2017 NFL Season Thread

[WestPhillyPunisher]

James Irsay, M.D. chimed in with his medical opinion on QB Andrew Luck:

http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/...cal/ar-BBEHfM4

[Witchfan]

I'm getting flashbacks to the 2004 season when everyone in Pittsbugh wouldn't shut up about a possible keystone state superbowl.

The Steelers and Eagles have both made it to their conference championship games three times. In 2001, both lost. In 2004, the Eagles won and the Steelers lost. In 2008, the Steelers won and the Eagles lost. Can we have the Keystone State Super Bowl this year?

This week's predictions:
Seahawks over Cardinals
Bills over Saints
Bears over Packers
Lions over Browns
Steelers over Colts
Jaguars over Chargers
Jets over Bucs
Titans over Bengals
Redskins over Vikings
Rams over Texans
Falcons over Cowboys
49ers over Giants
Patriots over Broncos
Panthers over Dolphins

[BeastieRunner]

So my team is doing a math crossword this morning. Clues are things like "days from November 18 to December 21" ... one of the clues is "number of quarters the Atlanta Falcons play." (ANS: 3)

[Jackmando7]

So my team is doing a math crossword this morning. Clues are things like "days from November 18 to December 21" ... one of the clues is "number of quarters the Atlanta Falcons play." (ANS: 3)

You know why the Browns aren't worth a dollar? Because the dollar gives you four good quarters.

[BeastieRunner]

You know why the Browns aren't worth a dollar? Because the dollar gives you four good quarters.

Ahahahaha!

[WestPhillyPunisher]

You know why the Browns aren't worth a dollar? Because the dollar gives you four good quarters.

Heh! I like that! Well played!

[SUPERECWFAN1]

In NFL News ---


The Green Bay Packers cut Martellus Bennett TE today. The Packers signed Bennett to a 3 year $21+ million dollar contract and claim the TE didn't inform them of health issues. Bennett has a bad shoulder and announced that he likely is gonna retire at the end of the season. The Packers moved ahead and cut him. They also are gonna fight to not pay him the rest of the salary claiming he didn't disclose his health issue.


The 49ers last week after saying they didn't plan to push Jimmy Garoppolo to start this season are seemingly becoming stupid as Mike Shanahan told a fan site we could see Garoppolo sooner than later. That he's really learning the offense. Lost in this is the offensive line is getting whoever starts killed .

[WestPhillyPunisher]

In NFL News ---


The Green Bay Packers cut Martellus Bennett TE today. The Packers signed Bennett to a 3 year $21+ million dollar contract and claim the TE didn't inform them of health issues. Bennett has a bad shoulder and announced that he likely is gonna retire at the end of the season. The Packers moved ahead and cut him. They also are gonna fight to not pay him the rest of the salary claiming he didn't disclose his health issue.

It'll be interesting to see how that plays out. While Bennett practiced deceit, you'd think the Packers' medical staff would've uncovered the bum shoulder during an exam. And will the player's union sit back and let Green Bay renege on his salary, even though they might well be in the right since Bennett didn't inform them of his injury issue?

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Another disgruntled player was Colts CB Vontae Davis. The pro bowl CB has struggled through a groin injury and wasn't informed that he was being benched last week til he was told that week or that his play had slipped due to his sore groin. Davis was pissed that the head coach never met with him to discuss his play and issues he had. The Colts decided to release Davis today who will have surgery and head into free agency next season as a demand CB.

[Surf]

CB Vontae Davis.

Chris Ballard was on with JMV, our local sports afternoon guy yesterday and he was real smooth about this Vonte thing. The groin injury first got brought up yesterday which apparently he had been suffering since before the season. His play had declined this season so there maybe NFLPA implications regarding who knew what when about this injury since he was not on the injury report. I felt he needed to be gone anyway and rumor was he was the #1 name floated out there before the trade deadline. Sucks for him personally though, he and Vernon seem very different and I guess that's no surprising as they are only brothers and 1 not a clone of the other. Vonte doesn't cope so well at times. That's a lot of money Colts still have to pay out for 8 more games.

[Hiromi]

And Elliot has lost another appeal and so the suspension is back on. Again. Again.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

And Elliot has lost another appeal and so the suspension is back on. Again. Again.

Just turned on NFL Network and heard about the latest chapter in the saga that's the Elliott suspension roller coaster. So, short of Zeke and his people taking this all the way to the Supreme Court, it looks like that long delayed six game vacation is back on. Again, Elliott should've just taken his medicine and did the suspension at the start of the season and got it over with early, given that the league was NOT going to stop until it got its pound of flesh from him, now that suspension is happening at perhaps the worst possible time as the Cowboys are fighting to keep pace in NFC East with the frontrunning Eagles. Elliott being out makes that job all the tougher.

[BeastieRunner]

Pats just snagged Bennett off waivers.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Meet the biggest scumbag football coach.




Petrino its pretty clear is a terrible piece of shit person. Any college that has him hired has to wonder how fast he's gonna accept another job offer. Since he constantly lies and goes behind folks backs to get jobs.

[Hiromi]

Richard Sherman exited tonight with a heel injury, but it looked like he was shouting that he tore his Achilles, which is the kind of injury that you know when it happens

Edit: It's official, ruptured Achilles