Because I am not quite sure what happened with the Saints and Seahawks today.
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Because I am not quite sure what happened with the Saints and Seahawks today.
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stuckinred
Back from a party to catch the 4th, looks good!
asiangrrlMN
I think the Colts will win. I wish I were more enthused about watching the game, but I’m not. Oh well.
KG
I’m pretty sure it was an application of the old “that’s why we play the game” adage… It makes no sense, like the home key things on the f and j keys of my iPad on screen keyboard, but there it is…
zzyzx
I don’t know what happened either but I’m 3 birthdays away from the Seahawks winning the superbowl!
sherifffruitfly
TEH SEAHAWKS R AWESUMSAUCE THAT’S WUT HAPPENED!!!!
WHO DAT??? SEAHAWKS DAT BITCHES!!!!!!!1
aahahahaha
drewBYEEEEEEESS!!!
jcricket
I had to repeat the Marshawn Lynch run like 3 times to make sure I wasn’t being punked.
Woot. Go Seahawks (even if they will probably be demolished on the road next week).
sherifffruitfly
@jcricket:
Just think – if we win the Superbowl, we’ll have a winning record!
ahahahahaha!!!
Maude
@zzyzx:
How many would that be if you were born on leap year?
Kristine
1) Never underestimate a team playing on their home court/field/ice.
2) Never underestimate a better team’s ability to play down to the level of the competition.
stuckinred
The Saints shot their wad against the Falcons. Pierre Thomas was crucial to their attack and there was no way Bush could take the pounding when he was gone. Seattle was able to emphasize stopping the passing game, it ain’t rocket science.
Kristine
@sherifffruitfly: Now that’s funny.
Rickscafe
Brees threw for over 400 yards with no picks.
jcricket
@sherifffruitfly: Ha. That’s a good one.
r€nato
interesting stat from ESPN:
Batocchio
That was an astounding touchdown run. A very impressive upset by the Seahawks.
CaseyL
I do think, in professional sports, the head coach has a huge influence over how the team feels about itself and how the players feel about one another, and I think it was just damn lucky the ‘Hawks hired Carroll.
I could be totally wrong, since I don’t follow team sports, but from what I heard it seems Carroll blends Vince Lombardi’s competitiveness with a kind of EveryDad vibe: he encourages and supports his players into going above and beyond, rather than browbeat and abuse them into doing so. That’s a big change from Mora, who learned his coaching style from his own rather grim father.
Mind you, the team could completely TTS in the next playoff game. I’m just going to stay in the moment and revel.
Andy K
@stuckinred:
I lost track of time because of the shootings in Tuscon, and missed the beginning and large cunks of the 2nd and 3rd quarters, but didn’t the Saints drop a few passes early in the game?
Also, Julius Jones put up 120 yards (combined) on 21 touches…I don’t think they missed Thomas that much.
Cacti
Called it yesterday, thankya very much.
Saints were without their rushing game, Seahawks play an inspired game at home.
I fully expect Seattle to get curb stomped when they play on the road.
BruceFromOhio
I’m pretty sure the Saints are wondering what happened, too.
r€nato
I would LOVE to see a 7-9 team in the Super Bowl, but sadly the dream is going to come to an end next week in either Atlanta or Chicago.
BruceFromOhio
… and now the Jets D gets to wonder what’s gonna happen.
mr. whipple
Oh man, bad mistake by the Colts.
Susan Ross
Fuck everything about the Colts, I hate those pansy-ass wusses…unless they’re playing the obnoxious, overbearing Jets. Then it’s GO PEYTON!
Nina
It’ll be a nice ride for the fans and teams who are slowly winding their way, playoff by playoff, to the gondor of the sports world that is Gillette Stadium, where they must face the bradynaut and his band of Patriots.
BruceFromOhio
Apparently, looking away for a moment to make a comment makes good things happen for the Jets.
RareSanity
@stuckinred:
This. Unfortunately, they picked the wrong week to play like it was a playoff game.
@Andy K:
He also had a crucial fumble, that basically started the momentum shift, that eventually ended in a Seattle win.
BruceFromOhio
@Susan Ross: This is hilarious.
Short Bus Bully
Greatest. seahawk. game. evar.
Don’t even care what happens next week, we just gave all those fuckers at ESPN a huge shit sandwich to eat after all the mess they were talking about how bad the NFC Worst is, etc. ad nauseum.
To all the sportswriter bitches: “How’s that Dallas Cowboys home superbowl game prediction working out for you?”
pwnt.
stuckinred
Sure they dropped passes and they also got the crap knocked out of them by the Hawks secondary. When the Saints went for it on 4th down and when they went for 2 late in the game Thomas would have made all the difference in the world.
John O
Mostly Hasselback threw two absolutely stunningly perfect passes in the first half.
RareSanity
@Cacti:
You did, and we ridiculed you for it…I like my crow with hot sauce and bleu cheese dressing…
BruceFromOhio
Hmmm, I’d like to see the Jets take this, but I have to say, it’s also nice to see that Braylon Edwards still can’t catch the fucking ball.
Cacti
@Nina:
I rather enjoyed the last playoff game at the Gondor of the sports world.
mr. whipple
Jets in trouble now.
mr. whipple
@BruceFromOhio:
You just hate him because he played for the urine and blue.
stuckinred
Comment #15 on the previous NFL Thread
“The Saints are hurting at RB. ”
that was my story when the game started and I’m stickin to it.
Mark S.
I think the Colts are gonna pull this out.
Cacti
@RareSanity:
If only I were a betting man.
…sigh…
Southern Beale
My hockey team just won. Woot .
BruceFromOhio
@mr. whipple: I dislike him because he was an asshole when he didn’t have to be.
I save my hate for shit that matters, thankyewberrymuch.
de stijl
Testing Vinny’s range.
de stijl
Within range, I see.
RareSanity
@Cacti:
When it comes to betting, I go back to a quote I heard, and I can’t remember who said it:
“Do you think those casinos in Vegas are profitable because of what they charge for the rooms?”
Andy K
I can’t think of another kicker I’d want trying that FG.
mr. whipple
@BruceFromOhio:
Just kidding, of course. That was his excuse.
BruceFromOhio
… and Vinateri nails it from 50. Nicely done. NY with two timeouts and :56 … can the obnoxious, overbearing Jets pull it back from over the edge?
hitchhiker
Thanks, Seahawks.
You made a crappy-dark day a little lighter for us in the great Pacific Northwest, and the bonus was listening to the ESPN genius commentators try to get their jaws off the floor.
Andy K
Nice return. It’s still a game.
Mark S.
Good return.
asiangrrlMN
Damn. Old man’s still got it.
Interesting game.
Yutsano
@Mark S.:
Adjusted for accuracy.
@asiangrrlMN: Hi hon. I thought there was only one Old Man Yells At Football. Peyton is a mere pup next to him.
RareSanity
Protip:
If you put the words kah-seen-oh, beht-ting and Veh-gus in the same comment, you go straight to moderation jail.
moe99
Well, I can tell you what happened with the Seahawks/Saints game. I bet my son the Seahawks would lose, which meant they would win.
Steelers R Bradys Bitches aka 2liberal
@Cacti:
that was then. this is now.
BruceFromOhio
@Yutsano:
Re-repaired for ya there.
Nina
@Cacti: ‘Twas but a scratch! (Although it would have been fun to crush the Jets in the snow this year too!)
ETA: We get to crush the Jets in the snow!
Andy K
What a gutsy call!
mr. whipple
This Jets kicker could chchchcoke.
sherifffruitfly
Great win Jets!
freelancer
I’ll be damned.
Mark S.
That looked like a bit of a push off.
Oh well, bye-bye, Peyton.
stuckinred
@Andy K: And a nice push off!
BruceFromOhio
If it’s any consolation to the Indy fans, the Jets are going to be crushed like bugs by the Patriots.
Andy K
Man, it got silent quickly. Easy to hear Folk’s fist-pumping “YES!”
Yutsano
@BruceFromOhio: Noticed that. And grazie. But I think it’s funny it came down to the kickers.
mr. whipple
Ryan should kiss that guy’s foot.
Oh, wait….
Andy K
@stuckinred:
Didn’t see the Colts bitching about it.
Yutsano
@mr. whipple: What you did? Yeah, that right there? I just saw it. :)
RinaX
Mmmm, Colts Lose! See ya, Peyton!
handy
Sorry Peyton. No SB ring for you again, buddy.
stuckinred
@Andy K: I’m not bitching about it either, I don’t give a fuck one way or the other but I know what it was.
r€nato
@Short Bus Bully:
2 years back, Chris Collinsworth pronounced the Cardinals the worst playoff team in all of NFL history, right before they made their astounding run that fell just a bit short of beating the Steelers in the Super Bowl.
if there’s one old boys’ group I really can’t stand, it’s sportswriters and sports broadcasters. A bunch of bandwagon riders who are incredible fanboys for every NY/LA/Chicago team.
Svensker
WTF?! Um, go Jets. Geez. We’ll get our clocked clean next week. Oy.
stuckinred
Check out the Fallon Superbowl Shuffle
burnspbesq
All righty then.
Chance for some redemption next week.
Mark S.
@mr. whipple:
Nicely played!
de stijl
Great! Another week of foot fetish fatty’s cake-hole crap. Thanks a lot, Colts!
J.W. Hamner
Interesting… if the Ravens can beat the Chiefs it will be Pats/Jets and Squealers/Ravens.
MikeJ
Mayflowers Looooooooose!
burnspbesq
This is interesting: Stanford has asked for permission to talk to Boise State head coach Chris Petersen.
BruceFromOhio
@r€nato:
It should be noted, however, that Collinsworth exceeds the craptacularity factor of nearly anyone breathing. I’ll forgive Al Michaels his political views in favor of his adequate commentary, and that he is forced to share a small space with Collinsworth to earn his green.
And I enjoyed Tom Hammond’s play-by-play on the Saints-Seahawks game as well. Competent, informed and somewhat intelligent chatter can make a difference, just as inane fuckhead-with-a-mic commentary makes me want to break things.
burnspbesq
@Andy K:
He pushed it pretty badly. From 45, that’s wide right.
handy
@MikeJ:
Heh! Mayflowers. Is Robert Irsay still the most hated man in Baltimore?
Andy K
@BruceFromOhio:
“Nearly” being the key word there. I would jump at the opportunity to be locked in a musty mop closet with Collinsworth for eternity if the only other choice was listening to Phil Simms string together one word.
J.W. Hamner
Oh… one question… is everybody’s radio broadcasters as unapologetic homers as the Colts team? I understand both that: 1) nobody listens to the radio and that 2) home fans want to hear a sympathetic opinion if they bother with it… but my goodness. They basically ignore the other team completely except to complain about how it should have been a penalty whenever the other team does something (offense or defense). It’s absolutely the worst radio play by play I’ve ever heard and it actively made me cringe.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
Not on topic, but this seems to be where the action is, and the news is good
Andy K
@burnspbesq:
I’ll have to look again, but it seemed to me that it went straight down the hashmark.
ETA: And upon further review, I stand by my initial reaction.
http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2011010800/2010/POST18/jets@colts#tab:watch
r€nato
@handy: YES
(got an Army buddy in MD who hates Irsay almost as much as Jane Fonda)
r€nato
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
isn’t that amazing? Surely His Noodly Appendage guided the hands of the surgeons…
BruceFromOhio
@Andy K: I see you’ve given the matter some thought, and I respect that.
@J.W. Hamner: Absolutely not. Jim Donovan in Cleveland does the play-by-play for the Browns, and does an outstanding job providing the whole picture. His diction will speed up and his tone goes higher when the opposing team executes, though he really gets wound up when the Browns do well (which is, regrettably, all to infrequent)
r€nato
Giffords took a head shot, was given up for dead, but made a miraculous recovery…
isn’t this in Revelations? I think maybe she’s the Antichrist.
SFAW
Glad the Jets won, but WTF is it with half-witted Jets O-Cons? We had Hackett (lo, these many years ago) trying to turn Vinny T into a West-Coast-offense guy, now we got Li’l Schottenheimer having Sanchez (who hadn’t been on the mark tonight except for some quick drops over the middle) throw deep with less than three minutes in a one-point-game against Peyton Manning.
Everything turned out OK in the end, but it almost didn’t.
On the plus side, for Cole at least, the Steelers didn’t lose today.
burnspbesq
@Svensker:
Jets beat the Orcs in week 2. I continue to believe that 45-3 is an outlier.
FlipYrWhig
@Andy K:
Phil Simms pronounces the word “him” as “eem.” John Kruk does the same thing. It’s distracting.
SFAW
Why, was she born in
KenyaHawaii?burnspbesq
@SFAW:
I went batshit on that play. Freaked out the dogs.
BruceFromOhio
@r€nato: Not amusing, this. There are plenty of rubes with guns in America who could easily be convinced of exactly this, and would feel justified for taking action.
Svensker
@SFAW:
Worst coaching decision ever. Even if Sanchie had made that pass, it would have been incredibly stupid.
Svensker
@burnspbesq:
I like the way you think.
r€nato
@BruceFromOhiowell that is a good point, they do have a demonstrated inability to tell satire from reality.
johnny walker
Roman Harper happened — 21 of the Seahawks’ points came from going after him. Not sure how much of that had to do with the Malcolm Jenkins injury (I had read it was Sharper who would be in for Jenkins) but regardless of how the matchups came about, it was Harper getting picked on for 3 of Hasselbeck’s 4 TDs.
MoeLarryAndJesus
@burnspbesq:
Week 2, in New York, when the Patriots O was completely different and McCourty wasn’t on track yet?
If that’s where your hope lies it’s a shallow, stinking bed.
SFAW
Yeah, my cat heard you, too. She was all “WTF?”, hissed, then went back to sleep.
Edwards is tall, and he’s made some really nice catches this year, but he needed to be about 13 feet all to catch that one.
Then, of course, you got Holmes pulling that stupid shit on the punt, and dropping one of Sanchez’s few catchable throws. (Yes, I know Sanchez completed over 50%.)
And don’t get me started on Cromartie – although he had a nice runback at the end, thank FSM.
johnny walker
@burnspbesq: I could agree with 45-3 being an outlier, but I’d also say Sanchez’s performance tonight was very representative. The Jet D is going to have to play lights out to keep the game close enough for Sanchez’s intermittent late-game bursts of competency to be enough, and the Pats’ running game is strong enough that I can’t see them getting away with the 6-7 DB sets they were using tonight to keep Manning under control.
Maybe the Jets can pull it out w/ the same kind’ve gameplan the Packers used, but you’d figure the Pats would be more alert to the surprise onside and honestly, I have a hard time seeing Sanchez as equivalent to Matt Flynn. As a Packer fan I might just be biased… but in fairness Sanchez really sucks.
Should be a fun game. I picked the Pats to go to the SB before the season, so I guess I’ll be rooting for them in the interest of continuing to look like I know stuff.
BruceFromOhio
@r€nato: I’m concerned about the Archie Bunker-minded solutions, those “All you gotta do is arm all your passengers” breakthroughs of culturally nuanced civic-mindedness that really take wing when you throw in some Jeebus and Old Testament brimstone.
SFAW
burnspbesq, Svensker –
I want to believe, but I think MoeLarryAndJesus is closer to right. The 45-3 was a bit of an outlier, I agree, but not as much as would make me think the Jets have a reasonable chance next week.
I hope I’m wrong, but the Pats’ D is somewhat higher quality than the Colts’ was tonight.
M. Bouffant
Justice! is what happened.
burnspbesq
@MoeLarryAndJesus:
Maybe Rex will have Jerry Moore talk to the team some time during the week. Topic: if you believe it, you can do it.
burnspbesq
@SFAW:
You do understand that your admission is going to make him reach for a new high in insufferable.
SFAW
johnny walker @ 104 –
Except for the “but Sanchez really sucks”, I tend to agree. I don’t think he really sucks, but he’s looking more and more like Pennington as the weeks go by. And in case my shot at Hackett/West Coast didn’t already make it obvious – I didn’t think a lot of Pennington, even when his rating was 105+. And when some of my fellow Jets fans were comparing him to Brady, I figured they had pulled a Jerry Ford.
I guess we’ll find out next Sunday if the Jets are for real.
BruceFromOhio
@SFAW:
Oh, no worries. They don’t have a snowballs’ chance in hell. The Jets D is flying into wicked ack-ack disguised as the Pats offense. Flaming wreckage is the only reasonable outcome.
Cat Lady
@asiangrrlMN:
Hey grrl. Just got back from seeing Vienna Teng. I want to gay marry her.
That is all.
Yutsano
@Cat Lady: You’ll have to get in line behind wifey I’m afraid. And she definitely would not be eager to share that toy. Watch out for rusty pitchforks is all I’m sayin’.
SFAW
It hadn’t occurred to me, sorry. If you knew I was going to write that, why didn’t you stop me? I thought you were good (as in “know what you’re doing” good, not “be a good boy” good).
Svensker
@BruceFromOhio:
.
Probably. But it’s possible Sanchez may remember how to play football. He has occasional flashes. I think the overthrows and high throws today were him trying to compensate for the many bat-downs he’d been getting. The Pats are clearly the better team, but you never know what’s going to happen.
SFAW
No need to be a dink about it – especially since the game hasn’t been played yet.
But I’m pretty sure there’s no way that Randy Moss will catch any against Revis, so it won’t be a total loss.
burnspbesq
@SFAW:
I was distracted. I’ve been trying all day to get some work done, but it hasn’t been happening.
4jkb4ia
@r€nato:
This ignores the eye-rolling tolerance with which George Vecsey regards all things
Evil EmpireYankees.SFAW
Your comment reminded me of a comedy routine – maybe it was Carlin? – from years ago. Something about sports cliches.
Anyway, I don’t think it was the phantom bat-downs that caused the problem, I think it was more his mechanics. Don’t know how his sore shoulder factors in there. Collinsworth (I think) had an interesting comment about Sanchez’s overstriding/overstepping, but I don’t know if that’s a legit phenomenon, or Collinsworth doing some rectal extraction.
Cat Lady
@Yutsano:
I’ll watch then. :-D
Comrade Colette Collaboratrice
My cat just died. Dammit. Spot was 17, had a good long kittylife and went quietly in his sleep. I’m wrecked. I know it doesn’t hold a candle to the horrible news from Tucson, but I loved that critter.
SFAW
OK, thanks for the explo. My apologies for only thinking of myself, I should be more attentive to stuff like that. (You’re not thinking of Going Galt!, are you?)
SFAW
Comrade Colette –
Deepest sympathies. It’s always tough losing a pet you love, even more so when you’ve had him for so long.
Best wishes from me and my cats.
Cat Lady
@Comrade Colette Collaboratrice:
Oh so sorry. 17 though! What a hole to have open up after all those years together. Really, I’m so sorry.
4jkb4ia
And with that reference, Empire State of Mind by way of celebrating.
handy
@r€nato:
Fixed.
2th&nayle
@Comrade Colette Collaboratrice: It’s never a good day to lose an old friend. Sorry ’bout Spot.
4jkb4ia
@Comrade Colette Collaboratrice:
I am sorry, too. It is indeed devastating to have a pet for many years and then suddenly have it gone.
Villago Delenda Est
Sports broadcasters are paid to play to the audience, because the audience is what their corporate masters are selling to the corporate masters who are the advertisers.
So they’ll go for the overdog and/or the big market teams every single time.
It’s all about the benjamins. Always.
Tim Ferg
I will tell you what happened with Seattle and NO….
http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/1319/lynchnuts.jpg
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
freelancer
@Tim Ferg:
Wow, that’s chutzpah.
J. Michael Neal
@Comrade Colette Collaboratrice: I’m sorry. That’s tough.
Svensker
@Comrade Colette Collaboratrice:
So sorry. Big hugs.
Yutsano
@freelancer: That’s kind of an awesome shot. The crotch grab is unintentional, but it’s still kinda funny.
@Comrade Colette Collaboratrice: May he be waiting with open paws and a mouse on the other side of the Rainbow Bridge.
Svensker
@SFAW:
That would amount to pretty much 100% impossibility, for sure.
burnspbesq
@Comrade Colette Collaboratrice:
So sorry for your loss.
moe99
@Comrade Colette Collaboratrice:
My deepest sympathies. These are our family.
burnspbesq
@Svensker:
Getting rid of Moss was the turning point in the Orcs’ season.
Did you see that the combined record of the Orcs, the Vikings, and the Titans for the portions of their seasons that they had Moss was 5-11?
burnspbesq
@SFAW:
Nay, alas. I still have a kid to put through college, and regrettably failed to win the $330 million MegaMillions jackpot last Tuesday.
Yutsano
@burnspbesq:
And with a potentially favorable legal ruling, a possible wedding to pay for. Also.
burnspbesq
@Yutsano:
That’s a check I wouldn’t mind writing.
Shinobi
Had anyone heard anything about htis Obama looking into an Internet ID? thing? Because I just got a forward from my dad’s new Fox News app.
(In other news, WHY FOX NEWS WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS TO ME? )
morzer
The Jets are going to be annihilated once they get to Foxborough. Don’t confuse the result they squeaked out against a very dinged-up Colts side with evidence that they have what it takes to make a real run, either in terms of the quarterback, or the coach. I despise both sides in the upcoming match-up, but if you even think of betting on Sanchez against Brady in Foxborough, much less Ryan against Belichick, I’ve got a couple of very nice Saudi Arabian bridges for sale, and at least you’ll get something for your money.
morzer
@Comrade Colette Collaboratrice:
My deepest sympathies. My 18 year old cat died of lymphoma about 4 months ago now, and it still hurts every day when we remember her.
Origuy
Here’s a story that makes me feel a little better about people:
burnspbesq
@Yutsano:
Dude, you gotta hear this. Un-fucking-believable choral singing.
http://www.decca.com/releases/eric-whitacre-light-gold-38001
BruceFromOhio
@Svensker @SFAW:
Come what may, it’s all good football. May the best team win.
SFAW
morzer –
Depends on the odds, don’t it? But what about betting Ryan against Brady and Sanchez vs Belichick? Didn’t think of that one, didja? The outcome just might be a little bit different, then.
Condolences on the loss of your cat, I hope the hurt eases over time. Bast wishes.
SFAW
What’s this being-a-good-sport shit? This is Balloon Juice, dammit! They don’t do that here!
Don’t make me stop this car and come back there!
morzer
@SFAW:
The odds? Well, I daresay the bookies will gladly take your money, but I still recommend taking the Saudi bridges as a more reliable investment.
Anyway, Belichick has a better arm and more pocket presence than Sanchez, while Brady, the wretch, has been unlocking defenses since little Rex sat at his mother’s… feet.
Your condolences are genuinely appreciated, by the way.
Yutsano
@burnspbesq: The Five Hebrew Love Song is enchanting and festive. Listening to Lux Arumuque right now. And checking out the audition requirements for the Virtual Choir. If anything comes of it I’ll let y’all know!
BruceFromOhio
@SFAW: Your team sucks, and your cheerleaders are ugly like your momma.
Better?
@burnspbesq: Its like … flying underwater? Maybe that’s the weed.
morzer
@BruceFromOhio:
What, no references to hamsters and elderberries?
burnspbesq
@BruceFromOhio:
Yeah? My momma said that when she saw your dick, it reminded her she needed baby carrots from the store.
SFAW
Growing up, I always thought that putting a foot in your mouth was not desirable.
Maybe that’s why Woody Johnson never picked me to be Jets Head Coach. Also
SFAW
I fart in his general direction!
SFAW
Fixed
jk
Fuck the NY Jets. Mark Sanchez isn’t fit to carry Peyton Manning’s jock strap. The Jets struggled to beat a Colts team that was decimated by the injuries. The Patriots will kick the Jets’ asses and finally shut up Rex Ryan.
morzer
@jk:
Bit lacking in bi-partisanship there. One might even surmise you had strong feelings about this.
burnspbesq
@jk:
Ah blow mah nose at yew!
SFAW
@158
Frankly, based on tonight’s performance, neither is Peyton.
Yes, and the refs jobbed the Clots, and that wicked cross-wind really messed up Reggie Wayne’s timing.
As the saying goes … “We’ll see”
If only that were true. But that’s as likely as Rushbo shutting up if he ever realized he was wrong.
SFAW
But at least pore Peyton will be spared the embarrassment of losing to Brady. Again.
S. cerevisiae
Never mind football, hey John how about them Wild! Penguin fail
morzer
@SFAW:
Indeed. That 4th and 2 call must haunt him.. oh, wait…
jk
@burnspbesq: @morzer:
The NY Jets are a bunch of scumbags who will reach the end of the line next week when the Patriots kick their motherfucking asses. Rex Ryan is the most obnoxious and repulsive blowhard to ever become a head coach in the NFL.
Peyton Manning and Tom Brady are first ballot Hall of Famers who will go down in history as 2 of the greatest QBs to ever play the game. Mark Sanchez is a barely literate beach bum who’ll be forgotten minutes after he retires.
morzer
@jk:
Not a Jets fan then?
Yutsano
@morzer: I’m half-tempted to ask show me on the doll where Mark Sanchez touched you. But I thought it was too obvious.
jk
@morzer:
I’m definitely not a Jets fan.
PS – Fuck Fireman Ed and fuck the tv networks for always airing cutaway shots of that asshole during Jets games. Fuck Joe Benigno and Evan Roberts, the 2 biggest assholes to ever host a sports talk radio show.
To paraphrase Al Pacino in Heat, the Patriots are taking the Jets down brother.
Fuck Sarah Palin too.
morzer
@Yutsano:
Well, he did get a bit pouty when Rex was looking at my cute little toes… but other than that, it was all just one big pump-action fake…
morzer
@jk:
You’ve got an awful lot of fucking to do there, dude. Still, I guess it’s one way to show what you’ve got in your playbook.
Adrienne
@Andy K: David Akers, maybe?
I’ll admit to being somewhat biased bc I’m a die-hard Eagles fan, but Akers is damn good. I can’t recall ever losing an important game b/c Akers missed a FG. He’s one of the best in the league, hands down.
Yutsano
@morzer: Brain bleach to aisle 10 please.
jk
@morzer:
Fucking makes the world go round. If you’d ever heard Joe Benigno and Evan Roberts, you’d feel exactly the same way. It’s easy to root against the Jets because they are such obnoxious, low class scumbags.
morzer
@jk:
All this talk of fucking and rooting makes me feel hungry. Must be Freudian, I guess.
morzer
@Yutsano:
Suddenly not so eager to play with Sanchez and the doll, eh?
And I didn’t even mention the Old Grey Badger….
burnspbesq
@jk:
This is so far over the top and irrational, you sound like a Maryland fan.
Yutsano
@morzer: It was throwing Rex Ryan into the mix that did it. Seriously. If I wanna play around with a whale I’ll drive north and go dive with the orcas.
An FWIW I had this odd crush on Old Man Yells At Football. It washed away when I heard he had trouble with the respecting the wimmins thing. That shit don’t fly with me.
Andy K
@Adrienne:
Not to knock Akers, because he is good, but Vinatieri is as good as has ever been at the position. The more clutch the situation, the better he is.
Remember, there’s only one guy in the Hall of Fame who’s only position was placekicker: Jan Stenerud. When Stenerud was playing, nearly everyone would say that, yes, indeed, he was the best ever (up until then, anyway), but no one ever went out of their way to make a case for him to enter the HoF. But I don’t think there’s anyone now with a sense of the history of the game who doubts that Vinatieri will be enshrined. He won’t be voted in the first year he’s eligible- that’s an honor reserved for that pretty elite class of legendary players- but I’d be surprised if he wasn’t voted in after his fifth year of eligibility.
jk
@Andy K:
It sucked in the worst possible way seeing the Colts give up that great return by Cromartie after Vinatieri kicked what should have been the winning field goal. Fuck the Jets.
Andy K
@jk:
Sorry, but I have to pull for the Jets until they run into the Packers. Jets LB David Harris is the only guy- of whom I’m aware- from my high school to play in the NFL. He’s 20 years younger than me, but us inner-Rust-Belt-city-public-school kids gotta stick together…Up to a point, anyway.
But, yeah, that was a real letdown in kickoff coverage for the Colts, a team I don’t hate, either.
Thinking about it…There isn’t a team in the playoffs this year that I hate. I don’t even hate the Bears. Dislike ’em, sure, but…
SFAW
Does that mean it would be hard if they were high-class scumbags? Or if they were low-class scumbags, but not obnoxious?
Just trying to get an idea of your boundaries, so I can put a few states between me and them.
Shorter jk: “We hates the Jetssss! We hates them forever!”
SFAW
Remember when that happened? That was cool.
So if the Jets happen to win – not likely, but still – what’ll you do then? I mean it was bad enough that godlike
AchillePeyton looked all Boehner-like (without the added orange) after Folk’s FG, will you be able to live with yourself if the Pats lose?Of course, the only possible way the Jets could win is if the ref crew is in the bag, or Tommy gets a haircut and his strength is sapped, or because of the vicious downdrafts in Gillette, or because of the total lunar eclipse from a few weeks ago. So you’re pretty safe. But still ….
jk
@SFAW:
You’re a funny guy.
The Jets WILL NOT get past the Patriots. The Pats will grind the Jets into sawdust. Mark Sanchez is a putz who will get his ass kicked next week.
John Boehner doesn’t belong in the same paragraph or time zone as Peyton Manning.
morzer
@SFAW:
Comparison of anyone in the NFL to Boehner is definitely roughing the passer. Even Favre, loathsome old toad that he is.
jk
@morzer:
Win.
OT – Fuck CNN, the leader in false equivalency and home of the most gutless political team on television.
SFAW
morzer –
You’re right, and for that I apologize. It’s just that Peyton looked like the waterworks were going to start, and that reminded me of the new Weeper of the House.
But speaking of roughing the passer – that “running into the kicker” thing was cool. Ryan and Li’l Schottenheimer probably sacrificed a goat (as an offering) when we weren’t looking.
jk –
Any particular reason you have this over-the-top hatred of the Jets? Is it because you’re a Pats fan? Or is it some free-floating hatred for all-things-Noo-Yawk? Or perhaps some other issue about-which-we-dare-not-speak – you know what I’m talking about.
sherifffruitfly
@jk:
Yah… just like the Seahawks will NOT get past the Saints.
lols
jk
@SFAW:
“Or is it some free-floating hatred for all-things-Noo-Yawk?”
FYI, you couldn’t be more wrong. I WAS BORN IN NY and LIVE HERE and love the arts and culture. Check out “Here is New York” by E.B. White if you want to know my true feelings about New York.
My favorite opening movie scene takes place in NY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyaj2P-dSi8
Why I hate the Jets
The Jets are incredibly cocky for a team that hasn’t accomplished shit. Their buffoonish swagger and obnoxious blowhard head coach rub me the wrong way. Joe Benigno and Evan Roberts are the 2 biggest assholes to ever host a sports talk radio show and they’re diehard Jets fans.
jk
@sherifffruitfly:
The Jets are not the Seahawks. The Pats will expose that fucking bum Mark Sanchez next week.
SFAW
Does he have a blog? Is that where I can find it? Does it contain all the elements necessary for me to understand your feelings? And how is the style?
Yes, because getting to the AFC Championship last year was all a bag job.
Now, I have no love for Ryan, and I think their record was not indicative of their level of play during the season – they probably should have been 8-8, given how they barely beat teams like the Bungles. But they’re here, they’re not total patsies, and their defense (except for Cromartie) did a pretty good job on Manning. It would have been nice if they had sacked Peyton more, but since the strategery worked out, I’m OK with that.
None of us (burnspbesq, Svensker, me) thinks the Jets are better than the Patriots, but if you want to keep fighting an enemy that ain’t there, be my/our guest.
SFAW
Gents –
I hope I wasn’t giving you stuff that isn’t yours. If I was wrong, I apologise.
BruceFromOhio
@morzer: LOL, thought of that later, will try to work it in some other time.
burnspbesq
@jk:
The irrational hatred of The Jets, I can live with. The irrational hatred of Sanchez? Not so much. All the kid does is win. Did Brady or either Manning win three road playoff games in his first two seasons in the NFL? Don’t think so. Did any of them graduate in four years with better than a 3.0 GPA in a reasonably difficult program at a good school? Did any of them ever make a huge political and social statement on national teevee at age 20?
Sanchez is not a finished product, but he gets it done. Yesterday he was mostly awful, but the one throw he absolutely had to make was on time and on target.
So which is it: do you hate Californians or Mexicans, or both?
morzer
@burnspbesq:
It’s possible to find Sanchez annoying and over-rated without nursing a rabid hatred of Mexicans or Californians. It’s also reasonable to point out that NFL trash-talking is not an exact science and is not carried out under oath.
SFAW
Actually, Brady might have, since they won the Super Bowl his rookie year. Don’t know about his GPA, though, but I’m assuming he’s reasonably intelligent, as is Manning.
I do get tired of Manning’s all-audibles-all-the-time, though. (Or whatever you want to call them – I don’t think anyone uses the term “audible” any more.) After awhile, it becomes equivalent to Nomah’s OCD thing with his batting glove(s).
But a Communications degree from USC? “Reasonably difficult program”? That’s like saying the Lions were a “reasonably good” team in 2008 and 2009. I mean, really …
SFAW
Careful! You’re getting dangerously close to the BJ-proscribed stance of equating criticism of Obama with racism. (Or is it NOT equating the two? I can never remember.) Or something like that. Also, too.
morzer
@SFAW:
Well, I am sure DougJ will find a way to blame ED Kain for it, whatever it is.
burnspbesq
@SFAW:
Unlike most football factories, the communications program at USC is anything but a joke. Any program at USC that has anything to do with the entertainment and media industries is either good, very good, or awesome.
http://annenberg.usc.edu/
SFAW
Re: USC Commo prog: Who knew? I sit corrected. Thanks for edumacating me.
And, just to be annoying to someone (can’t imagine who): a little while ago, I was recalling The Greatest Super Bowl Game In The History Of The World, a/k/a Super Bowl III. I seem to remember people saying that there was no way the underdog – who was that again? I forget – would even make it close, never mind win. Of course, at that time, they only had a loudmouth QB, not a loudmouth coach, and the coach was a dWeeb anyway. If only I could remember the name of that team, i.e. the winner.