2018-2019 NFL Season

[wizards8507]

Figured I'd kick it off with the new rule changes.

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...es-rule-lowering-head-initiate-contact-helmet

Absolutely terrible, and I have no idea how they're going to force it. It's everything we hate about targeting times ten.

 

[irishff1014]

Between all these stupid rules that they aren't consistent in making decisions and the bone headed players protesting the nfl will probably not be watched by me again this year.

 

[greyhammer90]

Rumored new titan jersey:

I'm not the biggest fan. I get what they were going for with the font, trying to look vaguely Roman, but I don't think they quite pulled it off. I'm also not a fan of hiding the Columbia blue.

 

[dublinirish]

not really much of a redesign was it?

I have no idea why designing NFL uniforms these days is such a hard job. I can't think of any recent redesigns I have liked.

 

[ACamp1900]

The Browns reportedly can't change their unis fast enough... which is understandable because they took one of the classic unis and bastardized it, but I hope they just go back to the old unis and not double down on the new age stuff.

 

[zelezo vlk]

not really much of a redesign was it?

I have no idea why designing NFL uniforms these days is such a hard job. I can't think of any recent redesigns I have liked.

And the Bears are bringing back the orange uni, replacing the throwback/fauxback blue w/ orange letters. Terrible trade

 

[greyhammer90]

not really much of a redesign was it?

I have no idea why designing NFL uniforms these days is such a hard job. I can't think of any recent redesigns I have liked.

These were so clean:

 

[ACamp1900]

That Super Bowl run they had was so memorable... very fun team from a neutral perspective.

 

[greyhammer90]

That Super Bowl run they had was so memorable... very fun team from a neutral perspective.

We try.

 

[ACamp1900]

We try.

Seriously though, add Smashville last year to that... damn, when you guys do decide to make title runs you do it up right.

 

[greyhammer90]

Seriously though, add Smashville last year to that... damn, when you guys do decide to make title runs you do it up right.

Nashville is a sleeping great sports town. Hopefully the continued Preds success, the Titans being playoff caliber, and the MLS team coming in a few years will all lead to it waking up.

 

[zelezo vlk]

Nashville is a sleeping great sports town. Hopefully the continued Preds success, the Titans being playoff caliber, and the MLS team coming in a few years will all lead to it waking up.

Lots of people love the town too

 

[greyhammer90]

BTW Acamp, are you ready for a Browns Hard Knocks? That's where my money is on them landing.

 

[ACamp1900]

BTW Acamp, are you ready for a Browns Hard Knocks? That's where my money is on them landing.

Yeah it sounds like it may be my boys... I've watched maybe 30 total seconds of Hard Knocks ever... I suppose I'd look for it a bit if the Browns were on it... I don't bother with HBO tho.

 

[greyhammer90]

Yeah it sounds like it may be my boys... I've watched maybe 30 total seconds of Hard Knocks ever... I suppose I'd look for it a bit if the Browns were on it... I don't bother with HBO tho.

It's an excellent show, though some seasons are better than others. I like it because it shows how much of a meat grinder the NFL is and to see the typical NFL lifestyle for the non-star.

One of my favorite moments happened during the Falcons season when some guy from some random college was moving into his apartment during camp and it was a fairly shitty one-bedroom apartment. But the kid was young and was fresh from college and was saying things like "Wow a closet. I like that I get my own bathroom." ... Then the scene cuts to Roddy White's mansion and he's sitting in his pool with a waterfall next to him.

 

[dublinirish]

It's an excellent show, though some seasons are better than others. I like it because it shows how much of a meat grinder the NFL is and to see the typical NFL lifestyle for the non-star.

One of my favorite moments happened during the Falcons season when some guy from some random college was moving into his apartment during camp and it was a fairly shitty one-bedroom apartment. But the kid was young and was fresh from college and was saying things like "Wow a closet. I like that I get my own bathroom." ... Then the scene cuts to Roddy White's mansion and he's sitting in his pool with a waterfall next to him.

or the dude with a tree growing inside his house haha

tbh, Hard Knocks gets very repetitive over time, its basically the same stories every year and players are pigeon holed into certain roles every season (white fan favourite, scrappy UDFA, the team alpha male, guy whos knee exploded and is done for the year)
In saying that, it is still very watchable.

 

[greyhammer90]

or the dude with a tree growing inside his house haha

tbh, Hard Knocks gets very repetitive over time, its basically the same stories every year and players are pigeon holed into certain roles every season (white fan favourite, scrappy UDFA, the team alpha male, guy whos knee exploded and is done for the year)
In saying that, it is still very watchable.

For sure. Don't forget the scrappy UDFA's kid.

I love it though, if for no other reason then it lets me watch football about 5 weeks before it starts in a way my wife won't complain about.

 

[ulukinatme]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: RGIII strains cheek smiling after being signed by the Ravens, expected to be out 4-6 weeks.</p>— NFL Memes (@NFL_Memes) <a href="https://twitter.com/NFL_Memes/status/981561564825300992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 4, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[ACamp1900]

Before we all move on to the new season we should take one more moment to recognize that Eagles fan that shotgunned 4 beers on camera prior to the NFC title game... that was there curse breaking right there...

 

[Rogue219]

I plan on coming back to NFL Football this year. New young coaches, new young QBs. Time to get in now because it should start to get fun again. Commercials are brutal, but whatever.

 

[ACamp1900]

LET'S GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[dublinirish]

https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/05/03/peter-king-sports-illustrated-future-1

Peter King leaving SI to join NBC Sports

Peter King Joins NBC Sports: NFL Journalist Set For Multiple Media Roles | Deadline

 

[Irish#1]

Not a Peter King fan. Too much of a name dropper and writes like an elitist. "I was having a double vanilla latte made from a private Ecuadorian special blend at this little out of the way coffee shop on the lower east side. My thoughts had turned to the draft when I thought I should call (insert name here). While not a household name, (insert name here) in my opinion is the best evaluator of talent."

Just write the story Peter.

 

[dublinirish]

Not a Peter King fan. Too much of a name dropper and writes like an elitist. "I was having a double vanilla latte made from a private Ecuadorian special blend at this little out of the way coffee shop on the lower east side. My thoughts had turned to the draft when I thought I should call (insert name here). While not a household name, (insert name here) in my opinion is the best evaluator of talent."

Just write the story Peter.

he's a bit of a pompous bollocks and way too much in the pocket of Goodell and the NFL agent class.

 

[wizards8507]

So apparently the whole sports-talking-head-industrial-complex is obsessed with Jimmy G. dating a porn star? I'm more confused than anything. This particular porn star is gross looking.

 

[greyhammer90]

So apparently the whole sports-talking-head-industrial-complex is obsessed with Jimmy G. dating a porn star? I'm more confused than anything. This particular porn star is gross looking.

https://deadspin.com/its-2018-and-theres-nothing-wrong-with-dating-a-san-fra-1827728464

 

[gkIrish]

https://deadspin.com/its-2018-and-theres-nothing-wrong-with-dating-a-san-fra-1827728464

That's pretty funny

 

[ACamp1900]

2018-19 NFL Season

2018-19 NFL Season

So it begins... Bears/Rat-Birds

I can feel it, the road to changing ACamp's signature has a light at the end of the tunnel... soon.

 

[zelezo vlk]

The HOF game is useless, but it'll be the first glimpse of Lamar Jackson, no?

 

[ACamp1900]

The HOF game is useless, but it'll be the first glimpse of Lamar Jackson, no?

eh, it's football... I'll watch as the Angels game is a get-away/morning game...