Tuesday Night Football? Game Thread
by John Morgan on Dec 28, 2010 5:14 PM PST
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Seahawks fans should root for the Vikings to win, and once that's off the table, root for, I don't know, good play by Joe Webb?
The Vikings need a quarterback, but they do not need a young quarterback. They need someone that can push them towards a championship right away. The Williams Wall is crumbling and Jared Allen is nearing 29. Adrian Peterson is great now, but running backs have infamously short careers. Donovan McNabb makes sense, but that's contingent on the head coach. I would give the position to Leslie Frazier and sign an offensive coordinator. I'll tell you if Rick Spielman consults me.
Anyway, this game looks like a total mismatch, I have seen enough of the Eagles to enjoy them but not be terribly excited by the opportunity to watch them again, but NFL football is NFL football and NFL football on Tuesday night is like a quickie on a lunch break. You won't hear me complaining.
Notable Seagles: Owen Schmitt and Darryl Tapp
Notable SeaVikings: Nada.
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I have gaps during which I fail to pay attention
Why is Owen Schmitt not an us?
Most of my cliches aren't original.
- Chuck Knox
Bates, like many OCs, doesn't like to use a pure FB
The Eagles like to use pure FBs. Also, Schmitt also seemed to have trouble receiving and carrying the ball for us.
Football isn't baseball.
by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Dec 28, 2010 5:24 PM PST up reply actions
I saw Colts/Raiders highlights
Marshall hasn’t changed one bit. The TD to Garcon was a “bring the house” play on 3rd and 2 and then on the Manning run it was practically the exact same way Alex Smith embarrassed the Seahawks with that bootleg back in 2006.
Accustomed to mediocrity.
Didn't Matt have one this year?
I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul - Invictus
by EequalsMc2 on Dec 28, 2010 5:25 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Not really.
The entire defense was fooled as opposed to the opening weekend when Hass had to dive to score.
Accustomed to mediocrity.
I always remember thi be trying to whack something everytime a penalty is callrd
I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul - Invictus
by EequalsMc2 on Dec 28, 2010 5:23 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Potential future Seahawks QB Blaine Gabbert is playing a little later on tonight on ESPN
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
That's what I thought at first
The second foot definitely gets down but its a question of whether he goes out of bounds first.
Football isn't baseball.
by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Dec 28, 2010 5:26 PM PST up reply actions
That's a close one
Football isn't baseball.
by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Dec 28, 2010 5:25 PM PST reply actions
I need McCoy to be great
And for Maclin not to have a great night and make me regret moves again.
Accustomed to mediocrity.
I hold a 24 point lead in my personal league for the championship
I have Phillys D and he has Vick
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 28, 2010 5:27 PM PST up reply actions
That doesn't make women think a man's sexy
it makes a women uninhibited and more suggestible.
Which … there’s better ways.
Like sexually suggestive jokes about your penis size.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 28, 2010 5:32 PM PST up reply actions
or just text pics of your junk.
I hear that works.
by hazbro24 on Dec 28, 2010 5:32 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Alcohol is the cause and the solution of all problems
I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul - Invictus
by EequalsMc2 on Dec 28, 2010 5:34 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Leon Washington to the Colts
That sound good? He solves their return game problem (which they don’t see because Manning normally works with it anyway) and would definitely be dangerous in that offense.
Accustomed to mediocrity.
Indy just had 190 yards rushing
Which in Polian’s mind probably means there is no need for a RB.
Accustomed to mediocrity.
Tony Ugoh!
I think Polian is good but he’s made some lousy picks lately masked by Manning.
Accustomed to mediocrity.
Indy is one Manning knee tear from complete rebuild
They should go after him but I bet they don’t and continue as they were.
Accustomed to mediocrity.
For Peyton Manning and a 1st round pick
I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul - Invictus
by EequalsMc2 on Dec 28, 2010 5:32 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
So this TNF stuff is pretty great, huh?
Football isn't baseball.
by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Dec 28, 2010 5:31 PM PST reply actions
Shades of the 2008 primary
Football isn't baseball.
by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Dec 28, 2010 5:33 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah that's pretty messed up
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I know this is purely anecdotal and doesn't mean this is actually happening
but I kind of agree with him. I have remote teams in multiple countries including one here in Seattle and my Chinese employees are far more productive than anyone else. They work harder, do a better job, and actually demand more of me to make sure they are doing what is best for the company.
Again, one instance doesn’t make it true but from my point of view the comment seemed dead on with regards to the “thought” of the comment, not the literal math portion of it.
I've also heard stories of completely disfunctional, corrupt and ineffective departments in China
China’s a big country with a lot of people and lot of motivations. There is more drive to work harder (both for cultural reasons and the lack of any social safety net) but also a lot of poverty and a lot of corruption. The fact that some Asians are hard working and good at math doesn’t really prove the idea that all Asians are like that.
by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Dec 28, 2010 6:01 PM PST up reply actions
Absolutely. My observations are obviously limited.
But some of my US employees who have more education and get paid more are certainly underproducing by comparison. I suspect this is how jobs get shifted out of country. (Make a note that I am NOT moving jobs out of country.)
Are your Chinese employees in the US or in China?
Because there’s always the issue of immigrants undergoing several rounds of selection before being able to work in the US.
by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Dec 28, 2010 6:11 PM PST up reply actions
Since everyone else is doing it
I need AP to be > McCoy and Akers
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Sneaky bastard.
I wish I thought of this in my personal league.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 28, 2010 5:39 PM PST up reply actions
Golden Tate could do that
by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Dec 28, 2010 5:38 PM PST reply actions
He would've run backwards, forwards, sideways, broken 3 tackles and then fumbled.
Accustomed to mediocrity.
Rookies make rookie mistakes
A little more seasoning and he’s not doing that.
by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Dec 28, 2010 5:40 PM PST up reply actions
Does anyone make creepier commercials than Burger King?
by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Dec 28, 2010 5:42 PM PST reply actions
Nothing better then getting double teamed in a dim lit bar by a couple black guys holding fried chicken sandwiches.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 28, 2010 5:43 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
I can't think of any better situation than stuffing
4 breasts with pork in a back corner of a night club.
The Northeast has a wonderful availability of really good and reasonably priced six-pack beer.
Smuttynose Robust Porter and Harpoon Chocolate Stout have been good to me tonight.
WinCo had Full Sail, Deschutes, Pyramid and Kona all on sale today
for $5.88 a six-pack.
by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Dec 28, 2010 5:49 PM PST up reply actions
Finally had it!
Pretty good – Which is impressive because I hate porters.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 28, 2010 5:53 PM PST up reply actions
I love it because it's a coffee porter and not a mocha porter.
It’s not cloying.
Certain coffee extracts can be pretty cloying
I had a homebrew recently that was made with cold-brewed coffee that was a little cloying (but not necessarily sweet). I’ve also made a coffee-flavored vodka that stuck in the back of your throat a bit.
by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Dec 28, 2010 5:56 PM PST up reply actions
I'm too cheap to buy Rogue
but, in general, I like my dark beers thick and meaty.
by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Dec 28, 2010 6:02 PM PST up reply actions
I like their Snow Cap
but the rest of their stuff isn’t so great.
by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Dec 28, 2010 5:54 PM PST up reply actions
I had Pipeline on tap at this place near by
it was pretty damn good.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Very. The stout is a more accessible variety. I could never drink 3 Great Lakes Blackout Stouts in an evening or whatever.
The Harpoon is somewhere closer to a porter in richness and is therefore quite sessionable.
Boston is an really good beer city.
Between a startling availability of all the really awesome SoCal stuff (I can get the full Lost Abbey line, all Ballast Point etc.), the solidly above average New England beers like Allagash, Dogfish et al., , and then Brooklyn/Southern Tier, it’s a great confluence of beer stuff.
Remember when Vick was a Falcon
And people were having debates over “Michael Vick” and “Mike Vick”?
Accustomed to mediocrity.
Same.
But if I was Philly I would have to do it.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 28, 2010 5:51 PM PST up reply actions
Very much so
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Long term contracts mean chit.
It’s all about signing the rights of the player, and what’s paid up front.
Two examples in action from the same team: McNabb & Haynesworth.
I'd be more worried about his decline
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
The nice part about Vick is that, now that he gets it, he'll continue to hone his passing skills.
Yeah, he’ll decline physically, but since he’s a freakishly freakish freak he can afford to lose quite a bit and still be effective.
At least two horribly blatant holds by Philly so far that have gone uncalled.
Both included hands to the face. The LG earlier and the RT on that last one.
Hasseldone.
And people wonder why Hollywood doesn't like to take risks.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 28, 2010 5:54 PM PST up reply actions
Did you know that Nic Cage is a Coppola?
The industry is filthy with those guys.
by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Dec 28, 2010 5:57 PM PST up reply actions
Statham is remaking Charles Bronson films!
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Seeing Phil Loadholt play makes me angry that Unger was drafted before him or Vollmer.
Damnit.
I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul - Invictus
Wasn't that pick ridiculed?
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
JPP was a 1-year wonder in college with freakish athleticism
Morgan was a much more polished player with more production. It could have really gone either way.
by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Dec 28, 2010 6:07 PM PST up reply actions
He's got another movie coming after this that is even stupider
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Raising Arizona was nice
but he’s been pretty insufferable since then.
by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Dec 28, 2010 6:05 PM PST up reply actions
He declared bankrupcy and had his mansion re-poed.
expect a flurry of shit films to get him flush again.
F U AP
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Boner pills
Where’s the Favre tie-in?
by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Dec 28, 2010 6:06 PM PST reply actions
Lofa in a SNF promo?
What is this, 2007?
by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Dec 28, 2010 6:07 PM PST reply actions
Hard to know with DBs
Was he “good” because he defended the pass well and wasn’t targeted or was he “good” because he played aggressively and filled the stat box?
by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Dec 28, 2010 6:12 PM PST up reply actions
Sad that Seattle's worst current linebacker is the most prominent name NBC can find.
Which also shows how much the rest of the team blows.
Accustomed to mediocrity.
"I think the Twins outscored the Vikings on several of those games too."
And then dead silence.
Accustomed to mediocrity.
That's all I needed to hear.
Cam Newton for QB!
Cam put up better numbers with a worse team than Luck
and isn’t just a running QB.
by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Dec 28, 2010 6:26 PM PST up reply actions
Easier opposition
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Not by much (according to Sagarin):
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbt10.htm
Stanford was 10th hardest and Auburn was 15th hardest.
by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Dec 28, 2010 6:31 PM PST up reply actions
Reminds me of the time when we were discussing "Charlie's Angels" against the Titans in the preseason
Good Times
I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul - Invictus
I like the Packers, too.
But I’ve been underestimating the Falcons defense for awhile now. Atlanta might be better than I give them credit for.
Hasseldone.
"If only this team can play like this every week ..."
and “This team is coming together at just the right time.”
Vinny Testaverde
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Read Ira Berkow's article on Toretta
He went 5-16, threw a TD and an INT and the Seahawks beat the Raiders.
Toretta said and I quote “I didn’t play well, but I played well enough to win”.
Accustomed to mediocrity.
Charlie doesn't have to say anything
He just needs to stand there and look pretty. Maybe throw his hair back from time to time.
by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Dec 28, 2010 6:33 PM PST up reply actions
With the new collective bargaining agreement we should see
18 game seasons, and games 5 nights a week. I’m in.
12.5 sacks on a dominant DL will do it for ya
Dude is 1 sack away from getting as many sacks this year as he has over the 5 previous years combined.
by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Dec 28, 2010 6:42 PM PST up reply actions
I swore no way MiN would win...amazing
by Davis Hsu on Dec 28, 2010 6:39 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Noel Devine - 8 carries for 49 yards
4 catches for 22 yards.
WVU has 7 points and NC State is up by 16.
Accustomed to mediocrity.
Russell Wilson baby!
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
York must have been really pissed off
To not even give Singletary one more game.
Accustomed to mediocrity.
Coaches seem to get canned right after the team gets eliminated from contention
It just took a lot longer for the Niners than, say, the VIkings.
by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Dec 28, 2010 6:47 PM PST up reply actions
If Harbaugh leaves, there's no way Luck stays
Losing the HC, the OL and risking the likely #1 overall pick is too much.
by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Dec 28, 2010 6:46 PM PST reply actions
The flip side is getting drafted by Carolina is too much.
Who the fuck would want to go there when you can live in the bay area and bang Cali girls all day long?
That's a dumb reason to give up/risk $100 million and your dream job
Pro athletes can live wherever they want and bang hot chicks in the offseason. If you can’t give that up for 6 months per year, you’re probably not going to last in the league.
by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Dec 28, 2010 6:54 PM PST up reply actions
He's not guaranteed 100 million next year
He’s losing most of his dominant OL and could lose his HC. He could pull a Jevan Snead really easily. Dude hasn’t demonstrated the ability to play from behind or under pressure at all, really.
by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Dec 28, 2010 7:04 PM PST up reply actions
I'm calling it
Hasselbeck wins out the starting job for them, leads team to 6-10 and turns Webb into another head case
Hasselbeck shouldn't be in the NFL
And with the Vikes’ line looking mediocre he’d die.
Accustomed to mediocrity.
My mom is directionally impaired. She is uncanny in choosing the wrong direction any time she is presented with two choices.
My dad and I have long teased her that she should go with her first instinct and then do the opposite. Andy Reid should do the same.
He does
Don’t think that’s one of his better songs.
Best song for me is “For the Longest Time” considering he did all of the vocals.
Accustomed to mediocrity.
I made the last minute decision to go with ADP over Jamaal Charles given that the Vikes would have until Tuesday.
I will lose now.
Or if you love America as much as Ricky does
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I really like Philly. They do everything the right way, other than Andy Reid.
Great system, great understanding of how to build a team and defense, great drafting, and really deft personnel moves.
Reid = Holmgren.
He’ll win one with a HOF QB and his style. Without epic talent, playoffs every year.
I'm not confident at home
The last two seasons were were 14-0 and 17-0 down to 1 win football teams.
Accustomed to mediocrity.
Tonight is the only time you'll see me lobby for fantasy stuff.
GIVE AP THE FUCKING TOUCHDOWN MY GOD
Im right here with you
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Minny might have something in Webb.
I am jealous.
He's black
So Rendell probably believes he dealt drugs on the way to the endzone.
Accustomed to mediocrity.
Does this game make us want Newton more?
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I want mobility
Russell was a fatass and LSU has the worst QBs in college football history.
Newton will be like a prime Culpepper.
Accustomed to mediocrity.
Funny thing is I can see him falling Dez Bryant style
I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul - Invictus
I know I could go look this up somewhere..
But I like conversation better. Doesn’t a MN win likely bump us up a pick if (god forbid) we lose to the Rams?
Never mind
I can’t help it, I just can’t get behind the Vikings. I know it’s better if they win, but shit, I hate them. And, I kind of love Philly.
by somethingwitty on Dec 28, 2010 7:45 PM PST up reply actions
Hmm
“I used to really not want AIDs, and still would rather avoid it, but my friend Spencer…” Doesn’t sound right.
by somethingwitty on Dec 28, 2010 7:50 PM PST up reply actions
My
Baptist, right-wing, dick-nut, shitty father, (8 other negative things preceded by expletives) of a half-brother loves the Vikings. I’ve grown to hate them.
by somethingwitty on Dec 28, 2010 7:49 PM PST up reply actions
Yup
If we both end up 6-10, they pick later due to a stronger SoS.
by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Dec 28, 2010 7:37 PM PST up reply actions
Sweet.
If you’re the Vikings, why not roll with Webb for a season? You did with Tavaris Jackson, who was demonstrably worse.
Hasseldone.
TJ was a second round pick by a sitting head coach
Whoever’s coaching them next year isn’t going to have the ties or investment in TJ or Webb that the previous regime did.
by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Dec 28, 2010 7:42 PM PST up reply actions
Even then
Frazier would probably grab an OC that would figure out the QB situation. Unless that QB is currently on the Vikings staff, they’ll probably want to go in a different direction. The fact that there are a lot of aging pieces on the offense would also point to them signing a vet.
by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Dec 28, 2010 7:49 PM PST up reply actions
If the Vikings weren't dropping things
and closing slow on the ball, Vick would have like 6+ turnovers tonight. Yikes.
Did Favre die?
Why are we getting this Springsteen-voiced ode?
by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Dec 28, 2010 7:51 PM PST reply actions
Haha
“Junk Text”. Favre gives you a head-nod.
by biju on Dec 28, 2010 7:53 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
And the camera pans back
and he’s sitting in a bath tub on a cliff, holding his wife’s hand, who’s also in a bath tub (but a different one).
/Cialis
by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Dec 28, 2010 7:54 PM PST up reply actions
My 60 year old mother expressed over Christmas that she learned about the term "junk" thanks to the Favre text saga.
There are more victims here Goodall than just Sterger!!!!! Favre took my mother’s innocence!!!
Another baby dick throw
I’m going to start using that at work now.
Perfect striking range for the Eagles.
Jackson will shake lose for a monster gain on the next possession.
So I'm 1 of 5 people left in a biggest loser pool, basically the exact opposite of a survivor/suicide pool.
Minnesota seemed like a gimme pick to lose…….oh well, another reason to hate Favre, he could of lost this game like a gunslinging, child, backyard cowboy.
The Vikings will double Jackson
which should mean a steady dose of McCoy underneath, and Maclin and Avant.
Al Michaels looks like he didn't understand any of that
I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul - Invictus
All the conspiring in the world.
May the 3rd down screen pass from Webb to Peterson save both our souls.
Good lord they are hyping Sunday
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Which is especially hilarious
Given that many in the PNW can’t really decide if we want to win or lose.
by somethingwitty on Dec 28, 2010 8:17 PM PST up reply actions
Rob Rang took Saffold over Okung in his all-rookie team at LT
He took Bulaga at RT and Berry at FS.
by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Dec 28, 2010 8:19 PM PST up reply actions
I know
I guess I was wrong about the FS part. Rang doesn’t distinguish between FS/SS. He’s got Berry/Ward as his safety tandem:
http://rob-rang.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/13682485/26691709
by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Dec 28, 2010 8:23 PM PST up reply actions
I don't know.
I’m a huge ET fan, but I don’t think he’s going to end up in the same class of player that Okung is.
Another result that diminshes the Giants' chances to get to the playoffs.
Bears have no reason to play against GB now.
Accustomed to mediocrity.
Good. We want GB to win.
If SF beats AZ, it will help us in the SoS tiebreaker. We may need it.
So the #2 highest scoring team in my league
beats the #1 highest scoring team in my league.
For fifth place! Fuck yeah fantasy football!
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Need I remind you
Seahawks or Rams are in?
by somethingwitty on Dec 28, 2010 8:25 PM PST up reply actions
Honestly
Probably a bit. Fuck pre/mis-conceptions.
by somethingwitty on Dec 28, 2010 8:29 PM PST up reply actions
Alright, drinking game for SNF
shot everytime they mention reseeding
In all honesty they probably won't mention.
They want people to watch the game and they’ll do their best to promote both teams.
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