2017 NFL Offseason

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 2:55 pm

Calling someone fat Clint Bowyer is not a way to endear yourself to the twitter feed of his official website.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 3:25 pm

Bronto : The girls' friends :: Roethlisberger's Twitter : The bathroom stall

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 3:37 pm

I got blocked on Twitter in January by a Bay Area sportswriter for saying the Raiders weren't a very good team without Derek Carr.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Sat Apr 08, 2017 8:51 am

sancarlos wrote:I got blocked on Twitter in January by a Bay Area sportswriter for saying the Raiders weren't a very good team without Derek Carr.

Which writer? Just want to know so I can ignore his opinion on everything, ever.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sat Apr 08, 2017 1:50 pm

DSafetyGuy wrote:
sancarlos wrote:I got blocked on Twitter in January by a Bay Area sportswriter for saying the Raiders weren't a very good team without Derek Carr.
Which writer? Just want to know so I can ignore his opinion on everything, ever.

Ann Killion.

Post by **brian** » Sat Apr 08, 2017 2:25 pm

Roethlisberger blocked everyone who follows PFTCommenter

Post by **brian** » Sat Apr 08, 2017 2:26 pm

Pretty elite move IMO.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Sat Apr 08, 2017 2:38 pm

That page isn't his personal page, but yea. Hilarious.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sun Apr 09, 2017 8:14 pm

I've never heard of Tony Grossi, but he sounds like a moron.

Post by **Sabo** » Sun Apr 09, 2017 8:28 pm

sancarlos wrote:I've never heard of Tony Grossi, but he sounds like a moron.

Tony Grossi covered the Browns for the Cleveland Plain Dealer for almost two decades. He was removed from the beat because he inadvertently tweeted some disparaging comments about former Browns owner Randy Lerner. Supposedly the tweet was intended to be a text to a colleague.

Grossi is well known in the national football writers circle because he would give an impassioned speech against Art Modell whenever he was considered for induction into the pro football hall of fame.

Personally, I think he's an idiot with a massive axe to grind, but he has a loyal following among Browns fans in this town. And he's light-years better than Mary Kay Cabot, who covers the Browns for the Plain Dealer these days. If she reports anything, you can pretty much assume every other reporter released that news tidbit at least five hours before she does.

Here's an old Plain Dealer column explaining why he was removed from the Browns beat, and also helps explain why he hates Modell so much.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Mon Apr 10, 2017 7:09 pm

Oh, the hilarity if Marshawn would get to run it in from the two at the end of a Super Bowl against Seattle.

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Mon Apr 10, 2017 7:38 pm

brian wrote:Roethlisberger blocked everyone who follows PFTCommenter

co-worker who has followed PFTC much longer than I have is not blocked

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 8:36 am

Arizona Cardinals' Glendale stadium to get a new name; University of Phoenix backing out

Hopefully, Pink Taco will try to name the stadium again.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 10:18 am

That name was right up there with Landshark Stadium, Sleep Train Arena and the Smoothie King Center.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 11:13 am

People from Phoenix have a very big issue with calling everything in The Valley "Phoenix," (an equivalent comparison is people from Louisville, KY demanding you pronounce the city "Loo-Vul") so the funny thing about that stadium name for me was always people going "Ugh, the stadium is in GLENDALE and this doesn't help."

Post by **brian** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 11:19 am

Johnnie wrote:People from Phoenix have a very big issue with calling everything in The Valley "Phoenix," (an equivalent comparison is people from Louisville, KY demanding you pronounce the city "Loo-Vul") so the funny thing about that stadium name for me was always people going "Ugh, the stadium is in GLENDALE and this doesn't help."

I've seen this before myself with friends in Phoenix and it's funny because it's the exact opposite in Detroit where everyone regardless of what suburb they live in just tells people they're from "Detroit". I don't think that's especially rare for a lot of east coast and midwest cities (I've seen the same a lot with "Chicago" as well. Weird that people who live in "Phoenix" are so provincial but I guess that's part of living in an area that's like 50 miles x 50 miles in size.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 6:02 pm

Not sure which thread I wanted to sully with this, but since it's about Romo I chose here.

https://youtu.be/7ZIN1BXT8dA

Stephen A. coming in hard with one of the dumbest fucking takes ever. Disagree with him, and he twists the logic to you being a racist because YOU'RE NOT BLACK. DON'T TELL ME HOW TO FEEL, HONKEY.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 6:30 pm

What a world. Stephen A. and this clown show and Skip Bayless have plum jobs. Almost anybody off the street could do better.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:06 am

brian wrote:
Johnnie wrote:People from Phoenix have a very big issue with calling everything in The Valley "Phoenix," (an equivalent comparison is people from Louisville, KY demanding you pronounce the city "Loo-Vul") so the funny thing about that stadium name for me was always people going "Ugh, the stadium is in GLENDALE and this doesn't help."
I've seen this before myself with friends in Phoenix and it's funny because it's the exact opposite in Detroit where everyone regardless of what suburb they live in just tells people they're from "Detroit". I don't think that's especially rare for a lot of east coast and midwest cities (I've seen the same a lot with "Chicago" as well. Weird that people who live in "Phoenix" are so provincial but I guess that's part of living in an area that's like 50 miles x 50 miles in size.

Texas thing too. In college, everyone was Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, Fort Worth if they were from a suburb.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:45 am

An owner of an NFL team close to me was just now rushed into the ER at the hospital where someone close to me works.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:51 am

Whoa. You beat twitter. Get this on the front page. #breaking

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:52 am

Yeah but he doesn't know who it is

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:53 am

I know who it is, but my wife asked me not to post it anywhere. She knows I tell y'all everything though.

Post by **brian** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 10:00 am

Giff wrote:I know who it is, but my wife asked me not to post it anywhere. She knows I tell y'all everything though.

So McNair? Didn't exactly have to be Encyclopedia Brown to put this one together.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 10:03 am

Yeah, I didn't make it tough.

Post by **brian** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 10:04 am

Giff wrote:Yeah, I didn't make it tough.

No, just laughing (with you, not at you) at the ruse.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 10:56 am

How is there no existing "is he is he is he dead" meme?

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 2:30 pm

Giff wrote:Yeah, I didn't make it tough.

Taking this Romo thing hard.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 3:06 pm

Giff fooled us all...

Post by **brian** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 3:11 pm

Wow, are you OK, Giff?

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 3:14 pm

I met the man once. He was nice.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 3:54 pm

Better be atleast one black finalist for eulogist.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 6:28 pm

Jerloma wrote:I met the man once. He was nice.

So, I have a buddy who is from Pittsburgh. He told me a funny Dan Rooney story (although this might be an Art Rooney story - I'll have to check). Apparently, my friend's father knows a guy who owns a very small piece of the Steelers. Rooney wanted to buy the guy out, but the guy wouldn't sell for the price Rooney offered. So, Rooney got him back by switching the guy's season tickets on him. His seats are now in an upper corner above the end zone. Don't fuck with the Rooneys.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 6:37 pm

Coincidentally, my MIL was rushed to the ER this afternoon with what she thought was a heart attack. Doesn't sound like it was, but still scary and wondering what is going on.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 7:51 pm

Now that was a great owner.

Fucking bugs the shit out of me when Ralph Wilson is lionized.

Post by **brian** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:06 pm

Ralph Wilson and William Clay Ford were basically the same guy (and both from Detroit.). Nice guys but not good owners (if you care about winning).

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 10:03 pm

brian wrote:Ralph Wilson and William Clay Ford were basically the same guy (and both from Detroit.). Nice guys but not good owners (if you care about winning).

Well, neither of them fucked over a city by moving a team, so they are not in Modell class.

But Wilson fired Pollian in a power struggle. Fuck him.

Post by **brian** » Fri Apr 14, 2017 2:16 pm

Aaron Hernandez acquitted in 2012 murders.

Post by **brian** » Fri Apr 14, 2017 2:17 pm

That was the year 2012. I don't think he's killed 2,012 people.