2013-14 NFL Season Thread

[PhilCastro]

The Bills beat the defending champs. That should mean something, right?

[treeduck]

The Bills beat the defending champs. That should mean something, right?

When I think of the Bills Phil I think of Marv Levy, Jim Kelly, Thurman Thomas, Bruce Smith, Steve Tasker and Andre Reed. I don't know who the Bills are these days.

[softfilter]

How bout those Brownies? No running back, third string QB, solid defenisve line equals another win!!!!! :ebert:

[treeduck]

How bout those Brownies? No running back, third string QB, solid defenisve line equals another win!!!!! :ebert:

What about Tanking for Teddy? A 6-10/7-9 finish and you're gonna end up with no running back and a third string QB again next year!

[treeduck]

Who would have thought the Giants and Steelers would be both 0-4?

[blackhawkrush]

A pleasant surprise from the Lions today. :cheers:

[softfilter]

How bout those Brownies? No running back, third string QB, solid defensive line equals another win!!!!! :ebert:

What about Tanking for Teddy? A 6-10/7-9 finish and you're gonna end up with no running back and a third string QB again next year!

Despite, Browns CEO Joe Banner & GM Mike Lombardi best efforts to throw a wrench in and sabotage the season, I guess the players thought different. Besides who's to say failure is not on the horizon? Six or seven wins still might not be reached. All I know is, Brian Hoyer regardless of the fact he's a patch filler and not the answer looked damn sharp today and the Browns defense gave Bengals QB Andy Dalton nothing but grief.. Edited September 30, 2013 by softfilter

[PhilCastro]

The Bills beat the defending champs. That should mean something, right?

When I think of the Bills Phil I think of Marv Levy, Jim Kelly, Thurman Thomas, Bruce Smith, Steve Tasker and Andre Reed. I don't know who the Bills are these days.

 

Don't forget Don Beebe!

 

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mael11g1dr1r9hrxoo1_500.jpg

[treeduck]

The Bills beat the defending champs. That should mean something, right?

When I think of the Bills Phil I think of Marv Levy, Jim Kelly, Thurman Thomas, Bruce Smith, Steve Tasker and Andre Reed. I don't know who the Bills are these days.

 

Don't forget Don Beebe!

 

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mael11g1dr1r9hrxoo1_500.jpg

I forgot about him.

[PhilCastro]

The Bills beat the defending champs. That should mean something, right?

When I think of the Bills Phil I think of Marv Levy, Jim Kelly, Thurman Thomas, Bruce Smith, Steve Tasker and Andre Reed. I don't know who the Bills are these days.

 

Don't forget Don Beebe!

 

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mael11g1dr1r9hrxoo1_500.jpg

I forgot about him.

 

So did Leon Lett

 

[goose]

Broncos put up 52 this week? Unreal so far this season!

[treeduck]

Broncos put up 52 this week? Unreal so far this season!

Special teams and defense contributed a lot to the score, Manning only hit 28 of those points from TD passes.

[Turbine Freight]

Manning only hit 28 of those points from TD passes.

 

Oh, is that all?

[treeduck]

Manning only hit 28 of those points from TD passes.

 

Oh, is that all?

All these teams he's played against the 0-4 Giants Midgets, the Mugland Raiders, the Eagles with their bend over defense and spread legs offense have not been much of a challenge.

[Turbine Freight]

Manning only hit 28 of those points from TD passes.

 

Oh, is that all?

All these teams he's played against the 0-4 Giants Midgets, the Mugland Raiders, the Eagles with their bend over defense and spread legs offense have not been much of a challenge.

 

True. The Gayvens were pants too.

[Lost In Xanadu]

Yaaaaaay! The Packers didn't loose in a shitty way this week!

[Tom Sawyer]

Some stupid-ass (so-called) Houston fans burn Matt Schaub jersey.

 

 

 

Matt is a great QB, he was 31/49 with 325 yards and was on a tear in the first half, and all this against arguably the best defense in the business right now.

[Turbine Freight]

Some stupid-ass (so-called) Houston fans burn Matt Schaub jersey.

 

 

 

Matt is a great QB, he was 31/49 with 325 yards and was on a tear in the first half, and all this against arguably the best defense in the business right now.

 

Crikey! It was only a couple of weeks ago when the Texans pulled back a big deficit against San Diego to win at the death. Short memories some fans.

[Tom Sawyer]

Some stupid-ass (so-called) Houston fans burn Matt Schaub jersey.

 

 

 

Matt is a great QB, he was 31/49 with 325 yards and was on a tear in the first half, and all this against arguably the best defense in the business right now.

 

Crikey! It was only a couple of weeks ago when the Texans pulled back a big deficit against San Diego to win at the death. Short memories some fans.

 

I mean if they were gonna a burn a Texans jersey aftr that game it should have been Kareem Jackson's for body slamming Doug Balwin after a 7 yard gain that costing the team a 15 yard PF penalty that gave the Hawks a first and ultimately lead to a victory FG. That was the stupidest thing to do right then.

[nappy2112]

[laughedatbytime]

San Francisco 49ers safety Donte Whitner, who has revealed he was fined $21,000 by the league for a hit during last Thursday night's victory over the St. Louis Rams, said Wednesday he's dropping the "W" from his last name.

 

"I actually put the paperwork in yesterday afternoon. Just waiting to get the paperwork out," he said in a conference call with the Houston media. "So from here on out until I retire, my name will be Donte Hitner, without the W."

 

Earlier Wednesday, he had revealed his name change in a tweet.

 

Whitner also confirmed to reporters in Santa Clara, Calif., that he was changing his name. He said he'd like to get it changed on his uniform by Sunday's game but admitted that might be unrealistic.

 

"That's what I do. It's my last name and removing a letter makes it pretty cool," he said, adding that some fans already call him "Hitner" anyway.

 

The name change will not be cheap for Whitner. A league official told ESPN's Darren Rovell that NFL rules stipulate that if a player changes his name during an NFL season, he is required to purchase all the remaining inventory of merchandise with the old name that hasn't been sold.

 

Whitner said he had considered the name change in the offseason but that his mother wouldn't go for it.

 

Apparently, she has changed her mind.

 

"I'm forever going to be her son and her little boy, so I have to listen to what she says," Whitner said. "After all of these hits and people talking about it, I asked her again three nights ago. She said, 'I don't have a problem with it, go ahead.' So I went ahead and did it yesterday."

 

Whitner has been critical of the NFL's crackdown on hits and has said "it seems like on any big hit, they make the call on what the hit looks like."

 

The safety, who also has suggested the NFL should use replay to determine if hits warrant penalties, said his name change is a protest against the league's mandate in "the right way."

 

"I'm not out there head-hunting, hitting guys helmet to helmet. I want to show guys can hit hard and bring fear doing it the legal way," he said.

 

"This is a tough game. This is a game for grown men. When we signed up for that, we all know that. If you don't want to play football, you don't want to be physical, you don't want to be hit, don't come around guys that like to hit. That's the game of football, just do it the right way."

 

Whitner said he's not worried that his name change will make him a bigger target for flags and fines in the future.

 

"You can continue to look at me, but if I'm doing it the right way, what can you do?" he said.

 

Donte Whitner says he's removing the "W" from his last name and going with Hitner because, "that's what I do. It's my last name and removing a letter makes it pretty cool."

 

49ers coach Jim Harbaugh, who spoke Wednesday before Whitner addressed the media, was unaware of his safety's name change, but quarterback Colin Kaepernick was a fan of the move.

 

"It's kind of catchy ... Good change," he said.

 

Whitner said he was fined for his hit on Rams receiver Chris Givens in the end zone with just less than six minutes to play in the 49ers' 35-11 victory. He said he will appeal the fine because he "lowered my shoulder and went for the midsection, where the ball was."

 

Whitner appeared to turn his shoulder into Givens in a successful attempt to knock the ball loose. He was called for unnecessary roughness.

 

He has made up T-shirts with #LegalHitner on the front that he will sell to drum up support. He said he's produced about 125 T-shirts and will soon open for business.

Good thing his name wasn't Whitler, I guess....

[treeduck]

San Francisco 49ers safety Donte Whitner, who has revealed he was fined $21,000 by the league for a hit during last Thursday night's victory over the St. Louis Rams, said Wednesday he's dropping the "W" from his last name.

 

"I actually put the paperwork in yesterday afternoon. Just waiting to get the paperwork out," he said in a conference call with the Houston media. "So from here on out until I retire, my name will be Donte Hitner, without the W."

 

Earlier Wednesday, he had revealed his name change in a tweet.

 

Whitner also confirmed to reporters in Santa Clara, Calif., that he was changing his name. He said he'd like to get it changed on his uniform by Sunday's game but admitted that might be unrealistic.

 

"That's what I do. It's my last name and removing a letter makes it pretty cool," he said, adding that some fans already call him "Hitner" anyway.

 

The name change will not be cheap for Whitner. A league official told ESPN's Darren Rovell that NFL rules stipulate that if a player changes his name during an NFL season, he is required to purchase all the remaining inventory of merchandise with the old name that hasn't been sold.

 

Whitner said he had considered the name change in the offseason but that his mother wouldn't go for it.

 

Apparently, she has changed her mind.

 

"I'm forever going to be her son and her little boy, so I have to listen to what she says," Whitner said. "After all of these hits and people talking about it, I asked her again three nights ago. She said, 'I don't have a problem with it, go ahead.' So I went ahead and did it yesterday."

 

Whitner has been critical of the NFL's crackdown on hits and has said "it seems like on any big hit, they make the call on what the hit looks like."

 

The safety, who also has suggested the NFL should use replay to determine if hits warrant penalties, said his name change is a protest against the league's mandate in "the right way."

 

"I'm not out there head-hunting, hitting guys helmet to helmet. I want to show guys can hit hard and bring fear doing it the legal way," he said.

 

"This is a tough game. This is a game for grown men. When we signed up for that, we all know that. If you don't want to play football, you don't want to be physical, you don't want to be hit, don't come around guys that like to hit. That's the game of football, just do it the right way."

 

Whitner said he's not worried that his name change will make him a bigger target for flags and fines in the future.

 

"You can continue to look at me, but if I'm doing it the right way, what can you do?" he said.

 

Donte Whitner says he's removing the "W" from his last name and going with Hitner because, "that's what I do. It's my last name and removing a letter makes it pretty cool."

 

49ers coach Jim Harbaugh, who spoke Wednesday before Whitner addressed the media, was unaware of his safety's name change, but quarterback Colin Kaepernick was a fan of the move.

 

"It's kind of catchy ... Good change," he said.

 

Whitner said he was fined for his hit on Rams receiver Chris Givens in the end zone with just less than six minutes to play in the 49ers' 35-11 victory. He said he will appeal the fine because he "lowered my shoulder and went for the midsection, where the ball was."

 

Whitner appeared to turn his shoulder into Givens in a successful attempt to knock the ball loose. He was called for unnecessary roughness.

 

He has made up T-shirts with #LegalHitner on the front that he will sell to drum up support. He said he's produced about 125 T-shirts and will soon open for business.

Good thing his name wasn't Whitler, I guess....

On the depth chart he'll be S Hitner.

[tx_rush]

Browns looking to go 3-2 and take the lead in AFC North. Good chance against bills tonight

[softfilter]

Browns looking to go 3-2 and take the lead in AFC North. Good chance against bills tonight

Yeah, I hope the Brownies can get the win make us forget about the downer at Prog field last night....

[tx_rush]

Browns looking to go 3-2 and take the lead in AFC North. Good chance against bills tonight

Yeah, I hope the Brownies can get the win make us forget about the downer at Prog field last night....

 

I am a browns fan, and a pirates fan. Tonight could be awesome or terrible. Hoping for a pirates W and a browns W.

 

btw, why they heck would we be shopping Josh Gordon? Regardless of what new offensive system we are going to put in, we will need some good receivers. I can kinda get that Weeden and Richardson dont fit personnel wise, but Gordon? Unless we got a first rounder for him, I dont get shopping him. We took him in 2nd rd of supplemental draft, which I think was a good move