NFL 2017 Week 15 Thread

Chiefs fans still do the tomahawk chop chant?? Sigh

cube wrote:
Enix wrote:
Rat Boy wrote:

Panthers owner Jerry Richardson under investigation for workplace misconduct. Under investigation by the team he owns, mind you.

I have no idea what's happening (and wouldn't have reason to), and Panthers Twitter doesn't either.

Update: "Race-related" seems to have taken an early lead.

PFT is wondering why the team he owns is doing the investigation, and not the NFL:

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...

Because Richardson works for the Panthers and not the NFL?

I'm not sure what legal grounds the NFL even has to investigate an owner. He's not an employee like the NFL Network anchors who got suspended, and he's not covered in the collective bargaining deal between the league and the player's union.

That doesn't mean it's right, though.

What exactly could the team do to punish him, though?

TheGameguru wrote:

Chiefs fans still do the tomahawk chop chant?? Sigh

Yeah, and it sucks. At least they don't chuck batteries at Santa.

Chiefs!

Jayhawker wrote:
TheGameguru wrote:

Chiefs fans still do the tomahawk chop chant?? Sigh

Yeah, and it sucks. At least they don't chuck batteries at Santa.

Snowballs!! And he was drunk. We threw batteries at JD Drew and it was his fault for getting in the way of their flight path.

Rat Boy wrote:

What exactly could the team do to punish him, though?

Suspend him? I dunno. I'm going to assume the team has some HR policies ....

... oh, who am I kidding. They'll do nothing.

Andrew Luck may need biceps tendon surgery. Why do I find this particularly interesting? It's the same surgery I had one month ago today.

I'm at the point now where I can pick up and carry an empty mug with that hand, but if I fill it up with tea it's too heavy for me. So, have fun with that, Mr. Luck.

The way the Colts have mismanaged that team when they have had a young QB like Luck is criminally awful.

Well, there's only two ways to read that:

(1) Bicep was always an issue and this could fix it.
(2) Shoulder is still jacked and this easier surgery can still lead to having to redo the shoulder.

As a reminder, the surgery Luck had was fairly tricky. Well, the shoulder in general is really tricky and there was always a chance it was a botched surgery or the shoulder would never heal back the way it was.

MilkmanDanimal wrote:

Andrew Luck may need biceps tendon surgery. Why do I find this particularly interesting? It's the same surgery I had one month ago today.

So he'll be posting in the wrong forums?

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SI drops a Jerry Richardson story. Not just a racial slur but sexual stuff, too:

Friday was Jeans Day, when most staffers at the Carolina Panthers team offices would wear denim to work. The female employees knew what that meant. As the team’s owner, Jerry Richardson, made his rounds on the way to his spacious office, he would ask women to turn around so he could admire their backsides. Then, in his rolling Southern drawl, he’d offer comment, drawing from a store of one-liners he’d recycle each week. Among those in heaviest rotation: Show me how you wiggle to get those jeans up. I bet you had to lay down on your bed to fit into those jeans. Did you step into those jeans or did you have to jump into them?

Richardson’s conduct was treated as something of a running office joke, according to multiple former Panthers team employees, all of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear of retaliation. Male employees would knowingly ask the women whether the Carolina owner had noticed them that day. Women subjected to Richardson’s comments would often dismiss them with a sheepish wave of a hand. “No one ever said anything, at least not that I heard,” says one former Panthers employee. “He was the boss. It was [viewed] more of a creepy-old-man thing than a threat.”

The story goes on and gets worse. "Mister" Richardson can go f--k himself.

The Jerry Richardson is creepy and completely expected. How many disgusting Jerry Jones stories you think are out there?

#KeepPounding

Bortles is destroying the Texans defense.

They've hardly done anything running. It's all Bortles.

Just when I give up on him, BORTLESMANIA emerges to fulfill the prophecies!

EDIT: Marqise Lee, Allen Hurns, and of course Allen Robinson all out. Bortles throwing to Keelan Cole, Dede Westbrook, and return man Jaylon Mickens.

246 yards, 3 TDs in the first half.

*Legion* wrote:

Bortles is destroying the Texans defense.

They've hardly done anything running. It's all Bortles.

Just when I give up on him, BORTLESMANIA emerges to fulfill the prophecies!

EDIT: Marqise Lee, Allen Hurns, and of course Allen Robinson all out. Bortles throwing to Keelan Cole, Dede Westbrook, and return man Jaylon Mickens.

246 yards, 3 TDs in the first half.

I can only assume this news is patently terrifying to you considering the potential long-term implications of this.

I'm... torn.

Because what if this is real? Doug Marrone fixed him! Bortles is good now!

Spoiler:

Please sign Cousins.

Marvin Lewis is not returning to Cincinnati next year, to "pursue other opportunities".

In other words, no contract extension was going to be offered.

Delanie Walker dropped a would-be TD at a 49ers game. Just like old times.

Antonio Brown just injured his ankle. We'll see how busy he is, but 2017 sucks.

garion333 wrote:

Antonio Brown just injured his ankle. We'll see how busy he is, but 2017 sucks.

So one of the killer B's is out against New England yet again.

Also, the Seahawks are imploding. Cue that video of ESPN's Mina Kimes screaming "Noooooooooooo."

That duck Garopollo just floated was dumb.

garion333 wrote:

That duck Garopollo just floated was dumb.

Is that one better?

I hope Deadspin does one of their Jim Ross videos with footage from LA-SEA.

Edit: As God as my witness, they are broken in half!

And with the 25th pick in the 2018 NFL Draft the Seattle Seahawks select...any available offensive lineman.

That's gotta be how it goes, right?

Jesus the Rams have 34 points and Goff only has 91 yards passing.

I wouldn’t be surprised if the Patriots finish out the regular season trying to avoid facing the Jags in the playoffs. Nobody wants to play that defense right now.

Also wtf Seattle?

This is the happiest 4-10 team I've seen in my life.

In case you were wondering, one ass cheek = two feet.