The NFL Thread: 2018 Preseason

[Luminesa]

Make some sacrifices to the sports gods.

I'm sure a couple of Packer fans would appease them!

*Backs away slowly.*
*But backs into someone.*
...Anthony Barr is right behind me, isn't he?

[The Royal Kingdom of Quebec]

Well for one Steelers secondary proved to be quite problematic. DL and LBs looked pretty good.

[Baltimore-Ravens]

There's lots of Steeler fans in Philly too. They just got sick and tired of rooting for a loser team decade after decade.

I guess we know who's the Prince and who's the Pauper of Pennsylvania.

No doubt. But in the late 1960s it was completely reversed.

[Neo-Ixania]

How am I "hung up" about the Chargers moving to LA, exactly? I said my piece just like everyone else did.

If anyone is "hung up," it's you on the Packers for losing to the Falcons. Hell, you seem to have forgotten the entire time that the Jets were in the NHL - 1979 to 1996. Could it be you're too confused because of the Packers?

And Southern cities aren't that good a place? Tell that to cities like Nashville and Tampa, the latter of which has been in the top ten attendance wise numerous years now.

Like Senator Roberts said the other day to Senator Wyden, "maybe take a Valium, man." Pack it in.

Valium? Now I'm touched by your concern, but my emotional state isn't that bad.

[Kohr]

I'm sure a couple of Packer fans would appease them!

*Backs away slowly.*
*But backs into someone.*
...Anthony Barr is right behind me, isn't he?

Don't worry, fans who support them as a secondary team are safe.




For now.

[Neo-Ixania]

*Backs away slowly.*
*But backs into someone.*
...Anthony Barr is right behind me, isn't he?

Don't worry, fans who support them as a secondary team are safe.




For now.

Lum's a Saints fan, though. Watch out for their Voodoo.

[Ranoria]

Don't worry, fans who support them as a secondary team are safe.




For now.

Lum's a Saints fan, though. Watch out for their Voodoo.

No, not Voodoo. Breestianity. The faith of Breesus.

[Luminesa]

*Backs away slowly.*
*But backs into someone.*
...Anthony Barr is right behind me, isn't he?

Don't worry, fans who support them as a secondary team are safe.




For now.

*Looks behind me at Barr grinning eeriely.*
*Patterson calls out.*
Patterson: He said she cool, dude!
Barr: Aight.
Me: 8x

[Kohr]

Lum's a Saints fan, though. Watch out for their Voodoo.

No, not Voodoo. Breestianity. The faith of Breesus.

I used to be scourged by the Breesus, but these days he seems quite content with Jeff Fisher's record.

[Baltimore-Ravens]

There's lots of Steeler fans in Philly too. They just got sick and tired of rooting for a loser team decade after decade.

As a Minnesotan who has to deal with Packer fans who were born and raised here, I don't have any tolerance for those people.

I have relatives in Minnesota and my father's paternal lineage is Norwegian. He really liked the Vikings as a second team after the Baltimore Colts and was pissed as hell when the Chiefs beat the Vikings in Super Bowl IV. 20 years later I moved to the southwest coast of Florida, which is full of Midwesterners. That's where I worked for a guy from Sheboygan WI who was an extremely obnoxious Packers fan. He also had obnoxious Packer fan friends too. In the meantime I was married to a woman from Chicago whose family was all Bears fans except for this one brother of hers who for some contrary reason became a Vikings fan. It all made for some rather interesting Thanksgivings and Christmases watching them call argue.

[Neo-Ixania]

Lum's a Saints fan, though. Watch out for their Voodoo.

No, not Voodoo. Breestianity. The faith of Breesus.

It's likely both, just like actual Voodoo in NOLA.

[Baltimore-Ravens]

Like Senator Roberts said the other day to Senator Wyden, "maybe take a Valium, man." Pack it in.

Valium? Now I'm touched by your concern, but my emotional state isn't that bad.

It will just calm tou down for a while and it's meant as a joke, just like it was between those two senators I mentioned.

You did try and give me some misleading information though. The first seven years of Winnipeg Jets existence was in the WHA, not the NHL. So you have to take that seven off the 45 years. So the Washington Caps and their fans are still more forlorn with 42 years of NHL mediocrity and definitely more deserving of a Championship, especially since their fans actually do support their team.

Sorry about your Packers, but somebody had to lose. Let's face it.

[Thermodolia]

So, last year the Falcons started 5-0 before finishing 8-8, and this year they retaliated with a genuinely good season and a Super Bowl trip,

Can this be a repeating trend? Please?

Please?

Unfortunately we are losing our offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan. So that's not fun

[Neo-Ixania]

Valium? Now I'm touched by your concern, but my emotional state isn't that bad.

It will just calm down for a while and it's meant as a joke, just like it was between those two senators I mentioned.

You did try and give me some misleading information though. The first seven years of Winnipeg Jets existence was in the WHA, not the NHL. So you have to take that seven off the 45 years. So the Washington Caps and their fans are still more forlorn with 42 years of NHL mediocrity and definitely more deserving of a Championship, especially since their fans actually do support their team.

Sorry about your Packers, but somebody had to lose. Let's face it.

I know it was a joke. Was just playing along.

I wouldn't say misleading. I was referring to the NHL era Jets. Sorry if I came off as such. I also wouldn't say more deserving of a championship. No team deserves one. You either win or you don't win.

As for the Packers, I already figured they'd lose. Seeing the score pop up on my app wasn't that bad. You win some, you lose some. It happens.

[Thermodolia]

I'm sure a couple of Packer fans would appease them!

*Backs away slowly.*
*But backs into someone.*
...Anthony Barr is right behind me, isn't he?

Nope that would be Matty Ice

[Ranoria]

*Backs away slowly.*
*But backs into someone.*
...Anthony Barr is right behind me, isn't he?

Nope that would be Matty Ice

*pulls cord on train whistle*

Hrm. Guess the Demarco train never got to roll through Atlanta, huh? *grabs Ryan* You, sir, are our new QBs coach. MARCUS. WE GOT YOU A COACH.

[Thermodolia]

It will just calm down for a while and it's meant as a joke, just like it was between those two senators I mentioned.

You did try and give me some misleading information though. The first seven years of Winnipeg Jets existence was in the WHA, not the NHL. So you have to take that seven off the 45 years. So the Washington Caps and their fans are still more forlorn with 42 years of NHL mediocrity and definitely more deserving of a Championship, especially since their fans actually do support their team.

Sorry about your Packers, but somebody had to lose. Let's face it.

I know it was a joke. Was just playing along.

I wouldn't say misleading. I was referring to the NHL era Jets. Sorry if I came off as such. I also wouldn't say more deserving of a championship. No team deserves one. You either win or you don't win.

As for the Packers, I already figured they'd lose. Seeing the score pop up on my app wasn't that bad. You win some, you lose some. It happens.

So ya going to pull for the Pats or the Dirty Birds?

[Idzequitch]

So, last year the Falcons started 5-0 before finishing 8-8, and this year they retaliated with a genuinely good season and a Super Bowl trip,

Can this be a repeating trend? Please?

Please?

Unfortunately we are losing our offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan. So that's not fun

Take Todd Haley from us, if you want. I'm not very attached to him.

[Neo-Ixania]

I know it was a joke. Was just playing along.

I wouldn't say misleading. I was referring to the NHL era Jets. Sorry if I came off as such. I also wouldn't say more deserving of a championship. No team deserves one. You either win or you don't win.

As for the Packers, I already figured they'd lose. Seeing the score pop up on my app wasn't that bad. You win some, you lose some. It happens.

So ya going to pull for the Pats or the Dirty Birds?

Honestly, I won't really bother watching, but if I had to pick, it'd likely be the Pats just so B&B can stick it to Goodell again.

I wouldn't mind if your boys won, though. Either team winning would be alright by me, really.

[Baltimore-Ravens]

It will just calm down for a while and it's meant as a joke, just like it was between those two senators I mentioned.

You did try and give me some misleading information though. The first seven years of Winnipeg Jets existence was in the WHA, not the NHL. So you have to take that seven off the 45 years. So the Washington Caps and their fans are still more forlorn with 42 years of NHL mediocrity and definitely more deserving of a Championship, especially since their fans actually do support their team.

Sorry about your Packers, but somebody had to lose. Let's face it.

I know it was a joke. Was just playing along.

I wouldn't say misleading. I was referring to the NHL era Jets. Sorry if I came off as such. I also wouldn't say more deserving of a championship. No team deserves one. You either win or you don't win.

As for the Packers, I already figured they'd lose. Seeing the score pop up on my app wasn't that bad. You win some, you lose some. It happens.

This whole thing started with your post about the Cavs, the Cubs and the Chiefs thing, remember? I pointed out you forgot the NHL, so... thats how the Caps came in to the conversation as a deserving long downtrodden candidate for an NHL championship. Of course they have to actually win it. Who do you think they are? Donald Trump?

[Thermodolia]

Unfortunately we are losing our offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan. So that's not fun

Take Todd Haley from us, if you want. I'm not very attached to him.

Well I'd rather not lose.

[Idzequitch]

Take Todd Haley from us, if you want. I'm not very attached to him.

Well I'd rather not lose. Apparently his Wiki is saying that he has been fired

I saw that, but I haven't seen any reputable reports to corroborate that. Probably an edit by a butthurt Pittsburgh fan who likes Haley even less than I do.

[Thermodolia]

Well I'd rather not lose. Apparently his Wiki is saying that he has been fired

I saw that, but I haven't seen any reputable reports to corroborate that. Probably an edit by a butthurt Pittsburgh fan who likes Haley even less than I do.

I haven't found anything either. Probably so, either way we don't want him. We'd rather have someone who could win

[Baltimore-Ravens]

Well I'd rather not lose. Apparently his Wiki is saying that he has been fired

I saw that, but I haven't seen any reputable reports to corroborate that. Probably an edit by a butthurt Pittsburgh fan who likes Haley even less than I do.

I doubt that he's been fired so soon. That's something a hotheaded idiot like Bob Irsay would have done.

[Neo-Ixania]

I know it was a joke. Was just playing along.

I wouldn't say misleading. I was referring to the NHL era Jets. Sorry if I came off as such. I also wouldn't say more deserving of a championship. No team deserves one. You either win or you don't win.

As for the Packers, I already figured they'd lose. Seeing the score pop up on my app wasn't that bad. You win some, you lose some. It happens.

This whole thing started with your post about the Cavs, the Cubs and the Chiefs thing, remember? I pointed out left forgot the NHL, so... thats how the Caps came in to the conversation as a deserving long downtrodden candidate for an NHL championship. Of course they have to actually win it. Who do you think they are? Donald Trump?

Yes, of course they have to actually win it, but if they did, I wouldn't say they deserved to win it.