31 PM

#258

asianspec

Senior Moderator

I think this is a good idea.

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...5#post14036445

Sep 13, 2012 | 11:54 PM

#259

DaChef320

Registered Member

I got gore on my FF roster too

Sep 13, 2012 | 11:58 PM

#260

DaChef320

Registered Member

Lol Rodger said their defense had to take out the garbage in front of the camera after the end of the game

Sep 14, 2012 | 12:52 PM

#261

ucf_bronco

Drifting

Forte is out several weeks with a high ankle sprain...

Sep 14, 2012 | 12:57 PM

#262

DaChef320

Registered Member

Quote:

Originally Posted by ucf_bronco

Forte is out several weeks with a high ankle sprain...

not surprised he's always hurt

Sep 14, 2012 | 01:18 PM

#263

Yumcha

Senior Moderator

Quote:

Originally Posted by DIZAZNDOOD320

not surprised he's always hurt

Yes. Missing 4 games last year means a player is always hurt. Got it.

Sep 14, 2012 | 01:20 PM

#264

Yumcha

Senior Moderator

The guy did not miss a game the first 3 years of his NFL career. Misses 4 last year and he's suddenly always injured. Got it.

Sep 14, 2012 | 01:20 PM

#265

Yumcha

Senior Moderator

Let me count the games Frank Gore has missed. OMG. He's missed a few. Is he always injured? Yes, drop him. Trade him. Got it.

Sep 14, 2012 | 01:52 PM

#266

asianspec

Senior Moderator

If you jinx him, your bears will burn in hell.

Sep 14, 2012 | 01:57 PM

#267

Yumcha

Senior Moderator

Quote:

Originally Posted by asianspec

If you jinx him, your bears will burn in hell.

They already do.

How many seasons of ineptitude on offence did you have to put up with?

Sep 14, 2012 | 02:20 PM

#268

asianspec

Senior Moderator

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yumcha

They already do.

How many seasons of ineptitude on offence did you have to put up with?

how many seasons did the dolphins have an actual offense? i stopped counting after Marino left. quit complaining.

Sep 14, 2012 | 07:25 PM

#269

Yumcha

Senior Moderator

Quote:

Originally Posted by asianspec

how many seasons did the dolphins have an actual offense? i stopped counting after Marino left. quit complaining.

Zipit. You have the LeHeat to count on.

Sep 14, 2012 | 08:14 PM

#270

DaChef320

Registered Member

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yumcha

Zipit. You have the LeHeat to count on.

so you mean u can't count on the LeBulls?

Sep 14, 2012 | 09:33 PM

#271

Yumcha

Senior Moderator

Quote:

Originally Posted by DIZAZNDOOD320

so you mean u can't count on the LeBulls?

Don't be as ridiculous as your thinking of Forte being "always injured", mkay?

No Rose equals to no chance.

Sep 15, 2012 | 02:33 AM

#272

asianspec

Senior Moderator

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yumcha

Don't be as ridiculous as your thinking of Forte being "always injured", mkay?

No Rose equals to no chance.

Your just mad that no Chicago team can keep their players healthy

Sep 15, 2012 | 03:02 PM

#273

Yumcha

Senior Moderator

Quote:

Originally Posted by asianspec

Your just mad that no Chicago team can keep their players healthy

Yeah, so?

Sep 15, 2012 | 07:35 PM

#274

Costco

Moderator

I suddenly like Belichick a lot more now.

http://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments...chick_couldnt/

5W8bi.png

Why he does things like this (link)

Quote:
INDIANAPOLIS – Check out the rosters in the “Madden NFL Football ’12” video game and you’ll find 31 teams have their head coach listed by name; Tom Coughlin, Sean Payton, Mike McCarthy and so on.

Just one is missing: Bill Belichick. The New England Patriots have just the generic “NE Coach.” Why?

“I don’t know,” Belichick said.

Oh, he knows. He also knows the best contrarians don’t have to explain their plays against authority.

It’s this little item, like so many other little items Belichick prefers to keep as pseudo mysteries that shed light on how his public persona has developed, why he’s become the NFL’s most anti-establishment figure and even his choice in sideline fashion – his signature hooded sweatshirt – as he prepares for Super Bowl XLVI against the New York Giants on Sunday.

EA Sports, which produces the game, says it has a licensing contract with the NFL Coaches Association. It pays the NFLCA for the use of the coaches’ name and/or likeness, according to an EA Sports spokeswoman. The NFLCA then doles the money back to its members, according to the association.

There’s one hitch with Belichick. He refuses to join the NFLCA, the only active head coach who isn’t a member, according to the group. All he’d have to do is join and he’d get paid. There is absolutely zero work involved in having your name appear in a video game – not to mention myriad other deals from the NFLCA.

[ Yahoo! Sports Radio: Dan Wetzel on Bill Belichick’s rebellious side]

Hasn’t Belichick been approached to make that simple move?

“I don’t know,” Belichick said.

You don’t know?

“I don’t know.”

Belichick loves this kind of stuff, say his friends and associates, who never want to be quoted when speaking in depth about him.

He loves it because he hates so much of the nonsense that surrounds football, has a longstanding disdain for the league office and carries a rebel streak that finds greater joy in making a defiant stand than cashing a check.

Rather than give a ranting speech about the sideshow nature of the NFL, he’d prefer the passive-aggressive nature of a quiet protest and hope the world picks up on it.

So being in a video game? Forget it.

There’s more, of course. Belichick isn’t a fan of the NFL policy of having teams list their players’ injuries based on the confusing, nebulous and basically pointless system of “probable,” “questionable,” “doubtful” and so on.

So week after week, season after season, he used to list quarterback Tom Brady as “probable” with a shoulder injury. Every week Brady played, showing no sign of injury, only to appear on the injury report the following week. Belichick maintained a straight face throughout.

When the Patriots were caught filming the coaching signals of the New York Jets in 2007, a story that, in Belichick’s opinion, was blown into a far bigger scandal than it deserved, mostly thanks to the league office, the Patriots began scoring huge sums of points even as the game was out of reach. He continued to claim he wasn’t running up the score.

Then there is the birth of his signature hoodie.

As the story goes – a story that’s taken on legend around the franchise since a number of players retold it – Belichick wasn’t pleased when the NFL signed a clothing deal with Reebok that required coaches to wear approved clothing during games. This was some executive in New York telling grown men how to dress. Since when did football coaches become clothing models?

[Shutdown Corner: Welker thinks he knows why Belichick is more relaxed]

There was no way to opt out of that deal so Belichick considered the fashion options laid out in front of him, and selected the most unstylish outfit, a grey hooded sweatshirt. He began wearing it each week. Only not before having the sleeves cut off to make it even less attractive.

“It’s comfortable,” Belichick said in explaining his fashion choice. “I carry my stuff in my pouch.”

What about chopping off the sleeves?

“I have short arms,” Belichick said.

The irony is the “BB hooded sweatshirt” became a hot seller. It was so bad, it was cool. It now comes in all sizes and colors, even women’s versions. They sell for about $80.

“People ask me, ‘Is he always wearing that?’ ” offensive lineman Donald Thomas joked.

“They ask me, ‘Can you get me one of those Belichick hoodies,’ ” defensive tackle Kyle Love added. “They want the actual one he wore.”

Belichick is one of sports’ most fascinating figures because in an era of conformity, access and image, he refuses to play along. He both cares and doesn’t care what people think about him, all at the same time. If you work a little to read between the lines, then a lot of it is obvious.

Players say when they meet someone new and tell them they play for the team, they’re almost immediately asked, “What’s Bill Belichick like?”

“They ask, ‘Does he ever crack a smile?’ ” defensive back Malcolm Williams said.

Belichick is a highly intelligent, charismatic and engaging person. When he wants to be. He’s famous for cutting up on players during film sessions. He can be a great storyteller. He counts, among other celebrities, Jon Bon Jovi as a friend. On certain topics, he’s fascinating.

On the foolishness, he’s not. Much has been made about his jovial (by his standards) mood this week in Indianapolis. He’s even cracked jokes at his own expense.

Wes Welker credited Belichick’s girlfriend. Other players, off the record, more wisely note that when he gives long answers to questions it’s just a way to filibuster through the allotted time with the media.

The fewer questions the better.

Almost everyone believes the 59-year-old has softened a little through the years. He’s closing in on 200 career victories and is 155-58 (playoffs included) with three Super Bowl titles in 12 seasons in New England. He’s a shoo-in Hall of Famer.

“I think he likes where he’s at,” said friend and Ohio State coach Urban Meyer. “He’s confident.”

Yet they also agree this happy-go-lucky-Belichick story may be getting carried away.

“It’s the same Bill Belichick to me,” said offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien with a knowing laugh.

You seem to be enjoying yourself this week, Belichick was asked repeatedly.

“Look, it’s great to be here but we’re all here for one reason and that’s Sunday night,” he said. “How Sunday night goes will determine what kind of a week this is.”

Belichick handles his responsibilities, including dealing with anything and everything thrown at him during the annual media day. It doesn’t mean he has to revel in it.

As the perceived curmudgeon of the event, he’s the chief target for various performers masquerading as media – many dressed in costumes. Still, even the goofs needed a deep breath of courage before trying to engage him in antics.

Which Tom Brady haircut do you prefer, one woman asked, long and flowing or the Justin Bieber?

“I’ll leave that to the experts,” he deadpanned.

No matter what they asked, he never flinched. Not even close. Not even to the guy posing as fake Red Grange or the other in the superhero outfit.

He just matter-of-factly said little to nothing. There was no need to react. No need to attack. No need to explain the disdain this pure football lifer has for the zoo that surrounded him.

Same as the injury reports or the clothing deals or the video games.

It’s better to do the bare minimum, politely, and let the message come through loud and clear to anyone who is paying attention.

Bill Belichick, the NFL’s great contrarian, its great antihero, hasn’t changed a damn bit.

Sep 15, 2012 | 07:37 PM

#275

Costco

Moderator

I always thought he was goofy, but I didn't see what was under the surface. The whole deadpan, monotone delivery he uses makes more sense now.

Sep 15, 2012 | 11:14 PM

#276

asianspec

Senior Moderator

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yumcha

Yeah, so?

It's the water.

Sep 16, 2012 | 11:37 AM

#277

Scottman111

Thread Starter

1919

Chicago at Green Bay - I would've picked them anyways

Tampa Bay at New York Giants
Oakland at Miami
Houston at Jacksonville
Cleveland at Cincinnati
Kansas City at Buffalo
Baltimore at Philadelphia
New Orleans at Carolina
Arizona at New England
Minnesota at Indianapolis
Washington at St. Louis
Dallas at Seattle
New York Jets at Pittsburgh
Tennessee at San Diego
Detroit at San Francisco
Denver at Atlanta

Sep 16, 2012 | 02:24 PM

#278

Yumcha

Senior Moderator

Zipit, Biscotti.

<---

@ Pats and Cards tilt.

Sep 16, 2012 | 02:35 PM

#279

kidduce

Three Wheelin'

Yeah what's with the pats. Is it me or are qbs not putting up big numbers yet?

Aaron Rodgers has produced zero for me Brady hadn't done much and breeze has been somewhat quiet too.

Sep 16, 2012 | 02:35 PM

#280

Scottman111

Thread Starter

1919

Bengals defense is playing like we lost our leading tackler from last year to a season ending injury...oh wait, we did

Letting the Browns hang around and making Richardson look like a beast

Reply Closed

7/52

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 17