NFL Discussion and Fantasy League thread

[RedKnight]

Dallas 21

Philly 6

 

Green Bay 28

Arizona 24

 

Jets 14

Bengals 17

 

Patriots 27

Ravens 17

[Iantn]

Dallas 17

Philly 28

 

Packers 30

Cards 21

 

Jets 14

Bengals 17

 

Ravens 24

Patriots 20

 

 

Oh an happy days!!

 

[Arno]

Dallas 35

Philly 16

(Cowboys just too good for a banged up Eagles team.)

 

Arizona 34

Green Bay 31

(I really think Packers will win, but since everybody else picks them - Go Cards :P)

 

 

Cinncinati 24

New York Jets 10

(Rookie QB on the road in the playoffs...doesn't spell good for the Jets.)

 

New England 24

Baltimore 27

(Patriots will miss Welker big time, and one road team "has to win"...?)

[OmarVizquel]

Anyone follow college ball? National Championship game is tonight, er, early tomorrow morning.

[RedKnight]

I find college ball extremely confusing with all the different divisions and bowls.

[OmarVizquel]

I find college ball extremely confusing with all the different divisions and bowls.

 

It's exciting once you get into it, but I agree. Until they institute a real playoff, it's a big clusterfu**.

[RedKnight]

It is exciting, sometimes because there can be so many mistakes and turnovers.

[Brownie]

I don't like the fact that everyone is tipping the Pack to win. I think we could be on the cusp of something special but you never really know with American Football as it's so competitive.

 

Any given Sunday and all that.

 

Can't wait for the Playoffs this weekend.

[neko]

Everyone At Hospital Already Hates Wes Welker

 

BOSTON—Though injured New England Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker has only been in the hospital for five days, doctors, nurses, support staff, and fellow patients told reporters Thursday that the extremely passionate and determined Welker has already annoyed the hell out of everyone.

 

"That guy is just the worst," Welker's orthopedic surgeon Dr. Henry Myles said after a diagnostic checkup Tuesday. "He suffers a torn MCL and ACL in his left knee, he can barely walk, and he just keeps saying things like, 'When am I going to get back in there, doc?' and 'Just tape it up, I'll be fine.' This whole obsession with showing us how intense and driven he is 24 hours a day really has to stop."

 

"I get it, okay? The guy has a lot of heart," Myles added. "But yesterday we had to put him in restraints because he wouldn't stop trying to do jumping jacks. And before we could sedate him, his screams of 'I'm a competitor!' woke up the entire wing."

 

As of press time, Welker had not made a single friend at Massachusetts General. Although the wideout's attitude has been celebrated by sportswriters and fans alike as scrappy and overachieving, hospital personnel have described him as "exhausting," "intolerable," and "the most infuriating little cocksucker ever to walk God's green earth."

 

Even children in the hospital's cancer ward were irritated by Welker's Tuesday morning visit.

 

"The short man kept telling me to keep fighting and not to give up," said Jackie Geddings, 8, a leukemia patient in the hospital's pediatric ward. "I got extra tired talking to him and telling him over and over I was working hard and that he didn't have to cut off his hair and give it to me. I don't think he knew I was trying to take a nap."

 

"He's everywhere," one doctor said of the 5-foot-9 All-Pro receiver, adding that the mere sight of Welker's face fills him with rage. "If he's not trying to get patients up at 6 a.m. to do physical therapy with him, he's giving unwanted nutritional advice to diabetics or hovering over ER doctors during critical triage sessions. I really hope one of these days he comes over to the trauma ward so I can lay him out cold."

 

Welker told nurses Wednesday that, although his injury will keep him out of the playoffs, it shouldn't hinder his ability to help the hospital be the best it can be. He has offered to fill in anywhere he is needed, be it on the cafeteria staff or in the operating room.

 

"I consider myself a very patient person," hospital janitor Mike Clemens said. "But Mr. Welker has pushed me to my limit. He told me that my mopping routes were sloppy, and that if I maybe showed a little more heart out there I could get a few more crucial feet out of each swab."

 

"What a prick," Clemens added. "Seriously, what a fucking little prick."

 

Welker's hospital roommate, 52-year-old Aaron Kramer, requested a room transfer after spending just one night with the two-time Pro Bowler. Kramer said he was unable to sleep due to Welker shouting "Woo!" after every SportsCenter highlight, a nuisance that became increasingly excruciating as Welker did the same through all five of the show's overnight repeats.

 

Teammates who have visited Welker have left his hospital room visibly aggravated, often rolling their eyes, muttering to themselves, or saying things like, "Thank God that's over."

 

Patriots coach Bill Belichick has yet to make a trip to the Boston hospital, but said Monday that Welker had already left him more than 150 voice mail messages that alternated between tearful apologies for getting injured and personal pleas for Belichick not to forget about him while he's away.

 

"Apparently he read an article where I said that the team would evolve without him," Patriots quarterback Tom Brady told reporters after visiting Welker. "I had to assure Wes that didn't mean I thought the team was better off without him or that I didn't like him personally."

 

"I don't, though," Brady said. "Not hard to see why not. Jesus, if that mouthy little fucker didn't manage to get open so often I think I would have punched him in the face years ago."

 

[odris]

I was believing that article until the Brady bit.

[Iantn]

Chad OchoCinco's brithday gift for himself was fuckin funny there. The mad bastard that he is.

[odris]

He's quality Ocho, i always check out his Twitter and some of the mad things he posts.

[DJLJ]

Ocho needs to stand up and be counted today, instead of all his talking about changing name etc.

[odris]

He's usually good for a TD a game, never much of a massive yards per game player.

[RedKnight]

The Sanchise isn't going well at the moment. The Jets suck at the wildcat formation.

[Iantn]

 

Taken from his own twitter account.

 

Jets need to get in the game before it runs away from them here.

[DJLJ]

And it has turned around, Jets on top now. Palmer needs to start finding his receivers, otherwise they wont get through this game. He has been quite poor so far.

[Iantn]

Turnovers kill you, especially in the playoffs.

 

Bengals 2 up in that hence why they are getting beat.

[Iantn]

Bengals need something from this drive, badly!

[DJLJ]

They got something from the next drive though. They now need to hold the Jets.

[RedKnight]

Been a good game this, I have a little soft spot for the Sanchise.

[Iantn]

Time for defence to stand up and keep them in the game. Massive 3rd down!

[DJLJ]

Guess there is another Kicker that needs to look for a new job in the summer.

[Iantn]

Yep.

 

2 turnovers on oppo's side of the field and 2 missed field goals inside 35 yards is the story of this one. Although with plenty of time to get 2 scores, but asking a lot.

[Brownie]

Thought Sanchez and the Jets in general looked very good in the first game. There's always a team that starts gaining great momentum in the playoffs despite being massive underdogs.

 

They are opening up the offence a bit more as well and releasing the shackles on Sanchez so they could get a good balance.

 

Come on Eagles (can't see it though).