2017 NFL Season Thread

[thatshortguy]

40 minutes ago, VerBlood Drive said:

Is there a nearby stadium where a team isn't playing? New Orleans or Atlanta possibly? 

Ford Field has hosted a game for Minny/Giants after that crazy blizzard in Minnesota a few years back.

Atlanta's out because Atlanta United FC make their debut in Mercedes Benz Stadium the same day.

[Maxx]

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[RoHitman Reigns]

Regardless of outcome of the case and when it comes out, Zeke WILL be playing week one against the Giants

[The Buscher]

Good. It doesn't matter if it's a division rival or a future Giants opponent - I can't ever condone bullshit suspensions.

[munky]

Suspension upheld. Fucking ridiculous.

[Your Mom]

Not even reduced?  

[Maxx]

He's allowed to play this week, at the very least.  Suspension would start week 2, but he's filed an injunction, its being ruled on on Friday.  Hopefully that will see the NFL have to answer for why they moved forward with a suspension when their lead investigator concluded Zeke shouldn't be suspended.  Perhaps they can also answer why that conclusion was left out of the final report and was only able to tell that conclusion to one person on the NFL's investigation committee.  

There was no real option for reduction based on the rules for domestic violence that players who aren't on the Giants have to abide by.  So it was either going to be 6 or 0

[munky]

The next CBA negotiation is going to get ugly. No way the NFLPA lets this go on.

[Schlitzbrille]

7 minutes ago, munky said:

Suspension upheld. Fucking ridiculous.

Time to fill the "Fuck Roger Gooddell" quota for the day. 

[Pooker]

Cowboys should protest and sue.

[The Buscher]

5 minutes ago, munky said:

The next CBA negotiation is going to get ugly. No way the NFLPA lets this go on.

About a month or so ago DeMaurice Smith already said there was 100% chance of another lockout, and that's with four more seasons left in the current one.  He's also been advising players to start saving up for it so that they have the flexibility to actually sit out games if needed.  In past lockouts the owners would just call the players' bluffs and go with replacement players and the NFLPA players would cave in short order. 

[Lineker]

Buccaneers WR Bernard Reedy who won the final WR spot goes from $11/hour to making the 53 man roster.

New Seattle alternate logo: 

 

[Pooker]

The new Seahawks logo is an ostrich and nobody can convince me otherwise.

[Adam]

That logo is hilarious.

[Lineker]

Due to the potential impact of Hurricane Irma, the postponed season-opening contest between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Miami Dolphins has been rescheduled for Sunday, November 19 in Week 11, the NFL announced Wednesday morning.

The game will be played at Hard Rock Stadium. Week 11 was previously a bye week for both teams.

Around The NFL will have more on the rescheduled game soon.

Moronic decision.

[Schlitzbrille]

17 minutes ago, Lineker said:

 

 

Moronic decision.

The Elliot suspension being upheld despite the lead investigator saying no was proof enough that the outcome was gonna be dumb.

[Maxx]

1 hour ago, Chuck Tingle said:

The Elliot suspension being upheld despite the lead investigator saying no was proof enough that the outcome was gonna be dumb.

*The lead investigator that was the only person involved in the entire thing to actually talk to his accuser.

For the Dolphins that's 16 straight games that include a trip to London.  Fun times for Miami.

It's complete bullshit, I remember in 2003 they moved a Chargers/Dolphins Monday Night game to Arizona and made the call to do it the night before.  So there goes the idea that it was too short notice.

Luckily for the Bucs and Dolphins, they both play the Jets, which can basically be treated like a bye.

[Lineker]

Houston's Duane Brown's holdout will go into Week 1 - he'll miss the visit of Jacksonville.

[DMN in the House]

2 hours ago, Maxx said:

*The lead investigator that was the only person involved in the entire thing to actually talk to his accuser.

For the Dolphins that's 16 straight games that include a trip to London.  Fun times for Miami.

It's complete bullshit, I remember in 2003 they moved a Chargers/Dolphins Monday Night game to Arizona and made the call to do it the night before.  So there goes the idea that it was too short notice.

Luckily for the Bucs and Dolphins, they both play the Jets, which can basically be treated like a bye.

That was because of fires in San Diego, yeah?

[Maxx]

4 minutes ago, DMN said:

That was because of fires in San Diego, yeah?

Yeah they were using the stadium parking lot as a place for shelters.  They packed everything up and moved it down to Arizona, free admission, game went off fine.