NFL Football Thread 2013

Rob14 · Post Post #0 (isolation #0) » Wed Aug 21, 2013 1:10 am

The season is about to start. Discuss stuff.

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Links to past threads:

2012
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=22966

2011
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=18768

2010
http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopi ... =6&t=15067

2009
http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopi ... =6&t=10724

2008
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?t=9637

Links to relevant Mish Mash games:

mish mash eliminator thread
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=31143

mafia scum fantasy football league
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=29848

Thanks to PokerFace for compiling all the links.

Rob14 · Post Post #2 (isolation #1) » Wed Aug 21, 2013 2:08 am

I'm not a huge fan of any one team. I like watching the Packers because they're such a solid all-around team. It's nice watching them executing offensive plays knowing that really any of their receivers could do something amazing.

Fantasy Football enhances the game so much for me, because it has me actively rooting for a particular player rather than a team as a whole to do well. I find that more fun, since I can focus in on one person's play.

Rob14 · Post Post #5 (isolation #2) » Wed Aug 21, 2013 8:29 am

I have Andrew Luck as my back-up QB in a fantasy league, which is all pretty lol. My team is so unbelievably stacked in that league. I consider him to be a top 10 QB, but definitely on the lower side of that. He isn't on the tier of Tom Brady or Drew Brees. As far as newcomers go rather than the long-time veterans, RG3 is still better than Luck, although there are injury issues there now.

Rob14 · Post Post #11 (isolation #3) » Thu Aug 22, 2013 10:11 pm

Amrun, there are three reasons no fans really care about this loss.

1. It's the pre-season.
2. It's the pre-season.
3. It's the pre-season.

Rob14 · Post Post #13 (isolation #4) » Sun Aug 25, 2013 2:15 am

I feel bad for Tebow.

Rob14 · Post Post #19 (isolation #5) » Sun Aug 25, 2013 6:41 pm

He's probably out of a job. The Jets last year used him as their laughing stock player, essentially, and now the Patriots don't even think highly enough of him to put him into a pre-season blow-out to see if he can do anything.

Rob14 · Post Post #21 (isolation #6) » Sun Aug 25, 2013 10:03 pm

Torrey Smith can make some great plays, but notscience is right that reliability is definitely not his strong-suit. Opposing teams would rather game plan against Boldin, of course, because Smith's potential for huge plays is a big deal to defend against.

Rob14 · Post Post #23 (isolation #7) » Sun Aug 25, 2013 11:46 pm

I'm not saying Boldin is better - I'm saying that Smith isn't reliable enough to be set miles ahead of Boldin like you seem to think. Smith is still the better WR.

If Torrey Smith could consistently perform as he does in his best games, he would be a fantastic WR. You can say that about most players, though, and you kind of have to judge him on his average performance. His average is nothing special, really.

Rob14 · Post Post #26 (isolation #8) » Mon Aug 26, 2013 2:10 am

That doesn't measure consistency, and you know it. Again, not saying he's a bad WR. He certainly isn't, especially in his good games. He's just not consistent.

Rob14 · Post Post #68 (isolation #9) » Mon Sep 02, 2013 5:01 am

In post 42, chesskid3 wrote:If he were innocent he wouldn't have settled. End of story.

Very, very not true. Often, settling is just more convenient and better in the long-term financially and PR-wise. If you're innocent and want to go to trial, you have to pay a team of lawyers. That shit isn't cheap. It also involves a long media spectacle that would likely destroy one's career.

Rob14 · Post Post #70 (isolation #10) » Mon Sep 02, 2013 5:12 am

In post 45, PJ. wrote:
In post 40, Brian Skies wrote: And the great thing about the U.S. is that if you are rich and/or white enough you can't be proven guilty
FTFY

Don't be pretentious, please.

Rob14 · Post Post #103 (isolation #11) » Tue Sep 03, 2013 3:41 am

In post 82, chesskid3 wrote:
In post 68, Rob14 wrote:
In post 42, chesskid3 wrote:If he were innocent he wouldn't have settled. End of story.
Very, very not true. Often, settling is just more convenient and better in the long-term financially and PR-wise. If you're innocent and want to go to trial, you have to pay a team of lawyers. That shit isn't cheap. It also involves a long media spectacle that would likely destroy one's career.
Sorry but when the rich defendant settles with the dirt poor plaintiff that means he's guilty.

You don't think lawyers line up to go against rich defendants when the court of public opinion is heavily in their favor already? Really, you're quite wrong here.

Rob14 · Post Post #104 (isolation #12) » Tue Sep 03, 2013 3:43 am

In post 87, chesskid3 wrote:
In post 85, Brian Skies wrote:
In post 82, chesskid3 wrote:
In post 68, Rob14 wrote:
In post 42, chesskid3 wrote:If he were innocent he wouldn't have settled. End of story.
Very, very not true. Often, settling is just more convenient and better in the long-term financially and PR-wise. If you're innocent and want to go to trial, you have to pay a team of lawyers. That shit isn't cheap. It also involves a long media spectacle that would likely destroy one's career.
Sorry but when the rich defendant settles with the dirt poor plaintiff that means he's guilty.
Or the dirt poor plaintiff was just looking for an easy check, which she got. If the rich defendant goes to trial, even if that person is proved innocent, their reputation is already ruined (see Ray Lewis). And in a situation like a professional football player's where the longer a court case lasts the less able he will be to earn his paychecks (playing in games), it's almost always better to settle (even if innocent). The risk is greater for the rich person (even if they're innocent) than the dirt poor plaintiff (who not only has nothing, but has nothing to lose because they're the person doing the accusing).

As for whether or not he is actually a rapist, this still doesn't answer my initial question to you. What does being a Steelers fan have to do with supporting rape? If you shop at Wal-Mart and their CEO is an accused pedophile, does that make you a supporter of pedophilia? It's a slippery slope at best.
If right next to that Wal-mart was a store with the exact same prices that didn't have a CEO accused of being a pedophile and I deliberately went into the wal-mart knowing this, yes it would.

There's 32 teams in the NFL. Some are better than others at not having scumbags.

People you SAY are scumbags. Again, innocent until proven guilty. That's kind of an important bit of our legal system.

Rob14 · Post Post #144 (isolation #13) » Wed Sep 04, 2013 1:50 pm

Bills over Pats? I've heard everything.

Rob14 · Post Post #181 (isolation #14) » Thu Sep 05, 2013 12:40 am

In post 154, Nero Cain wrote:Nicks is still an injury waiting to happen.

Shhhhhhh, don't say that. I have him in fantasy.

Rob14 · Post Post #205 (isolation #15) » Sat Sep 07, 2013 5:24 am

Updated the first post with links, as PokerFace requested.

I'm unsure who I should be playing as my flex in my ESPN league. Reggie Bush or Ahmad Bradshaw. I think I'm going with Bradshaw, considering he's playing against the Raiders, but he's also just coming off an injury, so...

Rob14 · Post Post #210 (isolation #16) » Sun Sep 08, 2013 7:36 am

Wow, that was a pretty amazing set of consecutive plays by the Bills.