Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Thu Jul 21, 2011 9:18 am  

It's on the 31st I think Raheem

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Thu Jul 21, 2011 9:34 am  

Phew, that's ok then. For some reason I thought it was this weekend. I just saw the next 20+ Sundays of my life becoming frustrating

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Thu Jul 21, 2011 9:37 am  

The lock-out is about to end in the next week aswell by the looks of it, about fooking time!!!

Gonna be a crap injury ridden season with less preparation time IMO but meh.

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Thu Jul 21, 2011 9:41 am  

Alot teams over the cap. Raheem will be happy as the bucs have to spend about 30 million under the new rules.

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Thu Jul 21, 2011 10:23 am  

Raheem Morris wrote:

Phew, that's ok then. For some reason I thought it was this weekend. I just saw the next 20+ Sundays of my life becoming frustrating

I told my missus I'm in an NFL fantasy draft and I'm not missing it. She called me a f**king geek who needs to ge a life! Nice!!

She didn't empathise when I told her about missing the draft last year and ending up with Vince Young and Alex Smith as my QBs. I've offered her a place in the Boothstown Bolts war room - but she has rejected!

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Thu Jul 21, 2011 10:34 pm  

Mark wrote:

Alot teams over the cap. Raheem will be happy as the bucs have to spend about 30 million under the new rules.

From Clayton:
Team Status
Arizona $37.3 million under
Atlanta $13.9 million under
Baltimore $5.33 million under
Buffalo $35.9 million under
Carolina $30.6 million under
Chicago $37. million under
Cincinnati $35.9 million under
Cleveland $33.3 million under
Dallas $18.9 million over
Denver $1 million under
Detroit $16.6 million under
Green Bay $62,600 under
Houston $7.6 million under
Indianapolis $2.7 million over
Jacksonville $31.4 million under
Kansas City $34.3 million under
Miami $13.6 million under
Minnesota $5.1 million over
New England $7.57 million under
New Orleans $11.7 million under
N.Y. Giants $11.3 million over
N.Y. Jets $1.2 million over
Oakland $10 million over
Philadelphia $13 million under
Pittsburgh $10 million over
San Diego $19.4 million under
San Francisco $18.9 million under
Seattle $39 million under
St. Louis $35.6 million under
Tampa Bay $59.2 million under
Tennessee $10.3 million under
Washington $10.6 million under

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Thu Jul 21, 2011 10:38 pm  

Is that list under the cap? Or under the 90% limit? Interesting to see who we go after to make up our cap.

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Thu Jul 21, 2011 11:00 pm  

El Pac Carnegie wrote:

Is that list under the cap? Or under the 90% limit? Interesting to see who we go after to make up our cap.

The full cap. But doesn't include RFA tenders (franchise tags are included though)

And the owners have just voted YES to a settlement...all down to the players now.

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Fri Jul 22, 2011 9:13 am  

Let me throw some negativity into the pot

Ochocinco: "Wonder how many people understand the aw
esome strategic move that some genius came up with to shift the pressure n negativity on us."

"Smart move by the owners to gain positive public perception and pressure the players into a bad deal shifting the negativity on us #kudos"

Geno Hayes: "Took this long and give us a time limit to recertify...lol smh must have n L on our head"

Colin Cowherd: "at end of any negotiation, it's in the details--you have to live w them for a decade. Don't blame players for wanting to read every line."

Vonnie Holliday: "Please don't get excited about that press conference. The owners have agreed on a deal we the players have not seen! This is not consistent"

Schefter: "Bills S George Wilson on ESPN: "This is nothing more than an attempt to get the fans to turn on the players." Doesn't expect a vote Friday."

John McClain: "Because it's a 10-year deal with no outs, players would be foolish to vote until they study every single detail and understand every detail."

via twitter, obviously

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Fri Jul 22, 2011 12:24 pm  

Chad - have you ever considered, just for once in your life, shutting the f___ up and just getting on with doing the job you're very, very handsomely paid to do? You know, the one that gives you six months of the year off?

At a time of global recession when people are losing jobs, homes and savings left, right and centre, the players crying over an odd percentage point here and there is pathetic. They need to man up and get back to work.