Preseason Week 3: Sunday Games Open Thread

After some erudite discussion of Jonathan Martin’s recent mention of suicidal thoughts, it looks like things are back to normal in my beloved Raider Nation…

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Houston takes on New Orleans at 4 p.m. EST today, followed by Arizona at Oakland at 8 p.m. EST.  Enjoy the limited action today, folks!

 

 

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scotchnaut

Droning on* Andrews appearance!

*Erin

makeitsnowondem

Golden ale with pineapple, jalapeño and honey, aged in tequila barrels, why not?

Old School Zero

I just had a delicious local brown ale. I hope more places start making brown ales.

makeitsnowondem

Agreed. There are just not enough good brown ales.

Bloody Lethal

Brown ales are the bomb. Captain Lawrence Brown Bird Ale local here is great. But yes there needs to be more.

scotchnaut

WHY ARE THEY BLOWING HARBAUGH? WTF?

Old School Zero

These Pennsylvania little leaguers are going to be sent directly to the coal mines, it looks like.

scotchnaut

“Hey! This isn’t 1995.”

-current Pennsylvania Governor

Marc Trestmans Windowless Van

I was thinking of going with this one originally

http://40.media.tumblr.com/0fbf936617aabef828f06936da6ab122/tumblr_nto0alQUQQ1upvh0uo1_1280.jpg

BTW I watch the games, I use the 90 hours of commercial time to look for these

ballsofsteelandfury

Bless you for that!

Old School Zero

GIMME GIMME GIMME!

Old School Zero

I’m totally going to keep my eye out for interesting chips in France, too.

Doktor Zymm

Going to foreign super markets is super fun.

Marc Trestmans Windowless Van
scotchnaut

“like having a picnic in a bag”?

Old School Zero

If your idea of a picnic is guzzling ketchup straight from the family-sized squeeze bottle.

ballsofsteelandfury

The Sophie’s Choice of chips.

ballsofsteelandfury

WTF is Marmite? Is that like Vegemite, but made out of marine creatures?

Old School Zero

I think it’s a similar yeast spread like vegemite.

King Hippo

Or Marmots? Those aren’t allowed within city limits, Dude.

Doktor Zymm

I should have made more of an effort to try weird potato chip flavors when I was travelling in Asia.

http://www.tsunami.hk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/403c3b320dadcd1c070f6e9b2b7d0d1a/1/9/19853f63b6d32eac0bb1988b01e6d513.jpg

scotchnaut

Ummm. I’m kinda interested in cuke chips…

Doktor Zymm

Yeah, pickle chips I get, but I’m really curious how the cucumber would work.

Old School Zero

I definitely had some tasty and interestingly flavored chips while in Beijing. I can’t tell you now what flavors they were, though.

It’s not dessert time yet, so I won’t bring up the far superior Japanese Kit Kats.

ballsofsteelandfury

I had bacon chips in Japan, I think. Holy shit those were good!

Spanky Datass

Remember that time you drunkenly spilled the powder out of a ramen packet on the dirty-ass floor of your dorm then swept it up with your hands then licked your palms? That’s what Greektown Gyro chips taste like.

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King Hippo

I hate to think of what you might be holding back for a touchdown, or a most glorious, game-changing safety.

WOW. JUST….WOW

ballsofsteelandfury

Yes. Sweet Lord yes.

scotchnaut

WHIFF SPIKE!

Doktor Zymm

Shots down the field are fun, shots on the field are better! Gatorade and vodka shooters, totally a good idea.

Mallett is not terribly capable.

King Hippo

I remember watching him in college and thinking he had the best raw potential of any QB I had seen since Elway.

This is a good reminder of just how goddamned stupid I am.

WCS

RE: Ketchup chips

Marc Trestmans Windowless Van

Posted the exact same thing

ballsofsteelandfury

Great minds.

Bloody Lethal

Watched 3 episodes of Narcos on Netflix. Pretty good so far.

King Hippo

I plan to start this at work tomorrow. Wish I knew how to do cool shit with my law degree, like hide money for teh more enlightened cartels.

Christ, it’s an HBO show, they are professional athletes, they can say “fuck” a few times.

Conversely, don’t force it in a faux show of toughness/edginess/grit.

Old School Zero

I just ate chips but I want more chips though I don’t have any more chips and don’t want to leave the house to get more chips but still I want chips so someone go and bring me some chips.

Chips.

ballsofsteelandfury

Ketchup chips?

Old School Zero

New York Reuben

ballsofsteelandfury

Those are tasty. By far the best of this year’s crop.

Old School Zero

I didn’t try any of the others, since I’d heard these were the only ones worth it. And they were. I don’t know if I could say I could taste corned beef, but I could taste rye, sauerkraut, and pickles, and they were satisfying all the way up to the crumbs. 8/10 would buy instead of Ruffles Sour Cream & Cheddar sometimes.

ballsofsteelandfury

That’s high praise indeed because those Ruffles are the shit.

Old School Zero

They are literally crack cocaine.

Bloody Lethal

Who makes these New York Rueben chips?

ballsofsteelandfury

Lay’s. It’s one of the four “suggested” varieties this year.

Marc Trestmans Windowless Van

Anytime anyone mention Ketchup chips I have to listen to this song again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEW-j_OLh5U

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Doktor Zymm

You can’t get chips delivered?

Old School Zero

I COULD walk about two blocks to a convenience store and buy more chips, but my legs just said “FUCK YOU” out loud when I asked them if they wanted to go.

ballsofsteelandfury

On a serious note, why the fuck can’t we have ketchup chips in the US? Is there some secret treaty that says the US will not mass produce maple syrup and in exchange Canada gets to keep all the ketchup chips?

Old School Zero

I know a store a short drive out of town that has Walker’s Crisps and I want to go back there and buy more of those ketchup chips.

Also, Amazon has Walker’s, but at a premium and not on prime.

ballsofsteelandfury

Lucky! Now that I think about it, there is an English bar/pub nearby. I need to go check and see if they have any.

WCS

BIG KETCHUP strikes again.

Bloody Lethal

I live in an extremely Irish section of the Bronx. Chips are like the main dish around here. You can get them slathered in just about anything and brought to you piping hot. Also they’re usually french fries.

Old School Zero

I enjoy those types of chips as well. I would accept delivery of those types of chips, slathered in tastiness or not.

King Hippo

Have you considered a slave?

– J. Richardson

scotchnaut

“Do you have some cardboard somewhere in the house? Good. Shave the box into sliver-thin pieces with a very sharp knife. Arrange the cardboard on a baking sheet. Drizzle with olive oil, then add fresh cracked pepper, salt and if you’re feeling adventurous, a little smoked paprika. Bake in the oven at 420 for fifteen minutes, serve with toilet water salsa. It’s a good thing.”

-from Martha Stewart’s “Best Prison Recipes”

JustStopDude

I swear to god every time I see a picture of Sam Bradford, I think of Wall Eye from Hot Shots…

http://bilder.t-online.de/b/52/86/24/28/id_52862428/920/tid_da/jon-cryer-in-hot-shots-die-mutter-aller-filme-.jpg

Defensive Back Mike Wallace

Never change, McClowns.

Marc Trestmans Windowless Van

Is anyone else having the site stop posting new comments, even if you refresh, Then 15 minutes later it autorefreshes with all the new comments showing?

Doktor Zymm

“Think about the Eagles”
No thanks.

King Hippo

WOO! El Beisbol Donks (who fewer people care about than the Texans) took out the Dirt Stillers, so Most Glorious Baseball Cardinals can re-establish iron curtain 4.5 game lead in Central Europe. Forward, Red Army!

Defensive Back Mike Wallace

If you can’t even out-duel Brian Hoyer, you might as well retire.

I wonder how much penicillin the Gronk household consumes.

WCS

They have a LOT of stock in SmithKlein Beecham.

Bloody Lethal

Gronkowski-brand penicillin. The most trusted name in penicillin.

*Jingle plays* When your penis is illin, take Gronkowski penicillin.

scotchnaut

Does the phrase “by the barrel” mean anything to you?

Marc Trestmans Windowless Van

4th down stop part 2 for Zymm since she wasn’t pleased with my last one

http://s3.amazonaws.com/images.hitfix.com/assets/5628/pratt_abs.gif

Doktor Zymm

Oooh, animated!

Old School Zero

I have to admit these New York Reuben potato chips do a fantastic job of having rye bread, sauerkraut, and pickle flavors present.

Marc Trestmans Windowless Van
Defensive Back Mike Wallace

Good Googly Moogly!

Doktor Zymm

Andrew Luck is frequently confused at horse collar calls. What’s wrong with a couple good horse collars?
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Doktor Zymm

Is this the “McCown Town” I’ve heard so little about?

Defensive Back Mike Wallace

The Capitol of Mediocrity since 2002!

King Hippo

YEAH BOUYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Doktor Zymm

So, I’m not planning on watching the week 4 preseason games. What should I do with my last sober/not consumed by football Sunday until February?

Bloody Lethal

Watch the horse races at Saratoga and make some hearty bets?

Old School Zero

Venture forth and seek greatness away from home.

scotchnaut

Work out all day like the champion that you are.*

*this comment sponsored by Gatorade, Nike, Adidas, The Marines, Walmart, McDonald’s, BMW, GE, Coca-Cola, Kodak, Manulife, Visa, VW, UPS, Panasonic, etc., etc.,

JustStopDude

New Orleans….we exported all our poverty and crime to the surrounding communities and then put in casinos…so come on down to visit!

JustStopDude

Oh fuck the Fox fluffing of JJ Watt.

I cannot wait for it to come out that he beats his girlfriends.

JustStopDude

Honest to god…I have zero clue what week of preseason it is.

Why the fuck is there four games? And why aren’t the rosters increased at least if you are going to have four fucking preseason games so that you don’t see starters hardly at all?

WCS

WCS

John Cena is JJ Watt’s spirit animal.

JustStopDude

Too pale…girl needs some sun…

King Hippo

I would get past it somehow.

JustStopDude
Marc Trestmans Windowless Van
Doktor Zymm

Good stuff, though pretty much everyone looks kind like an ass while checking their phone or taking a selfie.

Defensive Back Mike Wallace

NOLA? Since when did the Saints become a candidate to move to Los Angeles?

JustStopDude

Don’t you remember? They rebuilt New Orleans post Katrina because their dickhead owner decided at the last minute not to leave the city.

Marc Trestmans Windowless Van

Bullshit call. That was a catch.

Doktor Zymm

Do you “opalogize” for the thread dupe?

Hehe “opalogize”

Marc Trestmans Windowless Van
scotchnaut

Shayne Graham is gone?

Marc Trestmans Windowless Van
Marc Trestmans Windowless Van

Ok, I was doing nothing anyways. I turned on this game.

JustStopDude

Greetings ladies and gentlemen. I hope you and yours are doing well.

I got to spend a week in a mental hospital this week. I think that Houston’s QB situation should be good.

I am on a LOT of Xanax….I should have Rick Smith’s job!

Marc Trestmans Windowless Van

And one for the other thread

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The Maestro

HOW THE FUCK YOU DOIN’, BOYS?

I just got back from vacation – home to Nova Scotia for a week, and I didn’t get killed or arrested by Jim Lahey or George Green, so it was a pretty good week all in all.

What’d I miss?

Horatio Cornblower

If we’re going to have two open threads I’m going with the one with the half-nekkid hot chick.

Old School Zero

in this thread.

scotchnaut

said!

WCS

Is this the other thread’s non-union, Mexican counterpart?

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