NFL 2011

[Tequila Cowboy]

What if the owners held a party and the players decided not to come? Apparently this is exactly what happened. The owners held a big presser in Atlanta yesterday to signify their ratifying the new CBA and but the players immediately balked saying that they hadn't been part of any negotiations for the supplemental revenue sharing agreement and that many of the terms in the new deal were new to them. More than half of the player reps claimed to have never seen any of it. Oops. I mean this whole thing has been nuts but now this? Get your shit together folks.

[Clams]

Will someone please send me a pm a couple of days before the regular season's gonna begin. Until then, I have no interest. This lockout/negotiation shit bores me to death.

[bovine knievel]

Will someone please send me a pm a couple of days before the regular season's gonna begin. Until then, I have no interest. This lockout/negotiation shit bores me to death.

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[sactochris]

This way, the owners can say that the ball is in the players court and can make it look like they are in the right and it's the greedy players who are throwing away the season. The whole situation is an immense clusterfuck of the highest order. I do however always side with labor when it comes to these now all too common protracted disputes between millionaire players and billionaire owners. I mean, I don't turn on my TV so I can watch some guy who had the good sense to born extremely rick now do I? I turn it on so I can watch something that only a few hundred people In the world are caple of doing at that level. I think most people with a business degree and a modicum of intelligence could run a sports team. Most people who are relatively well coordinated and somewhat athletic could not however play sports at anywhere close to the pro level.

[Erdlivz]

Bears are going 8-8 this year. They'll start out 1-4 with a win over the Panthers. Carry on.


On the plus side, I will be able to drink and watch every game in Chicago. I may even road trip on 11/7 to see the Bears beat some Eagles ass.

[Tequila Cowboy]

Bears are going 8-8 this year. They'll start out 1-4 with a win over the Panthers. Carry on.


On the plus side, I will be able to drink and watch every game in Chicago. I may even road trip on 11/7 to see the Bears beat some Eagles ass.

I think this year is completely unpredictable. Green Bay, Detroit & Minnesota are all over the salary cap and have to cut players while the Bears are $20-25 million under it. Ad that to the rash of injuries that is sure to occur and I think we're in for a wild ride. If the rumors are true and the Bears are really looking to sign Nnamdi Asomugha, who may be the best cornerback in the game, then it could get really interesting. I still want a couple more O linemen and a big receiver though. Bring on the season...

[Tequila Cowboy]

Favre to Philly to back up Mike Vick? Please for the love of God no. Do something about this will ya Clams?

the ugly rumor here

[beantownbubba]

The Giants signed Mark Herzlich today. Score one for the good guys!

[Erdlivz]

The Giants signed Mark Herzlich today. Score one for the good guys!

That's outstanding. Great story.

[Slipkid42]

Ravens have cut 4 of my favs: Heap, Mason, McGahee & Kelly Gregg. Can't see Mason or Willis comin' back, but it would hurt me to see Todd Heap or Kelly Gregg in another uniform. I hope they come back on the cheap. Wouldn't be surprised to see Mason in NE (or w/Jets for that matter). Good guys could be setting up for a push on the Raiders CB whose name I can't say or S. Holmes (or both).
I'm a little disenchanted w/sports in general and football in particular; but this player movement talk is starting to get my juices flowing.

[inman_trucker]

Ravens have cut 4 of my favs: Heap, Mason, McGahee & Kelly Gregg. Can't see Mason or Willis comin' back, but it would hurt me to see Todd Heap or Kelly Gregg in another uniform. I hope they come back on the cheap. Wouldn't be surprised to see Mason in NE (or w/Jets for that matter). Good guys could be setting up for a push on the Raiders CB whose name I can't say or S. Holmes (or both).
I'm a little disenchanted w/sports in general and football in particular; but this player movement talk is starting to get my juices flowing.

Wow! Pretty big cuts there....If you get the CB from the Raiders, your defense would be absolutely sick! My Steelers picked up Wes Saunders today, an UFA from my South Carolina Gamecocks...hope he makes the cut.

[Slipkid42]

I'm not getting my hopes up for any of these key FAs (that way they won't get dashed). We'll see what happens.
I imagine the Steelers will be making similar painful roster moves. Good to have a rival on board to keep me honest.
If we ever want to get a home playoff game w/you guys, we'd better come out ready in Week 1.

[inman_trucker]

Steelers/Ravens= best rivalry going in the NFL, in my opinion. Always a physical contest, but still alot of respect between the two teams. I look forward to, and dread at the same time, these match-ups every year.

[sg207]

As a Bengals fan, I must say that part of me is actually sad that there will be a football season this year.

[Erdlivz]

As a Bengals fan, I must say that part of me is actually sad that there will be a football season this year.

I think the Sports Bermuda Triangle extends from Cleveland to Chicago to Cincinnati. Detroit gets the suction of it too.

Hey at least you have Dusty Baker and the Redlegs.

[sg207]

As a Bengals fan, I must say that part of me is actually sad that there will be a football season this year.

I think the Sports Bermuda Triangle extends from Cleveland to Chicago to Cincinnati. Detroit gets the suction of it too.

Hey at least you have Dusty Baker and the Redlegs.

Thanks Erd, that really improves my day...

***Shoots self in head***

[Duke Silver]

This is the best time of year to be a Lions fan. Everyone's healthy, every draft pick looks like a winner, every free agent pickup is on his way to the Pro Bowl or at the very least comeback player of the year. The blue Kool-Aid is flowing.

[Tequila Cowboy]

This is the best time of year to be a Lions fan. Everyone's healthy, every draft pick looks like a winner, every free agent pickup is on his way to the Pro Bowl or at the very least comeback player of the year. The blue Kool-Aid is flowing.

I don't know if this is the Lion's year or not, but at some point they will win the North and keep winning it for years. As a Bears fan they scare me far more long term than even Green Bay. They have been very quietly loading up on both sides of the ball.

[Duke Silver]

This is the best time of year to be a Lions fan. Everyone's healthy, every draft pick looks like a winner, every free agent pickup is on his way to the Pro Bowl or at the very least comeback player of the year. The blue Kool-Aid is flowing.

I don't know if this is the Lion's year or not, but at some point they will win the North and keep winning it for years. As a Bears fan they scare me far more long term than even Green Bay. They have been very quietly loading up on both sides of the ball.

I'm more optimistic than usual this year, but so much just depends on Stafford. Sky's the limit if he can find a way to stay healthy. Although part of me fears that they'll never get over the hump until they completely revamp their offensive line. It's been a weakness for years and they just keep trying to patch it together.

Man, it's good to have football back.

[beantownbubba]

What the heck is going on in Foxboro? Once again Bill Belichek bets big and only time will tell. History says don't bet against him.

[Erdlivz]

This is the best time of year to be a Lions fan. Everyone's healthy, every draft pick looks like a winner, every free agent pickup is on his way to the Pro Bowl or at the very least comeback player of the year. The blue Kool-Aid is flowing.

I don't know if this is the Lion's year or not, but at some point they will win the North and keep winning it for years. As a Bears fan they scare me far more long term than even Green Bay. They have been very quietly loading up on both sides of the ball.

I share the same opinion. The Lions are close and could have a breakout year with the unpredictability ahead. I'm not looking forward to getting back 10+ years of shit talking from my friends in Michigan. It could get personal.

[Tequila Cowboy]

The Bears have cut or traded all their tight ends and have, apparently, signed no one. Is this a strategy? I mean last I looked they needed at least to O linemen, at least one D lineman, at least one safety, at least one cornerback, two linebackers, a #1 wide receiver and a backup quarterback. Oh and now we need at least a couple tight ends. But what the hell, maybe doing nothing is the latest fad.

[Tequila Cowboy]

What the heck is going on in Foxboro? Once again Bill Belichek bets big and only time will tell. History says don't bet against him.

Looks smart to me. Haynesworth for next to nothing seems brilliant. When right he's one of the best DT's, if not the best, in all of football. If anyone can make him right it's Belichek. Plus I don't see the downside of Ocho Cinco.

[mwh]

The Bears have cut or traded all their tight ends and have, apparently, signed no one. Is this a strategy? I mean last I looked they needed at least to O linemen, at least one D lineman, at least one safety, at least one cornerback, two linebackers, a #1 wide receiver and a backup quarterback. Oh and now we need at least a couple tight ends. But what the hell, maybe doing nothing is the latest fad.

Word today is that the Bears are going after Roy Williams.

[olwiggum]

And Sam Hurd.

[njMark]

J E T S! It is really great, to me anyway to be excited 3 years in a row about my Jets prospects for a great season.

[Erdlivz]

I definitely don't understand what the Bears are doing. I would've thought they'd prioritized O-Line, Secondary, WR, D-Line.

Roy Williams? I'm completely unsold on this guy. Martz is practically crippled with the offense already and Williams can't possibly replicate the numbers he had a few years back.

The Eagles have pretty much leap-frogged everyone in the NFC. Live it up Clams. Flyers, Phillies and Iggles. Jeez.

[Clams]

I definitely don't understand what the Bears are doing. I would've thought they'd prioritized O-Line, Secondary, WR, D-Line.

Roy Williams? I'm completely unsold on this guy. Martz is practically crippled with the offense already and Williams can't possibly replicate the numbers he had a few years back.

The Eagles have pretty much leap-frogged everyone in the NFC. Live it up Clams. Flyers, Phillies and Iggles. Jeez.

[bovine knievel]

Nnamdi Asomugha has agreed to a five-year, $60 million deal with the Philadelphia Eagles...

this ones gonna hurt

[inman_trucker]

Nnamdi Asomugha has agreed to a five-year, $60 million deal with the Philadelphia Eagles...

this ones gonna hurt

Imagine how sick the Jets secondary would have been if they landed him? Those two, possibly three, Jets/Pats match-ups this year will still be epic, though.