NFL 2013 Season

[Rey]

Oh yeah baby!!!!! It's coming my friends. Enjoy every minute of it!!!

 

[Teehar]

Just like the Pointer sisters,I'm sooo excited,I just can't hide it. I ain't doing the neutron dance though.

 

[Ramy]

Go Bengals! Go Redskins! Meet in the Super Bowl.

 

[Rey]

Go Bengals! Go Redskins! Meet in the Super Bowl.

BOOOOOOO........

 

[Teehar]

Eagles vs Dolphins,with a possible Panthers vs Dolphins book it!

 

[cosmo_kramer]

Big changes announced to the Pro Bowl, starting with the 2014 one....

The NFL is overhauling the Pro Bowl, eliminating the AFC-NFC format in favor of captains picking 43 players per team regardless of conference.

In addition, kickoffs will be eliminated from the game as a safety measure, one of several changes to the game. A coin toss will determine which squad gets the game's opening possession. The ball will be placed at the 25-yard line at the start of the game and after scoring plays. Since there will be no kickoffs, the kick-return specialist Pro Bowl roster spot will be replaced with an additional defensive back spot.

Voting for the game also will be changed, as conference affiliation no longer will be considered in determining the All-Star selections. The two leading vote-getters will be named captains and will be assisted by Hall of Famers Jerry Rice and Deion Sanders and two NFL.com fantasy football champions in picking the two teams.

Among other changes:

• A two-minute warning will be added to the first and third quarters in addition to the traditional rule in the second and fourth quarters. Possession also will change hands after each quarter.

• Defenses will be allowed to play Cover 2 and press coverage. In the past, only man coverage had been allowed, except for goal-line situations.

• Changes will be made to the game clock during the two-minute warning, with the clock stopping if the offense doesn't gain at least 1 yard, in order to encourage offenses to try to gain yardage at the end of each quarter.

• In addition, the clock will start after an incomplete pass on the signal of the game referee except during the two-minute warnings and the final five minutes of the game.

• The game will use a 35-second/25-second play clock instead of the traditional 40-second/25-second clock.

• Also, the game clock will not stop on sacks of the quarterback, outside of the game's final two minutes.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/9525557/nfl-makes-major-pro-bowl-changes

 

[Rey]

Eagles vs Dolphins,with a possible Panthers vs Dolphins book it!

:haha hehe…

 

[Teehar]

Big changes announced to the Pro Bowl, starting with the 2014 one....



http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/9525557/nfl-makes-major-pro-bowl-changes

Not sure if I like this new format,but it's better than no Pro Bowl at all.

 

[Jimbo]

Not sure if I like this new format,but it's better than no Pro Bowl at all.

Are we sure about that ?

 

[Teehar]

Are we sure about that ?

I'm sure,now my tune may change come Feb.

 

[Hart5150]

Not sure if I like this new format,but it's better than no Pro Bowl at all.

I'm not sure if I like it. Let's say that both Tom Brady and Chandler Jones make the Pro Bowl and end up on opposite teams, I don't think the franchise would want Jones laying a finger on Brady, so the game could be played with even less intensity ( if that's possible).

The big winner in this is whoever gets the rights to the Pro Bowl "draft", which will be far more entertaining than the game itself.
Hockey and basketball can be entertaining without defensive effort, not so with football.

 

[BillD1984]

I'm not sure if I like it. Let's say that both Tom Brady and Chandler Jones make the Pro Bowl and end up on opposite teams, I don't think the franchise would want Jones laying a finger on Brady, so the game could be played with even less intensity ( if that's possible).

The big winner in this is whoever gets the rights to the Pro Bowl "draft", which will be far more entertaining than the game itself.
Hockey and basketball can be entertaining without defensive effort, not so with football.

I agree with everything you said here, except hockey being entertaining without defensive effort. IMO, hockey sucks without some semblence of defensive intensity. NBA....absolutely can get away with an offensive only showcase.

 

[Scherrman]

Bears vs. Broncos in the Super Bowl this year. The Bears get a rematch against Peyton on a different team.

 

[Bodo Fenrirsson]

Remember the 2013 NFL offseason with this 2010 Tebow/Hernandez/Cooper football card
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-s...ebow-hernandez-cooper-football-130210885.html

 

[Rey]

Remember the 2013 NFL offseason with this 2010 Tebow/Hernandez/Cooper football card
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-s...ebow-hernandez-cooper-football-130210885.html

 

[Bodo Fenrirsson]

I was going to post an article about Riley Cooper,but I DO NOT want to open that can of worms.

 

[Teehar]

I was going to post an article about Riley Cooper,but I DO NOT want to open that can of worms.

The Pit!

 

[meStevo]

?Matt Birk replacing Art Shell as part of the dynamic duo with Ted Cotrell that handles most appeals of fines, jointly paid by the league and the NFLPA.

Another note about fines, they aren't going up this year because they've become less common.

And even though the CBA allows for fine amounts to go up 5 percent per year, they won’t be increased this year, because of the declining number of penalties.


Total fines have gone down 32 percent since 2009, from 668 to 451. There were also only 61 fines for illegal hits on quarterbacks, down from 114 in 2009.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/08/02/matt-birk-replaces-art-shell-as-appeals-officer/

 

[Bodo Fenrirsson]

FOOTBALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Bodo Fenrirsson]

I'll take Matt Moore over both Tony Romo AND Kyle Orton.