2016 NFL Off Season Thread

[DMN in the House]

6 hours ago, Chris2K said:

Never. The best heels truly believe what they're doing is right and the rest of the world are in the wrong.

I dislike Brady and the Patriots as much as anyone here, and likely longer, but the whole schadenfreude over Deflategate stopped being funny a long time ago. Let's just get over it. 

[Maxx]

Hey Dan, remember when the Jags first round draft pick went down with a knee injury last year?  Oh wait, I mean this year

(I joke only because it looks like it won't be too bad and he'll be back for camp.)

[gunnar hendershow]

Hopefully it's not too bad but oh man Jags....

[Lineker]

Bloomberg News, who cite three unnamed sources, claim that the Pro Bowl is set to move to Orlando.

[Twist]

So they aren't even going to get a trip to Hawaii anymore? Poor guys.

[Meacon Keaton]

I wish they'd just get rid of it completely. There is nothing more irrelevant in this world than the friggin' Pro Bowl.

[The Buscher]

It's utterly pointless.  Barely any of the players want to be there.  Most of the players that make it from the losing AFC/NFC title games bow out (see:  all of the Patriots this year), and you nearly always lose a bunch of people from the Super Bowl teams too.

They still need to elect Pro Bowl rosters because of contract clauses, but there is no need at all to actually have the game.

[gunnar hendershow]

Make the Pro Bowl a fan fest. The best players get to be there, fans get to go, a weekend of skills competitions and maybe a hokey 7 on 7 flag scrimmage or something.

[munky]

Like a Rookie Beach Bowl?

[Lineker]

You'll all be amazed to hear that Tom Brady has filed his latest appeal against his suspension. 

[Maxx]

1 hour ago, Lineker said:

You'll all be amazed to hear that Tom Brady has filed his latest appeal against his suspension. 

 

[Your Mom]

Justice for Brady!

[The Buscher]

Tuck Bom Frady.

[gunnar hendershow]

I hope both sides lose!

[Meacon Keaton]

Don't blame me. I rooted for Drew Bledsoe.

[The Buscher]

The NFL announced today that Atlanta's new stadium will host Super Bowl 53, Miami will get Super Bowl 54, and of course the new LA Stadium will get Super Bowl 55.

[gunnar hendershow]

It's amazing that dump in Miami keeps hosting Super Bowls.

[Meacon Keaton]

Seems like they'll hold the Super Bowl in a literal dump before they come back up north again.

[gunnar hendershow]

6 minutes ago, Meacon¯\_(ツ)_/¯ said:

Seems like they'll hold the Super Bowl in a literal dump before they come back up north again.

I'm actually surprised Goodell hasn't made a push to host it at Wembley or Rogers Centre or The Azteca.

EDIT- Could you imagine all the pissed off fans who can't go to see their team play because they don't have Passports? This sounds 100% Roger he needs to make it happen.

[The Buscher]

I doubt there will be one at MetLife again anytime soon.  They dodged a bullet with unseasonably warm weather last time but the mayor of East Rutherford came out and said he doesn't want another Super Bowl in the state because it didn't benefit the state at all.  They saw nothing from ticket sales and most everybody who traveled into the game spent their money/time in New York.  The league also promoted it as the Super Bowl in the Big Apple, they didn't even give it the WM 29 "NJ/NY" courtesy mention.  All New Jersey got from hosting the game was awful traffic and overly congested mass transit.

At least with Giants and Jets games, the state gets a cut of ticket sales/parking revenue.  Tough to blame the mayor for not wanting to deal with that headache again.