NFL 2018

[gunnar hendershow]

Gonzalez, Reed, and Bailey are all absolute locks. You can't really tell the story of the 2000s in the NFL without putting all 3 of them very close to the top. I definitely think Isaac Bruce should be in. Then I actually think they go with Coryell for the 5th spot. 

[Lineker]

Barkley is the Offensive Rookie of the Year.

[Lineker]

Mahomes is the Offensive Player of the Year.

[Lineker]

Matt Nagy is Coach of the Year.

[Lineker]

HOF: Ed Reed, Tony Gonzalez, Champ Bailey, Ty Law, Kevin Mawae, Pat Bowlen, Gil Brandt and Johnny Robinson.

[Lineker]

Darius Leonard Defensive Rookie of the Year.

Aaron Donald Defensive Player of the Year. 

Mahomes has been named MVP.

[Lineker]

Chris Long is the Man of the Year. 

[Taxation is Theft]

5 hours ago, Lineker said:

Barkley is the Offensive Rookie of the Year.

I get it, but Baker has done so much more for the Browns than get on field results. There is hope in Cleveland for the first time since 2007.

[The Buscher]

I would've been happy with either guy winning, and I'm actually surprised it went the way it did.  The MVP Award is pretty much the Best QB Award and that seems to extend out to other awards when it's close.

But Barkley lived up to the hype on the field and possibly even exceeded it.  2,000+ all purpose yards behind one of the worst offensive lines in football.

[Taxation is Theft]

Oh, absolutely. Just homer salt is all.

It was nice to see Quenton Nelson get a pair of votes.

[Adam]

Happy to see Tony Gonzalez become a First Ballot Hall of Famer.

[TCO]

I love the Rams blue and yellow. They should totally go for a modern version of that when they move to their new stadium. The blue and white is over done and it reminds me too much of the Colts who have the most boring uniform combination in the league. (Texans as a whole are the worst though if you include name and branding.)

They'd be crazy to change from blue/yellow if they win a Super Bowl in it. On a similar note the Patriots unis are shite too. They should rebrand when/if Brady ever retires. Let it rest with him and get a new start. 

[gunnar hendershow]

Ed Reed is my favorite football player ever so I'm rather ecstatic to see him get in the HOF on his first try.

No idea why Ty Law got in. Especially when you look at who he beat out to get in.

[The Buscher]

Ty Law had one more interception than Bailey but three rings and a strong reputation as a lockdown corner.  He deserved to go in, I’m just surprised they inducted three defensive backs in the same class.  Because they can only put in five modern era candidates, there’s usually a push to vary the positions.

I wasn’t expecting Mawae to go in, but with there being four offensive line finalists not to mention Joe Jacoby who usually makes the final 15 but didn’t this year, they needed to induct somebody to clear up the logjam.

The good news for these finalists is that next year doesn’t have three clear first-ballot guys.  Troy Polamalu I think will go in right away (bad news for Lynch and Atwater) but that’s about it.  Patrick Willis has a chance too but he only played the equivalent of seven seasons worth of games, that might work against him.

[DMN in the House]

1 hour ago, damsher hatfield said:

Ed Reed is my favorite football player ever so I'm rather ecstatic to see him get in the HOF on his first try.

No idea why Ty Law got in. Especially when you look at who he beat out to get in.

If Steve Atwater had played for any team except Denver, he'd be in the HOF right now. Ask @Meacon, there seems to be a curse on Broncos defenders keeping them out, but Champ Bailey was too talented to keep out.

[GhostMachine]

Maybe they think all Broncos defenders were dirty, like Bill Romanowksi. But Atwarter definitely deserves to be in.

Also, I was hoping that Mayfield would win ROTY, but I can't really argue against Barkley winning. And Chris Long definitely deserved the Man of the Year award.

[Mick]

3 hours ago, damsher hatfield said:

 

No idea why Ty Law got in. Especially when you look at who he beat out to get in.

😠 

[Lineker]

The roof will be closed tonight.

[Meacon Keaton]

Who does everybody have in the Puppy Bowl? I'll take 'em all. 

[Schlitzbrille]

17 minutes ago, Meacon said:

Who does everybody have in the Puppy Bowl? I'll take 'em all. 

Same here, they're all the best puppers.