2009/2010 NFL Thread

[Je$ter]

It'll be 5 years at the earliest have to be retired for 5 before you can be nominated. I don't think he'll be a first ballot pick for HOF.

 

[pennywisealfie]

Kurt FTW

 

[Bannermania]

88 Reasons why Super Bowl XLIV hype is out of control.

1. Colts quarterback Peyton Manning always looks like he's changing plays at the line.

2. Many people think he's bluffing.

3. The Colts teammates insist he's not bluffing.

4. But those Colts teammates could be bluffing.

5. People in New Orleans have been inspired by the Saints.

6. The Saints insist it's the people of New Orleans who have inspired them.

7. It's like a big inspiration circle.

8. Saints coach Sean Payton is a mastermind at creating matchup problems.

9. This leads to the inevitable comparison between coaching football and playing chess.

10. In chess, though, it doesn't really help if you yell at your bishop.

11. Colts receiver Pierre Garcon is from Haitian descent.

12. This has led to many questions about the devastation and suffering in Haiti.

13. This is a very difficult line to walk. On the one hand, Garcon's heart obviously aches for Haiti and he hopes his Super Bowl performance can bring just a little bit of light into the terrible darkness. On the other hand, he's a football player playing a game; what can he say that will sound right when dealing with this sort of tragedy?

14. Still, the question keeps coming at him.

15. Colts coach Jim Caldwell seems like a very nice and very boring guy.

16. Colts tight end Dallas Clark went to Iowa as a walk-on linebacker.

17. As a junior, he won the John Mackey Award as America's best college tight end.

18. He then left for the NFL.

19. Dallas Clark has to be the only player in college football history to start as a walk-on and then leave school early to join the NFL.

20. The Saints want to cause turnovers.

21. The Colts want to cause turnovers.

22. You get the feeling neither team feels too confident in their ability to actually STOP the other teams offense. They need fumbles and interceptions.

23. The Super Bowl media center is only a couple of miles away from where Chris Evert learned how to play tennis.

24. People have underestimated Drew Brees all his life.

25. People are still underestimating him and this Saints team.

26. Brees likes being underestimated.

27. Special teams will play an important part in the game.

28. The offensive lines will play an important part in the game.

29. Defensive intensity will play an important part in the game.

30. Luck will play an important part in the game.

31. But good teams make their own luck.

32. Colts defensive end Dwight Freeney might not play because of a bad ankle.

33. Colts defensive end Dwight Freeney might surprise people and play even with the bad ankle.

34. The next 3,497 questions heard at the Super Bowl will revolve around Nos. 32 and 33.

35. Florida quarterback Tim Tebow did an anti-abortion commercial that will appear during the Super Bowl.

36. Many think Tebow will be flop in the NFL because of his flaws as a quarterback.

37. Many think Tebow will be an NFL star because of his competitiveness and athletic ability.

38. After the Freeney questions, the next 1,734 questions will revolve around Tebow.

39. Brees says that nobody ever came into the NFL with the expectations of Saints running back Reggie Bush.

40. Bush has not yet rushed for 600 yards in an NFL season.

41. Bush admits it's disappointing that he has not yet achieved stardom.

42. But after playoff run -- three touchdowns in two games -- he thinks he is on the brink.

43. The Who is playing at halftime.

44. Nobody seems to know if Pete Townshend will smash his guitar after the performance.

45. The guess seems to be that, yes, he will smash his guitar.

46. Townshend smashing his guitar at halftime of the Super Bowl will show you just how much of a cliche that tired bit of music rebellion has become.

47. The Colts cannot run the ball at all. They finished dead last in the NFL in rushing yards.

48. The Colts DO NOT run the ball. They were second-last in rushing attempts.

49. The Colts insist they will try to run the ball in the Super Bowl.

50. A few people suggest that the Saints defense "plays dirty."

51. The Saints' defenders insist that they do not play dirty at all.

52. The Saints prefer to call it "playing hard."

53. The Super Bowl Media Center is about three miles from the Swimming Hall of Fame.

54. Does Michael Phelps have to wait five years after his last Olympics to be eligible?

55. Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams said that his players need to hit Peyton Manning early and often.

56. Of course, EVERY defensive coordinator says that before the team plays the Colts.

57. Manning was sacked 10 times all year. He was sacked 14 times last year.

58. The Saints are probably not going to hit Peyton Manning a whole lot.

59. Colts coach Jim Caldwell seems like a very nice and very boring guy.

60. Oh, wait, I already said that.

61. Matt Stover at age 41 will kick for the Colts.

62. Matt Stover has never led the league in scoring.

63. But Matt Stover, over his career, is fourth all-time in the league in scoring.

64. The Saints offensive line won the Madden Most Valuable Protectors Award as the best offensive line in football.

65. The award was accepted by Saints great Archie Manning, which is striking on two counts.

66. One, Manning is, of course, the father of Colts quarterback Peyton Manning.

67. Two, Manning never got much offensive line protection in his Saints career.

68. Archie Manning was sacked 49 times in 13 Saints games in 1975.

69. Peyton Manning has been sacked 45 times the past three seasons. Combined.

70. This looks to be the last game for Colts legendary offensive line coach Howard Mudd.

71. Mudd was at the first Super Bowl as a fan.

72. Mudd has coached offensive lines for six NFL teams (seven if you count the Seahawks twice) going back 36 years.

73. He's been around so long, his official Colts' title is "Senior Offensive Line Coach."

74. This is the first time since 1993 that the No. 1 seed in both conferences will face each other in the Super Bowl.

75. People recite this stat mechanically. But doesn't it mean something? Doesn't it mean that being a No. 1 seed -- being the best team in your conference -- does not provide enough of an advantage come playoff time?

76. Saints receiver Marques Colston, at 6-foot-4, 225 pounds, is expected to cause matchup headaches for the Colts.

77. Colston went to Hofstra and, perhaps because of that, was a seventh-round draft pick. He was chosen 252nd overall.

78. Don't you wonder: How do NFL teams who spend countless hours and millions of dollars scouting players -- and all desperately need big receivers who cause matchup problems -- miss players like Marques Colston?

79. The Saints players embrace that they're the underdog.

80. The Saints players insist that they're not the underdog.

81. The Colts players embrace that they're the favorite.

82. The Cols players insist that they're not the favorite.

83. Neither of these teams have played outdoors since the beginning of January.

84. Because of this, there has been way too much talk about the weather.

85. The weather right now looks like it will be 71 and sunny.

86. The highest-scoring Super Bowl was in 1994, when San Francisco beat San Diego 49-26.

87. The highest-scoring COMPETITIVE Super Bowl was 1978, when Pittsburgh beat Dallas 35-31.

88. There's every reason to believe and hope this will be the highest scoring competitive game in Super Bowl history.



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[pennywisealfie]

70-63 Colts final score imo

 

[dukey]

Went to that American sports shop at Harbour Town today. Ordered a Nnamdi Asomugha jersey :)

This place is on the Gold Coast, ja? My mate is planning a trip to Surfer's for his birthday and I was going to stick my head in and check out the NFL jerseys.

 

[Clintos]

Yeah mate, on the Gold Coast.

http://www.harbourtown.com.au/

It's out the front of that shopping center - on the McDonalds side.

 

[pennywisealfie]

he never called me back about the asomugha jersey. which is good, coz i didnt actually want it anymore lol

 

[Clintos]

Yeah. I had to call him to get my Bruschi jersey too.

Haha. Typical Rooster.

 

[dukey]

Guys, are his jerseys the official Reebok Authentic ones or chinese knock-offs?

I'm thinking about phoning ahead and ordering a couple before I trek up there, but if they are falsies I'd rather just buy them online for $20 a pop.

 

[Clintos]

He sells all three kids of jerseys (authentic player cut, authentic fan cut and replicas. They are all imported from San Diego, so no Chinese rip offs.

 

[dukey]

Aha excellent. Which of the Authentic styles do you recommend?

 

[Clintos]

Fan cut.

The two authentic styles are exactly the same, except that the player cut ones are exactly the same as certain players would wear on field. For example - If you wanted a Manning, Brady, Brees etc jersey they would be really big in the shoulders because it has to allow for shoulder pads etc, then slim out towards the bottom. If you wanted a linesman jersey it would be bigger around the midriff, to allow for their large stomachs.

Fan jerseys are 'generic' sizes. Once you work out what size you are, it would be just like an NRL jersey fitting wise, just heavier because of the numbers and heavier material.

 

[Clintos]

Oh, and fan cut is cheaper.

 

[Meat77]

I see today that the Bills have decided not to offer T.O. a contract for next season. He should seriously just give it away...

 

[Clintos]

He did nothing to justify a contract anyway.

That said, their QB's didn't help anyone out.

 

[dukey]

Thanks man. I'll ring up on Monday and get some prices.

 

[dukey]

So would I be right in assuming fan cut jerseys are the same thing as Premier jerseys as seen on NFLshop.com?

 

[Clintos]

I'm not sure. Are the premier jerseys authentic, with the stitched numbers and letters?

I remember him explaining to me that he only sells the on-field jerseys, and the three I have all say NFL Authentic on it, so I can only assume that they are the authentic ones.