Month: October 2017

Your “I Learned It By Watching You!” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob -
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NFL News: Martavis Bryant has publicly said he wants out of Pittsburgh. The once-suspended WR says that if Pittsburgh won't use him, then they should trade him - or else he will play out his contract and move on. His rookie deal pays him $600,000 this year & $700,000 in

Its Bye time for the Texans and Houston

Duchess -
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/insert witty paragraph //insert asinine youtube clip #content   Now let's get down to business! What I Said "The fanbase is achieving sentience as they are starting to talk about rookie Deshaun Watson and how long Tom Savage will keep the starting spot warm for him." Half a game, Savage lasted half a game. Since then Watson has

25 Questions About….

ballsofsteelandfury -
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This Actually, it's really about this Allow me to explain.  Around the DFO water cooler,  Litre_ cola suggested that we rename the Houston Texans. We did this already with The Washington Redacteds and it makes sense to me since Deshaun Watson has proven to be really good and may actually push the

Your “Huh – A Quality Monday Night Game. How’d That Happen?” Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob -
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NFL News: Ezekiel Elliott gets to play Sunday against the [Redacteds]. The NFL was denied an expedited preliminary injunction in advance of the October 30th hearing into their appeal of the injunction related to a different appeal. The earliest Zeke can be sidelined is November 5th. Vontaze Burfict will not be

Instant Hippo Thoughts – Week 7, 2017

King Hippo -
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There was a lot of bad football played yesterday (even if you don't count fookin' Everton).  Wanna talk about it?  Here it goes. There is deep voodoo, whereby Jacksonville is awesome on odd weeks, and dogshit on even weeks.  There is no other commonality to explain it, and all seven data

Your [Is Buried By The Media’s “REMATCH/REVENGE!” Word Avalanche]

scotchnaut -
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[digs his way past words 'miraculous', 'letdown', 'poise', 'collapse', 'disappointment', 'validation', 'comeback', 'dynasty', 'believe', etc.-breeches the surface] [gasps for breath] Goddamn it! [brushes assorted superlatives off the front of his shirt] Some of those letters have some really sharp edges! Where the hell is the St. Bernard with the brandy, for

Your “We’re Just Hitting Our Stride” Late Afternoon NFL Joy Joy Thread

theeWeeBabySeamus -
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As the afternoon slate kicks in, we're just hitting our stride...   So join me as we gracefully move into the next phase of the day. Together, nothing can stop us... Aside from moderately sized obstacles. Drinking helps... Also acceptable...   - Cowboy @ Niners (+6.0, o/u 48.5) The Niners have been close to breaking through (5 straight losses by

Your “Gonna Get High, Gonna Have Some Fun” Saturday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob -
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  Hope you all had yourselves a lovely day. The rain has finally returned (with a vengeance) to Vancouver. The highlight has been the traffic broadcasts; there was one point this week where the local newsradio reporter just gave up & said, "What's wrong with people?" For example: we have this