Football

[Ran]

The Lions were the only NFL team to lose money last year. As someone said on a message board I go to:

Ford can't build a car or a football team worth a ****.

http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/dish/20 ... money-2012

[Diabolical]

How the fuck did the Lions lose money? Is their payroll that high?
They sell out every game (or close to it) and every other retard is wearing some form of Lions apparel.

[Slicker]

How the fuck do the Jaguars not lose money? Nobody goes to watch that shit!

I also still don't get how the fucking Cowboys can still be valued that high. Do they seriously still have a lot of holdover fans from the 90's that give a shit about them?

[Diabolical]

Mexicans love the Dallas Cowboys [/isitracist?]

[Tom Foolery]

Ha ha! Even with almost 200 yds in penalties, Seattle still managed to beat the Packers.

[Tom Foolery]

So, after already losing two QBs to injuries in the Pre-Season, the Bills have decided to hire Mr. "Season Ending Injury" himself, Matt Leinart? The guy has two switches, 'sideline/doesn't play' and 'breaks something'.

I look forward to the Lions/Bills game.

[anarky]

You boys and your foosball. The NFL didn't invent the foosball--I invented foosball. The NFL is the devil!

[Ran]

So, after already losing two QBs to injuries in the Pre-Season, the Bills have decided to hire Mr. "Season Ending Injury" himself, Matt Leinart? The guy has two switches, 'sideline/doesn't play' and 'breaks something'.

I look forward to the Lions/Bills game.

EJ Manuel should be back for week 1. If not, their undrafted rookie will start. It is depressing. Leinart was signed because Kolb might have a career ending concussion.

[Ran]

I think I figured out who Tim Tebow reminds me of. Its Vanilla Ice. They both sucked, but a lot of people liked them.

[jjreason]

Tenbow cut by Patriots. I wonder if they Bills have called or are waiting for him to shower up first.

[Ran]

Tenbow cut by Patriots. I wonder if they Bills have called or are waiting for him to shower up first.

I hope not. The Bills did cut Leinart and Thaddeus Lewis. Kolb is out for the year. So they are down to just Manuel and Tuel at QB. They are also down to 50 players, so it looks like they will be picking up 3 more guys in the near future.

[Ran]

Fantasy Football time. One of my leagues drafted last week, the other one over the weekend.

This team is from a 14 team league, non-PPR.

QB Tony Romo, Carson Palmer
RB Jamaal Charles, Darren Sproles, Antonio Brown, Michael Bush, Rashad Jennings
WR Demaryius Thomas, Danny Amendola, Kenny Britt, Robert Woods
TE Greg Olsen, Jared Cook
D/ST Packers, Giants

This one is my 10 team league at work. It is a PPR league. Yahoo gave it a "B".

QB Matt Ryan, Jay Cutler
WR Calvin Johnson, Demaryius Thomas, Danny Amendola, Kenny Britt, DeAndre Hopkins
RB Darren Sproles, David Wilson, Eddie Lacy, Joique Bell
TE Jermichael Finley
K Stephen Gostkowski
DEF Houston, Pittsburgh

The player rankings I used were from some website that compiled over 100 "experts" rankings. I drafted 3rd in the work league and 5th in the ESPN Range league, so I guess that's why the teams look similar.

[Tom Foolery]

Sorry the Pats beaked your Bills at the last second. Still, they held up pretty well thru most of the game. That's a good sign going in to the rest of the season against easier teams.

Bears eked out a victory against the Bengals. Dammit.

But the Lions dominated the Vikings. 24-34. And that's after the Lions had like FOUR TDs overturned. Not surprisingly, their own stupid penalties are their worst enemy. Goddamn Suh negated a picksix with a jackass penalty.

I hate the Niners, but hopefully they beat the Packers. EDIT. They did.

[anarky]

My contribution to this thread:
http://theoatmeal.com/pl/working_home/piggers

[Tom Foolery]

The concept of muscular men dressed in primary colors and logos on their armor facing off against an opposing team similarly dressed in a modern day facsimile of gladiatorial combat should appeal to someone who reads Comics. Football has villains(Oakland Raiders, Ben Rapistberger, etc) and heroes (the player of your choice) and it's storytelling in its rawest undiluted form.

And as we all know, humanity, at its core, at its most basic form is two things: storytellers and warriors. These will never change about us. We make war and we tell stories. This is both rolled into one.