NFL 2017 Week 2 Thread

Remember, when most people say they HATE a sports team, 99% it is due to the fans of that sports team with 1% being the players and/ or organization. Except for maybe the Patriots and Cowboys where the fans and organizations deserves a 100%.

Why thank you kj.

garion333 wrote:

Juszczyk Check: 0 rush, 0 yds; 0 rec, 0 yds

Season total: 1 rush, 0 yds; 2 rec, 17 yds

He did make a tackle.

#1 graded fullback by PFF so far this season. He's doing his job, he's run blocking. Carlos Hyde had 124 yards on only 15 carries running behind him yesterday.

*Legion* wrote:
garion333 wrote:

Juszczyk Check: 0 rush, 0 yds; 0 rec, 0 yds

Season total: 1 rush, 0 yds; 2 rec, 17 yds

He did make a tackle.

#1 graded fullback by PFF so far this season. He's doing his job, he's run blocking. Carlos Hyde had 124 yards on only 15 carries running behind him yesterday.

Clearly had to spend a sh*t ton of money for a blocking FB. Congrats to your team, the San Francisco Jaguars.

MilkmanDanimal wrote:
Paleocon wrote:

Why are the Ravens hated so much though? And by whom other than Rapistburger fans?

I assume anybody with a vague rooting interest in Cleveland put them #1, and the divisional rivalries with Cincinnati and Pittsburgh have been intense enough to add extra hatred on the pile. Wouldn't be surprised if there's still enough residual Ray Rice feelings hanging around to have people just toss them on as one of the three.

Listening to Ray Lewis "analyze" anything on ESPN or Fox is probably enough for people to hate the Ravens.

EvilDead wrote:
MilkmanDanimal wrote:
Paleocon wrote:

Why are the Ravens hated so much though? And by whom other than Rapistburger fans?

I assume anybody with a vague rooting interest in Cleveland put them #1, and the divisional rivalries with Cincinnati and Pittsburgh have been intense enough to add extra hatred on the pile. Wouldn't be surprised if there's still enough residual Ray Rice feelings hanging around to have people just toss them on as one of the three.

Listening to Ray Lewis "analyze" anything on ESPN or Fox is probably enough for people to hate the Ravens.

Also people in Ohio who are mad the Browns left for Baltimore and ended up getting them the current Browns to cheer for.

garion333 wrote:
*Legion* wrote:
garion333 wrote:

Juszczyk Check: 0 rush, 0 yds; 0 rec, 0 yds

Season total: 1 rush, 0 yds; 2 rec, 17 yds

He did make a tackle.

#1 graded fullback by PFF so far this season. He's doing his job, he's run blocking. Carlos Hyde had 124 yards on only 15 carries running behind him yesterday.

Clearly had to spend a sh*t ton of money for a blocking FB. Congrats to your team, the San Francisco Jaguars.

Meh. It's another one of those deals that's pretty inconsequential to get out of after about 2 years. Salary figures in the last 2 years padding up the numbers. Wouldn't call it a "sh*t ton" of money when it's closer to a kicker's contract than a star skill position player's deal.

kaostheory wrote:
EvilDead wrote:
MilkmanDanimal wrote:
Paleocon wrote:

Why are the Ravens hated so much though? And by whom other than Rapistburger fans?

I assume anybody with a vague rooting interest in Cleveland put them #1, and the divisional rivalries with Cincinnati and Pittsburgh have been intense enough to add extra hatred on the pile. Wouldn't be surprised if there's still enough residual Ray Rice feelings hanging around to have people just toss them on as one of the three.

Listening to Ray Lewis "analyze" anything on ESPN or Fox is probably enough for people to hate the Ravens.

Also people in Ohio who are mad the Browns left for Baltimore and ended up getting them the current Browns to cheer for.

I didn't realize the browns had fans. Who knew?

What else is there to do in Cleveland?

*Legion* wrote:

What else is there to do in Cleveland?

I think Cleveland has some teams doing well in some minor-league team sports? Or so I've heard. Wouldn't know for sure.

You can't have the "factory of sadness" without at least one person to make sad.

EvilDead wrote:

You can't have the "factory of sadness" without at least one person to make sad.

I figured it was folks wearing the fan gear ironically.

The Bills/Brown explanation is easy.

If you're an actual fan of either of those teams you also list them in your most hated.

Bills fan. Most hated: Pats, Jets... Do I actually hate Miami? No I f*cking hate my own team more.

I would put Bears, Vikes. I'm not sure if Lions make my top 7 even. Pats/Cowboys/Giants/Bucs/49ers probably ahead of them.

jowner wrote:

Pats/Cowboys/Giants/Bucs/49ers probably ahead of them.

I will say four of those teams make a certain degree of sense based on past playoff games, but . . . Bucs?

I guess I'd say my top three teams are Bucs eleventybillion times, Vikings . . . oh, why not the Packers, just because Aaron Rodgers is so much fun to watch. Hated, Saints eleventybillionandone times, then Falcons 28-3 times, then . . . not even the Panthers, but the Washington Football Club and the horrible douchebag who runs them.

Jags making move at QB position, sign... Ryan Nassib?

Nassib you'll remember played for Doug Marrone at Syracuse, and then when he entered the draft, Marrone and the Bills took E.J. Manuel instead.

MilkmanDanimal wrote:
jowner wrote:

Pats/Cowboys/Giants/Bucs/49ers probably ahead of them.

I will say four of those teams make a certain degree of sense based on past playoff games, but . . . Bucs?

I guess I'd say my top three teams are Bucs eleventybillion times, Vikings . . . oh, why not the Packers, just because Aaron Rodgers is so much fun to watch. Hated, Saints eleventybillionandone times, then Falcons 28-3 times, then . . . not even the Panthers, but the Washington Football Club and the horrible douchebag who runs them.

Warren Sapp and the old division.

The Lions should be ahead but they are so meh. Maybe if Suh was Sapp and played out his career with the Lions. Maybe if Megatron was Moss/Owens and did more damage to the Packers.

Teams I'm soft for besides the Packers although I think that's somewhat blasphemous. Never understood when someone told me you could have a AFC/NFC team.

Steelers,cousins are huge fans, respect for the history, been to a home game and fans/locals were great. KC, I was really getting into the NFL circa Montana + Allen + D Thomas. If it wasn't for Montana being on the tale end of his career and Favre on the up I'd probably be a KC fan. But I'm not.

Edit: the more I think about it I might also hate the Broncos + Colts more than the Lions. I really don't like Elway or Peytons soft SB wins. At least Eli earned his.

I have too much loathing for so many of the players who wore my favorite teams' jerseys to have anything left for hating other teams.

Other reason I have a hard time hating Detroit.

Jim Caldwell. Not that hes likeable but he doesn't evoke any emotions from me. Like him in general. Absolutely neutral.

jowner wrote:

Other reason I have a hard time hating Detroit.

Jim Caldwell. Not that hes likeable but he doesn't evoke any emotions from me. Like him in general. Absolutely neutral.

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"Jim, Jim Bob Cooter's the most popular Jim on the coaching staff."

*Legion* wrote:

I have too much loathing for so many of the players who wore my favorite teams' jerseys to have anything left for hating other teams.

I don't even really hate the Raiders anymore...

jowner wrote:

Other reason I have a hard time hating Detroit.

Jim Caldwell. Not that hes likeable but he doesn't evoke any emotions from me. Like him in general. Absolutely neutral.

Pretty much. That and their sustained regular season mediocrity and playoff terribleness just evokes pity instead of anything remotely resembling sports hatred.

The Packers, on the other hand, I can hate forever.

Jayhawker wrote:
*Legion* wrote:

I have too much loathing for so many of the players who wore my favorite teams' jerseys to have anything left for hating other teams.

I don't even really hate the Raiders anymore...

You hated them until Al Davis died though. You fulfilled your duty.

*Legion* wrote:
Jayhawker wrote:
*Legion* wrote:

I have too much loathing for so many of the players who wore my favorite teams' jerseys to have anything left for hating other teams.

I don't even really hate the Raiders anymore...

You hated them until Al Davis died though. You fulfilled your duty.

Yup!

I'm just going to take a moment to be ridiculously happy that the Lions are 2-0 and, overall, have looked good doing it.

It won't (and isn't) getting as much attention as most other aspects of the game, but the sequence that really stood out to me last night came after the Lions picked up a couple first downs and then back-to-back holding penalties to get themselves into a 1st and 30 back at something like their own 25. That's obviously a back breaker for an offense and could've changed the game, but Stafford's awareness and total control over the unit caught the Giants in back-to-back penalties (too many men and an offsides) that generated two free deep shots (unsuccessful, unfortunately), ten free yards back, and a punt opportunity from about their 40(?) instead of their 20 that put the Giants offense inside their own 20 to start the ensuing possession. It also ate up a bunch of clock time and gave the defense a much-needed breather. There were lots of bigger individual moments than that, but that sequence averted a potential disaster that could've changed the game, and it was all Stafford making it happen.

Atlanta will be a different test next week (one they probably lose), but I'm starting to really like this team.

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karmajay wrote:

Remember, when most people say they HATE a sports team, 99% it is due to the fans of that sports team with 1% being the players and/ or organization. Except for maybe the Patriots and Cowboys where the fans and organizations deserves a 100%.

This is the kind of stuff that has quickly made me realize this place isn't much different than the ESPN comment section.

I miss the Grantland bad QB league

JeremyK wrote:
karmajay wrote:

Remember, when most people say they HATE a sports team, 99% it is due to the fans of that sports team with 1% being the players and/ or organization. Except for maybe the Patriots and Cowboys where the fans and organizations deserves a 100%.

This is the kind of stuff that has quickly made me realize this place isn't much different than the ESPN comment section.

From Jason Concepcion:

There’s a difference between sports hate and real hate. Real hate is an awful, destructive emotion, fueled by ignorance, which twists the minds of those afflicted into red-tinged fantasies of violence, signified by apoplectic outbursts of profane fury. Sports hate is exactly the same, with the key difference that sports hate is largely what makes sports (and therefore life) so enjoyable.

Why are the Browns favored on the road against anyone?