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Bluelighter
I hate the freak of nature known as brett farve
Watching Red Zone Channel before the Raiders send the Niners to 0-6![]()
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I don't think Andy Reid has an inside scoop.do you have an inside scoop for us?
Philly all the way? not gonna happen my man. first things first, they have to figure out if they are a Mike Vick led team or a Kevin Kolb led team. both bring a very different skill set to the table. it's so confusing... first I hear rumors that the Eagles might be shopping Kolb and then I hear rumors that Kolb is their guy?! do you have an inside scoop for us?
and I noticed that there are some Oakland Raiders and San Diego Chargers fans in this thread. you all HAVE to see this youtube clip of a young Chargers fan essentially balling his eyes out because the Chargers lost to the Raiders.
WE LOST TO OAKLAND - short video is a must-watch!
I'm cool with it. They could stop hitting up high or they could go for the tackle instead of a hit.What does everybody think about the NFL enforcing their "devastating hit" rules more diligently?
I hate the softening up of football. I know there are serious concussion issues, but taking away one of the most exciting plays in the game isn't going to solve the problem. Much more of the problem comes from just playing the game, the regular hits you take every single play, every week in practice. The o-linemen and d-linemen colliding into each other repeatedly. You can't take that away without turning this into flag football (where the NFL will then complain about players getting too many broken fingers). No Fun League it is.
The players sign up for this, and they know the risks involved better today then they ever have. Ray Lewis is going to be pissed off. He may not have killed anybody in real life, but it is a recurring dream of his to kill somebody on the football field.
I know our resident Pittsburgh fans will be pissed off.
Kolb is the starter while Vick is hurt. Vick is not expected to be ready until after the bye week, which is after the next opponent, Tennessee.I have not kept a close day by day watch on the quarterback situation in Philly, but last I heard, Reid had picked Vick as his starter, and I believe Kolb is in just because Vick got hurt, so I'd imagine Vick'll be back in as starter, unless Reid sees something in Kolb that he likes, and changes his mind......again!
I think it's bullshit and that the NFL is resorting to a flag football league more and more. the average uninformed fan watches the NFL to see big hits. I realize that we must protect the players, but I think that we are going a little too far.
what exactly qualifies as a "devastating hit"? the definition is subjective and this is the problem I have most of all.
as a former football player myself, one is usually so hyped up in making the tackle that one doesn't have time to stop and realize as to how hard or where one is going to make the hit.
yes, I am a fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers. they are known to be a blue-collar type of team that has a defense that throws back to the olden days of hitting hard and not asking any questions. Commissioner Goodell is a stooge who does whatever the big-money owners like Bob Kraft tell him to do (the owners are the ones that hired him).
if this keeps up, and my favorite defensive players get suspended, then I vote in moving the Steelers to the Canadian Football League!