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Post by Mac on Jan 22, 2013 15:04:53 GMT -5
So some Patriots fans went on Twitter after the AFC Championship Game and taunted Torrey Smith about his late brother. Just one of many reasons why I hate the New England Patriots and have for many years. Just disgraceful. So you hate the team because some jerks who the Patriots have nothing to do with went on Torrey Smiths twitter and made asses out of themselves. Care to relate the people on the twitter page with the Patriots in ANY way.
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Post by canceled4truth on Jan 22, 2013 15:14:01 GMT -5
So some Patriots fans went on Twitter after the AFC Championship Game and taunted Torrey Smith about his late brother. Just one of many reasons why I hate the New England Patriots and have for many years. Just disgraceful. Yes, because we Patriots fans all think exactly the same. As soon as the game went final and after the grieving and frustration subsided, I went on Twitter and saw that Torrey Smith tweeted, "Someone in New England wasted a lot of money on that Ray Lewis retirement billboard". I thought to myself, "Great, a handful of idiots are about to make us all look terrible." Patriots fans are not all mouth-breathing, knuckle-dragging neanderthals without a filter, decency or common sense. But there are some of the lunatic fringe who are and because of them, all Patriots fans are demonized because of a dozen or so who lack the brain power to stop themselves from sending those kinds of tweets. Did I take shots at Ray Lewis after the game on these boards? I did, and I probably will if I see another atrocious puff piece on what a motivation and inspiration he is. But there's a line that shouldn't be crossed and because a bunch of morons crossed that line, suddenly everyone who was rooting for the Patriots on Sunday is a terrible person. Now we sit and wait until somebody talks about how we're all racists. Can't say it any better myself.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Jan 22, 2013 15:26:48 GMT -5
The Patriot hate is reaching early 2000's Yankees hate around here
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Jan 22, 2013 15:31:26 GMT -5
So some Patriots fans went on Twitter after the AFC Championship Game and taunted Torrey Smith about his late brother. Just one of many reasons why I hate the New England Patriots and have for many years. Just disgraceful. Dude every team has some ass goblin fans. It's no reason to hate the team, they're not the ones who do those actions.
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Post by andrew8798 on Jan 22, 2013 15:35:26 GMT -5
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution says Michael Turner "probably won't be brought back" in 2013.
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Post by Push R Truth on Jan 22, 2013 15:39:35 GMT -5
So some Patriots fans went on Twitter after the AFC Championship Game and taunted Torrey Smith about his late brother. Just one of many reasons why I hate the New England Patriots and have for many years. Just disgraceful. Dude every team has some ass goblin fans. It's no reason to hate the team, they're not the ones who do those actions. I'm calling you out! The Jaguars don't have fans like this. I talked to all 7 of them this morning and they seem like laid back dudes.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2013 15:50:45 GMT -5
I fully agree. I think a lot of coaches though to themselves "Man, Tebow did this with crappy arm. Imagine a dude that runs faster and can throw above average." And look what happens. A bunch of mobile QB's with above average arms can annihilate a good portion of the defenses in the league. The real question will be what happens next year because every D Coordinator is staring at tapes of of these "new" QB's. Will they solve the riddle? I don't think Tebow had anything to do with it. If anyone changed the perception of it, it was Cam Newton. Newton didn't really change much because he plays like Michael Vick. He has an unusually strong arm but he'll still scramble for no particular reason and makes some boneheaded throws. If Newton's playstyle was so convincing, Vick's own play prior to his imprisonment would have caused a massive shift. Wilson, Kaepernick and Griffin are an entirely different breed of quarterback. They can rush too, but the way they each play is a decidedly smarter one. I think that's where Tebow's influence factors in. Despite having an arm that even Chris Redman would laugh at, he was able to scare defenses into backing up and picked up a lot of extra yardage doing it. How he did it, I have no idea. But his MO worked, at least for a little while.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Jan 22, 2013 15:54:16 GMT -5
Dude every team has some ass goblin fans. It's no reason to hate the team, they're not the ones who do those actions. I'm calling you out! The Jaguars don't have fans like this. I talked to all 7 of them this morning and they seem like laid back dudes. You're being rediculous. The Jaguars having 7 fans would mean they've doubled their fanbase
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Post by Sicho100 on Jan 22, 2013 15:57:05 GMT -5
I don't think Tebow had anything to do with it. If anyone changed the perception of it, it was Cam Newton. Newton didn't really change much because he plays like Michael Vick. He has an unusually strong arm but he'll still scramble for no particular reason and makes some boneheaded throws. If Newton's playstyle was so convincing, Vick's own play prior to his imprisonment would have caused a massive shift. Wilson, Kaepernick and Griffin are an entirely different breed of quarterback. They can rush too, but the way they each play is a decidedly smarter one. I think that's where Tebow's influence factors in. Despite having an arm that even Chris Redman would laugh at, he was able to scare defenses into backing up and picked up a lot of extra yardage doing it. How he did it, I have no idea. But his MO worked, at least for a little while. Cam Newton is a better passer than Tim Tebow. Newton set the rookie record for passing yards in a season. Tebow didn't even have a 50% completion percentage. Tebow is the run-first QB here.
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Jan 22, 2013 16:06:58 GMT -5
I wonder what her opinion is of Brady's multiple baby mamas. He's cool, I guess.
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Post by Sektor on Jan 22, 2013 16:11:39 GMT -5
I don't think Tebow had anything to do with it. If anyone changed the perception of it, it was Cam Newton. Newton didn't really change much because he plays like Michael Vick. He has an unusually strong arm but he'll still scramble for no particular reason and makes some boneheaded throws. If Newton's playstyle was so convincing, Vick's own play prior to his imprisonment would have caused a massive shift. Wilson, Kaepernick and Griffin are an entirely different breed of quarterback. They can rush too, but the way they each play is a decidedly smarter one. I think that's where Tebow's influence factors in. Despite having an arm that even Chris Redman would laugh at, he was able to scare defenses into backing up and picked up a lot of extra yardage doing it. How he did it, I have no idea. But his MO worked, at least for a little while. I'm not talking about it in the sense that Cam Newton made all these coaches want dual threat QBs. I'm saying that the rise in the success level of these QBs is a result of coaches taking pages from the Carolina offense. Carolina integrated the best parts of pro-style and spread-offense concepts into a great gameplan. The pistol formation being integrated into Washington's and San Fran's playbook is just a natural progression of that.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Jan 22, 2013 16:13:07 GMT -5
I wonder what her opinion is of Brady's multiple baby mamas. He's cool, I guess. Granted, Brady is no saint, but it's worth noting he's married to one of his 'baby mamas'. One of the 2 he has. It's not exactly the same as "preacher man and inspirational leader" Ray Lewis with 6 kids from 4 wives and a probable murder in his past That said, Welker's wife should have kept her mouth shut, no matter what your opinion of her comments
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Post by darbus alan on Jan 22, 2013 16:20:27 GMT -5
So some Patriots fans went on Twitter after the AFC Championship Game and taunted Torrey Smith about his late brother. Just one of many reasons why I hate the New England Patriots and have for many years. Just disgraceful. If you're looking for civil fan discourse, Twitter is the wrong place. All the knuckle-draggers put whatever idiotic thoughts enter their under-developed brains on there. They should not be considered representative of any one team's fanbase.
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Post by bob on Jan 22, 2013 16:42:04 GMT -5
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Post by Hugh Mungus on Jan 22, 2013 16:44:02 GMT -5
The Patriot hate is reaching early 2000's Yankees hate around here Are we talking Ric Flair heat or X-Pac heat? Or Triple H circa 2003 heat? On the latter, Brady isn't married to one of Goodell's daughters, assuming they're old enough. And I don't think that Belichick or Kraft have Goodell's ear.
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Post by Vincent Whiney on Jan 22, 2013 16:53:58 GMT -5
I'm just hoping for a good game. This is the least rooting interest I've had since 2000 when the Ravens played the Giants. I guess I'd rather see San Fran win since they are less annoying to me than the Ravens but mostly just a decent game.
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Post by andrew8798 on Jan 22, 2013 19:16:45 GMT -5
The Cowboys "have held discussions" with Bengals assistant coach Hue Jackson about joining the offensive staff in some capacity.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2013 19:23:42 GMT -5
I remember last year's Harbaugh bowl being actually really entertaining. It wasn't high scoring (Smith, Flacco, ugh...) but the defenses on both teams were very physical and vicious. Even though the results from Sunday night sucked, I'm looking forward to a very brutal Super Bowl between two very hungry teams.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2013 19:24:55 GMT -5
Newton didn't really change much because he plays like Michael Vick. He has an unusually strong arm but he'll still scramble for no particular reason and makes some boneheaded throws. If Newton's playstyle was so convincing, Vick's own play prior to his imprisonment would have caused a massive shift. Wilson, Kaepernick and Griffin are an entirely different breed of quarterback. They can rush too, but the way they each play is a decidedly smarter one. I think that's where Tebow's influence factors in. Despite having an arm that even Chris Redman would laugh at, he was able to scare defenses into backing up and picked up a lot of extra yardage doing it. How he did it, I have no idea. But his MO worked, at least for a little while. Cam Newton is a better passer than Tim Tebow. Newton set the rookie record for passing yards in a season. Tebow didn't even have a 50% completion percentage. Tebow is the run-first QB here. I never said Newton wasn't a better passer than Tebow. Tebow was an extremely one-dimensional player but he was able to make his carries without taking a ridiculous number of hits or throwing a swathe of interceptions. Newton is a better raw talent but he's also not bright enough to be a strong, reliable team leader or to have great adaptability as a player. Also worth noting is that while yes, Newton has an extreme amount of throwing yards, this is only natural when he's relied upon for a heavy amount of plays. He's rushed nearly as much as DeAngelo Williams has and that super-run heavy style does not suit a quarterback in the long term. They take too many hits and decay too quickly in that style. What Denver did was more conservative, and it's been aped in that pick-and-choose-the-run manner with Kaepernick and Wilson. They use their running backs more liberally and stay in the pocket more frequently. Which is more along the lines of what Denver did with Tebow. Only semi-related, but there's one other thing worth taking a look at when analyzing the success of a quarterback and their stats, it is worth looking at who they play against. Newton's stats are deceptive for the same reason the Falcons' wins were deceptive: they play against bad defenses. The NFC South is quite possibly the worst division in the whole NFL in terms of defense and six of Carolina's games each year are against the other three NFC South teams. When Carolina played against good, even average defensive teams (Seattle, Denver, Chicago, etc.) Newton's success was greatly reduced. As
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2013 19:25:53 GMT -5
I remember last year's Harbaugh bowl being actually really entertaining. It wasn't high scoring (Smith, Flacco, ugh...) but the defenses on both teams were very physical and vicious. Even though the results from Sunday night sucked, I'm looking forward to a very brutal Super Bowl between two very hungry teams. The results sucked? Atlanta/New England would have been a terrible game. Pats would have mopped the floor with them. Especially since the Falcons would have had to start Luke McCown.
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