NFL '15 Season Thread
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Go Seahawks!!
A sad day for Detroit Lions fans everywhere, Charlie Sanders passed away today after a seven-month battle with cancer. He was 68.
Sanders will be most remembered for his Hall-of-Fame playing career. He played 10 seasons for the Lions (1968-77), finished his career with 336 catches for 4,817 yards,
and retired as the team's all-team leader in receptions. As a player, he was an outstanding pass catcher in an era of blocking tight ends. He never had more than 42 receptions
in a season or 656 yards, but made seven Pro Bowls and wowed the fans with his hands and athleticism.
A third-round pick out of Minnesota in 1968, Sanders was selected to the all-decade team of the 1970s and the Lions' 75th anniversary team. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame
in 2007, and chose Lions owner William Clay Ford to give his induction speech.
Off the field, the Charlie Sanders Foundation, provided scholarships to high school students in Michigan and North Carolina and most recently raised funds for student heart-check programs, a cause
he took up after hearing the stories of Wes Leonard and Chris Keenist, the son of Lions senior vice president of communications Bill Keenist who was forced to give up football because of an undiagnosed
heart condition. There was no one that was more selfless and more giving than Charlie Sanders.
R.I.P. Charlie Sanders
Sanders will be most remembered for his Hall-of-Fame playing career. He played 10 seasons for the Lions (1968-77), finished his career with 336 catches for 4,817 yards,
and retired as the team's all-team leader in receptions. As a player, he was an outstanding pass catcher in an era of blocking tight ends. He never had more than 42 receptions
in a season or 656 yards, but made seven Pro Bowls and wowed the fans with his hands and athleticism.
A third-round pick out of Minnesota in 1968, Sanders was selected to the all-decade team of the 1970s and the Lions' 75th anniversary team. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame
in 2007, and chose Lions owner William Clay Ford to give his induction speech.
Off the field, the Charlie Sanders Foundation, provided scholarships to high school students in Michigan and North Carolina and most recently raised funds for student heart-check programs, a cause
he took up after hearing the stories of Wes Leonard and Chris Keenist, the son of Lions senior vice president of communications Bill Keenist who was forced to give up football because of an undiagnosed
heart condition. There was no one that was more selfless and more giving than Charlie Sanders.
R.I.P. Charlie Sanders
So I guess clubs are going to start including "No Fireworks" clauses in contracts. It's been a really weird offseason.
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on...-pierre-paul-has-right-index-finger-amputated
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on...ilson-suffers-hand-injury-in-fireworks-injury
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on...-pierre-paul-has-right-index-finger-amputated
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on...ilson-suffers-hand-injury-in-fireworks-injury
My preseason prediction for the Superbowl is the packers and the colts. I just died a little inside since neither of them are my team. I know its a long shot that both teams that lost their conference championship games last year will make it to the Superbowl the next season, but that's my prediction.
Yeah, I'm sick of hearing about it.
What would be funny is if Jimmy Garoppolo absolutely lights it up for those 4 games and the team decides to stick with him after Brady comes back.
Drew Bledsoe would approve.
Not a rule just ancient advise.
If it was me investigating Brady I would have suspended him until he produces that phone data. No data, no job in the NFL.
The same CBA which allowed Goodell to act as arbiter of the appeal (despite the obvious lack of impartiality) also states that the NFL has no authority to require a player to turn over personal communications. If Roger's gonna' stick to the letter of the law then you can't exactly punish Brady for doing the same.
Funny bit of irony: Goodell himself refused to turn over his phone during the Ray Rice investigation when the issue of whether he had seen the security camera footage before making his initial ruling came up.
He did turn over the phone data. Goodell even acknowledges that in his statement, it's just buried at the end. Of course, the media has conveniently decided to ignore it.
Funny bit of irony: Goodell himself refused to turn over his phone during the Ray Rice investigation when the issue of whether he had seen the security camera footage before making his initial ruling came up.
He did turn over the phone data. Goodell even acknowledges that in his statement, it's just buried at the end. Of course, the media has conveniently decided to ignore it.
Ace Boobtoucher
Founder and Captain of the Douchepatrol
Ace Boobtoucher
Founder and Captain of the Douchepatrol
Watching the HoF inductions and there's only one clear thought popping into my head: Jerome Bettis' wife is fucking gorgeous.
Kelvin Benjamin tears ACL, out for season.
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on...in-benjamin-tears-acl-expected-to-miss-season
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on...in-benjamin-tears-acl-expected-to-miss-season
Ace Boobtoucher
Founder and Captain of the Douchepatrol
Never shower with Tom Brady. That's Tom Brady, right?
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