NFL (since 2016)

[crystal falace]

"Free agency started last night and was pretty crazy some huge money being spent. Osweiler getting £18m a year for the Texans, leaving the Broncos without a QB, Giants have spent a fortune on good but not great players, Oliver Vernon has more guaranteed money than JJ Watt. lots more deals but cant be bothered to list them all."

[Far Cough]

"Yes, Elway had a bullet of an arm"

[Far Cough]

"I reckon Michael Jordan could have made it in the NFL, possibly as a WR"

[ironsofcanada]

So yeah just the one summer https://www.espn.com/blog/playbook/fandom/post/_/id/10608/remembering-john-elways-summer-of-baseball He's no Bo Jackson. Hah.

[ironsofcanada]

Takashi Miike 4:53 Mon Oct 26 He was drafted and played the summer in the Yankees' farm system. Outfielder I believe.

[Takashi Miike]

bit harsh not including elway who probably had the best arm of the lot and had offers from pro baseball teams coming out of college

[ironsofcanada]

"Interesting topic amongst the commentators in last night's Saints game (for me at least). Say what you want about baseball but apparently it produces NFL quarterbacks. Especially at the shortstop position. In no particular order: Garoppolo Mahomes Rodgers Brees Wilson Roethlisberger Matt Ryan Stafford Goff Murray and every Pro Football Hall of Fame QB since sometime in the '70s ""ì other than Terry Bradshaw and Jim Kelly ""ì so people like Joe Montana, Brett Favre, Dan Marino, Fran Tarkenton, Dan Fouts, Warren Moon, Troy Aikman, Kurt Warner and Peyton Manning all played shortstop at a competitive level. Probably why I never made it as NFL QB (or lineman). I hated baseball (and could not throw my way out of a wet paper bag.)"

[southbankbornnbred]

The Cowgirls got so many picks and players out of the Walker deal that it feels like they're still drafting off the back of it! It felt like I was still reading about fresh Walker-related drafts and picks years later. It's like the Carrick deal...

[Far Cough]

"Cowgirls/Vikes-type trade. What a fucking trade that was, I bet the cowboys were laughing their Texas size arses off"

[OccupyGreenStreet]

"Yep thought we'd closed out against the Cards, but they came back well. Lot of mistakes on both sides late on. Lockett's ability to find space and to get his feet grounded is uncanny. He's not that tall, not phenomenally quick, and not really a unit - and yet his figures are right up there. That DK Metcalf chase back, as falace said below, was stunning."

[ironsofcanada]

Was a good game for me as I had Lockett in fantasy. (Made up for the fact that I followed most of the media and picked the wrong Mostert backup to start.)

[Joe C]

crystal falace 2:23 Mon Oct 26 Wilson had an uncharacteristic stinker in the 4th quarter and OT. I'll forgive him it this once given the number of times he's won us a game when we've been playing shit

[crystal falace]

The falcons have lost 3 games already this season where at one point in the game they had over 98% probability to win.

[crystal falace]

I went to bed last night when the seahawks went up by 10 midway through the 4th quarter! Thought the game was over!

[The Mercernary]

"This is my worst fantasy year for injuries by far - five of the six running backs I've started so far have gone down during games plus Kenyan Drake has been carted off twice! I've got a second fantasy team on the go that's just the same, bizarrely. That one also has Beckham jr in it, so not just RB's. Six straight fantasy defeats in that one, so I know how the Jets feel now..."

[southbankbornnbred]

"That said, I genuinely don't want him to go mid-season now. We might as well just tank it to 0-16 and have the option of taking Lawrence in the draft - or of asking a team to masively over-pay to get Lawrence and land some Cowgirls/Vikes-type trade. We've already got quite a few first and second round picks in the tank. At this rate, we might end up with the entire first round draft - and we'd still fuck it up. It's become comical."

[southbankbornnbred]

"Final word from me on the Jets this week - I won't bang on about it (!) - Gase has fallen so far that he didn't even call the offensive plays on Sunday. He was appointed for his alleged ""genius"" (hahahahaha!) as an offensive mind! Got described as such when he got the job because he knows absolutely nothing about the defensive side of the game. (I can barely go on without laughing...) On Sunday, he even gave up the pretence that he knows anything about offence. So Dowell Loggains (OC) called the plays when we had the ball. All 5ft 5"" of him. From defensive ""genius"" to not even leading his own offence ahead of a man who can barely see above his clipboard. Only the Jets could do this as a franchise now that the Non-Skin, Skins have showed glimmers of improvement."

[Far Cough]

Gash?

[southbankbornnbred]

"Going to have to find a similar nickname for Gase, too, as he's in danger even of surpassing Kotite as our worst-ever coach! I'd say it's close right now."

[Far Cough]

AFC East is pathetic this year. A proper dive. The Jets are the worst team I've seen in the NFL since the last time the Jets were this bad (under Kotite in the mid-90s). Rich Kotex

[crystal falace]

"If you werent watching live you need to see that effort play by DK metcalfe, sprinted the length of the field to chase down a Cardinal after a Wilson interception, saved his team 7 points, clocked in at over 22mph. Very reminiscent of a ben watson play for the patriots years ago which is also a play you have to see if you havent before!"

[crystal falace]

Keep saying the falcons find new ways to lose! Today all they needed was a first down and then kick a chip shot field goal to win the game after draining the clock. Todd Gurley accodentally fell and scored a touchdown meaning Detroit got the ball back and scored a touchdown to win the game!

[southbankbornnbred]

"Oh, and I genuinely can't see where the Jets are going to won a game this season. Bizarrely, it looks like the two games against the Patsies might be our best options. And Belichick would probably rather die than let that happen. The only other possible is the Fish - and they thrashed us last time out. Otherwise, we play the likes of the Chiefs, Raiders, Chargers etc - they are all going to steamroller us. The Chiefs game could be a cricket score."

[southbankbornnbred]

"Patsies: couldn't happen to a nicer team! AFC East is pathetic this year. A proper dive. The Jets are the worst team I've seen in the NFL since the last time the Jets were this bad (under Kotite in the mid-90s). The Bills somehow have a 5-2 record despite the fact that they have few killer options in the red zone. They couldn't even score a touchdown against the Jets today. And my disabled, dead grandma could run in a touchdown against our defense. The Fish are, ironically, still in with a half-decent chance of winning the division, despite being 3-3 and not much kop when they play outside the division. And the Patsies are as bad as I have ever seen them under Belichick (2-4). Newton benched today after another horror show - and few weapons for any QB to aim at. I am enjoying seeing their demise post-Brady. But knowing Belichick, he'll be scheming something in response. It's fucking dire out east, I can tell you. Nothing to see here, move along..."

[Grumpster]

Biggest ever home loss under belichik. Shame it's come at the cost of more bloody injuries.

[zebthecat]

The camparison between the Patriots receiver/TE corps and the Bucs is pretty startling.