Your Footy/Football Sunday Open Thread (w/bonus mini NFC Championship preview!)

I’m not gonna lie, no matter the announcers of the game between Brady and Rodgers (and really, that’s pretty much everyone that’s playing) the amount of ball-washing that’s going to take place just turns me off. They’re both unlikeable folk and it’s merely a matter of degrees. Aw hell, it’ll probably be on in the background and I’ll probably be right here because I can’t quit you guys.

So I guess while we wait for that to unfold the soccer dudes can fill the void. A very quick peek at the tilts on offer tell me that Cola’s Fulham plays Burnley, that rockingdog’s Chelsea is at Luton and ManU and Liverpool are going to go at it. Perhaps others could tell us what they’re watching on ye olde telly or what’s being read or done. Otherwise… [shoulders slump]

TO THE GAME!

Bucs/Packers:

-A.B is out for this one but perhaps more importantly (for Tampa) Vita Vea is in. Who’s he? He’s a man mountain space-eater guy that plays nose tackle and clogs up the running game. His contribution to stopping the run game is not insignificant and he can also get after the qb. He’s missed the last thirteen games so I’m not sure how many snaps he’ll get.

-Yes, the Packers have played well but they have done so against the league’s easiest schedule. They’ve only beaten three teams that ended the season with a winning record. (I don’t recall them moving to the NFC East though, huh)

-Much has been made of the first game played between these two-the end result being Rodgers’ worst game of the year by far.

-How did the Bucs do it? They blitzed. And blitzed. They went balls-out 21 times and the Packers averaged 1.9 yards per play. Everyone knows what Aaron can do from a clean, unobstructed pocket so the Bucs got it all dirty and such.

Have at it.

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Doktor Zymm

If you named someone Bentley Mercedes Wiessman they would be named after 4 luxury cars

Don T

Ted Thompson is rolling in his grave. Hey kids!
-M. Chmura

Horatio Cornblower

The Rick Rude arm wrestling story is even better, because they scammed a bunch of Alabama cops.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9EjSZqiqB0

Spur

If Rodgers spleen explodes on this drive I’ll cum in my shorts

Old School Zero

*jorts

Don T

So, Mike McCarthy: enjoying the game!
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Gatoraids

Wool boy now we know how he got the job in Dallas

hippofant

I won’t lie, I thought the Rams (if healthy) would be a tougher matchup for the Packers than the Buccs.

The Packers just seem half-asleep out there.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I do think it’s pretty funny that a guy with BRAT in his name scored like that in front of the Green Bay crowd.

Don T

The “e” at the end make him too fancy. Ham-and-eggers!

Horatio Cornblower

I can’t wait until the Cowboys hire Green Bay’s secondary coach to replace McCarthy.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I blame myself for momentarily thinking it would be cool to have a blue state vs. blue state Super Bowl.

Brocky

after that shit they pulled in 2016 wisconsin doesn’t deserve nice things

Spur

Wide Open in the endzone.
Get fucked Cheeseheads!

Gatoraids

Green bay secondary coach Dr Faucii is taking the new strain seriously and recommending a 12 foot distance from receivers

Brocky

oh what’s that green bay? over using that lame wheel route backfired for once?

hippofant

Wheel route? That was a crosser with picks.

Brocky

listen if its not a slant or a post you can pretty safely bet I don’t know what the hell its calles

LemonJello

Green Bay receivers can expect the silent treatment all off season if this keeps happening.

Old School Zero

CHEESE CURDS ARE FOR CLOSERS

Horatio Cornblower

Aaron Rodgers hasn’t been this let down since State Farm started offering a family discount.

Brocky

Banner!

rockingdog

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Spur

haha, I love it.

Go Bucs!

litre_cola

Roh Roh A-A ron

Old School Zero

Welllllllp

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

It’s pretty disappointing that they didn’t use a Taco Charlton play for that Postmates taco.

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Senor Weaselo

Goddamnit, we’re gonna get Brady still tormenting the AFC East in the Owl aren’t we

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I’d be fine with that.

Horatio Cornblower

I don’t like the QBs or teams still playing for various reasons, but I actually consider Brady winning the lesser evil, for me anyway, because up here in New England heads are going to explode if Brady win a Super Bowl the year after leaving the P*ts, especially with the P*ts going 7-9 and, by all appearances, being good and fucked for the foreseeable future.

litre_cola

Sounds delicious.

Horatio Cornblower

Oh, it will be a fine eating indeed, although I don’t think the Harvard contingent shall enjoy it quite as much as us Princeton men.

-J. Garrett

Senor Weaselo

Brady is the greater of the two evils. And yes that’s saying something with my fandom vs. Boston sports teams.

Brick Meathook

Brady and Gronk in the Super Bowl with Tampa Bay would be shoving a log up every asshole in New England.

Redshirt

Its actually poetic that the Bills’ final boss would be Tom Brady. You can’t become a Jedi Knight until you face Darth Vader.

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rockingdog

thats right

Cecil Rhodes

It would be great to see the Bills get there, but I think we’ll get Brady-Mahomes instead.

King Hippo

Footy Manager it is FOAR Hippo, fuck off reality

Cecil Rhodes

Crazy to think that none of that would have happened if the referees had called the hold on Murphy-Bunting on the pick. Should be one hell of a second half.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Team in green completely blows coverage against a nautical-themed team to give up a deep touchdown? I think this might be a rerun.
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Old School Zero

That TD pass was so rude it airbrushed your wife’s face on its tights

Horatio Cornblower

Oh man, what a call back!
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Old School Zero

One of the greatest.

Horatio Cornblower

Related, still shocked he died from cocaine and steroids exploding his heart. Just totally came out of nowhere.

Spur

My favorite wrestler. They just dont make’em like that anymore

Horatio Cornblower

“I would like all you disgusting (insert Midwestern State he was insulting here) fat slobs to shut up for a minute so the women here can get a look at a real man!”

Old School Zero

Fun Fact: My mom didn’t like wrestling, but he was her favorite wrestler.

Horatio Cornblower

And your Dad’s least.

Old School Zero

He was too drunk, high, or absent to ever know or care. Thankfully.

Horatio Cornblower

/steps awkwardly out of room

Old School Zero

Wait, come back, I have abandonment issues!

Horatio Cornblower

There’s also a great story about how Curt Hennig would challenge guys in bars to arm wrestling contests, and he’d lose because he wasn’t very good at it. Then he’d bet that they couldn’t beat his buddy “Rick”, who was smaller than Curt, (who also blew his heart out), and bet more money.

Rude was some kind of arm wrestling champion before pro wrestling and would just annihilate anyone dumb enough to take the bet.

litre_cola

This should be banner on Wednesday nights.

litre_cola

Miller caught that and looked acted like he scored in the World Cup.

Redshirt

(Green Bay Defense removes their helmets)

New York Jets Defense: “Its was us, Green Bay!”
Aaron Rodgers: “Aw, son-of-a-bitch!”
New York Jets Defense: “Its was us all along!”
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King Hippo

OK then, so I won’t be watching the Owl. Maybe I will just skip Bills/Chefs too.

The Maestro

And when Miller made that TD catch, he thought to himself, “Finally… Scotty knows. I’m free of that fucking song at last.”

Horatio Cornblower

And Brocky thought I was the one with a joke in his back pocket, just waiting for the right moment to whip it out.
/Is immediately fired by the Mets

LemonJello

Cornblower Estate, artist’s concept:

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Fun fact: There are the exact same number of letters in “That’s My Raiders!” and “That’s My Packers!”.

LemonJello

Spin off series?

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I was going to do a “That’s My Bombers!” where everything was upside-down and they were actually competent but they ended up falling to pieces so I had to scrap it.

Spur

Packers Defense too busy trying to get Rodgers in the field they forget to defend

Don T

When did Green Bay become a Mike McCarthy covers band?

Horatio Cornblower

He’s like mold, you can scrub and scrub and scrub and no matter how clean and shiny things look he’s still lurking in the crevices and infecting everything around him.

WCS

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Gatoraids

Carole King in coverage because he was So Far Away

Col. Duke LaCross

Wow, that’s a ballsy fucking play there.

Dunstan

Is Gregg Williams the Packers’ DC?

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Yeah, who ever would have thought they would have taken a shot at the end zone there. Nobody possibly could have predicted that.

LemonJello

Meteor can hit Lambeau Field any time now…

Spur

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

litre_cola

As someone with the Bucs ML, I approve this message.

litre_cola

Holy Shit

Spur

Big balls on these Bucs

clint greasewood

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Dunstan

Of course you don’t punt here, that’s just strange

WCS

“Say what?”

— Mike M., Dallas, TX

Spur

Rodgers doesnt mind when JPP sacks him. Since only three fingers go up his ass.

Redshirt

Aaron Rodgers hasn’t been hit by two men that hard since…I’m being told that joke is not longer acceptable in today’s culture.

Horatio Cornblower

/Buddy Cole has entered the chat

Gatoraids

Fingers crushing heads for the kids n the hall resurrection

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Spur

have you meant today’s cultured bunch?

litre_cola

Pickerception!

Horatio Cornblower

Much like our Southern forefathers, JP Pierre is gettin’ it done with 3/5 of what everyone else has got.

Brocky

… how long you been waiting to make this joke?

Horatio Cornblower

1776 or so.

Redshirt

I just want to be there in the Constitutional Convention for that debate. If anything its a nice foreshadowing: “I have more property so I deserve more of a voice in Congress than you do.”

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Someone – was it Madison, I think? – actually said it out loud. If not for slave-based accounting the South would never have had a voice in the new government.

WCS

My bad, coach.

Dolph Ucker

L A Z A R D !

King Hippo

REMINDER – Rapey Jameis won TEN GAMES last season with this supporting cast, despite throwing a pickerception like every 5th pass…

Redshirt

…uh, check your notes, Hippo. I got seven games.

Jameis Winston Stats | Pro-Football-Reference.com (pro-football-reference.com)

King Hippo

don’t talk cents 2 me, I m very high

hippofant

Is that leadership from Rodgers? That just sounded like math.

King Hippo

Richarlison DAGGER!!

knows the NFC is still gon’ ruin my day

Horatio Cornblower

/Turns on game

Oh look, Brady crying about a non-call that no other QB could even dream of getting, except maybe the guy he’s playing against today

/decides to go to the bathroom and read the entire Sunday NY Times instead

TheRevanchist

I am turning on Dora and the Lost City of Gold. So, might as well read that news.

Horatio Cornblower

If Coronado couldn’t find it I don’t know what chance an 8-year-old and a talking monkey have.

Brick Meathook

It snowed in Malibu yesterday! And I mean atmospheric precipitation, not cocaine (that’s everyday snow in Malibu).

litre_cola