The Swamp

Pruitt wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2019 1:00 pm I was just listening to Steve Tasker on Buffalo sports radio and he listed his injuries and mentioned that some of his best friends in football died young while others are suffering mental issues and physical difficulties.

He insists that given the choice, he'd have played every single football game he ever had the opportunity to play.

While it is easy for him to say as he luckily has his faculties intact at 57, it was interesting to hear. And he wasn;t sugar coating things either.

Gunpowder wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2019 4:16 pm I didn't even think about that angle...if the NFL thinks that maybe Andrew Luck would have played longer if he could smoke weeds, that rule's gonna get changed.

sancarlos wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2019 4:19 pm

Gunpowder wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2019 4:16 pm I didn't even think about that angle...if the NFL thinks that maybe Andrew Luck would have played longer if he could smoke weeds, that rule's gonna get changed.

But what about the fact that some states allow medical marijuana and other states do not? If the NFL is cool with it, doesn't that disturb the perception of "a level playing field"?

Not saying I agree with this point of view, but I could see it coming up.

mister d wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2019 3:26 pm None of those Tasker type comments matter if there isn’t a follow-up about letting their son or grandson play. That’s when it all falls apart for a lot of football fans.

sancarlos wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2019 1:08 pm I've heard a lot of people ripping on Luck, primarily for two things - The timing so soon before the season opener, and B) the fact that he took a big roster bonus a few months ago.

I think the first answer to both things is that a few months ago, he anticipated he would be able to play this season. Now, after the lack of healing of his injuries, that looked very unlikely. People who criticize the timing of his retirement ignore the fact that he was unlikely to play this season anyway. And, also, rather than cast him as a taker of the Colts' largesse, I'd cast him as a guy who was magnanimous to such a large degree that he is passing on a large roster bonus he was soon to receive, as well as walking away from his large salary for this season. He easily could have gone on season-ending IR, collected salary and bonus, and then retired at the end of the season, thus costing the Colts a lot of money.

Pruitt wrote: ↑Thu Aug 29, 2019 10:31 am My God - have you seen the Patriots' schedule?

They don't play a playoff team until week 9 and finish with the Bengals, Bills and Dolphins.

Pruitt wrote: ↑Thu Aug 29, 2019 10:31 am My God - have you seen the Patriots' schedule?

They don't play a playoff team until week 9 and finish with the Bengals, Bills and Dolphins.

brian wrote: ↑Thu Aug 29, 2019 11:00 am

Pruitt wrote: ↑Thu Aug 29, 2019 10:31 am My God - have you seen the Patriots' schedule?

They don't play a playoff team until week 9 and finish with the Bengals, Bills and Dolphins.

Not that they haven't had some decent teams, but they basically get a bye into the playoffs and home field advantage every year from playing in such a horrible division.

brian wrote: ↑Thu Aug 29, 2019 11:00 am
Not that they haven't had some decent teams, but they basically get a bye into the playoffs and home field advantage every year from playing in such a horrible division.

Johnnie wrote: ↑Thu Aug 29, 2019 11:51 am Outside of 3 games, NFL schedules are largely predetermined year to year.

sancarlos wrote: ↑Thu Aug 29, 2019 2:07 pm

Johnnie wrote: ↑Thu Aug 29, 2019 11:51 am Outside of 3 games, NFL schedules are largely predetermined year to year.

Every season I have to read about Raider fans bitching that the NFL screws them on their schedule. Despite the fact that, as Johnnie noted, the schedule is just an academic exercise. And the writers who discuss their schedule never even mention it.

Pruitt wrote: ↑Thu Aug 29, 2019 2:10 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Thu Aug 29, 2019 2:07 pm

Johnnie wrote: ↑Thu Aug 29, 2019 11:51 am Outside of 3 games, NFL schedules are largely predetermined year to year.

Every season I have to read about Raider fans bitching that the NFL screws them on their schedule. Despite the fact that, as Johnnie noted, the schedule is just an academic exercise. And the writers who discuss their schedule never even mention it.

You can figure out any team's opponents for the coming season as soon as the final whistle sounds in week 17. I have a feeling that some NFL writers still don;t understand that.