NFL Playoffs

[HudsonHawk]

'92 Oilers...move over and meet the 2013 Kansas City Chiefs.

[BudGirl]

Chiefs have been hit hard with injuries. Charles, Avery,  Flowers.

And Luck is a little better than Reich.

[BudGirl]

Davis is out know too.

[Limey]

Barwin and Ryans have secured a deal with the DEBBEL.  

I am rooting for the Eggles (sic) this post season.

[remy]

I am rooting for the Eggles (sic) this post season.

That was short lived.

(and I think it's spelled Iggles)

[HudsonHawk]

Chiefs have been hit hard with injuries. Charles, Avery,  Flowers.

And Luck is a little better than Reich.

They still choked on their own dicks.

[Mr. Happy]

 

I am rooting for the Eggles (sic) this post season.

And a hearty who fucking dat to you, sir.

[remy]

Man, I can't believe Phil Dawson is still around.  I was at this game what feels like 50 years ago, and here he is still winning games with his foot.

[Limey]

Man, I can't believe Phil Dawson is still around.  I was at this game what feels like 50 years ago, and here he is still winning games with his foot.

See also Graham, Shane*.


* Not better than Bullock, Randy**.


** Per Kubiak, Gary.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

A couple of exciting "rival" games today to decide who goes to the Super Bowl. Brady vs Manning, Kaepernick vs Wilson, Harbaugh vs Carroll, Belichick vs the World. I don't care much about who wins but I'm picking San Francisco and New England to win and kind of hope I'm wrong on both counts.

[HudsonHawk]

Three things we learned tonight...

1.  The league is in tank for Seattle.
2.  Richard Sherman is a jackass.
3.  The NFL replay rules are a complete fucking joke.

[BudGirl]

Three things we learned tonight...

1.  The league is in tank for Seattle.
2.  Richard Sherman is a jackass.
3.  The NFL replay rules are a complete fucking joke.

1. The league didn't throw interceptions.
2. Gore couldn't run the ball.
3. Sherman may be a jackals but I'd let him play corner on my team.

[HudsonHawk]

1. The league didn't throw interceptions.
2. Gore couldn't run the ball.
3. Sherman may be a jackals but I'd let him play corner on my team.

1.  No, but every call, no matter ridiculous, went Seattle's way.  There is nothing you can say to convince me that game was legit all the way.
2.  Kaepernick is not the savior the 49ers thought.
3.  Of course you would.  You're a Cowboy fan.  You're used to asshattery.

[BudGirl]

Weak and you can keep whining about your backs then.

[HudsonHawk]

Weak and you can keep whining about your backs then.

Huh?

[BudGirl]

Huh?

Defensive backs. You can keep those you have since you wouldn't want a player with Sherman's talent on your team.

So does the NFL give the game to Manning or Wilson?

[HudsonHawk]

Defensive backs. You can keep those you have since you wouldn't want a player with Sherman's talent on your team.

1.  "I" don't have any.
2.  I never said I wouldn't want someone with Sherman's talent on my team or anything remotely in the same universe as that.

So does the NFL give the game to Manning or Wilson?

Manning.  Unless they decide to move the game to Seattle.

[BudGirl]

1.  "I" don't have any.
2.  I never said I wouldn't want someone with Sherman's talent on my team or anything remotely in the same universe as that.

Manning.  Unless they decide to move the game to Seattle.

You lost money on the 49ers, didn't you?  That's why you are tossing weak "I" and "your a cowboy fan" comments.  Better luck next time.  You knew what I meant but you believe you are better than everyone else.  Regardless I'm glad the 49ers lost and I knew better than to comment in any thread regarding football with you.

[HudsonHawk]

You lost money on the 49ers, didn't you?  That's why you are tossing weak "I" and "your a cowboy fan" comments.  Better luck next time.  You knew what I meant but you believe you are better than everyone else.  Regardless I'm glad the 49ers lost and I knew better than to comment in any thread regarding football with you.

1.  I'm glad the 49ers lost too.
2.  There are people who can help you with your self loathing about being a Cowboy fan.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Justin Verlander regarding Richard Sherman, "If he played baseball would get a high and tight fastball."

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

I'm trying to figure out what, besides Super Bowl bound teams, do Colorado and Washington have in common?

[Ron Brand]

Posnanski weighs in.

[Limey]

Posnanski weighs in.

There's a few of these articles floating around now.  Makes sense to me.

See also: Huge, Fuckin'.

[chuck]

I'm trying to figure out what, besides Super Bowl bound teams, do Colorado and Washington have in common?

A shared passion for hacky sack I think is what you're looking for.

If Sherman's outburst is the first step in doing away with the inane, pointless and frankly insulting practice of having a sideline "reporter" then I'm all for it.

[Bench]

A shared passion for hacky sack I think is what you're looking for.

There are some very high correlations.

[geezerdonk]

High is right.

[Ty in Tampa]

If Sherman's outburst is the first step in doing away with the inane, pointless and frankly insulting practice of having a sideline "reporter" then I'm all for it.

You're kidding, right? That was TV gold! Expect to see 3 reporters per sideline now.

[chuck]

There are some very high correlations.

Which result from baked-in assumptions.

[Bench]

If Sherman's outburst is the first step in doing away with the inane, pointless and frankly insulting practice of having a sideline "reporter" then I'm all for it.

Like Sherman in Atlanta, here is Sherman on Skip Bayless.  If Richard Sherman's plan is to lay waste to all pointless sports media he's got my full support.

[chuck]

You're kidding, right? That was TV gold! Expect to see 3 reporters per sideline now.

That useless nozzle couldn't even keep the rant going. Just when things were about to get good she sent it back up to dicknose. Fucking useless.

I'd rather have that fat fucker that CBS uses on the sideline. He's a former player and every three or four games or so he says something that actually pertains to the contest. If I wanted to listen to stupid drivel and see bad haircuts I could just watch Sean Hannity.

[Bench]

Posnanski weighs in.

Sherman weighs in, himself

A lot of what I said to Andrews was adrenaline talking, and some of that was Crabtree. I just don’t like him.

[Limey]

Sherman weighs in, himself

A lot of what I said to Andrews was adrenaline talking, and some of that was Crabtree. I just don’t like him.

The comments sections is pretty spectacular: a lot of people acting superior, and coming off way worse.

[Bench]

The comments sections is pretty spectacular: a lot of people acting superior, and coming off way worse.

Dan Meyers:  You are a thug and a scumbag. And you are black. You give all blacks a bad name because, as whites, this is what we think all blacks are like even if they act civilized, wear a suit and conduct themselves properly. Monkey outbursts like this confirm our suspicions and make us detest and loath you more than we did.

That's a breathtaking embrace of ignorance.   

[Limey]

That's a breathtaking embrace of ignorance.   

Stop making me racist by doing things that allow me to interpret your actions negatively through my own racist prism!

[subnuclear]

I think I'm going over to my competitors office today and tell him they piss me off and that I'm the greatest physicist in town. Hopefully, Erin Andrews will be there to interview me.

[Limey]

I think I'm going over to my competitors office today and tell him they piss me off and that I'm the greatest physicist in town. Hopefully, Erin Andrews will be there to interview me.

Here ya go

[HudsonHawk]

Here ya go

I'm sure many find that "refreshing".

[Bench]

Here ya go

And there are those who thought uni-finger ice skating would never catch on. 

[geezerdonk]

Dan Meyers:  You are a thug and a scumbag. And you are black. You give all blacks a bad name because, as whites, this is what we think all blacks are like even if they act civilized, wear a suit and conduct themselves properly. Monkey outbursts like this confirm our suspicions and make us detest and loath you more than we did.

That's a breathtaking embrace of ignorance.   

He meant to say that he is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy.

[Mr. Happy]

I didn't hear what Sherman had to say. From what I've seen of the reactions to his rant on Twitter and elsewhere, I don't want to see it.

[HudsonHawk]

I didn't hear what Sherman had to say. From what I've seen of the reactions to his rant on Twitter and elsewhere, I don't want to see it.

It started after the last real play of the game, where Sherman made the play to secure the win.  He ran up to Michael Crabtree, spun him around and did a choking guesture in Crabtree's face.  That earned him a taunting penalty, but it didn't matter.  After the game Erin Andrews asked him to describe the last play.  Instead, he yelled into the microphone:

"I'm the best corner in the game.  When you try me with a sorry receiver like Crabtree, that's the result you're gonna get!  Don't you ever talk about me!  Don't you open your mouth about the best or I'm gonna shut it for you real quick!"

It wasn't obscene or anything, it was just about as poor as sportsmanship as you'll ever see at any level.

And this is not an isolated incident.  He has a habit of confronting and taunting opposing players after the game during the post-game handshakes.  Some people like that, I guess.

[Limey]

He even gatecrashed the QBs on Facebook:

RICHARD SHERMAN:  BOW DOWN BEFORE THE “LEGION OF BOOM,” BITCHES!

EVERY NON-SEAHAWK FAN IN AMERICA Immediately decides to root for Denver

PHILIP RIVERS:  Richard Sherman? Trash-talking, opponent taunting, Erin Andrews traumatizing Seahawks cornerback?

RICHARD SHERMAN:  Not to mention the BEST DB IN THE GAME, DICKNUTS.

RICHARD SHERMAN:  WHEN YOU MATCH ME UP AGAINST A SORRY RECEIVER LIKE MICHAEL CRABTREE, IMMA WHIP HIS ASS ON NATIONAL TV AND THEN CALL HIM NAMES WHILE HIS MAMA WATCHES

DARTH VADER:  BOOOOO!

LORD VOLDEMORT:  HISSSSSS!

BILL BELICHICK:  HE’S SO EVIL!

[Bench]

And this is not an isolated incident.  He has a habit of confronting and taunting opposing players after the game during the post-game handshakes.  Some people like that, I guess.

Must be a Stanford thing.

[BizidyDizidy]

Good read on Sherman

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1208083/1/index.htm

[HudsonHawk]

Good read on Sherman

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1208083/1/index.htm

Growing up poor is no excuse for behaving like a jackass.  Sherman's story is well documented.  He's a bright guy.  He's an excellent football player.  He's also a first-rate douchebag.

[Mr. Happy]

Must be a Stanford thing.

I see and like what you did there, counselor. /golf clap/

[GreatBagwellsBeard]

Personally, I thought this was the most reasonable interpretation.

[Bench]

Personally, I thought this was the most reasonable interpretation.

That's awesome. 

[chuck]

L.L. BEAN!

[Mr. Happy]

Personally, I thought this was the most reasonable interpretation.

That was so grand that I actually also ran the actual interview. I'd love to be able to buy Sherman for what he's worth and sell him for what he thinks that he's worth.

[chuck]

That was so grand that I actually also ran the actual interview. I'd love to be able to buy Sherman for what he's worth and sell him for what he thinks that he's worth.

You wouldn't be making very much money.

[Mr. Happy]

You wouldn't be making very much money.

That wouldn't be the first time!!!

[Bench]

Here's a more complete video of Sherman surrounding the "thuggish" outburst.

[HudsonHawk]

Here's a more complete video of Sherman surrounding the "thuggish" outburst.

I still don't believe for a second that Sherman was trying to contratulate Crabtree or be sportsmanlike in any way.  Just like I didn't see Sherman running down Tom Brady after the game with the "you mad, bro?" shit to be particularly genuine and heart felt.

[chuck]

Here's a more complete video of Sherman surrounding the "thuggish" outburst.

Something' been bugging me about this and I just now figured out what it is. There' more than a little Antoine Dodson in Sherman's played-up anger.

[Bench]

Something' been bugging me about this and I just now figured out what it is. There' more than a little Antoine Dodson in Sherman's played-up anger.

Surely he can't just pray the gay away!

[NeilT]

Something' been bugging me about this and I just now figured out what it is. There' more than a little Antoine Dodson in Sherman's played-up anger.

There may be a wee bit of Cassius Clay.