The American Football Thread

**Exo** · 01-11-2015, 11:40 AM

The play itself wasn't special though. It was a simple screen pass that morphed into a flea flicker. It was a play where situation and pure gigantic sackage made it special. It's the play of the playoffs for sure but it's one of those things that is entirely praised because of the time and place. It's not like Jerome Simpson front flipping, or Marshawn Lynch dragging everybody and their mother to the endzone, or my personal favorite play this year...

Chula Vista · 01-11-2015, 12:32 PM

^^^^

That was so amazing.

Wpnfire · 01-11-2015, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Exo_

A simple pass to a wide receiver who used to be a quarterback who then throws a completely regular pass to a wide open wide receiver for a touchdown is amazing?

Oh for sure it was the context that made it good. The entire team only practiced that play 12 times total over the span of three years, and it pretty much symbolized the entire game to me: the Patriots passing game was on point, and the Ravens pass defense was dreadful.

debaserr · 01-12-2015, 02:14 PM

Damn, it's a bitch being a Peyton Manning fan. So many wet blankets.

Apparently his quad has been torn for the past month or so.

Please, Elway, FIRE THESE COACHES. I'm sick of getting brutalized by competent coaches in the playoffs.

Chula Vista · 01-12-2015, 02:40 PM

Honestly, I think Manning is physically done. He should walk away with his head held high.

That second half was brutal. He looked terrible. Why tempt that again by coming back next year?

Moss · 01-12-2015, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by eric generic

Damn, it's a bitch being a Peyton Manning fan. So many wet blankets.

Apparently his quad has been torn for the past month or so.

Please, Elway, FIRE THESE COACHES. I'm sick of getting brutalized by competent coaches in the playoffs.

Manning is still better than most quarterbacks so if he wants to play another year I say go for it. Never been a big fan of coach fox. Way too conservative on the play calling.

debaserr · 01-12-2015, 05:58 PM

Manning has had to change his throwing style to conserve his neck/arm to something that utilizes his legs more...this injury greatly exacerbated that.

I don't think he is done...just like I didn't think he was done after his neck stuff.

He still wants those all time records and to go out on top. Going out like this would be pretty pathetic for such a great career.

Heh. Funny thing. John Fox is out in Denver!

Plankton · 08-20-2015, 08:33 AM

This is pretty effin funny:

I have a love/hate feel for football season. It means the end of summer, but it also means big huge spreads of food every Sunday at some of my friends houses. Nom.

debaserr · 08-20-2015, 07:06 PM

I always enjoy playing some fantasy at the very least.

**Exo** · 08-20-2015, 09:47 PM

As a 49er fan, I feel my team is like that hot girl you wanted to bang all four years of high school, and then you see her a couple years later and she's a gross meth head.

It should be a long season.

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Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,359	The play itself wasn't special though. It was a simple screen pass that morphed into a flea flicker. It was a play where situation and pure gigantic sackage made it special. It's the play of the playoffs for sure but it's one of those things that is entirely praised because of the time and place. It's not like Jerome Simpson front flipping, or Marshawn Lynch dragging everybody and their mother to the endzone, or my personal favorite play this year... __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE

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Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	^^^^ That was so amazing. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

01-12-2015, 02:14 PM	#2194 (permalink)
debaserr eat the masters Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 5,467	Damn, it's a bitch being a Peyton Manning fan. So many wet blankets. Apparently his quad has been torn for the past month or so. Please, Elway, FIRE THESE COACHES. I'm sick of getting brutalized by competent coaches in the playoffs. __________________ Last.FM

01-12-2015, 02:40 PM	#2195 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Honestly, I think Manning is physically done. He should walk away with his head held high. That second half was brutal. He looked terrible. Why tempt that again by coming back next year? __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

01-12-2015, 05:58 PM	#2197 (permalink)
debaserr eat the masters Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 5,467	Manning has had to change his throwing style to conserve his neck/arm to something that utilizes his legs more...this injury greatly exacerbated that. I don't think he is done...just like I didn't think he was done after his neck stuff. He still wants those all time records and to go out on top. Going out like this would be pretty pathetic for such a great career. Heh. Funny thing. John Fox is out in Denver! __________________ Last.FM

08-20-2015, 08:33 AM	#2198 (permalink)
Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,766	This is pretty effin funny: I have a love/hate feel for football season. It means the end of summer, but it also means big huge spreads of food every Sunday at some of my friends houses. Nom. __________________ See location...

08-20-2015, 07:06 PM	#2199 (permalink)
debaserr eat the masters Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 5,467	I always enjoy playing some fantasy at the very least. __________________ Last.FM

08-20-2015, 09:47 PM	#2200 (permalink)
Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,359	As a 49er fan, I feel my team is like that hot girl you wanted to bang all four years of high school, and then you see her a couple years later and she's a gross meth head. It should be a long season. __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE