NFL Offseason Thread

[Kinetic 0]

Former Chargers safety Terrence Kiel died Friday night in a car accident. He was 27.

 

The accident occurred in the Scripps Ranch area of San Diego. A witness told police that Kiel was driving a 2004 Chevy sedan the wrong way before losing control and rolling it. Kiel was ejected from the vehicle.

 

Kiel was a second-round pick in the 2003 draft. He appeared in every game in 2003 and 2004, 12 in 2005, and 15 in 2006.

 

The Chargers released him in 2007 after he pleaded guilty to sending codeine-laced cough syrup to Houston, presumably for use as the main ingredient in the beverage known as “lean” or “purple drank.” No other team signed him.

 

Tears in heaven:

 

Sippin' on some sizurp, sip, sippin' on some, sip

 

I'm trill, working the wheel

A pimp not a simp

Keep the dope fiends higher than the Goodyear Blimp

We eat so many shrimp

I got iodine poisoning

Punk niggas make me sick with all the pinchin and bargaining

You say that you a boss

I ain't believing that shit

You got tha funny Geneva watch, with the Ferrari kit

Take that monkey shit off, you embarrassing us

I got the red promethazine, pink, orange, and yellow tuss

Hydrocodone, on a hands-free phone

The '84 brougham, on them blades, 20-inch chrome

If you got 16, you can get a fizurth

I'm choking on that doja sweet and sipping on that sizurp

 

Niggas scared to flaunt it, some niggas they want it want it

Some niggas they jonin jonin, but I be fucked up up on it

Well we're the Mafia 6, and we ain't bout that bullshit

If we gon' get high we gon' get high, and we gon' house a bitch

Two niggas all at the mouth, two niggas all at the ass

And plus there's some type of niggas

dick hard all night and she cool with that

She popped her a pill of X, and drank on some orange juice

And just when you thought she was freaky she done got super loose

Niggas come in by threes and deuce, all in circles like duck-duck-goose

All it wanted, can flaunted, she on that X and the tootie fruit

40 dollars for just one ounce

Tussionex is how its pronounced

Niggas sipping and dipping and tripping, man I'm bout all out

 

Sippin' on some sizurp, sip, sippin' on some, sip

 

People always asking me, "Me the Three 6 high on that"

Rolling on them X pills, stutterin pup-pup powder packs

Woah-wuh where the weed at, ain't like that we need that

Nyquil to slow me down, something that keep me easy

Nothing like that yella yella that'll have you ithin man

Talking like you "What's up, fool?" Vocal chords sounding lame

In my days all we did was cheif out on the quarter pound

Gone on coke, eyes are buck, this the shit'll knock you down

Knock you out, make you fall asleep when you're on them wheels

Ain't no doubt, hit me when I beep, for this re-fill

Once again, on my weekly high, gotta have that drank

Yeah my nigga, Gino, I feel like I'm gonna fucking faint

 

 

Say nigga, tell me what you know bout Frank Nito or Young Guido

Pual and Vito, we play a tune thats sweeter than pedito

With my Three 6 niggas pourin up in my southern creedo

Quick fast, we'll put it on your ass like John Vito

Cause you fronting rap singer, be creamy like a Zinger

You ain't from the major boy, but you gets the middle finger

Humdanger, rum dranker, occaisionally take

Your bitch to the Tilly and be a dick and cum slanger

When Big Bun come danger, nigga ring your alarm

Sexy thang on my arm, cup of drank in my palm

And that crazy shit, I'm tripping on some skinny bitches

Some that wholesome, Florida to Folsom

For the most I'm steady sippin' on some

 

Sippin' on some sizurp, sip, sippin' on some, sip

[Broward83 0]

July 7, 2008, 1:27PM

NBC football show to reunite Patrick, Olbermann

Classic SportsCenter duo will join Football Night in America team this fall

 

By DAVID BARRON

 

Keith Olbermann and Dan Patrick are getting the band back together again.

 

NBC announced today that Patrick will join Olbermann on NBC's Football Night in America this fall, reuniting the classic 1990s paring from ESPN's SportsCenter.

 

Patrick and Olbermann will work alongside host Bob Costas, Cris Collinsworth, Tiki Barber, Jerome Bettis and Peter King on the football show.

 

Dick Ebersol, chairman of NBC Sports and Olympics, said Patrick will contribute to Football Night, to the Super Bowl when NBC has the Super Bowl and to Olympics coverage beginning with the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.

[2GOLD 0]

July 7, 2008, 1:27PM

NBC football show to reunite Patrick, Olbermann

Classic SportsCenter duo will join Football Night in America team this fall

 

By DAVID BARRON

 

Keith Olbermann and Dan Patrick are getting the band back together again.

 

NBC announced today that Patrick will join Olbermann on NBC's Football Night in America this fall, reuniting the classic 1990s paring from ESPN's SportsCenter.

 

Patrick and Olbermann will work alongside host Bob Costas, Cris Collinsworth, Tiki Barber, Jerome Bettis and Peter King on the football show.

 

Dick Ebersol, chairman of NBC Sports and Olympics, said Patrick will contribute to Football Night, to the Super Bowl when NBC has the Super Bowl and to Olympics coverage beginning with the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.

 

 

Find a way to add Charley Steiner to the mix and ESPN can kiss my backside on Sunday night for highlights.

[KingPK 0]

I like Patrick and all, but Olbermann has become a condescending douchebag since those days and I hated his little segment last year.

[Guest !!!]

If NBC adds one more person to its pregame show, I'm going to need a second TV to fit them all. I was actually hoping that they'd downplay Olbermann's involvement for the 2008 season, since there's sort of a campaign and election happening during the first two months of football season and theoretically he should be too busy being the face of their news department to do highlights of that day's Broncos/Raiders game. Oh well. Countdown with Keith Olbermann airs every weekday night at 8p Eastern/7p Central, then a replay at 10/9 Central, then a third fucking time after that. Don't miss it. Back to you, Bob, Cris, Dan, Peter, Tiki, Al, John, Andrea, Superstar, Deltoid from the planet Homunculus, The American Dream, Famous Mortimer, and THE BUS.

[Mike wanna be 0]

Back to you, Bob, Cris, Dan, Peter, Tiki, Al, John, Andrea, Superstar, Deltoid from the planet Homunculus, The American Dream, Famous Mortimer, and THE BUS.

Hee-ah we thee the Thaints runnin back, mistah Reggie Bush, hee-ah he goes takesa handoff froma Drew Brees, there he go gettin funky like a munky jukin by defendahs...

 

I'd watch that.

[CanadianChris 0]

Back to you, Bob, Cris, Dan, Peter, Tiki, Al, John, Andrea, Superstar, Deltoid from the planet Homunculus, The American Dream, Famous Mortimer, and THE BUS.

Hee-ah we thee the Thaints runnin back, mistah Reggie Bush, hee-ah he goes takesa handoff froma Drew Brees, there he go gettin funky like a munky jukin by defendahs...now he be in the cleah gonna TAKE IT TO THE PAY WINDAH!

 

I'd watch that.

Perfect.

[Kinetic 0]

Trent Dilfer has retired.

 

But has he really, though? I mean, this guy's won as many Super Bowls as Favre. What if he gets the bug?

[Gert T 0]

Not much discussion going on in this thread, so I'll just throw this article out there (it has been a topic of discussion on sports talk radio).

 

Some curious rankings and omissions there...

 

What a shitty list.

 

 

Agreed. I am a diehard Bengals fan, and I can't justify Carson Palmer in the Top 8. Don't get me wrong, he could be a Top 3 QB, if we had a better O-Coordinator.

 

At the least, its a good summer read, meant to garner attention. Just to difficult to make when its not broken down by position.

 

 

[Spaceman Spiff 0]

Matt Jones, coke fiend.

 

Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Matt Jones faces a felony drug charge in his former college town after police say he was inside a car cutting up cocaine with a credit card.

 

The 25-year-old Jones and two others were arrested early Thursday. A police report said officers approached the car and an officer drew his handgun after Jones did not immediately show his hands.

 

Police said they searched the vehicle and found a plastic bag filled with a white substance that tested positive for cocaine and a jar with possible marijuana residue.

 

Jared Hicks and Benjamin Cook were also arrested on misdemeanor drug charges. Jones will be arraigned Friday on a charge of felony possession of a controlled substance.

 

Jaguars owner Wayne Weaver said he was waiting to learn details of the case.

 

"We're trying to investigate that now," Weaver said. "We don't have all the facts. We will comment on that once we have all the facts."

 

Jones, a star quarterback at Arkansas and a first-round pick in 2005, failed to develop into the go-to receiver Jacksonville thought he could be.

[Ripper 0]

Oh matt. I always thought he should have been given a shot at the QB position. But oh well.

[Mike wanna be 0]

Mobile college quarterbacks in the NFL, is there any way they won't ruin their lives?

[Kinetic 0]

Good thing they traded for Troy Williamson. If they end up releasing Matt Jones, they've already got another first round bust with hands of solid concrete ready to take his spot.

[Damaramu 0]

Why was he doing it in his car? He couldn't at least go into a bathroom somewhere?

[Guest Vitamin X]

Good thing they traded for Troy Williamson. If they end up releasing Matt Jones, they've already got another first round bust with hands of solid concrete ready to take his spot.

I like that Troy Williamson was Minnesota's replacement for Randy Moss at one point.

 

Also, linebacker Napoleon Harris. Is he even still with Minnesota?

[HarleyQuinn 0]

Sam Hollenbach was cut by Washington on 7/10.

 

Was most notable for playing poorly at Maryland (Final 2 years saw 28 TD vs. 26 INT).

 

Washington now has Campbell, Collins, Brennan, and Derek Divine at QB. Divine was strictly a backup at Marshall.

 

 

[Guest !!!]

The NBA gets too much shit for being a "thug league." Football is where the action is.

[Guest Tzar Lysergic]

Mike Tyson is more thug than all other athletes in all other professional sports combined. I read something concerning his financial troubles which noted a 250,000 dollar cell phone bill and nearly half a million owed for tiger food.

[MarvinisaLunatic 0]

Trent Dilfer has retired.

 

But has he really, though? I mean, this guy's won as many Super Bowls as Favre. What if he gets the bug?

I think the Ravens should have tried to bring back Dilfer this year. Couldnt be any worse than Boller/Smith/WACKO FOR JOE FLACCO

 

Im gonna stick beside my statement last year that Troy Smith should be the starting QB this year, but I have a feeling Boller gets the start, sucks hard and gets replaced by WFJF.

 

 

[HarleyQuinn 0]

I'd like to see Troy Smith start simply because he had success at Ohio State in a tough conference and played well against good competition.

 

Even at his height, he has a really good weight (6'0" 225) and is mobile enough to pick up 20-30 yards a game. Even with the increase in size of defensive players, the concept of a small quarterback not being able to read throwing lanes isn't that much of a hindrance. The difference between 6'0" and 6'2" is largely nothing in all honesty and too much IMO is made on a quarterback's height between 6'0" and 6'3".

 

They drafted Boller after all because of his rocket arm and size without realizing he couldn't play football. College stats don't mean a ton but he averaged in 3 seasons a 50.0% completion rate. His best year was 53.4% his Sr. season...

 

What I liked about Troy coming out of college was: Accuracy, ability to prevent mistakes (46 TD vs. 10 INT his final 2 years), and ability to go to the open receiver (In 2006, 7 players had at least 13 catches).

[Edwin MacPhisto 0]

I think he's worth much more of a shot than Boller, who really hasn't gotten it together in several attempts. I think I've mentioned it here before, but Troy Smith reminds me much more of Drew Brees than the spread-option mobile quarterbacks I feel he gets lumped in with. They're practically the same size, very accurate, and they're mobile without being scramblers. In his best season at Ohio State, Smith dialed down the rushing significantly and only ran 62 times.

 

When your choices are 1) Kyle Boller, 2) a guy who sounds like Kyle Boller did coming out of college, and 3) a guy with high career completion percentage, versatile physical ability, and a whole lot of games won, I'd at least entertain giving the third guy a few starts.

[HarleyQuinn 0]

I think he's worth much more of a shot than Boller, who really hasn't gotten it together in several attempts. I think I've mentioned it here before, but Troy Smith reminds me much more of Drew Brees than the spread-option mobile quarterbacks I feel he gets lumped in with. They're practically the same size, very accurate, and they're mobile without being scramblers. In his best season at Ohio State, Smith dialed down the rushing significantly and only ran 62 times.

 

When your choices are 1) Kyle Boller, 2) a guy who sounds like Kyle Boller did coming out of college, and 3) a guy with high career completion percentage, versatile physical ability, and a whole lot of games won, I'd at least entertain giving the third guy a few starts.

 

In Flacco's defense...

 

He was far, far more accurate than Boller could've wished to be. He does have a good pocket presence and could buy some time when necessary but he isn't known as a scrambler. Think Peyton Manning maybe, capable of a 3-4 yard run but don't expect him to be running often.

 

The downsides... a laser of an arm but there are questions about his touch and whether he can consistently throw middle routes without just powering them through.

 

Also is he a one year wonder? He really struggled down the stretch but made smart decisions in terms of TD to INT.

 

Final 5 Games: 97/188 (51.2%) with 1,223 yards (6.5 YPA) and 7 TD vs. 1 INT.

 

I personally liked QB Josh Johnson more, who was selected 4 rounds later. Johnson's similar to Troy Smith, athletic and played in a pass happy offense meaning that his decision making was better IMO because he played in an offense where he had to make smart decisions with the ball.

[Guest Vitamin X]

Green Bay DT Johnny Jolly caught with 200g of codeine.

 

This team has been a disaster ever since OT in the NFC Championship game. Makes that whole letting Corey Williams be traded for practically nothing look real stupid now, huh.

[snuffbox 0]

I'm just going to focus entirely on the Brewers. The Green Bay/Mississippi circus is too much dumb.

[Edwin MacPhisto 0]

Hey, the Bears signed Kevin Jones to a 1-year deal. I think that's good.

[MFer 0]

And now watch Jones shred the Lions' defense for 200 yards and 3 TD's in each game!

[Mike wanna be 0]

Ravens QB situation: I'd like to see Troy Smith get a shot. If he stinks he stinks, but the Kyle Boller experiment has dragged on long enough. Give Troy a shot, if he bombs put Flacco in.

 

Jones to DaaaaBears: Nice move, Detroit. Now they've got Jones & Forte to run all over you with, and they don't need a passing game again.

[Guest Tzar Lysergic]

Oh come on, Jones isn't that good. Better than just having a guy the level of a decent backup and a rookie.

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

Yeah I was wondering how signing Jones automatically gives them that monster running game to offset the bad passers in Chicago.

[Lt. Al Giardello 0]

Ravens QB situation: I'd like to see Troy Smith get a shot. If he stinks he stinks, but the Kyle Boller experiment has dragged on long enough. Give Troy a shot, if he bombs put Flacco in.

 

Troy looked alright when he played last season.